Justin Shepherd Email & Phone Number

1301 Mckinney St., Suite 2400, Houston, Texas 77010

• Formulated & administered strategic plans, objectives, & standards of performance for the direction and control of the engineering, design, & proposal functions, ensuring attainment of business goals
• Developed, implemented, & supervised a new procurement process, including but not limited to quotation requests, strategic sourcing events, & purchase orders, for purchasing capital expenditure equipment
• Managed vendor relations, i.e., contracts, negotiations, production planning & scheduling
• Created & maintained a QA/QC program for all vendors to adhere to, effectively standardizing production. This program consisted of quality spot checks, witnessed and non-witnessed inspections using an Inspection Punch.
• Helped create a management of change (MOC) procedure to promote a smooth and progressive deployment of new processes both at the field level and corporate level
• Developed & patented several new products for the business that reduced maintenance costs, reduced equipment tare weights, and increased proppant load volumes

11947 FM 529 Houston, TX 77041

• Responsible for the management and workforce planning of the Engineering Department, consisting of the Project Managers, Project Engineers, and the Drafting Department
• Supervised the purchase of equipment by Project Managers for project orders and watched over project timelines to ensure packages shipped on time and under budget
• Accountable for forecasting project deliverables and profits for quarterly reporting
• Responsible for reducing fabrication rework costs by over 85% by creating a training program for all engineering personnel and creating a resources library, i.e., calculation worksheets, datasheets, etc.
• Helped reduce liquidated damages from projects that ship late by instituting multiple scheduling worksheets for the facility to utilize
• In charge of coordinating with the shop manager to keep the facility running efficiently

11947 FM 529 Houston, TX 77041

• Responsible for the management of Projects from bid phase to completing project documentation after the package is inspected and shipped
• In charge of making sure equipment is ordered in a timely manner and creating a fabrication schedule for each assigned project to meet the customer’s shipment deadline
• Accountable for all communications between the customer and DXP for assigned projects
• Responsible for creating an Inspection Test Plan for each project and coordinating with the customer and inspections for each scheduled hold point

11947 FM 529 Houston, TX 77041

• Accountable for the design of each package and that the design meets customer specifications
• Responsible for conducting structural analysis on each skidded package
• Used Piping & Instrumentation Diagrams to develop packages in 3D computer aided software (SolidWorks)
• Completed datasheets and any other documentation required for a project

PO Box 5337 Jonestown, Texas 78645

• Responsible for the design and development of a vertical-axis wind turbine owned by CM Energies International, LLC
• Managed multiple Environmental Impact Assessments for Federal grant contracts
• Managed a $2 million Federal Grant awarded from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) funding
• Oversaw the day to day operations of CM Alternative Energies, including but not limited to, payroll management, client relations, and marketing, as well as manufacture, assembly, and installation of wind energy systems
• Required extensive use of SolidWorks for Engineering drawings and enhanced leadership skills, hands-on mechanical skills, and communication skills with clients and co-workers