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)