Scott Boyes
Aberdeenshire,Scotland
Summary
Scott is a chartered offshore geotechnical engineer with over 15 years’ experience. Scott has extensive experience in cable burial and protection works with involvement in over 50 cables projects during his career. Experience ranges from route assessments to engineering design and support of new equipment design and design modifications. Scott has an extensive knowledge of burial and protection methods and working knowledge of the range of equipment currently in the market. Scott is also experienced in FEED, offshore site investigation management and the installation of subsea flowlines, umbilical’s and cables. Involvement in FEED in relation to oil and gas developments (shallow and piled foundations, pipelines and umbilicals) and numerous offshore windfarm developments. Experienced in many aspects of offshore geotechnics including; development of site investigation strategies, site characterization, foundation design, pile design, drivability studies and pipeline / cable route design and assessments for export, interconnector and infield lines / cables. Scott has acted as engineering technical lead for research and development in relation to geotechnics, working closely with academic institutes.
Overview
16
16
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work history
Geosciences Director/ Geotech Engineering Lead
ERM (formerly MarineSpace Ltd)
2021.02 - 2026.05
- Marine geosciences business unit leader and geotechnical engineering lead within a consultancy business. Supporting significant number of interconnector, export and array cables projects.
- Supporting a variety of geological and geotechnical engineering studies in both the O & G and renewables sectors including but not limited to;
- Desktop and feasibility studies, FEED studies, CBRA’s, BAS’s, nearshore and offshore rock installation stability assessments, wave induced liquefaction assessments, decommissioning.
- Supporting clients with the development of new trenching/ploughing equipment providing design validation considering applied engineering principles.
- Critical review of, and involvement in technical tender submissions for cable installation, burial and protection.
Geotechnical Engineering Lead
Enshore Subsea / DeepOcean
2020.12 - 2021.02
- Moray OWF Export Cables; trenching of 3 x HVAC Export Cables
- Karish & Tanin pipeline multi-pass ploughing and backfilling; 30 “OD pipeline offshore Israel
Geotechnical Engineering Lead
Oceaneering Renewables and Subsea Projects
2018.09 - 2020.12
- Geotechnical Research & Development lead. Review of the design and performance of company trenching assets including leading physical, scale model testing in partnership with the University of Dundee.
- BHP Trion FPSO & Pipeline SI lead; Secondment to Houston to manage offshore SI works and onshore core logging and laboratory testing supporting BHP Billiton field development in deepwater GOM
- Skipjack Export Cable and OWF Geotechnical & Geophysical Site Characterisation
- Geotechnical lead developing Oceaneering’s Geotechnical SI capabilities for GOM & US East Coast
Geotechnical Engineering Lead
DeepOcean
2017.06 - 2018.09
- Geotechnical design and analysis support to all SURF projects
- Hornsea 1 OWF, lay and burial of 93 array cables [203 km total length]
- East Anglia 1 Export Cables, simultaneous lay and burial of 2 x HVDC cables [85 km total length]
- Walney Extension Export Cables & Interlink, simultaneous lay and burial of 2 x HVAC cables [170 km total length]
- Noordstream 2 pipeline ploughing; 1.5 m OD pipeline within the German sector of the route [35 km length]
- Race Bank Array Cables, lay and trenching of 91, 33 kV array cables [170 km total length]
- Race Bank Exports Cables, trenching of 2 x HVDC export cables and 1 HVAC Interlink [170 km total length]
- Maria FO Cable Burial, trenching of FO cable [20 km total length]
- Al NASR; burial of 10 inter array power cables in the Middle East [55 km total length]
- Sole Development Project; umbilical burial Australia [63 km total length]
- NEMO Interconnector; HVDC bundle, Interconnector cable lay and burial [270 km lay length]
- Heidrun Suction Anchor Design and Installation
- Ekofisk Seabox Geotechnical Design and Analysis
- NEMO Nearshore Jack-up Leg Penetration Analysis
- NEMO Turning Bollard Design and Installation Analysis
- Penguins FOC DMA Design and Installation Analysis
- Shell X-mas tree and subsea structure recovery load analysis
Geotechnical Engineering Lead
Ecosse Subsea
2017.01 - 2017.06
Geotechnical Engineering Lead
DeepOcean
2015.10 - 2017.01
Senior Subsea Installation Engineer
Wood Group Kenny
2014.02 - 2015.10
- Involvement in numerous IRM and construction scopes of work.
Senior Project Engineer
Technip & Bibby Offshore
2012.04 - 2014.02
Geotechnical Engineer
Senergy Survey & GeoEngineering
2011.01 - 2012.04
Geotechnical Engineer
Geomarine
2010.08 - 2011.01
- BP Norge, Valhall PFS Cable Route Trenching Evaluation
- Conoco Phillips, Watt and Katy Geotechnical Site Investigation (SI) scoping & management
- Beatrice Offshore Windfarm Limited, Beatrice Geotechnical SI scoping and management (Phase 2)
- Beatrice, Development of Beatrice Integrated Ground Model
- Beatrice Offshore Windfarm Limited (BOWL), Pile Design and Pile Drivability Study
- Premier Oil, Lacewing Geotechnical SI Scoping and Management
- Technip Power Generation, North Lincs Export Cable Route Trenching Evaluation
- Repsol, Inchcape Geotechnical Site Investigation Works – scoping & management
- Talisman, Montrose Bridge Linked Platform Geotechnical Design Study
- DANA Petroleum, SL5 Geotechnical SI Development & Management
- BP, Clair Ridge Geotechnical Design Technical Assurance Review
- BP, Clair Ridge Pipeline On-bottom Stability Review
- GDF, Cygnus Development, Preliminary Subsea Geotechnical Analysis & Design
- GDF, Cygnus Development, Trenching Risk Evaluation
- Moray OWF & Export Cable Route Engineering & Trenching Evaluation
- Moray OWF & Export Cable Route Cable Burial & Trenching Risk Assessment
- ABB, EWIP Trenching Risk Assessment Study
- Study of Emerging Technologies in Deep Water Site Investigation
- ABB, DolWin Trenching Risk Assessment Study
- ABB, DolWin1 Project: Critical review of Osiris Geotechnical Survey Report
- GDF, Review of Geotechnical Design Data for Cygnus Jacket Platform
- Talisman Energy Norway AS (TENAS), Isbjorn & Frode Geotechnical SI
- Expert Witness Report on Behalf of a Major Subsea Installation Contractor
- DANA Petroleum, Platypus Site Survey Market Appraisal
- Sterling Resources, Cladhan Geotechnical Design Study
Education
MSc. (Distinction) - Earthquake and Offshore Geotechnical Engineering
B.Sc. (Hons) - Civil Engineering
Skills
Extensive cable burial and protection experience across all phases from consenting and tendering to pre-construction and offshore execution
Highly competent in route assessments; BAS, CBRA, SRI design, post-burial risk assessment, various engineering assessments relating to cable installation, burial and protection
Support to design of new burial assests and development of existing equipment
Extensive offshore experience gained in offshore installation/construction and trenching operations as a lead engineer and as a client engineering representative
Experience of managing a team of engineers delivering a wide variety of subsea scopes;
Experience in oil and gas and renewables, including; FEED, site characterization and determination of geotechnical design parameters, ground model development, foundation / pile design, drivability studies, site investigation, trenching risk and burial performance assessments;
Experience of scoping and managing offshore site surveys including OWF, pipeline and cable route surveys;
Experience in various aspects of offshore geotechnical design;
Competent in the use of industry software such as GIS, EIVA Navimodel, GRLWEAP, LPile, Plaxis;
Excellent technical writing skills including design reports, engineering studies & trenching / cable burial risk assessments;
Ability to lead project campaigns onshore and offshore, with experience gained offshore with subsea installation and trenching contractors and engineering consultancies;
Certification
- Chartered Engineer (UK Engineering Council)
- Member of the Institute of Mechanical Engineers (MIMechE)
- Member of OSIG
- Member of the British Geotechnical Association (BGA)
- Member of ISSMGE and ISRM
- (Corporate) Member of the SUT
Timeline
Geosciences Director/ Geotech Engineering Lead
ERM (formerly MarineSpace Ltd)
2021.02 - 2026.05
Geotechnical Engineering Lead
Enshore Subsea / DeepOcean
2020.12 - 2021.02
Geotechnical Engineering Lead
Oceaneering Renewables and Subsea Projects
2018.09 - 2020.12
Geotechnical Engineering Lead
DeepOcean
2017.06 - 2018.09
Geotechnical Engineering Lead
Ecosse Subsea
2017.01 - 2017.06
Geotechnical Engineering Lead
DeepOcean
2015.10 - 2017.01
Senior Subsea Installation Engineer
Wood Group Kenny
2014.02 - 2015.10
Senior Project Engineer
Technip & Bibby Offshore
2012.04 - 2014.02
Geotechnical Engineer
Senergy Survey & GeoEngineering
2011.01 - 2012.04
Geotechnical Engineer
Geomarine
2010.08 - 2011.01