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Project Manager Electrical

Location:
Myrtle Beach, SC, 29575
Posted:
April 24, 2010

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Professional Summary

Gary S. Safewright . *** B Surfside Drive, Surfside Beach, SC 29575 .

843-***-****

Education:

Horry Georgetown Technical College - Civil Engineering Technology

Significant experience in the following industries:

Food and Beverage

Consumer Products

Plastic/Polymers

Tobacco

Automotive

Chemical

Institutional

Hospital

Summary of Experience:

ElDeCo, Inc.* (Electrical Development Company) Senior Project Manager

Center for Arts and Academics; N. Charleston, SC. Electrical Project

Manager for $9.0 million state-funded school project. Our scope included

construction of nine separate buildings with a peak crew of 8

superintendents and 60 field employees under my direction.

Conway High School; Conway SC. Electrical Project Manager for $2.5 million

building additions and interior renovations. Our scope included electrical

power, lighting and fire alarm systems, including a complete facility fire

alarm upgrade.

Waccamaw Hospital; Murrells Inlet, SC. Electrical Project Manager for $2.0

million floor addition to existing hospital, Our scope included electrical

power and lighting and fire alarm, raceways for HVAC and hospital security

and safety systems.

Roper St. Francis Hospital; Charleston SC. Electrical Project Manager for

$3.0 million floor additions and interior renovations to operating

hospital. Our scope included electrical power and lighting and fire alarm,

raceways for HVAC and hospital security and safety systems. In addition the

fire alarm system for the existing facility required a complete upgrade.

Verizon Wireless; Charleston, SC. Electrical Project Manager for $700,000

addition to cell tower switching station. Our scope included all expansion

electrical power, lighting, fire alarm raceways and connections for process

equipment.

North Carolina Department of Corrections; Hookerton, NC. Electrical

Project Manager for an $8 million dollar 1,000 Cell, Close Security,

Grassroots Prison. This prison was a duplicate of the Taylorsville, NC

prison. The value increased due to inflation, but also as a result of being

awarded the precast rough in for the security contractor.

North Carolina Department of Corrections; Taylorsville, NC. Electrical

Project Manager for $6.5 million dollar 1,000 Cell, Close Security,

Grassroots Prison. This prison was over 95 percent precast concrete

requiring the electrical raceways and devices be roughed in off site at a

precasting factory. Our scope included all electrical power, lighting,

grounding, and emergency generators.

Clariant Chemicals; Holly Hill, NC. Electrical Project Manager for $7

million Grassroots Chemical Tower. Our initial scope of $3 million included

all electrical power, lighting, grounding, lightning protection and the

electrical portion of instrumentation. Due to the piping and calibration

instrumentation contractors' misunderstanding of the scope, I was able to

add a $4 million dollar 'time and material' contract to our work.

Alcatel Facility 7; Claremont, NC. Electrical Project Manager for $1.5

million dollar expansion to a fiber optics facility. I was specifically

requested for this project by the Client. Our scope included all building

electrical power, lighting, extensive grounding grids, and electrical and

instrumentation connections for process equipment.

Alcatel Facility 5A and 6; Claremont, NC. Electrical Project Manager for

$2.5 million dollar expansion to a fiber optics facility. Our scope

included all building electrical power, lighting, extensive grounding

grids, and electrical and instrumentation connections for process

equipment.

Philip Morris USA; Concord, NC. Electrical Project Manager for $250,000

wireway addition to an operating cigarette factory.

Proctor and Gamble; Greensboro, NC. Electrical Project Manager for $1

million building addition for a new toothpaste line. Our scope included all

expanded area electrical power, lighting, and connections made ready for

process equipment connections.

Cobb-Vantress; Wadesboro, NC. Electrical Project Manager for $650,000

chicken hatchery. Our scope included electrical power, lighting and

instrumentation for building, as well as separate systems for the actual

hatchery.

Duke Engineering-White Street Anaerobic Facility; Greensboro, NC.

Electrical Project Manager for $250,000 prototype for conversion of plant

clippings to captured methane gas. Our scope included electrical power,

lighting, instrumentation and lightning protection.

National Starch; Salisbury, NC. Electrical Project Manager for a $350,000

line addition to an operating chemical process facility. Our scope included

electrical power, lighting, instrumentation and heat tracing.

Fluor Daniel, Inc. Construction Management Division

Project Manager

Cationic Monomer Process; CIBA Specialty Chemical; West Memphis, Arkansas,

USA

Construction Manager for the $50 million expansion of a Chemical Producing

Facility for CIBA Specialty Chemicals, Inc. Responsibilities included

management of all phases of a construction project, including site

mobilization, contract preparation, cost control, budget controls, and

document controls. Assumed direct supervision of nine construction

engineers and support personnel, and indirect supervision of approximately

15 sub-contractors. Peak manpower for this project was 250 employees.

Sterling; Freightliner Trucks; St. Thomas, Ontario, Canada

Construction Consultant for the plant expansion and retooling of existing

production lines for the manufacture of a new brand of trucks by

Freightliner. Provided input in all areas of project. Strong emphasis on

cost control and scheduling issues.

Malaysia Expansion Project; Philip Morris Malaysia; Seremban, Negri

Sembilan, Malaysia

Construction Manager for the $110 million expansion of Tobacco Processing

Facilities for Philip Morris Malaysia. Assumed supervision of a staff of

15, most of whom were inexperienced in construction management.

Cabarrus Expansion Project; Philip Morris USA; Concord, North Carolina

Construction Engineer (Lead electrical/instrumentation) for the $400

million expansion of Tobacco Processing Facilities for Philip Morris USA.

1996 MVP Award Recipient.

Food Processing Facility Project; Pillsbury; Wellston, Ohio

Construction Engineer IV (electrical/HVAC) for the $100 million expansion

of Food Processing Facility for Pillsbury. Responsibilities included

managing electrical, instrumentation and HVAC contracts.

Bermuda Project; Philip Morris USA; Hopewell, Virginia

Contract Engineer II (electrical) for the $180 million Construction

Management of the prototype Tobacco Processing Facility for Philip Morris

USA. Experience in developing and administering major power and control

contracts, acting as a liaison between engineering and contractors.

Assisted other project engineers in the overall coordination of contracts

and related work activities. In addition to assigned job duties, I assumed

all duties of Lead Electrical in his absence.

Estimator on prototype Tobacco Processing Facility project for Philip

Morris USA. Duties included coordination, preparing and summarizing

estimates for electrical, slab on grade, elevated slabs, siding, HVAC,

structural steel and site work.

Teepak Project; Teepak, Inc.; Danville, Illinois

Construction Engineer (electrical/instrumentation), with specific duties

including coordination with Fluor Daniel disciplines to define and detail

un-scoped demolition, restoration, and addition of explosion/burn-damaged

building and processing machines. Coordination with plant engineers,

construction and manufacturing activities.

Training: OSHA 30 Hour

Numerous National Electrical Code Seminars



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