Shahid Waseem has over 10 years of experience in condition monitoring in the oil and gas industry. He has extensive experience conducting vibration analysis, thermography, oil analysis, and ultrasonic inspections. He is proficient in various condition monitoring software tools. He has worked for companies such as XPD8 Solutions, Bureau Veritas, John Crane Group, and Inventec Scotland conducting vibration analysis, machinery protection systems installation, and predictive maintenance. He holds an MSc in Electrical/Electronic Engineering from the University of Strathclyde.

1. Shahid Waseem
Home Address: 21 Alexander Drive Aberdeen (UK) AB24 2XE
Mobile: 07577620831; Email: sw2kuk@gmail.com
MSc Electrical/Electronic (Communications, Control, DSP and Instrumentation) Engineer with over 10 years of
offshore/onshore global work experience of various Electrical, Mechanical and Instrumentation related projects.
Extensive condition monitoring experience in oil and gas industry both rotating machinery and structural
including inspection, verification, vibration analysis, thermography, oil analysis, acoustic emission& ultrasound.
Wide experience of maintenance strategy development, plant reliability improvement and predictive/proactive
maintenance including installing, commissioning and calibrating machinery protection systems.
Employment History:
XPD8 Solutions Aberdeen Condition Monitoring Consultant Oct 2012-Present
Software tools used: SKF Aptitude, SKF Polymanager, Pruftechnik Omnitrend, Emerson AMS and MEscope
· Set up, operation and management of condition monitoring (CM) programmes onshore and offshore
environment.
· Conduct routine condition base maintenance surveys using FFT analyser data collectors and collection of
oil samples at various platforms.
· Conduct specialist vibration surveys on rotatory machinery and structure/pipe works utilising multichannel
data acquisition units.
· Analysis of routine and Adhoc Vibration data utilising various CM software tools and preparation of the
reports.
· Pump performance tests.
· Operating deflection shape test (ODS) and building models using 3D MESCOPE software.
Bureau Veritas UK Ltd. Aberdeen Lead CM Engineer/Team Leader Feb. 2011 – Oct 2012
· Responsible for providing Condition monitoring technical support to the various clients including
mechanical/electrical problems of the rotating machinery onshore and offshore.
· Collecting and analysing vibration data from rotatory machines/pipes using handheld data collector
and multichannel data acquisition units (IOtech Zonic Book and Bently Nevada ADRE etc).
· Installing, commissioning and calibrating of high speed machinery protection systems.
John Crane Group Senior Reliability Engineer July 2009-Nov2010
· Responsible for the condition based maintenance and diagnostics of the rotating machinery predominantly
within Talisman Energy Assets in the North Sea.
· Collection of the data with multi channel FFT analyser and analysing the vibration data utilising the
relevant software tools. Collection of oil samples and generating reports after analysing.
· High Voltage partial discharge testing and monitoring.
· Installation and commissioning of the D1CM5 Sensor nodes and configuration with gateway to enable
wireless monitoring device with significant onboard signal processing capability.
Bureau Veritas UK Ltd. Glasgow Electrical/Instrument Engineer Nov.2007-June 2009
• Responsible for ensuring all data acquisition tools and measurement devices are fit for purpose.
This involves the set-up, maintenance, calibration of various FFT analysers, transducers and
strain gauges.
· Working as project engineer for installation, commissioning and maintenance of long term condition
monitoring system for British Petroleum (BP) and Maersk Oil in the North Sea (UK).

2. · Managing projects from initial field sketches to completion stage and final reportage and invoicing.
· Performing (offshore/onshore) pipework vibration, measurements and analysis, pipework and pressure
vessel analysis, structural and dynamic analysis.
· Responsible for providing technical advice and cost solutions in the field of vibration, fatigue
analysis, dynamic stress measurement and acoustics.
· Ensuring safety (including PAT testing) of measurement equipment and quality control.
JVC Manufacturing Ltd. UK Glasgow Control Engineer (Contract) March 2007-Oct 2007
· Controlled and monitored associated manufacturing activities for production of LCD, CCTV and plasma
products, PCB test through SMT line. Peripheral Component Interconnect (PCI) and quality check.
· Operation and integration of PLC and control process for support of Automated Test Equipment (ATE).
· Operation of Panasonic and Fuji Systems used for PCB assembly lines for the different processes.
· Maintenance and operation of different SMT processes including feeder process, chip placement, oven
monitoring, visual inspection, IP 121, 3D and XY inspection.
Acoustic Metrology Ltd. Glasgow Calibration Engineer (Contract) July 2006-Oct 2006
· Testing; calibration; repair and maintenance of different types of audiometric, acoustic and vibration
instruments. High performance communications peripheral devices using ADAC (Automatic Digital
Audiometric Calibration) System both laboratory and on site.
· Maintained appropriate documentation for reporting to higher management and regulators.
Inventec Scotland Ltd. Glasgow Test Engineer Oct 2004-Nov 2005
· To diagnose microprocessor based boards down to the component levels; assembly and maintenance
of servers and computers; configuration of hardware; software installation; solutions to technical
problems, troubleshooting of systems and preliminary hazard analysis.
· Test manufactured products to maintain quality and control process efficiency. Maintain multi-level
program plans and schedules using the Primavera and Microsoft Project tool sets.
SIEMENS Telecom Engineer Oct 2003-Oct 2004
· Installation and commissioning of radio system (UHF/VHF/Cellular) network devices including antennas,
Satellite communication equipment and user terminals.
· Worked in field of VSAT network systems connectivity, telephone systems, broadband services,
ISDN, ATM, SDH, DSL test and integration services.
· Provided turnkey IT solutions including LAN/WAN, routing including distributed control system (DCS).
· Monitor product quality and also estimated the time and cost to complete projects including
tendering, bidding, proposals, invoicing and client liaison.
Qualifications:
MSc Electrical and Electronic Engineering
University of Strathclyde, Glasgow (UK) 2005-2007
MSc Thesis Topic: “Adaptive Beam forming for Mobile Broadband Wireless Access (MBWA) Networks”
Software tools : MATLAB and Simulink
BSc (Hons) Electrical Engineering
University of Engineering and Technology, Mirpur (Pakistan) 1998-2003
BSc Thesis: “Remote control of home appliances through telephone line”

3. Training and Courses:
Vibration Analysis Level II RMS/BINDT April 2012
High Voltage Partial Discharge testing HVPD Oct 2011
Ex Hazardous Areas (CompEx) training course ASET May 2010
Alignment/Balancing of the rotating machinery John Crane March 2010
VIBXPERT Data Collector & OMNITREND Software PRUFTECHNIK Feb. 2010
Vibration Analysis Level I BINDT Nov 2009
Integrated Safe System of Work (ISSoW) Petrotechnics Oct. 2009
Root Cause Analysis (RCA) Apollo Dec. 2009
Project Management Training Bureau Veritas April 2008
· Client liaison; report writing; presentation; proposals; invoicing and updating files of all levels including
documentation of administrative processes and related tasks.
PAT (Portable Appliance Testing) Course: First Stop Safety April 2008
· Regulations; HSE Recommendations; Planning and Implementation
Dynamic Stress and Vibration Risk Assessment Workshop Bureau Veritas May 2008
· Analysis of the dynamic stress and vibration risk on the test rig using strain gauges; industrial type
accelerometers; soft hammer tips and FFT analyzer.
B & K multichannel PULSE - Basic & Advanced User Training Brüel & Kjær April 2009
· Operation of B&K multichannel PULSE with different vibration, pressure, acoustics and noise devices.
OPITO –BOSIET (Basic Offshore Safety Induction and Emergency Training) Petrofac Nov. 2012
· Including survival training, First aid, Firefighting, Air re-breather, Production logging tools, Dangerous
goods, Avalon vertical seismic profiling tools.
Medical Certificate:
· Full UK sector offshore medical certificate.
Membership:
· MIET Reg. No. 1100326805 and PEC Reg. No. ELECT/19795
Driving Licence:
· Full UK Driving Licence
Interest/Hobbies:
· Playing Cricket; Book reading; traveling and learning about different cultures.
Language: Fluent in English, Urdu, Hindi and Punjabi.
References: Available upon request