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SUMMARY OF EXPERIENCE

Over thirty five years successful experience in quality assurance and engineering in the design, procurement and construction phases of projects in the Naval and Commercial Shipbuilding, Nuclear Power Plant Construction, Aerospace, Pharmaceutical, Chemical Plant, Building Construction, and Onshore and Offshore Petroleum Production, Military Facilities, FPSOs, Pipeline, Storage Facility, Terminal and Refinery Construction industries. Experience includes work in Mechanical, Civil, Structural, Architectural, Electrical, Marine, Instrumentation, Welding, Non-destructive Examination, Environmental Site (Analysis, Characterization and Remediation), Protective Coatings, engineering and construction disciplines. Experience includes the preparation of Mechanical, Civil and Electrical specifications, Quality Assurance Service and Project proposals and Man Hour and Cost Estimates and Project and Quality Manuals and Procedures (ISO 9001) and Management of Project Quality Assurance activities of both foreign and domestic projects from 1 million to 10 billion dollars. Currently certified by the American Welding Society - as a Certified Welding Inspector (No. 90120161), Certified as a Quality Management System Auditor by the RABQSA, by the American Society for Quality - as a Certified Quality Assurance Auditor (No. 5532) and as a Project Management Professional by the Project Management Institute.

PROJECT TYPES EDUCATION

Naval & Commercial

Bachelor of Science in Applied Sciences; 1980 - 1982

Shipbuilding Majors: General Engineering, & Quality Assurance.

Nuclear Power Plant Technology,

University of Alabama

Chemical Plant (Undergraduate Project /Thesis: Quality Assurance

Petroleum Pipeline, Requirements for the Design and Construction

Refinery, and Storage of Petroleum Transportation and Storage Facilities

)

Facility Construction, Project Management Masters Certificate 2004-2005

Environmental Analysis Attended Villa Nova University completed

& Remediation Projects Program (PD sponsored by the Project Management Institute)

Offshore Production Platforms Completed US Army Corps of Engineers Contractor

Floating Production Storage & Offloading Construction Quality Management Course

-2004

Ships Attended University of Montevallo

; 1966 - 1970

Majors: English Literature; Philosophy

ACTIVITIES PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS

Quality Control Engineer Past Member - National Contract Management. Association

Quality Assurance Auditor American Society of Naval Engineers

Quality Assurance Engineer/Manager Current Member - American Welding Society,

Mechanical Engineer International Association of Electrical Inspectors

Piping Engineer American Society for Quality, Society of American

Configuration Manager Military Engineers, Society of Naval Architects and

Project Engineer, Engineering Manager Marine Engineers, Project Management Institute

Civil Engineer U.S. Passport (Exp. Sept., 2006)

Contract Management Home Phone 281-***-****

Work Phone 713-***-****

Estimating, Proposals Cell Phone 251-***-****

Planning, Procedures Internet E -Mail -*******@********.***

or ***.*****@***********.***

Specification Preparation Previous Security Clearances: DOD/DOE S/TS

Pharmaceutical Process Validation Health-Excellent

EMPLOYMENT HISTORY

Kellogg Brown and Root

2002-Present

Washington Group International

2001 - 2002

CDI/Herzog-Hart, Corp

. 1997 - 2001

Brown & Root, Inc

. 1996 - 1997

Brown and Root Saudi Limited

1995 - 1996

Brown & Root, Inc

. 1991 - 1995

Walk, Haydel & Associates

1987 - 1991

Martin Marietta Aerospace Corp

. 1986 - 1987

Boeing Petroleum Services, Inc

. 1985 - 1986

Walk, Haydel & Associates

1979 - 1985

Daniel Construction Co

. 1978 - 1979

Bechtel Power Corp

. 1976 - 1977

The Stone & Webster Engineering Corp

. 1977 - 1978

Daniel Construction Co

. 1976 - 1977

Ingalls Shipbuilding

1970 - 1976

Alabama Dry Dock & Shipbuilding 1968

DETAILED PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Kellogg Brown and Root Government and Infrastructure Division,

Houston, Texas (September 2005-Present) Design and Construction PSL Quality Manager

-Project Quality Manager Hurricane Katrina Relief New Orleans Naval Air Station/Joint Reserve Base/Naval Support Activity Center

-Project Quality Manager Hurricane Katrina Relief Key West Naval Base

Kellogg Brown and Root, Energy and Chemicals, Houston, Texas (April 2005-Present)

Project Quality Manager

(various onshore and offshore projects)

-Angola Onshore LNG Project-Project Quality Manager for the FEED phase of design of a grass roots, Lump Sum Fixed Price Onshore LNG plant planned for construction in Soya, Angola.

-El Merk Synergy Development Project-Project Quality Manager for the FEED and EPC phases of a grass roots Onshore oil and gas production, gathering and treatment facilities in the Berkine Basin region of Eastern Algeria.

-Agbami FPSO Topsides Project (West Africa)-Quality Engineer for the Detail Design phase of design for Topsides facilities and systems for a Floating Production Storage and Offloading ship.

-Repsol Gassi Touil LNG Project (Algeria)-Project quality Manager for the FEED phase of LNG Plant design.

Kellogg Brown and Root, Government and Infrastructure Operations, Arlington, Virginia (April 2004-April 2005)

Business Area Quality Manager

-the Americas

Responsible for support of proposal efforts and project execution support for quality management functions for US Government projects originating from the US and located world wide, including US

Dept. of Defense, US Army, Air Force, Navy, US Dept. of State, US Dept. of Homeland Security, US Dept of Energy, National Institutes of Health, State, county and municipal governments in the U.S. including Facilities Maintenance and Repair, Operations-Maintenance and Logistics, Design and Construction, Services, Contingency, Special Operations and other types of contracts in the U.S. and all over the world. Received an MVP award for leadership in KBR activities to successfully obtain an ISO 9001 Quality Program Accreditation.

Provided general support of continuous improvement and Quality Management techniques and facilitate Product Line application of those techniques, recommend training, tools and methods for Quality Management Applications, align the quality management function with the performance needs of the product lines.

Kellogg Brown and Root, Government Services

(February 2003-April 2004

)

LOGCAP III Quality Assurance Manager Kuwait, Quality Management Leader, Iraq/--

Responsible for establishing and implementing a quality assurance program for services provided in support of US Army operations first in Kuwait and, based on success in Kuwait, subsequently in Iraq. Planned and managed a staff of five Quality Managers and one hundred sixty quality inspection, audit and administrative personnel.

(March 2003-April 2004)

Quality Assurance assignment on the Security Upgrades Project for the US State Department at the US Embassy in Quito, Ecuador.

Kellogg Brown and Root, Energy and Chemicals Division, Mobile, Alabama (August 2002-December 2002)

Project Quality Manager for Shell Refinery (Saraland, Al) Upgrade and Phenol-Chemie Plant (Theodore, Al) Modification projects.

Planned, coordinated and provided shop inspection and some field inspection services for the provision of new and modified pressure vessels, heat exchangers and process and control units for two concurrent refinery-petrochemical projects.

Washington Group International, Quality Services Group

(February 2001 - June 2002)

Exxon Mobil Development Corporation

Site Engineering Manager

ExxonMobil Development Corporation, Schiedam, the Netherlands. Assigned as Site Engineering/ Quality Manager for surveillance of design of turret, marine vessel conversion and topsides process equipment for three Floating Production Storage and Offloading Ships for deployment off West Africa. Developed and implemented Procurement Quality Plans for equipment and Technical Surveillance Plans for surveillance of engineering and quality assurance activities by the engineering, construction and operating contractor (Single Buoy Moorings, Inc.) and the management and supervision of a multidiscipline staff of six to eight engineers and coordination and facilitation of reviews and activities of EMDC Functional Groups and specialty engineering consultants.

Quality Assurance Manager

ExxonMobil Development Corporation

Assigned as a Quality Engineer during the front end design stage of various international upstream development offshore production facility design and construction projects.

CDI / Herzog-Hart Corporation

(1997- 2000)

Corporate Quality Assurance Manager

Developed and implemented a corporate Quality Program and implementing procedures for Engineering, Procurement and Construction Projects for the petrochemical, chemical and pharmaceutical industries. The program has resulted in a reduction in nonconforming products and services from suppliers and subcontractors and consequent improved project cost and schedule performance and customer satisfaction.

Assigned to various projects to provide project Quality Assurance support during design, procurement and construction phases of chemical plant, refinery and pharmaceutical capital projects.

* Noramco, Johnson & Johnson, Athens, Georgia, Oxidized Regenerated Cellulose Plant Expansion, Project Quality Assurance Manager (Design, Procurement

management and Construction, Turnover and Validation support) for the construction of a new plant expansion for the production of a products classified by FDA as Medical Devices

* Lonza, Inc., Conshohocken, Pennsylvania, Trains 11 & 12 (Bulk Pharmaceutical Plants), Project Quality Assurance Manager (Design, Procurement, Construction, Validation Phases) for the construction of a new multi-product plant for the production of FDA regulated bulk Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients.

* Great Lakes Chemicals, El Dorado, Arkansas, Pharma 227 ea Medical Gas, Project Quality Assurance Manager /Validation Engineer(Design, Procurement, Construction, Turnover, Startup and Validation).

* UOP, Chickasaw Alabama., P-505, Molecular Sieve Production Plant, Supplier Quality Assurance Surveillance for process equipment (Procurement Phase)

* UOP, Chickasaw Alabama., Line 15 Molecular Sieve Production Plant, Project Engineer System Startup Coordination, Supplier Quality Assurance Surveillance for process equipment (Procurement and Construction Phases)

* Creanova, Theodore, Alabama, Isophorone Plant, Project Quality Assurance Manager (Design and Procurement Phases). Mechanical Engineering -Developed High Temperature/ pressure Carbon, Chrome/Molybdenum and Stainless Steel piping specifications and prepared supporting design calculations to support system design. Scoped and prepared civil, mechanical, piping, electrical, instrument start-up and turnover plans.

* Zeneca, Cold Creek, Alabama Plant, T3 Production Plant, Project Quality Assurance Manager (Preliminary Design Phase)

* GE Plastics, Burkville, Alabama, served as Project Manager for Process Safety Management Services project to provide engineering resolution for identified process safety management problems.

Brown & Root, Inc

. (1996 -October 1997)

* Assigned to various projects to provide project Quality Assurance support during design, procurement and construction phases

* Project QA Manager Mobil Oil Corporation, Lower Mobile Bay Mary Ann Gas Field Upgrade Project, Coden, Alabama

* Project QA Manager Kerr Mcgee Chemical Corporation Ti O2 Improvement Project, Hamilton Mississippi

* Project QA Manager International Paper Company, ECF Bleaching and Brownline Modifications Project, Mobile Mill, Mobile, Alabama

* Project QA Engineer US Army Corps of Engineers Construction Inspection Services Delivery Order (Inspections of facilities at Homestead Air Force Base, Florida)

* Assigned to various projects to provide project Quality Assurance support during the construction phase.

* Project QA Manager Shell Chemical, Saraland, Alabama Refinery, Crude Debottlenecking Project

* Project QA Manager Jefferson Smurfit Corporation, Brewton, Alabama Paper Machine No. 2 Improvement Project

* QA Auditor, Boise Cascade Mill Improvement Project, Jackson Alabama (Construction Support)

Brown & Root Saudi Limited

(1995-1996)

Project Quality Engineer/Quality Assurance Auditor

* Sadaf Expansion Projects Project Management Team (CA/EDC, MTBE, UOC and Ethylene Expansion Projects ) Saudi Petro Chemical Company, Madinat Al-Jubail Al-Sinaiyah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

Prepared In-Kingdom Construction Quality Assurance Plans and Procedures (based on ISO 9001 requirements), construction surveillance checklists, surveillance plans and forms, reviewed subcontractor QA programs, manuals, procedures, forms and Project Specific Inspection and Test Plans, technical submittals, planned and conducted subcontractor and supplier qualification surveys, quality assurance audits, equipment and material quality control receipt inspections and construction quality assurance inspections. Prepared project procedures for System Testing and Transfer of Care, Custody and Control of completed facilities and systems to Client (Sadaf) Operations organization.

Brown & Root, Inc., Mobile Office, Mobile, Alabama (1991 - 1994)

Project Quality Assurance Manager

:

Assigned to various projects to provide project Quality Assurance support including, but not limited to the following:

* Preparation of project procedures implementing project and client quality assurance objectives.

* Prepared civil construction specifications for a refinery wastewater system (Chevron South Drainage).

* Review of design products (drawings and specifications) for inclusion of quality control inspection and test requirements and acceptance criteria.

* Supplier and source inspection of purchased materials and equipment.

* Planning and support of site quality assurance / quality control activities during construction.

* Quality Assurance Audits

* Project Quality Assurance Manager

UOP New Spherical Catalyst Manufacturing Plant Project, Shreveport, La.

Project Quality Assurance Manager

Sun Oil Company, Inc

. (R&M); Middle Creek Abatement Project, Marcus Hook, Pa. (Design and Procurement Phases)

* Environmental Engineering - Prepared specifications for Environmental Sampling and Analysis, Stabilization System Construction and Hazardous Waste Management for hazardous waste areas (Sun Company, Inc. (R&M) Middle Creek Abatement Project).

* Electrical Engineering - Prepared specifications for electrical systems and equipment field acceptance testing based on National Electric Testing Association standards.

* Field Construction QA/QC Manager - Sun Company, Inc. (R&M); Middle Creek Abatement Project

* Process Engineering - Preparation of process equipment specifications for a UOP Project in Reggio-Calabria, Italy.

* Project Quality Engineer US Army Corps of Engineers Indefinite Delivery Contract with Mobile District Office

-Conducted Stuctural Condition and Integrity Inspection of Bulkhead Structures and Lock Safe Logs at four sites on the Corps constructed facilities on the Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway

-Conducted Inspection of Steel Joists and Roof Framing for Alert Shelter Complex Homestead Air Force Base, Florida

-Conducted QA surveillance of supplier design, fabrication, and assembly of Robotic Satellite Handling Cranes for Cape Canaveral Air Force Base launch facilities, Florida.

-Prepared Brown and Root Man Hour and Cost Estimates and Project Execution Plans and proposals for various projects in support of USACE projects managed through the Mobile District of the Corps of Engineers (Southeast US and Central and South America)

Walk Haydel & Associates

(1987 - 1991)

Project Engineer

:

Mechanical, civil and project engineering project assignments related to design of new facilities and modifications to chemical plants, refineries, buildings, and marine storage terminals and docks. Prepared civil, architectural, mechanical and electrical construction specifications.

Field Engineer

:

Assigned for 1-1/2 years as in-plant construction engineer for construction of new peroxide and sodium cyanide plants. Responsible for inspection, testing and start-up of piping and equipment systems, structures and material handling systems (cranes).

Martin Marietta Aerospace Corporation

(1986 - 1987)

Senior Specialty Engineer/Systems Engineer

:

Configuration and Data Management Manager for the Technology Development/Feasibility Demonstration (R&D) phases of a joint U.S./Federal Republic of Germany missile system

development program. Part time assignments included chairing Pershing Missile System Change Board and system engineering assignments including preparation of studies and system engineering management plans for new projects.

Boeing Petroleum Services, Inc

. (1985 - 1986)

Senior Specialty Engineer

:

Division of the Boeing Corporation, Configuration Management Engineer, DOE/SPR Project, Site Support Group, New Orleans, LA. Supervised configuration management engineers in BPS New Orleans offices and provided support to Configuration Management Technicians at seven petroleum storage/pipeline

terminal complexes.

Walk Haydel & Associates

(1979 - 1985)

General Engineer

(Multi-discipline):

Numerous, diverse assignments in the design, procurement and construction phases of Petroleum Storage and Pipeline Facilities, Marine Terminals and Chemical Plants including the following:

* Configuration Manager - Construction phase, Big Hill Oil Storage and Pipeline Complex, U.S. Department of Energy, Strategic Petroleum.

Assistant Project Manager

- Construction and design phase of a Sodium Chlorate Production Plant Project.

Project Quality Assurance Manager

- Construction phase of a Crude Oil and Product Pipeline Project.

Project Engineer

- Design and construction phases of a Marine Dock Repair Project.

* Project Engineer, Specification Coordinator, Reliability Engineer, Mechanical/Civil Engineer

- Design phase, Big Hill, DOE, Strategic Petroleum Reserve, Oil Storage and Pipeline Complex

Field Construction Engineer

(Quality Assurance) -Welding/Concrete/Electrical/Instrumentation/Radiography/Soils Testing (for tank storage loading) of Marine Terminal and Oil Storage Facility Project.

Project Engineer - Mechanical/Electrical Engineer, Quality Assurance Engineer

- Design and Procurement phases of a Terminal and Pipeline Complex Project.

* Quality Assurance Engineer - Mechanical/Electrical - Louisiana Offshore Oil Port, Salt Dome Storage and Pipeline Complex, Design, Procurement and Construction phases, New Orleans, LA & Galliano, LA.

Daniel Construction Co

. Nuclear Construction Division - J.M. Farley Nuclear Plant (1978 - 1979)

Area Piping Engineer

:

Responsible for construction planning, field design, start-up testing for one unit under construction and for planning in-service inspection and modifications to one operating unit during planned shutdown.

The Stone and Webster Engineering Corp

. Nuclear Power Division (1977 - 1978)

Quality Assurance Engineer

:

Responsible for developing Quality Assurance audit plans and conducting both corporate design office, field construction and procurement audits for numerous nuclear power plant construction projects.

Daniel Construction Co

. - Chemicals Division, Degussa Chemical Plant Construction Project (1977)

Field Mechanical/Piping Engineer

:

Responsible for field design, system completion inspection and start-up testing during the final phase of the project.

Bechtel Power Corp

. - Nuclear Division, Midland Nuclear Generating Plant, Midland, MI (1976 - 1977)

Field Quality Control Engineer

(Level II), Mechanical, Piping, Instrumentation, Civil, Welding:

Responsible for planning and conducting Q. C. inspection of piping, mechanical, instrument and structural systems for a two reactor PWR nuclear power generating plant.

Concurrently assigned to prepare generic quality control inspection plans for other Bechtel nuclear power generation plant projects.

Ingalls Shipbuilding

- Division of Litton Industries (1970 - 1976

)

Quality Assurance Engineer, Audits Department (1973-76)

Responsible for planning & conducting Quality Assurance audits, evaluations & specials studies (operating audits) to Naval Ship construction.

Quality Control Inspector

(1970 - 1973):

Completed a multi-discipline training program and was later advanced to Senior Quality Control Inspector for the systems integration area. Responsible for inspection and testing of naval surface ship hull fabrication and welding, piping systems, HVAC systems, electrical systems, paint and coatings, thermal and acoustic insulation, mechanical equipment and weapons systems and electronics.

Shipfitter, Shell Assembly Shop (1970)

Alabama Dry Dock & shipbuilding Co

. (1968)

Pipefitter

Completed craft apprenticeship program in a repair shipyard while attending courses at the University of South Alabama at night.

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Percy Pitts

18315 Elmdon Drive

Houston, TX 77084

US

email *******@********.***

Phone: 281-***-****

Industry: Engineering

City: Houston

State: TX

Zip: 77084

Country: US

Date: 20051129

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