o Managing Multiple Resources / o Defined and Managed P&L budget for 20MM Engineering and Fabrication business.
o Startup and operations of industrial facilities support from maintenance to engineering 2nd level management. / o Presented and initiated a program for reducing materials and better project material tracking through a barcode inventory consignment program.
o Organizing work processes / o Managed Construction content 2MM Controls upgrade.
o Sound fundamental knowledge Power, Electronics, Instrumentation, Controls, Fabrication, Construction, Chemical, Refining and Power facilities. / o Project Consultant for Construction content 12MM power plant
o Great ability to adapt to changing environments. / o Lead Construction and Installation Projects for 100K – 26MM dollar projects.
o Ability to train people and instruct for work skills in Automation for Operation, Construction, and Commissioning activities. / o Strong personnel skills; personality recognition and training needs development.
o Working in Foreign Countries and Environments. / o Startup and Commissioning experience for Gas, Petro-Chemical, Power and Refining Operations
Skills
MS Office Products / Instrumentation and Control Softwaren Word / n Foxboro
n Excel / n ABB Advent Master
n Access / n Honeywell
n Project / n Omron
n Power Point / n Toshiba
n Publisher / n On/Off & Control Valve selection/installation
n / n Automated control instrumentation selection and use
Objectives
Education
Provide successful results on various projects while maintaining schedules and budgets. Looking to expand the vision of companies by providing insight to work based on experiences across a broad range of business environments utilizing the educational background provided from the MBA. I have a broad range of experiences through overcoming difficult situations that were successful in the implementation by communications and coordination of skills of the team members.
Lamar University Beaumont, TX
n BS, Electrical Engineering, 1986.
University of Phoenix Houston TX
n MBA Technology Management 3.81 : Jan. 19, 2005
Affiliations
n Professional Engineer State of Texas - Current
Experience
6/2006 – Present Honeywell ACS, Houston, Texas
Senior Project Manager
n Provide leadership in managing scope.
n Develop work based on project needs and schedule resources.
n Manage customer and provide direction in accordance with gating processes to meet customer and company needs.
n Meet growth and project margins for the company.
n Managing projects from 650k to 10MM in scope.
Principle Lead Engineer
n Provide technical, engineering and management support to BP North Slope processing facilities.
n Implementing the BP gating standards within the frame work of the Anchorage engineering office for project approvals.
n Provide financial cost, risk and scoping for automation, fire and gas projects.
n Managing the engineering and design effort for the CPS Scada upgrade across the slope for power distribution monitoring and control.
n Managing engineering and design efforts for Fire and Gas projects at various facilities on the slope.
n Leading a Mark VI upgrade for the Central Gas Facility, Fire and Gas upgrade for the Central Power and a SCADA information gathering for the power distribution system.
1/2006 – 6/2006 W.H. Linder and Associates, Houston, Texas
Sr. Instrument and Electrical Engineer Consultant
n Provide engineering support to upstream and midstream processing facilities.
n Project management support in setting project goals and objectives.
n Provide company with operational support in developing needs of personnel and assisting with company goals and marketing objectives.
1/2004-1/2006 Texas Systems and Controls Inc, Tomball, Texas
Engineering Manager
n Develop and manage 1.2MM P&L budget.
n Manage department personnel; develop training program to meet personnel needs, provide leadership and coaching to employees.
n Define all work processes and integrate into the ERP system in order to increase productivity.
n Develop and Maintain schedule and costs to assist fabrication project managers.
n Develop skill sets of employees through training programs and hands on programs.
n Initiated the implementation bar-coding consignment inventory management system with local suppliers to improve material availability and better track costs of fabrication.
n Worked with local suppliers to negotiate extended pricing of major components used in the fabrication process.
n Integrate Operations and Manufacturing in order to streamline processes and improve deliverables optimizing performance.
n Responsible for all electrical and instrumentation design and application of Heaters, Valves, Instrumentation and Controls.
1997-2004 Invensys, Houston, Texas
Solution Architect Consultant \ Senior Application \ Site Manager
n Providing system, construction, installation, and startup solutions to clients by assembling the most cost effective architecture and equipment that best fit the needs of the plant control scheme and budget.
n Provide direction and support to the project teams from the sales to start-up, also provided input for cost control and contractual content.
n Developed and evaluated technical specifications for validity and content to support The Foxboro proposals.
n Provide engineering support for the direction and technical consulting necessary for the project team execution.
n Site Engineering and Construction Management for the $24MM Moss Landing control system upgrade of 1800MW facility also developed/maintained the customer relations throughout the project.
n PID review’s and update to the drawings for DCS controls and PLC implementation at the PCS Nitrogen Facility, Lima, Ohio.
Multi-Project Lead/ Engineering Supervisor
n Responsible for Multiple projects within the engineering effort, scheduling the activities employees with MS Project and supporting the needs of project management through linking the personnel to the project for tracking progress.
n Provided Engineering support to both team and project management through developing Project Schedules and assigning resources to complete the tasks by skill type.
n Provided support for MOC process to identify and control scope change and cost impact as well as helping in the identification of Scope Changes.
n Responsible for maintaining and utilization of resources within operations for multiple projects.
Principle Application Engineer/Manager
n Project Management for the Air Liquide Ball Foster Qualitech and Giesmar facilities managing scope and budget constraints as well as improving margins by scope additions and realizing engineering savings on the project.
n Provided project forecasts versus budgets, project schedules for completion of the projects.
n Provided direction for project managers on various projects by helping in tracking scope additions and managing the client to control costs.
n Worked on the Qatar offshore platform implementing the controls and interface between I/A, Triconex and the fire and gas system. Provided project cost control measures as well as additional scope tracking to help grow the margin dollars for the project by 20%.
n Implemented a document tracking system for the projects.
n Set up procedures for the project to follow for more consistent work processes.
1995–1997 ABB Industrial Systems Houston, Texas
Lead Project Engineer/Manager
n Project Manager on $4 Million Dollar Third train addition.
n Lead Project Engineer on a $24 Million-dollar Oil Separation Facility in Cusiana Fields of Colombia. Responsible for overseeing activities being supported out of the UK office and directing the control system installation and implementation with Techint in a consulting role.
n Supported the DCS controls, instrument, valve selection and wellhead RTU selection, implementation for the communications interface to the plant.
1989-1995 Bechtel Corporation Houston, Texas
Senior Instrument Engineer
n Provided Start-up support as the controls engineer and operations /maintenance trainer.
n Instrumentation Field Site Manager for the British Gas Tunisia Project $5 Million dollar site responsible for the installation and commissioning of the instrumentation and control systems.
n Responsible for the controls of the Gas plant and the interface to the offshore rig. Provided technical information to the client on the best solution to retrieve the information from the I/O on the platform and transmit to the onshore plant.
n Provided the proper selection of instrumentation that reduced the overall cost of installation and provided better resolution for operations ultimately improving the margins for the instrumentation content.
n Lead Instrument Engineer for a Greenfield expansion of DCS and instrumentation for the Chevron Wastewater project. Developed the control schemes instrumentation specs and wiring to support the installation of the ABB Mod 300 control system.
n Instrument engineer in charge of supporting the field wiring and installation drawings for the Shell Wood River plant to interface to the Honeywell control system and Allen Bradley PLC.
n Unit Instrument Engineer responsible for the Propylene unit responsible for all plant instrument and control additions and plant turn around activities.
n Site Construction Engineering Supervisor / Seconded Engineer for the Texaco expansion work at the Port Neches chemical plant. Responsible for all activities related to the Foxboro equipment and field instrumentation.
1989–1989 Lockwood Greene Eng. Spartanburg, SC
Instrument Engineer
n Provide Foxboro insight to an expansion project at the Hoechst Celanese plant.
n Responsible for site survey and installation drawings.
1985–1989 Foxboro Company Houston, TX
Instrument Engineer
n Installation manager for site works at the Texaco Paradis gas plant.
n Installation engineer for the DCS upgrade at the Texaco Research facilities I/A.
n Installation supervisor for the ARCO facility upgrade in California.
n Responsible for assuring the work of the designers was complete and accurate.
n Site Support engineer for the DCS conversion at the Texaco Port Neches Facility.
n Inside sales person for the Houston office.
n Inside sales person for the Beaumont office.