Education
  • University of Mississippi
    B.S. Electrical Engineering (1991)
Areas of expertise
  • Standard of Care
  • Technology Assessment
  • Project Feasibility
  • Engineering, Procurement, and Construction (EPC)
  • Insurance Claims
  • Offshore
  • Pipeline
  • Arbitration
  • Expert Witness Testimony
  • Operations and Maintenance
  • Safety
  • Intellectual Property
  • Physical Asset Appraisal
Industries
  • Oil & Gas Production
  • Natural Gas and NGLs
  • Power Generation
  • LNG
Certifications

LETAPAEWE

Summary of Experience

Mr. McDonald has over 30 years of experience in the upstream oil and gas industry, including onshore and offshore oil and gas developments, both domestically and internationally. During his career, he has held a variety of staff and management assignments in engineering, operations support, and projects. Shawn has extensive experience in EPC project development from the early appraisal phase through engineering design and execution. He is highly skilled in project assurance, interface, risk, and change management processes for large-scale oil and gas asset development projects.

Prior to joining Baker & O’Brien, Shawn had a 25-year career with Chevron. His roles included Facilities Engineer in Texas and Oklahoma, Instrumentation and Electrical Engineer in the Gulf of Mexico, Instrumentation and Control Engineer for an LNG re-gasification facility project, Project Engineer for deepwater asset developments, Assurance/Interface/Risk Manager for a large deepwater project, and Engineering and Procurement Delivery Manager for Gas Turbine Generator modules and compressor packages for a field expansion project in Kazakhstan.

Since joining Baker & O’Brien in 2017, Shawn has advised clients in a wide range of EPC project disputes and insurance claims involving electrical and instrumentation design, construction, and commissioning issues for power plants, LNG facilities, gas processing plants, and petrochemical plants. He has testified as an expert witness in several depositions and international arbitrations.

Previous Experience

1991-2016: Chevron,
Engineering Delivery Manager
Assurance Interface Risk Manager
NOJV Senior Project Engineer
Instrumentation and Controls Engineer
Instrumentation and Electrical Engineer
Facilities Engineer