KEY EXPERTISE
Project Delivery; Risk Mitigation; Continuous Improvement; People Management; Account Management
Client Relations; Problem Solving; Team Building & Leadership; Time Management; Service Quality
AutoCAD; Pro/Engineer; Organisation; Anticipating client needs; Decision Making; Advanced Excel
CAREER HIGHLIGHTS
Called to the Schlumberger ‘War Room’ to diagnose misfire of one of my drilling circulating tools operating on a deep water rig off the north west coast of Australia at a depth in excess of 4 kilometres. Via live data links, I liaised with on-site engineers and diagnosed improper use. I was immediately able to guide offshore engineers on how to operate the tool successfully while providing real time information to account managers and management who were on the phone and sitting with the client (Schlumberger’s largest) in other offices. Failure to solve the problem would have put the multi-million dollar contract in jeopardy.
Improved our supplier ranking with our largest client from 21st to 6th (out of 25) by managing the move from a small, inefficient workshop to a new, world class base. This necessitated coordinating workshop personnel, global hub, and local management. When I began the task, the current base had been criticised by clients and was deemed unsafe by upper management. I took the opportunity to create a layout in the new location that incorporated a lean flow around the workshop floor, reducing tool preparation time by hours and making the workshop far safer and more efficient. I received personal congratulations from local management and our segment also received praise from country level management for the new setup.
Using advanced torque and drag computer modelling software (just six months into a new position in Aberdeen), I produced a report warning of a potential catastrophic failure on a North Sea oil platform drill string. I predicted that if a proposed drill pipe was used, the drill string would buckle and I recommended a higher grade (more expensive) drill pipe. Due to the increased cost of my proposal, both the client and a more experienced engineer repeated the modelling, contradicting my results. In an effort to understand the discrepancy, I took the two contrary models and identified errors, enabling me to convince the client to accept my conclusions, thus avoiding drill string damage that would have caused several days of rig down time at US$1 million per day.
CAREER HISTORY
January 2014 to Present
Schlumberger
Project Engineer, Perth, Western Australia
Schlumberger is the world’s largest oil services company, with revenues in 2014 in excess of US$48 Billion
Manage up to 5 clients at a time (e.g. Chevron, Apache, Shell) contract values up to US$5M
Only Project Engineer for Australia
Coordinate with clients to understand and deliver on their unique requirements
Deliver on short and long term projects with preparation times of 3-12 months and durations of 4 months to 2 years
Manage four direct reports and coordinate a further 5 offshore engineers and 3 workshop hands
Prepare procedural documents and modelling reports for clients
Forecast, invoice, and manage stock levels on monthly basis
Report to sub segment operations manager
Coordinate frequent transfer of tools globally
Investigate service quality incidents and provide clients with solutions to prevent recurrence
Collaborate with other segments to provide integrated solutions for clients
Develop and implement procedures to ensure efficient and safe operations
August 2011 to December 2013
Schlumberger
Applications Engineer, Aberdeen, Scotland
Brought on board as Applications Engineer straight from university, earning a salary increase after six months due to exceeding expectations
Provided support to Project Engineers by modelling down hole forces and pressures and producing reports for clients
Headed Service Quality investigation teams when incidents with our tools occurred offshore
Worked offshore, for extended periods, in the North Sea and on land in Saudi to gain a better understanding of our equipment
Improved numerous processes, in the strong belief that there is always a more efficient way to carry out everyday tasks
Shadowed Project Engineers to gain experience for the role when the opportunity arose
Took part in Continuous Improvement projects in several departments
Worked in testing lab and covered lab technician’s 6 weeks of leave
Recommended for Project Engineer position in Australia and moved 2 months later
QUALIFICATIONS & PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
BSc in Engineering with Management (manufacturing/mechanical) (II.I Hons): Trinity College Dublin (Dublin University) www.tcd.ie
PRINCE2 Practitioner (in progress)
Management and Leadership Training- 5 day course, Kuala Lumpur (2014)
Project Engineer Training- 6 day course, Kuala Lumpur (2015)
Sales Training- 3 day course, Perth, WA (2015)
Negotiation Training, Perth, WA (2015)
Communication Skills course, Aberdeen (2012)
Effective Business Writing course, Aberdeen (2012)
Advanced Excel course, Perth, WA (2015)
Presentation Skills course, Dublin (2010)
