This resume summarizes the professional experience of Nicholas Vaughan as a QHSSE (Quality, Health, Safety, Security and Environment) Engineer and Auditor over 38 years working on major international projects. He has worked in oil/gas, petrochemical, rail, bridge and nuclear projects based in numerous countries. His experience includes quality management, engineering, inspection, auditing, and developing quality plans and procedures. He holds various certifications in quality management, safety, engineering and non-destructive testing.

1. Mr. NicholasVaughan • Lead QHSSE Engineer and Auditor •Résumé (150515) +44 07717 660000' and 'qualitynick@gmail.com'
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Thirty Eight years with major international projects based in the UK, Spain, Italy, Sweden, Germany, UAE, Russia, India, Malaysia, Singapore, China and Taiwan.
OIL + GAS + PETROCHEMICAL 13 years in quality management & engineering preceded by 9 years QC.
RAIL + BRIDGE 10 years in quality management & engineering preceded by 5years QC.
NUCLEAR 1 year in quality engineering and auditing.
 FEED, EPC, Installations, Operations and Maintenance.
 O & G Topside and Subsea hydrocarbon structures, systems and controls. Petrochemical facilities and fabrications. Rail. Bridge construction. Building and
production management systems forM&E.
 Early career QC/Inspection activities involved Non Destructive Testing of structural and tubular fabrications. Concrete production and monitoring by batching
and cast in place. UT cross checking/audit/validation/verification assignments. Weld defect sizing/defect growth monitoring by Ultrasonics on welding,
steelworks, castings, forgings and cladded materials. Rail - track and stations fabrication. Bridge construction and strengthening. Blast and coating
inspection.
PROFESSIONAL –
 International Association of Quality Practitioners Member MIAQP
 International Instituteof Risk and Safety Management Specialist Membership SIIRSM
 British Instituteof Non-Destructive Testing Graduate Member BINDT
 BP Offshore Medical and Survival Certificates
QUALIFICATIONS –
 B Sc. Hons. Degree in Physics & Electronics Sheffield University
 M Sc. Quality Management Portsmouth University
CPD – due finish date is 2016 & accredited by CQI Chartered Quality Institute
 CQI International Register of Certified Auditors – Lead Auditor IRCA
 Assessment and Registration of Management Systems to ISO 9000:1994/ISO 10011-1:1990 IATCA
 Assessment and Registration of Q Management Systems to ISO 9000 – TRANSITION 1994-2000 IATCA
 Assessment and Registration of Q Management Systems to ISO 9000 – TRANSITION 2000 -2008 and 2014 IATCA
 CQI International Register of Certified Auditors – Internal QMS Auditor – IATCA International Auditor and Training Certification Association
 PCN (CSWIP, Welding InstituteUK) Level II, welding and NDT: Ultrasonic practitioner - 3.9(weld nozzle, node and pipe configurations), 3.3 magnetic
particle, dye penetrant inspection, senior welding Inspector, radiographic interpreter
 BNFL (British Nuclear Fuels), SHELL and CEGB (Central Electricity Generating Board) Ultrasonic finitesizing defects - castings & forgings
 City & Guilds Electronics (Digital, analogue, microprocessors and control systems)
TRAINING-
QUALITY – Portsmouth University (MSc Quality Management re Continuous Professional Development) ∞ Training Program withTaiwan High Speed Rail ∞ QA
Courses to attain Chartered Quality Institutemembership withGloscat, Cheltenham (Quality Management, Statistics, Computing) ∞ Ultrasonics and NDT at Stockton
Technical College UK (STCUK) ∞ Ultrasonic Course at Wells Krautkramer in UK ∞ Ultrasonic Phased Array Systems Weld Testing at Shaw, Stone & Webster ∞
Condition Monitoring using NDT Methods at STCUK ∞ Metallurgy Course at STCUK; Senior Welding Inspection Course -Welding Institute, Cambridge, UK ∞
Advanced Welding Inspection and NDT at STCUK.
SAFETY – NEEBOSH National Certificate at RRC, London ∞ Course Site Safety at British Steel.
ENVIRONMENTAL – NEEBOSH Environmental Management Diploma at RRC, London.
MECHANICAL AND ELECTRICAL - Sheffield University (BSc Physics and Electronics re Original Education) ∞ Electronics (Digital/Analogue/Microprocessors) City &
Guilds at Gloscat, Cheltenham ∞ Practical Electronics (STCUK).
AUDITING – IRCA & IATCA International registered auditing courses including ISO9001 transitional update courses for 2008 & 2014, including examinations - at ‘Quality
System Services’ and ‘Griffin Associates’, Sheffield and S’Hampton ∞ Internal Auditor Program at Shaw, Stone & Webster ∞ Principals and Practices of Auditing at
Crown House Engineering.

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WORK HISTORY –
20/08/14 - ONGOING > QUALITY LEAD, YARDS, LOCAL CONSTRUCTION FAR EAST with SBM Offshore, Singapore. Client INPEX-TOTAL.
·FPSO ICHTHYS TURRET PROJECT: - FPSO Floating Production Storage Offloading Turret/Manifold/Gantry and Mooring Systems (Lifespan 40 years); Singapore; to
receive hydrocarbons from subsea templates - Australia.
10/02/2014 - 15/08/2014 > QHSSE LEAD AUDITOR with Petrofac Limited, Aberdeen, UK. Client TOTAL.
Auditing Quality, HSSE and QHSSE management systems of the suppliers and installers for this project.
Also auditing supplier and sub supplier specific contract, legal, delivery, operations and maintenance requirements.
· TOTAL OIL Laggan - Tormore Project - Two gas and condensate fields 125km north-west of Shetland Islands, UK.
24/01/2011 - 07/02/2014 > PROJECT QUALITY ENGINEER with General Electric Oil & Gas Control Systems (Bristol, Aberdeen and Norway). Client CHEVRON.
Subsea Projects - Gorgon and Jansz gas field development (Chevron/Exxon) 30 wells off NW Australia. 35 trillion cubic feet, lifespan 60 years.EPC and installation of drill
centers and PCS (production control systems). Fields tied back to the beach by static umbilicals. Single multiphase pipeline for tie-in of compression facilities. Part of 10
man project team. Design, supply, manufacture and installation chain. Component build and systems simulated integrations. Subsea Control Modules (SCM, Semstar
electronics and hydraulic directional control valves) interfaced with manifolds, well trees, master control stations, electrical distribution/test units, uninterrupted power
supplies, communications over power systems, power-comms-distribution-modules, umbilicals, test and flush facilities, pipelines and pipe works. Monitor, assure and
inspection of fabrication of latter at GE and at GE supplier facilities.
19/07/2010 - 14/01/2011 > QHSSE & OPERATIONS AUDITOR LEAD with BP Exploration (Caspian Sea) Azerbaijan SPU.
∙ Chirag, Shah Deniz, Azeri Central/East/West and Deep Water Gunashli Oil and Gas projects.
Tasked by Vice President of Operations to carry out a series of QHSSE and Operations/Technical audits (HSSE, HAZARD, RISK, LOPA, Management of Change, People
and Competence, Process Safety, Contractor Management, Control of Works, Asset Operations, Integrity, Reliability.
27/05/2009 - 16/07/2010 > PROJECT QHSSE MANAGER with J P Kenny Ltd., Staines, Middlesex, UK (Pipelineand Subsea engineering and management
contractors).
Client (BP Caspian Sea Azerbaijan Shah Deniz 2 Gas and Chirag Oil).
∙ $600 Billion projects of BP Shah Deniz 2 Gas Condensate Field Development and Chirag Oil; new platform and associated subsea facilities.
Responsible for three quality engineers during FEED. Formulated the Quality and HSSE plans and procedures. Co-wrote project execution plan. Assisted‘pipeline flow
assurance co.’supplier in preparation for BS-EN-ISO 9001 & 14001 accreditation. Monitoring and audit of Oil and gas subsea engineering [manufacture and installation
of pipelines, manifolds, wells, trees, drilling, controls systems, umbilicals, electrical/power distribution, IWOCS].
13/10/2008 - 30/04/09 > PROJECT QHSSE MANAGER with MaireTecnimont S.p.A., Milan, Italy. Located in Italy and at Taneco Site, Nizhnekamsk, USSR.
Client TANECO. ∙£500 Million project. FEED stage and responsible for three QHSSE Engineers. Taneco Oil Refinery and Petrochemical Plant project, Nijnekamsk,
Russian Federation. Project shelved for recession/commercial reasons. ∙£500 Million project. FEED stage and responsible for three QHSSE Engineers.
26/11/2007 - 10/10/2008 > QHSSE MANAGER with Costain-Petrofac Ltd., (CPL) at Heald Green, Manchester, UK. All projects including ‘British Gas
Hydrocarbon Resources Ltd (HRL) Morecambe Bay Asset’. Responsibility for team of 25 project engineers and 8 QC/Inspection Engineers.
[Plus]- 26/11/2007 - 10/10/2008 > SENIOR QUALITYENGINEER with Costain Oil Gas & Process Ltd. (COGAP) at Manchester. ClientBNFL.
£300 Million Evaporator D Contract for British Nuclear Group’s Sellafield operations. QHSSE Systems for design, engineering, procurement, construction and inactive
commissioning of defined facilities to process nuclear wastematerials. Evaporator structure of 21 kilometers of pipework, 10,000 welds and 300 tonnes of specialist steel.
Procedures, HAZIDS, HAZOPS, and Risk Analysis, Safety and Environmental Case Studies in relation to regulatory frameworks, radiological hazards,
safety/environmental/regulatory needs + corporate engineering standards. Audit program and schedules for COGAP activities and vendor requisition packages. Weekly
duties split between Costain-Petrofac (CPL) and Costain Oil Gas & Process (COGAP).
16/04/2007 - 23/11/07 > PMC QHSSE LEAD AUDITOR + RISK AND RELIABILITYENGINEER with Shell/JGC - Japanese Gas Corporation/KBR -Kellogg Brown
and Root.
$24 Billion Shell ‘Pearl’ Gas to Liquid Project based at M. W. Kellogg LTD. Largest Gas to Liquid project in the world – one mile square Plant area. Duties similar to
Shaw, Stone and Webster – Assess and report QHSSE systems of Vendors and Subcontractors. Formulate plans and procedures. Schedule and run external (systems
and technical) audit program - design, procurement, process control, piping, civils, structural, controls/instrumentation, electrical, exchangers, vessels, inspection,
expediting, rotating and non-rotating equipment.
27/11/2005 - 23/03/2007 > QHSSE MANAGER, UK HQ, FOR SHARQ ETHYLENE PLANT PROJECT with Shaw, Stone and Webster [SSW] – Energy and Chemicals
division (now Technip). ClientEastern Petro-Chemical Co., Jubail, UAE. SHARQ Project - Design, procurement, construction, engineering, pre-commissioning, start
up and supervision of a 1.3 Billion $US 1300 KTA Ethylene Plant. Formulate QHSSE plans and procedures. Issue design and drawing changes tosite. Schedule and
run internal (systems and technical) Audit program - Design, procurement, process control, instrumentation, piping, civils, structural, electrical, exchangers, vessels,
inspection, rotating and non-rotating equipment.

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15/11/2000 - 15/11/2005 > SENIOR QUALITY ENGINEER (ASSISTANT DIRECTOR GRADE) with The Taiwan High Speed Rail Corporation (Project awarded
Outstanding Civil Engineering Project Award by ACECC). 20.0 Billion $US Project. Reporting to regional quality manager and various project managers.
Responsible for monitoring and supervising four contracting Joint Ventures, made up of about 100 engineers in total. Constructing 64km of guide way
foundations/piling and track work. Concrete batching plants and site - fabrication of cast in place, post tensioned concrete viaducts and four steel bridges, track and
turnout installations including concrete slab track. Assisting contractors in developments of quality plans, procedures and ITP's. Civils, bridges, trackwork and core.
Mechanical and electrical. Vendor assessments Steelworks/Welding/Mechanical Testing suppliers, test houses/laboratories and site. Monitoring of rail installation,
de-stressing and rail welding.
11/06/2000 - 13/11/2000 > ENGINEERS AUDITOR with London Underground Sub Surface LineInfraco.
Reporting to Head of auditing group. Technical Auditor - Audits of Technical Capability; standards implementation, inspection and test, Quality, risk analysis, RAMS,
management of rail defects, procurement, rolling stock, M&E, sub-stations, control systems, signaling, high and low power supply, distribution, regulation and
protection, ‘uninterrupted power supplies’, breakers, relays, switchgear, traction feed and control electro-magnetic compatibility and interference, earthing and power
supply circuit testing, arc and alumino thermic welding. Applicable to various suppliers/contractors.
01/08/1999 - 10/06/2000 > PROJECT QHSSE INTEGRATED MANAGEMENT PLAN CONSULTANT with Crown House Engineering, Major Projects Division,
Mechanical and Electrical Building Services (Department of Carillion Building - Tarmac). £400 Million New Accommodation Project, GCHQ, Cheltenham.
Formulated and implemented Integrated Project QHSSE System for largest project undertaken by CHE Procurement, design, installation, test and commissioning of
M & E, Public Health and Fire Protection Systems. Fully integrated network for specialist packages including BMS, ENMS, Chillers, Uninterrupted Power Systems,
Fire Alarms and Voice Alarm Systems and other Control Systems.
12/08/1997 - 12/07/1999 > PROJECT QUALITYAND ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGER with Kvaerner Cleveland Bridge, JPCD [Jiangsu Provincial Communications
Department, Jiangsu Province, China]. £100 Million project. Deck sections of 18000 tonnes, suspension system of 14000tonnes with concrete support columns.
Reporting to Project Manager and responsible forsupervising 25 Engineers. Management duties plus monitored all welding of Suspension bridge (worlds 4thlongest) and
gave tuition tolocal ultrasonic technicians (SENSE) including conducting surveillance and examinations. Provided WPS (Weld Procedure Specifications) and PQR (Weld
Procedure Qualifications) and approved welders forsite works. Responsible for control of QHSSE aspects at sites based adjacent toYangtze river and assessments of
suppliers/subcontractors. Monitored Blast and Paint of bridge Steelwork.
18/05/1997 - 09/08/1997 > VESSEL AUDITOR with RTD UK, Management System Support Consultants, Bristol, England and Minton, Treharneand Davies Ltd.,
Consulting Scientists, Marinersand Engineers – Analytical and Testing Laboratories. Vessel ultrasonic surveys with defect sizing for Kvaerner John Brown, Dow
Corning Genesis Project and ICI Chemicals.
02/01/1997 - 15/05/1997 > QUALITY MANAGER, STEELWORKS with Taylor Woodrow Projects, Sdn. Bhd., Malaysia.
(Taking over from deposed Quality Lead in order to regenerate and complete the project cycle). Light Railway System in Kuala Lumpur. Monitored and cross checked
welded bridge sections at companies in Malaysia including Victor Buyck. Functions similar to Kvaerner Cleveland Bridge contract –responsible for 18 QC/Inspectors.
Created WPS (Weld Procedure Specifications) and PQR (Weld Procedure Qualifications) and witnessed welder approval processes. Cross checking of ultrasonic
operators and other inspections. Monitored some of Blast and Paintwork of Bridge sections.
04/01/1986 - 23/12/1996 > QUALITY MANAGER with Qualitas Ltd., Cleveland, UK. [oil and gas, petrochemical, power stations, rail, bridge, civils and steelworks,
mechanical, piping, electrical, welding inspection, NDT, ultrasonic surveys and ultrasonic test cross checking, blast and paint coating inspection, coat and wrap
inspection]. [Permanent salaried position]
10 year employment term from an inspection engineer to quality manager in charge of between 8 and 10 QC/Inspection Engineers. Achieved company accreditation to
BS EN ISO 9001 by formulation of QMS and procedures + training. Developed and widened QA/QC/NDT aspects with clients and their suppliers/contractors + advised on
techniques and interpretation of QC, Inspection and NDT (Ultrasonics and Radiography) for product service criteria. Provided WPS (Weld Procedure Specifications) and
PQR (Weld Procedure Qualifications) tovarious fabrication facilities.
30/04/1976 - 22/12/1985 > QC Technician and Inspector with variousUK North East England Companies.
(5 years being roles in supervision of QC/Inspection Teams between 7 and 12 in number). Fabrication and welding inspection, NDT, radiography and interpretation,
ultrasonic surveys and ultrasonic test cross checking. All other functions, companies and locations similar tothose listed above under Qualitas Ltd. Blast and paint
coating inspection, coat and wrap Inspection.