CURRICULUM VITAE: NICK WORDSWORTH

Essential Info

• DoB: 22/11/1976
• Nationality: British
• Languages: English (native), basic French and German.
• Professional Title: Chartered Civil Engineer

Specialities:

• Offshore Construction Management
• Engineering Consultancy and Due Diligence
• Project and Programme Management (PMI)
• Port and Offshore Wind Farm Engineering

Experience

Consultancy, NWW Offshore and Offshore Construction Associates, May 2015 – Present.

UK

July 2015 - present. Construction Support, LR Senergy. Detailed review of installation specifications for three offshore projects - substations and foundations packages. Ad-hoc other installation engineering support consultancy.

France

May 2015 - present. Engineering and Construction Management, LEMS: Offshore engineering and construction management technical advisory role to the project team for development of two 500MW sites in France. Detailed technical specification and project management of met mast installation programmes for RFP ongoing.

Senior Offshore Installation Manager, DONG Energy, March 2012 – Present.

UK/Denmark

June 2014 - May 2015. Race Bank Offshore Wind Farm: Installation package management for 91No array cables for 600MW site 50km off the Lincolnshire coast, utilising new Siemens 6MW turbines.

• Development of Employer technical requirements, tender assessment and contract negotiations framework for procurement process across DONG Energy portfolio of projects (>4GW)
• Extensive HAZID and risk avoidance process, leading workshops and revising design of array and interfaces to minimise offshore working complexity, optimise handling and reduce risk to personnel and cable assets.

September - October 2014. Internal Gate Review Processes: Investment decision technical advisory role for entire offshore construction management process for upcoming DONG Energy Wind portfolio projects (>2GW)

• Review of all offshore construction and management operations including time, cost, scope and risk management
• Interaction with project team in workshops and one-to-one interviews
• Advisory role to follow up on decision process.

March 2012 - June 2014. Westermost Rough Offshore Wind Farm: Installation package management for 35No monopile & transition piece foundations for 210MW wind farm 15km off the North Yorkshire coast, utilising new Siemens 6MW turbines.

• Completed in June 2014, 5 weeks ahead of schedule on 24 week planned duration, under budget and with all QHSE targets achieved.

• Development of Employer technical requirements, tender assessment and contract negotiations framework
• Proactive development of engineering works, including equipment operational parameters, interaction with assets and physical constraints on vessel
• Extensive HAZID and risk avoidance process, leading workshops and revising method statements and design details to minimise offshore working time, optimise handling and minimise interfaces during load outs with main construction vessel.
• Detailed technical review and approvals of engineering procedures and method statements to ensure project safety and quality requirements were maintained
• Regular weekly updates to Project Manager and senior management team delivered in person and remotely, reporting progress, risks, issues and changes to ensure key deliverables procured, fabricated and delivered on time
• Supervision and coordination of contractors working onshore (at load out) and on the vessel including development of procedures and processes for their interactions
• Daily progress reports, with durations and feedback of daily activities during offshore programme
• Weekly HSE reviews to ensure Employer HSE policies are reflected in planning and works executed
• Internal audit and review within project organisation, ensuring compatibility across work packages
• Offshore supervision of works including review an alteration (with MWS approval) of detailed procedures, method statements and task plans
• Onshore contract management and works and optimisation, completion inspections and handover documentation approval

Project Manager, GL Garrad Hassan, January 2009 – February 2012

UK/Germany

Project and Programme Management roles on major UK and German Offshore Wind projects:

• Thanet - Programme Manager for Close Out Works Programme. Governance and coordination of nine projects required to transfer EPC project to O&M. Vattenfall
• Borkum West II - Project Manager for OSS and Electrical Design. 400MW topside, jacket and piles, plus electrical and cable design for entire windpark. Concept through to fabrication, including all interfaces (SCADA, installation, operations and grid compliance). Trianel
• North Hoyle - Project Manager and Lead Engineer for the decommissioning of a tripod structure Met Mast. Technical, contractual and safety advice and support to major developer for removal of lattice tower and concrete and steel dolphin, including onshore demolition and disposal. RWE
• Gwynt Y Mor Site Investigation. Project Manager for technical, contractual and safety advice and support for 60 offshore boreholes and 400 CPT locations on 750MW Round 2 site. RWE
• Gwynt Y Mor Meteorological Mast.  Project Engineer and Lead Engineer for the repairs to a monopile Met Mast. Technical, contractual and safety advice to major developer following a collision, and for the design and installation of offshore clamped fender and ladder access repairs. Offshore visual survey of damage and supervision of fender installation works. RWE
• Project Sandpiper. Due Diligence Advisor for major renewables developer for onshore site. Site survey, review of marine access and existing port facilities for construction of new 8MW turbine. Undisclosed
• Triton Knoll - Project Manager for the Site Investigation and Foundations Study. Technical, contractual and safety advice and support for 12 offshore boreholes to inform geological model of 1.2GW Round 2 site and preliminary foundations and cable installation planning. RWE
• Global Tech 1 - Due Diligence Engineer for substation during financiers’ risk assessment of proposed 400MW offshore wind farm. Undisclosed
• Round 3 Licence Applications. Project Engineer for geotechnical and geophysical survey advice and port and harbour infrastructure reviews for major UK utility bids for several zones.Scottish Power
•  Argyll Array. Due Diligence Advisor for construction and fabrication studies for 1.8GW offshore wind farm. Review of regional port facilities, assessment of fabrication and installation strategies for monopiles, jackets and GBS. Scottish Power

Senior Engineer, Beckett Rankine, April 2004 – December 2008

UK/Qatar

Project Management, Lead Engineer and Design Engineer for variety of marine civil engineering projects.

Led and managed multi-disciplinary teams including marine consenting, design, contract strategy, procurement (ICE, NEC and bespoke forms), and site supervision of tidal construction. This included both concept and detailed design work, working within teams of engineers, ecologists and other external consultants in providing tailored maritime engineering solutions for clients.

• Howbury Lifting Bridge, UK.  Project Manager/Engineer for the design and technical development, environmental consents and tender documentation for £3m new lifting road bridge over River Cray, Kent as part of major new multi-modal logistics hub.  Prologis Developments.
• Atash Marine Base, Kazakhstan.  Project Manager /Engineer for the conceptual and detailed design of a new oil supply vessel base on the Caspian Sea, including breakwater, quay walls, jetty, mooring dolphins and ship maintenance facility.  Datoba Construction.
• Off Islands Quays, UK.  Project Manager/Engineer for concept designs, environmental consents (sites designated AONB and SSSI) and tender documents for the renovation of seven quays in the Isles of Scilly.  CDM Coordinator, NEC3 Project Manager and Supervisor roles on £4m contract for four of the quays, including support for resident site staff, monthly visits, technical advice to clients, design reviews and contract administration. Subsequent development of Operational Management Plans and safety guidance. Duchy of Cornwall.
• Jupiter Point Slipway Refurbishment UK.  Project Manager/Engineer for outline and detailed design, consents, tender documentation and technical advice during construction for £1m refurbishment of a WWII slipway within the Lynher River (site designated SPA, SAC and SSSI).  MOD.
• Misurata Port, Libya. Design Engineer for master planning and conceptual design for new Super Post Panamax port expansion, with 2000m of quay and 4km of breakwater. Misurata Free Zone.
• Dockmaster Pontoon, UK. Designer and Project Manager for conceptual and structural design review of award-winning prefabricated pontoon system for super-yacht and wind farm support vessel moorings. Marine Designs Ltd.
• Torpoint Ferry Slipway Refurbishment, UK. Design Engineer for new slipway using bespoke precast concrete units for rapid tidal installation. Torpoint Bridge and Ferry Company
• Ras Laffan, Qatar. Design Engineer for quantities and cost estimate for dredging, reclamation and breakwater construction project for port extension to accommodate 40 deep water berths, shipyard and other marine facilities and cooling water outfalls for up to 6 LNG trains. Full-scale vessel simulation workshops in Copenhagen. Nexant.
• Hilton Pier Renovation, UK. Project Manager and Design Engineer for Contractor to replace a failing bearing on the brow of the pier serving the London Docklands Hilton.
• Dagenham Dock Survey, UK. Project Manager and Design Engineer for site survey of 1960s concrete and steel piled jetty, review of load capacity, and report. Included insitu steel thickness measurements and concrete chloride and carbonation tests.
• Port Pendennis Wall Survey, UK.  Project Manager and Design Engineer for visual survey of 1980s steel piled retaining wall, insitu steel thickness measurements, review of future survey and maintenance requirements and report.
• Imperial Wharf, UK. Project Manager and Design Engineer for planning, consents and tender design for a new 50-berth marina facility on the River Thames near Chelsea.
• Brentford Moorings, UK. Project Manager and Design Engineer for planning, consents and tender design for a 20-berth mooring facility on the River Thames near Kew Gardens.
• Dartford Creek Navigation, UK. Project Manager and Design Engineer for survey, concept development, preliminary budget costs, schedules and constraints for the restoration of the lock and impounded water at Dartford for water based activities.
• Hermitage Community Moorings, UK. Project Manager and Design Engineer for Flood Risk Assessment for new public educational and residential moorings.
• Albert Embankment Pier, UK. Project Manager and Design Engineer for planning and Design of new passenger pier on River Thames.
• Kerala Waterways Regeneration, India. Project Manager and Design Engineer for research, analysis, design and report for dredging and navigation study on the Parvathy-Puthanar Canal.
• 42 Shad Thames Repairs, UK. Project Manager and Design Engineer for Project Management of concrete repairs project on River Thames.
• Broadway Fields, UK. Design Engineer for Flood Risk Assessment for riverside park redevelopment.
• Fulham Wharves, UK. Design Engineer for Planning and design of a new aggregate handling wharf.
• Thames Europort, UK. Project Manager and Design Engineer for time and motion study to optimise ro-ro ship loading and unloading operations

Assistant Civil Engineer, Scott Wilson, April 2001 – April 2004

UK/Dubai

Maritime civil engineering design engineer and client representative on geotechnical and port projects in UK, Africa and Middle East:

• Business Development. Bid Manager for preparation of Expression of Interest, Technical and Financial Proposals documentation. This included comments on Terms of Reference, Conditions of Contract, Resource Planning and Programmes of Works for multiple major service contracts with values ranging  from £25,000 - £2.5M.
• Confidential, UK. Design Engineer producing preliminary report for planning of container handling operations. Calculations and report for terminal development using several scenarios, including layout drawings and throughput analysis. Client Confidential.
• West Africa Container Terminal, Nigeria. Design Engineer producing planning report on construction options for paving and container handling operations. Calculations and report for terminal development using three operational different scenarios, including layout drawings and throughput analysis. APM Terminals.
• South Hook Jetty, UK. Design Engineer for concept design and procurement for navigation aids, access catwalks, tower gangway and emergency escape pontoon structures, for new LNG import terminal in Milford Haven. Kellogg Brown and Root.
• Finningley Airport, UK. Design Engineer for Pavement Condition Report for existing pavements and estimated life spans and maintenance works required for operational status. Peel Holdings Ltd.
• Tilbury, UK. Engineer responsible for designing pre-cast structural elements for new jetty extension. Costain.
• One-year sabbatical to undertake M.Phil. Degree at Pembroke College, Cambridge, a joint programme from University of Cambridge and Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
• St Peter Port Car Park, CI. Engineer responsible for marina analysis and revenue gap prediction for proposed development of car parking within existing marina. Also undertook preliminary hind casting, armour design and overtopping calculations for protection of the structure. State of Guernsey.
• London City Airport, UK. Design Manager for tender bid with contractor. Managed team in designing expansion of existing apron facilities over water, with significant environmental and operational restrictions. Designed deck structure, piles, and connections to existing infrastructure, and oversaw preparation and issue of drawings. Hochtief UK.
• Freight Primary Routes, UK. Slope stability analysis for reopening of mothballed railway line in the North of England. Use of SLOPE/W to back analyse soil parameters within three embankments and model proposed new slopes. Use of SLOPE/W to assess suitability of reinforced earth slopes to reduce land take. Railtrack.
• Jawaharlal Nehru Port (JNP), India. Assessment of existing bulk jetty for conversion to container handling operations.  Review of soils data and estimation of bearing capacity, structural analysis under proposed new operational loadings and capability of structure to withstand increased fender loading using NLSTRESS. EU.
• Jebel Ali Container Terminal, Dubai. Data collection, appraisal and report on existing capacity, operational procedures and possible development constraints for initial phase of master planning process. Analysis of data and alterations required for improved efficiency for second phase using spreadsheets written on MS EXCEL. Phase 1 costs were in excess of £50m. Included 8-week stay in Dubai. Dubai Ports Authority
• Birmingham Airport Ground Investigation, UK. Engineer’s Representative supervising extremely sensitive works for geotechnical and groundwater quality survey. Unexpected rock structure required substantial reorganisation of work programme, methods and associated changes to contract documents. Tender value of £80k, project final cost estimated at £65-70k. Birmingham Airport International
• Dublin Ro-Ro Berth 26, Eire.  Checking RC detail drawings and alternative quay wall design, design of winch support dolphins, link spans, composite deck bridge structures and steel piled support beams.  The project value was over £10M. Dublin Port Company.
• Dibden Container Terminal. Preliminary design for construction options, for quay walls using STAWAL software. Total estimated project value is £900M. Associated British Ports.

Engineer, Barron and Partners, October 2000 - April 2001

UK

Project engineer for commercial and domestic civil and structural new build and renovations, flood defences and temporary works (scaffolding).

• Window Replacement Contract, Southampton. Project Manager and Design Engineer for developed contact with client and agreed rolling term contract for safe scaffolding designs.  Analysis using NLSTRESS and Masterseries software. Southampton City Council.
• Thanet Reach Blocks D and E, Kent. Responsible for final design of steel framed 4 storey new office blocks. Composite and non-composite steel design using Masterseries software.
• Lee Valley Country Park YMCA Hostel, Hertfordshire. Engineer responsible for analysis of ground beams using NLSTRESS. Project design costs £20k. Client was YMCA.

Assistant Geotechnical Engineer, Jacobs Babtie, August 1999 – September 2000

UK/EIRE

Planning, managing and supervising onshore and offshore site investigations, producing interpretative reports and undertaking concept and detailed foundation design for roads and port structures:

• Moray Wastewater Project GI, UK. Engineer’s Representative on jack-up rig supervising physical and non-intrusive offshore ground investigations for new wastewater outfalls. NSW
• N3 Preliminary GI, Eire. Assistant Resident Engineer for site supervision on a 15km long new build dual carriageway including arranging access, recording progress and preparation and updates of contract measure documents. Co. Meath
• Flood Defence Schemes, NE England. Design Engineer for engineering assessment of proposed schemes for bunds and sheet piled retaining walls for EA. Analysis of structures using SlopeW, SeepW and Scale software, for structural and hydrostatic integrity. Environment Agency
• Brownfield Development GI, Coventry. Supervising site investigation of several brownfield developments within city, collating information and writing interpretative reports. These included possible remediation methods where required, and general engineering properties suitable to proposed construction. Coventry City Council.

Student and Graduate Engineer, Barron and Partners, June 1996 - August 1999

UK

Civil and structural engineer/draftsman/contracts assistant for LA building control calculations, domestic structural repairs and new-build housing.

Qualifications & Training

• CEng, Member of Institution of Civil Engineers. May 2006 – Present
• Member of Project Management Institute (PMI)
• BEng (Hons) Civil Engineering, University of Leeds, 1999
• MPhil Environmental Engineering and Sustainable Development, University of Cambridge, 2004
• BOSIET - FOET. OPITO, License 25745. April 2013 – April 2017
• IOSH Managing Safely, IOSH. November 2012
• Confined Spaces - Safe Entry & Escape BA. Skills Training Centre October 2013
• Health, safety and environment test for managers and professionals, CITB. October 2013
• CPCS Trained Operator Appointed Person (Lifting Operations), Ainscough Training Ltd. November 2013
• CDM 2007 Awareness, PMSS, May 2012
• CDM 2015 Webinar, ICE, 2015.