Project Manager Engineer
Resume:
MICHAEL B. COURVILLE, P.E.
Sulphur, La. 70663-0747
abkbl4@r.postjobfree.com
PROFILE
Licensed Professional Engineer (Louisiana, Mechanical, #23701, 1990),
with a Bachelor's Degree in Mechanical Engineering and over 20 years
of Project Management and Project Engineering experience. Excellent,
broad background in managing and planning engineering and design
efforts and possess strong analytical skills. Experience has been in
the refining, petrochemical, polyethylene, pipeline transportation,
and related industries.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Feb 2009 Self-employed Professional Engineer - Sulphur, La.
To Design Pressure Vessels by ASME Codes and Storage Tanks per the
API Standards for clients in
present Louisiana, Texas, Alabama, and Kentucky and directed the
drafting of the tanks and vessels. Designed and completed 40
Pressure Vessel and Tank alterations and eight (8) complete
tanks and vessels.
2003 - 2009 Englobal Engineering, Inc. Lake Charles, La.
Project Manager / Sr. Project Engineer
Directed the multi-discipline efforts for the design and construction
of capital projects for a major petroleum refinery in southwest
Louisiana. Average annual responsibility: $3.7MM.
. Significant accomplishments included reduction of a Product Benzene
Reduction project cost from $3.1MM to $2.7 MM by reuse of existing
piping and rerouting of new piping from tank farm to ship loading.
. Successfully completed all projects within authorized budget and
schedule, performed all duties of project manager from scope
definition to startup including: PHA reviews, estimating, planning,
design reviews, AFEs, equipment specifications, cash flow
forecasts, requisitions, bid analyses, project control and
tracking, Pre-startup Safety reviews, management of change (MOC)
documents, and use of SAP software.
Project Manager / Sr. Project Engineer
Managed multi-discipline efforts to design and construct capital
projects for an LDPE plant (4 units) in southwest Louisiana. Average
Annual responsibility: $3.4MM.
. Completed all projects on schedule and within approved costs. Directed
efforts to: define the project scope, compiled estimates through
completion with the use of Icarus Project Manager software, generate
AFE documents, purchase requisitions, equipment specifications,
perform bid evaluations, and direct the efforts of six (6) contract
engineers plus associated staff.
2002 - 2003 APEX Engineering Inc. Paducah, Kentucky.
Sr. Project Engineer / Project Manager
This is a continuation of the work performed at the same LDPE plant
above. Employer lost contract for services and I was retained at the
site for the new contract engineering company (Englobal)
2000 - 2002 Professional Consulting Engineers - Sulphur, La.
Project Manager / Mechanical Department Head
Directed the efforts of (2) engineers (with designers) for the design
of projects for clients in southwest Louisiana.
1994 - 2000 Walk, Haydel and Associates, Inc. - New Orleans, La. (now
part of URS Group)
Sr. Project Engineer / Site Engineer
Responsible for the technical aspects of the design and construction
of the Upgrade Project for the Department of Energy's Strategic
Petroleum Reserve in Hackberry, Louisiana. Total completion cost:
$124MM.
. Engineering and design oversight and technical liaison with the
client's site management, including: HAZOPS reviews, monitored
construction for contract compliance for upgrades of; a pipeline
meter station, pumping stations (2), underground piping, electrical
substation, site control building with MCC, and storage tanks.
1992 - 1993 Sigma Engineering, Inc. - Westlake, La.
Mechanical Engineering Lead / Project Manager
Directed, and was responsible for, the efforts of the Mechanical
Department and the design of projects for clients of the employer in
southwest Louisiana.
. Directed efforts to upgrade a refinery's P&IDs to meet OSHA
standards. And, directed efforts to design capital projects for a
Chlorine-based chemical producer, generate equipment
specifications, project estimates, and piping stress analyses by
use of Caesar II software.
1987 - 1992 Stubbs-Overbeck and Associates - Sulphur, La. (now part of
CDI, Inc)
Manager of Project Engineering
Responsible for the setup and implementation of a project engineering
department for an ethylene producer. Department was multi-disciplined
with up to 10 contract engineers, a design staff of up to 14
individuals, and one administrative assistant. Average annual budget:
$11MM.
. Organized the project engineering department technical staffing and
administrative positions, developed engineering procedures with
position responsibilities, tracked the cost of all projects,
adjusted manpower as required, coordinated activities with other
departments, and updated plant management on status of each project
bi-weekly.
Senior Project Engineer / Technical Liaison
Responsible for the design and execution of off-site and related
projects associated with the ongoing construction of a new 1 BPY
ethylene plant in Sulphur, La. Included were:
. An ethane pipeline with meter station, from Mount Belleview, Texas
to the plant in Sulphur, La.
. Coordination with electrical utility (Gulf States Utilities, now
Entergy) for electrical transportation from the generation
facilities in Westlake, La. to the plant and construction of new
substation at the site.
. A hydrogen pipeline (approx. 2-1/2 miles), Inter-unit piping,
Natural gas pipeline (approx. 1-1/2 miles) from supplier, Ethylene
product pipeline to underground storage facilities (approx. 17
miles) and to an LDPE unit (approx. 2 miles), and, assisted the
chief negotiator with technical issues for the cost of fuel, feed
stock, electrical utilities, and product prices (Hydrogen and
Ethylene).
Engineering Project Manager
Responsible for the multi-discipline design of a new catalyst plant at
the client's site in Sulphur, La. This included a staff of 4 contract
engineers and 7 designers for a total completed cost of $26MM.
. Worked with the client to define the scope of the project, directed
the activities to detail the design of the plant.
Project Engineer
Responsible for the design and execution of capital projects of a
basic chemicals producer in Westlake, La.
. Assisted the scoping and estimating of projects, directed the
design of each aspect of the projects, held PHA reviews, generated
AFE documents and equipment specifications, and, coordinated
efforts with construction management.
1982 - 1986 Austin Industrial Engineering (now Englobal Engineers) -
Sulphur, La.
Project Engineer
Responsible for the scoping, estimating, design, and execution of
capital projects associated with the ongoing 'de-mothballing' and
upgrade of an existing ethylene plant in Sulphur, La.
Project Engineer
Responsible for the estimating, design, and execution of capital
projects for an LDPE plant (3 units) in Beaumont, Texas.
1982 - 1984 International Maintenance Corp. (Now part of Turner
Industries) - Sulphur, La.
Supervisor / Planner / Estimator
Responsible for coordination of technical issues as well as estimating
and planning of maintenance projects for a basic chemicals producer in
Westlake, La.
1977 - 1981 CITGO Petroleum (refinery) - Sulphur, La.
Area Maintenance Engineer
Responsible for all maintenance activities associated with units
within the employer's refinery in Sulphur, La. Average Annual Budget:
$18MM. This included:
. Tank farm storage and pumping facilities, air emissions control
units (Beavon), waste water treating, sulfur recovery units,
sulfuric acid units, boiler feed-water and storage facilities,
product finishing, ship loading facilities, pipelines, and meter
stations. Maintained equipment records, scheduled preventive
maintenance, requisitioned long delivery items for turnarounds in
my area, and maintained spare parts inventory.
1974 - 1977 Amoco Production Co. - Lake Charles, La.
Petroleum Engineer / Drilling Engineer
Responsible for activities in assigned fields actively producing oil
and gas. Average responsibility; approximately six (6) producing
fields (about 50 wells). Responsibility included:
. Significant achievement; Made long-term study that revealed that
the employer would be required to make a large investment in
equipment to maintain production. This gave the employer time to
procure and install the equipment in time to avoid a long-term
production outage. (Hackberry Field, La.)
EDUCATION
. Bachelor of Science / Mechanical Engineering McNeese State
University (1974)- Lake Charles, La.
. Completed the American Management Association's Project Management
Program.
. Completed the Karrass 'Effective Negotiating' program.
. Completed an ASME pressure vessel code refresher course.
OTHER SKILLS
. Computer literate in Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint),
Icarus Project Manager estimating software, Caesar II pipe stress
analysis software, and Advanced Pressure Vessel pressure vessel
design software.
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