Amir is an accomplished Chartered Engineer with extensive experience in functional safety, risk assessment, and safety instrumented systems. He has led over 100 HAZOP, SIL, and QRA studies for major oil and gas companies. Amir is also experienced in functional safety management, product certification, and machinery safety. He has worked as an engineering director and manager for safety consulting firms, focusing on standards such as IEC 61508 and IEC 61511.

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TECHNICAL RÉSUMÉ
EUR ING AMIR AKHLAGHI B.Eng. (Hons.) TUV-FS-Eng MIET MSaRS CEng
amir@61508.co.uk
+44 (0) 7779 722 098
+44 (0) 1428 400 200
Passfield Business Centre
Lynchborough Rd
Passfield Liphook
Hampshire
GU30 7SB
Summary
Amir is an accomplished Chartered Electronic Engineer with extensive experience in
Project Management, Team leading, Functional Safety, Risk Assessments, Safety Related
Systems, Control and Safety Systems. Amir is certified in Functional Safety by TÜV and
Technis and is a calm and confident communicator, whose expertise in safety is
supported by a strong background in provision of Functional Safety activities for various
industries.
Amir spent his early years working on design and development of electrical and
programmable electronic safety-related and control systems for the process, oil and gas
and various other industries. He then moved into safety consultancy, specialising in risk
assessment, functional safety life cycle, IEC61508/61511-compliance and reliability
analysis.
He has chaired and facilitated numerous Layers of protection Analysis (LOPA), Hazard
and Operability Studies (HAZOP) and Hazard Analysis (HAZAN) studies in the UK and
Middle East. In addition, he is an experienced Safety Engineer and has worked for
numerous major contractors in the offshore production industry, delivering Quantified
Risk Assessment, High Integrity Protection System (HIPS) studies, Safety Requirement
Specifications (SRS) and SIL Verification studies for major projects.
Educational Qualifications
v 1st Class B.Eng. (Hons). University of Surrey, Guildford, UK. (Winner of the Bookham
Technology Prize - awarded to the best final year undergraduate performance).
v CEng, Awarded Chartered Engineer by the Engineering Council.
v EUR ING, Awarded European Engineer by FEANI
v IChemE HAZOP Study for Team Leaders.
v TÜV Functional Safety Engineer, TÜV Rheinland Industrie Service.
v Certificate in Reliability and Functional Safety Technis, UK (Approved by IGEM for
CPD and Accredited by IAQC). Technical papers presented for assessment
included:
o ‘SIL determinations techniques and case studies;

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o ‘Accounting for Human Error on quantitative assessment’;
o ‘Design of inhibits and overrides ford safety critical systems’;
o ‘Application of ALARP for Fatal and Non-Fatal hazards’;
o ‘Case Study: Failure Mode, Effects and Criticality Analysis on offshore
Process Shutdown System’.
v Basic Offshore Safety Induction and Emergency Training – BOSIET.
v Minimum Industry Safety Training – MIST.
v City and Guilds in Machinery Safety.
v Det Norske Vertias (DNV), PHAST (Process Hazard Analysis Software Tool).
v Diploma In Reliability and Functional Safety Provided by Technis (Approved by
IGEM for CPD and Accredited by IAQC).
Key Experience
The following are Amir’s Key experiences in Functional Safety and Risk Assessment.
• Appointed HAZOP chairman for the following studies (not exhaustive):
o Foster Wheeler / Reliance transalkylation facilities.
o Dove Energy ltd for 8 wellheads and 2 gas processing plants in Yemen.
o DIAGEO distillery in Scotland.
o Total Pipeline HAZOP for provision new piping network in UK.
o Doosan / nPower Aberthaw generation facilities.
o BPA UKOP Pipeline Facilities at Mersey, Bearstone, Uttoxeter, Bovington
Junction, Coryton Booster, Epping, Shell Haven, Thames, Thames Crossing,
Oikos, Hemel Junction, Gatwick Receipt, Heathrow Northern Fuel Receipt,
Walton Gatwick and Longford.
o Exeter Energy from Waste, Cobalt HAZOP.
o Atlas Copco oil free air compressor for breathing air applications in nuclear
industry.
o Euro Cool refrigeration and chillier skid (Vendor Package Various
Applications).
o Hale Hamilton compressed air skids, supply and distribution.
o Hitachi Compressors for use in transalkylation, Foster Wheeler / Reliance.
o Elliott Compressors for use in Refrigeration (Ethylene and Propylene) Foster
Wheeler / Reliance.
o Heurtey Petrochem Cylindrical & Twin Cylindrical Type Fired Heaters Foster
Wheeler / Reliance.
o Industrial Chemicals Limited HI Base 10 Batch Process.
o Industrial Chemicals Limited Tri-sodium Citrate Batch Process.
o Saudi Aramco North Safaniyah HAZOP for the provision of HIPS Studies.
o Saudi Aramco Marjan HAZOP for the provision of HIPS Studies.
o Saudi Aramco Abu Safah HAZOP for the provision of HIPS Studies.
o Saudi Aramco Marjan TP-09 FEED HAZOP.
o Foster Wheeler / Reliance Atlas Copco Fuel Gas Compressor System HAZOP.

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o Saudi Aramco Kuff Gas, Hawiyah and North Haradh, South Haradh, WAQR
and TINAT overpressure and loss of containment Hazard Identification.
o Saudi Aramco Hasbah II Gas development facilities Pre Feed HAZOP.
o Scottish and Southern Energy (SSE) Yokogawa DCS and Safety Related Systems
Upgrade HAZOP.
o Amec Foster Wheeler, OTTCO Crude Storage facilities and Utilises HAZOP.
o Saudi Aramco Berri Offshore facilities Hazard Analysis and Process Hazard
Assessment.
o Perenco North Sea various platforms and packages.
o Saudi Aramco Karan offshore facilities.
• Led (including chairing of) SIL Reviews for the following projects (not exhaustive):
o Hasbah and Arabiya HIPS SIL determination.
o Thames Water Ashford Common Ammonia protection Safety Systems.
o GalxoSmithKline Pharmaceuticals in UK mixing faciltieis SIL determination.
o SIL Determination for Foster Wheeler / Reliance for the following units:
o Transalkylation facilities (1 week);
o Aramotatics (1 week);
o Crystallisation (2 weeks);
o Refegration (1 week).
o SIL Determination of 50+ SIFs for British Gas Tunisia Acid Management Plant.
o Genesis / British AGM Sulphuric Acid Plant and BTEX Recovery Unit 50+ SIFs.
o SIL Determination of Silvertech Middle East Dove Energy Fire & Gas system.
o SIL Determination for Exeter Energy from Waste, Cobalt.
o SIL Determination for BPA UKOP Pipeline Facilities at Blisworth, Kingsbury,
Northampton and Texaco Kingsbury.
o BG Bolivia La Vertiente LOPA and risk gap analysis of legacy control and
protection system.
o BG Queensland Curtis LNG SIL Dossier and LOPA review.
o Genesis SAP follow-on review for BG Tunisia (10 additional SIFs).
o Saudi Aramco North Safaniyah HIPS SIL Determination.
o Saudi Aramco Marjan HIPS SIL Determination.
o Saudi Aramco Abu Safah HIPS SIL Determination.
o Saudi Aramco Hasbah II Pre Feed HIPS SIL Determination.
o Saudi Aramco Kuff gas facilities Hawiyah, North Haradh, South Haradh, WAQR
and TINAT Layers of Protection Analysis.
o Amec Foster Wheeler, OTTCO Tank Storage SIL Review.
o Saudi Aramco Berri Facilities HIPS LOPA.
o Saudi Aramco ARIB 20/23.
o Saudi Aramco Karan Facilities.
• Managed and delivered Quantitative Risk Assessments Studies for the following
projects (not exhaustive):
o Saudi Aramco Hasbah and Arabiya gas development Project.

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o Saudi Aramco North Fields Safaniyah Production Facilities.
o Saudi Aramco Marjan production facilities.
o Saudi Aramco Abu Safah production facilities.
o Saudi Aramco South Safaniyah production facilities.
o Saudi Aramco Kuff Gas multiple production facilities.
o Saudi Aramco Hasbah II Gas Development Facilities.
o Saudi Aramco Berri offshore production facilities.
• Performing SIL Verification (assessment and validation) Studies. Major projects
include:
o Saudi Aramco Hasbah and Arabiya HIPS SIL Verification.
o Saudi Aramco Hasbah and Arabiya ESD SIL Verification.
o Saudi Aramco Hasbah and Arabiya Fire & Gas System SIL Verification.
o Saudi Aramco North Safaniyah ESD Reliability Assessment.
o Saudi Aramco North Safaniyah HIPS SIL Verification.
o Saudi Aramco Marjan ESD Reliability Assessment.
o Saudi Aramco Marjan HIPS SIL Verification.
o Saudi Aramco Abu Safah ESD Reliability Assessment
o Saudi Aramco Abu Sadah HIPS SIL Verification.
o Thames Water ammonia containment Safety Instrumented Functions.
o British Gas Trinidad and Tobago Baraka Tie-In Compressor (over 150 SIFs).
o British Gas Pana SIL verification of Fire & Gas and ESD Safety Instrumented
Systems.
o GF Sensing Shah Deniz project HIPS sensing subsystem.
o British Gas SAP analyser for carbon detection in facilities sulphuric acid lines.
o BG Tunisia ACM facilities SIL Verification 100+ SIFs.
o SIL verification on various Oil and Gas, Petrochemical, Machinery and many
other industries (more than 50 SIL verification reports in the Last 2 years.
o BPA ESD upgrade system at Kingsbury, UK.
o Saudi Aramco ARIB 20/23
o Saudi Aramco Berri ESD and HIPS SIL and Reliability Assessment.
• Functional Safety Studies and Reliability Assessment . Projects include:
o Saudi Aramco HIPPS sensitivity analysis and ESD gap analysis for various high-
pressure protection systems.
o Implementation of Safety Requirements Specification and Safety Manuals for
various clients including GE sensing and British Gas.
o Reliability and Maintainability Assessment on 350+ valves for SSE Aldbrough for
provision of active maintenance strategies and implementation of Proof test
procedures.
o Development of Reliability Models based on prior use data and proven use
data for compliance to IEC 61508 or IEC 61511.
o Provision of Functional Safety Support to BP Aberdeen providing general
consultancy and guidance in meeting the requirements if IEC 61508 and IEC

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61511.
o Approved Saudi Aramco Functional Safety Consultant, currently project
managing provision of Detailed Design Quantitative Risk Assessment for Saudi
Aramco North Safaniya production fields.
o British Gas SIL verification inline with OLF70 guidance for the Norwegian sector.
o Land & Marine Krriemuire Fire & Gas detection and operations philosophy.
o Land & Marine Hatton Fire & Gas detection hardware studies.
o Genesis Control and Safety segregation for AGM and determination of SIF
migration to ESD.
o National Grid Process Vent Line Risk Assessment Kirrimuire.
o National Grid Process Vent Line Risk Assessment St Furgus.
• Functional Safety Management (FSM). Projects include:
o Functional Safety Assessment and Auditing in accordance to IEC 61511 of
major Petrochemical, Oil and Gas operators including Aker Solutions and British
Gas.
o Functional Safety Assessment and Auditing in accordance to IEC 61508 of GE
Sensing for the development of PTX 400 Shah Deniz project.
o British Gas Baraka Tie-In Compressor project FSM).
• Product Certification. Projects include:
o Facilitating Product Certification in accordance with IEC 61508 for major
instrument manufacturers in the UK and abroad, covering Random Hardware
Failures (FMEA), Architectural Analysis and Management of Functional Safety
in accordance with IEC 61508 for:
o GE Sensing;
o SK-Elektronik;
o Tyco;
o Apollo;
o ABB Infi90;
o Hochiki.
o Detailed Failure Mode, Effect, and Criticality Analysis for certification of legacy
systems including BP ETAP.
• Machinery Safety Studies. Projects include:
o Hazard Identification for various production lines at Johnson Matthey UK.
o Machinery Risk Assessment and Performance Level Assessment for various
production lines at Jonson Matthey.
Employment History
Dec 2014 – Present: Engineering Director, Functional Safety Consultancy Ltd,
Hampshire, UK
Role entails delivery of detailed functional safety consultancy services as well as
chairing and delivering large SIL Assessment workshops. Experience includes but
not limited to:

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• SIL Determination and SIL Verification for various Safety Instrumented Systems.
• Experienced in SIL Determination and Targeting techniques such as:
§ Fault Tree Analysis
§ LOPA;
§ Risk Graphs;
§ Risk Matrix.
• Development of detailed documentation such as:
§ Safety Requirement Specification;
§ Proof Test Procedures;
§ SIS Design Specification;
§ Life Cycle Assessments.
• General consultancy in functional safety and in accordance to IEC 61508 and IEC
61511.
April 2011 – Dec 2014: Engineering Manager, Engineering Safety Consultants Ltd,
London, UK
Experience:
Role is focused on providing safety engineering and consultancy services for the Oil and
Gas, Process, Power, Manufacturing, Petrochemical and other industries. With reference
to the key skills section, experience includes but is not limited to:
• Appointed HAZOP chairman for numerous safety studies on widely varied
processes.
• Led (including chairing of) SIL Reviews for 50+ projects in the Oil and Gas and
Petrochem industry.
• Managed and delivered multiple Quantitative Risk Assessments Studies for the
following projects large Oil and Gas operators in the Middle East.
• Performing SIL Verification (assessment and validation) Studies 100+.
• Functional Safety Studies and Reliability Assessment .
• Functional Safety Management (FSM).
• Product Certification and SIL Compliance.
• Machinery Safety Studies.
July 2010 – April 2011: Consultant, Functional Safety Consultancy Ltd, ICS Triplex –
Rockwell Automation, Horsham, UK
Experience:
• Onshore Risk Analysis and Dispersion Modeling for North Ghawar Oil Fields, Saudi
Aramco Project.
• Quantified Risk Analysis for North Ghawar Oil Fields preforming Reliability and
Availability Analysis on Safety Related Systems (SRS) using Reliability Block
Diagrams (RBDs) for Saudi Aramco.
• System Integrity Level (SIL) Assessment to IEC 61508 and IEC 61511 for the Science
and Technology Council on the Muon Ionisation Cooling Experiment (MICE)
Personnel Protection System (PPS).
• Layers of Protection Analysis (LOPA) for in accordance to IEC 61508 and IEC
61511.
• Functional Safety Audit of techniques and procedures employed in the
development of the GE Sensing PTX 405 Digital Pressure Transmitter in accordance

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to IEC61508.
• Functional Safety Assurance report on the GE Sensing Executive Software and
Hardware development in accordance to IEC 61508.
• Functional Safety Manual for the GE Sensing PTX Pressure Transmitter series with
conformance to IEC 61508, IEC 61511 and IGEM/SR/15 requirements.
• Failure Modes, Effects and Criticality Analysis (FMECA) on the GE Intelligent
Platforms RX7i PLC, Ethernet and I/O Modules for the Fire and Gas System of
Britannia Upgrade Project.
• SIL assessment by methods of RBDs for the RX7i Britannia Platform, Fire and Gas
typical loops, Britannia Upgrade Project.
• SIL Assessment, Reliability and Availability Analysis on Hasbah and Arabiyah
Project, High Integrity Protection System (HIPS) and Relief to Flare for the Offshore
Platforms, Saudi Aramco.
• Full Cost Benefit Analysis of Hasbah and Arabiyah Project over pressure protection
options, Saudi Aramco.
• Proposals for Functional Safety Management in accordance to IEC 61508
Lifecycle of Vigdis Nordost Well Intervention Project, Aker Solutions.
• Failure Modes, Effects and Criticality Analysis (FMECA) on the GE sensing PTX 400
digital Shah Deniz project.
• Analysis of Safety Related Systems (SRS) using Reliability Block Diagrams (RBDs),
Fault Tree Analysis (FTA) and Event Tree Analysis (ETA).
Sept 2008 – July 2010: SIS Design Engineer, ICS Triplex – Rockwell Automation,
Horsham, UK
Experience:
• Involved in the PLC Software development of the Control, Protection and Fire and
Gas systems of National Grid Kirriemuir Compressor Station.
• Involved in the Factory Acceptance Test (FAT) of the Kirriemuir Project Protection
System.
• Development of the Modbus software for the telemetry, Flow Computer
communications.
• Problem solving and panel inspection of National Grid Kirriemuir Compressor
Station Project and Hatton Compressor Station Emission Reduction Project.
• Hardware Development of the National Grid Hatton Compressor Station Emission
Reduction Project.
• Hardware Modification and Design Reviews of the National Grid Hatton
Compressor Station Emission Reduction Project.
• PLC Software and HMI graphics development on the Transocean Data
Management System, Sedco 714 Project.
• Software maintenance on Britannia Platform Project, GE Fanuc 90-70 and 90-30
PLCs.
• Modification Packages to Britannia Platform Project PLC and HMI on PSD, BLP and
IDFGS.
Sept 2004 – Sept 2008: Design Engineer, Silvertech, Horsham UK
Experience:
Role centered on design and development of Control Function Blocks for the process
sectors. Projects include:

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• Compressor control functions.
• Compressor protection functions.
• Fire and Gas functions.
• SCADA and HMI development.
Sept 2002 – Sept 2004: Junior Controls Engineer, Tollsen Kruga, Hampshire UK
Experience:
Role centered on design and development of automation systems such as irrigation,
light control, security control. Development of HMI systems for Home and light control.