Andrew Boucher

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Houston, TX 77077

832-***-****

accvuj@r.postjobfree.com

SUMMARY

MBA Project Engineer with experience in Project Management, Engineering and Mechanical Design.

Specialties in Petroleum Industry (Drilling, Subsea, Refining), EPC, Manufacturing. Extensive field

experience with upstream Oil & Gas equipment and operations. Additional business areas include

Construction, Training and International Business. Proven ability to coordinate multiple projects and see

them through to completion. Work well individually and contribute effectively to team goals.

EDUCATION

MBA - International Trade B.Sc. - Mechanical Engineering

Texas A&M International University University of Nebraska, Lincoln

EMPLOYMENT EXPERIENCE

ODEBRECHT INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING AMERICA – Houston, Texas 2012-2013

Project Engineer; PRSI Refinery

Provided technical and project management support for refinery upgrades.

• Monitored project progress and costs utilizing contractor reports for 3-4 projects simultaneously.

Interpreted and summarized results to facilitate discussion in meetings. Prepared status reports in

PowerPoint for presentation.

• Took the lead in preparing Project Initialization documents: reviewed details of project, collaborated with

project manager, wrote descriptive sections, presented project scope details. IP documents were 100%

approved by client allowing projects to proceed.

• Coordinated preparation for drawing reviews for approximately 25 members of the project teams

including client and subcontractor personnel. These allowed the teams to successfully complete reviews

and finalize deliverables.

• Prepared project tracking documents by interviewing stakeholders for pertinent information, collecting

written data and using common sense and project knowledge. As a result the team was kept up to date,

allowing project managers to focus on project issues and anticipate difficulties.

MOGAS INDUSTRIES INC. – Houston, Texas 2011-2012

Project Sales Engineer (contract position)

Provided Project Coordination, Contract Management and Technical Expertise to the Project Sales

Department for the delivery of premier quality severe service ball valves.

• Co-managed the delivery of valve orders of $2-10 million to ensure on time delivery of 90% while

exceeding customer specifications: reviewed contracts to understand client requirements and negotiated

exceptions when necessary, planned for any additional manufacturing requirements such as special

designs from engineering, materials, etc.

• Tracked orders during manufacturing to ensure customers requirements were met for Material

Certifications, and specifications for quality, testing, and cleanliness.

• Maintained positive client contact during visits of demanding customers. Participated in factory tours and

entertaining of clients.

WORLEYPARSONS – Houston, Texas 2008-2009

Project Coordination Engineer; Petrobras Comperj Project

Supported the Project Management Team during the Basic Design and FEED stages of a multi-billion dollar

refinery/petro-chemical project.

• Took ownership of the Overall Project Actions List of 324 items. Verified and agreed upon completion of

items with senior Petrobras personnel enabling project team to focus on unresolved items.

• Managed the development of over 65 highly specialized technical queries for submission to Petrobras.

Acted as liaison with my counterpart at the client. As a result, queries were routed to the proper

personnel saving time and increasing precision of answers.

• Investigated and detailed changes in the project scope requested by the client that would affect project

cost and/or schedule. As a result changes in the scope were documented and the extra costs or time

overruns were assigned to the client preventing manpower increases of 2-10% and penalties associated

with time overruns.

• Compiled information and prepared graphics to show how slow delivery times in client’s document

transfer system affected engineering productivity. Justified to the client that delays related to their

system resulted in underutilized man-hours. Information was used to avoid penalties that could have

been assessed due to cost overruns.

• Participated in reviews of P&IDs and PFDs.

EPIK PROGRAM - South Korea

2004-2006

English Language Instructor

Provided English language training to both secondary school students and adults in over 20 class periods a

week.

• Worked closely with Korean co-teachers while performing teaching activities. Maintained awareness of

cultural differences to insure success of lessons.

• Created and Developed lesson plans. Modified lessons before and in class to accommodate different

levels of students.

• Gained experience living and working abroad.

OCEANEERING INTERNATIONAL - Houston, Texas 2002-2003

Subsea Project Engineer; Clients Included: Ocean Energy, AGIP, Mariner Energy, BP, etc.

Supported the Services and Rentals department in the deployment of sub-sea systems.

• Designed hydraulic sub-sea control equipment and connector housings for umbilicals using AutoCAD to

increase the abilities of control systems.

• Utilized MathCAD to perform complicated calculations in the design of heavy lift components enabling

the safe loading and transport of marine equipment.

• Evaluated information from vendors and oversaw purchasing of electrical/mechanical/hydraulic

components to ensure the exact parts needed were procured.

ADDITIONAL CAREER HIGHLIGHTS

THE AUSTIN COMPANY - Irvine, California

Project Scheduler; Clients Included: McDonald Douglas, Yoplait, Voortman, etc. - 1 year

Created accurate project schedules for major projects using Primavera project management software.

• Updated schedules on a weekly basis. Issued schedules to middle and upper management enabling all

team members to stay abreast of progress.

• Interacted with and supplied information to all levels of personnel. Interviewed field and design staff to

collect progress reports. Published reports with schedules to allow team members to coordinate efforts.

• Forecasted human resource requirements, which enabled construction manager to avoid overstaffing by

as much as 25%.

GEARHART INDUSTRIES INC. - Long Beach, California

Work included offshore and onshore projects by: Exxon, Shell, BP (ARCO), THUMS, etc.

Field Engineer - 3 years, Senior Field Engineer - 1 year

Successfully directed activities involved in providing high-technology oilfield measurement services during

the well drilling process. (MWD/LWD)

• Coordinated efforts with peer service providers (directional drillers) to keep wells within safe zones and

achieve targets for virtually 100% of projects.

• Gained confidence of rig crews and enlisted their participation in the deployment of our equipment to

ensure proper functioning and reliability of the system.

• Analyzed and determined problem related to equipment failure. This prevented the catastrophic failure

of instruments valued at $240,000.

• Appointed to assist in startup of remote locations in Northwest Territory, Canada and North Slope of

Alaska due to high degree of technical competence and self-reliance.

MEMBERSHIPS: ASME, Toastmasters

SOFTWARE: Primavera, AutoCAD, MathCAD, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook

ADDITIONAL SKILLS: Training, Presenting, Consensus Building

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