Mehmet CICEK has over 22 years of experience as an engineering supervisor, project manager, and consultant for oil and gas pipeline projects around the world. He has managed teams of up to 48 people and overseen multi-billion dollar projects involving SCADA systems, automation, fiber optics, and telecommunications. Currently he works as a lead SCADA engineer for a $5.5 billion natural gas pipeline project in Kazakhstan and China.

1. Mehmet CICEK
CONTROL SYSTEMS (I&C) ENGINEER
111 Thorndon Gardens, Epsom, Surrey, KT190EQ England
Tel: +44 20 3290 84 47, Mobile: +7 701 960 20 51, +90 532 463 84 47 ciceksm@gmail.com
SUMMARY of EXPERIENCE
 15 years of experience in Oil & Gas and Water Pipelines – Overall 22 years of experience as Engineering Group Supervisor, Chief Engineer, Project Manager, Consultant, System Administrator, Automation and Commissioning Engineer
 Managed EPC programs involving both SCADA and Telecom systems in Turkey, Georgia, Iraq and Azerbaijan in various SCADA and automation projects around the world. Experience in Gas Compressor and Oil Pump Controls & Integration into SCS/SCADA Systems Onshore/Offshore Pipeline, LNG, Offshore Gas Platform, & Gas Terminal projects, Experience in Marmara Sea, Black Sea, Mediterranean Sea, Caspian Sea Projects and Middle East projects
 Managed Engineering teams of up to 48 people
 Oil & Gas Pipeline Applications such as Control Centres, Leak / Intrusion Detection Systems, Pipeline Monitoring Systems (FOC), Electronic Flow Measurement (EFM) Application, On-line and Off-line / Steady State Pipeline Modeling, Cyber Security Studies, Applications and Penetration Tests
 Distributed / Replicated / Redundant SCADA and DCS / PLC/ RTU Systems Design.
 Onshore and Offshore Optical Fiber Cable Specification and Installation, Design, Configuring, Testing and Commissioning of Fiber Optic Applications, LAN/WAN Applications
 Public Address and General Alarm (PA/GA) System, Voice over IP (VOIP), PBX
 Fire & Gas, PCS, PSD, ESD Systems
 VHF, UHF Radio, VSAT Satellite, Digital Trunk Radio Systems, SDH Multiplex Transmission and Integrated PBX (private branch exchange) Systems. Hotline Telephones and Engineering Order Wire Telephones
 Front-end Engineering Design (FEED) Deliverables and EPC activities (Specifications, Block Diagrams, I/O List, Philosophies, Layouts, Design Criteria and Datasheets, Control Narratives, Instrument Index, UCP layouts and wiring, Smart Plant Instrumentation and P&ID Review and Development, HMI operator interface, Cable Schedules, Termination Drawings, Functional Analysis, SIL, HAZID, HAZOP, Operation and Control Philosophy, Material Requisition Tools and Material Take Offs, Systems Interface Registers) and Preparation of Invitation to tender (ITT) Package for SCADA, Telecommunications and Security Systems
 Power Systems including Grid Lines, Smart Voltage Regulators, Uninterruptable Power Supplies, Solar and Wind Energy Systems, Impressed Current (Cathodic Protection) Systems
 Sybase, CMXSQL, RTD, Perl, OBEL, SAMBA, CMX/XIS, Protocol debugging and Serial Links
 Telemetry and Process instrumentation, (e.g. Transmitters, Switches, Analyzers, Gas Chromatography, CO2, O2 Control Equipment etc.)
 Customer oriented, solid technical background and understanding of Motorola, ABB, Alstom, Bosch, Ericsson, Honeywell, Schneider Electric, Siemens, Rockwell GE Fanuc, CCC Controls products and applications
 Hydraulic, Pneumatic Systems, CNC Machines and AC & DC Motor Controllers
 Good Knowledge of Standards IEC, ANSI, API, AGA etc.
 Defining the requirements of work place quality systems
OBJECTIVE: Seeking a challenging technical management position with a high-technology company dedicated to the delivery of secure value-added solutions for sustainable development in the energy and environmental sectors.
BACKGROUND: Highly experienced senior engineer and technical manager with notable success assuming responsibility for implementation of critical infrastructure IT and Real Time Information Systems in national critical infrastructure networks. Broad understanding of real-time issues and requirement experienced managing large international upstream and midstream oil and gas projects from which international cultural and business exposure have been acquired.
CORE COMPETENCIES: Oil, Gas, Water Transmission Systems, digital radio, FOC, GPRS/EDGE Based Remote Systems, SCADA, Pipeline Management Applications, instrumentation, control systems, DCS, PLC, RTUs, Pipeline Simulation.

2. WORK EXPERIENCE:
ILF Consulting Engineers (2014 - present) - $5.5 Billion
Lead SCADA Engineer on BSGP Project.
Beineu – Bozoi – Shymkent Natural Gas pipeline, transporting gas 1475 km’s from Kazakhstan to China, complete with 3 Gas Metering, 2 Compressor, 25 Block Valve, 9 Pigging, 13 Safety Valve Stations and 4 Emergency Response Centers, 2 redundant SCADA centers and 1 Secondary Control Center.
Responsible for on-project supervision for SCADA.
Bechtel Corporation (2013 - 2014) - $45 Billion
TANAP Project SCADA Group Supervisor, managing an engineering team of 6 engineers
Trans Anatolia Natural Gas Pipeline (TANAP), Project foresees the transportation of the natural gas to be produced in Shah Deniz 2 field and other fields of Azerbaijan (and other possible neighboring countries) through Turkey to Europe. 7 Compressors, 13 Pigging and 50 Block Valve Stations are designed along the 1837 km 56”/48” pipeline.
Responsible for on-project supervision and administration for FEED of SCADA / Telecom System and FOC Network.
BOTAS Petroleum Pipeline Corporation (2007 - 2013)
Chief Engineer / Project Manager
15.000 km. length of pipeline with 2 LNG stations, 6 Crude Oil Pump, Tanks, Underground Gas Storage, 11 Compressors, 750 block valves, pigging and pressure reduction and metering stations in BOTAS Pipeline SCADA & Telecom Networks.
Responsible for managing the systems in MCC / BCC, telecommunication and all other stations with his 47 team members. Participated in the offshore site-surveys and security applications on Marmara Sea Pipelines, including the construction of 68 main line block valve and RM/A stations.
BOTAS BTC (Baku – Tbilisi – Ceyhan) Crude Oil Project Directorate (2002 - 2007) - $3.9 Billion
SCADA and Telecommunication Consultant, managing a team of 9 people
1774 km length of the BTC pipeline with three intermediate pigging stations, one pressure reduction station, pump stations and 101 small block valves. Adjacent the pipeline runs an 18 core FOC that carry all control and communication signals over SDH multiplexers located at the pump stations and block valves.
Participated in installation, design review, commissioning and handing-over of the completed pipeline including SCADA, Pipeline Applications, Station Control Systems, FOC / SDH telecom network and ICSS (Integrated Control and Security Systems) for Turkish section of the project.
SYS – Telvent (Schneider Electric) (2000 - 2002) - $6.5 Million
Project Manager on BOTAS Natural Gas SCADA System and Adma-Opco (UAE) Projects.
Acted as the single point of contact for all technical issues. Responsible for all customer & constructor technical requirements and ensure the completed system complied with tender documents. Also responsible for the technical and non - technical solution findings. Managing a team of 13 people
BASTAS (VICAT Group) (1999 – 2000)
Automation Engineer in group of cement and concrete factories. Responsibility for developing automated systems and solving associated problems for the respective plants.
HEMA GEAR (1997-1999)
Electronics Engineer
Responsible for maintaining all-types of machines including shaving, grinding, hobbing, shaping, lathe's, machining center (AVL), shot penning, lapping, profile tester, gear measuring and furnaces (Aichelin) Responsibilities included finding solutions for PLC and CNC problems for 950 machines.
LIKOM 1997
IT Administrator
Managing UNIX, WINDOWS, and NOVELL Servers and Administration of Microsoft Exchange Server
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3. Research and Development Officer (1995-1997);
Completed the military Electronic Information Systems 247. Class preparation school. Appointed to the J. Mu. Ana Dp. ve Fb. K’ligi as a Research and Development Military Officer. Worked as a controller in adjudications and was involved in the purchase and inspection of domestic and international equipment worth $10.000.000.
IMAJ (1992-1995)
Network Expert; Responsible for Installation of LAN/WAN. Administration of NOVELL, UNIX and Windows
EDUCATION:
ISTANBUL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY, Istanbul, TURKEY.
BEng (ELECTRICAL & ELECTRONICS ENGINEERING, Preparatory & Diploma) 1990 - 1995
COMPUTING SKILLS / LANGUAGES
Highly experienced in word processing, spreadsheet, programming languages (Delphi, Pascal, Perl, SQL, C, Visual Basic), computer-aided-design applications (AutoCAD, OrCAD, etc.). Fluent in Turkish and English
PERSONAL INFORMATION, INTERESTS & OTHER
Held driving license since 1993 and a special passport (no visa required for most countries), no military obligations, no travel restrictions, membership of Electrical Engineer’s Union, Republic of Turkey Ministry of Energy and Natural Resources Critical Infrastructure and Information Security Committees Member, Occupational Health and Safety Expert (Level A).
Riding motorcycle, playing basketball, certificated parachutist, advanced diver, sailing captain, fishing, bicycling, camping.
CERTIFICATES of TRAINING
Telvent (Schneider)
OASyS System Administration, Configuration and Design, SQL, OBEL Programming
Calgary, CANADA
Gleason
Fanuc and HC Machine Electronic Programming, and Maintenance
Rochester, USA
Pecc
Solaris, UNIX, NFS, Sun Stations
Ankara, TURKEY
Siemens
S Series Primary and Advanced Level PLC Programming and Maint.
Istanbul, TURKEY
Hema
Total Quality Management
Ankara, TURKEY
Festo
Primary & Advanced Level Pneumatic, Electro pneumatic, Searching and Finding Errors in Pneumatic Systems and Maintenance, Sensors Technics, Primary and Advanced Level PLC Programming and Maintenance, Primary Level Electro hydraulic Systems, Advanced Level Hydraulic Systems
Ankara, TURKEY
Metu
FMEA (Failure Mode Effective Analyses), Problem Solving Methods Approaching For Industry Benchmarking and Zero Error Value Analyses and Value Engineering Value Processing from Customer’s Opinion Movement Analyses and Harmony
Ankara, TURKEY
Pfauter
Finding Solutions for Siemens Systems, Bosch Servo Drives, Walz Modules
Munich, Germany
Bechtel
Supervisory Development Program, BECHTEL University Trainings (15 Trainings), Fire Fighting Training, Quality Management, Cultural Awareness
Ankara, TURKEY
Honeywell
Cyber Security and Pipeline Applications
Nice , FRANCE
Advantica
Stoner Pipeline Simulator Programming and Operation
Ankara, Turkey
Platin
Occupational Safety Expert Program
Ankara, Turkey
BOTAS
Red Cross First Aid and Defensive Driving
Ankara, Turkey