TIMEC launches OSP at NPRA

TIMEC launched its new Operational Systems Plan (OSP) during the 2008 NPRA (National Petrochemical and Refiners Association) Reliability and Maintenance Conference and Exhibition the week of May 19 in San Antonio, TX.

The OSP is a process orientated and customer focused management system that integrates all TIMEC business functions and compliance requirements under a single, auditable framework. The OSP provides a user friendly interface to access all relevant processes and procedures for all elements of managing, planning and executing maintenance, turnarounds and small projects as well as the internal support services that underpin the performance of TIMEC’s core business. It provides direction to the organization to ensure compliance with legislation and/or industry/site requirements, and to deliver best practice and facilitate continual improvement.

One element of the OSP is the TIMEC Turnaround Management System. This system incorporates all of TIMEC’s turnaround processes, procedures and tools that the company has developed over many years of successfully executing safe, high quality, time and cost efficient turnarounds. The system is designed to be flexible so that it can be utilized as a stand-alone process or parts of it can be incorporated into the clients own system to compliment their processes. The TIMEC Turnaround Management System is structured into a seven-phase risk management process and is based on a best practices approach. The elements that make up the Turnaround Management System include: Staging Plans, Readiness Reviews, Schedule Optimization, Risk mitigation Planning, Estimating Norms, Work Pack Managers and Cost Control Tools.

TIMEC and its parent company Transfield Services Ltd. are leading global providers of maintenance, turnaround and construction services in a diverse range of industries including oil and natural gas; petrochemical; water and wastewater; and food, among others. TIMEC, jointly with Transfield Services Ltd., has over 28,000 employees, working across the United States, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, the United Arab Emirates, Qatar, South East Asia, and India.