WALTER NEYIN, MBA, BS.EE

Houston, TX ***** Cell: 832-***-**** Email: ac0xkz@r.postjobfree.com

PROFESSIONAL PROFILE

Pro-active, Results-driven, and “Big Picture” Project Engineer with 12+ years in Design and Review of project deliverables, database management, liaison between client, project management, procurement, subcontractor and Multi-discipline interface to meet schedule, mitigate cost overruns and ensure technical and quality standard compliance. Professional with diverse technical knowledge in FEED, Detail Design (EPC), Midstream, Upstream, Downstream (Refinery), Water Treatment, Pipeline, LNG, FPSO, Petrochemical, Chemical, Offshore, Onshore and Lump Sum Projects and soft-skills seeking to continually align project activities with company expectations.

Leadership & People Management

Risk Mitigation & Change Mgmt

Process Management & Optimization

Problem Solving & Decision-making

Quality Control & Customer Service

Detailed-Oriented & Adaptable

Knowledgeable in various types of Field Instrumentation

Working knowledge of ATEX, IEC FM, CSA Electrical Classification, Functional Safety, SIS, PLC, & DCS

Project Coordination & Administration

Time management and Planning skills

Engineering & Project mgmt experience

Client and Stakeholder Liaison

Safety Conscious & Hazard Sensitive

Skilled in tracking Project deliverables

Proficient at Customer Reporting

Knowledgeable in Analyzers, control valve, on-off valve, safety relief valve, and flow meter sizing and selection

Office and In-plant experience

Effective Communication Skills

Skilled at Complex spreadsheets

Analytical and Interpersonal skills

Ability to multi-task & prioritize tasks to meet deadline

Data, Bid & Root Cause Analysis

Applied engineering best practice as in ISA, NEC, IEC, NEMA, ANSI, ASME, API standards

MBA with emphasis on Leadership and Energy Finance

CORE ACCOMPLISHMENTS

Throughout Career, always led initiatives towards the development and improvement of engineering, document control, and procurement interface(s) (New Tools and Work Flow process for end-users).

Awarded recognition(s) from Client(s) for contribution to successful project execution and completion.

Stream-lined the project execution work-flow without compromising the organizational QA/QC process.

Developed how-to guide for using a proprietary procurement / requisitioning tool (VPRM) which is still utilized today.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Jacobs - Long Beach, CA 08/2016 to Present

Control System Engineer / Requisition Engineer / Coordinator

Chevron El Segundo Refinery (Effluent Water Treatment) Project:

Played significant role in the development and execution of capital projects through scope definition, cost estimation, process design, change management and procurement activities.

Facilitated the development and coordination of construction work activities.

Successfully supported refinery during turn-arounds and startups.

Utilized reporting and analytics tools (Excel, Access, Pivot Table) to support strategic client priorities.

Gathered project deliverable requirements, obtained stakeholders buy-in, developed technical specifications, implementing configuration changes, Finalized Bid Analysis, present solutions and offered client recommendation(s).

Reviewed quotes and proposals (bids) from numerous vendors / subcontractors.

Provided technical advice and guidance to the staff team in the use of proprietary project database platform.

Successfully extracted information from client and 3rd party databases, and generated useful Client Reports.

Demonstrated ability in managing multiple tasks with multiple priorities per successful project execution.

Responsible for Instrument Data sheet Specification (including sizing & calculations), Technical Bid Evaluation, Procurement, and Vendor Data review of instrument equipments such as Turbidity Analyzers, Magnetic Flow Meters, Averaging Pitot-Tube Flow meters, Thermal Mass Flow Meters, Level Devices, Vacuum Breakers, Relief Valves and Electronic Transmitters.

Worked with Chief Engineering Officer, colleagues, client SME, client operations,client Analyzer team, and Inspectors to ensure consistency and alignment with project requirements.

Participated in Scope of Work Definition, execution and Development of Construction Work Package instructions to contractors.

Participated in Field Walk, P&ID, index, Loop Drawing, Vendor Drawing, Piping Isometrics, and 3D Model reviews.

One of few Engineers granted SPI / INtools access into Client / owner operator database without a need for training.

Burrow Global - Houston, TX 10/2015 to 03/2016

Design Engineer Specialist

Reported to Project Leadership on project deliverable status, progress (milestones), budget, and procurement status.

Developed documentation for common processes for both support staff and end-users.

Successfully developed proposal and +/- 15% cost estimation for Instrumentation scope and provided itemized cost summary.

Managed Project deliverable status reports, Instrument Inventory record, and developed specification(s) for Project Manager.

Wore multiple "hats" and performed varying tasks as required.

Coordinated with E&I Design, Mechanical, Piping staff, and vendors to ensure quality, budget, and schedule milestone.

Responsible for Design Reviews (QA/QC) of Compressor Stations Electrical and Instrumentation drawing packages, and Cable Schedule, Instrument Data sheet Specification (including sizing & calculations).

Some Notable Clients include: Chevron, Kinder Morgan, and Statoil.

Technip USA - Houston, TX 05/2014 to 10/2015

Instrumentation & Controls Engineer / Package Manager

BP Juniper (Trinidad) Project: 4,300 short ton topsides platform, 590 MMSCFD of natural gas

Technip's first Detailed Design Engineering, Procurement, Installation, Construction (EPC) Offshore Project in the USA.

Provided technical expertise to vendors during face-to-face meetings including other discipline managers as required.

Provided Weekly progress updates, biweekly look ahead reports, led kick-off meetings with client(s), project leadership, procurement team, expeditor(s), logistics and subcontractors.

Effectively re-aligned Project deliverables to Contractual, Client and Industry expectations.

Pro-actively informed team of issues along with solutions in a collaborative manner.

Engaged in face-to-face meetings with project stakeholders as required for finalizing Technical / Commercial Bid Analysis.

Specified, Performed Technical Bid Evaluation, Procurement, and Vendor Data review of all Pressure Regulators, Safety Relief Valves, Level Instruments, Choke Valves, Local Gauges, Oxygen Analyzer and Restriction Orifice Packages.

Managed Instrument Index & Data sheets in SmartPlant Instrument (SPI/Intools) Database.

Successfully completed Technical Review and Clarification(s) for various Mechanical Packages, such as chemical / methanol injection skids, fresh water skid, fuel gas skids, and all Vessels / Storage Tanks. Multi-discipline Interfacing and coordination.

Wood Group Mustang - Houston, TX 10/2011 to 05/2014

Instrumentation & Controls Engineer / Information Management

Koch Fertilizer Plants (Urea, UAN, and Ammonia; Enid, Oklahoma) Retrofit and Modernization Project:

Supported Automation team with specifying the applicable Instrumentation(s) technology to meet project requirements.

Ichthys (Australia) Topsides LNG Project: World's Largest Semi-submersible; INPEX & Samsung (SHI)

Specified and Procured Fire and Gas Related instrumentation not limited to Point IR Gas, Line of Sight Gas, Acoustic, Toxic, Flame, Heat, Smoke Detectors and Non-Intrusive Leak Temperature Detectors.

Interfaced and coordinated with Technical Safety, Piping, E&I Design, Vendors, Project Engineer, Client, Process, Procurement and Document Control to ensure consistency in quality, and project milestones are met/surpassed.

Mafumeira Sul (MSP) (Angola) $5.6B Project: Prod 110,000 bpd of crude oil and 10,000 bpd of LPG

Successfully aligned vendor(s) and project management team in order to mitigate risk(s) and meet quality and schedule.

Worked with In-house Software Development Tools team to design user-friendly interfaces for engineers and employee staffs to effectively do routine tasks and provide user-friendly customizable reports for the Project and Client management team.

Influenced the Instrumentation and Process engineering Team embracing of In-House Tools to efficiently do tasks related to SPI IN tools Database, Smart Plant P&ID, and PDMS Model QA/QC Reports.

Worked with Tools Group to fix bugs both proactively and as they were encountered.

Facilitated the enhancement of the content in Asset Register Deliverable for End Client.

Automated certain repeatable tasks as deemed required to facilitate optimization and mitigate human errors.

Kellogg Brown & Root - Houston, TX 11/2010 to 10/2011

Control Systems Engineer / Analyzer Engineer

RAS TANURA FEED/PMS/CMS Petrochemical (Saudi Arabia) $22B Project:

Played role in successful Management and Integration of Aramco existing refinery with New Petrochemical Complex.

Interfaced with Engineering and Management Team from Fluor and Foster Wheeler on a Bi-weekly basis.

Specified Gas Chromatograph (GC) Analyzers, Oxygen Analyzers, IR and UV Absorption Analyzers, and TDLs.

Ensured that the ITB deliverables met expectation of Project Scope, Man Rep/Owner, & Unit Lead(s) approval.

Updated Location Plot Plans to identify Analyzers as well as their Grab Sample Points.

Reviewed and produced deliverables as applicable to the ITB (requirement) for PO&D.

Team Award Recognition by Dow Saudi Aramco for meeting the ITB schedule / milestone without compromise to quality.

Escravos Gas to Liquids (Gas to Liquid) Project:

Collaborated successfully with Information Management team to develop a streamlined reconciliation procedure.

Remediated Engineering Documents and Vendor Package(s) per project QA requirements as required to support Field operations.

SBM Atlantia - Houston, TX 10/2008 to 05/2009

Package Engineer

FPSO Capixaba Topsides Relocation (Brazil) Project: Increased vol from 22K to 100K barrels of oil per day.

Performed Project coordination, and technical interface with vendors, internal engineering groups of different disciplines involved in project, and client on technical issues.

Provided technical support and performed successful validation of IN tools sizing and calculation tools.

Successfully specified, completed Technical Bid Analysis, and procurement of Flow, Pressure, and Level instruments.

Interfaced with the piping, process, mechanical, and instrument engineers/designers to ensure consistency in our deliverables.

Identified inefficiencies and implemented quality control measures in engineering work process to ensure smooth operation.

AMEC - Houston, TX 12/2003 to 09/2008

Instrumentation Engineer / Requisition Engineer / Database Admin / Project IT / QA-QC

Exxon-Mobil Golden Pass 70 mile – 42” natural gas pipeline with 11 interconnect stations

Detail Design LNG pipeline project with 2.5 BSCFD design flow.

Served as Instrumentation Requisition Engineer and IN tools Database Expert.

Extracted and utilized information from client and 3rd party databases to provide custom client reports.

Performed software installations, training, and support for engineers as required.

Served as Instrumentation Requisition Engineer and IN tools Database Expert.

Responsible for the development and maintenance of the Instrument Index, Instrument I/O Lists, Developed specification sheets and assigned instrument loops on Smart Plant Instrumentation (IN tools) for the entire project.

Performed sizing calculations for control valves, orifice plates, and QA/QC Review for all Instrumentation Deliverables.

Developed and maintained new equipment inventory list / Bill of Materials per project requirements.

Created and updated project documentation(s).

Kizomba A & B Gas Gathering Project:

Provided accessibility of engineering document(s) to the client and other stakeholders.

Chevron Texaco Takula Gas Processing Platform (Angola) – Sweetening and Transport of raw NGLs.

Developed Data sheets, Performed Sizing Calculations for Instruments, and Updated Instrument Index per P&ID.

Re-wrote the How-to Guide and provided guidance to the Project team on use of various In-House Interface Tools (Procurement and Technical) as pertinent to their respective Project work process.

Project IT Aspects: Served as software tester and evaluated the use of open-source alternatives to organization's proprietary software solutions.

Provided Training and Support to engineers on applied and effective use of Smart Plant Instrument Modules.

NORTEL Telecommunications - Richardson, TX 09/2000 to 02/2002

Software Build Release Engineer / IT Support / Automation Specialist

Provided Training and How to Instructions to end-users for our Tools group.

Developed and modified shell scripts or code base to improve our in-house tools and automate recurring tasks.

Provided professional, quality customer service to internal and external customers.

Successfully carried out Hardware and software troubleshooting on a daily basis.

EDUCATION

University of Houston MBA: Masters Business Administration with emphasis on Energy Finance and Leadership

University of Texas at Dallas Bachelor of Science: Electrical Engineering with emphasis on Telecommunications

TECHNICAL SKILLS

Microsoft Office (Word, Excel(Pivot Tables / Vlookup), PowerPoint, Visio, and Outlook), Lotus Notes, Electronic Document Mangement System (EDMS), SQL, ERP, SharePoint Portal, Windows and Gnu/Linux OS, Naviswork, AutoCAD, SmartPlant Instrumentation (SPI / Intools), and Teleconference apps not limited to WebEx.

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