PaulByrne CV gib
- 1. CURRICULUM VITAE NAME ADDRESS Paul Byrne 28 Knights Court DATE OF BIRTH NATIONALITY 16.02.73 British Witham’s Road Gibraltar E-MAIL paulbyrne101@hotmail.com TELEPHONE 00350 54015206 GENDER Male EDUCATION 1998 - 2001 University of Newcastle Upon Tyne BEng (HONS) in Marine Engineering Grade (2:2) 1990 - 1992 Erith College of Technology Erith, Kent BTEC National Diploma in Electronics /Telecommunications 1985 - 1989 Bay side Comprehensive School Gibraltar GCSE’s: Spanish (A), Maths (C), English (C), Physics (B), Biology (C) Computer Studies (C)
- 2. EMPLOYMENT HISTORY January 2014 – Date Flag state surveyor / Independent surveyor November 2013 – January 2014 Marine Consultant SUNBORN Gibraltar Marine consultancy work for owners of SUNBORN for the classification and registration of the floating hotel. May 2012 – December 2012 Technical Superintendent Songa Shipmanagement Ltd (Glasgow) Overall responsible for the operation and technical support of 4 chemical tankers. ISM/ISPS audit preparation. Class and statutory survey preparation. Dry docking specification. Procurement of spare parts. Planned maintenance scheme manager. Nov 2011 – May 2012 Prodomestics Ltd General Mechanical maintenance on a wide area of systems Mechanical doors Generators & winches Gas and Diesel Heating systems for Mod sites November 2010 – January 2011 GIBDOCK LTD (Gibraltar) Estimator Working as estimator for ship repair yard. Pricing up budget prices and estimation on steel work, mechanical, painting, blastings, tank cleaning for all types of vessels as per client’s technical dry dock specification. April 2007 till May 2010 Lloyds RegisterEMEA Marine Surveyor Employed as Marine Surveyor at various locations within Spain and UK. Duties included survey of all ship types and yachts for compliance with International Conventions ( Solas, Marpol etc.) and Class requirements. Also extensive work was done on the survey of components for the Marine Industry and their compliance tothe relevant International or European standards. Damage surveys also performed when required including supervision of repairs. 360 Quality Audits. New construction duties also included supervising the building of vessels to Class standards.
- 3. November 2003 till March 2005 Wartsila Propulsion UK Service Engineer Employed by the service department of Wartsila UK, formerly known as Deep Sea Seals, and John Crane Lips. During my employment I have been performing new installations and overhauls on Sterntube Sealing systems, Face type seals and Lip Sealing systems. My work required me to travel to any part of the world at short notice and use the shipyards resources, along with tools carried by myself, to perform overhauls on the companies products, this has taken me to almost every country in Europe wherever there is a port. Sept 2002 till November 2003 P & O Princess Cruises Marine Engineer Employed by the Newbuilding section as part of the AMOS team (administration Maintenance and Ordering of Spares) AMOS is an interactive database linked to all ships in the fleet as well as in the two offices at Los Angeles and Southampton. My main role was contacting manufacturers in order for them to supply a spare parts list for all equipment on board ships, Diamond Princess, Sapphire and Caribbean being built by Mitsubishi in Japan, and Fincantieri Italy. on receipt of proposal it was assessed with reference to manuals and previous experience and altered as necessary, then input into the database for future purchasing, and stock taking. Liasing with purchasing, compiling data and producing statistics in order to negotiate prices on frequently used suppliers. Jan 2002-June 2002 Cammell Laird Gibraltar Working as part of the Mechanical Engineering section for Gibraltar’s Shiprepair yard Duties included Working with representatives from Simplex, Rolls Royce, Ulstein etc in servicing waterjets, seals, bow thrusters,CPP’s, main engines and shaft alignments. July 2001-Aug 01 Norfran Aluminium Ltd, Newcastle Mechanical fitter Maintenance and repair of injection pressure moulding machines in an aluminium foundry Mar 1997 - Jul 1998 O.E.S.C.O. (Gibraltar) Diesel Engine Operator for Power Station Duties included: Operating Diesel Engines Charge of the control room Performing routine maintenance on engines Taking regular reading
- 4. Dec 1994 - Mar 1997 Kvaerner Gibraltar Ltd Mechanical Fitter in Shiprepair Yard During my employment I had the chance of working on numerous vessels of different types including LPG, LNG, Dredgers, Tankers and Icebreakers. My duties were mainly: Performing Overhauls and repairs on Valves, Hydraulic Winches, Propellers, SKF Couplings, Thrusters, Steering gear and Main Engines. On of the major jobs I performed was on the vessel Nedrill Muravlenko, on which a major conversion was being performed, This included the complete removal, stripping, overhauling and reassembling of the two CPP’s and seven thrusters. Other tasks performed: Welding Burning and Cutting Electrical supply services Jun 1992 - Dec 1994 Gibraltar Joinery & Building services Semi-Skilled worker in Construction LANGUAGES Fluent in English and Spanish, Written and Spoken ATTENDED SHORT COURSES ATTENDED Mirlees Blackstone course for the KV Major Diesel Engine South Tyneside College. Computer Numerical Control Machining (CNC) LR Materials and NDE Course LR Existing Ships and Statutory Course LR Hull Damage and repair Course LR Stainless Steel Course LR Marine Technical Induction Course LR Elimination of Substandard Shipping LR Ism Code Internal Auditor Framo Cargo Pumping Systems OTHER DETAILS Computer literate, and competent with Microsoft Office products Qualified NDE Level II Operator Driving Licencses A,B1,B,C1,D1 PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIP Associate Member of IMAREST