Octavian Popa is an experienced offshore surveyor from Romania with over 10 years of experience working on drilling vessels and providing positioning, rig move support, and data processing services in the North Sea area and occasionally in Africa. He has also worked as an artillery petty officer in the Romanian Naval Forces. He is proficient in various technical and software skills related to topographic measurements, subsea surveying, satellite positioning, and data collection, processing, and interpretation. He is currently pursuing a degree in Geomatics from the Technical University of Civil Engineering in Bucharest.

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Curriculum Vitae
Personal Details
Given Name: Octavian
Surname: POPA
Date / Place of Birth: November 26th, 1986 / Romania
Nationality: Romanian
Marital Status: Single
Address: Doamna Ghica Street, Nr. 20, Bl. 4, Sc. B, Ap. 40
Mobile No.: + 40 722 359 790
E-mail: octavian.umc@gmail.com
Career Summary
 An experienced Offshore Surveyor with background on drilling vessels, positioning, rig move support,
and data processing, mainly for North Sea area and occassionally in Africa.
 Experienced Naval Pety Officer.
Expertise
 Technical: Topografic Measurements, Subsea Surveying, Satelite Positioning, Data Collecting,
Processing and Interpretation, Hydraulics and Mechanics.
 Professional: Industrial Training, Technical Writing and Computer - Technical Softwares Proficiency
Bio Data
 Countries Worked In: Norway, UK, Denmark, Germany, The Netherlands and Offshore North Sea
area, Angola, Russia, Georgia, Ukraine, Turkey and Bulgaria.
 Countries Lived In: Romania
 Foreign Languages: English (Fluent), French (Basic), Romanian (Native)
 Hobbies: Basketball and sports in general, SF literature and traveling

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Work Experience
 Period: March 2012 – Present
Position Title: Online Surveyor
Company Name: ProDeSer GDV S.R.L., Client: Fugro Survey BV and Fugro Survey AS
Project Name:
Project Location: North Sea
Project Brief Description:
Scope of Work:
Responsibilities: - Offshore Surveyor for Fugro Survey B.V. and Fugro Survey A.S. Responsible
for operating positioning systems, Fugro software and mobilization of vessels. Responsibilities include system
calibration and verification, data acquisition, first processing of data and preliminary reporting.
- Team leader for FSBV. I was responsible for training junior offshore
personnel on the job.
 Period: August 1st 2007 – February 2012
Position Title: Artillery Petty Officer
Company Name: Romanian Naval Forces
Project Location: Black Sea and Mediterranean Sea
Project Brief Description:
Responsibilities: - Responsible for repairing and maintenance of the artillery pieces
onboard. Team leader for the Naval Battery Group (ten men team).
Projects
 Projects completed in 2014:
o Onboard M/V Bucentaur, Client: FEBV, Scope of work: Geotechnical Investigation, Position:
Offshore Surveyor, Team Leader in UK Sector, North Sea
o Onboard M/V Gargano, Client: FEBV, Scope of work: Geotechnical Investigation, Position:
Offshore Surveyor, Team Leader in German Sector, North Sea
o Onboard M/V Gargano, Client: FEBV, Scope of work: Geotechnical Investigation, Position:
Offshore Surveyor, Team Leader in Norwegian Sector, North Sea
o Onboard M/V Gargano, Client: FEBV, Scope of work: Geotechnical Investigation, Position:
Offshore Surveyor, Team Leader in UK Sector, North Sea
o Onboard M/V Gargano, Client: FEBV, Scope of work: Demobilisation, Position: Offshore Surveyor,
Team Leader in Amsterdam
o Onboard M/V Gargano, Client: FEBV, Scope of work: Geotechnical Investigation, Position:
Offshore Surveyor, Team Leader in Dutch Sector, North Sea
o Onboard M/V Gargano, Client: FEBV, Scope of work: Geotechnical Investigation, Position:
Offshore Surveyor, Team Leader in German Sector, North Sea
o Onboard M/V Gargano, Client: FEBV, Scope of work: Geotechnical Investigation, Position:
Offshore Surveyor, Team Leader in UK, Irish Sea
o Onboard M/V Gargano, Client: FEBV, Scope of work: Geotechnical Investigation, Position:
Offshore Surveyor, Team Leader in UK, Irish Sea
 Projects completed in 2013:
o Onboard M/V Gargano, Client: FGC Ltd/BOWL, Scope of work: Geotechnical Investigation,
Position: Offshore Surveyor in Scotland, North Sea
o Onboard M/V Bucentaur, Client: FGC Ltd / BOWL Typhoon Gemini OWP, Scope of work:
Geotechnical Investigation, Position: Offshore Surveyor in Scotland and Dutch Sector North Sea

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o Onboard M/V Bucentaur, Client: FEBV Statoil AS, Scope of work: Geotechnical Investigation,
Position: Offshore Surveyor in Norwegian Sector North Sea
o Onboard M/V Bucentaur, Client: FEBV Statoil AS, Scope of work: Geotechnical Investigation,
Position: Offshore Surveyor in Norwegian Sector North Sea
o Onboard M/V Bavenit, Client: Maersk Angola Oil AS, Scope of work: Geotechnical Investigation,
Position: Offshore Surveyor in Angola, South Atlantic
 Projects completed in 2012:
o Onboard M/V Bucentaur, Client: FEBV Repsol Statoil, Scope of work: Geotechnical Investigation,
Position: Offshore Surveyor in Norwegian Sector North Sea
o Onboard M/V Seabed Prince, Client: Statoil, Scope of work: Gravity measurements using ROV,
Position: Party Chief in Norwegian Sector North Sea
o Onboard KL Saltfjord, Client: BP, Scope of work: Rig move, Position: Offshore Surveyor in
Norwegian Sector North Sea
o Onboard Edda Freya, Client: Statoil, Scope of work: Gravity measurements using ROV, Position:
Offshore Surveyor in Norwegian Sector North Sea
o Onboard M/V Elizabeth, Client: RWE, Scope of work: Geotechnical Investigation, Position:
Offshore Surveyor in Norwegian Sector North Sea
o Onboard M/V Bucentaur, Client: FEBV, Scope of work: Geotechnical Investigation, Position:
Trainee Surveyor in Norwegian Sector North Sea
 Projects completed between 2007 - 2012:
o Multiple successfull NATO missions onboard F111 “Marasesti” frigate.
Details of Professional Experience
 Offshore Surveyor for Fugro Survey B.V and Fugro Survey A.S. Responsible for operating
positioning systems, Fugro software and mobilization of vessels. Responsibilities include system
calibration and verification, data acquisition, first processing of data and preliminary reporting.
 Artilery Petty Officer resposible for maintaining, repairing and operating the main battery units.
Team leader of the Naval Battery Group that consisted of ten men. This includes working with
hydraulics and mechanical parts.
Education
 Industry
o 2014, July – Escape Chute Training at Maersk
o 2014, February – Starfix NG
o 2014, April – GNSS training course
o 2013, December – USBL calibration course
o 2013, December – Vessel calibration course
o 2013, December – Working on heights training course
o 2012, December – Engineering for surveyors training course
o 2012, November – Starfix NG
o 2012, November – H2S Introduction and certificate
o 2012, May – USBL training course
o 2012, February – Starfix Seis course
o 2012, February – Basic Offshore Safety Induction & Emergency Training

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 Academic
o 2013 - Present
Institution: Technical University of Civil Engineering, Bucharest, Romania
Specialization: Geomatics
Title(s): Ongoing
o 2012 – Fugro Academy
o 2007 - 2011
Institution: Maritime University of Constanta, Constanta, Romania
Specialization: Naval Deck Officer
Title(s): Bachelor diploma in Naval Engineering and Maritime Navigation
o 2005 – 2007
Institution: Naval Petty Officer School
Specialization: Naval Artillery
Title(s): Artillery Petty Officer
Skills & Competencies
 Equipments Utilized
o Fugro equipment: Fugro Starpack positioning units, Eurodrone, tugpacks
o Underwater equipment: USBL, Multibeam, Beacons, Current meter, CTD / STD, ROC sensors
(gyro, bathy, altimeter, Doppler, sidescan, sonar), Tide gauge, APOS Kongsberg, Portable APOS,
Cnode beacons, Acoustic telemetry modem, Octans gyro, Digiquartz
o Surface equipment: Leica TPS 400, Zeiss Rec Elta, Leica HD3000 System
o Heavy equipments: Hydraulic rams and jacks.
 Softwares Utilized
o Iowin
o Seise
o Dysplay
o Mss Logging
o Event Logging
o Spl Logging
o Db logging
o Logging Copy
o COP Files (Headers, Overlays)
o Starfix Solution
o ADV
o FineTrack
o Visual Soft
o MiniEvent Logging
o AutoCad
o Multifix
o Anchors
o ProjGen
o RT Depth
o Starfix USBL
o Starfix NG
o EIVA pack – Basic training