1. Oliver Balmer
37 South Road,
Dodworth,
Barnsley,
South Yorkshire,
S75 3LG
Telephone: 07791256058
E-mail: olivero@hotmail.co.uk
Further Education:
HND Marine engineering
 Business management techniques
 Engineering science
 Plant and process principles
 Project management
 Engineering design and drawing
 Marine auxiliary plant
 Marine electrical systems
 Engineering mechanics
 Marine engineering management
 Instrumentation and control principles
Level 3 NVQ Marine engineering operations
STCW (95) Advanced fire fighting
STCW (95) Personal survival techniques
STCW (95) Medical first aid aboard ship
STCW (95) Elementary first aid
STCW (95) Personal safety and social responsibilities
September 2015 – present
Working for a small building firm, project managing jobs and organising staff. Installing kitchens and
bathrooms and completing full house renovations.
My day to day task is to plan out jobs and make sure that all materials are readily available before the
job begins and then to provide support to the staff members making sure those jobs are carried out
from beginning to end with greatest efficiency.
Recruiting staff and managing a team of 7 tradesmen for different tasks and also assisting and
working on jobs myself such as plumbing in of bathrooms and fitting of kitchens and tiling.
This work has helped me to broaden my skill set towards more of a management role and the day to
day running of a business.
Going out and visiting customers, quoting for jobs as well as then liaising with the customers
throughout the process.
June 2014- September 2015
MY Sussurro
This boat is a high speed motor yacht with 2 Paxman main engines and 2 Textron gas turbines into
one central gearbox with jet propulsion and 2 Caterpillar generators.
 Working as the 2nd engineer involved in taking care of all machinery.
 Working as sole engineer whilst the chief engineer was on leave it was my duty to take care
of all engineering on board the boat.
 Planning for dry dock periods and working closely with contractors and shipyard project
managers.

2.  Planning and organising the dry dock periods 6 months prior to going into dry dock to make
sure that all work required is done within the limited time frame we have out of the water in
order to keep costs within budget and time out of service down to a minimum. This would
involve me liaising with project managers and teams of manufacturer representatives who
would be brought in to carry out larger tasks covered by warranty.
 Commissioning new machinery installed.
 Break down maintenance of main engines and PLC’s around the boat. As well as break down
maintenance of hydraulic machinery and air conditioning plants.
 As second engineer I was in charge of keeping all planned maintenance up to date on the
planned maintenance system.
March 2014- June 2014
MY Meduse
This trip was covering for the permanent second engineer on board.
 Whilst on board we carried out a 5 yearly dry dock. This involved major servicing of the 3
caterpillar Generators
 Service of the Main engines.
 Also once again working to keep the planned maintenance up to date and working on any
other issues which arose.
 I was also involved in the day to day planning of the dry dock period and organising the
generator and main engine maintenance.
June 2012- March 2014
P&O Maritime
Working as 3rd engineer on board a Government research ship around UK waters.
 Carrying out daily duties beginning with a walk around of all internal places to inspect and
take a log of all running machinery
 Working with Amos planned maintenance system to keep all maintenance up to date and all
machinery to a high running standard.
 Working in a team of 3 engineers and 2 assistant engineers working underneath me, it was
my duty to set tasks for the two assistants and also train up new apprentices who would be
on board as part of their training.
 There was no electrician on board this ship so it has given me great opportunity to get some
hand on electrical experience, carrying out electrical maintenance on propulsion motors and
generators.
 It also gave me the opportunity to work on the main switchboards replacing breakers and
performing shut downs and isolating parts of the switch board for shut down maintenance.
 Carrying out breakdown maintenance.
 Planning for dry dock period and also warranty work, assisting the superintendent and Chief
engineer by planning out which jobs were to be done and making sure that all spares for a
major engine 40’000 hour service were ordered in time and on board for the start of the work.
 Looking after all the hydraulic cranes on deck and maintaining all electrical motors
2010- 2012 Vector offshore LTD
 Working on a DP 2 Vessel as 3rd engineer; Covering both watches as well as day work,
working in a team of 3 engineers and 1 ETO and 1 assistant
 Carrying out maintenance for survey work and also working with a planned maintenance
system, which also involved writing up reports on tasks carried out.
 These ships were DP2 ERRV working in the North Sea oil field out of Aberdeen. With these
ships we also carried cargo out to the Oil Rigs; this would consist of anything from heavy
equipment, Fuel, Cement through to Nitrogen in designated double skinned tanks.
 This cargo required us to run a N2 generator to keep the cargo safe whilst in transit.

3. 2009 – 2010 P&O cruises
Ocean Village
1st contract working as 3rd engineer Cruising around the Caribbean, crossing the Atlantic then cruising
the Mediterranean
Duties:
 Same as above.
2nd contract working as Hotel Services Engineer (Mediterranean)
Duties:
 In charge of 4 teams of people, Carpenters, Plumbers, Hotel fitters and also the
pool men a total of 19 men all reporting directly to me, I would then liaise with the
chief engineer at the beginning of each day and again at the end of each day to
update him
 Taking care of all permits to work
 Working using a planned maintenance schedule but also having to think on my
feet as new tasks would regularly occur
 Overseeing all work being carried out, from lifeboat maintenance and davits to all
galley equipment and mooring equipment
 Ordering of spares
 Working amongst passengers, in all passenger areas
 Also gaining experience with working with hydraulic systems, and electrical
systems
3rd contract working as 3rd engineer and also Hotel Service Engineer
2004- 2009 – PNTL (James Fisher)
Marine engineer – nuclear cargo shipping, Japan to Europe/UK
Working as a 4th engineer,
Duties:
 4th Engineer in full charge of watch
 Transfer of fuel
 Main Air compressor overhaul and maintenance
 Purifier overhaul and maintenance
 Working within a team to carry out maintenance on main engines
 Stocks and spares
 Using planned maintenance system
This was also the company who I did all my training with and the company who sent me to college
and put me through my apprenticeship.
Personal profile:
Attention to detail
Reliable, resilient, mature and confident
Confident in my abilities to make decisions when appropriate and tackle problems head on
Quick thinking but level headed
Able to work either on my own or in a team
Hobbies
Running, Travelling, Swimming and generally keeping fit.