Objective
ex Lloyds Register surveyor having 25 years experience in shipbuilding & offshore industries involved on & off site, also employed as a Hull Inspector / Superintendent, either working alone or within a team structure, responsible from 2 to 25 people at any one time to work on either newbuilding/conversion FPSO's or Marine Projects including In-Service survey work
Experience
Saipem Sp A, Milan, Italy. Nov 2006 to Present 2007.
Project Hull Engineer working on the Gimboa FPSO Conversion in Milan and Dubai
Lloyds Register Asia. Sept 2004 to Nov 2006.
4. Surveyor in Ulsan, Korea working on a series of 5 newbuilding Chemical / Products Tankers in the Hyundai Mipo Dockyard.
3. Standby in the Keppel Tuas shipyard on Rotating Turret Mooring & Linear Winch repairs, complete survey work to FPSO Nganhurra in Singapore.
2. Carry-out CAP Surveys onboard FPSO Armada Perkasa in the Keppel Benoi Shipyard in Singapore.
1. Specialist Surveyor to carry-out survey work during the construction, testing & commissioning of the Woodside Energy Ltd, Enfield Project newbuilding FPSO Hull and Topsides at Samsung Heavy Industry Shipyard, Koje, Korea.
Duties include Hull Structure surveys, Hydro & Air testing of structure & piping, witness commissioning of equipment / machinery to Lloyds Register “Floating Offshore Installation at a Fixed Location Rules & Regs.
Statutory Surveys include Fire & Gas Detection Systems, Lifesaving Equipment, Lifting Appliances, (Cranes, Runway beams, Elevator & Lifting Lugs), working to IMO, SOLAS, MARPOL & Flag Rules & Regs.
Verification of the Topsides as the Third Party Surveyor to monitor construction, witness commissioning, review documentation and confirm the Client is in compliance to the required Codes, Standards & Regulations.
Shell Trading and Shipping Co. London March 2004
Carried out Vetting & Delivery Survey onboard “Front Commerce” in all Water Ballast Tanks, Cofferdams, Main Deck, Machinery Spaces, and Accommodation. Compiling delivery survey reports.
Novoship (UK) Ltd, London July – Dec 2003
2. Worked on 88 dry-docking, onboard M/T Grigoriy Nesterenko, work includes Major Oil Company upgrade to CAP 1 status, 300 tons steel renewal, shotblasting & painting double bottoms, LR Intermediate Survey work, at the Novorossiyk Shiprepair Yard, Black Sea, Russia.
1. Carried out 42 dry-docking, onboard M/T Akademik Vereshchagin, work included Major Oil Company upgrade work to CAP 1 status, 43 tons steel renewal, shotblasting & painting of double bottoms, DNV 3rd Special Survey work, (for 2004), at the Gdansk Stocznia Remontowa Yard, Poland.
Northern Marine Management (Clydebank) April –June 2003
2. Carried out Condition Survey in the water ballast tanks, double bottoms, void spaces, cargo decks onboard the Stena Line Ro Ro Mont Ventoux on the Tunis - Marseilles run
1. Carried out newbuilding first year guarantee condition survey in all water ballast tanks, double bottoms, void spaces, cargo decks onboard the Stena Line Ro Ro Cetam Massilia, Marseilles – Tunis.
Single Buoy Mooring (SBM) Monaco Feb 2002 – April 2003
Far East Hull Supt working in Vietnam on a 5th Special Survey for offshore FPSO Rang Dong 1, co-ordinating Rope-Access team on UT Gauging of Cargo & Water Ballast tanks and ABS surveys, compiling Repair Specifications and sending-out tenders for steel repairs, scaffolding etc. Supervising scaffolders & steel repairs offshore in Cargo Oil Tanks, Water Ballast tanks, and engine room tanks / areas with local Vietnamese sub-contract labour.
Dockwise Shipping BV, Netherlands. May – Dec 2001
3. Carried out 50 day dry-docking, onboard the Mighty Servant 3 including L.R. Intermediate survey and 90 tons of steel renewals for the life extension project at the Hyundai-Vinashin Shipyard, Vietnam.
2. Carried out 33 day dry-docking, onboard the Dock Express 10 including L.R. Intermediate survey and 55 tons of steel renewals at the Hyundai-Vinashin Shipyard, Vietnam.
1. Carried out 47-day dry-docking, including L.R. Intermediate Survey and 100 tons of steel renewals for the life extension project onboard the Mighty Servant 1 at the Daewoo- Mangalia Shipyard, Romania.
Northern Marine Management (Clydebank). Jan – May 2001
4. Carried out Structural Condition Survey in the Water Ballast tanks, Double Bottoms, Void Spaces, Cargo decks onboard the North Sea RoRo ferry Stena SeaTrader
3. At ASRY, Bahrain for 28 day dry-docking on bottom shell & bulbous bow repair, water ballast and cargo tank repairs on Products Tanker ‘Yamilah’ for the Abu Dhabi National Tanker Co on behalf of Tritec Marine Consultants / NMM.
2. Carried out Structural Condition Survey in the Water Ballast tanks, Double Bottoms, Void Spaces, Cargo decks onboard the RoRo’s Stena Clipper, Stena Timer and Stena Tender in the Caribbean, Gulf of Mexico, and U.S.A.
1. Carried out Structural Condition Survey in the Water Ballast tanks, Double Bottoms, Void Spaces, Cargo decks onboard the North Sea RoRo ferry Stena SeaRider.
BAe Systems Marine, Barrow-in-Furness, England Mar 2000 – Jan 2001
Project Hull Engineer working at the BAe Systems Marine Barrow shipyard carrying out a structural condition survey throughout their newbuilding vessel (AO 01) RFA Wave Knight, an Auxiliary Oiler for the Defence Procurement Agency. Other duties include working in conjunction with Class to clear structural steel blocks, tanks and compartments for acceptance, supervising a small repair team working through tanks and compartments carrying out rectification work, also carried out survey work on the sister ship (AO 02) Wave Ruler at the BAe Glasgow Govan Yard.
Acomarit (UK) Ltd, Glasgow Oct – Dec 1999
Seconded to Acomarit Canada in Montreal to carryout Condition and Assessment Surveys on four Canada Steamship Lines Great Lake vessels. The surveys where to assess and inspect the structural condition of the ships, write up dry-docking and steel renewal specifications for the ship-repair winter lay-up programme.
Dockwise, Meer, Belgium.Jan - Aug 1999
3. Special Project of 320t Steelwork Reinforcement to 8 water ballast tanks and 4metre extension to the port and starboard casings, including shotblasting and painting, onboard the Mighty Servant 1,at the Astilleros de Cadiz shipyard, Spain.
2. Carried out 160t of steel renewals to 8 Sponson sections bottom shell plating, longitudinal stiffening and webframe reinforcement due to sea pounding damage, 10t steel renewal to water ballast tanks, Lloyds Reg. third special survey, sea damaged side shell plating / framing and dry-dock of mv Dock Express 12 at the Mipo Dockyard, Korea.
1. Converted Heavy Lift ship “Super Servant 3” to Yacht Carrier, supervision/inspection of fabrication and installation of side dock-walls and centre catwalks, 170 tons steel renewals in 17 water ballast tanks for the life extension project / ABS Intermediate survey work, and dry-docking at Hyundai Mipo Dockyard, Korea.
Reading & Bates, (R.B. Falcon), Aberdeen. Nov - Dec 1998
Carried out inspection/supervision of DNV Intermediate survey work, 89 structural door opening fracture repairs, general steelwork deck and bulkhead fracture / maintenance repairs, stainless steel weld cladding to Kort Nozzles and dry-docking, onboard Semi-submersible msv ‘IOLAIR’, at the Cammell Laird Shipyard, Liverpool.
Dockwise, Meer, Belgium. July - Oct 1998
Carried out inspection/supervision, Jumbo-ising, (30metre mid-body elongation and 5metre port & starboard widening by sponsons), Lloyds Reg. third special survey, 85T ballast tank steel renewal, life extension project and Dry-docking onboard vessel “Mighty Servant 1”, (now the largest heavy lift ship), at Hyundai Mipo Dockyard, Korea.
Acomarit (UK), Glasgow. May 1997 - July 1998
6. Life extension project (50 days), at Chenxi shipyard China, steel renewals of 250t throughout water ballast tanks onboard heavy lift vessel ‘Swift’.
5. At ASRY, Bahrain on 22 day docking of side and bottom shell stiffening on VLCC tankers Front Lord and Front Lady.
4. Carried out ramp repairs on Ro-Ro Kumasi at Tema, Ghana.
3. Carried out Condition Survey of water ballast tanks on Ro-Ro Kukawa at Falmouth Dockyard.
2. Life extension project and DNV intermediate survey at the Chenxi Shipyard, China, 400t steel and piping renewals on heavy lift ship ‘Swan’
1. Carried out DNV Third Special survey / drydocking 120t steel renewals at the Chengxi Shipyard, China on the vessel ‘Tern’
BUE Marine Ltd, Edinburgh. Feb - Mar 1997
Steelwork Superintendent, supervising 16 Welders on installation of ‘Karm Fork’ equipment, repair and refurbishing on anchor handling/supply boats at Baku, Azerbaijan.
AMEC Offshore Development. Dec 1992 - Jan 1997
Structural General Foreman, supervising 2 F/Men and 20 Platers on Oil Platform hook-ups (AGIP ‘Tiffany’ Field and Amerada Hess ‘Scott’ Field.
Technical Marine Planning Ltd, London. Feb 1991 - Apr 1992
Construction Superintendent, supervising construction of passenger cruise ships for Holland- America Line, in Fincantieri, Trieste, Italy.
Three Quays Marine Services Ltd, London. Jan 1990 - Feb 1991
Hull Supt seconded to Aramco Marine Projects to supervise sub-contracted steelwork being fabricated for Ocean-going Tugs in Ailsa-Perth Shipyard, Troon and Richard Dunston Shipyard, Hessle,
Lloyds Register of Shipping, London. Apr 1989 - Dec 1989
Tanker Construction Manager, supervising construction of 29,000t product tankers in Szczecin, Poland.
Maritime Overseas Corporation, New York, USA. Sep 1988 - Apr 1989
Hull/Outfit Superintendent, supervising new construction of a 260,000 crude oil tanker VLCC in Hitachi Zosen, Ariake Shipyard Japan.
Odeco (UK) Inc., Aberdeen. Jan 1983 - Sep 1988
Hull Superintendent with American Drilling Contractor, Ocean Drilling and Exploration Company of New Orleans, on newbuilding construction of semi-submersible drilling rig Ocean Alliance
The British Petroleum Company Ltd, London. Nov 1980 - Dec 1982
Hull Surveyor, supervising construction of Semi-submersible ESV IOLAIR and 109,000t segregated ballast tanker BRITISH SPIRIT at Scott Lithgow Shipyard.
CJB Offshore, London. Aug 1977 - Oct 1980
Steelwork Superintendent, working from London Office on the Chevron Ninian Central Production Projects Team and offshore.
Yarrow (Ship) Ltd, UCS, Scotstoun Marine Ltd, Glasgow. Nov 1963 - Aug 1977
Time-served shipwright / hull draughtsman promoted to Supervisor, Assistant Ships Manager.
Education
Certification
HND: Naval Architecture
LR Authorisation: LR Cert of Authorisation for NDE & Surveys
Senior Welding Inspector: CSWIP Senior Welding Inspector
City & Guilds: Shipbuilding, Craft and Advanced
The Welding Institute: Welding Technician, (Tech, Euro)
Nebosh: National General Certificate
Skils
20 years experience with Offshore Projects
FPSO Newbuildings, Conversions & Marine Projects
FPSO, Drilling Rigs Steelwork / Welding / Supervision & Inspection.
Surveillance of Hull steelwork progression
Confirm project is in compliance to the required Codes, Standards & Regulations.
Verifying Equipment to applicable Codes & Standards, all shipyard Quality Control Standards, including weight & dimension control, in accordance with drawings and technical comments.
Verifying material traceability, welding procedures, NDT review, inspection and test plan,(ITP)
In–depth experience of Classification Rules, Codes, Standards, AWS, ASME, & Flag
Rotating Turret Mooring System experience. Continuous Assessment Programme (CAP), projects.
Interact/Meetings with shipyard or owner's management team.
I can work in a team and also alone as required, computer literate, conversant with marine safety and used to travelling world-wide.