Louis Findlay

Current

Contract Technical Safety Engineer at PSN
Owner / Director at PASHLO Consultancy Ltd

Past

GFA Projects HSEA Focal Point at Talisman Energy (UK) Ltd
Senior Technical Safety Engineer at AMEC
Topsides Safety Engineer at ConocoPhillips

Senior Safety Engineer at Lloyds Register EMEA
Safety Engineer at Britannia Operator Limited
Consultant at Petrotechnics
Postgraduate Student at Aberdeen University
Project Engineer at KBR
Knowledge Manager at Kellogg Brown and Root
Business Development Technical Support at Halliburton Brown & Root
Various Graduate Roles at Brown & Root
Directory Assistance Operator (Part Time) at British Telecom
Undergraduate Student at Robert Gordon University
Warehouse / Distribution Operative at Marsden Packaging Ltd
Trainee Nursery nurse at Tayside Regional Council
Shelf Stacker at Tesco
Storeman and Shelf Stacker at Co-op

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Education

Aberdeen University
Twickenham College
The Robert Gordon University

Carnoustie High School

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Industry

Oil & Energy

Louis Findlay’s Summary

11 years varied technical and managerial experience across projects and corporate teams working within engineering contractors, consultants and client organisations in the oil and gas industry.

Louis Findlay’s Specialties:

MSc Safety Engineering, Risk Management & Reliability
BEng(hons) Mechanical & Offshore Engineering

Louis Findlay’s Experience

Contract Technical Safety Engineer

PSN

(Privately Held; Oil & Energy industry)

January 2008 — Present (1 year 7 months)

Contract Technical Safety Engineer at Production Services Network (PSN) providing contract technical safety engineering services to BP Miller Platform Decommissioning project, miller gas/oil pipeline cleaning/flushing activites and related onshore gas reception facilities decommissioning. Also a member of the NUI Guidelines Steering Committee in conjunction with the Energy Institute.
Owner / Director

PASHLO Consultancy Ltd

(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Oil & Energy industry)

March 2007 — Present (2 years 5 months)

Technical Safety & QHSE Consultancy providing services to local and international companies ranging from shops and light industry through to onshore petrochemical and offshore hydrocarbon processing installations. www.pashlo.co.uk
GFA Projects HSEA Focal Point

Talisman Energy (UK) Ltd

(Public Company; Oil & Energy industry)

September 2007 — January 2008 (5 months)

Focal Point for technical safety, personnel HS&E, environmental and assurance functions within Talisman's Greater Fulmar Area (GFA). Deployed to assist 3 major brownfield upgrade projects on recent Talisman aquisitions in the UKCS.
Senior Technical Safety Engineer

AMEC

(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; Oil & Energy industry)

February 2007 — September 2007 (8 months)

Senior Technical Safety Engineer providing lead engineer support to various contracts and projects in the Aberdeen office. Involved in Offshore Solutions (Amec/Fabricom) partnership providing safety input to Offshore Access System design.
Topsides Safety Engineer

ConocoPhillips

(Public Company; 5001-10,000 employees; COP; Oil & Energy industry)

March 2006 — February 2007 (1 year)

Topisdes Safety Engineer for the Britannia Satellites Phase 1 development project in the North Sea.
Senior Safety Engineer

Lloyds Register EMEA

(Privately Held; 1001-5000 employees; Oil & Energy industry)

March 2006 — February 2007 (1 year)

Senior Safety Engineer deployed to Britannia Operator Limited to provide safety engineering services on the Britannia Satellites Phase 1 Project.
Safety Engineer

Britannia Operator Limited

(Privately Held; 201-500 employees; Oil & Energy industry)

March 2006 — February 2007 (1 year)

Deployed to ConocoPhillips to close out phased submission to the HSE of the Britannia Satellites Phase 1 Development Safety Case.
Consultant

Petrotechnics

(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Oil & Energy industry)

October 2005 — March 2006 (6 months)

Electronic Work Control Certificate implementation management and oil and gas management consultancy.
Postgraduate Student

Aberdeen University

(Educational Institution; 5001-10,000 employees; Higher Education industry)

September 2004 — October 2005 (1 year 2 months)

Postgradute student undertaking a PgDip / MSc in Safety Engineering, Risk Management and Relibility
Project Engineer

KBR

(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; HAL; Oil & Energy industry)

January 2002 — August 2004 (2 years 8 months)

Project engineer during FEED and Detailed Design of large onshore gas processing and export plant in Azerbaijan.
Knowledge Manager

Kellogg Brown and Root

(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; HAL; Oil & Energy industry)

January 2001 — January 2002 (1 year 1 month)

part of intellectual capital team reviewing portals, knoweldge management initiatives and information management procedures within KBR. Followed by period managing a small intranet development team reviewing and improving the information available to professionals within the organisation.
Business Development Technical Support

Halliburton Brown & Root

(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; HAL; Oil & Energy industry)

July 1999 — January 2001 (1 year 7 months)

Technical support to senior business development manager creating presentations, working with graphics team, presenting to major clients in various locations.
Various Graduate Roles

Brown & Root

(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; HAL; Oil & Energy industry)

September 1997 — June 1999 (1 year 10 months)

Various graduate positions within Brown & Root ranging from Safety engineering, through junior project roles during FEED phase onto corporate HSE roles developing RACI matrices.
Directory Assistance Operator (Part Time)

British Telecom

(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; Telecommunications industry)

June 1993 — August 1997 (4 years 3 months)

Part Time directory assistance operator in the Dundee DAC - student holiday position.
Undergraduate Student

Robert Gordon University

(Educational Institution; 5001-10,000 employees; Higher Education industry)

September 1993 — June 1997 (3 years 10 months)

Undergraduate student studying a BEng (hons) in Mechanical & Offshore Engineering
Warehouse / Distribution Operative

Marsden Packaging Ltd

(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Packaging and Containers industry)

October 1991 — June 1993 (1 year 9 months)

Warehouse / Distribution operative within a factory environment providing manual support to numerous production lines and warehouse personnel.
Trainee Nursery nurse

Tayside Regional Council

(Government Agency; 10,001 or more employees; Hospital & Health Care industry)

October 1990 — October 1991 (1 year 1 month)

trainee nursery nurse working at Linlathen Child and Family Centre in Dundee.
Shelf Stacker

Tesco

(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; Retail industry)

July 1990 — July 1991 (1 year 1 month)

Saturday job - shelf stacking and stock control
Storeman and Shelf Stacker

Co-op

(Privately Held; 10,001 or more employees; Retail industry)

January 1989 — July 1990 (1 year 7 months)

Saturday job - store management and shelf stacking

Louis Findlay’s Education

Aberdeen University

MSc / PgDip , Safety Engineering, Risk Management & Reliability , September 2004 — September 2005

Activities and Societies:

Additional Environmental Engineering module also undertaken during this course of study.
Twickenham College

AET & EDB Course 1998 — 1998

Various welding techniques, pipe fitting, pressure testing, weld testing and education project development and execution.

Activities and Societies:

Applied Engineering Technology and Engineering as a Dimension of Business courses as part of Graduate Development Programme.
The Robert Gordon University

BEng(hons) , Mechanical & Offshore Engineering , 1993 — 1997
Carnoustie High School

1985 — 1991

Activities and Societies:

High School Education - 5 highers, 7 O'level/Standard Grades
Played for 10 years at various levels for the CHSFP Rugby Club