Rene Bourque, P.Eng., Pmp Email & Phone Number

Calgary, Ab, Ca

Calgary, Alberta, Ca

Team member of the Brownfield Project Organization supporting Kearl Oil Sands Mine assets. Managing portfolio of projects in a matrix organization with Operations, Technical and support groups. Ensuring adequate project resources are assigned for overall project planning and execution success. Applying established project management processes, operation integrity and safety to meet requirements and standards.Overall responsibilities include developing organizational plan, establishing and endorsement the project objectives and strategies. Ensure adequate scope, schedule and budget controls. Progress the front end engineering and design, quality objectives, field construction, commissioning and turn over to operations. Provide project stewardship and reporting.

Calgary, Alberta, Ca

Leader for Quebec, Atlantic Canada and Alberta Downstream regional project management office teams for remediation scope. Planning, project management process followed during acceptance, assessment, demolition, remediate, reclaim and closure. Ensure compliance to environmental laws, regulations and standards, business controls, technical best practices, SSHE and operations integrity. Recruitment and developing project engineers and project managers. Motivate, evaluate planned strategies and objectives. Provide challenging assignments as well as foster a learning environment with results. Develop strategic plans with all stakeholders including Development, technical and consultants. Flawlessly execute with optimized technologies, driving improvements and efficiencies. Manage consultant interfaces and performance within different contracting strategies for planning, engineering/design and field execution. Supports National Strategies and manages Alberta, Atlantic and Quebec territory budget development, forecasting, database management and reserve reconciliation. Collaboration with appropriate functions (i.e. Planning, Commercial, and Development) related to portfolio budget development and portfolio stewardship. Removing projects obstacles, managing risks and managing public relations. Interface with Law on claims, litigations and interpretation of government regulations. Remediated properties are surplus and divested. Canadian Fuel Imperial industry representative with Canadian Standard Network and Brownfield committee. Global E&PS SSHE Network member to develop and evaluate initiatives and consistent quality implementation.

Calgary, Alberta, Ca

Master Plans ($50M to +$500M budgets) : Syncrude strategy for optimizing the industrial assets including future site development, real estate portfolio, long-term plan aligned with business objectives and risk reduction, finance modeling and budgeting, managed planning office with direct report employees, other supporting employees and contract team of professionals; Kearl on-site camp, Billings Refinery Main Administration Building and Laboratory; Strathcona Refinery Master Plan future site development, risks reduction and optimization. Applied code, asset life cycle planning, safety, business, operational and project management controls and processes.

Calgary, Alberta, Ca

National Project Management Office (PMO): Corporate sites, Upstream - Hebron/Hibernia, Refining and Supply; (~$50M annual budget); oversight of maintenance and program projects under development and execution, managed the project management office of direct report employees, other supporting employees and contract team of professionals. Project scope included office fit out, laboratory renewal/ upgrades, building repairs/upgrades, data center expansions/ upgrades, radio systems, life safety, code upgrades, relocations, maintenance enterprise system roll out, operational efficiencies and energy management. Applied CIMS, OIMS, SSHE / LPS and site specific operational requirements.

Contract team member supporting the CNRL Horizon Oil Sands site development, utilities and office administration and support facilities development ($500M budget), completed design based memorandum, supported technical requirements with request for proposals, award, design and ongoing engineering construction support. TransAlta Mine facilities programing for maintenance shops ($60M budget) completed the design based memorandum. Saskatchewan laboratory HVAC upgrades design, energy management and operational enhancements including project viability with economics analysis.

Calgary, Alberta, Ca

Planned and lead the capital renewal program ($10M budget), established the planning database development and stewardship; campus master plan strategies and execution support of the capital program, new construction ($200M), scope included research labs, office / classrooms administration, sport complexes, utilties and roads infrastructure.

Calgary, Alberta, Ca

24/7 safe and reliable operations and maintenance of all assets ($30M budget), lead the O&M department including oversight of 30 employees, supporting contracted professionals and trades, total 8.8 million square feet; lead capital maintenance program development and execution of projects; implementation of maintenance enterprise system

24/7 safe and reliable operations of hospital infrastructure and energy management leader/ project manager ($5M budget), maintenance enterprise system implementation

Consultative engineering and administration support, project coordination, project management, code compliance, design, quality control, system turn over, safety, execution / construction in the Calgary health region with 10 million square feet of assets.

Design engineer for custom air systems, expert designer for all unit types including complex combined packaged units for commercial and unique industrial requirements.

Bachelor’S Degree, Mechanical Engineering

Executive Education - Exxonmobil General Leadership Program

Project Management Leadership

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Education record