CV Senior HSSE Manager, HSSE Management Consultant British Gas Tunisia Agip KCO Kashagan

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Last Updated: Sunday, January 24, 2010

Summary:

A highly motivated Senior HSSE Manager; possessing excellent interpersonal and organisational skills; with over 25 years experience within blue chip international organisations both on and offshore operating in the oil gas and chemicals industry and arena, including over 15 years at executive level. A strong personal commitment and a proven track record of implementing world class safety standards within a multi cultural and multi national environment, with an ability to communicate effectively at all levels from the boardroom to the workface. A strategic thinker with analytical problem solving skills, working collaboratively across a multi-cultural business, displaying sensitivity to diverse settings and cultures and an outstanding interpersonal / communication skills and PC literacy (MS Office, MS Project etc and AutoCAD.)


Objective
Seeking a management position that leverages my international profile in leading HSSE within diverse organisations , a position which is both challenging and rewarding allowing the opportunity to embrace new skills and further develop existing capabilities; ideally within the oil and gas and chemicals industry arena.

Personal Profile and Statement

A highly motivated, resourceful and versatile senior executive with varied and strong technical, and administrative skills and NEBOSH qualified. Over 20 years of commercial experience of managing both personnel and projects as an operational emergency response planner, assessor and trainer, including HSE operations and responsibilities, both on and off shore.

A talented linguist, adept at promoting cultural relations in a multi-national and varied industry workplace. Accustomed to handling numerous major projects simultaneously. Financially astute, consistently works to deadlines achieves planned targets and delivers sales. Competent at planning, organising and coordinating. An excellent communicator including all levels, from the platform floor to the board and ministerial levels. Computer literate and practical knowledge of administration, corporate law and contracts.

Former HSE commercial diver and British military intelligence officer has considerable experience in physical, land based, off shore, maritime and IT security, personal protection, anti-piracy and counter terrorism, HSE & logistics operations, commercial risk management and contingency and emergency response planning and training, crisis management, commercial salvage operations and latterly in the oil & gas industry.

He has a breadth of experience operating world-wide with a particular knowledge of Asia and Central Eastern Europe, namely Poland, Russia and Kazakhstan, operating at ministerial and senior corporate management level. Having provided operational consulting services and project management to various industries and professions specifically in oil & gas, and other disciplines and industries; infrastructure development, utilities, international and maritime security, in particular maritime operations, airports and port operations, including commercial maritime salvage operations.

Specific O&G recent Experience

HSSE Operations – Management Consultant British Gas Tunisia May 2006 to Present day
Responsibilities: (Dates overlap due to providing consultancy between shifts and rotations with KPO)
Providing operational safety, response and emergency services as a manager and advisor; roles and responsibilities and services cover the management and maintenance and training of the three levels of emergency response, running MEM Courses, providing OIM and Levels 1, 2 and 3 Response Teams assessments to OPITO Standards, authoring incident management plans and bridging. Overall responsibility for reviewing and training and implementing a revised ICS and HSSE for Onshore and Offshore operations. Working directly for the VP Operations, and reporting to the VP HSSE for BGT.
Responsible for implementing ICS and HSSE requirements for all operational and project requirements on a rich gas treatment installation, Offshore production and well drilling activity. Extensively involved in the phases during building installation and commissioning and hook up of a new platform, the tie-in of the new wells, undersea pipelines and risers. Responsible for the planning and implementation of all HSSE and ER requirements required for the plant shutdowns and other operational activity.

HSSE Operations – Management Consultant Karachaganak Petroleum Organisation (KPO)
Jan 2003 to June 2008
Responsibilities:
Operating in a very high H²S environment and complex project; working with the Project Safety and Management Team in close liaison with the RoK National Authorities, overall responsibility for training and implementing a complete and revised ICS in tandem with the HSSE IMS for the Karachaganak Field, to include Tiers 1 and 2 oil spill response training and planning and operational response export pipelines to Russia and processing facilities at Orenburg, the 635-km export pipeline to Atyrau via Caspian Pipeline Consortium (CPC) system and the export pipeline Karachaganak-Bolshoi Chagan-Atyrau.
Developed and implemented ERPs for the major development phase of the project, or Phase Two, commenced in 2000. As well as the construction of new facilities for gas and liquids processing and gas injection, Phase Two included enhancement of the facilities inherited from the Soviet era, the work-over of more than 100 wells and the construction of a 120 MW power station and the gas and liquids separation and re-injection plants

Worked in close liaison with Agip KCO Kashagan Project Management Team and RoK Oblast Authorities.


CRISIS MANAGEMENT & SECURITY CONSULTANCY - UK, Asia, Africa, Latin America
Oct 94 - June 2000
Detailed below – during this period also responsible for safety and security of operation in Angola for Cabinda Gulf Oil Company Limited (CABGOC), Chevron's wholly owned operating unit in Angola and for Petrobras as the operator; Manati and Rio das Contas as partners / Camamu Jubarte Northern Campos (Offshore). Managed a response team and provided professional services in safety and security and advice for the pipelines and E&P operations both on and offshore.

Career History - management and consultancy projects to date include:

CRISIS MANAGEMENT / EMERGENCY RESPONSE & SECURITY CONSULTANCY - UK & Overseas January 2003 - present
Providing consultancy and training through an established company to commerce, industry, manufacturing in both the public and private sectors, writing and testing contingency plans. Working within the oil & gas industry world-wide, specifically, for BP, Chevron, BG, PetroBrass, LukOIl, Eni and Statoil, on land both based production and off shore and maritime operations, providing emergency response training and planning including contingency & disaster recovery services. The services include emergency management and business continuity, crisis management planning. Also providing operational response and emergency services as an advisor; roles and responsibilities and services cover the management and maintenance and training of the three levels of emergency response, to include Tiers 1 and 2 oil spill response planning and operational response, running MEM Courses, providing OIM and Levels 1, 2 and 3 Response Teams assessments to OPITO Standards, authoring incident management procedures and working closely with the company senior management, the parent companies and national and state authorities, both within the relevant country of operations.

R.M.S. TITANIC, INC. - Atlanta, GA, USA
Vice President (Operations), R.M.S Titanic, Inc. June 2000 - December 2002
R.M.S. Titanic, Inc. Corporate, - Performed an Operational control and function; managing personnel, The Conservation Facility and warehouse, including the control and registration of ‘The Collection’ consisting of 6,000 artefacts, security and disaster recovery & evacuation / continuity planning, working with the press and media and overseeing all media archive and material, maintenance of the corporate Web Site and provision of all imagery, operational planning, implementation and exploitation of all expeditions, liaison with the exhibition designers and venues including the co-ordination of the installation of the artefacts.
Dive & Salvage Division, - managing maritime salvage and recovery operations worldwide, conducting research and diving operations on the wreck of the Titanic and other ship wrecks. In addition, responsible for logistics, onboard and local country security, all matters concerning personnel, customs and importation and ‘landing’ of recovered artefacts and liaison with government agencies worldwide. During his time with the Company since 1992, completed a total of 22 dives to the wreck of the Titanic, as an experienced diver has worked as an underwater cameramen and the footage been used in numerous documentaries including those produced by the BBC, Channel 4, CBS, NBC, History Channel, Discovery and National Geographic.

CRISIS MANAGEMENT & SECURITY CONSULTANCY - UK, Asia, Africa, Latin America
Oct 94 - June 2000
Run and owned Crisis Management & Security (Counter Terrorism / Kidnap & Ransom) consultancy as part of an ‘association’ of risk management professionals, for major UK and overseas plc’s conducting physical security, emergency response, business interruption and contingency (and extraction) planning, protection of executives, surveys, and implementing the findings. Working within a variety of industries including the oil & gas, insurance, FMCG, manufacturing and assorted professional service industries. Working in the UK, Central and Eastern Europe, Africa, Asia and the United States. Managed the business development operations and dealing with client’s development budgets in excess of £250,000.
Also engaged as a Consultant to a UK / Singapore based Company concerned with the implementation and development of infrastructure projects through out South East Asia and latterly in Central Eastern Europe and Latin America, operating at Ministerial level with the governments of the regions in close co-operation with private sector companies from the energy / power, water & waste water, telecommunication and transport, industries and in consultation with the Multi-lateral organisations namely The World Bank, regional development banks and NGOs. Securing tenders and projects worth excess of US$ 3 to 10 Million.
R.M.S. TITANIC, INC. - New York, NY, USA
Consultant Director of Operations - R.M.S Titanic, Inc., May 1993 - Oct 94
As Director of Operations, responsible for a budget of US$2 Million, operating with the French Company IFREMER (The French Institute of Research and Exploration of the Sea), co-ordinating the preparation of the 1993 and 1994 Research and Recovery Expeditions to dive on the wreck of the R.M.S Titanic and successfully completing 47 dives. Implemented and managed the onboard and shore side security of the artefacts and maintained the photographic inventory, establishing the Company archives in New York. Planned and liaised with exhibition venues for R.M.S Titanic, Inc. including the planning for the 1996 World Tour.

GUARDFORCE - Hong Kong
Corporate Security & Anti-Terrorist/ Piracy (& Maritime Security) Consultant,
August 1992 - May 1993
Directly responsible to and required to deputise for, the Managing Director of the European and local Chinese staff of a small and highly diverse Investigation and Security Company, with a client base throughout Asia, the USA, Canada and the UK. Conducted Corporate Security & Anti -Terrorist/ Piracy (& Maritime Security) operations including underwater construction and NDT assessments and provided advice and training. Designed and implemented customised IT systems and software collation and information systems for both in house use and for marketing as a commercial product. Also as Corporate Security Officer responsible to the President and Chief Executive Officer for the corporate security of the Company, and the vetting of Company personnel throughout South East Asia. Trained and established teams for surveillance duties and civilian / commercial covert operations.

As the Senior Operations Director, was also required to manage a budget of US$ 1.5 million, 38 expatriate staff, purchase of equipment, formulate operational programmes, implement operational directives, report to and advise Senior Management and work within the tight financial budgets and constraints imposed.

• Education: St. Michael's College, Yorkshire, UK. - 3 'A' Level passes 1978
NEBOSH International Certificate
Risk Management Diploma – Oxford University
Management Diploma – Furness College


• Foreign Languages: French, German (conversational), Cantonese (colloquial) and Russian
• BOSIET (Tropical) Course incl. First Aid – Falc Nutec, Tunisia (Feb 2008)
• A1 Assessor - Renewing qualification from out of date D32 system
• OSRL Tiers 1 and 2 Oil Spill Response Commander


• Memberships:
American Society for Industrial Security (ASIS) Business Continuity Institute (BCI)
Risk Management Institution (RMI)
Member - International Institute of Risk and Safety Management (MIIRSM)
Federation of Small Businesses (FSB)
Survive ! Crisis Management Institute
Member - Institute of Occupational Safety and Health (MIOSH)

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