Jose Herrera Email & Phone Number

Houston, Tx, Us

Newcastle Upon Tyne, Gb

Project Manager for a Chemical Engineering Manufacturing company that recycles waste fluid from upstream and agrochemical operators. The processed virgin material enables sustainability with circular economy, shortens supply chains, decreases costs and lowers the environmental carbon footprint of fine and specialty chemical production. ● Develop strategic plans, bids and award of global projects while analyzing the landed cost of all the process engineering equipment, raw and processed product.● Develop the feasibility study to analyze the cost of recycled product in comparison to the landed cost of the original product.● Present the feasibility of the project lifecycle of the brownfield/ greenfield projects to the senior stage gate panel for project approval. ● Develop the project execution plan, equipment procurement, construction and commissioning procedures of new facilities.● Develop, implement and monitor company project management documents, execution plans, company objective key results (OKR’s), employee engagement and customer relationship management software.

Humble, Tx, Us

On location in Brunswick, Georgia for the Golden Ray Cargo Ship Wreck Removal from the seafloor.● Wrote and submitted installation and safety procedures to the Unified Command that adhered to US Coast Guard regulations, state regulations and all applicable engineering standards.● Project coordination of 150 personnel in Brunswick, Georgia between offshore salvage personnel, equipment, materials and the naval architect project management heavy lift team.● Ensure all Covid prevention and HSE regulations by operations and vendors are met.

Houston, Texas, Us

● Managed, mentored and developed a team of 9 planners. ● Provided business strategy and opportunities to management that reduced cost structure of the P&L by $2.5 Million per month by efficient purchasing power, planning and cost reduction.● Reduction of financial inventory by 45% Year on Year for the North America , doubling inventory turn rates and reducing transportation and mobilization costs by 40% thus improving free cash flow for for the region in a down market. ● Improved forecast accuracy to the key vendors in North America Land by 50% resulting in leveraging purchasing discounts with third party product vendors.● Through cooperation with global demand/ supply planning and relocation of surplus, reduced North America's inventory by $90 Million increasing free cash flow to the company. ● Reduced 3rd party spend and increased free cash flow in a down market. ● Studied the Inventory Optimization network by using modeling software to reduce 40 warehouses down to 11.

Houston, Texas, Us

Worked with the drilling operations group and managed a team of 7 front line supervisor and 150 warehouse and marine personnel in a 24/ 7 work environment.● Managed personnel, products and blending plants on 10 facilities each around 300,000 SF● Reduced logistics cost by leveraging buying power with SLB logistics Control Tower.● Created Standard Work Instructions for the plants thus eliminating service quality issues and downtime with the operators – Yearly estimated savings of $120K of training new operators.● Sponsored continuous improvement events resulting in accountability, process and controls for managing and handling barite. Eliminated continual loss of $750K of inventory.● Administered Maintenance Program used daily on $26 Million of equipment in the region eliminating $100 - $750K of capital expenditures for new equipment.

Houston, Texas, Us

● Established and Managed the Global Facilities Engineering Group department. ● Managed a team of 5 engineers globally for the department.● Successfully accomplished 3 primary goals of ensuring compliance with all related standards, and delivering results on budget and on time. ● Developed the Global Project Roadmap for the standardization of the plant design and marine bases for Deepwater and Portable Blending Plants from budgeting to commission.● Established engineering, quality and maintenance standards for the global facilities.● Managed the development of the blending plant design and construction project including overseeing its organization, scheduling, and implementation in compliance with a Lean construction process in collaboration with engineering firms.● Responsible for budget of $150 Million of new build plants and maintenance of 300 plants globally.

Houston, Texas, Us

● Designed and project manager for state of the art blending manufacturing plants, marine bases, warehouse, office, bulkheads for the Gulf Coast. Project values ranging from $200K to $70 Million.● Designed and used automation on the piping system which saved on labor cost - Estimated savings of $120K per year in labor cost per facility.● Repaired and modernized facilities during emergency repair projects after Hurricanes Katrina and Rita.

Managed all global project operations and execution in North America, South America, West Africa, and Asia for projects valued at $200K to $150M. Refined international business and project leadership skills across diverse cultures in logistically challenging areas of the world. Oversaw offshore project execution including estimating, engineering, procurement, fabrication, project management, installation, commissioning, and decommissioning. Installation experience includes pipeline installation, pipeline repair, PLEMs, platform installation, deck set, platform decommissioning, subsea tie-ins, topside hookup, diving projects. Led a team of engineers for large-scale international engineering and construction projects, including overseas residency.• Tracked and reported project progress to executive management and client on a regular basis.• Controlled and reduced project costs through detailed cost control methods.• Developed efficient plans and procedures for project organization including scheduling, HSE and quality. • Reviewed, coordinated, and ensured project sub-contractors are meeting and exceeding project expectations.