IOORS CV - Gerald Grey

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PERSONAL DETAILS:
Name : GeraldGrey
Nationality : South African
Date of Birth : 29-05-1961
NearestAirport : Cape Town (CPT)
LANGUAGES:
 English
PROFESSIONAL QUALIFICATIONS:
 Building Construction, Mathematics and Physics (Cape Town Technicon) Basic Ambulance
Course – 2 weeksat Ambulance Training Centre Rescue and Extrication – 6 weeks at City of
Cape Town Fire & Rescue Services
 Boat Handlers – Fast Rescue Craft – 2 weeks at City of Cape Town Fire & Rescue Services
 Turntable and Hydraulic Platform Operators Course – 2 weeks at City of Cape
 Town Fire & Rescue Services
 Fire Service Instructor (NFPA 1041) – South African Emergency Services Institute /
International Fire Service Accreditation Congress of Oklahoma State University.
 Nuclear Disaster Management
 Incident Management Training – Cape Metropolitan Incident Management System
 Vessel entry procedures
 Fire-fighting and valve isolation – Caltex Refinery Fire Protection Division
 Advanced Breathing Apparatus General administration course Helicopter landing officer
course
 Certificate in Fire Technology SAESI
 Higher Certificate in Fire Tech. SAESI
 Open water 1,2 advanced scuba - National Association of Underwater Instructors
 Class IV commercial - Blaauwberg Fire and Rescue Services
 Class III - Grant Jameson Professional Diving Centre -
 Class II - Grant Jameson Diving Centre
 NEBOSH IGC 2 and 3
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:
06Dec 2015 to date Pointe Noire Congo
Country HSE Manager
Role & Responsibility:
 To implement and maintain all the requirements of the OSH Act.
 To be conversant with the company safety policy and procedures.
 To be conversant with client safety policy and procedures.
 To advise and assist management and all staff with regard to Occupational

 health and safety.
 Ensure all accidents and incidents are recorded, reported and investigated as required and
that corrective action is taken as a means of prevention or repeat of the same
incidents/accidents.
 Maintain a central administration of all key site health and safety
 Documentation, records, data and tendencies.
 Monitor and control personal protective equipment required for the site.
 Installation of firing line on new shallow water pipe lay barge including all safe guards on
newly installed equipment including PUWER audits. First pipe lay project with newly
installed pipe lay system.
 Loadingand demobilisationof equipment withsupply vessels from fabrication and storage
yard ensuringthatall equipmentarrivingoffshore isrigged and loaded safely for offloading
at offshore facilities.
 COSHH materialsreceivedfromoffshore operations identified and arrangements made for
disposal bywaste managementcompanyonshore.All documentation arranged for minister
of environment affairs of Congo for approval
 Following fabrication works and ensuring that sub-contractors carryout operations safely
adopting the client standards of safety. Loading of completed fabricated modules for
offshore installation.
 Duty officerforEmergencyresponsemanagementof as per ERP plan. Managing and liaising
with Offshore and onshore logistics with regards to crossing borders between Congo and
Angola for medical treatment in Congo. Arranging expatriation through designated
expatriation service provider for SS7. Liaising with client CVX with regards to medevac
coordination from offshore platform to client facilities in Angola.
01Mar 2015 to 30 Oct Seven Antares
Site HSE lead
 Follow client IIF program and as well as part of the IIF steering team on board
 Control of safety advisors and officers as well as firewatchers. Ensuring that detectors are
charges and daily bump test carried out before use by fire watch teams.
 Organise training for different disciplines to ensure that personnel assigned to the project
are adequately trained
 Attendall pre-shiftmeetingsensuringthatSIMOPSismaintainedaswell as ensuring that all
hazards are identified and mitigated.
health and safety.
 Compiling the JSA for CVX permit to work for all activities during the hook-up topsides.
Ensuring that all contractors follow Subsea 7 safe work practices.

 Ensure that dropped object awareness and inspections were carried out during the initial
scaffolding stages as well as during the project.
 Strict POBcontrol betweenthe barge andBBLT platformusingthe gangway as well as surfer
transfer, and ensuring the platform POB is not exceeded.
10/2012 – Present date SUBSEA 7 Sonamet fabrication yard LOBITO ANGOLA
CLOV Project/LIANZI Project Site lead
 Startedas safetyadvisorassistinganotheradvisorforCLOV projectcoveringall fabricationof
suction piles, PLETs pipe in pipe by Sonamet. Other contractors EUPEC carrying out coating
of pipe and bevelling and cutting pipe.
 Review of all lifting plans prior to lifting operations when moving completed sections of
equipment for blasting and painting.
 Pressure testing: Inspection and safety checks carried out before any pressure testing was
carried out ensuring the adequate barriers are installed and extrusion points protected,
whip checks etc.
 Ensure safe work practices during assembly of the riser tower. Created a document for all
activities associated with assembly showing the process and safety procedures to be
followed for the assembly line.
 Move to next project as Site HSE lead for LIANZI SIC and topside fabrication. Attended the
kick off meeting before project started.
 Safe transportation of completed fabricated structures lifted and transported to quayside
for load out. Ensured that lift plans were.
 Attend all meetings with regards to planning , risk assessments and leasing with Sonamet
management and yard HSE manager
 Most of the activities wrere similar to the CLOV project. Ensured that all lifting pressure
testingandotherfabricationactivitieswere carriedoutinasafe manner by sub-contractors.
12/2010 – 10/10/2012 ACERGY/Antares Barge
Safety Advisor
• Documentation,records,dataandtendencies.Compiledallvessel specificSOPandassociated
HIRAsasthiswasa newlypurchasevessel
• Installationof firinglineonnew shallowwaterpipe layingbargeincludingall safeguards
onnewlyinstalledequipmentincludingPUWERaudits.Firstpipe layprojectwithnewly
installedpipelaysystem.

• Modificationsdoneinsidemostof the buoyancytanksandotherconfinedspacestostrengthen
the barge forpipe lay. Controlof sub-contractorscarryingoutthistask,ensuringthatall
Confinedspaceentrywascontrolledandworkcarriedoutintheseconfinedspaceswere
regulated.Confinedspacerescueplanningandimplementation.
• Installationof all safetyequipment,liferafts,extinguishers,firefightingequipmentetc.
Compiledallregistersforthisequipmentwhichhavebeenplacedintotearmaster
• Designedandfabricatedtwofirelockerstohouse firefightingequipmentandotheremergency
equipmentsothatthese areasone onhelideckandotheronthe maindeckcouldbe usedas
musterareaforemergencyresponse personnelinsteadof havingequipmentatdifferent
locationsaroundthe barge
• DesignatedHLOonbarge.Emergencytrainingdrills onboard foralltypesof emergencies.
10 Oct 2010 to 30 Nov 2010 ACERGY/Warrie Yard
Safety Advisor
 Communicate withclientTOTALwithregardsto projectHSE management, to assist the yard
HSE manager who was managing other issues
 Review of all Risk assessments for the project
 Pressure testing: Inspection and safety checks carried out before any pressure testing was
carried out ensuring the adequate barriers are installed and extrusion points protected,
whip checks etc.
 To improve clientand Subsea 7 relations which were low due to yard manager over loaded
with yard issues
 Safe transportation of completed fabricated structures lifted and transported to quayside
for load out. Ensured that lift plans were.
07 Feb 2012 to 10 Jul 2010 ACERGY/Colombo Sri Lanka Halani 1
Safety Advisor
 Subsea 7 sub contracted HALANI 1 to be an accommodation vessel with a compensating
gangwayto a FPSO.Thiscompany hadneverworkedinthe oil industryandrequired to have
gangway and thrusters installed during dry dock.
 Wrote all the SOPs and associated risk assessments.
 Wrote the Permittoworkfor HALANI1 and draftedpermitsandotherdocumentsrelatingto
permit to work, check lists etc.

 Compiledsome of theirprocedure,workingatheights,fastrescue craft, bunkering gangway
etc.
 Followed all hot works during installation of thrusters and gangway installation during dry
dock and ensured that subcontractors worked as per Acergy safety standards
2009 ACERGY/Orion Hookup
Safety Advisor
 ACERGY office Paris:All HSEpreparationsforhook-upinNigeria.ERP, HSE procedure review
as well as organising HSE team for hook-up.
 Mobilisation phase in LAGOS, training of firewatchers for spark containment as well gas
detection.
 Travelled to offshore platform and carried out a safety survey of the platform so that
planning can be done for modifications to be carried out for safe access and egress to
platform. Surfer ladders repairs to boat landing, as well as oil spill clean-up.
 Mobilisationof Barge tooffshore platform.Installationof gangwayandsafetyequipmentfor
hook-up. Life rafts, life jackets, extinguishers etc.
 Ensure safe isolation procedure in place and LOTO.
 Ensure that all fabrication and installation activities are carried out in a safe manner.
06 Dec 08 to 24 Feb 2009 ACERGY/Polaris
Safety Advisor
 Mobilisation of POLARIS in POG for three projects one big lift in Cameroon then pipe lay
KIZOMBA project.
 Ensured safe mooring of barges alongside as well as loading of pipe and other cargo onto
POLARIS deck
 Ensured check carried out on all safety equipment for regular certification before
mobilisation.
01 Mar 07 to 10 Feb 2008 ACERGY/Hookup EPC2B
Safety Advisor

detection.
1 Jan 07 – 15 Feb 07 - TECHNIP/DALIA FPSO PROJECT - ANGOLA
Safety Manager
 Between projects for ACERGY I relieved the HSE manager on FPSO Dalia for TECHNIP on
TOTAL project during FPSO hook-up.
 Control of POB from Accommodation barge toFPSOin the mornings by surfer, ensured that
transfer of personnel stopped on days when swell conditions were large making transfer
unsafe
 Ensured that all TECHNIP supervision task plans and associated HIRA were in place for
submittal to TOTAL permit issue.
 Removedsubstandardfall protectionandrequestedthe requiredstandardof fall protection
for personnel working at heights.
 Investigation and reporting for TECHNIP including anomalies.
 Attended all pre-shift meetings. Ensured that SIMOPs was controlled.
01 March 06 – 20 Dec 06 - ACERGY/STOLT OFFSHORE
Safety Advisor
detection.

5 Jan 05 – 15Mar 06 – SAIPEM
Safety Supervisor
Monitorand control personal protective equipmentrequiredforthe site.
21 Nov 04 – 29 Dec 04 - COMARCO PULUMBO
Safety Advisor
health and safety.
2001 – 2003 - SAIPEM (Off shore Nigeria) YOHO Field campaign
Safety Supervisor (Acting Manager) / Permit co-ordinator:

Monitorand control personal protective equipmentrequiredforthe site.
2000-2001 - System Networks Centa Group
Fitter / Safety Officer
 Fire training onsite for factory personnel for System network.
 Installation of fire detection systems in factories and other commercial premises
 Angola:installed all fire hose reels,sprinklers,CO2banksand detectionsystemsinSONAGAL
building.
 Designated safety officer on site and in the workshop.
1999-2000 - Capital – S.A. Five Engineering Bluewater – FPSO Vessel Upgrade
Safety Officer
 Following all HSE for installation of compressors on FPSO during the night shift
 Ensure safe hot work activities during installation and ensure that Permit to work is being
followed.
 Carriedouta medevacof one injured rigger with a fractured leg. Arranged move of IP from
FPSO to quay side using stocks stretcher and crane to ambulance on quay side
 Daily report completed and submitted to the safety manager.
1979-1999 – Cape Town Fire, Rescue & Disaster Management Services
Station Commander
 Joinedin1979 and workedmyway throughthe ranksto Stationcommanderand have taken
charge in all 11 stations around the cape peninsula
 Done train the trainercourse and carriedouttrainingof new recruits into the fire service as
well asoffshore personnel andotherindustrial courses.Positionedasafire service trainer at
training centre for 3 years and is an international fire services instructor.
 In charge at stationaswell asfire/incidentground.Incidentreportsandotheradministrative
activities relating to running the station
 Responsible for the safety and wellbeing of all subordinates

 As a rescue diverIcarriedout bothday and nightunderwater search and body retrieval and
have a certified skipper’s certificate for 40 nm day and night.

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