1. John Fulton
Personal Profile
Key Skills
Personal
Information
A degree qualified Mechanical Engineer, with a proven history of
Design, Project Management and Manufacturing experience. Very
focused on process and organisation required to deliver a quality
product on time and in budget. Looking for the next challenging
technical management and client facing role to assist in the
development of the company and product, focused on the full life
cycle of the product and the strategic placement of the product within
the industry.
Problem solving and root cause analysis of technical issues
SAP/ERP experienced
Sound planning and estimating skills
Ability to convert company strategy into practice and improve
efficiencies.
Man Management
Nationality: British – Passport 109895293
Age: 47 (25/05/68)
Summary of
qualifications
1985 – 1989 Dundee Institute of Technology. Dundee.
B Sc. Mechanical Engineering
Professional
experience
Jan 2001 – Jul 2015 Aker Subsea Aberdeen
Eng & Project Execution Manager (Enovate) 2013 – 2015
Transferred to newly acquired company within Aker Solutions,
reporting to the MD, to head up Engineering & Project Management to
grow the R&D portfolio of products and deliver the Project Portfolio to
client.
This included the up-grading and restructuring of the companies
processes with respect to the implementation of SAP and a complete
restructure of the Quality system in compliance with ISO 9001.
Involved with all aspects of Product Design and Qualification to API
& ISO standards and Client interfacing and Tendering.
Team consisted of 26 employees.
Key achievements – Launch of new qualified product into the market,
implementation of SAP into the design environment and a tailor made
project execution model for the company projects to follow.
3 Station Road
Rothienorman
AB51 8YE
Tel +44 1651 821 342
Mobile +44 7437 575 213
fulton308@btinternet.com
2. Senior Manager – Trees & Wellheads 2011 – 2013
Responsible for the Trees, Wellheads & Work over Systems being
project managed from the UK, including Engineering, Project
Management, Procurement and all other associated functions.
Financial reporting on turnover of department in the region of £30M
per year.
Team consisted of 95 employees.
Key achievements – Successful development and qualification of a
rigid lockdown wellhead system, cost reduction and standardization of
product range and project delivery within budgets.
Senior Project Manager – Work over Systems 2010 – 2011
Project Management of Work over Systems and Trees projects
being controlled from the UK, with final build in Norway.
Developing new products and integrating existing products into the
final delivered system.
Overseeing all procurement functions of the Projects and keeping
the projects within budget and on track regards scheduling and to the
quality expected.
Project sizes up to £20M
Team sizes up to 20.
Key achievement – Delivery of new open water work over system for
the Scandi Aker vessel.
Project Manager – Work over Systems & Trees 2008 – 2010
Project Management of Work over Systems and Trees projects
being controlled from the UK, with final build in Norway.
Team sizes up to 20.
Key achievement – Delivery of projects within budget and on time
scales to meet the client needs.
Completions Manager (Norway) 2007 – 2008
A role created to focus completion of Trees for the Reliance Project,
the role within Norway was to oversee all aspects to the Design,
Project Management, Procurement and Assembly & Testing for the
delivery of the first 5-off XMT’s.
Key achievement – The first 5-off XMT’s were delivered to
contractual requirements.
Operations (A&T) Manager Trees (Norway) 2005 – 2007
Management of the main Trees Assembly & Test Department in
Norway, tasked to develop the plant to handle 60 XMT’s per year
compared to previous 25 XMT’s per year – 55 achieved.
Team consisted of over 150 personnel with different disciplines.
Key achievements – Successfully doubled the output of the factory
and reduced hours on a standard build by 30% by introducing
dedicated sub-assembly methods.
3. Project Engineer & DPM (Norway/UK) 2002 – 2005
Supporting Project Managers for development of Trees and Work
over Systems controlled by UK, including being based in Norway for
the Assembly & Testing phases of the projects.
Assembly & Test Supervisor Trees & Wellheads 2001 – 2002
Management of the Trees and Wellheads Assembly & Test
workshop in Aberdeen before it was closedown and work transferred
to Norway.
Team consisted of 20+ employees.
Jan 1990 – Dec 2000 Elmar Services Ltd. Aberdeen
Production Manager. 1995 - 2001
In charge of Production (A&T, Machining & Fabrication). Purchasing
and Stores.
Job function to coordinate manufacture, purchasing and materials
control for primarily the Aberdeen base and for the last 1-½ years to
include the Houston base.
Engineering Manager. 1993 - 1995
In charge of the engineering team for the design of Wireline
Wellhead equipment, Hydraulic Control Units, Masts and Wireline
Units.
Senior Design Engineer. 1992 - 1993
Primarily in charge of engineering team for the design of Wireline
Wellhead equipment.
Latterly expanding to be in charge of several teams, designing
Wellhead equipment, Hydraulic Control Units and Masts.
Design Engineer. 1990 - 1991
Part of engineering team for the design of Wireline Wellhead
equipment.
Interests and
activities
My main interests include: DIY, gardening, and my dog.