Melville Wilson

Responsible for the construction and installation of all electrical and instrument work done on skids for a petrol platform, constructed on-shore, and later taken to site, off-shore. Major accomplishment in areas of:

•  Materials take off for completion of E&I work pending on skids.
•  Improvement in preparation of the schedule to comply with assignments.
•  Development of an organization plan, to support flexible work force, to reduce idle  time. 
•  Inspection and signing off of ITR’s and certifying of equipments together with the client.

E&I CONSTRUCTION SUPERVISOR

Responsible for the dismounting of an old kiln, and the mounting of a new one in the same area, together with maintaining all utility in support of the entire Site, to the surveillance and  maintenance of all aseptic areas supporting Construction.

•  Provide a team for the preparation, testing and termination of Hi-VOTAGE cables.
•  Planning and preparing a schedule to comply with the critical path.
• Completion of the Installation according to assigned contract.

Responsible for the coordination, inspection and programming of the activities to comply with the SHUT DOWN schedule. These activities included the:

• Excavation and Preparation of Cable trenches, cable pulling including back filling and              compaction.
• Megger and HI-pot testing of underground cables.
•  Cable pulling and dressing in cable trays and conduits.
•  Termination in junction boxes, panels and switch-gears.

Developed and approved quality plans for QC manual in accordance with the standards and specifications require for the project.

• Training and preparation of an inspection team responsible for the signing off of ITR’S (inspection & test reports).
• Training of Craft and best lessons learned, thus reducing cost, misuse of material and down time.
• Developed and executed implementation plans for ISO 9000 certification.
• Preparation of work package and distribution to assigned sub-contractors.

Responsible for addressing any electrical and instrument problems that may affect progress, also for development and implementation in support for the project, such as:

• Negotiation with the Client in analysing and accepting modifications to conditions that reduce cost and misuse of materials.
• Preparation of AS-Built drawings and adoption to original schematics.
• Designing and implementing modifications to computerized soft ware circuitry.
• Loop testing and calibration of instruments
• Commissioning and staring up of two natural gas compressors.

Responsible for inspecting and signing off of work done by sub-contractors during the construction of the DELAYED COKER plant; such as:

• Construction and cable pulling in Duct-Banks and cable trenches.
• Raceway installation of cable trays and conduit.
• Mounting and installation of Low, Medium and High volt Switch-gears in MCC control.
• Mounting and installation of DCS, UPS & VFD panels in satellite control building.

Responsible for the supervision and inspection of sub-contractors during the construction of the HBI (Hot Briquette Industry) project, which involved the mounting of two reactors:

• Surveying and Layout of grounding mesh for 13.8kv main sub-station.
• Cad welds connection and earth continuity test of main sub-station grounding circuit.
• Mounting and installation of two 13.8kv gas (SF6) circuit breakers.
• Mounting and installation of two 34.5MVA transformers, testing and humidity removal from the oil.
• Cable pulling with dynamiters, verifying the permissible pulling strength.
• Commissioning and starting up of the plant.

Responsible for addressing issues pertaining to the job and resolving problems on site, together with the sub-contractors; which were:

• Layout and connection of grounding mesh for main sub-station.
•  Mounting and installation of two 13.8kv gas (SF6) circuit breakers.
•  Mounting and installation of two 35MVA transformers.
•  Cable pulling through duct-banks and manholes, approximately 80mtrs.
•  Torque application to low, bus-bar and high volt terminations.
•  Commissioning and starting up of the plant.

Responsible for the supervision of a group of 36 persons, with assignments pertaining to the job; which were:

• Cable pulling and termination in power, control panels and junction boxes.
• Megger and continuity testing of instrument, power and control circuits.
• Conduit and cable-tray raceway installation works.
• Preparation and termination of hi-volt (13.8kv) cables in switch-gear.
• Support commissioning and starting up of plant.

Responsible for the supervision of a group of 25 persons in a pellet plant, with assignments pertaining to the job; which were:

• Fabrication and mounting of supports for cable tray and conduit race-ways.
• Cable pulling dressing and separating of special circuits in cable trays.
• Cad welds terminations for grounding of vessels and equipment's.
• Dressing and termination of instrument and control circuits in panels.  

Responsible for the maintenance, repairs and servicing of electrical & electronic equipments in the plant; which were:

• Preparing a 2 year shut-down program to comply with scheduled time for maintenance, reducing lost time by 10%.
• Repairs and service to electronic devices thus reducing cost by 5%.
• Training personnel on the function and application of programmable equipment, thus improving production by 15%.

Responsible for maintenance, repairs and servicing of electrical equipments, with a group of 10 employees; such repairs were:

• Revision of ABB/PLC program during shut-down period, updating certain elements to improve the function of various equipment's.
• Repairs and service to ABB converters (Tyrak “L”) reducing failure by 5%.
• Servicing and repairs to AC/DC motors, replacement of worn brushes and damage contacts in cont actors.

Responsible for maintenance, repairs and servicing of electrical equipments with a group of 15 employees; which were:

• Servicing and repair works to 16, 25 & 50 tons overhead VFD control cranes.
• Repair and servicing to numerical control lathes, drilling and shaping machines etc.
• Participating in maintenance program during the shut-down period.