Fransueldo Fragoso
Lisbon
Summary
Results-driven Senior Engineer and Operations Leader with extensive offshore FPSO experience. Proven expertise in daily operational and engineering support, production performance optimization, and risk management for safe and compliant operations. Skilled in leading multidisciplinary teams, coordinating with stakeholders, and mentoring talent. Adept at strategic forecasting, technical documentation, and project management, focusing on process safety and incident management. Known for fostering collaborative environments, stakeholder management, and aligning operational strategies with business objectives. Proficient in cost-effective solutions, reliability improvement, and operational efficiency. Demonstrates strong problem-solving skills, effective communication, and leadership abilities dedicated to driving successful outcomes in the oil and gas industry.
Overview
18
18
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Operations Manager - MIAMTE FPSO O&M
MODEC Mexico
04.2025 - Current
- Responsible and accountable for the safe and efficient operation of the FPSO.
- Responsible for effective day-to-day onshore technical monitoring, direction, planning and technical support of the FPSO maintenance, cargo, marine and process activities.
- Provide technical and procedural direction in the FPSO maintenance, cargo, marine and process activities to minimize downtime.
- Responsible for Flag and Classification Society survey status. Ensure the timely and effective planning, preparation, and execution of surveys to always ensure certification remains valid.
- Responsible for the preparation of annual Operations budget; give support in the monthly control of the forecast and Profit Plan update.
- Manage, plan and schedule onshore engineering, material and equipment support for maintenance and repairs.
- Maintain through the FPSO OIM and Heads of Department, a continuous technical performance and reliability review of the FPSO for the cargo, marine, maintenance and process systems.
- Identify corrective action where performance falls below acceptable standards and take all necessary corrective actions whenever deficiencies are identified.
- Responsible for obtaining all necessary technical support for the FPSO operations by liaising and effectively coordinating with the local technical support team, manufacturers, vendors and contractors.
- Liaise, report and advise Clients personnel on cargo, marine, process, maintenance and technical matters and establish effective communication with client to ensure that a good working relationship is continuously maintained on all related matters.
- Organize the Emergency Response and Medevac in collaboration with Client Emergency Response Plan.
- Oversee the operational integrity and performance of the FPSO to ensure continuous production uptime.
- Review the FPSO complement, material, equipment and technical services requirements in consideration of the operating budget. Manage contracted technical activities and specialist or vendors as required to ensure the safe, reliable and efficient operation of the FPSO.
- Ensure that the Company Management System is being effectively implemented by carrying out required verifications.
- Accountable for implementing the company procedures offshore and onshore (codes of conduct, operations manuals, permits to work, risk assessment, reporting, etc.).
- Participate directly in the negotiation and the issue of sub-contracts and main suppliers’ service agreements. Periodically review and update these contracts.
- Participate in the selection of local employees, (review of CV´s, interview, appraisal, familiarization, training etc). In particular, monitor the offshore approved complement and review annual staff appraisals.
- Make regular visits offshore to maintain presence and authority and motivate the offshore team.
- Responsible for training Operations Engineers for career development and advancement.
Operations Coordinator - MIAMTE FPSO Operations and Maintenance Team
MODEC Mexico
01.2024 - 04.2025
- Manage a support team to deliver immediate operations and maintenance support to FPSO, working closely with the site leadership to resolve minor issues and escalate more significant issues. This includes requesting and integrating additional resources, Engineering support, Logistics, HSSE, etc.
- Accountable for providing day-to-day risk and vulnerability management and operations optimization support to the FPSO to deliver safe, reliable, and compliant operations.
- Work closely with the Engineering and Site leadership teams to identify longer-term engineering opportunities to reduce risk, deliver efficient maintenance, and achieve process safety objectives and Business goals.
- Lead on the oversight, approval, and delivery of the major activities to be included in the 90-day to 28-day planning schedules and work collaboratively to resolve scheduling conflicts, including emergent work, subject to the asset constraints and criticality.
- Support Operating Efficiency Improvement and Defect Elimination process, acting as Reviewer and approver for technical queries and Management of change processes, initial 5Whys investigations from operations, as well as Process safety event investigations.
- Accountable for the operations budget Proposal, management and expense forecast.
- Act as Operations manager, as required, providing oversight over operations activities, assisting with client engagement and internal interfaces to communicate asset current risks, critical activities, support requests, operational queries and business initiatives.
Senior Process Engineer - MIAMTE FPSO Technical Services Team
MODEC Mexico
10.2021 - 01.2024
- As the Senior Process Engineer for MIAMTE FPSO I provided daily and ongoing process engineering support to the operations team. I was responsible for the process engineering discipline inputs as applicable to all Management of Change or specific maintenance. This included but not limited to:
- Leading all activities in the Process Engineering function and/or operations
- Providing cost-effective solutions for operational problems and capacity-constrained facilities
- Liaising and coordinating with client and offshore teams in relation to MODEC financial KPIs for topside production and processing facilities
- Exploring and advising on opportunities and methods of maximizing/optimizing production performance
- Acting as a focal point for Condition Base Monitoring-Performance monitoring & reliability improvement of topside process equipment
- System Custodian of topside production and process facilities / equipment
- Responsible for the progress and quality of assigned tasks within the Process Engineering discipline, including the supervision of Process Engineers and graduates. Ensure optimum productivity & efficiency of the team
- Oversee Operations staff in the department, ensuring that they are set measurable targets and objectives
Senior Process Engineer - MIAMTE FPSO Pre-Operations Team
MODEC Offshore Production Services
08.2020 - 10.2021
- As the Senior Process Engineer for MIAMTE FPSO in the operations readiness team, I provided daily and ongoing process engineering support to the project hook up and commissioning team. I was also responsible for:
- Verifying and approving Process safety study actions such HAZOP, HAZID, Gas dispersion modelling, Flaring exposure and others
- Verifying and approving operating procedures for the future operations
- Specifying the requirements for the operator training station
- Exploring and advising on opportunities and methods of maximizing/optimizing production performance
- Support the setup of the onboard laboratory
- Verifying Process engineering design operability and maintainability for the facility
- Witness and accept process equipment commissioning and handover
Senior Process Engineer
MODEC Production Services Ghana
01.2020 - 08.2020
- Kwame Nkrumah (KNK) FPSO Operations and Maintenance Team As the Senior Process Engineer for KNK FPSO I provided daily and ongoing process engineering support to facilities operated and maintained by MODEC Ghana Limited. I was responsible for the process engineering discipline inputs as applicable to all Management of Change or specific maintenance; production and operations work activities specifically related to the FPSO operations. This included but not limited to:
- Leading O&M assigned tasks in the Process Engineering function and/or operations
- Liaising and coordinating work activities with other discipline engineers to achieve deadlines, targets and objectives
- Providing cost-effective solutions for operational problems and capacity-constrained facilities
- Liaising and coordinating with client and offshore teams in relation to MODEC financial KPIs for topside production and processing facilities
- Exploring and advising on opportunities and methods of maximizing/optimizing production performance
- Acting as a focal point for Condition Base Monitoring-Performance monitoring & reliability improvement of topside process equipment
- System Custodian of topside production and process facilities / equipment
- Mentor Ghana Nationals to ensure effective knowledge and skills transfer as per Company Nationalization Plan
- Responsible for the progress and quality of assigned tasks within the Process Engineering discipline, including the supervision of Process Engineers and Graduates. Ensure optimum productivity & efficiency of the team
Senior Process Engineer - Maintenance and Engineering Team
BP
09.2018 - 01.2020
- As Senior Process Engineer, I had the following responsibilities for Greater Plutonio and PSVM FPSOs:
- Provided Process and Process safety (P&PS) expertise to other teams by performing and reviewing complex, or non-routine P&PS engineering calculations and analyses
- Supported delivery of Operations plan through identification of facility optimization options to grow production (debottlenecking) and avoid production losses
- Provided P&PS expertise to management of change and to brownfield projects and modifications
- Provided P&PS expertise to hazard identification and risk assessment processes
- Provided P&PS expertise in performing incident investigations and defect investigations
- Ensured that appropriate process safety-related assessments are carried out
- Provided P&PS expertise to Operations, including monitoring design and operating envelope excursions, ensuring that P&PS engineering documentation is up to date
- Supported the regional Quantitative Risk Assessment (QRA) and Major Accident Risk (MAR) revalidation
- Provided P&PS expertise to the delivery of regional actions
- Kept asset HYSYS models up to date
- Led on resolution of complex, multi-discipline technical issues where the dominant component is process or process safety-related
- Recorded relevant learnings in shared learning systems, incorporated into local activities and escalated high priority lessons
- Acted as operations section chief in the incident management team
- Acted as contract manager for sulphate reduction healthcare services
Interim Area Engineering Services Team Leader for Greater Plutonio FPSO
BP
02.2018 - 12.2018
- As Area Engineering support team leader, I:
- Provided daily engineering support to the Area operations team and was the first point of contact for any engineering query from the Area operations team
- Facilitated delivery of process safety, integrity and environmental performance of the Area
- Ensured there was an up-to-date Area risk register in place containing all identified risks and with agreed mitigation actions and scheduled implementation dates
- Acted as coordinator, approver or reviewer for all technical management of change processes for the area
- Ensured there was adequate participation and correct discipline representation in Area related risk assessments and longer-term Area engineering studies e.g. HAZOPs, LOPAs
- Was Accountable for technical approval of operations procedures where required
- Provided representation of Installation risks at facility 8Q planning meeting
- Monitored key performance indicators (KPIs) for safety, reliability and availability of protective systems and devices and other layers of protection
- Ensured Area engineering documents are up to date e.g. P&IDs, Design Basis etc.
- Chaired the daily and weekly production meetings, managed area defect elimination, initiated RCFAs for production losses and identified production vulnerabilities, checked the effectiveness of actions and preserved evidence
- Systematic management and tracking of production vulnerabilities (future production losses)
- Provided input into technical forecast and facility Installed Production Capacity
- Participated and provided input into Operation Manager meeting cadence as required
- Supported Operation Manager to analyse Installation performance data and to create interventions as required
- Was Accountable to ensure gate criteria readiness for activities entering the 12wk plans were enforced and provided input to emergent work entering 6-week Area plan
- Delivery of minor Installation modifications and minor repairs as agreed between OM and Engineering Services Manager
- Provided operational and technical input of the Area Engineering Support Team into the in-year delivery of the Engineering Services Team
- Integrated functional work, provided technical input and prioritized functional activity sets through the integration meetings to align with the Area operating plan
- Ensured engineers within the team conduct self-verification exercises on key operations and engineering processes e.g Operational Risk Assessments, Locked Valves, Overrides, MOC compliance, Gate Readiness
- Ensured that the feedback and observations from self-verification checks conducted were followed up by the relevant stakeholders
Lead Process Engineer
BP
08.2015 - 02.2018
- Greater Plutonio FPSO Area Engineering Services Team As lead Process engineer in the Greater Plutonio engineering team I:
- Managed all process engineering support to operations team and ensured operating discipline on activities specific to the facility process engineering to sustain safe, reliable and compliant operations.
- Performed calculations that required expert knowledge to support the daily operations of the facility and support to delivery of process safety, integrity and environmental performance of the area.
- Reviewed engineering related technical management of change also observed key process engineering related key performance indicators KPI for the installation.
- Delivered defect elimination, initiated RCFAs for production losses, identified production vulnerabilities and optimisation opportunities.
- Ensured appropriate BP practices, processes and engineering industry codes are applied when modifications were made in the facility.
- Conducted self-verification on key operations and engineering processes and procedures, including locked valve management, change compliance management, and control of work. Made sure site operating procedures were followed.
- Examined datasheets and ensured facility process engineering documents were up to date, which included P&IDs, Design Basis, Operating Procedures, and Operational Risk Assessments.
- Monitored and maintained a record of all design and operating envelope excursions and ensured that investigations precisely covered all parameters.
- Analysed facility performance data and created interventions as required and ensured engineering risks were understood, controlled and continuously reduced to deliver safe operating results
Process Engineer - Discipline Engineering Team / Engineering Services
BP
06.2012 - 09.2015
- As a Discipline Process Engineer, I:
- Played a significant role in providing solutions to technical queries from offshore, coordinate modifications through change management
- Provided technical process engineering support to the Greater Plutonio and PSVM FPSOs Area Engineering Services teams, to projects and modifications teams
- Organised and participated in HAZOP studies as independent or BP responsible process engineer
- Worked on longer-term operations issues, projects and plant optimisation strategies
- Managed a multidisciplinary task force team with the aim to improve the water injection reliability and availability in order to deliver better support for reservoir pressure maintenance
Assistant Operations Engineer - Angola, Greater Plutonio FPSO
BP
09.2011 - 12.2012
- As Operations engineer I was responsible for:
- Producing the daily operations and production reports, key performance indicators monitoring
- Managing the production efficiency and improvement tools to track production-enhancing opportunities and eliminate future losses
- Investigating process upsets, producing 5whys and root cause failure analysis reports
- Coordinating management of change processes for operations
- Provided process engineering input to technical queries and reviewed/updated/issued operating procedures as well as ensuring they were carried out properly in the field
- Performing weekly job site, system and environmental audits and self-verifications
- Carrying out control of work and procedural non-conformance investigations
- Ensuring operations teams were adequately resourced and had adequate support to carry out their activities
Production Support Process Engineer
BP
01.2010 - 09.2011
- Luanda, Onshore, Angola As production support engineer I:
- Implemented new techniques to make operations and procedures safer
- Optimisation of Oil, water and gas plants
- Deliver solutions to technical queries from offshore.
- Used simulation software packages such as HYSYS, HTRI and HTFS to predict process conditions and behaviour in various parts of the plant and rating/design of heat exchangers
- Investigated process excursions and upsets and provided deviation and upset reports with solutions to eliminate or reduce process disturbances.
Intern - Process Engineer
BP
01.2008 - 12.2008
- Worked Centre for the Assessment of Technical Competence - Humber (CATCH) in water processing plant operations
- Worked in the environmental department BP chemical in Hull
- PSVM FPSO operations readiness team which included working with software packages such as plant availability studies using Project Choke and heat exchanger rating design using HTRI and HTFS used in the reliability analysis
Education
Master of Science degree - Engineering
University of Plymouth
Plymouth06.2024
Postgraduate Diploma - Engineering Management
Brunel University
London01.2022
Bachelor's Degree - Chemical Engineering
Durban University of Technology
South Africa01.2009
National Diploma - Chemical Engineering
Durban University of Technology
South Africa01.2008
Skills
- Strategic leadership
- Managing change processes
- Effective communication
- Project coordination
- Process Engineering
- Technical engineering support
- Hazards and Risk Management
- Integrity Management and Process Safety
- Incident Investigations and Management
- Reliability and Maintenance
- Vulnerability Management
- Effective Cost Management
- Business Processes
- Operating Budget Management
- Customer Relationship Management
- Logistics Operations
- Technical Services
- Key Performance Indicators Management
- Hazard and Operability Study
- Environmental Monitoring
- Multidisciplinary Approach
- Strategic Thinking
- Technical Documentation
- Production Support
- Technical Support
- Project Management
- Environmental Auditing
- Alarm Management
- Process Control
- Process Modelling
- Activity Planning and Scheduling
- Stakeholder Management
- Mentoring
- Plant Operations
- Budgeting Skills
- Team Management
- Quality Management
Websites
Affiliations
- Institute Of Chemical Engineers (IChemE), UK MAY 2011 Associate Member
- Institute of Engineering and Technology (IET), UK Member
Certification
- Certified Skillful Incident Lead Investigator, BP, UK JULY 2018
- Incident control system for Incident management team - Incident Commander/Operations section chief, BP / Witt O'Brien JUNE 2015
- Flare Network Design and Rating, Aspentech, UK JULY 2013
- G-4 Gas Processing and Conditioning, JM Campbell, USA FEBRUARY 2013
- Alarm Management Principles & Practices, BP/ABB, UK MAY 2012
- Introduction to Bowties & Barriers, BP, Angola AUGUST 2012
- Heat Transfer and Separation Awareness, BP, UK AUGUST 2012
- Pressure Relief Design, BP, UK AUGUST 2012
- Introduction to Flow Assurance, BP, UK JULY 2012
- Layers of Protection Analysis, BP, Angola NOVEMBER 2012
- Managing Risk for Projects, Project Management Institute (PMI), UK JULY 2012
- HYSYS advanced process modelling (Steady State and Dynamic), Aspentech, UK JULY 2012
- Design and Operations of Centrifugal Compressors, ESD-Simulation, UK NOVEMBER 2011
- Project Management Essentials, Project Management Institute (PMI), UK FEBRUARY 2011
- Upstream Process Engineering, Genesis, Oil and Gas, UK NOVEMBER 2010
- Integrity Management and Process Safety, BP, UK JUNE 2010
- Subsea Systems, ESD-Simulation, UK JUNE 2008
- Design and Operation of FPSO’s, ESD-Simulation, UK JUNE 2008
- Production Process and Emergency systems on oil and gas installations, ESD-Simulation, UK JUNE 2008
- Practical Aspects of Process Control and Instrumentation (I and II) , ESD-Simulation, UK FEBRUARY 2008
- Hazard and Operability Studies, Serco, UK FEBRUARY 2008
- Centrifugal Pump Technology, Weir Pumps, UK
Languages
Portuguese
English
Timeline
Operations Manager - MIAMTE FPSO O&M
MODEC Mexico
04.2025 - Current
Operations Coordinator - MIAMTE FPSO Operations and Maintenance Team
MODEC Mexico
01.2024 - 04.2025
Senior Process Engineer - MIAMTE FPSO Technical Services Team
MODEC Mexico
10.2021 - 01.2024
Senior Process Engineer - MIAMTE FPSO Pre-Operations Team
MODEC Offshore Production Services
08.2020 - 10.2021
Senior Process Engineer
MODEC Production Services Ghana
01.2020 - 08.2020
Senior Process Engineer - Maintenance and Engineering Team
BP
09.2018 - 01.2020
Interim Area Engineering Services Team Leader for Greater Plutonio FPSO
BP
02.2018 - 12.2018
Lead Process Engineer
BP
08.2015 - 02.2018
Process Engineer - Discipline Engineering Team / Engineering Services
BP
06.2012 - 09.2015
Assistant Operations Engineer - Angola, Greater Plutonio FPSO
BP
09.2011 - 12.2012
Production Support Process Engineer
BP
01.2010 - 09.2011
Intern - Process Engineer
BP
01.2008 - 12.2008
Master of Science degree - Engineering
University of Plymouth
Postgraduate Diploma - Engineering Management
Brunel University
Bachelor's Degree - Chemical Engineering
Durban University of Technology
National Diploma - Chemical Engineering
Durban University of Technology
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