The Team

Professional Summary

A versatile construction management and Shutdown / Project coordination professional with over 30 years’ experience gained in the onshore and offshore Oil & Gas industry. A proven track record not limited to… 

• Project Management
• Shut Down Coordination and management 
• Budget and Cost Management
• Third Party / Vendor Contract Management 
• Site Construction Supervisor on Shipyard projects & offshore installations.
• Workpack Engineering
• Commissioning Engineering

Consultant Client support: TAR leadership, planning and execution advisor, with Assurance capability. Optimisation skills for Safety, schedule, cost and duration performance improvement. Upstream Oil and Gas focus.

 

TRAINING

• Oracle Primavera Fundamentals 
• Offshore Survival & medical
• 4 Year Construction Fabrication Apprenticeship, Shop / Site 
• Bolt Tensioning/ Torquing / Swagelok & Parker A - Lok Instrument fittings/ LOKRING / Quickflange 
• GRE Pipework Preparation and installation  

 

Work History

• During time in Ghana completed 6 x Full FPSO Shutdowns (Supported by Walk to Work) and multiple planned System Outages. Through all Phases of the Shutdown Process, Appraise / Select / Define / Post  
• Promoted industry standard shutdown processes to establish a strong shutdown culture in Ghana Operations. my innovations formally adopted into existing company procedures as best practice.
• Development and mentoring of local Offshore Tech as SD Coord to further Promotion as Senior facilities Eng.
• Responsible for multimillion dollar budgets, cost forecast, cost control etc.
• All Planned shutdowns on Ghana FPSOs KNK & TEN executed during my time in Ghana considered to be well prepared and successful.

 

Role Summary

• Correlating all tasks that are required for a facility Shutdown and to oversee, drive and complete all shutdown dependent works safely without incident, accident and on budget in conjunction with the FPSO FMT group
• Defining SD work scopes from the field maintenance systems coordination of vendors and materials, dictating the shutdown durations, liaising with and for the planning with all departments, in compiling the final plan. 
• Onshore - manage & coordinate the execution of the shutdown plan and to manage any changes that may arise due to growth items and any risks that may impact delivery of the shutdown. 
• Offshore execution – Supports SD manager OIM and Facility Manager  
• In Conjunction with Integrated planner develop detailed shutdown manpower histograms within POB constraints, efficient use of resources in implementing the shutdown activities.
• Develop budget forecasts and manage cost control 

 

Responsibility

• Primarily Onshore Role
• Preparation and control of Key Shutdown documents
• Shutdown Activity Register  - (SDAR) – Worklist 
• POB Tracker
• Purchase order Tracker / Cost Tracker
• Execution Risk Register / Meeting Minutes / action trackers
• Growth register / review growth forms prior to submission to Steering Group
• Scaffold Register / LOLER Register / Insulation Removal Register 
• Shutdown FEL Readiness tool
• Lessons Learned Register
• Maximo Reports
• Drives Third Party / Independent Shutdown Phase gate Reviews 
• Drives Lessons Learned process
• Ensure Shutdown is planned and executed in accordance with Company standards and procedures.
• Managing the scope growth (SSR) process
• Works with Offshore Execution Focal Point to monitor and track Offshore readiness
• In Conjunction with Leak Test & Flange Management lead  – Manages Leak Test & Flg Break Vendor
• In Conjunction with Commissioning Lead – Provision of - Scope Completion “Work packs” & handover matrix. 
• Chair progress meetings – Technical / Steercom / Material / POB 
• In Conjunction with HSE Focal point - Coordinate SIMOPS & risk reviews
• Manages the scope growth process.
• Gathers man-hours. trades durations (resource plans for Shutdown Activities)
• Works with Shutdown planner - Prepares Project Plan for integration into P6 / IAPS
• Mobilization of third party / vendor personnel and associated equipment, Pre and During Shutdown
• Prepares budget estimates, tracks and raises Purchase orders for the Shutdown
• In Conjunction with material Coordinator - Administers material tracking, bagging and tagging etc
• Travels offshore as required
• Setting up Information data bases on Shared Drives  & maintaining Key Shutdown Documents
• Organisation Charts / KPI Dashboard /  Peer Review Scoring Tool (FEL) / Activity Register (SDAR) - Work list / Action Tracker / Execution Risk register /  Material Tracker / Equipment shipping tracker / Document Tracker – Workpacks / Milestone Plan / Growth Register / Lessons learned / Impact Register / Control of Work Register / Cost Forecast (planned vs Actual) / Vendor Purchase Order / Contract Register

 

Tullow Oil Ghana Ltd – Sept 2023 – Present Shut Down Coordinator – Ghana 

• Joined Tullow Oil Ghana Ltd as Shutdown Coordinator for FPSO Kwame Nkrumah & MV25
• Instrumental in planning & preparation for KNK FPSO 2025 Q2 Shutdown (Supported by Walk to Work Vessel)
• Largest Shutdown in KNK history 
• Successfully Passed though Appraise / Select  / Define / Execute Gates & Final Go no Go.
• > 300 PoB Upman circa 30,000 Execute manhours. 
• > 400 Activities listed on Frozen Shutdown Activity Register 
• > 300 Documents (MoCs / Workpacks / Procedures)

 

Modec Production Services Ghana (MPSG) – Feb 2017 – Sept 2023 – Shut Down Coordinator – Ghana 

• Joined Modec Ghana Ltd (Tullow Oil Maintenance Provider) as Shutdown Coordinator for FPSO’s MV21 - FPSO Kwame Nkrumah & MV25- FPSO Prof. John Evans Atta Mills
• Note: All Shutdowns 
• Considered to be successful 
• Supported by Walk to Work Vessel
• 14 Day 2023 Prof. John Evans Atta Mills FPSO Shutdown 
• 12 Day 2022 Kwame Nkrumah FPSO Shutdown
• 9 Day 2020 MV21 - FPSO Kwame Nkrumah Shutdown 
• 21 Day 2019 MV25- FPSO Prof. John Evans Atta Mills Shutdown
• 2 x 21 Day 2018 Q1 Kwame Nkrumah Shutdowns and  July 2018 10 day SW Outage 
• During Covid - Supported Brownfield Execution Team (BET) 2020 Kwame Nkrumah Maintenance Campaign
• Cost Control – OMVRs & Purchase Orders 
• Coordinated Shutdown POB into Quarantine centers and offshore
• Material tracking and shipping 

 

Repsol – Sinopec May 2015 – January 2017 – Shut Down Coordinator – UK Aberdeen 

• Joined Repsol-Sinopec as Shutdown Coordinator for Montrose and Arbroath Assets.
• Successfully completed 185 day 2016 Shutdown. 
• Montrose (185 days) Supported by 2 x Flotels expending ~81,000 Direct Shutdown Hours
• Arbroath (80 days)  ~7000 Direct Shutdown Hours

 

Role Summary

Field production shutdown in 2016 to complete the Installation of the new Bridge Linked Platform (BLP) topsides

Responsible for supporting the Assets by identifying all scopes required to be completed during the shutdown that originates from the Montrose and Arbroath operations and maintenance teams.  Responsible for supporting the job owners to ensure that activities are adequately resourced and planned, such that they can be completed in line with the Project shutdown activities.  Further responsibilities of this role include ensuring that the Purging and Leak Testing focal point for the Montrose and Arbroath platforms has provided all the resources including personnel, work packs and materials such that these key areas are delivered in line with the shutdown schedule.  Another key responsibility involves supervising the Onshore Operations focal point such that an approved shut-in and restart procedure and plan (to be integrated into the shutdown plan) is developed for shutting in the field and then subsequent restart.

 

AMEC 2013 – May 2015 – TAR (Shut Down) Team Leader - UK Aberdeen

Joined AMEC on BP Midstream (Forties Pipeline System) Contract as TAR Lead. 

• Successfully completed BP Midstream 14 Day 2014 Shutdown, was present offshore from Shutdown start to finish.
• No Incidents or Injuries
• No Damage to Environment
• All Safety Critical Scopes Completed
• Smooth Return to Operations

 

Appraise / Select / Define - Pre TAR Key Responsibilities 

• Drive TAR preparation in line with BP TAR CVP Plan 
• Issue DSP’s to Gatekeepers at Stage Gate’s
• Administers Key TAR documents
• Worklist / Risk Register / R & R document / TAR plan / KPI dashboard
• Meeting log / action tracker / Growth register / review growth forms prior to submission 
• Stage gate DSP’s / TAR FEL tool
• Chair Pre-TAR weekly progress meetings
• Coordinate SIMOPS & risk reviews
• Arrange stage gate peer reviews and final Go-No-Go review
• HSE leadership, ensure that the HSE plan is being followed.
• Accountable for managing delivery against CVP plan and reacting to and managing issues as they arise
• Managing the scope change control (ACR) process.
• Cost tracking

 

Execute – TAR Responsibilities 

• Travelled offshore for duration of TAR
• Issue daily reports and update planner with progress against plan (S curve Generation)
• Chair cross asset (Cruden Bay & Unity) daily meetings.
• GoC (Certification & Commissioning).
• Workpack administration (As builds, EQ’s, Certification etc)
• Logistics & POB Issues
• Trouble shoot emergent site issues (SIMOPS, Off plan activities etc).
• Labor allocation
• Ensure line walks carried out Pre Commissioning and start up

 

Operate – TAR Responsibilities 

• Smooth return to Operations  
• Worksite clearance (tooling, Scaffolding, Rigging etc)
• Plant re-instatement (insulation, secondary supports etc)
• Return of all Hire Equipment
• Workpack & GoC (Certification) Closeout
• Chair Lessons learned review
• Cost tracking
• Operate DSP

 

CNRi 2012 – 2013 - Shut Down Coordinator - UK Aberdeen

CNRi (Canadian Natural Resource International) as Lead Shutdown Coordinator looking after the Tiffany & Murchison Platforms.

Successfully completed Tiffany 18 day 2013 Shutdown approx 11,000 shutdown manhours over and above normal operations, was present offshore from Shutdown start to finish.

SD Drivers

• ESD testing
• Flare Tip Changeout
• Subsea SSIV Closure  tests
• Fire Pump performance tests
• Control valve changeouts x 14
• Manual valve changeouts x 13
• Integrity repairs

 

Key Roles

• Compile & be custodian of the shutdown worklist

• Take ownership of the overall SD plan, shutdown strategy, milestones & success criteria
• Manage shutdown preparation & development. 
• Convene 1 to 1 meetings with all onshore department focal points to understand all work scopes..
• Convene & chair regular shutdown meetings to: 
• Maintain action tracking system.
• Ensure all key lines of communication & reporting are defined & maintained.
• Ensure optimum flow of shutdown information to all parties.
• Monitor & identify progress in shutdown planning and preparatory activities.  
• Identify conflicts and implement corrective action as necessary.
• Resolve any prioritisation issues in consultation with the appropriate focal points.
• Lead, supervise & provide direction to offshore resource during pre-shutdown & shutdown
• Provide key link between operations & implementation workforce.
• Take ownership of shutdown preparations offshore activities as required, including visits to platforms.
• Set-up shutdown materials management systems offshore. Identify shutdown storage requirements, review lay-down & temporary working facilities.
• Have major input to critical path planning 
• Co-ordinate implementation resource.
• Ensure that each work scope has an offshore owner with clear accountabilities.
• Provide daily progress updates during shutdown execution phase. 
• Compile & circulate daily shutdown progress information (daily report).
• Apply shutdown plan change control procedure.
• Via the Shutdown Leadership Team, ensure that the onshore resource requirements are identified to fully develop the shutdown, and support the offshore team during the execution phase.
• Ensure that adequate offshore resource and structure is in place to execute the work scopes safely and efficiently.
• Co-ordinate all Shutdown review sessions, including:
• Peer Reviews
• Onshore Shutdown Inductions.
• Closeout sessions.
• Act as the shutdown Focal Point during offshore execution phase.
• Provide Focal Point facilities for flange management vendor (e.g. Hydratight).
• Set up and administer a shutdown learning points database, and ensure lateral learning input from other databases.

 

2011 – 12 (Petrofac) - UK Aberdeen

Maersk Oil:  Shut Down Coordinator 

Successfully completed May 2012 FMEA / Glycol Shut down on GP3 FPSO

• Accountable for the preparation and delivery of a fully integrated shut down plan
• Lead SD preparation, focal point for all asset SD activity
• Establish and coordinates onshore / offshore SD progress meetings with relevant facility personnel and third party contractors
• Produces and maintains documentation to support SD preparation, including but not limited to: Shutdown Activity Register (SDAR), Stage Gate Decision Support Packages, Risk Register, Action Tracker(s), Workpack Tracker(s) Induction Packages etc
• Enforces the discipline of the SD process through rigorous application of scope freeze and change control
• Works with the designated asset leads to ensure offshore preparation is progressed in line with the SD preparation schedule
• Prepares and deliver communication material (including progress reporting) as required by the SD Process for Gatekeepers and Stakeholders
• Liaises with, and integrates the activities of all functional teams (including Operations, Projects, Maintenance, Drilling, Subsea, Pipelines and 3rd Party) to ensure early identification of work scope in the SD plan 
• Works with the SD Planner to populate the SD milestone plan – ensuring adherence with all deliverables
• Works with the SD Planner to prepare an accurate SD Execution schedule
• Coordinates the activities of all vendors / contractors to ensure timely integration, issue and mobilisation of workpacks, materials, vendors, equipment, services and tools required
• Organise, participate and compile the SD Close Out report

 

2009 – 2011 (PSN) - UK Aberdeen

BP:  Andrew Onshore TAR Construction Coordinator

• Single Point of Contact for Third Party Contractors and Vendor support teams.  
• Utilise the contractor support teams to deliver Engineering Solutions, Material Specification & Management, Work pack delivery content and GOC compliance.
• Accountable for ensuring all modifications & projects executed in the TAR met planning & procurement gates
• In conjunction with the TAR Planner, responsible for producing accurate preparation & execution plan. 
• Reviewed contractor / third party cost estimates, raised Purchase Orders and technically approved invoices
• Maintained TAR Cost tracking / Budget document

• Carried out pre-TAR surveys as required 
• Ensured worksite preparation was undertaken such as scaffold erection, insulation removal, tooling, rigging etc
• Liaise with Contractors to ensure adequate resources to deliver the TAR  
• Work with the Ops Coordinator to ensure the Bookies Board was kept up to date 
• Work with TAR planner to produce contingency plan to cover personnel, materials, process, and commissioning,
• Participate in risk assessments associated with the TAR work scopes.
• Compile a close-out / lessons learned report after each TAR.
• Ensure TAR Manager is updated of any risk to delivery at the earliest opportunity
• Support the TAR induction process.
• Assist with TAR close out

 

2008 – 2009    (PSN) - UK Aberdeen

BP:  Andrew Offshore TAR Construction Coordinator / Construction Engineer                      

• Offshore Company Rep
• Supervision of Tradesmen and Vendors
• Chairing safety meetings
• Responsible for the preparation off construction worksites
• Responsible for the management of materials 
• Ensuring that LOLER focal point is in place to generate lift plans
• Generation of  Permits required to carry out  tasks detailed in packs
• Responsible for scaffolding & lagging removal assessments
• Offshore review of all PSN construction workpacks
• Compilation of all punchlist items 
• Originator of Offshore Engineering Queries 
• Sign off jobcards 
• Attending & chairing offshore construction progress meetings
• Management of BP GOC Certification system
• Accountable for the provision of construction expertise during the design phase
• Preparation of man-hour estimates for all construction activities; liaison with Vendors and others on matters concerning construction
• Visiting sites to carry out surveys and provide construction input to onsite implementation activity 
• Assisting in the development and compilation of construction workpacks, ensuring the inclusion of all necessary deliverables, specification, safety documentation, philosophies, strategies, method statements, procedures and other supporting documentation sufficient for the safe and efficient execution of the works.
• Liaising with client management 
• Attending onshore construction action meetings
• Liaising with HR Dept to ensure manpower requirements are met
• Liaising with Material dept to ensure material delivery is on track

 

2008 – 2009    (PSN) - UK Aberdeen

BP:  Andrew TAR Construction Supervisor (Offshore)

• Accepted Onshore Construction Coordinator Role for the BP Andrew 2009 TAR. Then Mobilised to BP Andrew to manage the construction crew during the 2009 TAR implementation. This TAR was completed on time during a three week period with no incidents to report.
• Involved in the design phase for BP Andrew 2008 TAR. Then Mobilised to BP Andrew as FTL to Supervise 2008 TAR implementation This TAR was completed on time during a two week period with no incidents to report
• Involved in the design phase for BP Clair 2008 TAR. Then Mobilised to BP Clair as FTL to Supervise 2008 TAR implementation. This TAR was completed on time during a three week period with no incidents to report
• Involved in the design phase for BP Harding 2008 TAR. Then Mobilised to BP Harding as FTL to Supervise 2008 TAR implementation. This TAR was completed on time during a three week period with no incidents to report
• Attached to the Andrew asset onshore & offshore developing TAR 2008 workpacks, repair order workpacks & Wellhead Xmas tree re-instatement workpacks. Mobilised offshore as required to Supervise implementation of Xmas tree re-instatements, repair order completions  & carry out construction surveys of future works
• Involved in the design phase for BP Andrew Slot 5 Project Then Mobilised to BP Andrew as FTL to supervise the offshore installation of Slot 5 Flowline & associated Methanol Line.This project was completed on time over a period of Two months with no incidents to report. 

 

2007 – 2008 (PSN) - Offshore Field Team Leader (FTL) / Construction Engineer - UK Aberdeen                               

Accepted the position of BP Miller TAR FTL .This comprised the preparation for a seven 

Week “Turnaround” (Shutdown) in July 2007 (The biggest TAR in BP Millers history).

Involved both Onshore & Offshore with Workpack development (50+ Packs) & offshore constructability reviews.

 

2006 – 2007 - Offshore Field Team Leader (FTL) / Construction Engineer -                                   

• Transferred to Aberdeen Office as Construction Engineer for design phase on Miller Jigsaw SARH (Search & Rescue Helicopter) Project.
• Mobilised Offshore as Field Team Leader to Supervise Construction & Commissioning  activities
• Responsible for offshore implementation of Jigsaw SARH (Search & Rescue Helicopter Base) – comprising of installation & commissioning of four Ferguson Seacab Modules & associated support structure

 

Duties Included:

• Workpack & jobcard development
• Supervision of Tradesmen and Vendors
• Attending daily planning meetings with platform management
• Management of BP GOC Certification system
• Commissioning of all piping & E & I systems

 

April 2004 – 2005  (KBR)

FOREMAN

On completion of the Arthur Riser Project Mobilised to the Beryl Alpha Asset to carry out supervision duties during their Eight week Shutdown 

Mobilised to the Exxon Mobil Thames Alpha Platform and Promoted to General Foreman for the Arthur Riser Project Responsible for the Timesheets, Daily Reports, Progress reports, 

Work pack management, Punch list items, Tools, Materials Permit to work system & General Supervision of Tradesmen

 

Employed on Shell Central field, carried out all aspects of pipefitting

On the Auk, Nelson, Shearwater & Anussuria Platforms during their Yearly shutdowns.

 

1990 - 2005

• North sea & international : Forman, pipefitter roles.