Project Manager

DUANE C. HOWE

***** *. ****** *****, ******, CO *0013

Home: 720-***-**** E-mail: ********@***************.***

Over four years of experience in Project Home Office Commissioning and Startup Activities and four years

of experience in residential construction/remodeling. Over ten years of management experience dealing

with Scheduling, Contract Development and Negotiation, Team Management and Client/Customer

Interaction. Safety Trained Supervisor (STS) in Construction.

Primary Professional Experience

URS, Energy and Construction, 05/07 – Present, Startup Engineer III

Denver, CO.

Home Office Commissioning and Startup Engineer III

Responsible for determining the scope of work to be completed, staffing requirements to complete

project scope of work on time and under budget, identifying system commissioning boundaries

and developing turnover packages, establishing commissioning schedules, coordinating

commissioning activities with project engineering and client staff, creating Division of

Responsibility (DOR) documents, attending weekly project meetings, and developing periodic

reports per contract requirements which reflect actual project status with reference to the original

project schedule and budget.

MAJOR PROJECTS

o Suncor Energy, Suncor Firebag 3&4 Projects (Co-Gen Facilities), Fort McMurray,

Alberta, Canada, (06/07 to Present).

o ConocoPhillips & WRB Refining LLC, Coker and Refinery Expansion Project, Wood

River Refinery, Roxana, Illinois, (06/10 to 03/11).

o ExxonMobil, CFZ™ Commercial Demonstration Plant Project, Kemmerer, Wyoming,

(08/08 to 05/10).

o EnMax Green Power Inc., Crossfield Energy Centre Project, Alberta, Canada, (08/08 to

04/10).

o ExxonMobil, CO2 Sales Expansion Project, Labarge, Wyoming, (01/09 to 10/09).

o PetroCanada, PetroCanada Fort Hills Project (Oil Sands Program), Fort McMurray,

Alberta, Canada, (06/07 to 01/09).

o ExxonMobil, Piceance Development Project (Gas Gathering and Production Facility),

Piceance Creek Valley, Western Colorado, (05/07 to 09/08).

Technical Writer

Responsible for the development of project System Descriptions and Operating Instructions

(SDOIs). The documents include a system description, controls narrative, operating instructions

(Normal Startup, Normal Operation, Normal Shutdown, Emergency Shutdown), and system alarm

responses. This required review and incorporation of the following project information: System

Descriptions, Electrical One-Lines, Piping and Instrumentation Diagrams, Vendor IOM Manuals,

Schematics, and Project Engineering Databases.

MAJOR PROJECTS

o Public Service Company of New Hampshire (PSNH), Merrimack Station Clean Air

Project, Bow, New Hampshire, (04/10 to Present).

o EnMax Green Power Inc., Crossfield Energy Centre Project, Alberta, Canada, (08/09 to

04/10).

o PSEG Fossil, LLC, PSEG Hudson Generation Station Unit 2 – Back-End Technology,

Jersey City, New Jersey, (10/09 to 02/10).

o Taiwan Cogeneration Corporation, Star Buck Power Plant Project, Chang Hua, Taiwan

ROC, (01/09 to 04/09).

Additional Professional Experience

Decker Construction, 09/03 - 05/07, Construction General Foreman

Malvern, OH.

Construction General Foreman duties and responsibilities included but were not limited to; Scheduling

Projects, Developing Administrative/Operating Procedures, Setting-up Training Programs and Managing

personnel, Project Completion and Punch-list resolution, and Client relations.

Mirage Entertainment, 05/04 - 09/06, Show Manager

City of Industry, CA.

Show Manager Duties and responsibilities included but were not limited to; Directing a team of up to

twenty (20) performers, Contract Development and Negotiations with clients such as Six Flags Theme

Parks, Contract Development and Negotiation of packages for contract personnel, Manage all contract

personnel, Company Representative to the Client, Responsibilities also included development show

schedules and quality, Housing for the performers, Creation and administration of safety and training

manuals.

Ricart Automotive, 02/97 - 04/03, Various Positions

Columbus, OH.

Lead Sales and Finance Manager duties and responsibilities included but were not limited to; Managing a

Team of Product Specialists, Employee Training, Scheduling for all team personnel, Customer Service,

Providing customers with retail and lease contracts per Ohio State laws and regulations, Securing approvals

from lenders for customer finance. Secondary Finance Manager and Product Specialist duties and

responsibilities included but were not limited to; Developing Sales Leads, Structure deals to fit the

requirements of the Lending Institutions, Negotiate with Lenders as well as Customers, Assist Customers in

the selection of an Automobile.

John Deere and Company, 10/94 - 12/96, Warehouse Shipping Clerk

Columbus, OH.

As Warehouse Shipping Clerk duties and responsibilities included but were not limited to; Picking and

Packing orders to be shipped and operation of the forklift to load and unload delivery trucks.

EDUCATION

The Ohio State University

Bachelor of Arts - Criminology

SKILLS AND CERTIFICATIONS

Safety Trained Supervisor (STS) in Construction

Project Controls and Change Management; Two day course

Knowledgewire – Kaplan Eduneering (URS online training modules); Approximately 200 hours completed

Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, Projects, PowerPoint, Visio Pro, Outlook)

Adobe Acrobat Pro

Management Experience

Trained Forklift Operator

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