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Houston, TX, US

Houston, Texas Area

Manage and actively direct professional, semi-skilled workers and contractors in projects and maintenance operations for repair, replace and/or upgrade equipment and assets in Facilities Department. Oversee and coordinates project activities to ensure implementation and prescribed activities executed achieving defined objectives in planning, evaluating.

Houston, Texas Area

• Senior Project Excellence and Support Engineer (PES) Utilize experiences leveraging skills and knowledge to influence thinking and behaviors working with multiple and diverse project teams across the global portfolio.
• Improve Opportunity (Project) outcomes by driving consistent development and implementation of Top Quartile plans, Value Improvement Practices (VIP's) and best practices that lead to consistent project cost reduction.
• Partner with Sr. Management, Project Managers and business leaders, developing strategies that deliver demonstrable benefits through facilitation, analysis and advice.
• Facilitate peer reviews capturing Lessons Learned and best practices realized for consistency in future implementation.
• Train engineers in local project delivery organizations to drive project excellence on smaller projects through “fit for purpose” application.Senior Project Engineer - Construction Lead Construction Engineer and.
• Construction Engineering focal point to the Catalog Create task team interfacing with Engineering contractors and technical advisors on 23 work streams to be developed as part of the overall Program Office work.

Beaumont/Port Arthur, Texas Area

• MOTIVA Enterprises, LLC., Port Arthur, TXSenior Project Engineer-Construction Owner Representative responsible for unit construction execution and control system assurance delivery to pre RFSU through project schedule.
• Led on-time completion of construction, execution assurance deliverables and commissioning ensuring assigned area of control of project met schedule, budget, quality and KPIs of plant power station valued at $473MM.
• Implemented site accepted philosophy of the GAC (Governance, Assurance, Control) required to function between various contractors (JV Alliance and General Contractor) for schedule and cost control of the project
• Interface with C&SU Group for priority sequence of Production requirements for producing and providing steam to CEP units. Ensure that service requests are honored while maintaining construction focus.

Houston, Texas Area

• SHELL global solutionsSenior Project Engineer Directed program portfolio assigned to hydrocarbon storage vessel risk mitigation projects. Projects executed concurrently at four (4) sites on the US Gulf Coast with a.
• Developed project solutions utilizing HEMP/LOPA analysis, leveraging learnings across sites, addressing impact of cost drivers and moving toward lowest cost options.
• Worked with Contracts Group to achieve optimum construction contract through successful negotiations limiting impacts to equipment rentals, mark-up for materials and labor wages.

Houston, Texas Area

• Lyondell-Citgo Refining, LP (LyondellBasell Refinery), Houston, TXManager of Project Engineering Managed daily activities of multi-disciplined group in development and management of projects for capital improvements.
• Alliance Manager responsible for daily interface with EPCM Alliance contractors that provides services from conceptual engineering, FED, construction through start-up for all projects.
• Supervised 10 company direct and contract Project Engineers and Construction Coordinators, performing overall oversight, ensuring and confirming proper funding for projects <=$5MM.
• Implemented Project Delivery Process managing alliance with contractor providing engineering and procurement services, executing refinery capital projects with annual estimated 230k to 275k work hours and $6 to $8.5MM.

Houston, Texas Area

Developed plans to provide formal structure to newly formed planning group in the facility. Established clearly defined roles/responsibilities and interdepartmental handoffs increasing overall team effectiveness.

Houston, Texas Area

Charter member of newly formed Reliability Group specializing in piping systems and fixed equipment predictive maintenance.

Bachelor Of Science (B.S.), Mechanical Engineering

Master Of Business Administration (M.B.A.), Business Administration And Management, General