Instrumentation Superintendent Tecnicas Reunidas, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
Kentz Saudi Arabia - Member of the SNC Lavalin Group
August 2014 - Present (5 months)
Here on my 3rd posting for Technical Support Services (Kentz S.A.) at our client's Saudi Elastomers Project, my responsibility is for the installation and construction of the plant instrumentation process control systems and devices electrical loops and pneumatic hook ups.
Honeywell DCS, Triconex ESD for control, quad conveyor system with robots finish and pack the rubber blocks and pellets fed from the process as the basic set up.
With the small team here we are responsible for supervising and training the inexperienced contractors in the installation of the cabling and terminations of the instruments for the plant process control loops and hook up tubing work. As Performing Authorities and Issuers for the Permit to Work system, this is proving to be most challenging. Working closely with QAQC and PMT our greatest challenge lies with educating the contractors Supervisors in proper installation methods and overcoming their inexperience in professional construction procedures to deliver a quality installation for the client.
E & I Superintendent Oil & Gas
Kentz - Member of the SNC Lavalin Group, Saudi Arabia
August 2013 - August 2014 (1 year 1 month)
My Oil & Gas role (chemical and petrochemical hydrocarbon process refineries) in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Eastern Province is for a Multi-international Engineering firm with bases on all continents specialising in Oil & Gas EPCM and large scale construction.
Our role here is providing interface and technical support services to the Saudi contractors involved in the Electrical & Instrumentation construction on the 26 plants being built on this $20 Bn project.
Working for the DOW / Saudi Aramco partnership we join project management and engineers of EPCM companies such as KBR, Jacobs, Foster Wheeler, Técnicas Reunidas, Linde and Fluor. Our special services include providing solutions for poor production, pushing production, directing the contractors safely and training the multinational teams in achieving western installation standards and techniques.
Achievements.
Project Responsible Electrical Person for inspection & safety of all electrical plant and equipment.
Supervision of 84 man multicultural team including General Foremen, Foremen, Lead men, Electricians and helpers.
Electrical & Instrumentation construction of Main Control, Team, Area Maintenance, Chiller, Emergency Generators and UPS Buildings for the Steam Generation plant for the Process Plant.
Installation, maintenance & handover of Main and Standby generators.
Installation, maintenance and handover of Air conditioning system.
Installation, pre-commissioning of MV /LV transformers, Switchgear, UPS and MCC boards.
Installation of all Distribution power and instrument control boards.
Health & Safety of Electrical construction team.
Working with Engineers and QA/QC department in achieving client contract acceptances.
Setting up services for Main Plant Control Room DCS instrumentation consoles.
Working closely with Engineers and Senior Engineers throughout construction phase.
Working on CAD (2 & 3D) drawings with draughtsmen.
Checking and amending design of Electrical & Instrumentation installation.
Instrumentation Superintendent - Promotion from previous role for SSE on same site.
Fluor UK.
March 2013 - August 2013 (6 months)
This role included responsibilities as Superintendent, Performing Authority (Permit to Work), witness and co-ordinator of the Instrumentation pre-commissioning on behalf of Fluor EPC & M Services UK. My contractual duty required certification of plant control loops for the client (Conoco Philips) and supervisory management of the instrumentation labour.
Plant process was converting H2S (Sour Gas) to Sulphuric acid via the Emerson Delta V (vers12) DCS with AMS.
Pre-Commissioning responsibilities.
~ Certification of 4 - 20mA and digital Foundation Fieldbus hot and cold loops for Rosemount flow, temperature, level and pressure transmitters.
~ Verification and correct operation of Flowserve and Fisher valves, positioners and signals. ~ Witnessing pre-commissioning of analysers for Continuous Emissions Monitoring, H2O and NOX Systems with ABB engineers.
~ Logic and loop verification for Triconex ESD (chassis and software) to switchgear and control devices.
~ Loop checking Drager, Honeywell (Optima units) and Detronics fire and gas sensors via
F & G 3 voting systems (Simplex, Duplex and Triplex) using 1oo1, 1oo2, 2oo2, 2oo3 & 2oon.
~ Operation and calibration of all vendors’ analogue and Foundation Fieldbus intrinsically safe and non-intrinsically safe devices.
~ Organisation and Supervision of instrumentation labour
~ Resolving engineering issues as set out by Control & Process engineers
~ Logic testing
~ Rewiring of Demineralisation control panel analogue inputs to Mitsubishi PLC with vendor.
Achievements:
Resolving
~ interface issues via DCS with Flowserve valve positioners
~ Differential Pressure and flow transmitter calibration problems
~ Instrumentation artificer problems that held up schedules by not performing test duties properly
~ Loops not properly certified
~ Faulty installations of thermocouple and RTD transmitters
~ labour man hour’s production problem
Instrumentation pre Commissioning technician / stand by Lead Supervisor
Scottish & Southern Energy for ConocoPhillips, UK
January 2013 - March 2013 (3 months)
This contract required me to work with the Fluor commissioning engineers on site before my promotion to the team itself at the North Terminal.
Having also been promoted whilst in this role to relief Lead instrumentation pre-commissioning technician, my daily duties for SSE comprised of documentation, organisation of Risk Assessment and Method Statements. As Performing Authority my responsibility was for, Work Permit applications, Health & Safety of commissioning technicians, conducting Tool Box Talks to carry out the pre-commissioning procedures. Hands on roles involved verifying Emerson DCS interface, instrument parameters and engineering indices with Delta V technicians. Likewise engineering checks such as calibration and functional commissioning of the, instruments, actuators, positioners and valves were also my remit.
Achievements:
• Successfully completing Q4 Permit to Work assessment by Centrica.
• Promotion to Performing Authority.
• Promotion to relief Commissioning Superintendent when and where required.
• Commissioning of system flow, level, pressure and temperature transmitters and control valves.
• Pre-commissioning of system loops on the plant via Delta V DCS system.
Instrumentation Technician Offshore
Wood Group, UK.
January 2013 - January 2013 (1 month)
Offshore Instrumentation Technician Rig work on Alpha Cormorant owned by TAQA Bratani.
My responsibilities required me to carry out calibrations, maintenance, repairs and Shut Down preparation work as set out by daily work packs provided by Lead E & I Engineer. Typically these were Wormauld Fire & Gas (H2S, Methane and Oxygen) monitoring systems including Crowcon personal sensing units and "Dalek" protection devices. Additionally this also included for Shut down over ride, rig drilling, and pumping and accommodation Instrumentation System services monitored via the Honeywell DCS.
Offshore Instrumentation Technician
Wood Group PSN
November 2012 – December 2012 (2 months)Buchan Alpha Semi Sub Drill and production rig Buchan Alpha is a semi-submersible drill and production rig 156 km NE of Aberdeen.
My role required full safety training and passing OPITO approved courses and tests by Talisman and Wood Group
Achievement: Integrated Safety Systems of Work (ISSoW),
Authorised Gas Tester Level 1. Successful in Profibus fieldbus network assessments at Manchester Metropolitan University and listed on the registered installers and commissioning list for Profibus and Profinet.
Lead Instrumentation Superintendent
North Sea Drilling Group AS, Norway
May 2012 - October 2012 (6 months)
As Lead Instrumentation Supervisor at Keppel Verolme ship yard in the Netherlands my responsibilities included but were not limited to Fire & Gas, HVAC, ESD, fuel and critical safety shut down systems. Having joined this converted jack up Drill rig on "dry tow" in Walvis Bay, West Africa whilst en route from China to the Keppel yard in Rotterdam for remedial rectification works.
Duties included
• creating and closing punch lists on critical instrumentation systems
• preparation of job packs, work orders and specifications
• attending yard meetings for daily activities organisation
• Managing multinational construction teams, project team contract foremen and technicians.
Key Achievements
• Critical systems design checks and commissioning
• Emergency Shut Down (ESD) PLC replacement and redesign of rig Cause and Effect philosophy
• HVAC, Shut Off, Smoke and Fire dampers systems servicing
• Fire & Gas systems installation and commissioning
• Complete refurbishment of instruments, replacement of all instrument tubing and commissioning of the 3
CO2 systems protection for HV/LV, Paint Locker and Emergency generator rooms
• Chemical cleaning of Ballast and Preload Water Management system compressed air supply
• Bilge Water and Stripping system reciprocating pump commissioning
• Compressed Air (Service & Instrumentation air) receiver tanks tubing and manometer replacement
• Sea Water Services commissioning
• PLC based systems and skids interfaced to Vessel Management System commissioning
• Mechanical plant servicing of Quincy Compressors and Pioneer Air dryer
• General Electrical Engines ( V16 main 4160V generators & a V12 Emergency Gen. ) instrumentation interfaces to VMS
• Assisting Siemens teams with HV & LV Switchboards with Protection relaying, Interlock and Discrimination rewire and commissioning.
2 recommendations available upon request
High Voltage Power Systems Technician
High Voltage Management Systems
February 2012 - May 2012 (4 months)
Training and studies on primary and secondary current injection testing of High Voltage switchgear, including current & voltage transformer, protection system circuit wiring, polarity - flicker test, protection relay, circuit breaker, cable, and earth systems.
BTEC Design & Installation studies, Protection of Electrical Power Systems studies (accredited to 30 credit points at Teeside University) and CompEX upgrade certificate.
Electrical Commissioner
Single Buoy Moorings (Offshore), Talisman Energy, Norway
November 2011 - February 2012 (4 months)
Type of Vessel: Jack-Up Mobile Offshore Production Unit (MOPUStor)
Reporting to the Commissioning Manager, I undertook tests of the rig’s electrical power systems, circuits, plant and protective equipment and recorded the results with my partner. These required the utilisation of specialised test equipment (including Ductor and Megger SCITS meters) and visual inspections, followed by the recording of results on report sheets and the PIMS CMS computer system.
Key Achievements:
• Quickly understanding the design of the master MV / LV switchboard and Grouped Generation/Distributed Transfer.
• Meeting the huge expectations of the highly experienced oil and gas team from SBM and Talisman, while adding to my own stock of industry knowledge by closely observing my colleagues.
• Capitalising on my previous work in Norway and Norwegian accreditations to build a relationship with the safety permit office with my partner, enabling us to speed up the issuing of certificates for completed tests.
• Completing up to twice as many tests with my partner for a given number of man hours.
• Utilising my broad knowledge of high voltage (HV) and low voltage (LV) electrical installations to safely examine the rig’s system for faults likely to cause danger in the explosive environments.
Courses
Registered Installer & Commissioner Profibus
Fieldbus systems, Profibus bus network
The Manchester Metropolitan University
Profibus DP (Decentralised Periphery) & PA (Process Siemens Engineer course
Automation) installer and commissioning
Offshore Certification, BOSEIT, MIST, OLF add on
Offshore training
Falck Nutec
BOSEIT NORWEGIAN SECTOR CERT 3795401
MEDICAL NORWEGIAN OFFSHORE EXP 12.08.2013
AUDIOMETRIC SCREENING SATISFACTORY 12.08.11
MIST OPITO APPROVED 5301 EXP 08.08.2015
Marine High Voltage, Competence High Voltage & switch rooms switching & safety Teeside Marine College, UK
MARINE HIGH VOLTAGE COMPETENCE FOR M0288D/000037 AUTHORISATION
City & Guilds, Instrumentation Technical training Solutions
INSTRUMENTATION City & Guilds graded
