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Andrew Estensen
Profile
Highly skilled mechanical engineering professional; offers a broad range of technical, engineering and supervisory skills along with the ability to deliver scopes on time and within budget. In addition to several years experience in the offshore and marine industries has also continued to update skills to maintain a good level of relevant engineering knowledge.
Employment History:
March 2013 Present
Shell (Shell EPE), Brent Charlie / Brent Bravo.
Split shift offshore maintenance scheduler.
Functional Roles & Responsibilities:
Interface with Discipline Supervisors in execution of work orders/ maintenance activities
Produce consecutive 7-day schedules for maintenance activities
Prepare and schedule activities for technicians via Discipline Supervisors on a daily basis
Carry out daily updates to plan and monitor progress and effectiveness
Update schedule with agreed break-ins and carry out impact assessment
Issue work orders to Discipline Supervisors and ensure onshore close out in SAP on completion
Annual shutdown preparation in conjunction with Discipline Supervisors
Lead & implement business improvement initiatives
Ensure effective and efficient delivery of all activities within the maintenance plans (e.g. PSAP correctives & non-routine work orders).
Raise PMR deferments responsibilities and ensure associated risk assessments are carried out where appropriate
Participate in weekly operations/maintenance scheduling meeting
Participate in daily performance review with maintenance team
Contribute to maintenance prioritization review
Stand in for ISC Team Leader if and when required
Support ISC Team Leader with team and individual development activities.
April 2006 March 2013
Wood Group PSN (Shell EPE), Brent Charlie
Work preparation focal point.
Functional Roles & Responsibilities:
Responsible for the daily selection of both PM & CM work orders for preparation following E&M prioritisation of work
Responsible for daily work order preparation by identifying what needs done? What Hazards are involved? How does it need to be done? What materials and services are needed? What tools are required? What is the material lead-time? How long will the job take? What instructions will the team need?
Responsible for determining planned costs & updating estimate cost columns.
Responsible for the daily creation of 72RE sub work orders for repairable items.
Responsible for running daily ready for execution checks & setting relevant work orders to EXEC status.
Responsible for standing in for Scheduler if and when required.
Responsible for liaising with the store man on material control issues.
Provide ongoing work preparation training to platform.
Attends daily SAP meetings
Assisting the PMO team as and when required.
Shutdown coordinator
, responsible for:
Ensuring all aspects of executing the annual shutdown is covered from an offshore perspective.
Populating all WCC’s (Work Control Certificates) so that the work can be executed safely.
Prepping work orders including ordering the required components for maintenance scopes.
Ensuring all disciplines, mechanical, electrical, instrumentation, services and specialist vendors are briefed on the safety and delivery expectations of the platform management.
Ensuring all work sites are safe, and all work is executed safely, prior, during and after the platform shutdown.
Ensuring isolations are correct for work to be carried out safely and that all relevant supporting paper work is in place.
April 2001 – March 2006 Various
During this period I held a number of positions as a commissioning engineer and a mechanical supervisor.
The positions were mainly offshore based in the UK they included:
Carrying out root cause analysis to determine faults on LP and HP compression units.
Advise the client on down time, manning and cost.
Focal point for contracting company’s on how to achieve the safe execution of work for the client.
Responsible for overseeing the strip down, repair, rebuild and commissioning of equipment to agreed timescales.
Responsible for the handing over of the commissioned machine back to the client.
Managing a team and work scopes to achieve optimum performance of work execution.
1996 – 2001 Various
At the start of my engineering career I worked in a number of different sectors including heavy engineering, petrochemical plants, MoD, marine engineering, offshore engineering, construction and power stations. Projects worked on include:
Britannia Oil, Port Clarence, Teesside
Working as senior mechanical commissioning technician, on behalf of Bell valves, on the Britannia oil and gas project.
Working closely with the client to identify problematic valves during the commissioning stages.
Responsible for the correct manning requirements to execute the project.
Supervise / advise technicians in the safe working procedures required to repair removed or replaced valves in accordance with client QA & QC specifications.
Identifying 300 valves that were subsequently removed, repaired and / or replaced, within time and budget, to meet QA & QC requirements stipulated by the client.
GEC Aerospace, World Cargo, Terminal Four, Heathrow Airport UK
Employed as a commissioning engineer to install the first ever computerised cargo-handling system overseeing the correct alignment and instalment of the conveyor and hoist systems. Conducted commissioning checks in accordance with BAA and GEC procedures.
Mammoet, Holland
Worked as part of a team on a ground breaking project never attempted anywhere before. The project involved building, designing and installing 26 separate lifting units onto a barge using the Smitt International Giant 4. This was then utilised to recover the Keorsk submarine, from the seabed, and transport it back to dry dock in Norway for the Russian Government.
Mercia Lifting & Kone Cranes, Teesside
Commissioning engineer conducting root cause analysis to determine faults with overhead gantry cranes advising the client on down time requirements so that works could be carried out in a safe reasonable time scale. This was carried out in accordance to Lloyd’s insurance regulations and policies.
Devonport Royal Navy Shipyard
Commissioning engineer executing maintenance on Royal Navy ships including aircraft carriers, frigates and submarines.
Main roles and responsibilities included:
Maintenance on fire fighting systems
Fuel systems
Fresh water systems
Double bottoms on oil filter system
Condensation systems
Cooling systems
Air systems
Steering equipment
Harland and Wolf, Northern Ireland, UK
Commissioning engineer working on a semi-submersible accommodation oil and gas support barge in dry dock. The project was to transform the accommodation barge into a drilling platform.
Sep. 1992 – Aug. 1996
Four year Mechanical Engineering apprenticeship at Teesside training enterprise (TTE). Whilst undertaking my apprenticeship, I received the Buck & Hickman Apprentice of the Year Award.
Qualifications and Training
As part of a commitment to personal development attended the following courses: FOET Offshore Survival (Exp. June 2012)
Offshore Medical (Exp. May 2014)
Offshore Fire Fighting (ERT) and Offshore First Aider
ISSOW IA Authorised (Shell)
Advanced Safety Leadership (Shell)
MIST (Minimum Industry Safety Training)
Leg Entry Competence (Shell)
SAP Competent
Pegasus Passport
Offshore Safety Rep - IOSH
COSHH Manual Handling Assessor
Authorised Gas Tester
NVQ Level 2 & 3 in mechanical maintenance
SMTD Foundation complete
Working At Height Level 2
ROSPA Certificate
Critical piping; bolt tensioning; flange alignment competent; Swagelok trained; KWB trained; laser alignment competent
Vibration – Fundamentals for machine condition vibration & CBM W1201 SKF
- Skills
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- Offshore exp 19 years by 2015
- Employers
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Maintenance supervisor at Shell
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View Contact InformationMiddlesbrough, Cleveland,
