Project Manager
Resume:
Brent C. Heise
(********@*****.***)
EDUCATION: B.B.A -- Business Management. Minors in Accounting and
Economics.
EXPERIENCE SUMMARY:
Over thirty years experience in Engineering & Construction, Oil & Gas and
Telecommunications Functional experience and expertise in, but not
limited to :
Project Controls (20 yrs)-Parsons Global Services,ABB Lummus, Fluor, John
Brown, Davy McKee, Brown & Root, Granherne (KBR), Foster Wheeler Asia
Pacific, Jacobs Engineering, Dow
Planning and Analysis (22 yrs)-- ABB Lummus, Fluor, John Brown, Davy
McKee, Telecredit, Aramco, Bechtel, Brown & Root
Budgeting (19 yrs)-- ABB Lummus, Fluor, John Brown, Davy McKee, Aramco,
Bechtel, Brown &
Root, Dow
Financial Studies and Reporting (26 yrs) -- ABB Lummus, Fluor, John
Brown, Davy McKee, GTE, Telecredit, Aramco, Bechtel, Brown & Root,
Texaco
Accounting (28 yrs)-- Fluor, John Brown, Davy McKee, GTE, Aramco,
Bechtel, Brown & Root, Texaco
Contract Administration (13 yrs)-- Fluor, John Brown, Davy McKee,
Aramco, Bechtel, Brown & Root
Procurement (12 yrs)-- Davy McKee, Aramco, Bechtel, Brown & Root
Construction Coordination (12 yrs)-- Fluor, John Brown, Davy McKee,
Aramco, Bechtel, Brown & Root
Mentoring/Training (9 yrs)-Dow, Granherne (KBR), Fluor, Davy McKee, GTE,
Telecredit, Bechtel, Brown & Root
Executive Assistant (12 yrs)-- Fluor, John Brown, Bechtel, Brown & Root
Computer Software:
excel, word, power point, monte carlo, P3 and quick study on numerous
'in-house' speciality programs as developed and/or utilized by
employer {scope, cost. sap, jdedwards, oracle, etc}
Geographical Work Locations To-Date:
Houston Texas, New York City, Washington DC, Greenville South Carolina,
Aberdeen Mississippi, Tampa Florida, Boehlen Germany, Kuwait
City Kuwait, Krasnodar Russia, Shchuch'ye Russia, Moscow Russia.
Pattaya, Thailand. Singapore.
Typical Project Values To-Date:
1) "Confidential Project" Eastern Europe --- @$1.2 billion
2) On-Shore Processing Facility & Off-Shore Pipeline Eastern Europe ---
@$1.45 billlion
3) Pipeline Eastern Europe -- @$2.7 billion
4) Processing Plant Middle East --- @$658 million
5) Drilling Rig & FPSO South China Sea -- @$615 million
6) Processing Plant Mid-West USA -- @$88 million
7) Processing Plant Europe -- @$72 million
8) Processing Plant Mid-East USA --- @$30 million
9) Processing Plant Mid-West USA --- @$88 million
10) Many miscellaneous ranging from @$7 million to @$100 million
DETAILED EXPERIENCE:
DOW (Contract)
COST & BUSINESS MANAGER
* Ras Tanura Integrated Project -- Houston & Reading England (October
2009 - Present)
Provide Cost Management and Business Administration support for the
Hydrocarbons Project envelop of this large and complex project consisting
of multiple processing units.
Responsibilities generally include :
COST -- development and monitoring of Owner budget and expenditures; risk
management and contingency analysis; integration of schedules and estimates
into a comprehensive cash flow; analysis and evaluation of changes alerts
as to impact on change management process.
BUSINESS MANAGEMENT - serve as focal point for owner; review PMC invoices;
insure envelop complies with Program requirements; provide general business
support.
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INVOICE MANAGEMENT -- review and approve PMC, BEP, subcontract and
miscellaneous invoices: expedite review and approval of owner expenses.
JACOBS ENGINEERING
LEAD/SENIOR COST ENGINEER
* Staff Support - Houston (December 2008 - June 2009)
Attached to Southern Region Project Controls Department updating,
modifying and developing operating policies and procedures covering all
facets of Project Controls from Project set-up to closeout. Upon
completion of program these policies and procedures will be implemented
world-wide to create a dynamic synergism between regions and offices.
FOSTER WHEELER ASIA PACIFIC CORPORATION
PROJECT CONTROLS MANAGER
*HCF Expansion Project - Singapore (August 2007 - November 2008)
Close monitoring of the multiple subcontractors performance against their
contracts, capturing, reporting and incorporating actual and forecasted
costs into master cost report and Field Instructions issued for tasks that
are in addition to their contractual work scope. Prepare monthly cost
reports as follows: project report, client report, internal report and
corporate report. Maintain approved FW manpower roster and approved FW
man-hour expenditure plan.
GRANHERNE (subs of KBR)
PROJECT CONTROLS MANAGER
*Concept Select Contract - Moscow, Russia (April 2006 - August 2007)
Responsible for Cost, Estimating, Planning and Document Control for Concept
and Selection studies under contract with TNK-BP. Duties include creation
of, development of procedures for and staffing of a full-service grass-
roots Project Controls operation to service both internal and external
customers. Ultimate charter will include internal and external financial
reporting, operations and administration - and more.
PARSONS GLOBAL SERVICES
PRINCIPLE COST ENGINEER
*Chemical Weapons Destruction Program - Shchuch'ye Russia (Oct 2004 - April
2006)
Served as Principle Cost Engineer and most often as Acting Project Controls
Manager for Construction phase of project . Initial focus on ensuring
released contracts and purchase orders in phase with WBS, etc. Responsible
for Validation of progress billings for 20 sub-contracted construction
packages ranging in value from $6 to $25 million each. Focal point for
implementation of EVMS (Earned Value Measurement) system on project.
ABB LUMMUS GLOBAL INC (Dec 02 - Nov 03)
SENIOR PROJECT COST ENGINEER
*Sakhalin 1 EPC 1, Moscow, Russia (Dec 2002 - Nov 2003)
Responsible for controlling costs for the Client (Exxon-ENL) within budget
during the design, procurement and construction phases of the project.
Prepare and monitor weekly project progress report utilizing a drawing
register, monthly cost report, manpower plans for staffing and forecasting,
change control, identified trends/areas of concern . Work with Discipline
Leads on progress reports, weekly project roster updates, manpower plans
and weekly projects report. Download manhour information create Excel pivot
tables to input data into manpower plans. Monitor charges to the project to
insure validation of charges.
Client "suspended" project.
FLUOR DANIEL (1995 - 2002 )
SENIOR PROJECT CONTROLS SPECIALIST
*Caspian Pipeline Consortium (CPC), Moscow, Russia ( Apr 1998 - Nov 2002)
Project Controls Manager for the engineering and design of a new pipeline
traversing some 800km in southern Russia. Engineering and design performed
by local Russian subcontractor with my main
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responsibilities being to develop a viable Project Control function within
their organization and to train a local-hire in planning/scheduling
techniques utilizing Primavera software. Helped subcontractors'
engineering personnel define their project deliverables and to properly
report progress against them. Compiled, analyzed and reported cost,
schedule and progress information to Fluor and Client Project
Management. Upon completion of engineering/design in mid September (99), I
relocated to southern Russia (Krasnodar Krai) for the pipeline construction
phase of the project. In early March (00) I relocated back to Moscow to
work in the Project Management finance and controls group and to support
the Systems and Communications Project Team. Assisted client in some
extremely sophisticated and detailed financial investigations and
disclosures required by host Governmental bodies - this involved seven (7)
intense months after the completion of the project.
*EQUATE Infrastructure Project, Kuwait City, Kuwait ( Aug 1997 - Apr 1998 )
Assignment in Kuwait included identification, packaging and recording of
vendor and subcontractor backcharges and obtaining requisite
documentation. Performed numerous other financial studies to facilitate
project close-out.
*Acrylate Monomers Project, Hoechst Celanese Chemicals Group, Boehlen,
Germany (1997 - Aug 1997)
Project Controls Manager for a split execution workshare project requiring
global interface between multiple offices ( Houston, Frankfurt, Dusseldorf
and Leipzig ) with total authority for all project controls functions.
Responsible for the Engineering and Construction Management schedule
development and maintenance. Oversee maintenance of the project cost
recording and reporting system. Analysis of actual and forecast cost data.
Prepared project controls procedures which included requirements for the
workshare offices and completed Client, Management and Department reports.
Total project reporting responsibilities including Client costs and
forecasts.
*Acrylate Monomers Expansion Project, Hoechst Celanese Chemicals Group,
Clear Lake, Texas (1996 -1997)
Project Controls Manager for a split execution workshare project requiring
global interface between
multiple offices ( Houston, Calgary and Manila ) with total authority for
all project controls functions. Responsible for the Engineering schedule
development and maintenance. Oversee maintenance of the project cost
recording and reporting system. Analysis of actual and forecast cost data.
Prepared project controls procedures which included requirements for the
workshare offices and completed Client, Management and Department reports.
*Monsanto Debottlenecking Study, Monsanto Chemicals Company, Houston, Texas
(1995 -1996)
JOHN BROWN-GREENVILLE SOUTH CAROLINA (1995)
PROJECTS COORDINATOR
Administrative/Operational assignment allowing involvement within all
functional areas requiring support. Involvement has included providing
support to Human Resources, Finance, Project Controls, Procurement, and
Project Management. One might refer to the position as "General
Troubleshooter" One example was assistance to a major on-going project
acting as informational liaison between engineering and the Canadian
construction subcontractor.
JOHN BROWN/DAVY MCKEE-HOUSTON, TEXAS (1990 - 1995)
COST ENGINEER
Cost engineer on the following projects: Chemdahl Corporation (Mississippi)
$30MM ( this assignment included 4 months at the field site to finalize and
close the project ), Phillips Petroleum International (South China Sea)
$615MM, ElfAtochem North America $12MM, CP-4 (Shell Chemicals) $88MM,
Fortron PPS Plant (Hoechst Celanese -North Carolina) $62MM, Acetic Acid
Tank (Hoechst Celanese) $6MM, Polybutene & 2 Paraxylene Units (Amoco) $5MM"
Chlorothalonil Purification Unit (Fermenta) $3MM. Fractionator/Gas Con.
Revamp (Crown Cntrl) $9MM, and numerous small projects.
Duties included: budgets, estimates, change orders, internal and external
reporting, presentation preparation (internal and external), manpower, cost
and expenditure forecasts, actual and forecast progress (quantity
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based).
GTE/FLORIDA - TAMPA, FLORIDA (1989 - 1990)
STAFF ACCOUNTANT (AT&T Account)
Supervised mainframe accounts receivable tracking system. Tracked invoices,
prepared monthly receivables, and prepared trend analysis reports. Managed
staff of four.
TELECREDIT INC - TAMPA, FLORIDA (1986 - 1989)
MANAGER OF DATA ENTRY - CREDIT CARDS
Supervised 45 employees processing $20MM transactions/year valued in excess
of$l billion ($65MM/Day). Managed budgets, scheduling, wage & salary
administration. Converted processing from Tandem to PC-
based system which increased departmental productivity by 20% with a first
year savings in excess of $80,000. Initial employment was to plan and
identify all requirements necessary for company to provide processing at
multiple locations with closer proximity to client bases in order to
provide enhanced quality service to customers. Was asked to take over data
entry section and return it to profit center status (which I did!).
ARAMCO SERVICES CO. - HOUSTON, TEXAS (1983 - 1985)
ADMINISTRATIVE / OPERATIONS SUPERVISOR
Supervised 10 employees handling widely ranging and often unique requests.
Responsible for contract administration, budgets, estimates, subcontract
payment approval and processing. Coordinated relocation of Houston office
to new corporate facility (1600+ employees) including move contract,
relocation scheduling, property release options, budgets, etc. Project was
completed 14% ($30,000) under budget and one (1) month ahead of schedule.
Responsible for construction of and relocation to new offices in Washington
DC for government affairs division which required a seven (7) month
relocation to Washington D. C.
BECHTEL PETROLEUM INC - HOUSTON, TEXAS (1981 - 1983)
EXECUTIVE ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT - REFINING & CHEMICALS
In addition to plethora of personal and corporate activities, developed
operational and financial systems and procedures for departments
activities, interpreted corporate policies and guidelines, developed and
reconciled operating budget. Also acted as general contractor for all
leasehold improvements.
Duties included: budgets and estimates, vendor selection and negotiation,
contract administration, craft scheduling and completion dates, contractor
payment approval and processing. Served as "General Contractor" for
construction of new 790,000 square foot corporate headquarters building
responsible for all interior build-outs. Project was completed 28% ($2.3mm)
under budget and two (2) months ahead of schedule.
BROWN & ROOT INC. - HOUSTON, TEXAS (1974-1981)
EXECUTIVE ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT - POWER GROUP
In addition to plethora of personal and corporate activities:
interdivisional liaison for executive. Supervised administrative and
clerical personnel assigned to power plant projects including: budgets,
personnel staffing/wage and salary administration, manpower and space
requirement forecasts, systems and procedures, and office supplies
procurement. Provided Project Controls (Cost) support to South Texas
Nuclear Project.
TEXACO INC. - HOUSTON TEXAS (1971 - 1974)
SENIOR ACCOUNTANT
Headed project team investigating premature "retirement" of equipment
assigned to the refining department.
STAFF ACCOUNTANT - New York City (1972-1973)
Corporate office - New York City: Member of task force conducting
profitability studies. My area of responsibility was the Western European
operations.
JUNIOR ACCOUNTANT
Accounting functions within controllers department.
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