Mechanical & Valve Sevices
Simpson Tech Services
Freelance Services
Mechanical & Valves
Available For Long And Short Contract Roles For:
About Me
| Residence Skelton, Saltburn By The Sea. UK | |||||
| e-mail [email protected] | Phone +44 (0) 7780682052 | ||||
I am a time served Mechanical Technician with many years of post-apprenticeship experience within the Oil & Gas / Petro-Chemical industry. I have covered all aspects of Mechanical Engineering e.g. routine maintenance, commissioning, major overhauls and breakdowns to name just a few. I consider myself to be a competent, proactive and a highly motivated technician with a professional, positive attitude to industry. I am an enthusiastic, self-motivated, reliable, responsible and a hard-working person. I am a mature team player and adaptable to all challenging situations. I work well both in a team environment as well as using my own initiative. I work well under pressure and adhere to strict deadlines.
Testimonials
Steven takes the initiative to identify problems and devise solutions. His role requiring strong communication skills, and he has shown that he not only has these skills, but that he also has the ability to inspire respect and cooperation in teammates. As such, I expect that he will be a very positive addition to your institution.
Steven is a hard-working and energetic person, and I have no doubt that he will experience great success in his future career. He has demonstrated a deep understanding of his field and takes initiative to go beyond the expectations of his job. With very good time management skills, he makes sure to always deliver his work results in a timely fashion.
His skill set includes a particularly high level of knowledge with regard to pressure relief valves, something we have taken full advantage of by having Steve create a PSV database for managing recertification and spares. He possesses an excellent logic problem solving ability when faced with issues such as hydraulic and pneumatic system faults.
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Clients
Freelance Mechanical Services - Jun 2013 - Present
Virasel Valve Solutions - Mechanical / Valve Services
BWSC Biomass - Cramlington
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Dissassembly, Inspection, Overhaul, Reassembly of:
- Copes Vulcan Products
- Masoneilan Products
- Wedge/Gate Valves
- Globe Valves
- Relief Valves
- Safety Valves
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Recommission of:
- Auma Electric Actuators
- Copes Vulcan Pneumatic Actuators
- Masoneilan Pneumatic Actuators
- ABB TZIDC Positioners
HB Services - Mechanical / Valve Services
Heineken Brewery - Manchester
- Dissassembly, Inspection, Overhaul, Reassembly & calibration of Masoneilan Camflex Valves
Connah's Quay Power Station, North Wales - Unit 3 Outage
Drax Power Station, Selby - Unit 3 Outage
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Dissassembly, Inspection, Overhaul & Reassembly of:
- Parallel Slide Valves
- Gate Valves
- Globe Valves
- Non Return Valves
- Safety Valves
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Dissassembly, Inspection, Overhaul & Reassembly of Control Valves Including:
- Masoneilan Products
- Siemens SIPART PS2 Positioners - Automatic & Manual Commissioning
- Limitorque L120 Actuator Commissioning
- Rotorq IQ Actuator Commissioning
- Auma SA Actuator (With & Without AC Controller) Commissioning
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Inline lapping to High Specifications Using Specialist Equipment:
- Larslap FL
- Efco SL-Series
SGS Serviços Angola SA - Valve Division Supervision
ExxonMobil Kizomba A/B, TLP A/B & Onshore
Management of maintenance / calibration teams onshore & offshore based in Luanda, Angola
- 28/28 rotation
- Supplying technical expertise to onshore, offshore teams as well as directly to the clients
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Instrumentation calibration Management
- Pressure Gauges (Analogue & Digital)
- Pressure & Temperature Transmitters
- Loop Calibrators
- Frequency Calibrators
- RTD Simulators
- Thermocouple Calibrators
- Planning and organization of preventative maintenance
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Writing of calibration, overhaul and in-line testing procedures
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Instrumentation
- Repair & Calibration
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Valves
- Intrusive and Non-intrusive Inspection
- In-service Testing
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Instrumentation
- Interfacing With Oil & Gas Clients
- Training of workforce
- Maintaining workforce standards to ASME & API
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NDT Technician
- ASNT Level 2 - Ultrasonic Testing (UT)
- ASNT Level 2 - Penetrant Testing (PT)
- ASNT Level 2 - Magnetic Particle Testing (MPT)
Perenco UK / Aker Solutions - Offshore Mechanical Technician
Whilst based on the Perenco UK’s Leman 27 Alpha platform I was involved in routine and breakdown maintenance on the main platform as well as being responsible for other Perenco UK assets such as: 27B, 27C, 27D, 27E, 27F, 27G, 27H & 27J.
- 14/14 rotation
- Maintenance on all aspects of mechanical equipment, planned & corrective
- Platform intervention for process start-up & shutdowns after plant process failure
- Diesel engine driven generator maintenance
- Updating records for maintenance on safety and non-safety critical equipment
- Day to day maintenance of gas plant working within hazardous areas and conforming to customer procedures
- P&ID Line walks and red line updates for pipeline commissioning. Verify Piping is Installed per P&ID Documentation (piping material/pressure classification, welding/solder, size, insulation, supports, slope, routing) Verify all Valves, Devices, and Instrumentation are provided and properly Installed. Verify piping leak/pressure testing, piping systems were flushed and filled
- Team member of the Helicopter Operations Team
- Management PSV calibrations & advise on potential upgrades to valves and systems
- Commissioning of new systems including hydraulic, pneumatic, mechanical & electrical
- Designing SIRP compliant isolations & auditing of existing isolations
Previous Experience
March 2009 – June 2013
Tyco Flow Control - On/Offshore Mechanical / Valve Supervisor
Supervising the repair & maintenance of plant critical safety equipment (Pressure Safety / Relief Valves).
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Traveling offshore & overseas to attend maintenance, overhauls and shutdowns:
- Belford Dolphin - Indian Ocean
- BP Skarv - Norway
- BP Andrew - North Sea
- BP Bruce - North Sea
- TAQA North Cormorant – North Sea
- ENSCO 100 – Hartlepool
- Performing maintenance programmes on a wide range of mechanical equipment, pumps, valves, gearboxes, rotating equipment
- Produce quality build plans and overhaul procedures for various equipment
- Generate detailed shutdown specification work-scopes to ensure accuracy of planned outages
- General maintenance, breakdown and major overhauls of site equipment
- Preventative maintenance, fault finding and overhauls of various size valves
- Route Cause Analysis and Cause Mapping Failure Analysis of various equipment
- Provide mechanical technical support to the onshore & offshore management team
- Producing equipment maintenance history and records logs to customer requirements
- Carrying out safety audits to ensure maximum safety standards are achieved
- Carrying out inspection routine maintenance to process relief streams and recertification of Pressure Safety Valves (PSV’s)
May 2007 – March 2009
Kings Control Services - On/Offshore Mechanical / Valve Technician
Attending various site locations for the breakdown, repair, maintenance and fault finding of valves.
- Supervisory role during specialist maintenance and overhaul of site equipment
- General maintenance, breakdown and major overhauls of site
- Preventative maintenance, fault finding and overhauls of various size valves
- Carrying out safety audits to ensure maximum safety standards are achieved
- Day to day maintenance of chemical plant working within hazardous areas including Inspections and overhaul of safety relief systems
December 2006 – May 2007
Moore Control Equipment - Mechanical / Valve Technician
Attending various site locations for the breakdown, repair, maintenance and fault finding of valves.
- Supervisory role during specialist maintenance and overhaul of site equipment
- General maintenance, breakdown and major overhauls of site
- Preventative maintenance, fault finding and overhauls of various size valves
- Carrying out safety audits to ensure maximum safety standards are achieved
- Day to day maintenance of chemical plant working within hazardous areas including Inspections and overhaul of safety relief systems
February 2005 – December 2006
Industrial & Marine Hydraulics - Mechanical / Hydraulic Technician
Attending various site locations for the breakdown, repair, maintenance and fault finding of hydraulic systems.
- Lead Mechanical / Hydraulic Technician for all aspects of site maintenance
- Traveling overseas to attend maintenance and overhauls
- Supervisory role during specialist maintenance and overhaul of site equipment
- Dealing with reliability issues daily and implementation of improvements and equipment upgrades
- General maintenance, breakdown and major overhauls of site
- Preventative maintenance, fault finding and overhauls of various systems
- Commissioning of new hydraulic and pneumatic systems
March 2003 – February 2005
Dunlop Hi-Flex Fluid Power - Mechanical / Hydraulic Technician
Attending various site locations for the breakdown, repair, maintenance and fault finding of hydraulic systems.
- Attending breakdowns of hydraulic systems
- Management of the stock levels for the mobile response unit
- Direct interaction with clients
- Fault finding and rectification of plant
Education
1999 - 2003
TTE Technical Institute - Mechanical Engineering Technician
Advanced Apprenticeship (AA) Sponsored by Dunlop Hi-Flex Fluid Power
Throughout my four-year AA as a mechanical technician I covered a whole range of in-depth engineering training which included;
- Pumps and Valves, Gears and Bearings
- Pneumatics and Hydraulics, Electrical and Instrumentation
- Welding and Fabrication, Lathes, Milling and CNC Machining
- Plant Process Operation & Business Operations / Management
- Dunlop Hi-Flex Fluid Power Mar 2003 – Feb 2005
- Wilton HQ Research & Development Jun 2001 – Jun 2002
- SSI Power Station (Formerly British Steel) Sep 2000 – Mar 2001
- Plant Process Operation & Business Operations / Management
Current Certification
NVQ Level 3 – Engineering Maintenance
CCNSG Site Safety Passport
Compressed Air Emergency Breathing System Training
Vantage Card
ASNT Level 2 – Magnetic Particle Testing (MT)
ASNT Level 2 – Penetrant Testing (PT)