Published on August 14, 2023

On Monday, May 22, 2023, Brunei Shell Petroleum (BSP) celebrated a noteworthy achievement – BSP was accredited with Route 2 Chartered Project Professional (ChPP) in Project Engineering and Project Services Level 2 by the Association of Project Management (APM). The ChPP is a professional benchmark that demonstrates attainment of defined level of technical knowledge and professional practice. As the first organisation to be accredited by APM in Brunei, this achievement reflects and recognises the strong professionalism and competency development in BSP. 

The road to this accomplishment was far from short – it required meticulous review of pre-existing competency assessment. In this case, the Asset and Engineering Projects (AEP) department focused on BSP’s Project Engineering (PE) and Project Service (PS) competency framework and analysed how it can satisfy the ChPP requirement. After 10 months of review and development, an opportunity in BSP PE/PS competency framework was realised as a Recognised Assessment – candidates that achieve PE/PS Level 2 certificates are now  recognised for the Chartered Project Professional standard  route 2 with the APM. This is a true testament of hard work and dedication as the process conventionally takes up to two (2) years to complete.

This milestone was celebrated at a commemorative ceremony on Thursday, May 25, 2023, at the Atrium, BSP Head Office. Present at the event were Erik Legius, BSP Technical Director as the Guest of Honour; Michel Maistre, BSP Asset Director;  Jason Romero, Head of Operational Excellence in Human Resources; as well as members of the BSP Extended Leadership Network.

David Hughes, General Manager Project & Engineering  and key sponsor of the initiative, presented the BSP Accreditation award to Voon Oi Mee, Head of Offshore Projects, and Chairperson of the Project Management Community of Practice (PM-CoP).

“This is a very significant milestone for BSP as we celebrate this accreditation. It’s a showcase of pure collaboration between Project Management experts while working closely with our counterparts in Shell Global and APM with the support from Human Resources (HR) as well as Communications & External Affairs (CEA) – a true testament of I AM BSP values,” Oi Mee shared. 

Voon Oi Mee receiving the accreditation award on behalf of the PM-CoP

To honour this momentous occasion, a special award was given to Hj Zalani Lalim, Head of Rejuvenation Projects. Hj Zalani achieved Project Engineering Level 2 as part of this recognised framework, thus becoming eligible for Route 2 ChPP.

BSP Asset Director also took the opportunity to handover an amazing award to David Hughes, who was granted Project Engineering Level 4 (Project Director Level) competency by Shell, in addition to his pre-existing Chartership and Fellowship in Mechanical Engineering and Association for Project Management.

David Hughes commented “BSP has some very talented project engineering, project services and project management staff, this accreditation with the APM will allow those that achieve PE/PS level 2 to be recognised by an international, professional competency standard. This is a fantastic achievement for BSP and for the wider professional community in Brunei as we demonstrate the quality of staff that Brunei has developed through the Brunei Shell JV companies. I would like to recognise the small team led by Oi-Mee who put so much hard work into preparing for and achieving this significant accreditation”.

Through this milestone, the Project Engineering Community of Practice hopes to inspire more colleagues to join the community, increasing their capability for personal achievement while bettering individual and corporate standards. This effort is to support and adhere to the BSP Bersatu vision of fostering pride while future-proofing Orang Kitani and thus, supporting the nation’s goals for Wawasan 2035.

BSP-AEPLT and some of the PM-COP core team

Booths showcase on PM-COP activities and JCP (Job Competence Profile) framework

Celebrated the event with AD, TD, HD Delegate, AEP and the PM-COP community.