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Charlotte, North Carolina, US

Naperville, Illinois, US

• Lead a team of Project Managers, Project Engineers, Planners, Schedulers, Cost Control Analysts, and Contractors, overseeing the Front-End-Loading (FEL) and execution of projects. Accountable for delivering site.
• Developed and implemented project processes to streamline and execute the site's project portfolio, delivering a $24MM capital budget within 8 months; resulted in improvement of project’s organization delivery of CapEx.
• Successfully built an organization from the ground level, integrating INEOS Project Engineers and contract workforce; resulted in increased project execution efficiency and enhanced team productivity.
• Implemented project processes and a Project Portfolio tracking tool using Power BI; resulted in enhancing project organization by improving project cost forecasting accuracy and enabling real-time tracking of schedule.
• Fostered a culture of excellence, accountability, and continuous improvement through inspirational leadership and mentorship, achieving a 100% safety record.

• Led a team of eighty-seven employees including maintenance supervisors, maintenance craftsmen, planning & scheduling, warehousing, and maintenance services contractors. Subject Matter Expert in key maintenance work.
• Delivered excellent safety performance with zero safety incidents.
• Improved break-in rate by 6%; Optimized overtime spend whilst reducing craft backlog.
• Updated Maintenance Work Process (MWP) to improve team communication and drive effective work delivery.
• Delivered efficiencies to the maintenance execution; resulted in 17% savings of the 2022 budget.
• Demonstrated ability to manage high workloads by delivering the Maintenance plan while covering for open roles in the organization, including I&E Supervisor, Machinist Supervisor and Planning & Scheduling Team Lead.

London, England, GB

• Directed Front-End-Engineering-Design (FEED) of major capital projects in Petrochemicals for greenfield and brownfield projects, ensuring agile execution aligned with the company’s project stage gate process.
• Led FEED for a boiler replacement project ($85MM), ensuring all project deliverables met company standards and industry best practices. Achieved 50% cost reduction through innovative Value Engineering and strong.
• Spearheaded revamp efforts for Project SALT ($67MM) to capture margin opportunity to increase the existing acetic acid unit capacity by 368 tons/day. Led the team through concept selection. Effectively reduced project.
• Deputy to Project Director monitoring and reporting on project progress, developing project plans, timelines, and budgets.

London, England, GB

• Delivered Metaxylene (mX) expansion project against the agreed scope, budget, schedule, and business expectations/goals.
• Monitored project risks and scope creep, proactively identifying, and addressing potential issues.
• Identified and escalated issues promptly and provided strategic direction for successful project delivery.
• Managed stakeholder expectations and communicated effectively to address concerns ensuring the highest quality service delivery. Successfully delivered project four days ahead of schedule plan, within agreed budget of.
• Covered as Docks and Logistics Operations Superintendent; successful completion of Docks turnaround.

London, England, GB

• Coordinated and managed a team of project professionals for the safe, on-time, and on-budget delivery of BP's Texas City Chemicals capital projects portfolio. Additionally, served as a Project Manager executing.
• CAPEX Single Point of Accountability; Managed portfolio of small/mid‐cap projects, ranging from $10MM ‐ $25MM.
• Active participant on talent management committee; facilitated organizational development of onsite project professionals.
• Program Manager for onsite contract engineering firm; ensured project team’s compliance and alignment with BP Engineering Technical Practices (ETPs) and relevant codes and standards, in conjunction with site.

London, England, GB

• Led multiple diverse cross functional teams of process technology, engineering, procurement, cost controllers/ estimators, construction management professionals and contractors to successfully implement site's capital.
• Proficient in BP's Project's Capital Value Process (CVP); Streamlined Texas City's CVP; Corporate’s audit review of process resulted in zero findings.
• Successfully installed site's flare compliance project, managing multiple contractors with 20K+ man hours; installed on‐schedule with zero safety and environmental incidents; Project improved site's reliability and.
• Successfully executed two air cooler replacement projects (~$2MM) during site turnaround on‐time and within budget and cost allowance.
• Single Point of Accountability for continuous improvement project resulting in gap closure for Process Safety Management of Change System defects.
• Program delivery ‐ Developed Quality Management program procedure to manage all projects' quality control/ assurance; closed 2012 identified safety/operation audit gap.

Houston, Texas, US

• Developed robust engineering plans and front‐end designs for capital-intensive, long-life cycle processing projects. Prepared detailed project designs and technical specifications based on safety, environmental impact.
• Streamlined scope and costs of Oil Recovery project by eliminating needless controls and capital equipment; reduced overall costs by $400K from a $1.2MM initial estimate.
• Directed multidisciplinary team to design temporary Oil Recovery system; project achieved 100% compliance with applicable emission regulations.
• Mentored new college hires and summer interns regarding the Front-End Loading (FEL( design process of projects.
• Lead Recruiter for ConocoPhillips Refining, Marketing and Transportation divisions.

Houston, Texas, US

• Provided technical support/guidance to Operations for the Hydrogen, Hydrotreating, Isomerization, Flare, Tank farms and Activated Sludge units.
• Performed test to optimize Isomerization reactor bed temperatures, yielding increased octane (savings ~$2.6MM.(
• Improved gasoline hydrotreater operation by reducing natural gas usage, resulting in sustaining catalyst run length and reducing overall refinery fuel gas consumption (savings~$715K).
• Supported start‐up of Isomerization unit. Collaborated with vendor, procurement, and ConocoPhillips (COP (refining Subject Matter Experts (SMEs( to influence resolution and prove degradability of supplied Raschig rings.
• Spearheaded project to flush decant tank bottoms material to Coker unit resulting in increased tank real estate, improved sampling reliability and reduced hazardous waste disposal (savings~$328K).
• Developed wastewater management procedure to enhance protection of treatment system and improve environmental compliance.

Houston, Texas, US

• Provided Process Engineering support to ConocoPhillips Energy and Isomerization Network leads.
• Led site energy reviews; recommended safety‐related process enhancements and long‐range planning programs to minimize overall energy consumption and meet consent decree requirements.
• Developed a world‐class model for steam systems, resulting in marked improvement of all ConocoPhillips steam processes.
• Developed Isomerization monitoring tool to track COP refineries KPIs.
• Simulated Aromatic Extraction Unit using HYSYS to benchmark KPIs.

• Lead Engineer monitoring, documenting, and recommending operational changes for Site’s Water Chemistry and Corrosion monitoring programs to minimize corrosion of spent nuclear fuel stored underwater. Security.
• Monitored and optimized basin water chemistry KPIs resulting in improved system efficiency; reduced deionization system operation, water sampling frequencies and overall waste generation.
• Managed small projects to safely develop methods to extract gadolinium nitrate in stored heavy water.
• Led project team of fifty Operation personnel to successfully complete final slurry operation to safely replace and dispose of spent ion exchange resin batch.

Bachelor Of Science (Bs), Chemical Engineering

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