1. CIRRICULUM VITAE
Thomas Dowie
14 Baylands Forth Avenue,
Ballyholme,
Bangor,
BT20 5JY
Telephone: +44 (0)2891 272436
Email: dowie897@btinternet.com
Summary of Experience:
Forty years experience in the offshore, shipbuilding, ship repair and petrochemical Industry.
Employed as:
• Ship Manager
• Construction Manager
• Piping Manager
• Piping Supervisor/QA,QC
Pipe Fabrication and installation, bolt tensioning/torque. Hydro test,reinstatement, leak test and
commissioning for Stainless, Duplex, Super Duplex, Carbon, LTCS, Titanium, CuNi and GRE.
Structural steel fabrication and erection.
Worked on following codes and standards: ASME, ANSI, AWS, API, ASTM.
Managed, monitored and reviewed: Safety, budget and schedules, spec deviation/change orders,
P&ID’s, ISO’s, AFC’s, shop drawings, as built, WPS and PQR welder qualification, PMI, control of
consumables and plant, PWHT, and hardness tests, material receipt inspections, dimensional
control, mill certificates, documentation and reporting, audits, NDE and coordinating all inspection
activities.
Developed: Specifications, ITP’s, QA and QC Procedures, Safety Procedures and incentives.
Leading team member during ISO 9001 accreditaion.
Computer literate,good language skills and team player.
Married, Holder of full UK passport and driving licence, excellent health.
2. Employment History:
May 2012 to present
Operations Manager: Harland and Wolff ship repair, Belfast.
Supervised, managed the upgrade of FPSO for HUSKY.
Jan 2011 to Aug 2011
Pipe Installation: Mongstad, Norway.
Employed in the installation of refinery pipework for Statoil.
April 2009 to Jan 2011
Pipe Supervisor: Harland and Wolff ship repair, Belfast.
Supervised, monitored and inspected the fabrication and installation of pipes for all class of vessels.
2008 to April 2009
Pipe Supervisor: Seadragon Offshore. Russia/Teeside.
Supervised, monitored and inspected the fabrication and installation of pipes for two new build 6th
generation Semi-submersible deep water Drill Rigs built in Russia and to be outfitted at Graythorp
Teeside.
2007 to 2008
Construction Manager: Harland and Wolff, Belfast and Keppel Verolme Shipyard, Holland.
Dolphin Drilling conversion, Deep Water Moored, Drilling and Completions Semi-submersible Rig -
Blackford Dolphin.
Power Generation, Living Quarters and Mud Module Outfitting to mechanical completion.
2005 to 2006
Piping Manager: EMO Oil, Belfast.
Fabrication & Installation of Fuel Oil pipelines including testing through to commissioning.
2003 to 2005
Ship Manager: Grand Bahama Shipyard, Freeport, Grand Bahama. (ship repair)
3. Working closely with owner superintendents on conversions and repairs to cruise ships, Ro-Ro’s and
Tankers. with a multi-skilled team of trade managers, foremen & skilled labour. All ships were quick
turn round and all work was to class inspection.
2001 to 2003
Construction Manager: Harland and Wolff, Belfast.
Two Ro-Ro’s for Ministry of Defence.
Responsible for the fabrication, installation and commissioning of all pipe systems. Leading a multi
disciplined team of 90 tradesmen and 6 foremen.
2000 to 2001
Piping Manager: Harland and Wolff, Belfast.
Managed special periodic survey and repairs of Fred Olsen Energy semi-submersible rigs Bidiford
Dolphin and Borgland Dolphin.
1979 to 2000
Piping Supervisor & Piping Manager: Harland and Wolff, Belfast.
Following successful completion of shipbuilding industry apprenticeship, working in pipe fabrication
shop and pipe installation on various projects including: Ten Suezmax Tankers, Schiehallion FPSP,
Bluewater FPSO, 2 Drill ships for Global Marine Drilling, P&O Pathfinder, 12 Quays pontoon and
linkspan. Oil refinery piping supervisor Dubai, Saudi Arabia.