About
3D CAD Modelling, P&ID, System Process Simulation, Engineering Design and Product Development expert.
I have completed several high value product design projects for various customers in the subsea oil and gas, oil-well drilling, oil-well artificial lift and nuclear industries.
3D Models
Design Entries
Experience
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Lead Mechanical Engineer
Baker Hughes · Full-time
Oct 2018 –
Dec 2021
3 yrs 2 mos
Aberdeen, Scotland, United Kingdom
Designed and developed, using Solidworks 3D CAD a new production tubing drain valve that solved customer operational challenges
● Designed and optimized, using Solidworks 3D CAD, mechanical enclosures and chassis of high temperature oil well sensors, electrical control panels, pod-line clamps, crossovers, and tubing pod hanger systems for oil well completion systems in response to project requirements.
Conducted extensive CFD and FEA (Structural, Vibrational and Thermal) analyses and calculations to prove robustness of designs using CFD and FEA software.
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Mechanical Design Engineer
MSCM · Freelance
Sep 2017 –
Apr 2018
7 mos
High Wycombe, England, United Kingdom
Led the design of Subsea Emergency Quick Disconnect Unit and Subsea Control Christmas tree and manifold hydraulic stab-plates to comply with customer project requirements using Solidworks 3D CAD.
● Produced general arrangement, sub-assembly, and detail GD&T machining drawings to current standards using Solidworks 3D CAD.
● Carried out calculations and static FEA structural analyses on equipment to arrive at suitability of design and identify relevant design improvements.
● Conceptualized and brainstormed new product designs of Subsea Mechanical connectors to meet client project specific requirements
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Mehanical Design Engineer
UK Atomic Energy Authority · Freelance
Aug 2016 –
Oct 2016
2 mos
Culham, England, United Kingdom
Designed fusion energy tokamak vessel mechanical products to high-quality standards, according to project blueprints.
● Used CATIA V5 3D software to create detail machining drawings of the relevant parts and to ensure ambiguity in machining requirements are eliminated.
● Revised and updated relevant components parts in the business SMARTEAM PDM system
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Lead Subsea Intervention System Engineer
GE Oil and Gas · Freelance
Nov 2012 –
May 2015
2 yrs 6 mos
Aberdeen, Scotland, United Kingdom
- Created P&ID and wiring diagrams of various electrical and hydraulic powered subsea oil well intervention systems to customer requirements.
- Created 3D models using PTC Creo of the various hardware for subsea intervention systems to customer requirements
- Led design reviews of the systems in development to customer requirements
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Lead Subsea Workover Control System Engineer
Cameron · Full-time
Jul 2010 –
Nov 2012
2 yrs 4 mos
Aberdeen, Scotland, United Kingdom
-Conducted hydraulic and system simulations and calculations for Subsea Workover control system for various client projects
- Produced P&ID's for electro-hydraulic powered units for the control systems
- Created 3D models of subsea intervention equipment for the project using Autodesk Inventor 3D CAD software
- Attended client meetings, reviewed and approved project related drawings and test procedures.
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Mechanical Design Engineer
National Oilwell Varco · Full-time
Jul 2008 –
Jul 2010
2 yrs
Aberdeen, Scotland, United Kingdom
- Designed downhole oil-well drilling tool using Solidworks 3D software to satisfy project specific requirements
- Organized and led design reviews of required changes to the product to achieve optimum design solution to field performance requests
- Produced detail machining drawings with Solidworks to achieve timely manufacture and expedited delivery to project milestones
- Maintained bill of materials of the product in the client ERP system for traceability
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Subsea Control System Engineer
Cameron · Full-time
Feb 2006 –
Jul 2008
2 yrs 5 mos
Aberdeen, Scotland, United Kingdom
Designed workover control systems and hydraulic powered subsea recovery tools to achieve customer project blueprints
- Carried out hydraulic calculations, sizing and analyses of system accumulators, valves selection, pumps, tubing, hydraulic fittings and system control logic to achieve best practice and customer project specifications
- Drafted functional design specifications for hydraulic power units, reelers and subsea change-out and retrieval systems to project requirements
- Produced P&ID, schematic and single line diagrams of the control system.
Education
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The Open University
Bachelor of Engineering (Honours), Mechanical Engineering
2006 – 2010
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Northeast Scotland College
Higher National Diploma, Mechanical Engineering
2002 – 2005