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Tulsa, Oklahoma, United States

Manage all aspects of Civil Engineering and Geotechnical Design of QuikTrip sites by ensuring compliance with QuikTrip and industry standards. Provide technical design solutions and expertise to internal and external customers for civil engineering and geotechnical development plans and cost projections while complying with federal, state, and local.

Jenks, Oklahoma, United States

Respond to and resolve citizen inquiries and concerns, negotiate and resolve controversial issues and respond to the City Manager, the City Council and the City management team in a timely manner; oversees project management for the design and construction of public projects; oversees design/engineering study professional services contracts; supervises and.

Tulsa, Oklahoma

• Implemented Lean at a large natural gas pipeline company with 6000+ employees through coaching/instructing 100+ Lean Six Sigma (LSS) Green/Black Belt candidates and facilitating/managing 20+ process improvement.
• Achieved LSS Master Black Belt certification by teaching over 100 employees in LSS Green and Black Belt level classes and coaching 3 candidates to certification.
• Conducted root cause analysis for Asset Integrity on 3 separate opportunities leading to over $6 million in reduced equipment and pipeline construction costs.
• Facilitated a process creation event involving 5 business units where a new volume management process saved over $2 million by quickly detecting and eliminating future defects.
• Adapted the 8-Step Problem Solving Model to a yearly goal achievement model for business leaders. This new model reduced monthly goal status reporting by 8 hours, increased visibility of goal actions and increased.

Tulsa, Oklahoma

• Directed 20+ civil design projects for municipal and private customers in the Tulsa area.
• Served as primary project manger for a large multi-state convenience store client. Considerable customer service and increased trust resulted in a 500% (from 2 projects to 10 projects) increase in business with this.

Tulsa, Oklahoma

• Managed 16 LSS Black Belts on 4 continents, coaching them in career development and implementing LSS in field operations, manufacturing and business support groups.
• Coached LSS Black Belts in over 40 process improvement projects saving $20+ million over 4 years.
• Conducted six 3P (Production Preparation Process) events reducing the manufacturing foot prints by 25% and decreasing cycle times by 15+%.
• Analyzed expenses for domestic travel and recommended improvements resulting in $5-10 million in reduced annual spend and a 75% reduction in expense report processing time.

Tulsa, Oklahoma

• Led 50 employee urethane pig production facility composed of customer service, engineering, purchasing, production and shipping groups; oversaw $14.4 million budget and $46 million in timely billing.
• Through consistent focus and total employee engagement, the plant achieved 100% rating on the annual HSE audit for the first time.
• Participated in and facilitated Lean events which increased on-time delivery from 50% to 90% and reduced excess and obsolete inventory by 48% ($660K+).

Tulsa, Oklahoma

• Supervised small team involved with the quoting, design, fabrication management and delivery of pipeline equipment.
• Through focus on the customer, increased understanding of the market and process improvements, order volume increased from 10 to 100+ units and annual revenue increased from $1 million to $10 million.

Tulsa, Oklahoma

• Managed pipeline service projects for large, high-priority customers domestically.
• Directed the design and fabrication of an innovative automated batch pigging system valued over $2.5 million and involving numerous contractors and suppliers; largest automated pigging system produced by TDW; authored.
• Petroleum producer needed to understand the current status and replacement schedule for their pipeline equipment on the North Slope of Alaska; developed and implemented a pig trap assessment program whereby over 50.

Tulsa, Oklahoma

• Designed private and public utility extensions, surface grading and site plans for 12+ commercial and residential developments.
• Created checklists and tools to decrease the design time by 15% resulting in more profit for the company.

Tulsa, Oklahoma

• Facilitated meetings between owners, developers, engineers, architects, contractors and municipal officials; administered municipal review of site-civil construction plans.
• Created a checklist for conducting water and wastewater extension reviews which led to a 50% reduction in cycle time and is still used by City personnel to this day.
• Addressed a 10-year backlog in utility extension project closings resulting in over $330K moving from escrow accounts to the City budget.

Port Of Catoosa, Oklahoma

• Supervised 25 manufacturing, galvanizing and administrative personnel at a captive-shop galvanizing facility with $50K in monthly expenditures.
• Designed and implemented manufacturing line modifications increasing production by 30% and surpassing profit goals by 20%.

Tulsa, Oklahoma

• Managed plant construction projects and natural gas contracts/usage.
• Designed and installed galvanizing kettle improvements that reduced natural gas consumption by 25% and saved $145K annually in utility expenses.