Director of Fire Safety (Scotland)

• Nov 2022 - Present

Responsible for leading the fire safety engineering team in Scotland. Responsible for approving most deliverables for the fire safety engineering team in Scotland. Co-lead of the SFE team within Hydrock Fire. Lead of the Suppression team within Hydrock Fire. Deputy lead of the High Hazard team within Hydrock Fire. Also provide blast engineering support on certain High Hazard projects. Responsible for leading the fire safety engineering team in Scotland. Responsible for approving most deliverables for the fire safety engineering team in Scotland. Co-lead of the SFE team within Hydrock Fire. Lead of the Suppression team within Hydrock Fire. Deputy lead of the High Hazard team within Hydrock Fire. Also provide blast engineering support on certain High Hazard projects.

Principal Fire Safety Engineer

• Apr 2021 - Nov 2022

Senior Fire Safety Engineer

• Oct 2019 - Apr 2021

Fire Engineer

• Dec 2017 - Oct 2019

Performance-based Fire Engineering against the ADB and the NDTH.I’ve also some experience with NFPA codes for the energy and process industries.Structural Fire Engineering (Mostly specialising in CLT/ Glulam, Mass Timber buildings).Smoke control and evacuation analysis (ASET/RSET, computational modelling, empirical calcs as required).Fire Suppression (Analysis of optimum systems and broad knowledge of different suppression systems).On-site inspections of various fire safety related systems (passive and active elements).Active interest in explosion science and explosion safety engineering with regular attendance at relevant subject matter groups. Show less

Structural Fire Engineer

• Dec 2016 - Dec 2017

Engineer for Fire Safety, Risk and Blast Protection related design work; mainly focusing on protection of occupied buildings on or near petrochemical facilities. Most of my work at IKM is focused on performing Occupied Building Risk Assessments (OBRA) in accordance with CIA guidance. I also specialise in the component parts of this such as Blast Resistant design (using SDOF methods) and Fire Safety Engineering (using Eurocode 3, SFPE and SINTEF methods). Additional proficiencies include: DSEAR Compliance Structural Engineering Design & Inspections Fire & Explosion Modelling Fire Protection Engineering (Fire-stopping, PFP compliance, Active Fire Protection) Gas Dispersion & Ventilation Risk Assessments Fire Risk Assessments Fire Safety Code Compliance Show less

Senior Technical Safety Engineer

• Jan 2014 - Dec 2016

Managing and overseeing the technical safety consultancy.Approving all major technical deliverables for the consultancy.Providing technical support for every consultant in‐case of any complex issuesCreating and developing commercial proposals for clientsProviding presentations and running Micropack’s Fire and Gas Detection Technology Course.Experienced working with relevant codes, regulations (PFEER Reg 10), standards, technical design and engineering practices. I commonly comment and review HAZOPs, COMAHs, LOPAs, ALARP Workshops, QRAs and Safety Cases.Familiar with CFD packages (CHAM, FLACS) especially for gas dispersion, explosion overpressure assessments, smoke and toxic gas migration/ ingress. Fully capable of designing aspirating smoke detection system layouts (VESDA Systems).Fully familiar with IEC 61508/61511 legislation and I am a Certified Functional SafetyProfessional (CFSP) for the Process Industries (IEC 61511). Fire Hazard Analysis: Gas Leak/ dispersion/ late ignition/ explosion hazard Jet/ pool/ spray fires modelling including harm transmission, mechanisms of heat transfer Recommended precautions and mitigation requirements. Implications for evacuation, muster point viability, structural integrity, survivability.Regularly work with and for the following clients: BP, Shell, Chevron, EnQuest, Centrica, Exxon Mobil, Apache, Total, ADCO, ADNOC, Occidental Petroleum, TAQA throughout most major Oil and Gas theatres. Show less

Fire and Explosion Safety Engineer

• Jun 2011 - Dec 2013

Fire & Gas Detection Reviews: Flame Detection (Vis/IR/UV) defining required system performance targets/ appropriate technology) Gas Detection (application of appropriate methodology on case by case basis) Acoustic Detection (where appropriate) Toxic Gas Detection (spacing, technology, considering site-specific harm transmission/ risk) Detector OptimisationConducting Onshore and Offshore site surveys of hazard mitigation systems globally (Algeria, Qatar, Norway, Azerbaijan, UK, USA etc.).Fire Engineering Design: Designing out fire and explosive gas hazards with- Passive/active protection systems/ design modifications/ additional layers of protection (Performance-based Design approach)Functional Safety Assessments:Conducting functional safety assessments of F&G System loops and ensuring the correct SIL level is specified, met and maintained. I have done functional safety assessments with respect to alarm management and human factors.Assessing and categorizing process hazards and associated risk envelopes to enable effective and optimum detection systems (both in design and operationally). Show less

MEng (Hons) Graduate Structural with Fire Safety Engineering 2011

• Sep 2006 - Jun 2011

5 Years MEng with 1st Class Honours 5 Years MEng with 1st Class Honours

Summer Intern

• Jun 2010 - Aug 2010

During my summer internship I worked with the team responsible for the land remediation works for the 2014 Commonwealth Games Athletes Village Site. I conducted environmental surveys and assessments on potential toxic locations to ascertain whether any contaminants migrated into the water supply and local ecology as a whole. I also validated/ screened the subsequent laboratory data after collecting samples from site, followed by analysing the data and compiling monthly/ quarterly reports to SEPA (Scottish Environmental Protection Agency). Furthermore, I had to do other engineering tasks such as draft drawings in AutoCAD, construct MS Excel spreadsheets detailing environmental data collected from various sites across Scotland (mostly landfill areas) and analyse geological strata to gain a better idea of the ground structure beneath the survey sites. Show less