Experience

Experience (Alan Cruickshank –  CEng MIMechE,  ISO VA-III):

Freelance Consultant Engineer (Montek Ltd, since 2015)

  • Rotating equipment condition monitoring, vibration analysis & troubleshooting.
  • Rotating equipment field balancing & Shaft Alignment.
  • Maintenance Engineering projects.
  • Safety Critical Maintenance – analysis and improvements for offshore installations.
  • Performance Standard and Verification Scheme – improvement project.
  • Maintenance Backlog – analysis and management.
  • SAP coaching.

 

Reliability Engineer (Shell & BP)

  • Maintenance optimisation (SAP & MAXIMO).
  • Reliability improvement projects – offshore topside equipment.
  • Implementation of System Ownership and First Line Maintenance improvements
  • Assessment and management of production risks for all topside equipment.
  • Failure investigation, root cause analysis (Apollo, 5 Whys).
  • RAM Modelling.

(6 Years offshore with Shell UK)
(3 Years onshore with BP UK)

 

Project Engineer – Process Package Build and Commissioning

  • Offshore topsides process equipment projects.

(2 Years – UK North Sea)

 

Condition Monitoring & Vibration Analysis Consultant.

  • Rotating equipment condition monitoring & vibration analysis.
  • Troubleshooting of offshore rotating equipment, including: – Gas Turbines, Gas Compressors, Centrifugal Pumps, Diesel Engines, HVAC & Utilities Equipment.
  • Balancing & Shaft Alignment.
  • Installation & commissioning of online vibration protection systems.

(8 Years – UK North Sea & Norway)

 

Project Engineer.
Design, Build & Installation of instrumentation and software.

  • Rotating equipment condition monitoring & vibration analysis.
  • Performance assessment of pumps and gas compressors.

(4 Years UK)