MICHAEL (MIKE) TRUSS

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Cypress, TX 77433 acwbp8@r.postjobfree.com

CAREER SUMMARY

Results-focused Project Engineer with over 13 years of Oil and Gas experience leading engineering teams in diverse work environments. Expertise managing the project’s lifecycle for mechanical engineering design and installation projects. Proven success designing, manufacturing, testing, and delivering specialized equipment consistently meeting client’s design specifications. Recognized as a team leader who understands the needs of all stakeholders through diverse background working in manufacturing and operating companies. Key competencies include:

• Project Planning / Budgeting

• Project / Equipment Documentation

• Interface Management

• Tendering / Bid Analysis

• Resource Planning / Managing

• Work Pack Evaluation

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

BP, Houston, TX, USA 2011 – 2016

Lead Tooling and Spares Engineer

• Coordinated activities of tooling and spares team in subsea operations to focus and guide team’s efforts to support company fabrication, commissioning and construction projects, successfully meeting the needs of all stakeholders and company management.

• Led, developed and implemented project scope, project action plans, setting priorities resulting in effective management and improvement of tracking, distribution and condition of equipment.

• Managed team budget, monitoring and controlling costs which ensured storage, maintenance, and new equipment costs were kept in line with objectives.

• Facilitated and managed multi-disciplinary teams focused on inventory management, and optimization which resulted in millions of dollars in savings.

• Managed and enforced the department’s compliance with the partners’ Joint Operating contracts and regulatory requirements which resulted in a reduction in the number of internal audit violations

• Managed vendor interfaces to maintain tools for project readiness ensuring accurate inventory reporting.

• Performed root cause analysis for functional/performance issues with field equipment and implemented corrective measures that minimized downtime and avoided repeat incidents.

• Managed tooling improvements and repairs leading to improved service, communication and a reduction in problems offshore.

J. Ray McDermott, Houston, TX, USA 2008 – 2011

Subsea Hardware Engineer

• Coordinated the interfaces with clients, technical managers and engineering support staff to develop manufacturing and functional specifications for Subsea Hardware and Subsea System Design that improved client’s equipment selection process.

• Worked with major oil & gas companies and studied their project requirement documentation to perform bid equipment evaluations that enabled operational efficiency while producing cost savings.

• Collaborated with tendering and marketing departments globally to review their internal bid packages and established processes that significantly increased their operational efficiency.

• Provided subsea hardware and project engineering consulting work for business development for a potentially big customer managing the delivery of all subsea hardware documentation in the Pre-FEED/FEED stage which led to additional project work and increased revenue.

Aker Solutions, Houston, TX, USA 2005 – 2008

Subsea Trees Deputy Project Engineer

• Assisted lead project engineer with development and management of detailed project work plans and schedules (using Microsoft Project) that resulted in timely delivery of all client equipment orders.

• Produced status reports of project progress, which allowed problems to be identified and mitigated early on in the design and manufacturing processes.

• Aided lead design engineer with designing and checking Subsea Xmas tree components based on ISO and API industry standards.

• Supported equipment manufacturing and construction by handling material substitutions, expediting parts and resolving non-conformance issues resulting in equipment being produced, tested and delivered on time, while maintaining the highest awareness on safety.

• Coordinated management of change request (MOC) generation and tracking, where all changes were properly implemented and completed in time for release of the equipment to the client.

• Trained over one hundred staff and team members across multiple business units to use new SAP system, resulted in effective implementation with minimal downtime.

Duco, Inc., Houston, TX, USA 2003 – 2005

Project Coordinator

• Created and tracked project plan in conjunction with lead engineer, keeping projects on time and under budget.

• Initiated, facilitated, and monitored specific inter/intra-departmental project progress and performance to assure quality and on time delivery

• Generated project documentation including project management plan, quality plan, ITP, and FAT procedures (interfacing with engineering and marketing) for each client, routinely remediating any client concerns/issues which prevented delays to project kickoff.

• Checked engineering drawings, design documentation which ensured our subsea hardware designs adhered to ISO and API design and industry standards and applicable regulatory standards.

• Tracked and reviewed activities across discipline teams, ensuring client requirements are adhered to throughout the project life cycle.

• Developed design layout for on-site tube welding being directly responsible for controlling project man-hours and supply costs which allowed for the successful welding of super duplex tubing to be used in manufacturing the client’s umbilicals.

Chevron Phillips Chemical Company, Baytown, TX, USA 2003

Co-op Project Coordinator

• Developed and evaluated costs, locations and processes necessary to design an Atmer transfer station that allows for more efficient product transfer from supply truck to onsite storage. Built successfully.

• Designed, costed and coordinated installation of piping system to catch stray plastic pellets from a vent system which increased safety by preventing a tripping hazard.

• Reviewed methods and costs related to replacing a large damaged hopper and presented the pros and cons of each option to upper management.

EDUCATION

Bachelor of Science, Mechanical Engineering, Prairie View A&M University

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