As a result of a collaboration with Graham Horrell, an experienced Refinery and Petrochemical Project Manager this Process facilities version of the Project Engineer's Toolkit is now available to provide you with readily usable tools and techniques for performing your own responsibilities as a Project Engineer. As the Onshore Process Facilities Industry strives for increased effectiveness and efficiency, it is important that we work smarter, not harder.
Book Layout
The book is split into 3 main sections:
Soft Skills
Soft skills are vital for a Project Engineer who will spend a significant part of his/her time dealing with people of various backgrounds, competencies and attitudes. Based on sound techniques these skills can be developed and practiced to great effect.
Core Project Management
This section explores the core project management competencies associated with Process Facilities Project Engineering and uses actual documentation examples to explain how to manage these areas.
The Engineering Disciplines
This section demystifies the Engineering Disciplines and provides insight from a Project Engineers viewpoint. These chapters will allow you to understand the work processes for each discipline, plus the inputs and the outputs so that you will be more effective in integrating all the engineering elements into your projects scopes.
Influences on the content
Content has been influenced by the following three main sources:
30+ years Project Engineering/Management Experience
Having worked as a Project Engineers/Managers for over 30 year much hard won experience has been gained which has resulted in developing techniques that work in the "real world" Projects environment.
Project Management Bodies of Knowledge
As a member of the PMI and previously APM since 1999 projects have been run using the principles contained in the project management industry books of knowledge. Many of these principles have been used in development of this book.
Toastmasters International
The skills and techniques in leadership and communication are influenced heavily from active membership of Toastmasters International for over 13 years. Toastmasters is a worldwide organisation of over 350,000 members promoting development of both leadership and communication skills. These techniques have been adapted for the requirements of Project Engineering within Process Industry engineering contractors.
Cranston, Peter F.: - About the Author. Peter Cranston CEng, MIMechE, PMP, DTM has been a Project Engineer for over 30 years. After graduating from Edinburgh University with a BSc in Mechanical Engineering in 1981 he initially worked offshore as a remotely operated vehicle, ROV, pilot. His first real Project Engineering role was for a company building sub-marines for the tourist market which he describes as a Boys own adventure in the Caribbean. He has worked for main engineering contractors in a Projects role for the majority of his career on a variety of topsides, drilling facilities and subsea projects ranging from multiple modifications programs through to off-shore modules and subsea tiebacks. As a member of Toastmasters International for 11+ years he gained the highest award of DTM and as area governor managed 5 toastmasters clubs in Scotland. A portion of the communication and leadership skills developed at toastmasters has influenced the soft skills section of this book. Peter enjoys his current role of training and coaching the new generations of project personnel and seeing both their skills and confidence improving. He is married to Gwendoline, has two grown up children and lives south of Aberdeen, Scotland.
Horrell, Graham J.: - About the Author Graham Horrell CEng, CMarEng MIMarEST has been delivering projects for almost 40 years. After starting his career as an apprentice on Scunthorpe Steelworks, he graduated from Sheffield City Polytechnic with a BSc in Civil Engineering in 1981. He initially moved into the heavy lift aspect of the offshore construction industry enjoying both office- based design work and his time as a Field Engineer on the world's largest crane vessels. Over the next 30 years, Graham has represented major Operating Companies and a range of Contractors from Large Tier 1 organisations to local Consultancies. He has managed engineering and construction teams across a number of onshore and offshore facilities ranging from portfolios of minor modifications to multi-million pound capital investments. Graham's approach to team leadership and project delivery has been greatly influenced by three specific events; the Flixborough Disaster in 1974, having heard the explosion from 30 miles away, the death of a close colleague following a fall from height in 1983 and the Piper Alpha disaster in 1988 which he learned about on the radio when waking up in his cabin offshore in the Southern North Sea. As a Rotarian, Graham led a number of community projects within the Rotary Club of Cleethorpes serving as their President in 2013. He was awarded a Paul Harris Fellowship in 2008 for his work in leading disability sports events at local and National levels and his contribution to the 2007 flood relief efforts across Lincolnshire and Yorkshire. Graham is married to Christa and they have three grown up children of whom they are very proud.
