Carl Richardson

About Carl Richardson

Burgerlijk Ingenieur from KU Leuven with experience in data engineering, data science, offshore wind, deepwater subsea construction, oilfield equipment manufacturing, and defense research. In addition to the typical core subjects my MSc in Mechanical Engineering at KU Leuven included graduate level courses in Project Management, Engineering Economy, Energy Economics, as well as courses in operations research and strategic management. My thesis on the topic of technical services outsourcing management covered areas of transaction cost economics theory, contract negotiations, and multi-criteria decision analysis. With Subsea 7 I gained experience directing project related operations as a project engineer on a number of deep water ROV construction and flex-lay vessels. During my time there I engineered and executed a range of deep water project scopes including: trees up to 80 tonne, rigid jumpers, flying leads, coiled tubing, hydrate remediations, LBL arrays, pipeline pigging, and pre-commissioning scopes; as well as spool piece installations via saturation diving and a variety of deep water special projects. I had the opportunity to interface with, and complete engineering work to the specifications of, a wide range of clients including BP, Chevron, Shell, ENI, Murphy, Noble Energy, Pemex, and Petrobras. I also completed Subsea 7’s Graduate Engineer Development Scheme, where I had the opportunity to attend engineering leadership and subsea technical training at our offices located in the United Kingdom, France, and Norway.

Experience

1. Offshore Shift Supervisor

   Subsea7

   Dec 2022 — Present

   Direct vessel activities and coordinate departments during a 12-hour operational shift•Complete personnel competency evaluations for department supervisors•Generate billing reports and interface with onboard client vessel representatives•Directed the mobilization and installation of wind turbine inter-array cables, umbilicals, flexible jumpers, rigid jumpers, SFLs/EFLs/HFLs, manifolds, and other subsea assets

Education

• KU Leuven

  Master of Science (MSc), Mechanical Engineering - Manufacturing and Management

  2014 — 2018

• The University of Texas at Austin

  B.S., Aerospace Engineering

  2006 — 2011

• INSA Toulouse - Institut National des Sciences Appliquées de Toulouse

  Spring Program, Finite Elements and System Dynamics

  2011 — 2011