Simon Muriuki

About Simon Muriuki

Energy professional with 20+ years of diversified experience in energy industry within owner operating companies. • Currently leveraging the experiences to evaluate asset loss and business interruption risks of energy and petrochemical facilities in the space of risk transfer.• Technical skills - Risk and loss assessments, application of technical codes and standards, Process Safety Management (PSM), asset integrity management, pressure equipment fitness for service evaluations, quality in design, root cause failure analysis, Risk Based Inspection (RBI) and facility operations.• Current API certifications: API 510 (Pressure Vessel Inspector), API 570 (Piping Inspector), API 653 (Aboveground Storage Tank Inspector), API 580 (Risk Based Inspection Professional), API 571 (Corrosion and Materials Professional), and API 577 (Welding Inspection and Metallurgy).

Experience

1. Opc Senior Risk Engineer, VP

   Swiss Re Corporate Solutions

   Jun 2021 — Present · Houston, TX, US

   This is a risk transfer technical evaluation role focused on high risk energy and petrochemical facilities.• Inspection function – Spends 30-40% of my time performing hands-on inspection of process facilities/complexes.Skilled in evaluating adequacy of varied Operational Excellence Management Systems (OEMS) and Risk Management Systems (RMS) – Facilities covered include – petroleum refineries, gas plants, petrochemical plants, polymer plants, pipelines, storage facilities, LNG facilities, marine terminals, renewable energy facilities and biofuel facilities. Specialty risk assessment areas include engineering design and standards, safety in design, process hazard analysis, process control, safe work practices, MOC, SIMOPs, mechanical integrity and reliability, maintenance, and fire protection.• Property loss modelling – Experienced in simulating and modelling property and machinery breakdown worst loss scenario. Skilled in utilizing proprietary tools to model Vapor Cloud Explosions (VCE), High Pressure Release (HPR), Thermal Radiation (TR) and Natural Hazards. • Business Continuity - Well versed in evaluating business continuity, interdependencies and unique constraints that can exacerbate business loss/downtime in the event of a significant loss scenario – supply chain, project management, engineering complexity, regulatory, political, operational, legal etc. • Advisory function – Advice internal stakeholders on the risk quality following a field inspection or a desktop review of third-party engineering reports. • Consulting function – Where appropriate, work with targeted clients on strategies to drive risk improvement.• Ad Hoc providing technical support to companywide initiative of helping society manage risks associated with emerging green energy and CO2 reduction strategies.

Education

• Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology (JKUAT)

  Mechanical Engineering

• University of Alabama at Birmingham

  Mechanical Engineering