A week in the life - Seamus O'Flynn

Occupation:
Production Manager,
Rousch Power Station,
Pakistan.

What is your typical week?
live, work and play on the site which is an enclosed compound containing both the plant and the colony living accommodation. Work is a 5 1/2 days a week; usual day is 8 to 6, extended lunch on a Friday for prayer. Generally my week is taken up dealing with the owner of the plant regarding contractual issues, long–term planning and strategic issues for the future operations of the plant. The planned outages for 2006 and 2007 overhauls are keeping me pretty busy at the moment. This involves meeting with Siemens. The only repetitive activity in a typical week is attending the daily morning management meetings to review the previous day's plant performance and production figures. Once a month I have a performance review meeting with the owner of the plant.

If you could change something in your week what would it be?
Add an extra Sunday morning to the week. We usually do a cook–out on a Sunday morning and relax in the early morning sun; it gets much too hot by early afternoon.

How do you chill out?
There are reasonably good facilities on site: swimming pool, gym, squash courts and tennis courts. Most evenings I play a game of tennis or go for a swim. Occasionally on a Saturday evening you might find me in the bar having a locally brewed beer and a game of snooker with my colleagues Jim and Paraic. I love sailing, although there is not much sailing here in the Punjab as we are approx. 650 miles from the coast. But I do manage to get out on the ocean when on R&R.

If you had the opportunity to pursue another career, what would you like to do?
I am happy with my career at present. However, if I had to pick something else it would be sailing a ketch or running a cruise yachting business.

What is your biggest personal ambition?
To own a small pub on the coast, either in West Cork or Indonesia, with of course a nice sheltered anchoring for my boat.