David W. Chelakis

**** *** ******* *****, *******, Texas 77018

Email: ac3ct0@r.postjobfree.com Mobile Telephone: 832-***-****

Proven, Safety-Oriented, Electrical Services Management Professional

Oil & Gas Upstream • DoD Contractors • Domestic & Abroad • HazMat

Professionally, brings more than 20 years of electrical and instrumentation success and achievements within highly competitive industries, regulatory requirements, and difficult environments. This requires a very broad skill set along with outstanding communicative (English and basic Russian), collaborative, technical, organizational, and leadership skills to complete expatriate assignments, or projects to specifications on schedule and within budget to control costs while promoting corporate growth and corporate branding.

HIGHLIGHTS OF QUALIFICATIONS

Engineering & Design • Dynamic Problem-Solver • Emergency Medical Technician • Vast Electrical Expertise

Trainer, Mentor & Coach • Crisis Management • U.S./European/Asian Electrical Design & Construction

Proven Expatriate Success • Regulatory Compliance • Quality Control Master • Adept Collaborator

HSE Management • Asset / Inventory Control • Customer Satisfaction Champion • Multi-Tasker

Technical Skills Training • Process Analyses • Process Improvements • Proven Leadership Skills

HIGHLIGHTS OF PROFESSIONAL ACHIEVEMENTS

ISSUED diverse, technical papers for installation methods and procedures to expedite electrical installations and quality control in preparation for a clean startup and commissioning.

ACHIEVED zero reportable injuries from a previous, high number through proper attention and training in safety, environments, teamwork, et al.

IMPLEMENTED effective quality control management and interface of all facility sub-contractors to ensure projects’ success, completion, and safety.

CONSISTENTLY EXCEEDED Key Performance Indicator (KPI) values set forth by the facility owners.

ASSIGNED as Senior Design Coordinator to facilitate all necessary E&I design modifications to mediate original design discrepancies.

CREATED the ‘E&I Site Roundtable’ to establish and build a true, teamwork approach to problem-solving.

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

o72 Hours; Electrical Engineering – University of Houston, Houston, Texas

oIndustrial Electrical Specialist – U.S. Department of Labor

oGraduate; National Industrial Electrical Apprenticeship Training Program – U.S. Department of Labor

oInstrumentation Coursework – San Jacinto Technical College, Houston, Texas

oOn-Site Emergency Coordinator & HazMat Training – Louisiana State University

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PROFESSIONAL SYNOPSIS

Independent, Contract Consultant; Houston, TX 2013 – Present

oProvide technical and field support for industrial, electrical installations from ‘cradle to grave.’

COSMI Kazakhstan, LLP (subcontract to NCPOC/Agip KCO); Bautino, Kazakhstan 2011 – 2013

Contract Representative

oProvided excellent management of operation and maintenance-based contract compliance for Bautino Base Logistics & Waste Disposal Facility for D-Island (186 staff).

oOversaw, trained, and managed overall HSE client and governmental compliance, procedural requirements, procedures and work instructions, subcontractors, procurement compliance, and exceeded client-established KPIs. Expat position was nationalized May, 2013.

Independent Contractor; Afghanistan 2009 – 2011

oProvided technical and field support for industrial, electrical installations from ‘cradle to grave.’

Innovative Technical Solutions, Inc. (ITSI); Kabul, Afghanistan 2008 – 2009

Country Electrical Manager

oSole responsibility for all ‘In-Country’ electrical design, installation, testing and turnover to client.

oProvided accurate proposals and preparation, design review and modifications.

Productive Services Network; Baku, Azerbaijan 2007 – 2008

Senior Electrical Designer

oSenior Designer for ‘brownfield’ design and equipment specifications in addition to field installation and testing for production water treatment addition at BP Sangachal Terminal.

oSenior Designer for ‘brownfield’ modifications to mediate safety findings to increase blast distance of operation control buildings at remote pumping stations.

oDeveloped electrical and instrument design for ‘brownfield’ projects at BP Caspian Sangachal Terminal including completing design deliverables within budget and schedule, equipment data sheets and specifications, area classification and calculations. Both stabilized and temperature control heat-trace calculations were successfully performed.

Washington Group International; Boise, ID 1989 – 2007 and 2008

Lead Electrical Design Modification / Construction Engineer, Ras Laffan, Qatar (2008)

Lead Site Engineer at Common Sulphur Reclamation Project for Qatar Gas project.

Senior Electrical Engineer, Russian Chemical Weapons Disposal Facility, Shchuch’ye, Russia

oProvided oversight and management for electrical and instrument construction to Main Production Building.

oProvided several design options that offered opportunity to reduce construction schedule and expense.

Electrical Engineer; San Francisco, CA; Bechtel Group ‘Pueblo Chemical Weapons Demilitarization Facility’ and Parsons’s ‘Bluegrass Chemical Weapons Demilitarization Facility’

oReviewed electrical and instrument preliminary drawings for improvement to enhance lifecycle production rates by reducing corrective maintenance durations PM and critical CM work durations.

Lead Electrical & Instrument Designer & Systems Engineer; Johnston Atoll Chemical Agent Demilitarization Facility.

Maintenance Engineer

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