Project Engineer

Pamela A. Mitchell

Permanent Home Address:

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Houston, Texas 77048

Cell Phone #: 281-***-****

E-Mail: *******@*****.***

SUMMARY OF QUALIFICATIONS:

Graduate of Louisiana State University with Bachelor of Science degrees in Chemistry and Chemical Engineering. Career has primarily involved positions as a Project Engineer / Project Manager with extensive experience managing downstream projects in oil / gas / petrochemical / chemical production facilities, specialty chemicals, air separation / cryogenics, gas processing, pipeline compressor stations, refinery projects, mining and metals, and wind energy projects. Projects ranged in size from small routine in-plant capital and maintenance projects up to multi-billion USD Mega Projects. Portfolio details include:

Project Engineering and Project Engineering Management for major EPC companies (Fluor, Jacobs, Foster Wheeler and Technip) on Mega Projects (>$3 Billion USD). Refinery Projects were located in Port Arthur, Texas (Total Deep Conversion Project and Valero Refinery Project), in Brazil (grass roots oil refinery for Petrobras), Canada (grass roots Nickel Refinery in Newfoundland and a Urea Plant in Manitoba) and Kuwait (KNPC Clean Fuels Project). Experienced with coordination of FEL, FEED and all subsequent project execution phases including proposals, engineering design development, assistance with budget preparation, detailed design coordination, development of project specifications, contract negotiation, monitoring of engineering deliverables, cost and schedule reviews, safety reviews and construction.

Routine maintenance and capital construction projects in downstream operating facilities primarily as a direct hire employee. Manufacturing products/processes included petrochemicals (e.g., Gas Fractionation, Isomerization, Olefins, NGL, Polyurethane Intermediates, MTBE etc.), inorganic basic chemicals (e.g., Sulfuric Acid, Sulfur Dioxide, Oleum), food grade specialty chemicals (Vanillin – batch process), cryogenic air separation products (e.g., Liquefied Oxygen, Nitrogen, Argon, Hydrogen, Carbon Monoxide/Carbon Dioxide) and other miscellaneous products.

Coordination of and/or actual planning and scheduling of project activities via functional use of Microsoft Project, or in conjunction with Project Controls Groups that utilized Primavera .

Unit-wide coordination of Process Safety Management program (PSM) involving PHA’s (HAZOP, “What If” assessment), Management of Change (MOC), Pre-Startup Safety Reviews (PSSR’s), and Incident Investigations.

Management of modular design and construction for pipe rack modules, process equipment modules, and electric buildings for a major EPC firm (Fluor). Participation in development of the Project Execution Plan, Construction Execution Plan, budget development, baseline schedule, 3-D model reviews for constructability and safe operation

(Smart Plant Review), PHA’s, module fabrication contractor bidding / selection / award, relocation to module yard during module construction / fabrication, and close-out of project deliverables. EDUCATION:

Louisiana State University – Baton Rouge, Louisiana o Bachelor of Science, Chemical Engineering G.P.A.: 3.626/4.000 Successfully passed EIT in Louisiana after Graduation o Bachelor of Science (with Honors) - Magna cum Laude – Chemistry w/ Graduate Option G.P.A.: 3.876/4.000

University of Colorado – Boulder, Colorado

o Graduate School of Chemistry – Master’s Program; Major: Organic Chemistry (completed two semesters) ENGINEERING EMPLOYMENT HISTORY – PREVIOUS 13 YEARS: (**See NOTE following this section)

Independent Research Analyst; Houston, Texas (2015 to Present) Client: CONFIDENTIAL

o Perform in-depth Internet research to identify potential funding sources for client. o Assess the likelihood of forming business partnerships with selected sources. o Submit proposals to short-list of funding sources in order to initiate dialogue. For opportunities that appear to be mutually beneficial, set up meetings to discuss further. Pamela A. Mitchell – Project Engineer / Project Manager (page 2 of 4)

Solar Turbines; Houston, Texas (2015)

Senior Principal Project Engineer

o Project Engineer for Design and Installation of a complete Compressor Station for Williams Transcontinental Pipeline. Project Execution Plan was based on modular construction of Turbine/Compressor, Process Skids, Electrical Building, Generator, Air Compressor Skid, etc.

Foster Wheeler; Haarlem, the Netherlands (2014) Lead Project Engineer

o Worked as Lead Project Engineer on the Project Management Contractor Team overseeing detailed Engineering Design being performed by Fluor in Haarlem, The Netherlands for the Kuwait National Petroleum Company Clean Fuels Project (Multi-Billion USD mega project).

Technip; Houston, Texas (2013 – 2014)

Project Engineering Manager

o One of several Project Engineering Managers assigned to a Multi-Billion USD Chevron Phillips Polyethylene grass roots facility in Sweeny, Texas. Areas of concentration involved the Extruder (Kobe Steel, Japan) and the Loop Reactors (Wooyang, Pyeongtaek, South Korea).

Fluor (contracted through TRS); Sugarland, Texas (2013) Engineering Manager

o Coordinated Offsites and Utilities design activities and deliverables during FEED phase for Sasol’s GTL project in Lake Charles, Louisiana. Entire Project TIC was projected to be upwards of 16 Billion USD.

Jacobs Engineers; Houston, Texas (2011 – 2012)

Project Engineer V

o Assigned to oversee detailed engineering design for a portion of a project being constructed in Tennessee

(client is confidential). Project TIC was expected to be >1.5 Billion USD.

Foster Wheeler (contracted through Bergaila and Associates); Houston, Texas (2011) Project Engineer

o Lead Project Engineer for FEL phase on segments of the Utilities and Offsites portion for Petrobras grass roots refinery in Brazil.

o Worked on proposals for a Delayed Coker unit for PetroChina and a Coke Drum replacement project for Exxon in Beaumont, Texas.

Fluor Canada; Vancouver, British Columbia (Canada) (2009 – 2011) Project Specialist IV – Modularization Manager

o Modularization Manager for grass roots design and construction of a Nickel Refinery in Long Harbor, Newfoundland (Canada) for Vale Inco. Project included >170 modules (Pipe Racks, Equipment Modules, Building Modules and Electrical Buildings), and TIC exceeded 3.5 Billion CAD.

Dynamic Industries, Inc. (Contract - Independent Consultant); Lake Charles, Louisiana (2009) Project Engineer (Independent Consultant)

o Assisted with resolution of Construction RFI’s between module fabricator (Dii) and Fluor / Exxon to expedite construction of process modules for the Odoptu Project (shipped to Sakhalin Island on September 3, 2009). Assisted with adjustments to project specifications and standards as needed to accommodate exceptions when necessary

Fluor Enterprises; Sugarland, Texas (2007 – 2009) Project Engineer IV

o Assigned to work on Modularization for a $3 Billion expansion at the Total Refinery in Port Arthur, Texas, specifically for coordination of design, estimating, contract bidding and award, construction and delivery of 123 pipe rack modules

o Participated in HAZOP reviews as well as 3-D Module reviews for constructability and future maintenance facilitation

Pamela A. Mitchell – Project Engineer / Project Manager (page 3 of 4)

Air Products (contracted through YOH Engineering); Pasadena, Texas (2004 – 2007) Project Engineer

o Managed capital projects in the West Gulf Coast Region including the Chemical Plant at Pasadena (TDA and DNT), Air Separation Units, and Hydrogen / Carbon Monoxide Units at Laporte, Texas and at Baytown, Texas

o Successfully completed > $1.5M Argon Rail Loading Spur that had flawless startup and provided ROI of about 2 months

o Trained on use of SAP Project module for project planning, WBS development, cost control and tracking, and purchase orders placed with vendors.

**NOTE: Prior to this time Project Engineering positions were exclusively direct hire (with increasing levels of responsibility) at several operating plant facilities, including Rhone Poulenc (formerly Stauffer Chemical, now Solvay, 1984 – 1991), Enterprise Products (1991 – 1994), Lyondell Petrochemical (1995), and Koch Hydrocarbon (2002 – 2003).

SIGNIFICANT CAREER ACCOMPLISHMENTS: (PARTIAL LIST)

Successfully urged a Canadian client to use American fabricators for module fabrication in 2010. Due to the American economy at the time, this strategy saved the client more than 40 Million USD.

Found and disclosed a significant design error in structural steel on pipe rack modules in time to prevent costly installation problems. The resulting work around saved the company a substantial amount of money, and also avoided schedule delays.

Independently discovered the source of black flecks that were contaminating food grade synthetic vanilla crystals. Proposed a method for elimination of the contaminant (which was implemented), subsequently saving the company several million dollars.

Discovered a serious safety violation in a dangerous process involving incorrect Electrical Area Classification of the unit and widespread presence of Hydrogen gas with leak sources. Correction of the problem prevented potentially fatal incidents in the unit.

Proposed a solution for transport of modules to a land-locked site that involved use of a shallow waterway off the main river used for barge transport of the modules. Dredging the shallow waterway would have created barge access to a major road close to the jobsite, and dirt dredged from the waterway would have been used as fill dirt for the jobsite (which was very low and required an enormous amount of backfill). If the proposal had been implemented it would have saved the project millions of dollars. (Unfortunately, timing of assignment to this project prevented incorporation of the proposed solution.)

Created a schedule for module deliveries that clearly predicted ahead of time interference with concurrent arrival of multiple transport vessels. Failure to acknowledge this serious conflict would have had devastating consequences on the overall project cost and schedule. Pro-active observation mitigated the problem.

Successfully collaborated with design team members in home office to resolve >150 RFI’s on pipe rack modules. Devised a method for processing RFI’s that saved substantial amounts of time on the turnaround of RFI responses. Expediting the processing of RFI’s submitted by the fabricator ensured adherence to an aggressive schedule for completion and shipping of modules. As a result, modules were delivered as planned.

During reviews of P&ID’s and other design and/or vendor drawings, numerous errors and mistakes have been caught throughout career due to superior attention to detail. In most instances: o These errors would have cost the company (companies) unbudgeted money to correct in the field o They could have resulted in a compromise of safety. o They could have potentially delayed the schedule o They could have caused significant damage to the company’s image in the eyes of the client (in the case of EPC firm errors).

Pamela A. Mitchell – Project Engineer / Project Manager (page 4 of 4) HONORARY ORGANIZATIONS:

PHI BETA KAPPA – Highest and most prestigious National Honor Society (was one of two Juniors inducted that year which has more stringent requirements for admission than for Seniors)

Phi Kappa Phi – National Honor Society

Tau Beta Pi – Engineering Honor Society

Alpha Epsilon Delta – Pre-Medical Honor Society

Alpha Lambda Delta – Freshman Women’s Honor Society

Iota Sigma Pi – Honor Society for Women in Chemistry TRAINING THROUGHOUT CAREER:

Texas A&M Industrial Fire School – (College Station, Texas)

Primatech Hazop Facilitation – (Houston, Texas)

CPM Scheduling – (Houston, Texas)

3M Foam School – Williams Fire & Hazard Control – (Beaumont, Texas)

SAP – Project Management Module – (Pasadena, Texas)

Interactive Management Skills (Baton Rouge, Louisiana)/.llllllllll

GE Wind Turbine Installation School – (Tehachapi, California)

Icarus Estimating Software, now known as Aspen In-Plant Cost Estimator – (Baltimore, Maryland, pre-Internet)

Continuing Education: Industrial Engineering course, Louisiana State University – (Baton Rouge, Louisiana)

Mechanical Seal Course, Chesterton Seals – (Baton Rouge, Louisiana) COMPUTER SOFTWARE USAGE:

PROFICIENT: NOVICE (LIMITED PREVIOUS USE):

Microsoft Word

Microsoft Excel

Lotus Notes

Microsoft Project

Microsoft Power Point

Microsoft Outlook

Blue Beam

SAP (Project Management Module)

Microsoft SharePoint

AutoView

Oracle (Time Sheets)

Volo View

NavisWorks

FastTrack Schedule

SmartPlant Review

LOCATION PREFERENCE:

Must maintain and remain at permanent residence in Houston, Texas. However, frequent domestic or international travel is acceptable. Additionally, temporary assignment to another location requiring housing (company paid) is acceptable as well. This can be negotiated if the situation arises.

SALARY INFORMATION:

Compensation for work performed is negotiable. Range of compensation received during times of prior employment is available upon request.

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