1. John Graney, I Eng. MIMechE. MIMarEST.
15 Chapel Lane
Appleton Thorn
Cheshire WA4 4RZ
Tel: 01925-261446 (home), 07803 605 330 (mobile)
Email: johngraney@btinternet.com
PROFESSIONAL Incorporated Engineer
AFFILIATIONS Member of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers
Member of the Institute of Marine Engineering Science & Technology.
QUALIFICATIONS H.N.C. in Mechanical Engineering
O.N.D. in Marine Engineering.
IOSH Working Safely Certified.
Previous Holder of SC and BS Security Clearance.
Previous Holder of Sellafield Film Badge and P4/P1 Passes
Completed the Sellafield Site Induction Course S01602 (Valid until Aug 16th
2016)
Designated a BNFL Classified Worker.
NATIONALITY Dual Nationality - British & Canadian.
CAREER PROFILE A wide range of experience in Engineering, Design, Construction Supervision
& Commissioning of major (and minor) Mechanical Engineering Projects in
the fields of Power Generation, Nuclear, Pharmaceutical, Oil & Gas, Refinery,
Pipeline, Shipbuilding, Petro-Chemical, Wastewater Treatment, Paper Products an
Building Services in both the UK and Canada.
MECHANICAL Calculations for the design of Pressure Vessels to PD 5500, ASME VIII & Megyesy Pressure
EXPERIENCE Vessel Design guidelines.
Calculations for the Design of Unpressurised Vertical, Horizontal & Rectangular StorageTanks &
Vessels in accordance with the applicable API & BS Standards along with first principles & sound
engineering practices.
Stress calculations for the construction of minor structures, pipe supports, Vessel supports, tank
supports, etc. making use of the guidelines described within Roark’s Formulas for Stress and Strain,
Blodgett’s Design of Welded Structures, MacGinley’s Structural Steel Calculations, etc.
PIPING EXPERIENCE Piping Engineering in accordance with ASME B31.3 (Process Plant Piping),
B31.1(Power Plant Piping), API, BS Standards and Codes, the Pressure Equipment
Directive (PED), etc.
Interpretation of Process Flow Diagrams (PFDs), Piping and Instrumentation
Diagrams (P&IDs), etc..
Piping flexibility and stress analysis employing traditional, hand calculation methods.
Calculations to determine pipe wall thicknesses for both internal & external pressures.
Specification of materials suitable for use with a multitude of different fluid properties, pressures &
temperatures (including cryogenic environments).
Piping, Valve & Equipment Specification, Technical Bid Evaluations & Procurement.
Dealing with. with Clients, Vendors & Sub-Contractors.
The supervision, overseeing and the checking of the work of Piping Designers
involved in the production of General Arrangements and Isometric Drawings using by
CAD software such as PDMS & Autoplant, for example.
PROCESS Fluid flow, pressure drop, pipe sizing, flow balancing, heat transfer, calculations. Use of Crane (Fluid
EXPERIENCE Flow) and Cameron (Hydraulic Data) design principles.
Pump sizing, specification, selection and procurement.
The preparation / development of Process Flow Diagrams (PFDs) and Piping and Instrumentation
Diagrams (P&IDs).
CONSTRUCTION SITE Experience of working on several Construction Sites - Shipyards, Power Stations, Nuclear Installations,
EXPERIENCE Pharmaceutical Plants, Oil Refineries, Paper Products plants, Water Treatment installations, etc.
Conversant with the HSE Construction Design and Management (CDM) regulations and legal
requirements. Ensuring the EPC Contractor(s) safe delivery and Construction to Specifications,
Contract Terms and Conditions.
Institution of Occupational Health and Safety (IOSH) Certified.
MISCELLANEOUS Preparation of Technical & Purchase Specifications, Tender Documents, Tender Bid Evaluations.
EXPERIENCE Dealing with Clients, Vendors & Sub-Contractors.
HAZOPs, Risk Assessments, PED Regulations.
Autocad 2D (some 3D), Navisworks (for viewing PDMS files),
Microsoft Office Word & Excel (making extensive use of Excel’s formula creation functions).

2. CAREER HISTORY:
Worley Parsons Materials Engineer - Onshore oil and gas production facilities.
2014 - 8 months Kuwait / Saudi Arabia Joint Operations Project (WAFRA).
Mechanical & Piping Engineer – Nitrogen Injection (Cryogenic) Project for the Apache SAGE
gas pipeline onshore Facility. St Fergus, Aberdeenshire.
Petrofac Piping Engineer – Provision of engineering support services to
2014 – 4 months North Sea offshore oil production platforms. Piping Isometric checks against P&IDs.
Wood Group Mechanical & Piping Engineer – Provision of engineering and construction support
2011 / 2013 - 28 months services to all of BP’s UK offshore facilities.
AMEC Wet Process Engineer - Sellafield BEPPS / CIEF Project,
2011 – 7 months
Foster Wheeler Mechanical & Piping Engineer – Site based – Stanlow Oil Refinery - Process Improvement
2009 / 2011 - 13 months Distillation Project.
Stopford Projects Mechanical & Piping Engineer - Bio-Ethanol Storage & Blending project at five BP sites
2008 / 2009 – 7 months across the UK.
Foster Wheeler, Shell Alliance Mechanical & Piping Engineer – Site based - Stanlow Oil Refinery - LPG Import &
2007 / 2008 – 14 months Storage Export Project.
Eli Lilly, Jacobs Alliance Site based Engineer / Construction Supervisor – Pharmaceutical - £1.3m
2006 / 2007- 12 months Fermenter Cooling Water refurbishment project.
AMEC / NNC Mechanical Engineer – Astute Nuclear Submarines – SC security cleared.
2006 / 2007 – 12 months
Kelloggs / Brown & Root Mechanical & Piping Engineer - Offshore Oil & Gas Projects.
2005 – 6 months .
MB Faber, NNC Alliance Mechanical Engineer – Nuclear - BNFL, SIXEP Flow Capacity Optimisation Project – Risley &
2004 / 2005 – 7 months Sellafield.
Jacobs Engineering Ltd Site based Engineer / Construction Supervision (Pharmaceutical) Merck Sharp and
2004 – 4 months. Dohme, Hoddeston, Hertfordshire, Hoddeston, Hertfordshire.
Land & Marine Ltd. Mechanical Engineer, Stress calculations to ensure the safe positioning, loading & pulling of
2003 / 2004 – 7 months pipeline bundles. Design, specification and procurement of the project equipment .
Jacobs Engineering Ltd. Site based Engineer / Construction Supervision / Commissioning, Novartis, Liverpool,
2002 / 2003 – 11 months Pharmaceutical Plant modifications.
Site based Engineer / Construction Supervision, Kimberly Clark paper products, Flint, North
Wales, Plant modifications.
Montgomery Watson Harza Office & Site based Engineer / Construction Supervision, Wastewater Treatment projects
2001 / 2002 – 13 months for the United Utilities AMP 3 programme.
Bechtel Water Technology Office based Mechanical Engineer, involved in the Specification, Technical Bid Evaluations,
2001 / 2002 – 3 months Procurement of Piping, Vessels, Pumps, Heat Exchangers, etc. for various Scottish Water
Wastewater Treatment projects.
Jacobs Engineering Ltd. Office & Site based Mechanical Engineer / Construction Supervision, Kimberly Clark
2000 / 2001 – 8 months paper products,Flint, North Wales, site improvements. Specification, Tendering, Technical Bid
Evaluation, Procurement of Piping, Vessels, Pumps, Heat Exchangers, Materials handling
equipment, etc
Site based Engineer / Construction Supervision, Rhodia ChiRex Ltd. Pharmaceutical plant
improvement projects
Site based Engineer / Construction Supervision, Rebuild of Morris Motor’s manufacturing
facility (Cowley, Oxfordshire) in preparation for the BMW Mini Project.
OSC Process Engineering Ltd. Mechanical Engineer, stress calculations, etc. for the design of Pressure Vessels, Storage
1995 / 2000 – 63 months Tanks, Heat Exchangers, Structures, etc.
Flexibility analysis of Hot Combustion Air, Process and Utility Steam Systems Pipework for a
Wastewater Treatment, Sludge Incineration Facility for United Utilities.
Site based Construction Engineer, Supervision of the installation of Piping, Vessels &
Mechanical Equipment for a United Utilities Wastewater Treatment, Sludge Incineration
Facility.
Mechanical & Process Engineer, fluid flow and mechanical design calculations, etc.
Tendering, Technical Bid Evaluations and procurement of Piping, Vessels, Tanks, Pumps, Tar
Catchers & equipment,etc.For a Corus (British Steel) Coke Oven By-Products Plant, South
Bank, Middlesbrough.
John Brown Engineering Ltd. Mechanical & Process Engineer, Design, Tendering, Technical Bid Evaluation, Procurement
1992 / 1995 – 18 months of Vessels, Pipework & Process Equipment for a Combined Cycle Power Station for Keadby
Power, Lincolnshire.

3. Site based Engineer / Construction Supervision, Installation of Piping, Vessels Mechanical
and Process equipment for Keadby Power Combined Cycle Power Station.
NNC Ltd. Mechanical Engineer – Nuclear, Design of Vessels, Pipework, Mechanical & Process
1991 / 1992 – 11 months Equipment. Stress calculations for the design of Pipe Supports to withstand seismic events,
Fluid Flow Calculations, Pipe Sizing, Pump Selection.– BS security cleared.
OSC Process Engineering Ltd. Mechanical & Process Engineer, Design of Piping, Vessels, Tanks, Pumps, Heat
1990 / 1991 – 14 months Exchangers, etc. for a Chemical / Coke Oven By-products plant - Great Lakes Steel, Michigan,
USA. Sept 1990 - Nov 1991
Nova Scotia Power Corporation, Mechanical Engineering Technologist, Piping Design Supervisor. Coal Fired Power
Canada Station Design & Construction. Piping layout, pipe stress and flexibility calculations,
1987 – 1990 pipe support design, site surveys. 1987 – 1990
Ron Leach & Associates Mechanical / Piping Engineer, BNFL Nuclear Design and Specification of Piping, Vessels,
Warrington Mechanical Piping, Vessels, Mechanical Handling Equipment.
1987
Nova Scotia Power Corporation Mechanical Engineering Technologist, Piping Design Supervisor. Coal Fired Power Station,
Canada Lingan, Nova Scotia. Design & Construction. Piping layouts, Pipe Flexibility analysis
1981 – 1986 calculations, pipe support design, site surveys. etc.1981 - 1986
Site based Engineering Technologist, Coal Fired Power Plant Management & Overseeing of
the Piping and Instrumentation Installation Contracts Supervision of Contractors
Industrial Marine Products Mechanical Engineering Technologist, Design Calculations & Drawings for the construction
Nova Scotia, Canada of Pressure Vessels, Tanks, Lifting Structures & Equipment for the fledgling Atlantic Canada
1979 – 1981 Offshore Oil & Gas industry. Design calculations and drawings for the fabrication of Seine
Skiffs for the Nova Scotia fishing industry. Miscellaneous stress calculations, design drawings
for the local Marine, Petro–Chemical and Oil Refining lndustries.1991 / 1979 – 1981
Foster Wheeler, Nova Scotia, Piping Designer, Imperial Oil Refinery, Dartmouth, Nova Scotia.
Canada.
Montreal Engineering Ltd. Piping Designer, Coal Fired Power Station Design & Construction
Nova Scotia, Canada
1977- 1979
Halifax Shipyards Piping Designer, Ship & Oil Drilling Rig design & construction.
Nova Scotia, Canada
1974 – 1977
Vickers Shipbuilding Ltd. Piping Designer, Nuclear Submarine and Surface Vessel Design & Construction.
Barrow-in –Furness
1970 – 1974
SUMMARY OF NUCLEAR EXPERIENCE
Previously Held SC and BS Security Clearance.
Former Sellafield Film Badge and P4/P1 Pass holder
Successfully completed S01602 Sellafield Site Induction Course (Valid until Aug 16th
2016)
Previously BNFL designated as a Classified Worker.
NUCLEAR PROJECTS WORKED ON:
AMEC (Sellafield BEPPS/CIEF Project)
MB Faber (SIXEP Flow Capacity Optimisation Project)
BNFL (Indirectly, working for Ronald Leach & Associates, Warrington – no longer in business)
AMEC / NNC (Nuclear Submarines)
NNC (Torness Nuclear Power Station)
John Laing Ltd (Sellafield Site Construction)
EXPERIENCE WITH RISK ASSESSMENTS & DESIGN REVIEWS:
Have experience with design and construction risk assessments, review of method statements, design reviews, 3D model reviews,
P&ID reviews, HAZOPS.]
CODES AND STANDARDS EXPERIENCE:
Confident with:
ASME B31.1 – Power Piping
ASME B31.3 – Process Piping
PD 5500 & ASME VIII – Unfired Pressure Vessels