Dougie Young, 24, fire and safety engineer for Blaze Manufacturing Solutions Ltd talks about his varied work on and offshore
My morning:
My role is the design and engineering of fire protection systems for oil and gas installations, which can be onshore or offshore. If I’m working in the office my day starts at 6.45am. I get myself ready for work and leave the house in Blackburn to drive the 35 miles to the Blaze offices in Laurencekirk, arriving around 8.15am, where my first port of call is to check my emails and get a coffee.
My job takes me offshore occasionally, varying from a two-day trip to sometimes trips lasting two weeks or more. When offshore I work 12 hour shifts, normally starting around 6.30am. I enjoy these trips as it breaks up my schedule and lets me gain valuable experience.
I work on a variety of projects that can entail a wide range of tasks. I often use computer modelling software to run hydraulic calculations of deluge systems and firewater distribution networks. The calculations enable us to offer a number of services to clients such as the design and engineering of new firewater systems; validating existing systems against current performance standards; optimisation of existing systems where certain areas may no longer require deluge coverage or where incorrectly-sized nozzles have been installed; and firewater ringmain analysis.
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