1. Chris Swift
PROFILE
A Chartered Chemical Engineer w ith a Master's Degree in Process Safety and Loss Prevention and 30 years' experience in process
engineering and safety. Chris has extensive experience in technicalsafety, riskassessment and the facilitation of safety workshops
including HAZID, HAZOP and LOPA for onshore power, oil, gas and chemicals, marine systems and offshore electricalsystems.
EMPLOYMENT HISTORY
Lloyd's Register Consulting– Energy Limited Manchester
Consultant/Principal Consultant October 2008 – Present
Technical safety consultant responsible for providing independent riskmanagement advice and services to a range of industries and
clients throughout Europe, the Middle east, Africa and Asia.
Main responsibilities:
 Project management, ensuring technicalprojects are delivered to agreed schedules, budget and customer satisfaction.
 Identification and development of opportunities and generation of proposals for existing and new clients.
 Workshop facilitator for HAZID, HAZOP and LOPA.
 Quality assurance for project output.
Key experience:
 Pow er and Renew able Energy
o Facilitation of HAZOP and HAZID studies for the boiler island of a bubbling sand w aste wood fired power station. This
involved the incorporation of very stringent client requirements for study content and reporting.
o Facilitation of HAZID, ENVID, ALARP and emergency preparedness studies forthe concept and feasibility phases of a
chilled ammonia carbon capture process for the exhaust gas froma pow er station.
o HAZOP of carbon capture processes for coalfired powerstations using amines as the absorbing material. Studies w ere for
both pilot schemes and fullscale operation.
o HAZOP, HAZID, LOPA and QRA of a NOx reduction process for a power station.
o HAZID of tw o offshore AC/DCpow er converter platforms and FERA of an AC/DC pow er converter platform.
 Oil, Gas and Chemical
o Semi quantified bow tie riskassessment for manganese ore extraction, processing and transportation.
o HAZID of the sodium hypochlorite systemand COMAH qualifying materials for a household chemical manufacturer.
o HAZID and QRA for an oil to gas plant.
o Assessment of Major Accidents to the Environment and QRA for an LNG terminal and natural gas fuelled pow er plant.
o HAZOP of a LNG production process detailed design. Studies w ere held in Chinese, w ith simultaneous translation.
o Modification w orkshop and riskassessment for significant changesto the oil terminal jetty piping systemof nationally
important oil refinery.
o Leak frequency and magnitude assessment for offshore crude oildischarge operations and pipeline transfer.
 Marine
o Facilitator for HAZID and HAZOP of studies of non-standard fuelsystems fora range of vessels in order to meet marine
classification requirements. Fuelsystems include LNG, LPG, compressed naturalgas and nuclear.
o Facilitation of an alarm rationalisation and prioritisation study for marine and topside alarms on an FPSO, over 10,000 alarms
w ere reviewed.
o Facilitation of HAZID studies for generic ballast w ater systems and an oil rig dismantling vessel.
o Calculation of bunkering exclusion distances for LNG using the Phast Softw are package.
o Facilitation of a study to assess the implications of operating a methanol fuelled ferry in a major European port.
TT Environmental Limited Halifax, Yorkshire
Chemical Consultant March 2007 – October 2008

2. Technical Safety and Environmental consultancy. Providing clients w ith support for environmentalpermitting and safety reports.
Key experience:
o Modelling releases of SO2, NOx, and hydrocarbons using ADMS to demonstrate compliance w ith environmentalstandards.
o Preparation of a Top Tier COMAH Report for an environmentally hazardous site; dispersion modelling (ADMS, CIRRUS),
frequency assessment, SMS review and ALARPdemonstration.
o Preparation of PPC applications for chemical manufacture and biodiesel manufacture.
o DSEAR assessment for a pesticide manufacturer, riskassessment, area classifications, site audit.
Rhodia Eco Services Limited(Formerly Rhodia UKand Staveley Chemicals) Chesterfield, Derbyshire
Process Safety Engineer / Process Engineer March 1985 – March 2007
Process Engineer and Process Safety Engineer on a Top Tier COMAH site comprising of six plants producing a w ide range of organic
and inorganic chemicals.
Main responsibilities:
Process engineering support to the site including capital project w ork, modifications and troubleshooting. Process safetysupport to the
site.
Key experience:
 Process Safety (1993-2007)
o Project manager for the preparation of COMAH (SEVESO II) safety reports for chlorine, sulphuric acid and surfactant plants
– consequence and riskassessments, major accident identification, MAPP preparation, ALARP demonstration.
o Chair of over 100 w orkshopsusing a variety of techniques (HAZOP, What-If, Preliminary Safety Analysis, Predictive Human
Error Analysis and Major Accident Review s).
o BAT assessment and environmentalmodelling of gaseous releases using ADMS.
o SIL assignment and alarm prioritization for a chlorine and sulphuric acid plant
o Assessment of demanning during site closure and shift pattern changes.
o Risk assessment of occupied buildings follow ing CIA Guidance.
o DSEAR assessment / Hazardous area classifications(hydrogen, benzene, toluene, fuelsystems, sulphur).
o Incident investigation and root cause analysis using Rhodia's methodology (Causal Tree Method) and DNV's SCAT.
o Review and assessment of over 1000 modifications to processes, equipment and operations.
o Site quality auditor for ISO 9002 w ith specialty in process safety audits. Participated in audits carried out by the HSE and
Environment Agency.
o Onsite and offsite emergency plan preparation and testing.
 Process Engineering (1985-1993)
o Process engineering input (design through to commissioning) on a w ide range of projects for the site sulphuric acid plant,
chlor alkali plant, agrochemical plant, benzole refinery, paracetamolplant, effluent treatment systemand site utilities.
o Day to day assistance to day plant management and engineers w ith operationalproblems and the identification of process
improvements.
EDUCATION AND TRAINING
1981 – 1984 B.Sc. (Hons) Chemical Engineering fromthe University of New castle upon Tyne.
1996 – 1997 M.Sc. (Eng.) Process Safety and Loss Prevention from the University of Sheffield.
1992 Chartered Engineer, Member of the Institution of Chemical Engineers.
1996 National General Certificate in Occupational Safety and Health.
2007 Graduate Member of the Institution of OccupationalSafety and Health.