Owen is a first class masters graduate from the The University of Edinburgh.  Owen's technical competence is maintained through regular training by accredited bodies and is demonstrated by Owen becoming a Chartered Chemical Engineer, through the IChemE and Engineering Council in 2012.  Find out more about Owen here on his LinkedIn page. 

Owen is a process and process safety consultant with 13 years experience. He has a broad background in the operations of petrochemical plants, product development for upstream oil and gas systems, project engineering in petrochemical plants and subsequently seven years in a design house before specialising in process safety.  OTECSA was founded by Owen in 2018, read more about our vision below.

Alistair joined OTECSA in March 2021 and is a chartered chemical engineer with 12 years of experience in the upstream oil & gas industry, spanning the range of project phases from conceptual engineering / early concept screening, through pre-FEED, FEED, to detailed design, and commissioning. He also has some experience in pharmaceuticals, petrochemicals, midstream oil & gas, nuclear, and CCUS (Carbon Capture, Utilisation, and Storage) projects. He has experience working as a flow assurance consultant, including developing software for corrosion rate prediction in oil and gas pipelines. More recently, he has worked on subsea processing technology development. Alistair has experience in leading process design and providing effective study management to deliver efficient design solutions. 

Ryan Roche joined OTECSA in September 2020, after graduating from the University of Aberdeen with an MSc in Process Safety. Prior to the Process Safety course, he studied Chemical Engineering for 5 years up to masters degree level. He is thoroughly enjoying putting the theory into practice since he started working with OTECSA and helping the team deliver process safety to clients. In 2023 Ryan was promoted to Process Safety Engineer, having endured many hazard studies and DSEAR Risk Assessments in support roles, Ryan is now taking on the lead role in many studies evidencing his hard work and dedication.  

John joined OTECSA in 2022, after working with Owen in previous employment at Engenda Group in Falkirk.

John started his career ICI Grangemouth in 1993 where he gained valuable exposure to a variety of batch chemical manufacturing processes in the Pharma, Agrochem, Fine Chems and Biotech sectors.

In 2005 John moved to a Project EPC organisation where he built and led a Process Engineering team of 15, successfully delivering hundreds of projects over 17 years, covering multiple process industry sectors and all project phases including conceptual design, FEED, detailed design, commissioning, start-up and manufacturing support.

He is an approved HAZOP chair with expertise in LOPA, DSEAR Risk Assessment, Hazardous Area Classification to BS and EI15 and Pressure Relief. 

Arthur joined OTECSA in August 2023, fresh from his graduation from a Masters in Chemical Engineering from Strathclyde University.

During his studies Arthur had a spell working as a summer student at West Fraser, Inverness and in his short time with OTECSA so far has been involved in HAZOPs, DSEAR studies and novel hydrogen technology projects.

Jill has been working with OTECSA since early 2021, providing business development and marketing expertise.

In 2022 Jill's role expanded as we began to develop our wider HSE consulting offering to clients.

Jill leads the HSE Consulting arm of the business, providing incident investigation, auditing and process safety management system support to clients.

Jill brings with her many years experience in the Oil and Gas and Energy sector, where she performed roles including as technical authority for environmental engineering with a major EPC contractor and as company HSE manager for oil industry service companies.