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EXPERIENCE:
Over 20 years experience managing large, complex construction projects for industrial process plants and infrastructure developments. Thoroughly familiar with project engineering, construction and project management, facility automation, plant revamp, plant maintenance turnaround management, construction materials, and equipment. Exceptional skills including, but not limited to: program/project control, contracts management, project execution planning, estimating/scheduling development; engineering and construction supervision, lump sum turnkey RFQ management, lump sum cost estimating, scheduling and project performance measurement and reporting.
TECHNICAL CAPABILITIES:
Certified professional with extensive experience managing and directing projects and staff in fast-paced, results-oriented engineering, procurement & onsite construction management teams through full project life cycle from initial site visit to competitive bid, award, kick-off and through to achieve on time and under budget completion and project close out. Articulate communicator able to elicit outstanding performance from a diverse array of professionals. Able administrator with extensive knowledge of scope & bid package development, contractor screening, selection and contract negotiations as well as contract management. Critical thinker with proven ability to assess and overcome constraints and risks to on time, under budgets completion. Demonstrated ability at developing synergistic relationships to ensure customer satisfaction. Capable leader, with excellent organizing and communication skills. Proven negotiator in complex engineering, procurement, and construction environment. Capable presenter and manager of technical reviews meetings, progress reviews meetings and technical problem identification meetings. Prior positions: project engineer, estimator/scheduler, project controls manager, sales engineer, and construction project manager. Capabilities include: directing and coordinating work, people and resources in private CPFF, CPIF and public FFP risk environments. Exceptional technical and construction engineering skills including: Performing pre-design site surveys, & preparing preliminary feasibility estimates; Devising & maintaining multiple construction execution plans; heavy hauling & lifting; recommendations; construction equipment, tooling techniques and manpower strategies; Planning timing of all long lead-time procurements, delivery logistics, warehousing, care & protection procedures; scoping & implementing bar coded material management processes; authoring Scope of Work, Schedule A, B, & C AIA standard contract documents; implemented design constructability review process; establishing onsite: Project Safety & Health Program; Implementing onsite construction project control, material & equipment management processes; directing construction craft supervisors on projects ranging in size from 50 to 2,500 manpower peak.
PARTIAL LIST OF ACHIEVEMENTS:
Project & Construction Management
*Oversaw completion of Genuity's fiber optic backbone network to strategic markets ahead of competitors, enabling $1.2 billion in sales within the first 9 months; managed 15 to 20 simultaneous projects with cross-functional teams.
*Led personnel from 8 different engineering disciplines; procured 100 types of materials; coordinated logistics for facility construction and technical installation; maintained vendor relationships; obtained regulatory permits.
*Created comprehensive RFP documents detailing scope of work, schedule of contractor services, and execution plan terms and conditions; evaluated, selected, and supervised local cabling and tower construction contractors; coordinated resources.
*Planned and directed construction logistics in Saudi Arabia for C.F. Braun & Company's Ras Tanura Upgrade; lead a management team to plan and execute the project; led a supervisory team responsible for 2,000 craftsmen.
Project Planning/Estimating/Scheduling
*Created integrated, multi-year execution plans for Fluor Constructors Incorporated; assembled, trained, and managed contract teams; liaised with program managers to ensure smooth project integration.
*Earned designation of Project Turnaround Expert; salvaged Philippine oil refinery contract that was 6 months behind schedule and $20 million over budget; developed and implemented project management software to enable management of several hundred simultaneous projects for AT&T.
*Developed relational databases to integrate MapInfo GPS/GIS software into project management software to track location and project status; increased turn up and testing to make sites profitable sooner.
Bid & Contract Coordination
*Developed business plans and coordinated all bid processes to lead VECO, Incorporated from bankruptcy to $40 million in contracts within 8 months; prepared proposals and lump sum bid packages to successfully close contracts totaling $15 million within 6 months.
*Identified bidding opportunities, determined technical or commercial advantage, and negotiated favorable contract terms and conditions to ensure profitability for C.F. Braun & Company; traveled extensively between 9 U.S. states, the entire Pacific Rim, and East Asia.
Marketing & Sales
*Re-established a strong customer base for Bragg Companies by promoting differentiated, high-tech services; hired and oversaw a field operations staff of 12.
*Cultivated a project pipeline for VECO, Incorporated to maintain 25 prospective bids at all times.
SIGNIFICANT WORK EXPERIENCE
IRWIN INDUSTRIES, Long Beach, CA 2002 – 2003
Project Manager/Estimator/Scheduler Multiple Projects Less Than $3 million
GENUITY, Irving, Texas 1998 - 2002
Senior Project Manager
SPRINT PCS, Cleveland, Ohio 1996 - 1997
Project Management Consultant
FLUOR-DANIEL, INCORPORATED, Irvine, California 1993 - 1996
Principal Project Planner/Controller
C.F. BRAUN & COMPANY, Alhambra, California 1991 - 1993
Senior Construction Manager
BRAGG COMPANIES, Paramount, California 1989 - 1991
Vice President of Sales & Marketing
VECO, INCORPORATED, Anchorage, Alaska 1986 - 1989
District Director
C.F. BRAUN & COMPANY, Alhambra, California 1973 - 1985
Field Superintendent to Senior Sales Engineer
EDUCATION & PROFESSIONAL CERTIFICATIONS:
Masters Degree Business Administration Claremont Graduate School, Claremont, CA
Bachelor of Science Construction Management, University Of Washington, Seattle, WA
Project Management Institute: PMP Certification.
University of North Texas, Denton, TX, Logistics Management Certification Course
George Washington University, Marshall-Wythe School of Law, Construction Law Course
Association of International Constructor's Certified Professional Constructor
SOFTWARE SKILLS, TRAING & EXPERTISE
Windows Professional Applications (Access, Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Publisher, Outlook, and MS Project) expert level user.
Scheduling Software experience: Over 12 years of hands on experience utilizing Primavera's Project Planner® P3 for the Enterprise (P3e®), Primavera®; Primavera Expedition®.P-3; including implementation & trained of others and several P3 add-ons including: Earned Value Pack; Webster; PEAK (P3 to SAP Data Exchange) and Impress SAP to P3 data bridge.
Estimating software used to accurately define typical turnaround task costs include: ICARUS 2000, QuickPen Piping, WinEst, and Timberline in conjunction with Richardson's (Aspen Technology) WinRace Database for Process Plant Cost Pricing and Standard Man-hour Estimating Standards for Process Plant Construction as well as Purchased Commercial & Industrial Database for Quick Estimating & Pricing
ERP Software: SAP R/3 Ver. 4.6B in conjunction with PS, MM, AM & CO modules.
Contract Management Software: Meridian Project Systems Prolog Manager V6.5 &Primavera Expedition for ITB, RFP, Contract, and Payment & CCO processes
GIS/GPS MapInfo application for: sitting, dispatch control and project management.
Collaborative Software Meridian Project Systems® (MPS); ProjectTalk®; AutoDesk Project Point®, for highly dispersed domestic or international project management functions including: material pricing, subcontracting, contract document management, cost/schedule data exchange, drawing & CCO submittals review/approval and communication project's overall cost/schedule performance reports.
Over 15 years experience reading and interpreting the following types of engineering drawings for turnaround task cost and task duration estimating and scheduling purposes: Process Control/Instrumentation Control: P&ID, loop function drawings; Security: CCTV, Microwave Motion & Infrared Heat, Smoke, and Sound Detector Drawings & Specifications; Refinery Fire Detection/Prevention Drawings; Mechanical: Vessel Fabrication, Ladder & Platform and Equipment Setting or Orientation Drawings; Electrical: one-line diagrams, equipment location, riser and raceway & conduit drawings; Piping: Orthographic and isometric drawings, piping line lists, installation and testing specifications; Structural: Structural Steel design, fabrication, and piece marked erection drawings; Civil Structural Steel & Concrete drawings; Civil: Underground piping, and electrical conduit drawings.
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