Stephen Barkwitch provides his contact information and summaries his experience as a highly competent Electrical/Instrumentation Commissioning Technician with over 20 years of experience in roles with companies like Petrofac, SIA Systems Integration Automation, and Rolls-Royce Power Engineering. He details his key competencies including being highly organized, qualified as an electrician, able to read schematics and engineering drawings, and experienced calibrating and fault finding instrumentation. The document outlines his employment history commissioning various electrical and instrumentation systems on offshore oil and gas platforms and terminals.

1. Stephen Anthony Barkwitch
31 Old Racecourse Road
Maghull
Liverpool
L31 8AN
0151 520 0767 (home)
07799 377627 (mobile)
stephen@barkwitch.wanadoo.co.uk
Personal Profile
A highly competent, enthusiastic and conscientious Electrical/Instrumentation
Commissioning Technician with extensive technical knowledge. An experienced
technician with good communication skills who is committed to quality and also versatile,
adaptable and able to work to tight deadlines either individually or as part of a team. Able
to work unsupervised and selected to perform technical duties in both UK and abroad as
a direct result of excellent technical skills and abilities.
Key Competencies
• Highly organised and methodical in approach including planning and prioritising.
• Apprentice trained and timed served fully qualified electrician
• Excellent communicator at all levels
• Ex Inspections of all equipment in Hazardous Areas
• Ability to read and interpret schematics and engineering drawings
• Pays attention to detail and takes pride in accuracy and quality of work delivered.
• Starting and closing out GOC CCHP Work and Commissioning Packs
• Go Completions GOC certification course complete. (QEDI)
• Calibrating and fault finding on Instrumentation.

2. Employment History
Petrofac (Atlantic Resources) Sept 2010-Present
Apache Forties Field (Offshore) Lead Commissioning E&I Tech
Working as a Lead E&I Commissioning Tech in the Forties field. My work experience has
included the commissioning of various new and updated projects including TEG
regeneration packages, DGL & ESP oil wells, power generation (3 New typhoon GT,s)
VSD/motor driven Gas Compressors. Installation and commission of new Emerson Delta
V control system, De-commission of old SCADA control system.
SIA Systems Integration Automation May 2010-Sept2010
Lead Commissioning E&I Tech
Centrica Onshore Gas Terminal (Barrow)
• Carried out various tasks including Inspection of hazardous equipment using
punch list sheets, working on fire and gas systems, Ex Inspections
• Commissioning of a new control safety system.
• Calibration and function checks of field devices.
SIA Systems Integration Automation Nov2008- May2010
Lead Commissioning E&I Tech
Apache Forties Field (Offshore)
Working on the Forties Field oil and gas platforms my duties are commissioning the new
Delta V systems and field equipment associated with the DCS. Also gained experience-
using SCADA .I was involved in the commissioning of new oil wells (DGL & ESP) Deep
Gas Lift also commissioning compressors and generators, Cold loop checking and
function testing before they go online. Ex Inspections and assisting platform Techs with
routine maintenance checks.
Aroqua-Siemens Industrial Turbo machinery Ltd (Field Service) Jan 2007- Nov
2008
Commissioning Tech
• Pre-Commissioning checks of on skid/off skid electrical-instrumentation
• Power up of devices and calibration of gas & diesel fuel systems
• Carry out start up procedures of the Turbines for customer satisfaction
Petrofac Jan 2007-Feb 2006
E&I Tech
Centrica Energy-Morecambe Bay Platform
• Installation and commission of a new fire and gas system on platforms DP4-DP8
• Hot and cold loop checks of field devices and commissioning of a new gas
coalesce.
Vecto-Aibel Feb 2006-Oct 2005
E&I Tech
Marathon Oil –Haugesund, Norway

3. Modification of a vessel into an F.P.S.O. Cold loop and hot loop checks of all on
Board electrical/instrument devices, commissioning of related systems.
Installation and commission of two new Nuovo Pignone (GE LM2500 DLE)
Power generation turbines.
Rolls-Royce Power Engineering- Liverpool Electrical/Turbine Tech
Feb1999-Oct 2005
• Installation of all on skid E&I scope
• Hot and cold loop checks
• Assisting controls team with testing and function checks of all relevant control
systems
• Liaise with drawing office on the construction/build phase of all units
Elf Odin AVON Compressor drive
Elf Elgin RB211 Compressor set
Petrobras RB211 Generator set
AIOC RB211 Generator set
BP Block 18 RB211 Generator set
Total Akpo RB211 Generator set
Field service work
CROYDEN, LONDON (Trent package)
SK POWER, COPENHAGEN, DENMARK (Trent package)
PORT OF LIVERPOOOL, (RB211 Gas turbine)
GASCO RUWAIS, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES (2 x R B211 Gas turbines) G.E units.
Qualifications and Training
• City & Guilds time served electrical Apprentiship
• 16th
Edition
• UKOOA Medical
• Compex
• OPITO approved BOSIET
• Petrotechnics Permit to work Level 1 & 2
• MIST training
• Go Completions GOC certification

4. • PSTASS training
• Currently studying HNC in Control & Instrumentation Engineering
General Information
Full clean driving licence
References on request