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Irvine, Ca, Us

Los Angeles, California, United States

Provide direction for the day-to-day operations of the West Coast Office, implementing plans and policies to achieve overall corporate objectives, ensuring profitability, and maximizing operating results. Ensure that all projects meet the company's safety and quality standards.

California, United States

Direct site performance to meet all operational KPIs, financial targets, and safety performance with a staff of 750 associates and provide on-time delivery of up to 300K+ customer orders per day. Develop cross-functional teams to manage and coordinate resources for strategic initiatives.• Improved site performance from bottom quartile to top 10% in one year.• Improved top line performance by 37% through increased capacity while reducing variable costs by 10% y-o-y.• Reduced OSHA recordable rate by 400%.• Responsible for regional cost performance for 6 sites in the Southern California area.

La Palma, California

Manage 3 separate functional teams across the Western Region: (1) Tank Capital and Expense Program, (2) Construction Management, and (3) Records Management.• Manage annual capital and expense tank project portfolio performance and cashflow. Prepare 5-year plan for review with executive leadership semi-annually. Review project proposals and assist in prioritizing spend in short-term and long-term budget.• Provide construction management services for up to 30 locations simultaneously managing safety performance, quality control inspection, daily reporting, regulatory visits, operational coordination, change order management and communication, and project close-out.• Collaborated across departments to negotiate and sponsor strategic construction inspection contracts that delivered a 10% reduction in historical costs while increasing the scope of the contract and driving quarterly KPI metrics to align business goals. • Developed and maintained a safety culture that resulted in zero OSHA recordables for 2.5 years.• Zero violations during Office of the State Fire Marshall Audits in 5+ years.• Completed Lean Six Sigma Green Belt Project resulting in 10% savings to the Storage Tank Capital Project Program.

Long Beach

• Manage Front End Loading (FEL) and management of projects valued from $30,000 to $20 million related to pipeline replacement, custody transfer meters, directional drilling, and leak detection.• Led multi-project team to execute 7 projects totaling $17 million on the primary crude line during a 10-day refinery turnaround. This included a nitrogen purge and pig tracking for a pipeline that was 180 miles long.• Monitor project controls deliverables to include cost and schedule management, risk management, change management, earned value progressing, and forecasting.

Responsible for daily operations, equipment maintenance, and readiness training for teams varying in size from 20 to 50 personnel, $100 million of equipment, and an annual operational budget of $1 million. Acted as a military advisor on a 10-man team as part of a Border Transition Team in Nineveh, Iraq• Bronze Star Awardee that served in a 10-man unit recognized for capturing 6 High Value Targets• Provided ground support for one Special Forces mission.