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Downers Grove, Illinois, United States

Houston, Texas Area

Houston, Texas Area

Provided quality, design and construction project management support for facilities projects.• Managed office renovation including facilitating communication between subcontractors, engineers and client, managing submittal approval process and oversight of subcontractors. • Revised corporate quality documents including quality management system manual, quality procedures and forms and developed SharePoint site to ensure document accessibility to personnel.• Managed turnover of vendor and contractor documentation to client for construction projects in accordance with contract requirements.• Led conceptual design projects including selection of equipment and drafting of process description documents and drawings. • Developed mechanical scopes of work including site surveys, scope of work drawings and demolition drawings to be issued to contractors for use in developing bids. • Served as Emergency Response Coordinator for office including developing and communicating emergency response plan and procuring supplies.

Downer'S Grove

Managed technical operations of projects, led and coordinated team efforts, distributed client and supplier information, maintained documents, and participated in quality reviews of deliverables. • Prepared proposals including drafting of proposal defining documents and proposal letters, leading proposal kick off meetings, and reviewing the man hour estimates submitted.• Monitored man hour and cost budgets and assisted in monthly reporting and developed and updated project schedules.• Led multi-disciplinary project team on site assessment to client refinery in Mexico to collect documents and data for detailed design.

Managed upgrade projects at company gasoline stations and convenience stores for a privately-held regional petroleum distributor. • Managed underground storage tank replacement projects including scope development, bid submission, presentation of bids to management for contractor selection and project oversight • Managed image upgrade projects; researching products and suppliers and scope development• Coordinated environmental remediation activities including communication with consultants, reviewing documents, and approving disbursement of funds• Coordinated activities in response to eminent domain property takings including communication with attorney, real estate manager and contractors and scheduling contractor activities

Managed maintenance, renovation, and compliance activities for 190 Exxon and Mobil retail facilities in Charlotte, Chicago, Memphis and Nashville• Managed $6.9 million annual maintenance budget and achieved a 10% reduction in spending.• Managed capital projects from scope development and bid submission through contractor selection and project oversight including 11 car wash equipment replacements in four markets in a 12-week period within budget and with no safety incidents• Resolved chronic maintenance issues which reduced maintenance costs by eliminating repeated contractor dispatches and increased opportunities for sales by reducing equipment downtime • Directed emergency response activities to incidents such as product spills, equipment failures, property damage due to automobile strikes, burglaries, and shootings at company-operated stores• Coordinated compliance activities such as resolution of Notices of Violation from the Illinois Office of the State Fire Marshal, responses to agency requests from the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency and preparation for Underground Storage Tank inspections in Tennessee• Implemented Behavior-Based Safety program including formal training for 76 contractor companies, informal training at contractor sites, monthly field observations, investigation of safety incidents• Developed Business Continuity Plan for United States Maintenance & Repair group to address natural disasters and loss of facilities, trained maintenance coordinators on plan implementation and conducted test to assess effectiveness of plan and training and identify areas for improvement

Provided main source of communication and problem resolution between ExxonMobil and dealer franchisees at 66 Mobil stations in the Chicago and Milwaukee markets

Bachelor Of Engineering - Be, Chemical Engineering, Environmental Engineering

Juris Doctor, Law