Ian Rae is an experienced commissioning electrician with over 13 years of experience working in oil and gas, marine, commercial, domestic, and industrial settings. He currently works as part of the core crew team on the Britannia platform, where he is responsible for electrical and instrumentation maintenance, work planning, and safety assessments. Prior experience includes electrical installation, testing, and commissioning projects on various offshore platforms and pipelines. Rae has extensive safety certifications and qualifications for his work.

1. Ian Rae
71 Ballantrae Crescent,
Newton Mearns
G77 5TX
Mobile:07834354628
ianrae80@hotmail.com
PROFILE
A motivated and enthusiastic time served commissioning electrician with 13 years
working within the industry. A broad skill set encompassing work experience in Oil and
Gas, Marine, Commercial, Domestic and Industrial arenas. A reliable self-starter who
can work well as part of a team and individually.
Qualifications and Credentials
 17th Edition Inspection & Testing
 SVQ Level III Electrical Installations
 CompEx 1-4
 SJIB Electrician with CSCS
 IRATA Rope Access Tech L1
 BOSIET Offshore Survival
 MIST
Work History
Dron and Dickson Britannia Platform Jan 14 - Present
Part of the Core Crew team on Britannia tasked with the maintenance of Electrical and
Instrumentation Systems on the both the Britannia and BLP. My role is to produce work
orders, raise permits, and carry out task risk assessments before carrying out the work
required. Pre-commissioning tests will be carried out before any new Electrical and
Instrumentation installations are put back into service. This varies from Lighting and
Small power, Fire & Gas to Telephone and PA systems. Cat B authorized to Isolate LV
circuits and live equipment. Duties include EX Inspections and the updating and
amending the ATEX database using the Arnlea system I then work as Charge-hand and
liaise with the Management team to complete specific tasks. As part of the Maintenance
team we carry out fault finding & install/commission new equipment as required.
AMEC LTC Project Britannia Platform March12 – Dec13
The LTC Module was a Pre-Wired Module requiring hook up to the Britannia Platform.
I was part of the Inspection and Testing Dept and then went on to support the
Commissioning Team, Pre Commissioning, Fire & Gas, Instrument, PA, HV and LV
Systems throughout the compression module. I was also involved with Tri-party walk

2. downs before system handovers commenced. As a Cat B Electrical Competent person I
assisted Magma Products when access was required to perform Live Testing during
commissioning. One of my roles on LTC was to input the various E&I documentation
into Go Completions software which was used on the project.
Amec Gaupe Project BG Armada & BG North Everest March11-Feb12
On the Armada Project I was involved in the Installation and Testing of the Fire
and Gas, Telephone and PA, Production Control and LV power circuits on the
new Gaupe Pipeline. I gained a sound understanding of the ISSOW system.
Being a Permit Authority I was also involved in raising Work Permits and TRAs
At the North Everest I was part of a team that installed a new Accommodation
Block. It was essentially split into 6 sections after construction in a yard and
reassembled offshore. It involved rerunning pre made ends back into position
and retesting and termination. After this we completed the installation and
commissioning of the new life Boat.
Amec Leman Uptime Project Leman Alpha July10-March11
The Leman project consisted of two damaged Generators being safely removed and
three new Gas powered Generators and all associated equipment being installed in
their place. There again was Fire & Gas, Lighting & Small Power, Telephone and PA
circuits installed. There was a host of new panels installed monitoring and controlling
the Generators.
References
Paul McVey
OCS Shell
paulmcvey2@hotmail.com
Rob Lawson
Elec Comm
Magma Products
roblawson76@hotmail.com