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CURRICULUM VITAE
- 1. CURRICULUM VITAE • CVDavid Dawson • Address 70 Clifton Av Wolviston Court Billingham Cleveland TS225BT. Presently living in the KSA Jubail with Sadara Chemical Company • Telephone Home 01642 862 948 Business mobile in KSA 0500082719 or 05471242249 • English Nationality • AGE 57 • Full clean Driving licence • Married Status E-mail Dave@dawsontowers.co.uk • Employment Presently employed at Sadara in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia which I joined in December 2013 from Growhow UK .I hold the position of Shift Supervisor Nitric Acid Plant and MNB at present but will be trained in Aniline and Formalin. At Billlingham I held the position of an Ammonia 4 Plant/ 3 Nitric Acid plants and Tank Farm Shift Supervisor/1st line Manager; I have 37 years’ experience in the Chemical Industry (Comah reg plants) on Teesside. I started at 19 with ICI and which was taken over in 1998 by Terra Industries and became Terra Nitrogen UK (American),now due to the amalgamation of large Fertilizer companies it is now known as GrowHow UK I have attended and contributed to a shutdown in the USA at Terra Verdigris Oklahoma plant. Joined Sadara in their quest to start up and run 26 state of the art world large scale plants in a joint venture between Saudi Aramco and Dow Chemicals The Ammonia 4 Plant The Ammonia 4 Plant UK is a large scale single stream producing plant taking Nat Gas feedstock 37,000 m/hr to produce differing pressures of steam from 100 bar to 1 bar plus large amounts of CO2 and finally up to 68 tons per hour of Ammonia liquid/gas 24/7 3 Nitric Acid plants Producing acid at 69% and 60% Tank farm storage and Tanker loading facilities to customers Nitric Acid
- 2. Skills I amfully trained in all fields of running Chemical plants including shutdowns start-ups and emergency procedures over many years. Come through the positions of outside Operator including Machines/ CO/CO2 removel,large rotary equipment Compressors, large Ammonia Plant Control room,Demin water operator plant operator, Lead Tech, Dep FLM and now 1st Line Manager/Shift Supervisor Absorbtion/Regenerater columns Heat exchangers Reformers Catalyst vessels Converters Pumps rotary equipment Environmental controls Refrigeration Cooling water Natural gas feedstock Large scale Gas/Air/Refrige Compressors Oil systems All associated equipment on a Large single stream high pressure Chemical plant I have been involved in several projects on the Ammonia plant HRU/Ammonia Wash and Low Heat upgrades Several Ammonia shutdowns I have taken charge off regarding Co Coordinator of Compression rebuilds of multistage Turbines and Compressors HDS • AWARDS (revalent ) Achieved Process Plant City/Guilds 1,2 and 3, passed NEBS Management Course, fully trained in emergency procedures/Incident controller D32/33 NVQ Assessor Level 3 Pitman NVQ level 4 Team Leader Management achieved. I am as Safety Coach holding and leading presentations on safety • Training Achieved Fire/Anti Gas trained and safety trained.
- 3. Interpersonal Skills,Problem solving on shift team working FLT driver Control room operator over 20 years experience on large scale Comah reg Ammonia plant /Demin water treatment plant /Nitric Acid plants Pro-active in all aspects of Chemical plant training and team working over the last 37 years plus Trained in the safe and efficient running of a large scale chemical producer to set standards, ISO9002 certified team environments Man management skills Control room operating over 20 years experience Permit to work trained including Fire/CCR and WCP issuer and accepter also vessel entries, air testing trained and MSA trained Entry permit trained Multi skilled in Mtce with electrical isolations and everyday fitting experience Auto electrical experience Shutdown /Start up area Co-Ordinater on many plant scheduled shutdowns Mtce experience with all disciplines including contractors/customers Computer based control systems and DCS control Auditing procedures Utilisation of a PC Integrated Management System to control Plant running Safe, Efficient and cost effective running of large scale plants Oracle Management programme usage Nitrogen purging and vessel/line preparation Mtce Catalyst bed start-ups, Reformer and Conversion vessel operations Procedure writing Dow management systems Dow procedure writing Responsible for the day to day shift management and training of a large production area which includes Ammonia 4 plant, 3 Nitric Acid plants and a Tank Farm operation .Under my control are 8 operators and the need to work successfully with Higher Management, Mtce teams, Contractors and Customers to deliver large quantities of differing in spec production products. I co-ordinate maintenance activities and defects through a permit to work system over many years to minimise downtime, I have challenged and investigated issues resolving production limits to maximise production and challenge energy efficiency of plants which is very important on both Ammonia/Nitric Acid Plants which I know is also relevant to a H2S plant
- 4. I am awareof the need to keep production costs in check both fixed and variable by running plants efficiently and safely while maintaining standards and operating procedures are adhered to. My career within Sadara involves the training of a shift team to commission 2 world scale chemical plants within 26 plants being built in KSA.Working closely with over 30 differing nationalities to get on line these plants. Nationality is British married Age DOB 01/01/1958 Current location Jubail KSA H2S experience confined to a HDS (Hydrodesulphuriser) containing 2 beds of oxide Catalyst Overseas experience plant shutdown in USA working presently for Sadara in Kingdom of Saudi Arabia Gas experience again Ammonia plant cracking of Methane by Reformer process I am a proven contributor/team player trust worthy and loyal to an employer as proved over many years with no medical problems although glasses are needed I should add