Project Construction
Resume:
Posted/Modified on: **/**/**** **:** PDT
Resume Title:
Lead Planner/Scheduler
Contact e-mail:
*****.*******@*****.***
Industry:
Primarily Oil & Gas. See resume for other industr
Desired Location:
Houston & surrounding area.
Willing to Relocate:
No
Desired Salary:
> $105,001/yr
Resume:
Richard M. Leonard
15807 Taut Ct.
Crosby, TX. 77532
Home Phone: 281-***-****
Cell Phone: 832-***-****
Position: Planner/Scheduler
Education: Quality Control, San Jacinto College, Pasadena, Texas.
Continuing Education, Wallace College, Dothan, Alabama.
Continuing Education, Troy State University, Dothan, Alabama.
Short Courses:
Finest Hour (Advanced) Training - By Primavera Systems
P3 for Windows (Advanced) Training - By Primavera Systems
Advanced Cost and Schedule Control - By AACE
P3e/c Course #102 (3 days) ? By Commint
P5 Course (3 days) ? By Commint
Affiliations: American Association of Cost Engineering (AACE)
Personal Summary:
I have thirty four years of EPC experience in the petroleum, chemical, pharmaceutical,
steel making, mining and boiler industries. Responsibilities for the last twenty three
years include planning and scheduling new construction projects, revamps, turnarounds and
refinery commissioning. I can provide progress measurement, productivity analysis, cost
reports, manpower forecast's along with shutdown and startup schedules. Prior to working
in project controls I worked as a pipefitter, welder, field supervisor, and welding
inspector on both new construction and maintenance projects.
I'm proficient with the
following software: Primavera (P3 & P6), Open Plan, Microsoft Office (Excel, Word, Access,
Power Point).Representative Projects:
. Lead Planner/Scheduler for the Non Road Diesel - NRD (OSBL) Project at ExxonMobil in
Baytown, TX. Provided level four (detailed) constructio n schedule. Conducted weekly
schedule update meetings. Provided Monthly critical path analysis and progress reports,
along with work around/recovery plan schedule?s when needed.
. Lead Scheduler at the Motiva, Crude Expansion Project (Power Station 4) in Port Arthur,
TX. Worked three months in the home office on the engineering schedule. Moved to the field
and refined the existing schedule and monitored weekly progress. Prepared daily ?Plan Of
the Day? (POD) schedules. I provided work-around/recovery schedules when need (we had late
material problems). Project was shutdown due to the reduction in oil prices.
. Project Controls Lead at the Shell Refinery in Deer Park, TX. Assumed responsibility of
the construction management schedule and cost responsibility of the new administration
building.
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Lead Planner/Scheduler at the BP Refinery in Texas City, TX. Worked with Production
Planners and Unit Supervisors to prepare and maintain commissioning schedule for startup
of the refinery and chem plant after hurricane Rita. Integrated schedules from turnaround,
maintenance and capitol projects with operations startup activities. Prior to that I
prepared and maintained numerous EPC schedules for small and mid-cap projects in the
refinery and chemical plant. Conducted interactive planning sessions at various stages of
projects. Worked closely with project engineers, discipline leads and construction
coordinators to prepare, update, and monitor progress.
. Planner/Scheduler for Eli Lilly T100 - 5th Unit of Capacity Project in Lafayette, IN.
Worked with Cincinnati office engineer's and lead designer's to develop level 2
construction schedule prior to mobilization. Continued to provide additional detailed
construction schedules as engineering advanced. Project scope was reduced by Eli Lilly
corporate office. Construction program management team was released.
. Turnaround Planner/Scheduler at ExxonMobil Refinery in Baytown, TX. Worked with
ExxonMobil turnaround planners, execution supervisors, operations personnel and in-house
contractors to plan, estimate and prepare detailed resource loaded schedules. Worked with
client and contractors to develop a comprehensive manpower plan. Assisted with logistics
of turnaround (heavy equipment, material and tool's). Input progress daily and published
look-ahead schedules. Monitored progress, productivity, critical and sub-critical paths.
. Planner/Scheduler for Bayer?s Plastics Expansion Projects in Baytown, TX. Worked with
engineering discipline leads to prepare detailed engineering schedules for five expansion
projects. Setup cost reports for all five projects and turned over to cost engineer.
Updated schedules during weekly meetings and published electronic copies for project team
reference. Prepared progress curves and manpower forecasts by discipline for each project.
. Planner/Scheduler for Hovensa?s FCC Unit shutdown in St. Croix, USVI. Reworked detailed
man loaded schedule from previous T/A. Worked with other T/A planners and cost engineers
to update schedule daily in order to provide progress and productivity measurement by
unit. Developed work-around schedules with plant maintenance planners and other specialty
contractors. Assisted area superintendents, plant inspectors, maintenance supervisors and
unit engineers with planning and execution of work.
. Project Controls Leader for Bayer?s ?Makrolon? Shutdown in Baytown, TX. Developed and
monitored EPC schedules for forty three capitol projects which were completed in a
thirteen day shutdown. Continuously monitored contractors progress and critical path
during turnaround. Worked with management team to develop work around schedules. Reported
progress and system turnover status at daily meetings. After completion of T/A, I assisted
the Corporate Engineering Department managers with development of a long range engineering
manpower forecast for seven major upcoming expansion projects at the Baytown facility.
. Planner/Scheduler for construction management of Shell-Norco?s Olefins Debottlenecking
Project in Norco, LA. Compiled all sub-contractors schedules into a master project
schedule. Monitored each contractor?s progress. Held coordination meetings with multiple
lump sum contractors twice weekly in order to manage demo, refurbishment and new
construction of an existing Ethylene unit. Assisted project/field engineer?s with system
turnover and start-up coordination at end of project.
. Project Controls Manager for new construction of Kerr-McGee?s TiO2 Pigment Expansion
Project in Hamilton, MS. Managed various levels of schedule development. Coordinated
integration of cost and schedule. Supervised cost reporting and documentation of changes.
Prepared weekly and monthly cost/schedule analysis reports. Prepared backup for monthly
invoices.
. Planner/Scheduler for ongoing capitol projects at Bethlehem Steel in Baltimore, MD.
Prepared capitol appropriations schedule during conceptual phase of projects. Prepared
detailed construction schedules as the engineering developed. Updated project schedules
weekly for review with Bethlehem?s management team and the capitol work force supervisors.
Worked with Bethlehem scheduler to issue manpower projections on monthly basis for 50+
projects.
. Planner/Scheduler for construction management of Genetics Institute?s Suite ?B? Project
in Andover, MA. Developed fully integrated engineering, procurement, and construction
schedule with the home office scheduler in Cincinnati. Issued proposal schedules for 35
sub-contracts. Monitored all sub-contractors scheduled progress. Held weekly
schedule/coordination meetings. Performed continuous analysis to manage ?Flash Track?
project working days and nights. Started site work when engineering was only 15% complete
. Cost Engineer/Scheduler for construction management of FMC?s agricultural products
plant expansion in Baltimore, MD. Developed construction schedule and client specific
progress reports in order to monitor sub-contractors daily progress. Multiple outages were
required for modularized unit installation with numerous tie-ins to existing piping,
electrical and control systems. Work had to be accelerated by two months in order to meet
client?s seasonal product sales due to a fire and lengthy startup of the modified
facility.
. Planner/Scheduler for construction management of a grass root chemical plant in
Augusta, GA. for International Flavors and Fragrances. Monitored sub-contractors schedules
and measured progress. Updated and issued project schedule for use at weekly
schedule/coordination meetings. Prepared weekly progress report for contractors. Monitored
piping erection and testing progress at the iso and system level on a daily basis at
project completion in order to assist local contractor with meeting expected finish date.
. Planner/Scheduler for fast track construction of a grass roots Ethylene Plant at
Westlake Petrochemicals in Sulphur, LA. Developed construction priorities and field need
dates for all equipment and commodities during the pre-engineering phase of the project.
Developed detailed man-loaded construction schedule. Worked with the home office planner
in Houston to merge the engineering and procurement schedule with the construction
schedule prior to mobilization. Construction started when design was 28% complete.
. Cost Engineer/Scheduler for construction of a phosphate mining facility for CF
Industries, Inc. in Bartow, FL. Maintained existing construction schedule. Developed
client specific cost and quantity tracking databases for all disciplines. Prepared weekly
labor analysis, progress curves and productivity charts. Supervised cost reporting and
forecasting.
. Planner/Scheduler for construction management of an Electrorefinery at Cyprus Miami
Mining Corp. in Globe, AZ. Provided proposal schedules for multiple lump sum bid packages,
evaluated contractors proposal schedules for logic, duration, and proper manloading.
Compiled and integrated all schedules into master project schedule. Assisted with
development of turnover packages and startup of Electrorefinery.
. Planner/Scheduler for construction of a Hydrotreater and Utilities units at Koch
Refinery in Corpus Christi, TX. Developed schedules for specific unit?s, tracked progress,
coordinated construction effort with other area Planners. Worked closely with area
superintendent on manpower planning and progress tracking. Provided turnover and startup
schedule at completion.
. Cost Engineer/Scheduler for construction of a Catalyst Demetallization Unit for Coastal
Refining Company Inc. in Wichita, KS. Tracked schedule progress, collected and reported
cost to the home office, prepared labor analysis and weekly progress report. Prepared
turnover schedule at completion.
. Planner/Scheduler for construction of a recovery boiler for Gulf States Paper Company
in Demopolis, AL. Developed schedule, tracked progress, prepared labor and cost
performance reports. Assisted programmers with development of new progress measurement
database.
. Planner/Scheduler for rebuild of a recovery boiler for Stone Container Corporation in
Florence, SC. Developed and tracked hourly schedule for replacement of superheater,
economizer, piping and electrical modifications to existing boiler. Performed three months
of pre-outage work, and successfully accomplished 30 day outage working around the clock.
. Planner/Scheduler for replacement of two recovery boilers for Georgia-Pacific in Cedar
Springs, GA. Developed totally integrated project schedule with other contractors.
Included engineering, procurement, demolition, erection and startup of each boiler.
Assisted prime contractor and engineering company with integration of all sub-contractors
work plans into the master schedule.
. Turnaround Planner for annual shutdown of the 536 Crude Still at Lyondell Petrochemical
in Houston, TX. Prepared shutdown schedule and monitored progress of piping, electrical,
equipment cleaning and process modifications. Worked for short period as tank farm planner
and estimator.
. Planner/Scheduler for routine maintenance of Dow Chemicals facilities in La Porte, TX.
Ordered materials and scheduled appropriate maintenance personnel and or specialty
contractors on a daily basis in order to maintain on going plant operations.
Employment History:
Jacobs Engineering Group, Inc. 2001 - CurrentPlanner/Scheduler
CDI Engineering, Inc. 2001 - 2001Project Controls Specialist
Jacobs Engineering Group, Inc. 2000 - 2001
Turnaround Planner/Scheduler (3 Month T/A)
CDI Engineering, Inc. 1999 - 2000
Project Controls Leader (6 Month T/A)
Jacobs Engineering Group, Inc. 1996 - 1999
Planner/Scheduler, Cost EngineerABB Lummus Global, Inc. 1995 - 1996
Construction Planner/Scheduler (6 Months)
Jacobs Engineering Group, Inc. 1991 - 1995
Planner/Scheduler, Cost EngineerSunland Construction Company. 1989 - 1991
Planner/SchedulerMundy Construction Company. 1981 - 1989
Pipefitter/Welder and Maintenance PlannerBrown & Root Construction Company. 1975 - 1981
Pipefitter and Material Controls
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