Employment by a company involved with the design & project management of oil & gas, airport or rail projects. I would welcome an opportunity to improve my technical knowledge whilst also increasing my managerial responsibilities.

Nine years; Oil & Gas, Pharmaceutical & Nuclear:

Six years; Airports:

Two years; Road & Rail Tunnel:

Seven years; Building Services:

20+ years experience in the design and construction of electrical power supply, generation and distribution systems for Oil & Gas (onshore and offshore), Airports, Road & Rail Tunnels, Building Services, Pharmaceutical & Nuclear facilities. Recent project activities have included the production of complete detailed feasibility (FEED) study for a new ethane recovery plant in Kuwait and the potential upgrade of a fully operational gas plant in Norway.

20+ years experience in the design and construction of electrical power supply, generation and distribution systems for Oil & Gas (onshore and offshore), Airports, Road & Rail Tunnels, Building Services, Pharmaceutical & Nuclear facilities. Recent project activities have included the production of design & project deliverables for a proposed oxygen plant in Zambia, Africa. I have also been responsible for factory acceptance testing of various items of switchgear and transformers for another project located in Qatar. Experience includes the following:

• Supervision of engineers and designers;
• System design analysis using software (ETAP) - load-flow, voltage regulation, short-circuit, harmonic distortion, motor starting, transient stability, dynamic performance, EMC, relay co-ordination, etc.;
• Design, selection and specification of HV & LV switchgear, transformers and gas turbines (turbo-expanders) and diesel driven (emergency) generators;
• Design, selection and specification of induction, synchronous and variable speed drive motors and their associated starting equipment;
• Production of reports, specifications & drawings;
• Hazardous area classification and the selection of electrical equipment for installation and use in arduous environments;
• Specification, requisitioning and technical bid analysis for major electrical equipment and bulk material selection;
• Vendor coordination, drawing approval, expediting, inspection and FAT / SAT witness testing of equipment & installations;
• Construction management and supervision, including field surveying of existing installations and preparation of as-built drawings;
• Preparation of cost estimates and design and engineering man-hour proposals, etc.

I am familiar with ETAP, VANTAGE (database), Cymap, Hevacomp, Calculux, Cophos and Amtech (HL/LV) electrical system design software. I am also fully conversant with various spreadsheet, word processing, e-mail and other presentation software used to produce calculations, reports, specifications, etc.

2004 - Present        Air Products

Senior Electrical Engineer

Mopani Copper, Zambia. Electrical Engineer responsible for the production of design drawings, specifications & data sheets for the detailed design of a new oxygen separation plant. Responsible for the production of project deliverables including specifications, data sheets, SLD's and motor control schematics, MV cable sizing and E&I Interface schedules, etc. on behalf of the Lead Electrical Engineer.

2002 - 2004        Fluor

Senior Electrical Engineer

Lead Electrical Engineer for the production of a 10-15% cost estimate for the entire electrical installation related to the design of a new gas plant; to be constructed within the existing MAA refinery complex. Responsible for the production of all project deliverables (project specifications, data sheets, SLD's, layout drawings, hazardous area classification, etc.) and a software generated system analysis model (evaluating the effect of imposing the proposed load onto the existing 132kV/11kV/3.3kV/440V network). Also ensured that any harmonic distortion produced in the new plant will be within accepted limits (at the point of common coupling (PCC)) and that the design was adequately co-ordinated with SHELL DEP requirements.

Lead Electrical Engineer for the production of 30% cost estimate for Statoil. Responsible for the production of all load-flow, motor starting & short-circuit calculations necessary to evaluate the impact of imposing a substantial new / enlarged load onto the existing 132kV/22kV/11kV/6.6kV/690V system. Also required to evaluate the need for an increase in the rating of certain existing transformers, circuit breakers, fuses, cables, etc. and extending the existing plant space to accommodate the proposed new equipment.

2001 - 2002        AMEC (Downstream Oil & Gas)

Senior Electrical Engineer

Reporting to the Lead Electrical Engineer I have been closely involved with the development of all electrical bid packages and the production of SLD's and layout drawings for an onshore gas terminal, located in Ireland. My role has been to assist with the design of a 3.3kV stand-alone generation system and to ensure its effective integration with the 400V MCC's and various rating process drives. I have also taken full responsibility for the design of an effective earthing / bonding / lightning protection network, major cable sizing calculations, system demand calculations and compiled the MCC drive schedule. My duties have entailed the writing of specification and all other documentation necessary for the purchase of main & emergency generators, HV / LV switchgear, UPS, lighting, cabling, cathodic protection, trace heating and the bulk material requisition. Finally, I have written Technical Bid Evaluation reports for certain packages and checked documents (& drawings) produced by others - all in accordance with QA requirements & established company procedures.

2000 - 2001        Bellwater

Senior Electrical Engineer

Reporting to the technical director I was responsible for a team of four, employed to design power supply infrastructure for Telecom & Internet hosting sites. My duties included the estimation of system load and the design of a cost effective supply configuration to meet the client demand for an extremely high power supply integrity. I was also responsible for ensuring that harmonic current values were attenuated sufficiently to ensure voltage distortion (and excessive neutral current) were kept within acceptable limits, and to ensure that all lighting, emergency lighting, small power, fire alarm and other equipment was adequately designed and co-ordinated.

1998-2000        Bechtel – London, Luton Airport

Senior AGL Engineer  

1995–1998        Airport Authority – Hong Kong Airport  

Electrical Design Engineer I

1985–1995        Freelance

Senior Design Engineer

Responsibility: Design, Specification & Project Management: earthing & lightning protection, UPS selection, generator selection, protection & coordination studies, cathodic protection, trace heating, hazardous area equipment selection, lighting design, emergency lighting & fire alarm layout drawings and the detailed design of cable transit, conduit, tray, ladder & trunking system's.

Project's: Road Tunnel (Western Harbour Tunnel, Hong Kong - GEC (Hong Kong)); Tunnel Ventilation (Jubilee Line Extension (LUL, Engineering); Public Library & Art's Centre (Croydon WSP, Consulting Engineers); Speculative Offices (Dockland, London - WSP, Consulting Engineers); Hotel & Leisure Complex (Cheltenham - Atelier10); Glaxo, Pharmaceutical Laboratory (London - Wimpey); Semi-Conductor Factory (Saudi Arabia - Wimpey); Ash Slurry Pipeline (Didcot PS - Taylor Woodrow); Nuclear Facility (Sellafield, England - Taylor Woodrow); Power Station (Torness, Scotland - Taylor Woodrow); On-Shore Refinery (St. Fergus, Scotland - PARSONS); Off-Shore Gas Platform (East Sole - PARSONS).

1980–1985        Training

Engineer; Assistant Engineer; Technician

Design Engineer - Wimpey Construction

Assistant Engineer - Taylor Woodrow Construction

Electrical Design Technician - PARSONS

Education                                                                                  

M.Sc. - University College London, UK

HND - Hatfield Polythechnic, UK

ONC - Uxbridge Technical College, UK

City & Guilds, 235 'C' - Uxbridge Technical College, UK

City & Guilds, 235 'A' & 'B' - Acton Technical College, UK

Membership

MIEE – Member;  Institution of Electrical Engineers

MILE – Member;  Institution of Lighting Engineers

MSLL – Member;  Society of Light & Lighting

ACIBSE – Associate Member;  Chartered Institution of Building Services Engineers

Age & Interests

I am 43 years old and have varied interests including:  travel, classic cars, motor cycles, boats, fitness, history, history of art, computing, Internet, photography & this web site!

Steven Aykroyd – October 2004