Marius Le Roux
Mossel Bay
Summary
Hands-on experience with instrument equipment and control valves, safety protection systems, Programable Logic Control (PLC), Emergency Shutdown Systems (ESD), fire and gas systems, Gas Turbine Control and Protection Systems (Bentley Nevada), Distribution Control Systems (DCS), turbine rotating machinery, pipeline instrument equipment (PSVs) and well head control panels.
Overview
20
20
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Supervisor (Instrumentation)
SPIE Oil & Gas Services
12.2018 - 09.2020
- Instrument maintenance supervisor on Amenam AMQ 99 production platforms, managing daily preventative maintenance, curative maintenance, permits to work, daily reports, toolbox talks, shutdown planning, material requests, weekly, monthly reports for the instrument maintenance department.
Supervisor (Instrumentation)
SPIE Oil & Gas Services
01.2015 - 11.2018
- Instrumentation supervisor for intervention team on Dalia, Girassol, Pasflo and Clove FPSOs Block 17, Angola.
- Managed turbine refurbishment project involving 48,000/28,000-hour refurbishments of all GE/Pignoni, Siemens and Solar turbines.
- Responsible for removal and replacement of instrumentation, vibration monitoring equipment (Bentley Nevada) and commissioning of gas turbine generators, gas turbine/gas injection compressors and gas turbine water injection pumps.
Supervisor (Instrumentation)
SPIE Oil & Gas Services
12.2013 - 12.2014
- Instrument maintenance supervisor on Amenam AMQ 99 production platforms, managing daily preventative maintenance, curative maintenance, permits to work, daily reports, toolbox talks, shutdown planning, material requests, weekly, monthly reports for the instrument maintenance department.
Supervisor (Instrumentation)
SPIE Oil & Gas Services
11.2010 - 12.2013
- Instrumentation supervisor for intervention team on Dalia and Girassol Block 17, Angola.
- Managed turbine refurbishment project involving 48,000/28,000-hour refurbishments of all GE/Pignoni, Siemens and Solar turbines.
- Responsible for removal and replacement of instrumentation, vibration monitoring equipment (Bentley Nevada) and commissioning of gas-turbine generators, gas-turbine/gas injection compressors and gas-turbine water injection pumps.
- Acted as integral part of instrumentation team performing annual maintenance work on production trains as well as undertaking replacement and calibration of control valves and process instrumentation, Emergency Shutdown System (ESD) and Fire and Gas (F&G) functionality checks for client - Total.
Maintenance Superintendent Assistant (Instrumentation)
SPIE Oil & Gas Services
11.2007 - 09.2010
- Company Overview: Total Yemen - Total KHARIR Block 1/Total E&P Yemen - East Shabwa
- Efficiently handled instrumentation department, supervised employees and delegated tasks to them.
- Reviewed SAP maintenance plan and breakdown maintenance reported by production.
- Trained and mentored maintenance supervisor and technicians on PM tasks and material orders.
- Supervised facilities comprising 4 oil and water separation units (CPU, TPU, BPU) with water injection pumps, 1 gas separation unit (CCU) with 3 compressor gas injection units, 1 gas conditioning unit (GTU) to supply local power generation plant (128Mwatts) with gas on constant basis, 150 production well platforms, water producers, and water injection and gas injection wells.
- The process control systems include Yokogawa DCS/Prosafe ESD and F&G, Allan Bradley and Siemens S7 PLC control systems with centralised control network interconnecting different facilities as well as remote CPU (ATUF) consisting of 28 production, 8 water injection and water producer wells.
- Total Yemen - Total KHARIR Block 1/Total E&P Yemen - East Shabwa
Control Systems Technician (Maintenance)
Equipment and Controls Africa
Luanda
04.2006 - 11.2007
- Company Overview: Part of Emerson Process Management
- Responsible for maintenance of complete control system in Block 2, Sonangol pp Angola, inclusive of Delta V DCS, Allen Bradley PLCs (Flex IO, plc 5/40, Bentley Nevada Vibration), TT4000 Solar Turbine Mars Compressor and Solar Turbine power generator control system.
- Effectively maintained data collection system in OPC server, SQL Server and ActiveFactory for keeping a track of all processes.
- Facilitated apposite guidance to national instrumentation technicians for repair of field instrumentation, transmitters, controllers, valves and F&G detectors.
- Responsible for developing daily reports, preparing work permits and conducting toolbox safety meetings.
- Part of Emerson Process Management
Superintendent (Instrumentation and Control Project)
Steynhoff Saw Mill
George
01.2005 - 03.2006
- Acted as key member of construction and installation team of plant's control system (Siemens S7 with Citrex HMI software) until start up.
- Efficiently handled all assigned control system maintenance responsibilities once plant was handed over by supplier, Benima Control Systems from Sweden.
Instrumentation Technician Team Leader
Sonamann Services S. A.
11.2000 - 11.2004
- Company Overview: Chevron, Texaco (Angola contract)
- Directed installation of pneumatic and electronic instrumentation on various projects both on and offshore for Chevron Production platforms, Cabinda Gulf and Malongo base area.
- Efficiently handled construction team and ensured proper facilitation of work permits.
- Ensured completion of daily progress reports, testing and commissioning documentation and final red line drawings.
- Administered completion of all assigned projects in safe and timely manner.
- Monitored installation work including installing well head control panels and well hook ups, commissioning well head control panels, ESD, TSE, Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) and DCS systems, covering cable tray and supports, cabling, instrument supports and various instrumentation, instrumentation junction boxes and stainless steel tubing.
- Chevron, Texaco (Angola contract)
Education
Electrical Engineering - Course N5 (Higher National Certificate)
Springs Technical College
Springs, South AfricaNational Diploma in Electrotechnical Engineering - Course T1 (Higher National Diploma)
Vaal University of Technology
Vaal, South AfricaTrade Certificate - Instrument Technician - Industrial Instrumentation and Process Control
SAPPI FINE PAPERS
Springs, South AfricaHigh School -
Springs Technical High School
Springs, South AfricaSkills
- Plant Turnarounds and Shutdowns
- Competency Based Training
- Installation/Calibration/Commissioning of Instruments
- Subcontractor Management
- Daily Work Allocation
- Preventive Maintenance Procedures
- People Management
- Quality and Safety
- Multiple Project Management
- KPIs and Budget Allocation
- Safety Standards and Procedures
- Materials and Resource Planning
- CompEx Instrument Repairs and Troubleshooting
- Process Optimisation
- Work Execution and Operations
- Health and Safety
- Training and Development
- Interpersonal and Communication Skills
Certification
- Delta V (DCS) Training Certificate
- Apave Electrical Isolation Certificate
- Offshore Survival, Fire Fighting and First Aid
- Helicopter Underwater Escape Training (HUET)
- CompEx Cert no:39614
Accomplishments
- Total, Yemen (Kharir), Successfully directed implementation of maintenance system (SAP) and provided requisite training to staff in maintenance procedures.
- MOSSGAS (Petro SA) EM/Gas Field Extension, Mossel Bay, RSA, Played focal role in installing and commissioning relevant control instrumentation for transformers and switchgear in MCC interfacing with Foxboro AI DCS system.
References
Available on request
Personal Information
- Date of Birth: 11/06/59
- Nationality: South African
- Driving License: South African Driver's Licence
- Marital Status: Single
Landline
+27 446 903 378
Languages
English
Proficient
C2
Afrikaans
Proficient
C2
Timeline
Supervisor (Instrumentation)
SPIE Oil & Gas Services
12.2018 - 09.2020
Supervisor (Instrumentation)
SPIE Oil & Gas Services
01.2015 - 11.2018
Supervisor (Instrumentation)
SPIE Oil & Gas Services
12.2013 - 12.2014
Supervisor (Instrumentation)
SPIE Oil & Gas Services
11.2010 - 12.2013
Maintenance Superintendent Assistant (Instrumentation)
SPIE Oil & Gas Services
11.2007 - 09.2010
Control Systems Technician (Maintenance)
Equipment and Controls Africa
04.2006 - 11.2007
Superintendent (Instrumentation and Control Project)
Steynhoff Saw Mill
01.2005 - 03.2006
Instrumentation Technician Team Leader
Sonamann Services S. A.
11.2000 - 11.2004
Electrical Engineering - Course N5 (Higher National Certificate)
Springs Technical College
National Diploma in Electrotechnical Engineering - Course T1 (Higher National Diploma)
Vaal University of Technology
Trade Certificate - Instrument Technician - Industrial Instrumentation and Process Control
SAPPI FINE PAPERS
High School -
Springs Technical High School