Project Engineer, Construction, Offshore, Exploration, Production

To gain experience in the petroleum industry, both technical and commercial. Jobs with exposure to project management are of high interest.

HF Engineering / Frigstad Offshore, Naval Architect/Project Engineer, Offshore Rig Management, Consulting, Design, and Construction Management Company, in Singapore (www.frigstad.com) . September 2004 – September 2005
“Fast-Track Field Development” project offshore Philippines, April 2005-September 2005
• Planning mobilization of rigs from Africa and Mexico to South East Asia
• Analyzing and Planning of shipping register and maritime law implications concerning technical matters, vessel ownership structure and tax, and vessel manning
• Communicating with class societies regarding re-classing of vessels (technical and commercial aspects)
• Analyzing and planning of major project risk in mobilization, reactivation, and operational phases of project; Contact with major insurance brokers in the offshore hull and P&I market, including comprehensive general liability and contractual risk covers
“Fast-Track Field Development” project offshore Thailand, September 2004 -April 2005
• Member of project management team, coordinated multi-disciplinary activities
• Coordinated Classification Process (American Bureau of Shipping) of reactivation and conversion of Jack-Up rig, crude oil process and export system, storage tanker, and mooring system
• Helped in conceptualization of project and participated in project planning meetings, identified engineering resource requirements and facilitated interfacing between involved technical parties
• Reviewed engineering studies on structural, mechanical, and stability items
• Helped select placement of on-board process equipment and incurred modification requirements on rig.
• Selected and followed up on sub-contractors for delivery of engineering services and construction. Flagged probable “project show stoppers” and proposed mitigation efforts
• Collaborated extensively with sub-contractors, rig (owner) and asset owners (oil company), and liaised with insurance under-writer’s representatives,
Norsk Hydro Oil & Energy, Paid Intern
• Offshore Oil Field Development Research department in Bergen, Norway. Dynamic and fatigue structural analysis of offshore lifting operations and a new deep water riser system using Matlab and RIFLEX software (FEM), Summer 2003

Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), Master degree in Marine Technology (Offshore Structures), 1999-2004 (GPA 4.33 on 5 point scale, equivalent to 3.47 on 4 point scale, top 5%)
• Master of Science related to offshore structures engineering risk assessment and management including human and organizational factors. Special emphasis on early detection and correction of unexpected problems.
• Project on Quantified Risk Assessment methodology, performed a quantitative risk study for Atlantis Deepwater Technology Holding related to a new offshore exploration concept. Coursework included dynamic and nonlinear finite element methods, Fall 2003
University of California Berkeley, Ocean Engineering Graduate Group
• Spring 2004, Guided research related to offshore structures engineering risk assessment including human and organizational factors. Graded A+ by UC Berkeley and A by NTNU.
• Fall 2002/Spring 2003, International student in Ocean Engineering Graduate Group

Det Norske Veritas, Paid Intern
• Department for Hydrodynamics and Structures. Project assistant on a cooperation project that maps relations between Det Norske Veritas, American Bureau of Shipping, and Lloyd Register’s rules for ships, Summer 2002


Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Teacher assistant
• Teacher Assistant in Marine Hydrodynamics and Structural Analysis, five months in Fall 2003
• Teacher assistant in Marine Technology 2, five months in Fall 2001
Det Norske Veritas, Paid Intern
• Maintenance assistant and Construction site work at DNV’s Corporate Head Quarter, Summer 2000
Saga Petroleum ASA, Paid Intern
• Worked on geological databases, registration, digitalization of seismic surveys, Summer 1996, 1997