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Adelaide, South Australia, Australia

Adelaide, Australia

Adelaide, Australia

Principal Engineer – Pipelines and FacilitiesA senior professional technical specialist in safe plant and pipeline operation, including all aspects of fitness for purpose, process safety and ongoing assessments of remaining life of infrastructure for the South Australian government. The position leads other professionals in the Branch to provide assurance.

Sydney, Australia

• Responsible for asset integrity management and operational support duties for all pipelines and flowlines across Oil Search operating assets in Papua New Guinea. Responsible for medium to long term planning of pipeline.
• Establishing PIMS, KPI’s and procedures/ guidance
• Setting strategic direction
• Closing gap to AS2885 compliance
• Technical advice and guidance
• Establishing corrosion mitigation measures (pigging, corrosion inhibition, biocide)

Adelaide, Australia

• Led team of experienced professionals in plant/ pipeline integrity & Process Safety management to implement the direction, vision and role accountabilities for Technical Services department.
• Led, developed and maintained integrity programs assuring the on-going safe and reliable operation of all process plant across all Santos EA Assets.
• Managed, maintained and improved integrity systems for pipeline and process plant assets to comply with regulator requirements and Santos policies and standards.
• Led a team of staff and service provider personnel to deliver on time and on budget.
• Governance/ strategic role providing functional advice and support for the operation of pipelines and plant with respect to integrity.
• Contract representative for Intelligent Pigging vendors to control cost and optimize technology provided for inspections

Adelaide

• Led a team of professional integrity engineers to manage integrity of all Santos EA operated onshore and offshore pipeline assets to maximise availability and capacity while managing EHS aspects to ALARP.
• Provided direction and pro-actively led, developed and maintained programs of work that assured the on-going safe and reliable operation of all pipeline assets across all Santos EA Assets.
• Managed the development, maintenance and improvement of pipeline related systems, procedures and tools to manage integrity and comply with regulatory requirements & Santos policies.
• Created and chaired pipeline integrity management ‘Community of Practice’.

Aberdeen, United Kingdom

The assurance of pipeline system integrity plays a key role in safeguarding the HSE, production and reputation performance of the company with the regulatory authorities, partners and co-venturers.Providing functional advice and support for the operation, maintenance, repair & inspection of onshore and offshore pipelines, including deviation.

Aberdeen, United Kingdom

Obtained & maintained accreditation to EN 17020 for onshore processing plants.Responsible for PSSR legislation issues (Written Scheme of Examination; Competent person etc.)Engagement and interface with enforcing authority.Management of assigned Inspection Team staff & contractors.

Aberdeen, United Kingdom

Implement and execute Risk Based Inspection (RBI) programme across all offshore assetsSubsea Manifold failure & repair: Role was to co ordinate all parties (Shell, 3rd party verifier, main inspection contractor, specialist inspection company & construction yard), whilst under pressure of time to deliver the manifold back in the shortest possible period.

Aberdeen, United Kingdom

Delivery of RBI training across Inspection/ Corrosion/ Operations teams & at European Learning CentreRepresented Shell UK on a number of Joint Industry Projects (JIP’s) related to Inspection Technology

Aberdeen, United Kingdom

Stress Corrosion Cracking failures: Co-coordinating various inspection activities; specification & oversee the installation of intrinsically safe ‘Acoustic Emission’ monitoring system on 22% Cr piping considered at riskSite visits to witness tests of composite pipe spools for hydrocarbon service.

Aberdeen, United Kingdom

Integrity management of pressurised systems (inspection, corrosion, assessments etc.)

Cathodic Protection engineer

Physical Sciences, Physics, Chemistry, Bsc

Physical Sciences, majoring in Chemistry Subjects Studied: Chemistry (Physical, Organic, Inorganic, Analytical, Crystal, Geochemistry).

Post Grad Diploma, Offshore Materials & Corrosion Engineering, Post Grad Diploma

Offshore Materials & Corrosion Engineering: Subjects Studied: Corrosion, NDT, Fracture Mechanics & Failure Analysis, Welding, Structure &.

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