Profile
Professional Mechanical Engineer with 35 years in-depth, hands-on experience both on and off-shore, working in marine, drilling, mining and transportation environments within private and government sectors. Highly skilled in maintenance, repair and replacement of mechanical, electrical, hydraulic and pneumatic systems. Extensive experience working within culturally-diverse environments, established ability to adapt to and interact successfully in day-to-day and emergency operations. Results-oriented, works easily as part of a team, as well as independently in both technical and management areas. Possesses excellent interpersonal skills, as well as an exceptional ability to address challenges constructively to facilitate productive relationships, expediting successful outcomes.
Professional Qualifications
United Kingdom Offshore Operators Association (UKOOA) medical certification valid to 19/12/2016
Basic Offshore Safety Induction and Emergency Training (BOSIET) including Norwegian Sector certification valid to 20/10/2016
Fire Team Leader Cert No 14/04232 Valid to 23/09/2016
Confined Space Entry-Escape Sets & Rescue Certificate No 14495 Valid until 19/07/2016
Working At Height And Rescue Certificate No 14444 Valid until 17/07/2016
First Aid Certification (underground mining).
Professional training completed in Boomer Drill Rigs, Hydraulics, Hydrodynamic Systems, Hydrostatic Systems, Deutz Engines, Case Scalers, Subroc Dump Trucks, Secoma Roof Bolters, Toro 150 D, 250 D, 350 LHDs, Normet PK 1000, Wagner St.6C LHDs.
Alfa Laval October, 2009. Ten-day working refresher course on purifiers and other Alfa Laval equipment.
Management training in Drugs and Alcohol in the Workplace, Management and Human Resources.
Career Summary
Drill Rigs Worked on
Nelson A Drill Platform (North Sea)
Beryl A Drill Platform (North Sea)
Brent D Drill Platform (North Sea)
Troll Solution Jack-Up (Singapore &Europe)
Glen Esk Drill Tender Barge (Ivory Coast West Africa)
Sunker 257 Drill Barge (Kazakhstan Caspian Sea)
Nabors Drill Rigs (Saudi)
Energean Force Drill Tender Barge (Greece)
Mabruk Oil Fields Land Rigs (Libya)
T-11 Drill Tender Barge (Thailand)
Present Position and Past Positions:.
Spencer-Ogden (Asia)
July 2015 to Present
Drill Rig Mechanic
Energean/Petroplan
Jan 2015 to July 2015
Chief Drill rig Mechanic
Nabors Drilling USA& Saudi
April 2014 to Jan 2015
Chief Drill Rig Mechanic
Archer Well (Offshore)
November 2012 to April 2014
Drill Rig Mechanic (Drill Crew)
Was employed by Archer well after being with Global Resources for Archer well.
I was responsible for all planned maintenance and breakdowns of all drilling equipment whilst on day/night shifts.
Equipment: Drawworks, Top drives, Rotary Tables, Shakers, Agitators, Mud pumps, and all pumps, compressors and Diesel Generators. All hyd/Air winches.
GLOBAL RESOURCES (Offshore)
Rig Mechanic
April 2012 to November 2012
Contracted to Global resources as a rig mechanic on offshore drill rig’s.
Main duties to carry out planned maintenance and breakdown repairs on all rig equipment including diesel engine generators/cranes/air compressors/hydraulic systems/various pumps and valve systems/including mud pumps and drawworks and top drives.
MODUS UNDERWATER TRENCHING OFFSHORE. ( Rig Mechanic Offshore)
August 2011 to March 2012
Contracted Modus as a Rig Mechanic Generator and Pump Technician onboard ROV Vessels in the North Sea maintaining caterpillar Van-Heck high and low pressure water pumps / Volvo driven sea water pumps / and Cummins Generators involved with the daily use and running of CT1 & CT2 underwater cable & pipe trenching, also responsible for operating high pressure hose winches during trench operations.
Responsible for servicing and maintenance to all machinery connected to the operation of the underwater trenching program.
.
GEODRILL GHANA ( Drill Rig Mechanic )
4 Month Contract March-2011 July-2011
Working as a Drill Rig Mechanic in Ghana West Africa on Sandvik 900 / 200 drill rigs during exploration drilling for gold core samples.
During this time I was fully responsible for all servicing and planned maintenance of 5 drill rigs in the Bonde region of Ghana including ordering of all parts and arranging of the local workforce.
During this this time I lived in the Keagan Mining Camp at Bonde bush camp .
Duties included full overhaul of caterpillar diesel engines /air compressors/ hydraulic components / and transmissions and final drives also full servicing and maintenance to drill components.
Returned to the UK at the end of contract.
BAE SYSTEMS LTD
July 2010 – March-2011
I was working at Portsmouth Naval Docks fitting large marine diesel engines and gas turbines to the Royal Navy’s new build aircraft carriers and type 45 destroyers. Duties include the fitting out of entire engine rooms , pump rooms , hydraulic systems and all essential mechanical machinery required onboard such ships, including various machining of parts undertaking when required in the BAE machine shops, including welding and pipe fitting.
Security cleared to blue status.
PARKER OIL DRILLING ( Drill Rig Mechanic Offshore)/
June 2010 – July 2010 –
Swift/ Parker Drilling :Rig Mechanic – Kazakhstan
Aboard Parker Sunkar Offshore Drill Rig 257
Employed as a Rig Mechanic during 10 year re-fit of the above named rig, duties included full maintenance and overhaul of draworks and draworks cooling systems, mud pumps, mud agitators, swaco degassing systems, air hoists and winches, purifiers, heat exchangers, power generators main and auxiliary, easy torques systems, and rig fire pumps etc.
SCANTEC LTD
March 2010 – May 2010
Ponticelli Libyan Branch – Mabruk Oil Operations Drill Rig Mechanic – Senior Technician Dieselize/Power Plant Supervisor –
Organizes onsite 24/24 operation of the Diesel Power Plant, which is placed under his responsibility by the supervision of the Diesel Power Plant operators in charge of the daily maintenance and operation. These operators are in charge of control of all manual functions performed in engine room and for auxiliary equipment inside the engine room and in auxiliary enclosures, they must handle and provide routine maintenance of equipment and monitor power plant parameters with local readings. Main equipment concerned was: 2 MAN diesel/crude oil Engines driving ABB Generators and associated auxiliaries. Capacity of the Power Plant on Marbruk Field +2 x 8.6 MW. Mechanical maintenance for 10 stand alone diesel generators operating on field, in addition to the Power Plant (mainly Perkins and Cat diesel Generators around 400KVA capacity each. For the MAN engines in the Power Plant and associated auxiliaries (pumps, separators, cooling systems) the main preventative maintenance and overhauls to perform typical PM 150h/3000h/6000h and 12000h maintenance. Maintains a permanent anticipation on the potential problems that could occur in the production plant, in close relationship with other sections, in order to prevent non-productive or non efficient operations.
2009-February 2010
Stone Marine Services, Field Services Engineer. Rig Mechanic
As a worldwide contractor for Alfa Laval via Stone Marine Services, currently assigned to Namibia, responsibilities include maintenance and repair of oil purifiers, clarifiers, separators, decanters, and heat exchangers for the oil industry. Service performed on board ships, in both above-ground and underground mining environments, as well as on offshore oil rigs.
1999-2009
Marine Engineer, Heavy Plant/Crane Maintenance Spec., self-employed. Rig Mechanic
Primary focus of business includes, but is not limited to, providing routine and emergency service to commercial fishing vessels. In this context, responsibilities include all bow-to-stern maintenance of diesel and/or heavy-fuel-oil engines, as well as repair and replacement of hydraulics, engine components, electrical systems and main propulsion shafts. Work also includes repair, replacement and maintenance of all types of pumps, purifiers, steering components, wire rope spoolers, hydraulic/air-driven/steam winches, and all other critical systems on board.
1995-1999
Plant Machinery Mechanic, A.K. Hailes, Liverpool, UK.
Responsibilities included maintenance and repair of critical working systems components of heavy plant machinery including bulldozers, graders, and diesel generators produced by leading manufacturers such as Caterpillar, Diahatsu, MAN Diesel, and Kawasaki (among others). Also managed business operations including human resources, bookkeeping and maintaining Vehicle and Operator Services Agency (VOSA) reports.
1993-1995
Transport Manager, United Carriers, Bury, UK.
Responsible for hands-on maintenance and repair of long-haul transport vehicles, as well as service and repair of various types of plant machinery. Also responsible for business management aspects including human resources, budget control, and customer services management.
1990-1993
Heavy Plant Maintenance Fitter, Randfontein Estates Gold Mining Company, Randfontein, South Africa.
Responsibilities included maintenance, fault diagnosis, pressure testing, and repair and replacement of main hydraulic systems. Equipment included Normet PK 1000 Utility Vehicles, Case Bar Down Scalers, Subroc Dump Trucks, Secoma Roof Bolters, Wagner ST 6C LHDs, Boomer Drill Rigs, Deutz Engines, Clark Transmissions and Torro 250 and 350 scoops.
1987-1990
Plant Mechanic and Maintenance Fitter, Fuel Firing Systems Refineries, Sea View, South Africa.
Responsibilities included maintenance, fault-diagnosis and repair of high-pressure reciprocal pumps, blending equipment, road tankers, compressors, and generators.
1985-1987
Plant Mechanic, P&S Plant Services, Pinetown, South Africa.
Responsibilities included maintenance and repair of dozers, graders, pay loaders, TLB and Bomag equipment.
1980-1985
3rd Engineer, Merchant Navy.
Worked primarily on foreign-going vessels where duties included full charge of engine room watches, maintenance and repairs of ships’ main engines and steam boiler systems (e.g., Sulzer, B&W, Mak, Doxford), maintenance, repair and full overhaul of ships’ generators (e.g., Diahatsu, Kawasaki, Man, and Yanma), and maintenance and repair of high-pressure reciprocal pumps and compressors.
Additional information regarding employment prior to 1980 available upon request.
Further Skills
(See belowTable of Engine/System Expertise)
Fault diagnosis, maintenance and troubleshooting hydraulics, pneumatics, electrical and mechanical systems of the following systems.
Drawworks: SSGD-750 Drawworks, Oilwell 2000/3000, Gardner Denver Drawworks mechanical drawworks, winch drawworks.
Drill Rigs: Topdrive, Quill drive and Cable Tool/Shell Auger Rig, Berreta T24 Drill.
Mudpumps: Lewco mudpumps, EMSCO and Ellis Williams mudpumps, including work on piston seals.
Education & Qualifications
Falck Nutec, Aberdeen, UK 2008-2008
University of Paisley, Scotland, UK 2001-2002
JCI Training Centre, Johannesburg, South Africa 1990-1992
Additional information regarding education and training prior to 1990 available upon request.
Personal Details
Full Clean License incorporating HGV/PSV Class 1
Valid British Passport
Available immediately
Willing to travel and/or relocate
References
Available on request
Engine/System Expertise
2 STROKE MARINE DIESEL/
HEAVY OIL ENGINES Sulzer 7RD76 up to 11RD 120 slow speed models
Hitachi B&W RD90 slow speed hydraulic popit valve models
Doxford opposed piston slow speed models
4 STROKE DIESEL/HEAVY OIL ENGINES MAK medium speed main and auxiliary engines
ENGLISH electric main and auxiliary engines
DIESEL GENERATORS (gen-r) 4 STROKE MAN, Daimler Benz, Caterpillar, Kawasaki, Diahatsu, Yanmar, Cummins high- and low-pressure fuel systems, Komatsu, Petter, Rolls Royce Eagle models, Deutz air-cooled models.
DIESEL GEN-R 2 STROKE DETRIOT 4-cylinder TO V8 Models (includes full overhaul, running repairs of turbo charger, fuel pumps, injectors, cooling systems, emergency power units and fire/water pumps.
VALVE TYPES Ball, Gate and Butterfly valves; hydraulic air and pneumatic steam pressure/safety valves, two-way and one-way pressure valves, two-way and one-way safety check valves.
PUMP TYPES Impeller, vain, gear-type pumps including scavenge, water-jetting pumps, vacuum pumps and steam piston pumps (full overhaul and repairs).
COMPRESSORS Piston-type, high- and low-pressure, vain-type high- and low-pressure (including cooling systems)
COOLING SYSTEMS All air, hydraulic, steam, salt and fresh-water systems.
HYDRAULIC SYSTEMS Neutral and Electrical Braking Systems
Hydraulic Starter Circuits
Pressure settings and Troubleshooting
Hydraulic Drilling Circuits
Boom Movement Systems and Power Packs
Pilot Pressure Circuits
Dump and Hoist Circuits
Swivel Circuits and Installation
Drive Line Phasing Systems and Circuits
Direction Systems
Sundstrand Pump & Motor Systems
Hydraulic Cassette Systems
Hydraulic Charging Accumulators
Hydraulic Lubricating and Cooling Systems
Hydraulic Accessories Systems
Hydrostatic and Hydrodynamic Systems
Hydraulic Fluid Systems and Systems Check
Hydraulic Loader and Hammer Systems
Fault Diagnosis and Troubleshooting Theory and Practical for all of the above.
