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Wichita, Ks, Us

Wichita, Kansas, Us

Report to Plant Manager and am a member of the Business Leadership Team. Provided Leadership to improve site culture, transformation, and Principle Based Management tenets. Contributed to setting site vision, business goals, business plan, and strategies to improve business results. Championed TA Capability initiative, Front End Loading improvements, and best practices. Through this effort, the 2023 TA was completed ahead of schedule, under budget, and on plan, positioning the business to recapture previous lost production while saving $8 million in costs. In addition, the 2023 results marked a step change in site TA performance, work efficiencies, and overall TA process duration.

Wichita, Kansas, Us

Reported to Plant Manager and am a member of the Business Leadership Team. Managed Maintenance and TA Organizations consisting of ~65 direct union and non-union staff employees responsible for planning, scheduling, execution excellence, daily field execution, TA front end loading, and TA execution. Established execution excellence team to streamline and improve work processes and tools. Set sitewide vision for Team Based Maintenance and sponsored initiative through initial implementation phase. Implemented readiness program for outages resulting in reduction in execution duration and costs, leading to an estimated $8-10 million recovered production per year. Contributed to a record sustainable run time and production year in 2022 through Leadership and Maintenance improvements.

Wichita, Ks, Us

Managed Koch Fertilizer Canada plantwide 2021 TA beginning at Pre-TA construction through TA completion. Managed rescoping due to external events, full funding package development, risk analysis, and baseline schedule production. Implemented best practices and technology improvements for work packages, handover, and startup system tracking. Completed TA safely while meeting all repair and reliability objectives.

Wichita, Ks, Us

Oversaw field construction and managed field execution for the 2021 West FCCU TA. Prepared scope, estimate, and initial schedule for 2022 COGEN, DDS, and ISOM TA.

Wichita, Ks, Us

Manage engineering, procurement, fabrication and construction for various refinery small capital projects valued between $10MM and $15MM using the stage gate process and implemented improvement initiatives to improve schedule, reduce costs, and enhance business profitability.• Managed East Plant temporary Main Air Blower Project to design, procure, and install 2 pads, 5 compressors, 5 transformers, 500' of 24" piping, 4 cooling water pumps, 2 cooling towers, and associated electrical and instrumentation in 5 weeks, preventing an East Plant shutdown, and earning $43MM for the business• Led project team in achieving a 2019 honorable mention FHR EHS Excellence award for the HF Detection Project• Executed organizational vision to improve FEL duration through development and implementation of initiatives, helping reduce FEL duration by 42%• Successfully mentored 2 Plant Engineers as Project Managers, each who have completed or are executing several critical projects and are top performers• Improved Sponsor, Owner, and Corporate stakeholder expectations and project performance by developing BEAM and Interactive Planning processes• Contributed $5.7MM in savings/value to Engineering Services Value Meter in 2018 and $43MM in 2020

Houston, Texas, Us

• Managed 7 simultaneous brownfield plant, greenfield pipeline, and pipeline re-servicing projects through engineering, procurement, fabrication and construction to convert all Kuparuk users from reservoir gas to Prudhoe import gas.• Coordinated tie ins and planned shutdown activities to minimize field-wide production impacts.• Assisted in developing commercial agreements between Oliktok Pipeline Company and BP.• Developed packages for Department of Transportation, Department of Natural Resources, and North Slope Borough approval and verified proper design and installation to DOT specifications.• Developed estimates, forecasts, funding decision board packages throughout all project phases.• Evaluated and approved bid packages for fabrication and construction.• Managed 2 fast track projects to reduce production impacts due to import delays by improving injection returns.• Completed FEL2 for a two 15MW gas turbine generator Alpine Power Expansion project from evaluating and selecting contractors, developing single concept, managing early engineering, delivering a TIC estimate, and preparing studies and funding proposals.

Houston, Texas, Us

• Developed system wide software design requirements, data definition, verification and testing plans to implement the SmartPlant Suite (SmartPlant Electrical, Instrumentation, PID, and Foundation) within the Norway business unit.• Managed contingent workforce of developers and Intergraph contractor personnel for system design and programming.• Instituted the EPC contractor data submittal process and verification, change management process, oversaw data delivery, and assisted in database design for SPI, SPPID, SPEL, and Foundation.• Developed design for the interface and integration into company enterprise systems (SAP, Livelink, PDMS, and others).

Houston, Texas, Us

• Managed FEL-3 through fabrication and pre-installation on budget and schedule.• Performed reporting, estimating, budget and schedule control.• Oversaw quality control/assurance, procurement, and integration to existing facilities and projects.

Houston, Texas, Us

Completed final project deliverables, Material books, closeouts, and handover documentation/Vendor Drawing and Data Requirements per NORSOK and Operating specifications

Houston, Texas, Us

• Coordinated and conducted Pre-Startup Safety Review (PSSR) walkdowns.• Managed contractor and construction efforts for PSSR action closure.

Houston, Texas, Us

• Completed all bid book, technical requisition, and purchase order reviews and their subsequent release on or ahead of schedule for the crude, sat gas, and Mercaptan removal system units.• Identified long lead equipment and critical vendor data items and provided oversight management.• Addressed bidder inquiries and evaluated bidder proposals for schedule, quality, and technical viability.• Developed risk management plan and execution plans for EPC phase.

Houston, Texas, Us

• Executed engineering and construction management activities for Unicracker turnaround without incident, on schedule and with 0 fabrication/construction defects.• Addressed request for information inquiries while maintaining budget and schedule.• Performed pre-hydro, restoration, and system turnover inspections and witnessed and approved hydro-tests.• Managed the master tie in list, Leak Detection and Repair work list, procurement of tank mixer and tank modification efforts.• Performed engineering activities for tank mixer specifications and resulting tank manway installation and roof modification.• Served as night duty construction manager without incident.

Houston, Texas, Us

• Developed risk management plan and execution plans for EPC phase.• Reviewed and accepted engineering deliverables per COP and industry specifications• Oversaw contractor development of PIDS, PFDs, equipment datasheets, and general design and validated against project requirements• Assisted in interface management between other packages and plant facilities• Reviewed and evaluated project specifications

Houston, Tx, Us

* Performed contract management responsibilities including cost/labor estimation, budgeting, schedule generation and resource management for government NASA Space Flight Operations Contract* Coordinated team efforts in requirements definition, development, data conversion, H/W and S/W testing, and application programming* Acted as co-chairman of the Space Shuttle engineering requirements change processing management board* Established and implemented process practices for maximizing production, improving product quality, and achieving CMMI Level 3 rating

Houston, Tx, Us

* Prepared documentation specifying payload weight/mass properties and electrical/mechanical interfaces to assist in integrated Shuttle operations* Defined and developed engineering testing requirements for payload hardware flight certification* Acted as payload engineering representative on various NASA boards and project teams * Determined stowage and de-stowage requirements for time critical science and middeck payload hardware from the Shuttle to prevent loss of science* Established process improvements for reducing requirements change evaluation and developed a change tracking and metric generator

Bethesda, Md, Us

• Aided in the design, development, and calibration of Shuttle – International Space Station rendezvous simulator.• Designed, developed, and tested supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA) hardware, software, and device drivers used in real time closed loop testing of Shuttle navigation units. This involved integrating hardware, custom drivers, application software, and peripheral machines into a complete test set providing verification, calibration, and validation of Shuttle guidance and navigation flight hardware.• Provided technical assistance and theoretical expertise to modify current analysis algorithms to accept data from alternate guidance hardware.• Monitored and evaluated Shuttle guidance and navigation data for anomalies at the Mission Control Center during flight.• Perform periodic calibration, component evaluation testing, and flight certification on Shuttle flight hardware.• Functioned as System Administrator for Shuttle guidance and navigation hardware test set.