Jack Cairns

WORK HISTORY

EDUCATION

ABOUT JACK CAIRNS

Chartered Principal Engineer (Process, Process Safety and Technical Safety) with over a decade of experience in the petrochemical industry on COMAH sites. Recognised for driving operational excellence, leading improvement projects, and managing process safety risk. Leadership & Project Management: Proficient at leading multi-discipline engineering teams and managing complex projects through all stages (Concept, FEED, Detailed Design, Construction, Commissioning). Demonstrated management skills in mentoring and managing junior engineers. Incident Investigation Team Leader and trained in Root Cause Analysis.Technical Expertise: Deep expertise across complex systems: Cracking Furnaces, Distillation Columns, Heat Exchangers, Gas Fired Boilers, Superheaters, Compressors, Pumps and Storage. Authoring, checking and approving various engineering documentation including Safety Critical Calculations, Datasheets, P & IDs, Control Sequences. Experienced in identifying relief cases, calculating relief rates, relief valve selection and determining leak rates. Delivers critical training to the operations teams.Process Safety and Risk Management: Expertise in leading Process Safety assessments such as HAZOP, LOPA, PHR, Alarm Prioritisation and Bowtie Analysis. Adept at Process Safety Risk Management to assess and reduce operational risk. Past member of the European Ethylene Producers Committee, discussing process safety risks.Operational Excellence & Compliance: Proficient at benchmarking, identifying and reviewing KPIs to drive production performance and reliability. Experienced in leading teams to identify and implement Process Improvement projects following the MoC process. Provides Turnaround support including inspections, troubleshooting and start-up/shutdown support. Competent at ensuring compliance with UK Environmental legislation and liaising with local authority.