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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.
• 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.
• 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.

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.

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.
• 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.