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Adam Woods

Brigsley,North East Lincolnshire

Summary

Mechanical maintenance professional with expertise in ammonia systems and mechanical fault finding. Experienced in supervising teams and managing projects in the oil and gas sector. Skilled in safe isolation procedures and maintaining fixed and rotating machinery. Proficient in rigging and slinging, with previous experience as an ISSOW PA, IAM, IAP.


Understanding of process systems and isolation procedures

Overview

14
14
years of professional experience
5
5
years of post-secondary education
1
1
Certification

Work history

Field service technician refrigeration industrial

Refrigeration and site services Ltd
Grimsby, North East Lincolnshire
09.2017 - Current

Supervise/manage team of service engineers to install, maintain and service industrial refrigeration systems (ammonia)

Complete risk assessments, method statements and isolation procedures referencing P&ID

Complete servicing of refrigeration systems (GEA screw compressors) mechanical and electrical.

Vacuum and pump down of ammonia systems to allow safe isolation

Charging of ammonia into systems

Fault finding and troubleshooting breakdowns.

Provide technical support to customers

Various sites in UK and worldwide

Act as contract manager for main client, review engineers written reports.

Provide quotations and plan works.

Manage team of technicians for the installation and maintenance of industrial food processing equipment, including freezers, cookers and fryers.

Maintenance and respond to breakdowns, mechanical and electrical UK and Europe.

Commissioning and start up of new plant and machinery UK and worldwide

Mechanical technician

Perenco
Wytch Farm, Corfe Castle, Dorset
02.2015 - 09.2017

Mechanical maintenance at Wytch farm Dorset

Work in small team of technicians to maintain pumps, valves, gas turbines, fire pumps and PPMs

PPM maintenance of the beam pumps

Removal and installation of pumps, valves and pipework.

Mechanical seal changes on multistage water injection pumps

Overhaul of mechanical static and rotating equipment.

Small bore pipework installation

Bolt tensioning/torque

Flange management.

Assist commissioning of the newly installed GEA refrigeration system.

Service and maintenance of the refrigeration plant

Isolation of the refrigeration system to allow maintenance

Assist with the writing of procedures to allow start up of refrigeration compressor.

Complete work orders

Prepare permits on ISSOW as performing authority, isolation authority mechanical and isolation authority process. Including marked up P&ID for isolation.

Mechanical technician (rotating equipment)

Wood Group PSN
Caltex Lytton Refinery, Brisbane , Australia
02.2014 - 12.2014

Mechanical maintenance of rotating equipment including pumps and reciprocating compressors

Scope and overhaul of pumps, split casing pumps, steam turbines.

Maintenance of fin fan cooling towers

Removal of plant and equipment for overhaul with use of breathing apparatus as required.

Workshop and field maintenance of mechanical equipment oil refinery

Machinery Technician Rotating equipment

Esso Petroleum Company Ltd
Fawley, Hampshire
02.2012 - 02.2014

Overhaul of rotating equipment including pumps, radial and axial split casing pumps, gearboxes and valves

Mechanical maintenance including removal of plant from service, check isolations. Use of breathing apparatus as required


secondment - Exxonmobil projects fawley- mechanical tech, new mechanical installation of pumps, main FD fan including base plates. Mechanical support for new sea water inlet filter.

Education

Higher National Certificate - Mechanical Engineering

Grimsby Institute
Grimsby
09.2003 - 08.2005

NVQ Level 3 - Mechanical engineering

Grimsby Institute
Grimsby
09.2002 - 08.2005

city and guilds - Pneumatics

humberside engineering training association
Hull
05.2004 - 05.2004

city and guilds - basic electrical maintenance

Humberside engineering training association
Hull
11.2017 - 11.2017

Skills

  • Ammonia systems maintenance, safe isolation and reinstatement
  • Previous ISSOW PA,IAM,IAP
  • Mechanical maintenance oil and gas industry fixed and rotating machinery
  • Mechanical and electrical fault finding including siemens S7 PLC
  • Rigging and slinging

Certification

Counter balance forklift truck

Telehandler 360

MEWP

UK driver licence

Timeline

city and guilds - basic electrical maintenance

Humberside engineering training association
11.2017 - 11.2017

Field service technician refrigeration industrial

Refrigeration and site services Ltd
09.2017 - Current

Mechanical technician

Perenco
02.2015 - 09.2017

Mechanical technician (rotating equipment)

Wood Group PSN
02.2014 - 12.2014

Machinery Technician Rotating equipment

Esso Petroleum Company Ltd
02.2012 - 02.2014

city and guilds - Pneumatics

humberside engineering training association
05.2004 - 05.2004

Higher National Certificate - Mechanical Engineering

Grimsby Institute
09.2003 - 08.2005

NVQ Level 3 - Mechanical engineering

Grimsby Institute
09.2002 - 08.2005
Adam Woods