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  Billy-Joe Fraser

  Current Location: United Kingdom

  •  Senior Rig Mechanic
  • Profile Created Date:29 Mar 2020

Description

Employment History:

  • Sep – Current; Senior Mechanic,
  • Reputed Company

Duties include;

Inspection, QA and commissioning during shipyard periods. Maintenance and repair of all drilling and rig systems aboard during operations, including but not limited to BOP control system, drill floor automation equipment, cantilever skidding and jacking equipment, rig power.

 

  • Oct – Sep , Senior Mechanic, Ensco , “Gorilla class” North Sea Euro sectors,

Duties include;

Management and training of all other mechanics and assistant mechanics.

Engineering projects, such as but not limited to the overhaul of BOP Control unit and construction of enclosure, correcting rig system pipe work, installation of new equipment, planning and organisation of third party overhaul projects.

Management of PM system “EAMS”

Creation of Work instruction required within maintenance

Hydraulic hose scheduled/unscheduled replacement

Control and management of any and all unexpected equipment failures minimising further damage and/or downtime potential

 

 

 

 

  • Apr – Oct , Senior Mechanic, Northern offshore, Energy Endeavour,

Duties included;

Acquiring the rig from Maersk drilling and implementing northern offshore systems.

Creating PM’s for all equipment on board

Management of PM system “STAR”

Creation of Work instruction required within maintenance

Hydraulic hose scheduled/unscheduled replacement

Control and management of any and all unexpected equipment failures minimising further damage and/or downtime potential

Supervision of mechanics and motormen

 

  • Jul – Apr , Mechanic, Northern offshore, Energy Enhancer.

Duties included;

Maintenance of all drilling and rig equipment and systems

Supervision of motormen

 

  • Jul – Jul , Motorman, Global Santa Fe, Labrador.

Duties included;

Maintenance of general rig equipment

Assist Mechanic

 

  • Jul – Jul , Mechanical engineering, Score Group, Peterhead

Modern apprenticeship which included but not limited too;

Bench fitting, Machining, Welding

Overhaul, repair, rebuild of valves and actuators

Pressure testing using both hydrostatic testing and nitrogen gas

Understanding and use of metric and imperial measurements

Use of precision measuring equipment

Nationality : United Kingdom


Residential country : united kingdom


Date of birth : 27-04-1985

Address : castlehill drive Gardenstown


Language: English


Language Known

Skills

    Technical Training:

    • City & Guilds F-Gas and ODS Regulations course
    • Stage Hydraulics, NFPC
    • Caterpillar Marine diesel
    • EMD & engine maintenance/practical
    • NOV PH / maintenance
    • NOV TDS maintenance
    • NOV TDX maintenance

    Other Units Gained:

     

    SVQ Units:

    • Working Safety in an Engineering Environment
    • Developing Yourself and working with other people in engineering activities
    • Making Components using hand tools and fitting techniques
    • Carry out routine servicing of mechanical equipment and systems

     

    Higher National Units:

    • Information technology applications
    • Industrial plant services pneumatics and hydraulics
    • Introduction to engineering design
    • Mathematics for engineering
    • Mechanical engineering principles: statics and dynamics

     

    National Units

    • Strength of materials
    • Thermofluids
    • Computer aided design
    • Dynamics
    • Mathematics: Calculus A
    • CNC part programming
    • Engineering systems- hydraulics
    • Graphical engineering communication
    • Health and safety in the work place
    • Engineering systems- pneumatics

    Industry Qualifications & Licenses:

    • OPITO approved MIST cert# -
    • Liberian Licence cert#

    Falck based training:

    • FOET with CA-EBS, Cert#
    • Additional Basic safety training for Norwegian sector – Cert#
    • Offshore Lifeboat Coxswain (Twinfall), Cert#
    • Compressed air emergency breathing system, Cert#
    • Proficiency in personal survival techniques, Cert#
    • Banksman and slinger, Cert#
    • Mobile elevated work platform, Cert#

    Technical Training:

    • City & Guilds F-Gas and ODS Regulations course
    • Stage Hydraulics, NFPC
    • Caterpillar Marine diesel
    • EMD & engine maintenance/practical
    • NOV PH / maintenance
    • NOV TDS maintenance
    • NOV TDX maintenance

    I am a safety conscious senior mechanic with strong experience in the offshore oil and gas sector, car restoration and machining. I am currently employed as a senior mechanic aboard a harsh environment Jack-up drilling rig located in the North Sea.

    I am someone who relishes new challenges, actively seeks out new responsibilities and can capably work under pressure. With that in mind I wish to further progress my career, this is something I will continue to work towards and will readily accept all training in order to reach that goal.

     

    Key Skills:

    • Troubleshooting offshore hydraulic/pneumatic/mechanical systems and repair as required. Also experience in the overhaul of major mechanical components and the commissioning of newly built equipment/re-furbished components into field service.
    • A sound understanding of Occupational Health and Safety and the practical application of its use in the offshore industry.
    • Communication skills with a wide variety of people, from varying backgrounds, developed in both the workplace and during educational interaction.
    • Working knowledge of maintenance scheduling systems such as but not limited to RMS, Star, EAMS and PeopleSoft .
    • Time management skills developed through job scheduling in the workplace where tasks were to be completed by a deadline through the years of experience within the maintenance teams offshore and onshore

Education

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Engineering from Banff and Buchan College University

United Kingdom

Career

09/2017 - /

Position: Senior Mechanic

Employer: Reputed Company

Country: United Kingdom

10/2012 - 09/2017

Position: Senior Mechanic

Employer: Ensco 100

Country: United Kingdom

04/2010 - 10/2012

Position: Senior Mechanic

Employer: Northern offshore

Country: United Kingdom

07/2008 - 04/2010

Position: Mechanic

Employer: Northern offshore

Country: United Kingdom

07/2006 - 07/2008

Position: Motorman

Employer: Global Santa Fe

Country: United Kingdom

07/2002 - 07/2006

Position: Mechanical engineering

Employer: Score Group

Country: United Kingdom

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