Cesar Urrea Email & Phone Number

Caracas, Venezuela

★RESPONSIBILITIES★• Responsible for all project activities required to fulfill contract requirements. • Multidisciplinary team assembly and coordination, including all areas related to EPC projects execution as Engineering, Procurement, Construction, Commissioning, Planning & Project Control, Contract & Subcontracts Administration, Budget Control, QA&QC, SHE, Labor Relations, etc.• Master Plan and Detailed Schedule preparation• Direct involvement with engineering development, monitoring basic & detail design, and documents & drawings issuance as per project execution plan.• Project procurement process monitoring and coordination. • Accountable for construction team and construction activities coordination, from mobilization to site up to all discipline construction activities, and commissioning & start-up.• Interdisciplinary coordination of project activities.• Client relation management.• Direct reporting to Company Executive Officers of Project Technical and Financial Performance.• Technical Bids support and preparation.• Project Management processes and procedures preparation according to PMI Standards and best practices.★KEY ACHIEVEMENTS★• Responsible for Company first EPC Project.• Major Change Orders negotiation with the client.• Project Execution for government entities clients, under uncertain political, contractual and financial circumstances.• Zero Non-Conformances during EPC Certification Audit ISO9001.★PROJECTS★⇨ (EPC) Increasing of Extra Heavy Oil Production Capacity from 105MBPD to 165MBP in Jose Oil Blend Plant. PDVSA (76.000MH Engineering).⇨ (EPC) Expansion of Low-Pressure Separation Facilities at EPJ-2 (Module X). PDVSA (US$60MM)⇨ Storage Tanks and Mechanical Facilities Erection for the (BOP) Balance of Plant of Termocentro Plant - 1000MW. CORPOELEC (US$1,8MM)

♦Location: Warairarepano National Park. Caracas Area, Venezuela.♦Client/Owner: VENTEL - Venezolana de Teleféricos♦Project Scope and Description: Management and technical support services to VENTEL's PMT in the execution of the Project "Sistema Teleferico del Litoral (Cable Car System) for the construction of the new section Warairarepano-Macuto and de Service System "El Aguilucho".Our goal in this project was to guarantee its compliance with our client expectations by providing a proper assessment of the different actors involved in the construction activities execution and control.We contributed to the identification of weak areas, particularly those related to Field Engineering, Construction, Progress Control and Safety, Health and Environmental areas, by proposing new approaches and procedures that facilitated improved project performance.

♦Location: Morichal and MPE-3 Block, Monagas & Anzoátegui States, Venezuela.♦Client: PDVSA Engineering & Construction as part of the ICHQ Consortium (EPC Contractor) along with Huanqiu Contracting and Engineering Corp(HCEC) ♦Owner: Sinovensa Oil Company ♦Project Magnitude: 76.000 MH (Engineering)♦Project Scope of Work and Description: Detail engineering in Civil, Electrical and Instrumentation disciplines for Diluent Recovery Unit (DRU), Blending Unit and Shared Facilities, and also detail engineering in Process, Mechanical and Piping disciplines for the Blending Unit at Sinovensa Jose Blending Plant Facilities, to increase the extra heavy oil production capacity from 105MBPD to 165MBPD.As part of a large EPC Project, we were in charge of delivering detailed engineering for some disciplines, while other companies were in charge of the rest of them. It made us work with a lot of coordination and interaction requirements which made it difficult to maintain the performance levels. In order to face the rigors of the circumstances, I helped my team to keep a very dynamic and updated tracking of our project status, implementing new strategies to control and report our deliverables progress in order to identify our weaknesses and come up with in-time solutions. In the end, we were able to manage a large Change Order that doubled the amount of the original contract, which allowed project financial success for our company and client satisfaction.

♦Location: Hato Nuevo Limón. El Furrial, Monagas State, Venezuela.♦Client/Owner: PDVSA Venezuelan Oil Company ♦Project Magnitude: US$ 60MM♦Project Scope of Work and Description: Engineering, procurement, construction and start up of a new Low Pressure (60 psig) Separation Module and adaptations to the existing facilities. The scope included oil-gas separation systems, oil & gas cooling systems and purification and transfer of oil and gas in order to handle the production of 150.000BPD of crude and 200MMSCFD of associated gas.This was the first EPC project awarded to the company and I was designated as Project Manager with the responsibility of delivering results while testing all our processes and procedures for the first time. Unfortunately we faced severe uncertain contractual conditions and unexpected changes due to client circumstances that arose after the contract had been awarded. Executing under those conditions without stopping made the project press on financial constraints that endangered our execution capability and delivery commitments. While keeping the things in motion, the whole project had to be re-estimated and a large change order had to be negotiated with the client, resulting in a fivefold increase of the original contract amount, which allowed our team to improve project performance and financial results.

♦Location: Thermoelectric Plant Termocentro located at Santa Lucía, Miranda State, Venezuela♦Client: El Sitio Consortium (Duro Felguera - Major EPC Contractor) - ♦Owner: CORPOELEC Venezuelan National Electrical Corporation♦Project Magnitude: US$ 1.8MM♦Project Scope of Work and Description: Erection of 5 API-650 Storage Tanks (2 Demineralized Water Tanks-3000m3 each, 1 Filtered Water Tank-160m3, 2 diesel Tanks-6000m3 each) and erection of Balance of Plant Facilities (pipe racks erection, piping and electrical trays installation), as part of the major project 1000MW Combined Cycle Termocentro Plant with 4 Dual Turbogenerators-170MW each (Open Cycle), 4 Heat Recovery Steam Generators (HSRG)-50MT each, and 2 Steam Turbogenerator-183MW each.In contrast to the aforementioned projects, for this one we were a Construction Subcontractor for a different EPC Company, which made me face the project from a very different perspective, with a very close follow up from the client and a very different responsibility from what I was used to. From this position, I had to manage detailed resources and construction activities planning according to expected progress and results, which were monitored constantly by the client, and any deviation from those plans was immediately flagged.Working under this constant monitoring pushed our capabilities to keep performance up to client expectations.In addition, the fact we were working from an unusual position as Construction Subcontractor made our Company processes and procedures almost useless since they were prepared for a Major EPC Contractor role. It was challenging to overcome this situation that pushed our organization to adapt to work under methods and procedures foreign to our company culture.

★RESPONSIBILITIES★• Processes and procedures preparation and assembly of company construction team.• Technical Bids support and preparation.• Monitoring construction performance for all Projects.★KEY ACHIEVEMENTS★• Participated in FWBS preparation and Company management control system definition. • Assembled Construction, Quality Control and Labor Relationships Departments. • Key participation in successful bidding processes resulting in awarded Projects to Company.Since it was an early stage of the Company, one of our most important task was to create the required functional structure to support Construction and EPC Projects Execution. As responsible for the Construction Management I contributed to the development of the construction aspects of the organizational FWBS and the Management Control System, and I also prepared the processes and procedures related to this discipline.Furthermore, I assembled Construction, Quality Control and Labor Relationship Departments, in addition to selecting and hiring the head of each one and coordinating their integration.During this period I was in the frontline of the construction team when we successfully received ISO9001 EPC Certification, for which we satisfactorily complied with every audit requirement as they arose.From this position, I was also responsible for elaborating the construction sections to be included in every Construction or EPC Projects bid processes, which resulted in 2 awarded projects to the company.

Caracas, Dtto. Capital, Ve

★RESPONSIBILITIES★• Responsible for all project construction activities required to fulfill contract requirements. • Multidisciplinary team assembly and coordination, including all areas related to Site in EPC projects execution as Field Engineering and Procurement, Construction, Commissioning, Field Planning & Progress Control, Subcontracts Administration, Budget Control, QA&QC, SHE, Labor Relations, etc.• Detailed Construction Schedule preparation• Accountable for construction team and construction activities coordination, from mobilization to site up to all discipline construction activities, and commissioning & start-up.• Interdisciplinary coordination of project construction activities.• Client relation management.• Direct reporting to Project Manager.★KEY ACHIEVEMENTS★• Led largest site operations for major EPC Project in Company (Termozulia II)• Optimized Site Management operations by implementing international site methodologies and protocols. • Project Start-Up according to schedule target, in consideration of a government entity client with uncertain political and financial circumstances (1st phase-Termozulia II).★PROJECTS★⇨ (EPC) Combined Cycle Termozulia II Power Generation Plant. Client: ENELVEN (Budget: US$440MM)⇨ (EPC) Replacement of Tia Juana 1 Gas Compression Plant (Offshore). Client: PDVSA (Budget: US$150MM)

Caracas, Dtto. Capital, Ve

♦Location: La Cañada de Urdaneta, Zulia State, Venezuela.♦Client/Owner: ENELVEN - Venezuelan Electrical Energy♦Project Magnitude: US$ 440MM♦Project Scope of Work and Description: (EPC) Engineering, procurement, construction and start-up of 500MW Combined Cycle Termozulia II Power Generation Plant with 2 Dual Turbogenerators-162MW each (Open Cycle), 2 Heat Recovery Steam Generators (HSRG)-50MT each, and 1 Steam Turbogenerator-183MW.It was the largest EPC Project awarded to the Company ever without being part of an international Consortium or Joint Venture and I was designated to lead Operations at Construction Site as Site Manager. For this, I had to assemble a complete functional site operations team including all typical areas and departments involved in these kinds of EPC Projects. It was a challenge to achieve a fully functional team of work of more than 100 people able to work under elevated international standardsOne of the most important goals, besides completing the project scope according to schedule, quality and budget constraints, was to keep effective track of all the changes occurred during the construction phase and being able to transfer the associated costs of them to their original responsible. It meant establishing a very meticulous change control system, including all areas (engineering, subcontracts scope, materials field purchases, internal changes, external changes requested by client or providers, etc.) with a rigorous investigation to determine responsibilities and proceed to charge the related costs to the originators, thus avoiding any additional charges for our company.This change control system which I learned from previous projects allowed us to have a satisfactory record and control of all the impacts caused for all those changes and maintain healthy contractual relations with subcontractors, providers and the client.

Caracas, Dtto. Capital, Ve

♦Location: Maracaibo Lake, Zulia State, Venezuela.♦Client/Owner: PDVSA Gas - Venezuelan Oil Company.♦Project Magnitude: US$ 150MM♦Project Scope of Work and Description: (EPC) Engineering, procurement, construction and start-up of 2 new compression units (100MMSCFD each) installed on new offshore platforms, including dehydration module, inlet and outlet services and sub-lake pipelines, interconnecting facilities and venting, in order to totally replace the old Tia Juana Compression Plant. This project execution strategy included several onshore prefabricated & preassembled modules and offshore erection. This was an already ongoing project with serious difficulties when I was assigned as Site Manager with the mission of helping the project to get back on track and to achieve a satisfactory completion. This process involved identifying the reasons that led the project to that situation and to establish countermeasures to recover the project performance which included Staff reorganization and renegotiation with subcontractors. It was my mission to reorient the project and the vision of the staff, to join efforts and complete the scope. In addition, I introduced process changes that allowed improvement of team performance, relations with client, subcontractors and providers, and in general, the probabilities of project success.In the end, we were able to complete the project up to a satisfactory commission and startup of the facilities included in our scope. Furthermore, we ensured that the project had the sufficient documentation and records to get approved change orders which allowed good final financial health.It is worth to mention that this project strategy included onshore fabrication and assembly of large process modules (up to 700ton each) and their transportation to their final location offshore, which made me face a whole new set of problems and difficulties to deal with in order to succeed,

Caracas, Dtto. Capital, Ve

★RESPONSIBILITIES★• Procedures preparation.• Technical Bids support and preparation.• Monitoring construction performance for all Projects.

Caracas, Dtto. Capital, Ve

♦Location: Anzoategui State, Venezuela.♦Client/Owner: PDVSA Refining - Venezuelan Oil Company.♦Project Magnitude: US$ 400MM♦EPC Major Contractor: CONVALVEN Consortium (EPC Contractor integrated by JGC-CHIYODA-JANTESA-VEPICA)♦Project Scope of Work and Description: (EPC) New process units and associated systems for the expansion of Puerto La Cruz Refinery to improve refining streams value, increasing in 35MBPD the production of high-octane gasoline and 38M of low sulfur content diesel fuel. Process changes included process equipment (UOP and AXENS licenses), auxiliary services, condensate recovery system, cooling tower, inert gas and combustion gas systems, flare and others (UOP CCR Platforming Unit + NHT, IFP Diesel HDS, SRU, TGT, SWS, AMINE System, also Naphtha Splitter, Off Sites and Utilities)It was a multinational consortium of Japanese and Venezuelan Companies with suppliers from all over the world, implying a multicultural environment and proper alignment and teamwork. I was designated as Construction Area Manager to lead the constructions activities for all disciplines in different areas and phases of the projects.This project faced a national strike which affected its execution for several months. I was left in charge of the whole site operation, directly reporting to the project executives. We had to manage project continuity even with decreased performance, while dealing with strong organization changes in our client, and facing uncertainties and conditions affecting project success chances.Eventually, the project overcame these conditions and recovered satisfactorily to complete the scope under renegotiated conditions.On a personal level, I highlight my execution as Heavy Lifting and Transportation Coordinator, implementing an on-ground vertical vessel (@4000Ton total) dress-up and large structure preassembly strategy and an erection planning that allowed us to complete these activities one month earlier than planned.

Caracas, Dtto. Capital, Ve

♦Location: Jose, Anzoategui State, Venezuela.♦Client/Owner: OCN Operadora Cerro Negro (EXXON MOBIL-STATOIL-PDVSA).♦Project Magnitude: US$ 400MM♦EPC Major Contractor: NJV Consortium (EPC Contractor integrated by JGC-JANTESA-VEPICA)♦Project Scope of Work and Description: (EPC) Engineering, procurement, construction and start-up of an oil upgrader plant for the upgrading of 8.3° API extra heavy oil into 16° API synthetic crude, with a production capacity of 108.000 BPD using delayed coking technology, hydrotreatment of cracked naphtha and sulfur recovery. The main units installed were: DRU-Diluent Recovery Unit, DSU-Desalting Unit, DCU-Delayed Coker Unit, CGP-Coker Gas Unit, SRU-Sulfur Recovery Unit, NHT-Naphtha Hydrotreater and Utilities.Under the Construction Manager’s direction, I closely followed up all construction activities in my designated areas assuring mechanical completion. In addition, we attained readiness for startup, in close coordination with the commissioning team. During the latest stages of the construction phase, I led construction of the remaining works in concurrence with startup activities and operating facilities already commissioned. I liaised between our team and the operation group to join efforts in order to deliver expected results even under Operating Conditions, without affecting plant performance. These simultaneous activities (construction-operation) increased difficulties in the development of construction activities. This also implied rigorous exigencies regarding work permits and detailed planning and coordination to adapt the construction targets to the pace of the normal plant operation. This situation meant planning and executing activities in very tight time frames and restricted areas, where there was no margin for failure since it could mean affecting the whole plant performance.

Caracas, Dtto. Capital, Ve

♦Location: Jose, Anzoategui State, Venezuela.♦Client/Owner: OCN Operadora Cerro Negro (EXXON MOBIL-STATOIL-PDVSA).♦Project Magnitude: US$ 400MM♦Major EPC Contractor: NJV Consortium (EPC Contractor integrated by JGC-JANTESA-VEPICA)♦Project Scope of Work and Description: (EPC) Engineering, procurement, construction and start up of an oil upgrader plant for the upgrading of 8.3° API extra heavy oil into 16° API synthetic crude, with a production capacity of 108.000 BPD using delayed coking technology, hydrotreatment of cracked naphtha and sulfur recovery. The main units installed were: DRU-Diluent Recovery Unit, DSU-Desalting Unit, DCU-Delayed Coker Unit, CGP-Coker Gas Unit, SRU-Sulfur Recovery Unit, NHT-Naphtha Hydrotreater, and Utilities.For this project, I supervised piping activities from fabrication and installation throughout the whole process of achieving the mechanical completion (punch list elaborating and closing) and pressure test. It also included executing field engineering as it was required.My resolute performance was taken into consideration and I got promoted to coordination position which allowed me to learn and grow in management skills that were very useful to continue my career development in different positions in the EPC projects field.

Caracas, Dtto. Capital, Ve

★RESPONSIBILITIES★• Performing piping stress analysis (CAESAR II).• Designing piping special and standard supports. ★KEY ACHIEVEMENTS★• Prepared Company Supports Standard for all projects.★PROJECTS★ ⇨ (EPC) Sulphur Recovery Unit (SRU) at SINCOR Crude Upgrader Plant (Nov 1998 – Apr 2000) ♦Location: Jose Refining Complex, Anzoategui State, Venezuela. ♦Client/Owner: SINCOR Sincrudos de Oriente C.A. (TOTAL OIL-PDVSA), now Petrocedeño. ♦Project Magnitude: US$ 170MM ♦Major EPC Contractor: KVAERNER PROCESSES (Project executed in Joint Venture JANTESA-KVAERNER) ♦Project Scope of Work and Description: (EPC) Engineering, procurement construction and start up of a 120TPD Sulphur Recovery Plant (SRP) under TPA license and with Clauss process technology, as part of the Heavy Crude Upgrader SINCOR, with a capacity of 180.000BPD of synthetic crude.⇨ (EPC) E.M.A.F-1/P.T.C.A./P.I.A.S.A. Client. PEREZ COMPANC (1997 – 1998) ♦Location: Monagas State, Venezuela. ♦Client: SADE ♦Owner: PEREZ COMPANC⇨ (EPC) PVC II. El Tablazo Petrochemical Complex ♦Location: El Tablazo Petrochemical Complex, Zulia State, Venezuela. ♦Client/Owner: PEQUIVEN Venezuelan Petrochemical Company. ♦Project Magnitude: US$ 150MM ♦Mayor EPC Contractor: Consortium TECHNIPETROL-JANTESA ♦Project Scope of Work and Description: (EPC) Engineering, procurement and construction of a polyvinylchloride plant for the production of 120.000 MTPY of polyvinylchloride (PVC) in suspension using the GEON technology of high polymerization. The scope included process units, transportation, weighing and packing systems, storage, associated facilities and the interconnections with the existing Vinylchloride Monomer (VCM) plant.

Caracas, Dtto. Capital, Ve

♦Location: MARAVEN Cardon Refinery Complex, Punta Cardon, Falcon State, Venezuela.♦Client/Owner: MARAVEN S.A. (PDVSA´s Subsidiary Company).♦Project Magnitude: US$ 400MM♦Project executed in Consortium with BECHTEL♦Project Scope of Work and Description: Engineering, procurement, construction and start up of Package "B" which included following process units: Hydrotreater (48300BPSD), 2 Sulphur Recovery Trains (2x220TPD-SuperClaus SRU), Amine Treatment (MEA 470TPD) and Sour Water Stripping (1500TPD), as part of Major Project MREP - Maraven Refinery Expansion Project.It was one of the largest projects executed in Venezuela and it involved multiple and multinational Engineering Companies, Suppliers and Contractors.From this position, I was responsible for reviewing and controlling field and shop fabrication, and testing certificates, and also of the preparation and issuance of Mechanical Completion Handover Packages to Client.I developed a Dbase program that allowed to monitor and report the updated status of test certificates issuance, which helped to visualize the progress of completion activities.

Caracas, Dtto. Capital, Ve

♦Location: Falcon State, Venezuela.♦Client/Owner: VASSA White Oils and Low Aromatics Solvents (PDVSA´s subsidiary).♦Magnitude of the Project: US$ 30MM♦Project Scope of Work and Description: Engineering, procurement and construction of a new plant and interconnections with the existing facilities for the production of 15.000 TMPY of white oils and 25.000 TMPY of low aromatics solvents, including cracking and hydrotreating units, services plants and 22 API-650 storage tanks.

Bachelor'S Degree, Mechanical Engineering

Project Management Advanced Course (Diploma), Project Management

Project Management Advanced Course (Diploma), Project Management