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EDUCATION: B.S. Civil Engr.
Los Angeles Univ. April 1978
Courses in Piping Design, I&C,
P.E. Prep (Mech), Radiology and various programs and systems.
EXPERIENCE SUMMARY
Over Twenty years in power, petro-chem and heavy industrial project management and engineering.
Areas include Project Controls (planning, scheduling, cost tracking) and Field Supervision for EPC turnkey projects, plant modifications and outages. Experience is multi-project, union and open shop, foreign and domestic, with budgets to $850MM. Recent projects have been in Gas Turbine, Fossil and Nuclear power. Software includes Primavera P3, Artemis Project View PV, Pro-Log, FDCost, Milemarker, SAP, Monte Carlo and Windows Office.
Jul 04-Present: Shaw-Stone/Webster, Trenton, N.J.(contract) Project Controls Engineer for the development of estimate, budget, schedule, performance metrics and contracting strategy for a $470MM FGD/ESP air quality project at a three unit PP&L fossil site. Construction started 1 May 06. July 04 to Sept 05 Site Controls Mgr on a $550MM, 500MW Combined Cycle power project in Astoria, N.Y. Directed in-house and subcontractor planning, scheduling and progress reporting. Used P3 Sub-Project restoration for statusing. Captured and reported man-hour, quantity, rate, cost and performance data and assessed variance from forecast and budget. Identified areas of risk, tracked changes and developed recovery efforts to meet targets.
Jun 03 – Jul 04: Washington Group Int'l (contract) Scheduling and Controls Lead for Steam Generator and Reactor Head replacement at Oconee Units 1&2 and Prairie Island Nuclear Power Stations. Planned, scheduled, integrated and tracked networks of 3500+ activities each. Managed implementation of project controls systems and processes for major component replacement. Outages averaged 74 days breaker to breaker. P3e, Artemis PV
Apr 02-Jun 03: Reliant Energy, Hunterstown, PA (contract) Project Controls Manager for a $510MM EPC combined cycle power station, 2.6MM man-hours, 800MW. Managed cost, schedule and performance tracking and reporting. Progress, milestones, systems turnover, quantities/rates, change orders, costs, cash flow, invoices, variances, forecasts, impact analysis and recovery efforts were primary areas of responsibility. P3
Mar 01-Apr 02: Duke-Fluor Daniel, Beverly. OH (contract) Controls Team Lead on a 620MW combined cycle EPC power station project, $370MM. Provided cost tracking, planning/scheduling, progress and performance metrics, and change management supervision. Conducted weekly site reviews and coordinated monthly project reports; client and internal. Assessed budget and schedule deviations while directing efforts toward milestone achievement. Advised on resource allocation, subcontracting options and site functions and procedures. P3, FD Cost
May 00-Mar 01: General Electric, Joliet, IL (contract) Site Manager, five unit simple cycle GE 7FA's. Site installation budget $78MM. Primary responsibilities were oversight of the prime contractors (civil and balance of scope) while monitoring and coordinating interdepartmental functions, targeting efforts for budget/schedule achievement and providing site support needs. Job scope also included emergent issue resolution, addressing client concerns, invoice review, local staffing and sourcing, as well as home office liaison and reporting.
Mar 99-Apr 00: Consumers Energy, Bay City, MI (contract) Construction Manager, D E Karn fossil station dual fuel low NOx conversions. Work was in-plant on two of four 650mw units with outages required. Included gas supply piping, burner replacement, two aux boiler rebuilds and cooling tower reconfiguration. $46MM.
Aug 98-Mar 99:D C Cook Nuclear Station, Bridgeman, MI (contract) Lead Scheduler in Work Control for a two unit restart program. Produced daily production schedules and lookaheads. Responsible for core offload and core safety train fragnets. Developed level II logic for system work windows and steam generator replacement. P/2
May 98-Aug 98:Texaco, Longbeach, CA (contract) Construction Manager, nightshift, refinery modifications and refit during turnaround. In-plant work, operating facility. 280,000 man hours, $34MM.
Apr 95-Jun 96:Arco Chemical, Freeport, TX (contract) Site Manager for tanker offloading, pumping and storage facilities. The project included three berth tanker docking, and three salt dome storage wells with brine reservoirs.
Oct 92-Mar 94:Brunswick Nuclear Station, Southport, NC (contract) Planner/Scheduler for forced outage recovery, two units. Assisted in NRC mandated revisions to the workflow management system. Developed procedures for backlog integration, system review, outage scope control and scheduling/statusing techniques.
Oct 91-July 92:River Bend Station, St. Francisville, LA (contract) Outage Scheduler. Planned, scheduled, loaded and tracked assigned systems, equipment and tests during refueling. Included were ILRT, MOV signatures, DG rework and 14 systems. Revised the network to accommodate emergent work, scope changes and various constraints.
Nov 90-Jun 91:Trojan Nuclear Plant, Rainier, OR (contract). Construction Manager for plant modifications. Pre-outage prep including engineering, procedure approval, material procurement and staging, was required for projects in the 2000- 25000 man-hour range performed during outage.
Jan 90-Nov 90:Calvert Cliffs Nuclear Plant, Lusby, MD (contract) Construction Engineer, independent dry fuel storage facility, new construction, $40M. Included cask handling equipment, barge dock alteration, dredging, and transporter access. Security considerations were extensive.
Dec 88-Jan 90:FP&L Port Everglades, Ft Lauderdale, FL (contract) Outage Coordinator. Scope of responsibility included pre-outage prep, overhaul execution and restart for both contract and in-house efforts, 2 units. Coordination of craft with engineering, materials, specialty services, QA/QC, safety and cost were core requirements.
June 87-Dec 88:General Electric, Bayonne, NJ (contract) Construction Manager, four unit turnkey co-generation power project. Coordinated contractors, vendors, and specialty services with deliveries, commissioning and other constraints. Resolved interferences, conflicts and priority issues.
July 85-Mar 87:Virginia Power, Chester, VA (contract) Outage Coordinator. Assignment consisted of pre-outage preparation through shutdown and startup. Typical concerns: Need/priority evaluation, in-house vs. contract analysis, scope control, procurement, contract admin, craft allocation, work around resolution and cost/schedule impact.
July 82-May 85:Westinghouse Gas Turbine Division, Concordville, PA Construction Manager at two sites in Saudi Arabia and one in Mexico. Issues included area, discipline and system oversight, force allocation, materials, turnovers, local procurement, commissioning to operations transition and owner's engineer relations. Configurations were both simple and combined cycle. Saudi, Ha'il $380M, Saudi, Quaseem $170M, Tula, Mexico $18M.
Nov 80-Apr 82:Westinghouse Nuclear, Angra, Brazil Start-up Support Mgr. Coordinated the materials, equipment and craft for start-up on an 850MW nuclear plant from hot functional thru commercial op.
Apr 78-May 80:Aramco,Dhahran, Saudi Arabia Construction Manager for the Abu Ali water injection and desalting project. Interfaced production and engineering with the construction effort. Directed sub-contractors and force account work. Implemented change orders, approved draws, assured timely procurement and delivery.
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