Nickolas Ferguson
Summary
A qualified and dedicated mechanic, specializing in offshore cranes and heavy equipment. Specialized in hydraulics of all kinds and safety systems, rebuilding control valves, pumps, motors and re-pluming hydraulics and rebuilding cylinders of all sizes.
Overview
15
15
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Senior Crane Technician
Altrad Sparrows
03.2021 - 09.2025
- Operated and maintained cranes, ensuring compliance with safety regulations and operational standards.
- Conducted routine inspections and repairs to improve crane performance and reliability.
- Diagnosed mechanical issues, implementing effective solutions to minimize downtime.
- Collaborated with teams to develop preventive maintenance schedules, enhancing operational efficiency.
- Led troubleshooting efforts during equipment failures, restoring operations swiftly and effectively.
- Maintained accurate records of maintenance activities, supporting regulatory compliance and audit readiness.
Crane Inspector and Hydraulic Technician
Gulf Crane Services
03.2011 - 03.2021
- Complete all repairs and maintenance work to company standards.
- Ensured customer satisfaction by providing highest quality of work by ensuring all equipment is properly installed and in best working condition.
- Reduce downtime during production by maintaining equipment and reducing unnecessary maintenance.
- Utilized facility tracking system to keep accurate records of completed repairs, files, certs, wires, ditch dates, cable.
- Work overtime, including evenings and weekends, to respond to emergencies and fix unsafe conditions.
- Complete full on site refurbish to all of crane components and structure of crane.
- Perform all tear down and repairs to components and install new and updated safety systems. Repair and replace of wore pumps, engines, winches, cables and booms and crane if needed. Troubleshoot electrical and mechanical defects.
- Worked as lead on hose management for deep water drilling, Also worked on NOV 3932, NOV DNS96, NOV OC3000 Completed wire rope inspections (NDE) completed annual inspection and repairs 5 year inspections. Completed commissions of cranes on new jack ups. Completed commissioning of Favell Favco cranes. Completed repairs to Huisman cranes and completed upgrades to Huisman cranes. Worked on Huisman SSBOP crane.
Education
High School Diploma -
Wellpinit High School
White Swan, WA01.2007
Accomplishments
- Project Planning
- Provided project controls, cost estimation, and getting job done in safe and timely manner.
- Detected machine malfunctions and problem solved accordingly.
- Reported and documented unsafe conditions, equipment and/ keeping up with files and and repairs and latest regulations and keeping track of time frames of files and certs and winches.
- Equipment Maintenance
- Performed routine maintenance on equipment on as-needed basis.
- Product Inspection
- Inspected cranes and equipment to ensure highest quality also perform heavy lifts, Quarterly's and Annual inspections as needed.
- Machine Repair
- Detected machine malfunctions and problem-solved accordingly.
- Repaired, maintained and replaced parts on dies.
Certification
- Completion of heavy equipment Repair and Training
- American Heart Association Heart Savers CPR
- Flagger Certification
- 40 hour Hazwoper training
- Fork lift certification
- Falck Alford Fall protection training
- Falck Alford Fall rescue training
- PEC safe gulf
- ISN card
- SMS training Sea survival
- Coffing hoist certified
- Falck Water survival HUET and transfer basket and swing rope
- Crane operator A card and A rigger card
- Chevron training
- Shell training
- OSHA training
- Annual H2S training and fit test up
- OSHA general industry annual awareness and safe work practices Training.
- TWIC card
- Passport
- Braden winch training advanced
- Loader school Bobcat Crane
- Training school
- Inspector training for cranes
- Enertech Qatar H2S (opito Approved)
- Opito Approved BOSIET with CA-EBS
- Qatar Petroleum OFFSHORE MEDICAL FITNESS CARD
- All up to date shots for all over the world
Timeline
Senior Crane Technician
Altrad Sparrows
03.2021 - 09.2025
Crane Inspector and Hydraulic Technician
Gulf Crane Services
03.2011 - 03.2021
High School Diploma -
Wellpinit High School
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