David Rowden resume

Curriculum Vitae

of

David Rowden

Senior Oil & Gas Planning Engineer

                                                                                            

Address              74 Glaisdale Road                                                                                Tel           01642 898316    

Yarm                                                                                                       Mob        07706674782

Cleveland                                                                               e-mail   [email protected]

TS159RP

                            

My Attributes

Excellent communicator – verbal, written, and also a very confident formal presenter

Relationship builder

Problem solver

Leadership

Professional response to customer feedback

Work with and provide support for colleagues in each project team

Highest degree of professional application in the planning discipline and working relationships

A working understanding of differing Contracts (JCT, NEC, ICE, FIDIC, MPTC) and corporate law

Good interpersonal and communication skills to ensure effective communication to all levels

Personality– hands-on, well-organised, strong planning detail and big-picture, conflict resolver, accountable, team leader and team-player, influential, resilient, tenacious, change-oriented and well-organised multi-tasker.

 


 

My Skills

Excellent Engineering technical skills.

Produce, manage and maintain the overall Contract Master Schedule using a comprehensive Work Breakdown Schedule;

Produce and develop Design & Procurement into the CMP, understanding the influences caused by these activities.

Produce, manage and maintain the Construction Programme and all detailed Look Ahead Programmes

Continuously develop the Programmes through a project’s life cyclewhilst maintaining continuous awareness of safety and performance.

Build resource profiles based on current and forecasted project requirements

Accurately identify, control and forecast the time scales and resource requirements

Carry out Critical Path Analysis to evaluate the Programme / Resources, report and advise on any problem area’s

Expert in using Project Management Software, Primavera P3-P5-P6, Microsoft Project, ASTA Team Plan, Pertmaster and fully compliant with other software including Artemis and the Microsoft Office Suite

Business Acumen and cost consciousness throughout the project life cycle.

Co-ordinate the flow of information

Prioritise and plan work activities using time efficiently

Obtain buy-in to the Programme from the whole project team

Accurately progress all programmes, monitor and report using agreed methods including narrative reports, dashboard reports and progress curves for visual representation.

 

 


 

Some Offshore ProjectsI have worked on

Apache – FASP OGN                                        Kvitebjorn Gas Field                                                            Shell – Bonga

Shell - Kittihawk                                                Mobil - Beryl B                                                                      Agip – Tiffany

Mobil - FPSO                                                      BP / Phillips / Conoco - Alpha/Bravo/Delta                     Shell Expro – Brent

British Gas - Morecombe Bay                         Shell - Inde                                                                            BP – Magnus

 

Some Petro-Chemicals SiteI have worked on

ICI Wilton                                                           ICI Billingham                                                                        Phillips Petroleum Seal Sands

Chevron/Conoco Pembroke                          Tioxide Hartlepool & Malaysia                                           Zeneca Billingham               

BP Saltend

Nuclear Plant– Aldermaston Weapons Establishment

                                                                                            

Work Experience

 

I started my career by serving my time as an apprentice plumber welder with ICI on the Wilton site, it was while spending some time in the planning and estimating department that I decided planning was what I wanted to work towards. During the 2nd year of my apprenticeship I was honoured to receive the Sir Ewart Smith award for the Most Improved Apprentice of the Year and in my 4th year was shortlisted to 4 for the ICI national Fleck award. I spent a number of years learning my trade by working for some of the top companies in the country (Redpath Offshore, Matthew Hall, Wimpey ME&C, Fluor)

I studied critical path analysis whilst working for ICI at Teesside polytechnic and started my first planning engineer role with Cleveland Pipework Services in 1982

 

Since moving into management in the early 80’s I have worked as Planning Engineer for a number of companies throughout the country as well as overseas. I have experience of many of the latest computer software packages including Microsoft office, which includes Microsoft Project 2000. I attended a course on AutoCAD V14in 2001 and since then I have worked with version 2000. I have experience of most project management software, which began with Artemisin the early 1980’s and have progressed to some of the most up to date software includingMicrosoft Project, Primavera P3, P5 & P6, ASTA Powerproject/Teamplan

 

These project management tools along with my experience have been the backbone of my success on a variety of contracts. I am able to use my vast knowledge and experience to control and run major contracts for some of the largest oil company’s in the world. In order to understand my business from an engineer’s point of view I studied and achieved a pass in A Level computer programming and furthered my qualifications by studying for a HNCin Fabrication and Welding at Teesside Tertiary in Middlesbrough.

 

 

 


 

Positions held

Snr Planning Engineer                     OGN Newcastle                                    Working on the commissioning of the Forties Alpha

Nov 11 to Present                                Satellite Project, carrying out detailed planning activities prior to sail away, Production of the hook-up phase and offshore commissioning programme.

 

Planning Engineer                            Interserve – BP Saltend Chemical Park

Hull         May 2010 to Nov 2011       Working on a number of plant improvement projects to

cover the construction & Commissioning of a new plant including a suction and deluge system, a new 12” Ethanol Line throughout the plant and a new site infrastructure consisting of Civils, Mechanical & Electrical works.

Snr Planner                                        Carillion PLC

                                                             Jan 2004 to Sept 2009                        Planning large multi discipline projects up to £140m for

the MOD, a £40m extension to Arla Milk processing Plant and a University in Leeds amongst others

 

Snr Planner                                        HBG Construction                                Planning the construction of a £24m School

                                              2003 to 2004

 

Snr Planner                                        Ballast                                                     Planning the Construction of the £40m Dalton Park

                                                2002 to 2003                                        Retail Outlet and a warehouse conversion to 64 No                                                                                                                     luxury apartments 

Project/Planning  

Manager                                             Styles Engineering                               Multi-Discipline oil contracts Design, Procure &

2000 to 2002                                        Construction of Modules for major clients i.e. Shell

Bonga,Kvitebjorne, Maersk, Shell Cook along with

others.

 

 

 


 

Cont’d …. Prior to 2000

 

 

 

Production Manager                        North East Marine Ltd                         Planning and controlling shop floor work loads of a

fabrication facility for Oil, Gas & Petro-Chem projects

 

 

Project Engineer                               Specweld Ltd                                        Undertaking contacts for major oil and petro-chem

company’s, Shell, BP, Eutech, Kvaerner

 

 

Planning Engineer                            Eutech Eng. Solutions                          Small to major shutdown and maintenance contracts on

Wilton and Billingham Petro-Chem sites

 

 

Planning Eng                                      Steels Engineering                               Large piping contracts for offshore projects

 

 

Fabrication Manager                        Marske Machine Company                Small to medium contracts for various clients including

Marathon Oil & Shell UK for Heerema

 

Operations Manager                       QA Pipetech                                         Small High tech company who carry out precision

welding on sub-sea aspects for most of the major oil company’s

 

Planning Manager                            Taylor & Partners/                              Working on various offshore projects for Shell/Agip/

\Project Co-ordinator                     TBJ Engineering                                    Mobil/Phillips constructing Modules at the Wallsend

facility.

                                                                            

Planning Engineer                           Press Construction                              Mechanical site planning of a new multi-million pound

nuclear facility to cater for the de-commissioning of

Triton Nuclear war heads

 

Planning Engineer                           ITM Offshore                                       Working on the construction of a SPMB for Mobil at the

Normanby Wharfe Yard

 

Planning Engineer                            Whesso Offshore                                 Working as part of the bid team tendering for large

offshore related contracts

 

Planning Engineer                            Taylor Warren Ltd                               Working on a number of offshore platform projects in

the Whesso Yard constructing Power Generation &

Accommodation Modules for the Shell Inde & Gannet