SUMMARY:

• Transformational leader with over twenty (20) years of professional experience including fourteen (14) years focused on management in the oil and gas industry.
• Industry experience includes Brownfield, Greenfield, onshore, and offshore.
• Experience includes project management, personnel management, policies, procedures, working with foreign ministries, hands on technical, design, and engineering (including sales engineering).
• Strengths and intangibles include adaptability, strong analytical skillsets, proven experience in diverse and challenging environments, equanimity, and strong strategic/tactical mentality. I am a leader first, then a manager; a team player with integrity, dedication, work ethic, and attention to detail that is as comfortable in the field as in the office.
• I am a high potential employee.

EXPERIENCE:

Project Manager

Confidential, Houston, TX

Responsibilities:

• Lead Project Engineering team to achieve sustainable growth across the key areas of Customer, Leadership, Collaboration, and People for both Brownfield and Greenfield GOSP offshore projects.
• Provide leadership and guidance to the Project engineering team ensure Confidential vision, values, and way of working are upheld in every day practice.
• Drive Project Engineering, Project Controls, and Engineering to engage in the implementation and monitoring of continuous improvement of systems and processes; including review, audit, and improvement of delivery activities.
• Due to late staffing changes in the project, stepped in to take over the telecommunications and security systems work for FEED activities and delivered all specifications, block diagrams, and power requirements from identification of scope to ‘Issued for Use’ in less than eight (8) weeks.
• Developed ‘Instructions to Bidder’ documents regarding EPC Contractor General Requirements and for the Temporary Facilities and Laydown Areas.

Confidential, Houston, TX

Responsibilities:

• Lead the Confidential Project Engineering team to achieve sustainable growth across the key areas of Customer, Leadership, Collaboration, and People for both Brownfield and Greenfield offshore projects.
• Projects were fixed platform shallow water production platforms.
• Provide leadership and guidance to the Confidential Project engineering team ensure Confidential vision, values, and way of working are upheld in every day practice.
• Drive Project Engineering, Project Controls, and Engineering to engage in the implementation and monitoring of continuous improvement of systems and processes; including review, audit, and improvement of delivery activities on Confidential Projects.
• Expose the team to new metrics and methodologies for improving work flow and communications that drive long term sustainable plans and solutions.
• Apply portfolio resource planning tactics to ensure discipline availability to meet rapid delivery commitment dates.
• Perform integrated planning exercises with all disciplines to eliminate silo mentality and ensure buy in of deliverables and commitment dates.
• Lead integrated proposal efforts between Houston and Al - Khobar multi-discipline teams. Assist with technology integration by identifying program needs and requirements.

Area Services Manager

Confidential, Houston, TX

Responsibilities:

• Lead the Confidential team responsible for operational support activities, Engineered Procurement, Technical/Discipline Engineering Services, Area Made Changes, and sub-Cat C projects.
• Lead the initiative to develop fast-tracking processes and procedures via VSM to accommodate rapid execution of dynamic small projects and procurement activities.
• This included the development of process mapping for discipline activities, roles and responsibilities, and the elimination of wasteful activities through CI initiatives.
• Challenged and lead the team to develop workflow systems and database to eliminate individual autonomous tracking systems and utilize a single point data management tracking mechanism.
• Develop metrics and KPIs for monthly progress reporting and internal improvement practices.
• Create VPB for high traffic procurement activities to utilize ‘pull system’ and identify bottlenecks in the process.
• Continually lead the team in efforts to improve morale and productivity by re-aligning team focus and empowering individuals.
• Developed a succession plan to allow individuals the opportunity to matriculate into management positions.

Confidential, Houston, TX

Responsibilities:

• Lead the development of the Defined ETP Gap mitigation plans and close-out activities associated with the identified technical gaps between all seven hubs and the Confidential ETP General Practices.
• The close-out activities range from process studies, design deviations, feasibility engineering, detail engineering, and procurement activities.
• The project focus areas are fire & gas, process over pressurization, and pig launching and receiving.
• Project requires detailed weekly reports separate from the Program reports detailing hours spent by discipline and by activity, along with activity progression by week.
• Develop all Appraise TIC estimates for offshore implementation.
• Lead, organize, and facilitate the Confidential engineering, scheduling, estimating, and cost activities associated with the Define and Execute phases of the program.
• Develop execution documents, strategy documents, and reports on behalf of the client.
• Work with the offshore sites to coordinate construction activities on all eight autonomous Confidential .
• Manage all offshore implementation of 450 MHz digital communication systems at a resource leveled basis.
• Coordinate and review technical deliverables between the client, the client’s third-party management teams, vendors, and Confidential team members.
• Enforce quality requirements against all design and equipment in conformance with Confidential regulations.
• Program received letter of recognition by Confidential GoM CTO stating the program should be a case study for Confidential project implementation.
• Lead and managed the gap assessment analysis, re-engineering, procurement, and installation of the fourteen (14) offshore Seatrax crane CCM-7000 safety systems designed to mitigate load slip incidents.
• This project involved acting on behalf of the client with a vendor reluctant to in corporate any of the Confidential findings into their design.
• Upon successful negotiation between all parties the legacy safety systems were removed and the modified safety systems were implemented on seven (7) Confidential .
• Initiated and commenced project for pre-Front End Engineering Design (FEED) activities for Greenfield capital projects.
• This is a ground zero project start-up and kick-off. Performed and involved self with all project activities including staffing, operations, scheduling, project execution plan, scope of work, project development, and client interface.
• Organized, managed, and facilitated the development of the pre-FEED estimate, proposal, and procedures.

Confidential

Project Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Project managed and facilitated the engineering of the Scope of Work (SOW) for projects in support of the Utility and Offsite field projects.
• This included tasking disciplines to complete design and construction drawings, developing SOW for security intrusion systems, site telecommunications, and switchgear buildings, and revising project specifications.
• Reviewed design details for all project telecommunication and security work.
• Field managed the daily and project activities of the security contractor for the SSD-1 fence installation and integration.
• Oversaw all technical, design, quality, and implementation of work.
• Interfaced with KSA state security and utility agencies in order to receive electrical tie-in information and approval to commence with projects.
• Assisted the construction team with management responsibilities.
• Interface managed the project management activities between the home office and site.
• Project managed, facilitated, and engineered all aspects of the PIJV Task Order for the Iraqi Southern Oil Company (SOC) fixed wireless microwave system.
• This system consisted of seven onshore and two offshore locations. Onshore locations consisted of production and refinery facilities.
• Offshore locations consisted of fixed platform loading terminals; ABOT and KAOT.
• Project was in a hostile and challenging environment.
• Managed subcontractors for the installation of eight fixed wireless sites, developed customer’s and client’s needs analysis, facilitated the training for the SOC personnel outside of Iraq, technical bid analysis of shelters and equipment used on the project, and technical bid evaluations on proposed vendors and subcontractors, oversaw the system design, Factory Acceptance Testing (FAT) and quality control of the microwave radio equipment, channel bank equipment, and communication shelters, and facilitated the interests and needs of SOC to US Government.
• Managed all documentation and supporting materials, including SOW revisions, scope change modifications for the reallocation of funds, weekly reports, situational reports for the US Government, scheduling and forecasting, technical evaluations, subcontractor reports, budget sheet analysis, requisitions, and labor hour breakdowns.
• Re-organized, re-scoped, and re-directed injection project to meet a scheduled deadline after the project was at a standstill for a year and a half.
• Challenges included re-design of Brownfield systems and stringent quality implementations.
• The project re-direction ensured project completion/budget integrity in a hostile environment.
• Managed subcontractors for installation, procurement, and rehabilitation of 10 cluster pump stations/equipment.
• Managed teams of electrical/mechanical engineers, facilitated the training for SOC personnel outside of Iraq, performed budget analysis, reviewed technical bid evaluations on proposed vendors and subcontractors, and facilitated interests and needs of SOC to US Government.

Project Engineer

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Facilitated and managed the telecommunication design, finances, and management.
• Managed and implemented the engineering, planning, proposal.
• These projects included VSAT, PBX, VHF, Motorola RF systems, fiber optic, Wi-Fi, and microwave.
• Managed vendor and contractor logistics, work, and maintenance on 19 sites located in three centralized hostile areas of Iraq.
• Maintained all telecom/IT/satellite systems at Confidential remote office; including quality of services (QoS).
• Coached and consulted the MOO’s telecommunications department on the handling of outside contractors.