The Team

Professional Summary

Professional Senior Turnaround and Projects Engineer with experience managing diverse projects. Managed approximately 64 turnaround projects in the UK in my career.

Ability to continuously navigate high-stress situations calmly and effectively. Utilises exceptional rapport-building skills to develop strong relationships with colleagues and contract personnel, exceeding demands.

Effective leader with 40 years of experience leading and motivating teams to success. Achieves targets and meets deadlines and brings projects in under budget through strategic planning and adaptive leadership.

Consultant Client support: Experienced coach, with TAR and project Assurance capability. Optimisation skills for Safety, schedule, cost and duration performance improvement. Support enabling flawless and effective TAR program delivery. Refinery FCCU Turnaround specialist.

 

Work History

Senior Turnaround Engineer 05/2006 to 12/2024

Essar Oil UK Previously Shell Oil UK – Ellesmere Port, Cheshire Conducted feasibility studies for proposed projects and incorporated important metrics in final report

Prepared project costing to determine budget and timeline.

Investigated site failure or deterioration and recommended remedial action.

Provided information and updates to team and clients regarding analyses results.

Researched worldwide engineering trends to stay abreast with updates.

Modified and created new editions of existing processes, materials and programs to improve operations.

Continually checked systems for effectiveness and directed resources towards preventative maintenance plans.

Audited current working practices and made suitable recommendations for continuous improvement.

Scheduled and executed maintenance activities based on production plans and labour availability.

Collaborated with engineers and staff to identify and address problems and comply with regulatory and safety procedures.

Oversaw and trained newly hired engineers to create solutions, programs and designs.

Complied with agreed timeframes and completed work orders and PPM schedules.

Studied and advised on engineering aspects of particular manufacturing processes.

Defined and adhered to engineering quality standards to maintain high-quality results. Drafted technical schematics during project planning and provided cost estimates. Maintained compliance with environmental and safety legislation to safeguard staff Completed routine maintenance and repairs on existing systems.

Managed project cost estimations, expenses and timeline calculations.

Senior Lead engineer responsible for reactive unit outages or major equipment failures eg. CCU throughput issues 2019/2020/2021, Crude residue furnace rebuild 2013/14

Senior TA Engineer for 3 Major unit improvements on the CCU unit eg. Regen head, Riser, Cyclone replacement & MP Superheater replacements.

Managed a CUI & Linework improvement project as part of the Shell Global solutions project governance, and achieving the first refinery to achieve all the Project objectives.

 

Turnaround and Project Leader 04/2004 to 04/2006

AMEC UK Ltd – Darlington, DAL

Managed various Unit Turnarounds at UK Petrochemical plants

Grangemouth - Crude 1 Unit

Huntsman - North Tees - Aromatics Plant

Huntsman - Wilton Parazylene plant

Business Improvement Consultant 09/2001 to 04/2004

Alstom UK – Ashby-de-la-Zouch, LEC

Qualified as Six Sigma Business Improvement Blackbelt

Worked between the 3 Alstom Customer service divisions - Rugby. (Turbines), Stafford (Generators), Derby (Combustion), to devolop the integrated Business process management and interfaces between divisions to identify & reduce inefficiencies.

Performed business analysis and tracked key performance indicators.

Identified undetected organisational needs and proposed solutions.

Evaluated existing managements methods to identify strengths, weaknesses and compliance gaps.

Spearheaded work studies on current and proposed methodologies.

Gathered information from staff and direct observations to best target changes.

Supported implementation of quality management systems to improve quality control.

Documented organisational structures, job descriptions and workflows for in-depth analysis.

Assisted in implementing approved recommendations, issuing revised instructions and procedure manuals.

Projects & TA Engineer

CAXIOS Ltd – Chester, CHW

1985-1989 - Projects & TA planner

1990-2001 - TA Engineer working across the UK on most of the Petrochemical assest

ICI Runcorn - Chlorine/ Per Tri & VC3 plants

Mobil Coryton - CCU, MEK,PDA,Furfural, Offplot Units

Texaco Pembroke - Crude Unit

BP Grangemouth - Crude 1 & 2 Units

Shellhaven Coryton - HVU,LPG,Platformer & Merox Units

ESSO Fawley - Powerformer & Isomerisation Units 08/1985 to 08/2001

Apprentice Fitter

Shell Oil UK – Ellesmere Port

4 Year indentured Apprenticeship - Completing HNC level qualification 08/1981 to 07/1985

 

Education

HNC: Mechanical Engineering

Carlett Park College - Wirral

Six Sigma Black Belt Business Improvement qualification .

Causal Investigation - Shell Internal course

NEBOSH qualified

Skills