Chris Bounsall
Liskeard,United Kingdom
Summary
I have been involved with subsea construction and inspection for various projects worldwide... Collaborative Senior Project Manager promoting more than 25 years of expertise in deadline-orientated environments. Bilingual and capable of working successfully with clients and peers.
Overview
16
16
years of professional experience
Work history
Senior Project Manager
Fugro
Falmouth
03.2023 - 06.2023
- Primary responsibility is to ensure that the Project’s objectives are met; works completed to the Client’s specification, completed within budget and on time
- Coordinate delivery of suitable personnel, equipment, and consumables to site
- Manage the Project on a day-to-day basis to minimise deviation from specification, budget, and programme
- Responsible for all project reporting
- Overall responsibility for all Health, Safety and Environmental matters on site.
Property Renovating
05.2019 - 12.2022
- I worked for myself during lockdowns and started renovating real estate
- I have successfully renovated three houses and am currently working on a grade 2 listed cottage
- All the projects were planned and executed by myself
Supervisor
SGS
Newport Docks
02.2018 - 05.2019
- Responsible for overseeing the transfer of bitumen from Tanker to barges
- Duties included but not limited to ensuring the operational works were carried out in accordance of company procedures and safe working practice
- Undertaking risk assessments related to marine tasks
- Attending conferences with vessel representatives to plan loading and discharging of cargo
- Ensure that equipment was properly maintained and cared for to minimise the need for plant maintenance
- The organisation and deployment of staff.
Operations Manager
Northwest Marine
Oban
11.2018 - 04.2019
- Responsible for managing the company’s vessels and dive support for projects in the North West of Scotland
- Inspection repair and maintenance on various inshore projects
- Alongside running the projects, I implemented a company structure to bring in line with major marine operators management systems which included but not limited to processing safe systems of work, preventative maintenance schedules, permit to work, environmental mobilization checklists and ensuring the marine assets remained in date certification
- At the time of joining the companies mission was to branch out into renewable energy works offshore both for vessels and diving systems under IMCA.
Marine Manager
AST
Dubai
08.2017 - 11.2017
- Responsible for the management of AST Overseas Construction company marine and diving assets
- Barges, tugs and small boats
- Liaise with clients for on/off hire of marine equipment
- Monitoring of port clearances and certification for vessel movements
- Mobilisations planning on/off hire
- Work in co-ordination with workshop management for ship repairs
- Organise requests from Clients for any project modification prior to on hire
- Currently overseeing HR crewing and restructuring of marine personnel
- Vetting CV’s and interviewing key positions Ships Masters, Pilots and Chief Engineers plus crew
- 60 persons
- Improving current marine procedures both marine vessel and diving
- To bring the company in line with international diving certification IMCA
- Implementing company budgeting with projections for 2017/2018.
Terminal marine supervisor
Boskalis Subsea
01.2015 - 04.2016
- In charge of all marine activities at the oil export terminal
- Overseeing tanker movements, tanker vetting, and full DSV support and maintenance management of the SPM
- Average export of Nile blend crude product four to five million barrels per month average
- Surface mixed gas diving
- Oil spill response support
- Overseeing recertification of dive equipment and spares when required both on and offshore
- Company representative direct to the client.
Terminal marine supervisor
Boskalis Sub Sea
07.2013 - 12.2015
- In charge of all marine activities at the oil export terminal
- Overseeing tanker movements, tanker vetting, and full DSV support and maintenance management of the SPM
- Average export of Nile blend crude product one million barrels per month average
- Surface mixed gas diving
- Oil spill response support.
Contract Superintendent
Smit Lamnalco
Georgia
03.2013 - 07.2013
- Overseeing PMS on one SPM as well as all contract related support issues
- Close monitoring of procedures and company SHE-Q
- Vessel and dive team management
- Team size thirty-five persons.
Buoy Maintenance Superintendent
Smit Lamnalco
Iraq
12.2012 - 01.2013
- Based offshore working on 3 SPMs which included but not limited to PMS surface and subsea working from DP.
Project Manager
Smit Lamnalco
Novorossiysk
02.2012 - 11.2012
- Full project planning from beginning to start up through to completion
- Which include but not limited to full preparation for project pack work procedures and company she-q
- Full mobilization and auditing of dive mixed gas dive spread
- Execution of hose change outs subsea MWBT to PLEM and floating hoses on two SPMs
- Project was completed successfully with no lost time incidents or injury to personnel a total of 130 mixed gas dives and around 40 air dives were carried out all under my control.
Contract Superintendent /BMS
Lamnalco
Supsa
08.2011 - 01.2012
- Overseeing PMS on one SPM as well as all contract related support issues
- Close monitoring of procedures and company SHE-Q.
Deputy Marine Operations Manager
Lamnalco LLC
Novorossiysk
10.2010 - 08.2011
- Overseeing PMS on two SPMs duties include implementing company OMS and s
- Reviewing ship support procedures and she-q
- One DSV three ASD and five work boats
- The DSV was used for diving interventions and regular maintenance of the two export SPMs
- The three ASD tugs were used for static tow back duties on tankers during export of crude
- During this time as deputy MOMM, I worked closely with the DPA on making sure that vessels remained in class with Russian maritime legislation.
Diving Representative
Lamnalco LLC
Novorossiysk
01.2010 - 10.2010
- Overseeing dive project from start up through to completion
- Completion of project October 2010 including mixed gas diving for subsea hose change out at CPC export terminal in the Black Sea Russia.
Contract Superintendent /Diving Supervisor
Lamnalco Group
06.2007 - 01.2010
- Running a contract for all marine activities at P.D.O.C Marsa Bashyer Oil Terminal Port Sudan
- Bluewater S.P.M which has 72 msw water depths to plem
- Average 8 -12 tankers per month 6-9 million barrels of crude export
- This includes but not limited to Daily reporting, monthly progress reporting, diving progress reporting
- Auditing and enforcing certification under IMCA guidelines for unique systems mixed gas dive spread
- Tanker vetting through OCIMF and terminal recommendations
- Daily meetings with client
- Ships provisions and bunkering
- Personal evaluations as well as re partition
- Risk assessments as set out in Operational management systems
- To instruct and evaluate and train if need be ship’s crew divers on safety and work practices
- Preparing Bi annual SPM PMS as set out in Bluewater manuals
- Using mixed gas divers or ROV
- Work pack scope of works prepared approved and implemented
- Ordering SPM spares on behalf of client
- Implement SPM PMS system as set out by BES manuals
- This includes maintenance and inspection of SPM surface to seabed
- Using Air/mixed gas divers
- Tanker loading manifold connection pilot-age which I oversaw
- One tow back and one line boat both vessels under my instruction
- Fully kitted out under DO37 regulations mixed gas spread.
Education
Skills
- Agile project management
- High-value project management
- Contract review and recommendations
- Risk management
- Construction project expertise
- KPI review and management
- Contract management
- Leadership
Accomplishments
- Project manager CPC/Chevron Russia...
- Project manager Greater Nile petroleum /Sudan...
- Contract Manager Petrodar /Sudan...
- Deputy MOMM CPC/Chevron Russia...
- Saturation Diver. Worldwide...
Custom
Thirteen years working as a diver and supervisor. Middle East, Far East, Africa, USA and UK. Covered civils, air, surface mixed gas and saturation projects worldwide IRM, construction, inspection and installations. Further details of my career as a diver and supervisor including locations and companies available on request.
Personal Information
- Nationality: British Citizen
References
References available upon request.
Timeline
Senior Project Manager
Fugro
03.2023 - 06.2023
Property Renovating
05.2019 - 12.2022
Operations Manager
Northwest Marine
11.2018 - 04.2019
Supervisor
SGS
02.2018 - 05.2019
Marine Manager
AST
08.2017 - 11.2017
Terminal marine supervisor
Boskalis Subsea
01.2015 - 04.2016
Terminal marine supervisor
Boskalis Sub Sea
07.2013 - 12.2015
Contract Superintendent
Smit Lamnalco
03.2013 - 07.2013
Buoy Maintenance Superintendent
Smit Lamnalco
12.2012 - 01.2013
Project Manager
Smit Lamnalco
02.2012 - 11.2012
Contract Superintendent /BMS
Lamnalco
08.2011 - 01.2012
Deputy Marine Operations Manager
Lamnalco LLC
10.2010 - 08.2011
Diving Representative
Lamnalco LLC
01.2010 - 10.2010
Contract Superintendent /Diving Supervisor
Lamnalco Group
06.2007 - 01.2010
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