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Dunblane, GB

Miltonduff, Scotland, United Kingdom

Scotland, United Kingdom

• Westburn Consulting with inherent core values around behavioural HSE performance, personnel welfare, life sciences and people development, continuous business and personal improvement, provide ‘hands on’, pragmatic.
• Extensive skill relevant to the projects we undertake, this will include domain knowledge of high hazard industries and offshore experience.
• Diverse and flexible approach, engaging with work force and management in teams, groups or 1:1 situations. SERVICES
• Behavioural and Cultural change in organisations - Assessing and understanding where an organisations culture is in reality with respect to their ambitions and recognising the actions and behaviours necessary to enable.

• Rotational, offshore based role on Banff FPSO supporting phased decommissioning scopes from cessation of production to final mooring disconnection.
• Key focal point offshore for decommissioning project team preparing to remove the Banff FPSO, structural mooring, flexible risers and subsea infrastructure following Cessation of production. Coordinating contractor.

West Nile Delta, Egypt

Supporting Operations and commissioning scopes on BP West Nile Delta Raven complex.

• Offshore based rotational role supporting Projects scopes on BP Clair Ridge asset.
• Providing challenge, support, assurance and expert advice on all matters relating to the Health, Safety, Security, & Environment (HSSE) in order for the project to achieve objectives and performance targets.
• Provide HSSE Advisory services for the project identified to promote the adoption of HSSE best practice.
• Promote an enthusiastic HSSE culture that delivers positive commitment to, and engages all employees in, continuous performance improvement.

Morecambe Bay

• Offshore based rotational role for Morecambe Bay assets.
• Embedded within the location management team, providing a bridging ‘conduit’ between the HSE and Operations functions in order to drive procedural compliance and operating discipline.
• Increasing awareness of Major Accident Hazards, HSE management systems and Safety culture principles in line with Industry ‘Best Practice’.

Morecambe Hub

Driving a robust culture change initiative towards higher level compliance by providing practical advice and support to vendors, third party, contract and staff personnel on safety, working and cultural practices and behavioursFollowing a short but very engaging term exercising my Ltd Co opportunity onshore at Barrow Terminal, I am delighted to be joining.

Iraq

I was seconded from Shell Gas Iraq B.V. into Basrah Gas Company (BGC) - a public/private partnership, unique in Iraq. The partners are South Gas Company (State Owned majority partner), Shell and Mitsubishi.Working in Iraq on a 28/28 rotational expatriate schedule from base country in the U.K.. Providing the HSE expertise and coaching on the ground, working.

Curlew & Haewene Brim

As the sole company presence offshore in JV FPSO’s with Maersk and Bluewater, I was responsible for ensuring that the business interests of Shell are being satisfied in day to day operations.I enjoyed the rare opportunity to represent Shell during the transition of duty holder on FPSO Curlew from Maersk to Shell from the first stages of 'due diligence'.

U.K. North Sea

I Provided offshore based resource acting as a focal point interfacing between the onshore HS&E function and offshore locations. Initiating and embedding the role offshore ‘from the ground up’.Supported effective change management in a technically specialised discipline through credible advice and clear customer focus. Actively engaging offshore.

Offshore Aberdeen

Operations Technician (Senior)SHELL EXPLORATION & PROD. LTDAs Area Technician, responsible for meeting production targets, agreeing to maintenance activities and supervising work for the following systems: Power Generation and Distribution, Oil Production, Separation and Export, Produced Water processing and disposal, Water Injection, Gas Processing.

Aberdeen, United Kingdom

Trainee TechnicianSHELL EXPLORATION & PROD. LTD | Aberdeen | Aug 1985 - Jul 1989Joined the Shell Expro Technician Training Scheme (SETTS) and completed a multi-disciplinary 'modern apprenticeship' and SCOTVEC Higher National Certificate (H.N.C.) in conjunction with Aberdeen Technical College.