Chris Cowperthwaite

Lead Instrumentation & Control Design Engineer at Quanta EPC
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Middlesbrough, England, United Kingdom, UK
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Jim Grayson

I have worked with Chris on several occassions and he is very Professional and successful in everything he does. A totally professional Instrumentation Engineer who i would recommend to any Professional Business unreservdly.

Mark Danter

To Whom it may concern GENERAL REFERENCE FOR CHRIS COWPERTHWAITE Chris was employed by Stopford Projects Ltd; from May 2007 until February 2008 as an Instrument Engineer for work on fuel storage facilities in the UK. Chris has travelled around to various sites throughout the UK for survey work. During his time with the company, Chris has showed himself to be a hardworking and conscientious member of the department who earned the respect of his colleagues. He is honest and trustworthy, his timekeeping and absence records are excellent. He always conducts himself in a professional manner. I would not hesitate in reemploying him Yours sincerely Mark Danter

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Experience

    • United Kingdom
    • Oil and Gas
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Lead Instrumentation & Control Design Engineer
      • Sep 2022 - Present

    • Senior Instrument Engineer
      • Sep 2022 - Present

    • United Kingdom
    • Industrial Machinery Manufacturing
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Electrical Design Engineer
      • May 2022 - Aug 2022

      Instrument & Electrical Design Engineering Instrument & Electrical Design Engineering

    • United Kingdom
    • Design Services
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Instrument Design Engineer
      • Nov 2021 - Mar 2022

      Engineering design across the All project lifecycle. FEED and Detail design. Activities including review and assistance with design, production of scopes of work, vendor appraisal and instrument procurement. Engineering design across the All project lifecycle. FEED and Detail design. Activities including review and assistance with design, production of scopes of work, vendor appraisal and instrument procurement.

    • Engineering Services
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Instrumentation and Control Engineer
      • Oct 2021 - Nov 2021

      Instrument Design Engineering Services Instrument Design Engineering Services

    • United Kingdom
    • Oil and Gas
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Control & Instrumentation Engineer
      • Nov 2020 - Jun 2021
    • United Kingdom
    • Chemical Manufacturing
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • E C & I Design and Project Engineer
      • Jun 2020 - Sep 2020
    • Specialist Instrumentation Engineer
      • Oct 2019 - Jun 2020
    • United Kingdom
    • Oil and Gas
    • 300 - 400 Employee
    • Senior Instrument Engineer
      • Feb 2019 - Sep 2019
    • Oil and Gas
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Principal Instrument Engineer
      • May 2018 - Oct 2018
    • France
    • Recreational Facilities and Services
    • Principal Instrumentation Engineer
      • Oct 2017 - Dec 2017

      FEED Study for extension of an existing SABIC site on Teesside Review of Piping & Instrument Drawings and preparation of Instrument data sheets for front end design. GAP Analysis for previously undertaken design work. FEED Study for extension of an existing SABIC site on Teesside Review of Piping & Instrument Drawings and preparation of Instrument data sheets for front end design. GAP Analysis for previously undertaken design work.

    • United Kingdom
    • Oil and Gas
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Lead Instrument Engineer
      • Nov 2016 - Aug 2017

      Design Engineering activities for project work including Front End Engineering Design {FEED) Studies. Detailed engineering design, ensuring clients end requirements are satisfied using all applicable standards and ensuring sound engineering practice is executed Design Engineering activities for project work including Front End Engineering Design {FEED) Studies. Detailed engineering design, ensuring clients end requirements are satisfied using all applicable standards and ensuring sound engineering practice is executed

    • Switzerland
    • Manufacturing
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Lead Instrument Engineer
      • Feb 2011 - May 2016

      Design Engineering activities for project work including Front End Engineering Design {FEED) Studies. Feasability studies and Detailed engineering design, ensuring clients end requirements are satisfied using all applicable standards and ensuring sound engineering practice is executed Strategic Consulting, including discipline engineering plan & strategy development for Company sites across England Design Engineering activities for project work including Front End Engineering Design {FEED) Studies. Feasability studies and Detailed engineering design, ensuring clients end requirements are satisfied using all applicable standards and ensuring sound engineering practice is executed Strategic Consulting, including discipline engineering plan & strategy development for Company sites across England

    • Australia
    • Import & Export
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • INSTRUMENT ENGINEER
      • Jul 2010 - Dec 2010

      Instrument Project Activities for FEED study work for Oil & Gas Training Organisation based in Aberdeen, Scotland. Detailed Panel Design work for offshore and onshore modules to work within the oil and gas industry. Instrument Project Activities for FEED study work for Oil & Gas Training Organisation based in Aberdeen, Scotland. Detailed Panel Design work for offshore and onshore modules to work within the oil and gas industry.

    • United Kingdom
    • Oil and Gas
    • 700 & Above Employee
    • SENIOR INSTRUMENT PROJECT ENGINEER
      • Jun 2009 - Sep 2009

      Production of a new safety system to work alongside the plant control system for new plant to be installed at ‘Sellafield’ Nuclear Power Plant. • Involved in review and preparation of hardware and specification of software required for the conceptual design of the safety system.. • Documentation reviewed and Prepared o Specification of Equipment and architecture of design for EPS System. o Review and verification of safety documentation for fit for purpose construction. o Familiarisation with BNFL’s standards to comply with electrical/electronic & programmable electronic installations. Show less

    • PROJECT INSTRUMENTATION ENGINEER
      • Aug 2008 - Dec 2008

      •Site attendance and liaison with site engineering personnel, to achieve written work-scopes and plant design improvements. Based at a major petrochemical facility on Humberside. •Location of site design documentation and on-site engineering to verify the design would be fit for purpose. •Instrument engineering design and verification, following on from the documentation retrieval. •Working as an Instrument Project Engineer in production of work-scopes at a facility in Baku, Azerbaijan. Show less

    • PROJECT INSTRUMENTATION ENGINEER
      • Feb 2008 - Sep 2008

      Aldbrough Gas Storage, Humberside & Grangemouth Scotland •To assist with the commissioning of plant instrumentation for all associated site equipment. Including commissioning of three compressors, associated field instrumentation and validation of machine instrumentation. The validation of work required to verify numerous onsite systems included but not limited to The setting up of duplicate instrument systems to reproduce compressor local displays in the control room. Closed Circuit Television for site surveillance Gas detection system for water storage tanks Noise and Vibration monitoring stations (environmental protection) Wellhead instrumentation. Assistance with installation and suggested changes in configuration of instrument scope. •Writing of work-scopes. Attendance to on site progress meetings. •Assistance and Verification of design activities, by others. •Discussion with vendors of instrumentation. •Writing of technical enquiries and orders. •Continued discussion and verification of possible technologies for instrumentation on site for measurement and control. Show less

    • United Kingdom
    • Mechanical Or Industrial Engineering
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • SENIOR PROJECT INSTRUMENTATION ENGINEER
      • May 2007 - Feb 2008

      •Work on [FEED] Front End engineering design and feasibility studies for potential workscopes in biofuel, tanker loading and offloading facilities. •Attendance at project meetings to discuss enhancement of workscope. •Work on [FEED] Front End engineering design and feasibility studies for potential workscopes in biofuel, tanker loading and offloading facilities. •Attendance at project meetings to discuss enhancement of workscope.

    • PROJECT INSTRUMENTATION ENGINEER
      • Aug 2006 - May 2007

      •Working for , at an office on Teesside on the production of a ‘Front End Engineering Package’. •Observation and production of the required control loops to affect a good working design. •Attendance to the ‘Hazard and Operability Studies’ as the responsible project instrument engineer. •Supervision and meetings with other project instrument personnel. •Attendance of project meetings •Working for , at an office on Teesside on the production of a ‘Front End Engineering Package’. •Observation and production of the required control loops to affect a good working design. •Attendance to the ‘Hazard and Operability Studies’ as the responsible project instrument engineer. •Supervision and meetings with other project instrument personnel. •Attendance of project meetings

    • Oil and Gas
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • SENIOR PROJECT ENGINEER
      • Oct 2005 - Jul 2006

      •Working for Sigma 3 •Working on projects within the major assets of’ Shell’ within the North Sea [Northern Sector], based in ‘Aberdeen’. •Maintaining project delivery by liaison with potential vendors. •Discussions of project requirements with ‘CAD’ design team, documentation control and purchasing control team. •Supervision of members of the design team and meetings with other members of the engineering team and ‘Shell’. •Working for Sigma 3 •Working on projects within the major assets of’ Shell’ within the North Sea [Northern Sector], based in ‘Aberdeen’. •Maintaining project delivery by liaison with potential vendors. •Discussions of project requirements with ‘CAD’ design team, documentation control and purchasing control team. •Supervision of members of the design team and meetings with other members of the engineering team and ‘Shell’.

    • United Kingdom
    • Chemical Manufacturing
    • 700 & Above Employee
    • PROJECT MANAGER
      • Aug 2004 - May 2005

      •Employed by Tracerco •Working as a ‘Project Manager’ in nucleonic instrumentation. I had the opportunity to specify equipment for potential instrument engineering projects on a worldwide scale for which the organisation is gaining worldwide renown. •Under took course and am recognised as registered RPS [Radiation Protection Supervisor]. •Employed by Tracerco •Working as a ‘Project Manager’ in nucleonic instrumentation. I had the opportunity to specify equipment for potential instrument engineering projects on a worldwide scale for which the organisation is gaining worldwide renown. •Under took course and am recognised as registered RPS [Radiation Protection Supervisor].

    • TECHNICAL AUTHOR
      • Apr 2004 - Jun 2004

      Working on project team, providing ‘Technical Authoring’ on numerous instrument topics. - Flowmetering - Subsea Oil/Gas well instrumentation THE WAS TO BE USED FOR TECHNICAL TRAINING Working on project team, providing ‘Technical Authoring’ on numerous instrument topics. - Flowmetering - Subsea Oil/Gas well instrumentation THE WAS TO BE USED FOR TECHNICAL TRAINING

    • PROJECT SENIOR DESIGNER
      • Jun 2003 - Mar 2004

      •Played an active role in the preparation of the ‘Instrument Interface’ for various projects including: - Billingham Beck Outfall - New Methacrylates Fire Alarm Panel - New Tanker Loading Trip Panel •Played an active role in the preparation of the ‘Instrument Interface’ for various projects including: - Billingham Beck Outfall - New Methacrylates Fire Alarm Panel - New Tanker Loading Trip Panel

    • PROJECT INSTRUMENTATION ENGINEER
      • Nov 2002 - Dec 2002

      Project Drawing review Teesside Automation Services, Stockton-on-Tees Cordell Group, Stockton-on-Tees Project Drawing review Teesside Automation Services, Stockton-on-Tees Cordell Group, Stockton-on-Tees

    • United Kingdom
    • Oil and Gas
    • PROJECT INSTRUMENTATION ENGINEER
      • Sep 2002 - Oct 2002

      Design, Procrement and technical drawing validation. Use of computer based spreadsheet packages. Design, Procrement and technical drawing validation. Use of computer based spreadsheet packages.

    • Industrial Machinery Manufacturing
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • PROJECT INSTRUMENTATION ENGINEER
      • Apr 2002 - Jun 2002

      Design, Procrement and technical drawing validation. Use of computer based spreadsheet packages. Design, Procrement and technical drawing validation. Use of computer based spreadsheet packages.

    • PROJECT INSTRUMENTATION ENGINEER
      • Feb 2001 - Oct 2001

      •Working on the Re-instrumentation of BP Chemicals No 5 Poly-Ethylene Plant, based at Wilton Site, Teesside. •Primary responsibility was in taking the accumulation of three reports: SIL - Safety Integrity Level HAZOP - Hazard & Operability Study Vulnerability Study It was the intention of the project to take the combined findings of these three reports and make a project justification to Re-instrument the plant. •The project was not permitted by the World Business Climate and Poly-Ethylene sales on a worldwide scale to continue. •The BP Chemicals No 5 Poly-Ethylene Plant, based at Wilton Site, Teesside, was targeted to be sold by BP Chemicals in Autumn of 2001. •I was to have ultimate responsibility for the preparation of the instrumentation scope of supply to allow satisfactory accreditation from a standards perspective of the plant. Show less

    • United Kingdom
    • Chemical Manufacturing
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • PROJECT INSTRUMENTATION ENGINEER
      • Sep 1995 - Dec 2000

      •Working on the installation and commissioning of a new green field multi-purpose batch chemical production plant in 1995. •Responsible for the supervision of the site instrument and electrical contractors activities and the resolution of any site potential problems. •The new plant, incorporated a generic modular design production building, utilising a Moore Products DCS System and associated batching software. •Specification, procurement and expediting of major plant instrument and electrical equipment, checking and approval of design documentation and preparation of the instrumentation tender. Response to the Project Engineer. •I pursued an active role in everyday instrumentation projects being addressed by the company across its business within the UK. Field and control room application design, installation of instrumentation equipment both within field and applications. •Installation of a new Tank Farm Monitoring System. Approval of in-house design, and continuous support and liaison with the suppliers in order to resolve any potentially damaging events. •I was one of the instrumentation engineers with responsibility for part of the sites instrumentation review in respect of the, then forthcoming Millennium. These activities included the potential of failures of all instrumentation on site, its potential impact on business and any remedial actions, suggested by the instrument supplier.Review of each individual supplier / customer response to the potential impact on their instruments Show less

    • INSTRUMENTATION ENGINEER
      • Mar 1995 - Jul 1995

      •Responsibility for the preparation of design specifications, management of external contract design force, and the installation and commissioning of new plant instrumentation systems. •Familiarity with Microsoft Windows based stand alone computer management systems. Overview of new PLC system Installation on major plant equipment. •Responsibility for the preparation of design specifications, management of external contract design force, and the installation and commissioning of new plant instrumentation systems. •Familiarity with Microsoft Windows based stand alone computer management systems. Overview of new PLC system Installation on major plant equipment.

    • PROJECT ENGINEER
      • Jul 1993 - Feb 1995

      •Engineering Development and design of flowmetering systems for operation in Multiphase and single phase flow applications, on offshore and onshore installations. •Responsibility as the development engineer for the conceptual instrumentation and electrical interface, for Multiphase systems and combinations of total flowmetering solutions for upstream crude oil and gas metering. •Travel as a representative of the Company to Norway and the U.S.A. •Engineering Development and design of flowmetering systems for operation in Multiphase and single phase flow applications, on offshore and onshore installations. •Responsibility as the development engineer for the conceptual instrumentation and electrical interface, for Multiphase systems and combinations of total flowmetering solutions for upstream crude oil and gas metering. •Travel as a representative of the Company to Norway and the U.S.A.

    • CONTROL / ELECTRICAL DESIGNER
      • May 1989 - Jul 1992

      •Responsible for the detail design and revised scope,for instrumentation and electrical equipment for use on the ICI Trans-Pennine Ethylene Pipeline Telemetry system. •Active role in the preparation of conceptual pre-sanction estimate and instrumentation supplier appraisal. Ensuring the instrumentation part of the project ran to schedule. •Responsible for the detail design and procurement of the JV 06 Olefines Hydrocarbon plant control philosophy improvements with design of new plant trip systems, using Computer Aided Drafting (AUTOCAD) •Responsible for the detail design of a new Gas Liquid Chromatograph system associated with optimising plant computers for furnaces. •Various small in house projects associated with continuous plant applications. Active participation of Hazard and Operability studies, and Hazardous Area Analysis meetings in connection with the detail design of Hazardous areas in chemical plant operation. Show less

    • APPRENTICE INSTRUMENTATION TECHNICIAN
      • Aug 1985 - May 1989

      •A four-year apprenticeship for ICI Plc at Billingham in Cleveland. •A four-year apprenticeship for ICI Plc at Billingham in Cleveland.

Education

  • Teesside University
    Instrumentation & Control Engineering, Second Class Higher
    1991 - 1993
  • Stainsby Secondary School

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