Elvis Michael Rigby, PMP®
Completions · Project & Site Leadership
I lead the transition from construction to safe, accepted operation by planning the work, defining resources, directing multidisciplinary teams and resolving the technical issues that stand between completion and handover.
My 20+ years of experience span offshore, marine, renewable-energy and heavy-industrial projects. At Lamprell, I progressed from workshop and mechanical supervision to commissioning management, with responsibility for bids, systems completion, pre-commissioning, commissioning and international project delivery.
British national · Available for international permanent and contract roles
I develop detailed estimates and resource plans for mechanical completion, pre-commissioning and commissioning, defining manpower levels, durations and craft support. This includes equipment- and subsystem-based man-hour estimates, milestone allocation, progress weightings and vendor, subcontractor and equipment requirements.
At commissioning-management level, I held responsibility for completions across Lamprell projects, combining direct project leadership with central oversight. This covered systemisation, inspection and test records (ITRs), method statements, planning, completion-management systems (CMS/PIMS), punch control and turnover documentation.
My earlier Lamprell responsibilities included maintaining plant and vehicle fleets covering cranes, forklifts, buses, pickups, fire pumps and compressors. I also managed annual inspection and certification programmes for lifting equipment and accessories.
I take management responsibility from strategy, procedures and readiness through multidisciplinary testing, safe energisation, start-up, performance verification, punch closure and handover. I coordinate people, resources and interfaces, including factory and site acceptance testing (FAT/SAT), pre-start-up safety reviews (PSSR) and sea trials.
I lead practical investigation of faults and failed tests, working with engineering, field teams and original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) to establish causes, implement corrective action and verify performance before acceptance. My experience also includes post-delivery defect resolution and warranty recovery.
I carry lessons from testing, defects and handover into subsequent project planning, procedures and execution. Repeat-unit commissioning leadership on the NDC/ADNOC Super 116E programme gave me opportunities to apply that experience across successive builds.
I assess technical and execution risks, challenge readiness assumptions and establish prerequisites, responsibilities and controls before testing, energisation, start-up or handover. This connects early planning with construction interfaces, simultaneous operations, vendor and subcontractor suitability, and third-party inspection and certification requirements.
I plan resources, set priorities, assign ownership and direct multidisciplinary teams, resolving constraints and keeping disciplines aligned across construction and commissioning. My experience includes overseas Site Manager, Project Manager and Load-Out Authority appointments alongside commissioning leadership.
I coordinate OEMs, specialist contractors, clients and classification societies around mobilisation, technical resolution, testing, witness requirements, certification evidence and final acceptance. I define specialist support and acceptance requirements early enough to protect delivery.
Examples of the responsibilities I held across site delivery, systems completion and commissioning.
Site Manager at BOW Terminal, Vlissingen, Netherlands, for transition-piece-to-jacket assembly and the load-out of completed jackets and piles.
I led systems completion and commissioning at Astrakhan Shipbuilding Production Association (ASPO), with responsibility for PIMS/CMS governance, vendor coordination, marine readiness and controlled handover.
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DP2 wind turbine installation vessel
I held full completions and commissioning responsibility for this DP2 self-elevating wind turbine installation vessel (WTIV), integrating marine, power, control, jacking and lifting systems through vendor testing, punch closure and operational handover.
My progression from workshop and mechanical supervision into senior commissioning management gave me a broad operational grounding across plant maintenance, project resources, systems completion, troubleshooting and international delivery.
2003 to 2019
I progressed from workshop and mechanical supervision through commissioning engineering to senior commissioning management.
2019 to 2025
I held technical and operations leadership responsibilities in engineered-composites manufacturing, applying my practical engineering and management experience in a manufacturing business.
Earned
Project Management Professional certification, credential 4411073. Renew by .
I share field-informed guidance, technical reference and simple tools for commissioning, troubleshooting and project delivery.
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Read my guidance on readiness, systems completion, troubleshooting, testing, turnover and safe handover.
Use concise reference material for electrical, mechanical, instrumentation, control and completions work.
Use calculators and checklists for unit conversion, three-phase power, commissioning readiness and punch prioritisation.
I am available for international senior commissioning, completions, project and site leadership roles.