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Lance Crockford

Overview

34
34
years of professional experience

Work history

Interface Project Engineer

PTTEP
Kuala Lumpur
01.2023 - 01.2025
  • Worked as Interface Project Engineer for PTTEP in Kuala Lumpur on their FEED and Tendering process.
  • Required to complete the Interface matrix for the Offshore and onshore packages, together with the Interface management plan for ITB.
  • Developed the internal interface execution plan for the Company management of the 5 EPC offshore and onshore packages for the execution phase, inclusive of the mark up of FEED deliverables with EPC interface points for the various scopes of work, for execution and inter package alignment prior to interface agreements.
  • The Interface Management System deployed for the project is Coreworx and have used our interface assistant to develop Power BI reporting tools to extract data out of Coreworx reports for visual tracking of Contractor interface performance.
  • Interfacing with stakeholders for access and pipeline crossings to enable future installation during execute and development of change order management procedure for execute phase of the works.

Interface Project Engineer

Wood
01.2022 - 01.2023
  • Worked as Project Engineer for Interfaces on Saudi Aramco Jafurah – Unconventional Gas Phase II Project.
  • Required to identify and document multi package Interface points within Phase II works and to identify Interfaces with the current ongoing Phase I project to facilitate pre-investment, cost/time saving decisions for Phase II.
  • Accelerated Project timeline of 2 months to reach 90% e-review stage, followed by 2 months incorporation of comments, completion of FEED and assistance with bidders’ clarifications.
  • Responsible for Input into Weekly & Monthly reports & presentations, presentation at meetings and interfacing with client representatives.
  • Responsible for coordinating interfacing activities with Wood In-Kingdom Team & coordinating the activities of Out of Kingdom Interfacing team.

Interface Coordinator

Wood
01.2016 - 01.2021
  • Working as Project Engineer coordinating certain construction activities with the Contractor (Hyundai) to meet PTO objectives.
  • Responsible for Client interfacing and review and response to Contractor/client correspondence that lie within my area of responsibility.
  • Involved with coordination of construction interfaces with other EPC contractors in adjacent construction areas, for tie-ins and areas of overlapping scope.
  • Responsible for coordinating interfaces between 3 of the 4 major EPC’s working on the main refinery packages.
  • Primarily assigned with Hyundai/Saipem JV responsible for the design/construction of a New Harbour, Harbour Master Control Tower and auxiliary buildings, Offshore facilities and solids Loading platform.
  • Key client interface with 2 other Zour refinery EPC’s and an additional LNGI Project EPC.
  • Responsibilities included the tracking and facilitation of resolutions to issues resulting from design interface points, ensuring unresolved issues were elevated to senior management for resolution/direction.
  • Involvement/responsibilities for overcoming design issues between the various EPC interfaces, such as Fire water & utility tie-ins, scheduling of overlapping scopes required by one EPC, to maintain the schedule of another EPC.
  • Resolution of Logistical issues and coordination of the Zour Refinery Project with the adjacent LNGI project, to enable the LNGI project to access their site and facilitate key Telecoms scope to interface with the Refinery systems.

Project Engineer

Amec
01.2014 - 01.2016
  • Project engineer for the appraisal of 11 projects for various upgrades and debottlenecking works at the BP Sangerchal terminal.
  • Responsible for the start up of Define phase works for all 11, development of engineering team assignments and coordination of reviews, change control, regular meetings and design reviews.
  • Eventually taking 7 of the projects through to Execute and construction for the 2015 Shutdown work which was completed on time and within budget.
  • 4 of the remaining projects taken through to DEFINE and EXECUTE phases with 2 moving into construction 2015/2016.
  • Work covers the coordination of engineering activities, generation of ITP’s, SOW, BOD’s, Request for sub-contractor services and the tracking of progress and resolving of project & construction issues.
  • Projects covered the installation of a weir plate extension, replacement of LTS internals for 2 trains, replacement of existing coalesce internals with upgraded internals, installation of 2 filter packages and replacement of 5 valves for increased through put.

Senior Project Engineer

WorleyParsons
01.2009 - 01.2013
  • Telemetry System for Consumer Networks.
  • Responsible for overseeing the completion of a FEED package for a Telemetry system covering extensive existing Oil & Gas networks.
  • The work involved coordination between our Houston permanent office and the Kuwait based Client.
  • Responsible for coordination of design reviews, collection of data and management of schedule and man-hour budgets, tracking and implementation of changes requested by client, HSE and risk reviews.
  • FEED was completed ahead of schedule and within budget after implementing an acceleration plan at the request of the client.
  • Challenges involved the brown field nature of the existing system and lack of readily available system & process data, I directed the engineering team to work within the available data provided by the client and agreeing a workable solution to the existing problems.
  • Assembled and led a selected group of PMC & Client engineers in the Contractors detailed design offices in Korea for 6 months.
  • This enabled the detailed design to proceed ahead of schedule.
  • Responsible for supervising the Contractor and coordination activities between Korea and the remaining Kuwait engineering teams, tracking of project changes and coordination with multiple external stake holders (Suppliers of product and consumers).
  • The Construction activities started early 2013 where I was responsible for my Construction & HSE team, ensuring compliance with HSE requirements by Client and Contractor staff, highlighting issues to management as required in order to improve the focus on HSE.
  • Lower Fars Heavy Oil Development project.
  • FEED work of the Lower Fars Heavy Oil Development project started in 2009 for Phase 1 of a 60Mbpd central production facility and associated field wells and infrastructure.
  • As the WP Kuwait representative my role was to coordinate the FEED works performed by WP Calgary Engineering Office and ensure stakeholder involvement of the KOC Fields development team in the design process.
  • The project was the first heavy oil production facility in Kuwait, with an estimated project cost of several billion USD.
  • My roles included the organising of Kuwait based engineering support for site surveys to support the Calgary design team, coordination meetings with the client for the review of designs, reporting to senior management on status and progress and the leading of a client team for 2 months of project reviews in Calgary where I was also involved in the coordination and resolution of design issues with the Calgary team.
  • Eight months into the project the Client issued a request to change the scope of FEED.
  • This resulted in a radical change to the design basis and the reopening of the stage gate.
  • The changes resulted in a redesign of the steam handling and distribution with additions for export tanks and pipelines.
  • My role was to find agreement between client and the Calgary consulting office for the revised man-hour budget and schedule to complete the new scope.
  • Agreement was finally reached, and the Re-FEED proceeded through to contract preparation.
  • I was responsible for leading this effort and requesting the additional budget for the re-FEED works.

Project Engineer

WorleyParsons
Singapore
01.2006 - 01.2009
  • Engaged on the SPT project in Singapore, responsible for completing the enabling phase of the works, design and installation of Telecoms infrastructure including LAN cable networks, security system, CCTV, new Motorola radio system, access points for inventory management and gas detection systems.
  • The work involved taking the initial concept requirements, generating the design and subcontract requisitions through to award of contract and on-site sub-contractor construction supervision.
  • My role started as lead Instrument engineer and ultimately project engineer to support the construction phase of the enabling works.
  • I was later moved across to the Engineering Dept. as PE to help close out the instrumentation team’s work on the refinery portion of the FTP works.
  • This involved coordination between the office and site construction team and progress chasing of deliverables to support multiple construction work fronts.

Senior Project Engineer

WorleyParsons
Abu Dhabi
01.2004 - 01.2006
  • Responsible for the offshore Installation of 12 ESD, F&G systems, as part of a replacement project for the existing safety systems in the ZAKUM field.
  • The work involved supervision of the clients engineering team, the day-to-day progress monitoring of FAT/SAT and Hot changeover construction activities at site, offshore weekly site meetings and regular progress meetings with Contractor’s management to develop methods for overcoming the various problems associated with the project and tackle the critical issues.
  • Responsible for identifying opportunities to increase the number of work fronts by working closely with other ongoing ZADCO projects and the Offshore operational teams.
  • This enabled us to overcome accumulated delays in the project and resulted in successful completion of commissioning.
  • Responsibilities included: supervision of document reviews, verification of progress & invoice payments, leading the resolution if issues/punch lists etc. and management of additional scopes of work, inclusive of internal estimates, negotiation with the contractor and formulating the change order and final closeout activities and demobilisation.

Project Engineer

Fluor International
01.2003 - 01.2004
  • Responsible for the construction of a 120Km, 64” crude oil pipeline and the completion of a FEED package for a gas distribution telemetry system covering all of Kuwait’s Gas/Condensate networks.
  • The 120Km Crude oil pipeline from North Kuwait, was designed to carry 1 million barrels of oil to the client’s central facilities.
  • I was assigned this project shortly after the main excavations and pipe welding had started and was confronted initially by a large weld rejection rate, this we were able to eventually bring round and achieve an internationally acceptable weld quality, resulting in increased productivity.
  • My activities involved overseeing and managing the construction teams both PMC and EPC Contractor.
  • The project was given additional scope, which included the construction of three minor pipelines of 30 & 24 inch from the main manifold to three production facilities.
  • Responsibilities involved overseeing the design change, with associated schedule and cost implications.
  • The project involved active supervision of the contractor and the resolution of problems which caused large cost & schedule impact to the project due defective Client supplied materials.

Project Engineer

PARSONS
01.2000 - 01.2002
  • Responsible for the management of the installation and commissioning activities of a metering project, involving two metering skids and a SCADA control and monitoring station in the main control room.
  • Responsibilities included the coordination of Company, Client and Contractor activities, overseeing performance acceptance testing and final acceptance by the Company.
  • Additionally, responsible for the management of the detailed design, construction & commissioning of a SCADA & MIS project for the North Kuwait Oil fields, managing the interfacing and coordination activities between the main contractor, Parsons engineering and KOC major projects and external departments, becoming the single focal point for the project.

Project Engineer

ABB
01.1998 - 01.2000
  • Mobilised to India to monitor & supervise the ABB detailed design engineering team.
  • Responsible for reporting progress to the UK based project management team and engineers.
  • Inspection of project design manuals and system and act as liaison between ABB India and ESSAR’s representative Lumus.
  • Reassigned to the UK in order to manage & supervise the integration of all systems and customer testing of the system, including the finalisation of the fibre optics network design and implementation for the plant wide network.

Senior Engineer

British Steel PLC
01.1996 - 01.1997

Lead Engineer

Hyundai
01.1993 - 01.1995

Programmer

Gist Brocades Pharmaceuticals
01.1991 - 01.1992

Education

Bachelor of Science - Physics & Computing

Hatfield University
Hatfield
07.1985

Skills

  • Decision making capacity
  • Risk assessment techniques
  • Project lifecycle awareness
  • Project scheduling
  • Contract management
  • Document control
  • Subcontractor management
  • Contract administration
  • Field support
  • Change order management
  • Scope management
  • Project leadership
  • Presentation creation
  • Client relations

Timeline

Interface Project Engineer

PTTEP
01.2023 - 01.2025

Interface Project Engineer

Wood
01.2022 - 01.2023

Interface Coordinator

Wood
01.2016 - 01.2021

Project Engineer

Amec
01.2014 - 01.2016

Senior Project Engineer

WorleyParsons
01.2009 - 01.2013

Project Engineer

WorleyParsons
01.2006 - 01.2009

Senior Project Engineer

WorleyParsons
01.2004 - 01.2006

Project Engineer

Fluor International
01.2003 - 01.2004

Project Engineer

PARSONS
01.2000 - 01.2002

Project Engineer

ABB
01.1998 - 01.2000

Senior Engineer

British Steel PLC
01.1996 - 01.1997

Lead Engineer

Hyundai
01.1993 - 01.1995

Programmer

Gist Brocades Pharmaceuticals
01.1991 - 01.1992

Bachelor of Science - Physics & Computing

Hatfield University

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