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Role/s: Consultant, representative, project manager, trainer, auditor, and engineer.
Work: Project management, consultancy, desktop studies, training, audits, quality control
Birth Date: 17 September 1954
Born at: Gosport, Hampshire, England
Nationality: British
Visa/s: Australian Business Visa
Education: Tudor Grange Grammar School, Solihull
Lanchester Polytechnic, Rugby
Academia: 7 ‘0' Levels, 2 'A' Levels: Physics and General Studies
2 Years towards BSc Production Engineering
Vocational: RESON authorised consultant and trainer in SeaBat multibeam technology
EIVA a/s authorised consultant and trainer in NaviBat technology
TEI authorised consultant and trainer in ISIS, BathyPro and Delph Map
Submetrix authorised consultant in ISIS technology
Member of Student Mentor Programme at York University
PADI Open Water diver
Languages: English, conversational Norwegian, currently studying Spanish, some French.
Offshore medical & safety certification:
Triple medical (UK, Norwegian and Dutch) held on 14 Jan 2002, expires 14 Jan 2004
OPITO 3 day refresher safety course held on 26 Jan 2000, expires 25 Jan 2004
OLF 3 day refresher safety course held on 26 Jan 2000
Drug & Alcohol Test (5 panel)
Major Projects summary
Jul-Aug02
Role/client Project Manager / Fugro Survey Middle East - Dolphin Energy
Location Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
Work Project Management
Mar-Apr02
Role/client Client representative / Enagas
Location Gibraltar Straits
Work Gas pipe inspection programme
Apr-Aug01
Role/client Client representative / ExxonMobil
Location Sakhalin Island, East coast Russia
Work Shallow water geophysical pipe route survey
Jan-Feb01
Role/client Client representative / ExxonMobil
Location Foz do Amazonas Block BFZ-1, Brazil
Work Shallow water geophysical exploration well site
Dec00-Jan01
Role/client Client representative / ExxonMobil
Location Houston office GP8
Work Project assurance, technical bid review, risk analysis, bid normalisation, OIMS
Jun-Sep 00
Role/client: Client representative / Sakhalin Energy Investment Co
Location: Sakhalin Island, East coast Russia
Work: Shallow water geophysical survey
Mar-May 00
Role/client: Consultant / Marine & Coastal Geoscience
Location: South Africa / Namibia
Work: Diamond concession: topographical mapping
Sep-Nov 99
Role/client: Multibeam sonar consultant / SAGE Engineering, Singapore.
Location: Singapore
Work: Jurong Basin expansion: topographical mapping
Jun-Aug 99
Role/client: Survey and Data Manager / The Esperanza Company Ltd
Location: South Sulu Seas, The Philippines
Work: Geophysical survey and archaeological data acquisition and processing
Oct-Dec 98
Role/client: Topographer / James Fisher (Seafloor Dynamex)
Location: Pinghu project, Shanghai, People’s Republic of China
Work: Pipe de-burial and repair: topographical mapping
Jul-Aug 98
Role/client: Survey and Data Manager / Marine Historical Investigations (Philippines)
Location: The Philippines
Work: Subsea geophysical and archaeological survey
May-Jun 98
Role/client: Company representative / Phillips Petroleum Co
Location: Renee-Rubie Fields, UKCS
Work: As laid pipe survey
May 98
Role/client: Consultant / Ministry of Defence
Location: St George’s Channel, Holyhead, Anglesey.
Work: Aircraft search and recovery
Oct-Dec 97
Role/client: Manager-consultant / Hangzhou Centre for Ocean Engineering (COSDR)
Location: Shanghai, East China seas, People’s Republic of China
Work: Fibre-optic cable route survey
Jul-Sep 97
Role/client: Sonar consultant / Alpine Ocean Seismic Survey
Location: Tierra Del Fuego, Argentina and Chile
Work: Pipe route survey: topographical mapping
Sep-0ct 96
Role/client: Topographer / TL Geohydrographics
Location: Papua New Guinea
Work: Subsea construction: outflow topographical mapping
Jul-Sep 96
Role/client: Client representative / Soil Machine Dynamics Ltd
Location: Fukuoka, Japan
Work: Cable survey and burial operations
Mar-Apr 96
Role/client: Systems-topography engineer
Location: Colombia, South America
Work: Fibre-optic route survey
Sep-0ct 95
Role/client: Systems-topography engineer / P T Calmarine, Jakarta
Location: Bali Sea, Indonesia
Work: Pipe route survey: geophysical and geotechnical survey
Jan-Apr 94
Role/client: Project manager / Underwater Excavation Ltd
Location: Aberdeen
Work: Implementation of Smartwire™ and survey peripherals to Jetprop™ system.
Experience
20 years international offshore exploration and construction experience including:
Client representation
Clients include major oil companies, service companies, equipment rental companies, hydrographical survey companies, ROV companies, and government agencies. Work includes technical bid review, bid normalisation, project management, quality control, risk analysis, procedures, and training.
Geophysical and geotechnical work
Shallow and deep-water survey; sidescan, magnetometer, sub-bottom profilers, multibeam and interferometric bathymetry; drop and vibro coring, grab sampling. Technical bid review, quality assurance and control, project management, survey planning, data analysis.
Construction experience
Jacket installation, riser installations, rock dumping, excavation and burial, pipe and cable route survey, pipe and cable burial, outfall surveys, harbour wall inspections, jacket and riser inspections, hydroelectric tunnels and shaft inspections.
Swath bathymetry experience
Multibeam and interferometric bathymetry, data processing, and subsea topography including digital terrain modelling: company authorised multibeam and interferometric sonar consultant and trainer, survey planning and management, quality control, and operational procedures.
ROV
ROV (Remotely Operated Vehicle) construction, grouting, general sea floor survey, wreck and debris search and recovery, intervention and tooling packages, jetting systems, bathymetry, pipe and cable route surveys, pipe and cable lay support.
Archaeological survey
Project management, underwater navigation, and survey layout, SCUBA diving.
Computer experience
Ex professional IT consultant with skills in digital terrain modelling, data processing, translation, and security, system interfacing and protocols, data management, and data communications, knowledge management.
I have carried out projects in the following countries:
South America: Argentina, Chile, Colombia, Brazil.
Scandinavia: Norway, Denmark
Europe: UK, Germany, Netherlands, Italy, Spain
North America: Hawaii, West coast, East coast
Middle East: India, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates
Far East: Indonesia, The Philippines, People's Republic of China, Japan, Malaysia, Labuan
Australasia: Papua New Guinea
Africa: South Africa, Namibia
FSU: Sakhalin Island, Russia
I am also a Director of Scient Ltd, based in Birmingham, UK.
Trading Brief
Trading as: McKenzie-Midlane Limited
McKenzie-Midlane Ltd holds employers, public liability, travel, and medical insurance.
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