Neil Smith Email & Phone Number

Houston, Texas, United States

TAS Energy is an experienced modular manufacturing business supplying modular solutions for the data center, commercial cooling and turbine inlet chilling markets. We can attend to your environmentally controlled modularization needs to save time and money at site for any industry. Just engage in a conversation and we can customize to suit.

Houston, Texas Area

Reporting to the CEO and President of the company with responsibilities to deliver world class proposals, contracts, sourcing and quality management.

Houston, Texas Area

Reporting to COO responsible for all proposal and contracting activities from inquiry through to order.

Houston, Texas Area

Working as contracts manager responsible for management of all front end sales contract review and finalisation.

Adelaide, Australia

Manage a team of professionals to deliver all risk management, assurance and compliance activities in the development business. This business delivers power projects from the assessment phase to operations in Australia and internationally in the renewable and hydrocarbon energy arenas.

Wore two hats as:- General manager of technical services for the major projects division and Project Director for Gateway:- a common project delivery system and process across all Origin business units and building a team of engineering, quality, scheduling, estimating and IM professionals for the delivery of projects in the future.

Worked as project Director for the Mortlake 550 MW power plant project In Victoria. Developed and set the project team up to deliver the project on time. Took the project up to the first 8 months of construction activities and was asked to take on a bigger role in the company.

Contracts negotiation leader with a team of six direct reports with reponsibility to deliver sales and execution contracts up to US$750 Million annually.Led a team of technical and commercial professionals supporting all aspects of proposal and contracting activities from equipment sales up to and including complete turnkey contracts for operating power plants in all areas of the world outside the Americas.

Managed sales technical and commercial support team for power sales of projects including turnkey power plants in South America( Bolivia, Chile, Panama, Brazil, Argentina, Columbia) ( up to US$ 450MM annually). Two years on start up of a new packaging facility in Hungary developing a full training package for the sales support team of eight direct reports. Team then was managed by me to contract all sales in Europe, Asia and AIM for Aero GT packages. ~US$ 600MM annual contracted value.

Based in Perth Australia was responsible for the sale and project delivery of 4 power plants for Western Mining in Kalgoorlie, Kambalda, Mount Kieth and Leinster. Projects were semi -Turnkey of all equipment supplied and were all 4 installed and commissioned simultaneously. All delivered on time and in budget. Also responsible for further sales in Australia and New Zealand during that period. Set up Gas Turbine services and Operations office in Perth which is now GE Energy Offices.

Based in Houston Texas, USA Managed a team of project managers to deliver & install LM product GT packages and power plants for more than 20 power plants installed on turnkey basis around the world including places such as China, Indonesia, Abu Dhabi, Guatemala, Brazil, Columbia, Turkey etc.

Based in Rio,de Janeiro Brazil responsible for successfully delivered on time and in budget turnkey installation of a 75MW power plant in Porto Velho a small city in the Amazon area and also a 120 MW plant in Salvador, North East Brazil.

Worked for Press and Worley group (now Amec) in several roles in North Sea Scotland and offshore Brazil.Based in Rio de Janeiro Brazil for three years as Project Engineer and Offshore Construction supervisor for the Cherne 2 platform hook up in 1980.Spent several years in different positions from quality engineer, cost engineer, materials co-ordinator, mechanical and piping engineer in several projects in North Sea including BP Forties, Shell Bravo, Texaco tartan, Total Alwyn Hook Up.

4 years trainee/apprentice work /study as a contracts engineer working on all project aspects from definition, design, build commission etc from small ventilation systems to offshore constructiion and major Air conditioning systems for Hospitals. Airports etc.