John Sandness Email & Phone Number

Houston, Tx, Us

Houston, Texas, United States

Houston, Texas, United States

• Key liaison for a major operator's project teams based in the Gulf Coast, executing over $2MM per year of engineering consulting service.• Responsible for all aspects of business development activities: identifying sales opportunities, performing client presentations, establishing scope of work, issuing proposals, and supervising project workflow.• Managed teams through hands-on project leadership & mentoring to ensure all deliverables meet client expectations, were on time, and within budget. Influenced resource management to staff projects with the necessary skills. • Integrated an acquired Renewable Energy group into current division. Implemented procedures to improve operations.• Identified opportunities to enhance project profitability through operational assessments and reviewing data analytics of financial reporting generated by shared services.

Houston, Texas, United States

• Embedded with client project team for 4 years to manage interface requests between Subsea contractors and the construction yard for a new $10 billion offshore oil and gas development. • Developed equipment preservation plan, managed project risk development, and assisted with supplier deviation.• Led design plan review and provided recommendations to improve performance and reduce project cost.

Houston, Texas Area

• Managed the development of riser systems from Concept Development to Front End Engineering and Design.• Prepared and executed project plans to establish system pricing for input into finance models.• Participated in 8-month office transfer to UK office as representative from the Houston team for a multi-year design project, responsible for client meetings, communication requirements and design changes.

Houston, Texas Area

• Developed customized valve design and the associated testing documentation for equipment used on oil pipelines.• Initiated process design meetings to diagnose manufacturing issues as part of a continuous improvement initiative.• Provided on-site decision support advisory services to ensure products were fit-for-service and delivered on-time.

Houston, Texas

• Designed bespoke pipeline products that satisfied site specific requirements through collaborating with customers.• Optimized product development by developing frameworks through strong analysis skills and technical knowledge.• Developed procedures as project leader of an inter-department team to train employees on a new production process.

Calgary, Alberta

• Developed product proposals to utility companies based on customer requirements and engineering analysis. • Worked first-hand with all value chain parts to ensure orders up to $2M were properly procured and installed.• Enhanced product performance by benchmarking competing products and implementing new quantitative analyzes.

Master Of Business Administration - Mba, 3.9 Gpa

M.A.Sc., Mechanical Engineering

• Master’s thesis involved optimizing production and enhancing quality of an innovative pultrusion composite manufacturing process.

B.A.Sc., Materials Engineering

• Bachelor’s thesis was to develop a fracture based stress analysis to quantify the adhesion of a metal coating (thermal spray) • Relevant.