Pradeep Herath BSc, PhD, CEng, MEI

Principal/Lead Engineer at Costain Oil, Gas & Process
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(386) 825-5501
Location
London, England, United Kingdom, UK
Languages
  • English Native or bilingual proficiency
  • Sinhalese Limited working proficiency

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Experience

    • Oil and Gas
    • 100 - 200 Employee
    • Principal/Lead Engineer
      • Nov 2021 - Present
    • France
    • Recreational Facilities and Services
    • Lead Engineer - Tech. Safety
      • Apr 2016 - Aug 2021

      WOOD PMC's Tech Safety Lead Engineer for Kuwait Petroleum Company (KPC) / Kuwait Integrated Petroleum International Company’s (KIPIC) Al-ZOR 615,000 bpd New Refinery Project. Review, approve, coordinate and manage Technical Safety activities for executing EPC workload for Onshore and Offshore (4 Packages). Onshore main process and process support units, utilities, tank farm and Sulphur storage, Offshore crude import, petrochemical and refined product export facilities, pipelines and Sulphur export. Show less

    • India
    • Appliances, Electrical, and Electronics Manufacturing
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Senior Specialist - Safety/HSE & Risk
      • Feb 2000 - Aug 2015

      • Identification of Risk Criteria for Projects application (Onshore/Offshore) • Define Safety Goals for Projects in close cooperation with Project Management Teams • Plan and Coordinate Safety assurance and quality control activities within the Project • Support Project Management Teams with status reporting/Presentations to Asset Holders • Focal point for addressing Safety nonconformities, resolutions in accordance with Corporate Guidelines • Manage Safety key Deliverables for Projects. • Chair HAZOP and HAZID/ENVID for FEED Developments • Coordinate and administer Departmental HSE Incentive Scheme • Preparation of HSE Management in Projects Procedure • Departmental focal point for Skills Sets Development Programme in Technical Safety, Risk & Loss Prevention • Technical Safety focal point for implementation of ISO OHSAS 18001 • Technical Safety focal point for Emergency Response Planning for Major Accident Hazards - Onshore & Offshore Show less

    • Principal Safety & Risk Engineer
      • Jan 1998 - Jan 2000

      Shell Spots – PM2000 Project. Responsible for carrying out design safety studies and preparation of design and Operational Safety Cases as per Safety Case 1992, PFEER , DCR and MAR. In addition pivotal role in interfacing with other disciplines for safety input, prepare safety philosophies and safety management systems for the design. Further assist Client in reviewing safety optimisation studies and evaluating their commercial impact on the design, e.g. Explosion Overpressure/Blast Studies, Cost-Benefit analysis of Blast Walls etc. and conduct special safety studies, e.g. Exhaust Stack Optimisation Studies, HIPPS Reliability Studies and Environmental Emission studies. Further FERA, EERA and ESSA. Also support Client in the preparation of Quantified Risk assessment (QRA) Report and facility Safety Case. Conoco Europe & JX Minimum Facility Platform (MFP) Projects. Responsible for carrying out Quantified Risk Assessment (QRA) of both designs and in the preparation of Design and Operational Safety Cases. Also carrying out special safety studies e.g. FERA, QRA, EERA and ESSA and in performing Cost-Benefit Analysis work in order to assist Client in making investment and asset management decisions. Show less

    • United Kingdom
    • Oil and Gas
    • 700 & Above Employee
    • Lead Safety Engineer & Principal Risk Analyst
      • Jan 1997 - Jan 1998

      Hyundai Pirkoh Compression Facility Detailed Engineering and Design (ultimate Client PGCL - Pakistan). Responsible for all safety input in order to achieve ‘risk based’ design. Also Client communications and presentations, pivotal role in interfacing with other disciplines for safety issues and guidelines (i.e. preparation of safety plan/ philosophy and safety management systems for design, fabrication and installation), carrying out EERA, ESSA and QRA, Environmental Assessment studies and specific ‘safety by design’ studies, e.g. vent stack design etc. Further, vendor/sub-contractor selection and job specifications, man-hour estimates, review and issue sub-contractor studies, organise and conduct HAZOP studies, identify additional areas of work and new technology, prepare safety input to Facility Operations Manual and Site Procedures. Further, HAZOP Chairman for MOBIL OIL LAPS Condensate Recovery Project, HAZOP Chairman for BP - Jetty 5 Bitumen Facilities Upgrade Project at Coryton, HAZID Chairman for BP Coryton - AV Gas (Improved Gasoline Cut) and Jetty 5 LPG/Bitumen Projects in line with CDM 1994 Regulations. Also responsible for preparing project procedures, methodologies and documentation for implementing into similar on-shore projects, Show less

    • Senior Safety & Risk Engineer
      • Jan 1995 - Jan 1997

      Shell Galleon Detailed Engineering and Design. Interface with other Disciplines for Safety input, vendor/sub-contractor selection and job specifications, man-hour estimates,sub-contractor studies, conduct HAZOP studies, prepare safety philosophies, identify additional areas of work and new technology, PFEER and DCR reports to UK HSE, Oil Pollution documentation for DTI l, Design Safety Case preparation and its submission to UK HSE for approval. Shell Shearwater Development. Carrying out Risk Analysis and Safety Management Studies of the proposed design as required under the UK Offshore Installations (Safety Case) Regulations 1992 and the PFEER, MAR and DCR regulations. Work involved detailed hazard identification and quantification, development of techniques for assessing personnel, environmental and asset risks, identify systems, operational procedures and safety management systems to minimise risk, cost - benefit analysis and design optimisation and prepare input to Design safety Case for submission to HSE. Also technical presentations to Shell on progress and technical developments, Azerbaijan International Oil Company (AIOC) Western Pipe Route Development safety studies. Work involved risk analysis of the pipeline, Pump Stations and the Pressure Reduction Stations during normal operations.Remedial work. Comprehensive hazard identification, Failure Modes, Effects and Criticality Analyses of all major hazards, appraisal of legislation/code of practice applicable to the Development, historical data review, an assessment of operational philosophies and performance standards of safety systems, human error assessment, construction and evaluation of Fault and Event Trees, LASMO (Netherlands) J6-A and ST-1 safety studies. Work involved risk analysis ref. EERA and QRA of J6-A during Combined Operations/SIMOPS and ST-1 in identifying change in risk levels as a result of change in throughput. Also assisted LASMO in preparing the Operational Safety Case. Show less

Education

  • University of Leeds-UK
    Industrial Safety (Thesis Title: "Closed Vessel Explosions & High Speed Flame Propagation"), PhD
    1983 - 1986
  • University of Leeds-UK
    Fuel & Energy Engineering, Oil & Gas, Power, Environment, Projects Financing and Economics
    1979 - 1983

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