Gregory Hill, MEng (Hons.), FS Eng (TÜV SIS), AMIChemE

Gregory Hill, MEng (Hons.), FS Eng (TÜV SIS), AMIChemE

Customer Service Assistant / Supervisor

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  • Timeline

  • About me

    Senior Associate Engineer at AcuTech Consulting

  • Education

    • Appleby Grammar School

      2002 - 2009

      Activities and Societies: Football, Cricket (County Honours), Cross-Country (County Honours & National Reserve), Athletics – Long Jump, 800/1500m, Rugby, Swimming, Acoustic & electric guitar - once a member of a band. A-Level: Pure Maths (B), Chemistry (B), Physics (C), Physical Education (C) and General Studies (D).GCSE: Eight at grades A – B, Engineering Distinction - Hand Fitting, Welding & Machining. Achievements:• Deputy head boy at A.G.S.• Bronze Duke of Edinburgh Award.• Young sports leader award & First Aider qualification.• OCR Level 1 Cert. for IT Users (New CLAiT).

    • University of Newcastle-upon-Tyne

      2010 - 2015
      Master of Engineering (MEng) Chemical Engineering 1st Honours

      Activities and Societies: Chemical Engineering Society, Mens Cricket club, Judo club (1st Dan), Thai Kickboxing club & Skiing club. Modules undertaken:• Separation Processes 1 & 2• Reactor Systems Engineering• Transfer Processes 1 & 2• Process Dynamics & Control 1 & 2• Plant Design• Advanced Safety & Engineering Practice• Engineering Mathematics & Statistics • Thermodynamics• Process Business Operations • Process & Product Engineering• Process Measurement • Computation & Data Analysis• Chemistry • Design & Implementation of Experiments• Multivariate… Show more Modules undertaken:• Separation Processes 1 & 2• Reactor Systems Engineering• Transfer Processes 1 & 2• Process Dynamics & Control 1 & 2• Plant Design• Advanced Safety & Engineering Practice• Engineering Mathematics & Statistics • Thermodynamics• Process Business Operations • Process & Product Engineering• Process Measurement • Computation & Data Analysis• Chemistry • Design & Implementation of Experiments• Multivariate Methods • Bioreactor Engineering• Process Control 3 - Design of Robust Control Algorithms• Advanced Design Project • Process Intensification• MEng Research Project• Sustainable Engineering Achievements:• Newcastle University Judo Club President, Secretary and Social Secretary in 2nd, 3rd & 4th year of study respectively. Show less

  • Experience

    • The Co-operative Group

      Aug 2007 - Mar 2013
      Customer Service Assistant / Supervisor

      Contributing to the operational management and revenue growth of this small/medium size supermarket during studies and vacations:• Supervising and coaching staff in product knowledge, health, safety and service.• Ensuring the efficient and diplomatic resolution of operational and customer service issues.• Developed Excel spread sheets to record cash transactions.• Contributed to project managing of regular visual re-merchandising schemes.• Sales and customer service, advising on products and developing link-sale opportunities.• Receiving and responding efficiently to customer phone and in-store enquiries.• Implementing corporate marketing campaigns and point-of-sale promotions.• Monitoring, pricing, ticketing and rotating stock.• Administering cash and card transactions, product returns, and float and till reconciliations.• Held accountable for opening and locking up and setting the store's security alarms. Show less

    • Southern Cricket Pty Ltd

      Sept 2009 - Apr 2010
      Level One Cricket Coach

      During self-funded travel in Australia, worked part-time for 8 months as a cricket coach:• Group coaching of all ages and gender.• 1-hour sessions coaching young children in the fundamentals of cricket.• Giving feedback to the child & parent to discuss issues, improvements, aims.

    • Eli Lilly and Company

      Jul 2012 - Sept 2012
      Student Process Engineer - Summer Intern

      Summer placement student at a pharmaceutical chemical plant:• Investigated the loss of a high GIPSM risk solution and produced a technical report of the event.• Created a unit area air-instrumentation P&ID and provided updates to current unit area P&IDs.• Initiated a technical document requesting a change in the Calcium Carbonate feed loading stage.• Assisted in the conversion of old documents to meet new site-specific documents.

    • Phillips 66

      Jul 2013 - Aug 2014
      Student Process Engineer - Industrial Placement

      Industrial year placement student in the FCC/Aromatics business team at a leading Oil & Gas refining company contributing to day-to-day tasks and problem solving:• Successful completion of the FCC & SHU process hazard actions (PHAs) prior to reaching deadlines.• De-bottling boiler feed water system piping to optimise the emergency systems for the Calciner units.• Extensive use of HYSYS in order to simulate technical hydraulic models of process and piping systems. • Accustomed to utilising EI Epcon flowmeter sizing software for orifice related calculations.• Raised a number of alarm change forms & detailed technical memorandums for process related issues.• Produced a detailed written report for the design of PSVs for the VRU w/w corrosion inhibitor system.• Development of business style writing approach to produce technical memorandums and projects.• Confidently dealt and cooperated with a number of external companies for potential job proposals. • Conducted a number of unit area related tours for colleagues and students on day experience.• End of placement presentation conducted to the technical manager & LPE’s – positive feedback given. Show less

    • Functional Safety Engineering Services Ltd

      Jul 2018 - Apr 2022
      Functional and Technical Safety Consultant

      Role entails delivery of detailed functional safety consultancy services as well as facilitating and technical scribing for an extensive number of risk assessment workshops, and reporting of Quantitative Risk Assessment (QRA) studies. Experience includes but not limited to:• Facilitator, technical scribe and support for various safety studies including Hazard Identification (HAZID), HAZOP, Layer of Protection Analysis (LOPA) and Simultaneous Operations (SIMOPS), to name a few.• Development of detailed documentation for major oil and gas companies such as Safety Requirement Specification (SRS), QRA, Safety Instrumented System (SIS) design specification and life cycle assessments.• Recent projects include project management and technical delivery of several QRA’s for Saudi Aramco analysing the feasibility of the use of a High Integrity Pressure Protection System (HIPPS) on various sites throughout the Middle East, including the largest offshore oil field, Safaniya, Marjan, Hasbah and Berri.• Contributing to company Functional Safety Assessments, Gap Analysis and Safety Lifecycle Planning.• Contributing to Safety Integrity Level (SIL) determination and SIL verification targeting techniques such as Fault Tree Analysis (FTA), Event Tree Analysis (ETA), LOPA and Failure Mode and Effect Analysis (FMEA).• Development of risk assessment procedures including HAZOP, Pre Start-up Safety Review (PSSR) and Escape, Evacuation and Rescue Analysis (EERA), as well as the delivery of company commercial proposals.• Intermediate user of exSILentia, DNV PHAST & SAFETI and Isograph FaultTree+; related to process safety.• General consultancy in Functional Safety and in accordance to IEC 61508 and IEC 61511. Show less

    • WSP in the UK

      May 2022 - May 2023
      Senior Process Safety Engineer

      Providing Process Safety and Functional Safety services to a range of industry sectors. Experience includes but not limited to:• National Grid, Grain LNG CAP25 Main Site Works, UK. WSP Process Safety and Functional Safety lead. Oversaw and delivered Functional Safety activities in accordance with IEC 61511 safety lifecycle phases 1-5, 9-11; Hazardous Area Classification; escape routes; As Low As Reasonably Practicable (ALARP) demonstration; alarm prioritisation; Fire & Gas layout drawings and Process Safety and Functional Safety input to HAZOP and LOPA workshops to name a few.• Johnson Matthey, PU12 Catalyst Products and Precursors, UK. Independent Stage 1 Functional Safety Assessor (FSA) and Auditor for the Johnson Matthey PU12 project. Conducted a Stage 1 FSA in accordance with IEC 61511. Concluded with a 2-hour presentation to Johnson Matthey on the Stage 1 FSA findings.• Royal Mail Group (RMG), Fuel Installation Audit, UK. Lead auditor of RMG’s fuel storage facilities at UK sites, with a view to advising on environmental and safety risks. Advising on expected standards of control for these risks based on relevant approved codes of practice, guidance, and industry good practice.• Wellcome Genome Campus, HAZOP and Confined Spaces, UK. HAZOP workshop conducted to assess Wellcome Genome campus Nitrogen systems. Conducted a confined space system of work for Wellcome Genome campus to risk assess all confined spaces and aid the development of confined space safe system of work documentation.• EDF Renewables, Tees Green Hydrogen, UK. Fire and Explosion Risk Assessment (FERA) and Occupied Building Risk Assessment (OBRA) modelling and reporting for Tees Green Hydrogen project. Advising on expected separation distances based on relevant guidance and industry good practice.• Dyson, Batch Reactor HAZOP, UK. HAZOP workshop conducted to assess Dyson’s batch reactor system for development of batteries. Show less

    • PROtect LLC

      Jun 2023 - Jun 2024
      Senior Process Safety Engineer
    • AcuTech Consulting Group

      Jul 2024 - now
      Senior Associate Engineer
  • Licenses & Certifications

    • HAZOP Leadership & Management

      Institution of Chemical Engineers
      Oct 2020
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    • Functional Safety Engineer (TÜV Rheinland)

      TÜV Rheinland Group
      Oct 2021
  • Volunteer Experience

    • Cricket Coaching

      Issued by Appleby Eden Cricket Club on Apr 2009
      Appleby Eden Cricket ClubAssociated with Gregory Hill, MEng (Hons.), FS Eng (TÜV SIS), AMIChemE