Name: Keith McConnell ~ 832-***-**** ~ acuirm@r.postjobfree.com

Title: VP, Jacobs Global Technical Services

Education: B.S. Electrical Engineering, Clemson University, South Carolina

Special

Training: Total Quality Management, Six Sigma, Contractor Administrator, Management Processes, OSHA (30Hr & 50Hr), South Carolina State Fire Brigade, Management & Leadership, International Electrical Code, Fisher-Rosemount PROVOX Configuration, Safety Specialist, Rockwell Automation & Allen-Bradley, PLC-2, PLC-3, PLC-5-6200 & RS-Logix, Certified Welder, Certified Millwright, Certified CPR & First Responder

Mr. McConnell has over twenty years of management, operational, engineering, maintenance, and construction experience in heavy industrial and specialized manufacturing. His management experiences range from engineering to instrument/electrical, maintenance, capital construction and technical disciplines. During his career he has been involved in managing multiple small and large scale capital projects (300MM – 850MM), annual shutdowns, commissioning, start-up, supplemental/full maintenance services, technical quality, and delivering specialized guidance and support to meet client requirements and expectations.

Representative assignments include:

Vice President, Global Field Technical Services, Jacobs- Responsibilities include managing 50 direct and 2800 indirect technical disciplines within Global Field Services who deliver specialized guidance and field support. Partner with Maintenance and Construction organizations to leverage support services to ensure flawless project delivery up to 4.2B and champion sustainability initiatives across Jacobs Field Services globally. Responsible for startup and commissioning in order to provide the Client’s operational team a facility that is mechanically complete in a systematic approach reducing the product to market time period. Utilize change management process to control potential scope changes and work with internal departments to improve process and tools. Develop, approve, and manage Technical Services 4.8 MM budget along with authorizing expenditures. Lead specific departments in Field Services such as Global Project Mobilization, Work Face Planning, Front End Planning, Construction Readiness Reviews, Field Engineers, Maintenance Management, Turnaround Readiness Reviews, Constitution Leadership Training, Field Automation Tools, Field Engineering & Tech Services Management, Lifting & Rigging, Field Electrical & Instrumentation, Field QA/QC, Field Quality & Performance Management, and Completions (Pre-Commissioning, Commissioning, Check-Out, Start-up and Turnover).

Director, U.S. Maintenance Operations, JFSNA- Responsibilities included safely building and managing 2200 employees across the U.S. to support maintenance projects. Overall budget responsibilities consisted of 2.8MM. Responsible for benchmarking and improving the results and success of safety programs to obliterate safety incidents. Drive and maintain best practices in training to improve quality while meeting revenue targets. Developed and managed contracts, budgets, authorized expenditures, created short and long range operating objectives. Implemented techniques to improve productivity, increased efficiencies, cut costs, and maintained state of the art practices. Insured management training and development needs were identified and programs were initiated. Monitored personnel performance, provided objective coaching, and administered appraisals. Upheld Jacobs’ management principles and conformance to corporate and departmental policies and procedures.

General Manager, KBR Industrial Services, Houston, Texas - General Manager with the overall budget responsibility of 2.1MM providing 1800 key disciplines across the SE region to ensure all terms and conditions of contract commitments were performed which included management of customer and KBR assets.

General Manager, KBR Instrument Technology International- Responsible for ensuring company delivered proven electrical maintenance services - instrumentation, power distribution systems, specialty E&I expertise and vast resources to meet the cost and schedule requirements. Keith budget responsibilities consisted of 1.8MM and 1200 employees.

Maintenance Manager, Hubbell Power Systems, Aiken, SC- Managed a staff of electrical/mechanical supervision, planning/estimation, and plant reliability solutions.

Maintenance Manager, Lithonia Lighting, Cochran, Georgia- Managed a staff of electrical/mechanical technicians, industrial engineers, planning/estimation, plant reliability engineers, project engineers, and safety technicians in large manufacturing facilities.

E&I Reliability Maintenance Manager, International Paper Corporation, Eastover, South Carolina- With the support of eight direct reports and various asset coordinators, E&I engineers, planning, and maintenance & engineering technicians.

Employment History:

Jacobs Field Services, North America 2012 - Date

VP, Global Technical Services

Jacobs Field Services, North America 2010 - 2012

Operations Manager, Open Shop-Eastern Division

KBR 2004 - 2010

Industrial Services, U.S. SE Region

General Manager, Maintenance Operations

Hubbell Power Systems, Aiken, South Carolina 2003 - 2004

Maintenance Manager

Lithonia Lighting, Cochran, Georgia 2000 - 2003

Maintenance Manager

International Paper Corporation 1993 - 2000

E&I Reliability Maintenance Manager

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