RESUME OF

FRED E. WOODS, III

PROFESSION: MANAGEMENT/CONSTRUCTION/ENGINEERING

Summary

This experience has encompassed:

-Project Management

-Project Planning

-Construction Management

-Contract Management

-Project Cost & Schedule Management

-Project Coordination

which has required the necessary critical thinking, decision-making, risk management, and problem-solving skills to support forward-thinking and ensure timely/economical progress.

This work has included power plants, steel mills (& support facilities), refineries, pipelines, HDD & thrust-bore drilling, laboratories, highway & heavy-haul roads, storage tanks, communication facilities/towers, maintenance facilities, workshops/warehouses, office buildings, medical clinics, and overhead power lines.

As a Project Manager, Site Manager, and Construction Manager, I have worked with foremen to Vice Presidents in the construction, procurement, contracts, engineering, and legal departments while interfacing with contractors, government agencies, and other companies in pursuit of smooth, continuous progress to project completion.

I am a licensed Professional Engineer and OSHA-30 holder and am proficient in MicroSoft Office software and have a working knowledge of MicroSoft Projects.

WORK EXPERIENCE:

BetaFence USA, Inc. – Sunrise, FL (USA)

February, 2018 – September, 2018

Project Manager

·Design, planning, and contracting for the upgrade of site security at two key electricity utility installations ($16mil) in North Carolina. The upgrades include ballistic protection, area lighting tied to CCTV, intruder detection system, IR detection system, card-reader access, and redscan system.

·Cultivating initial contacts with area contractors for development of upcoming bids.

·Directing/coordinate/interfacing the final 25% of ongoing project ($10mil) to meet the compressed schedule’s Mechanical Completion & Commissioning milestones.

LukOil International Services B.V.

Export Pipeline & Tuba Tankfarm Expansion Projects – Basra, Iraq

July, 2012 – March, 2017

Area Construction Manager,

·Construction of a 102Km 42"-dia u/g crude oil pipeline with 33kV transmission lines ($225mil, 'green field') & three 66,000M3 oil storage tanks ($110mil, 'brown field').

·Attained mechanical completion and functional testing of the 102km pipeline and one crude oil storage tank in 21 months to support ‘first oil’ production of West Qurna-2 oil field.

·Ensured EPC contractual compliance.

·This involved:

- Installation of u/g pipeline, 6 valve stations, 65km 33kVA transmission line, and 102km fiber optics communications link.

- Review of design, procurement, construction, pre-commissioning schedules and manpower loading.

- Construction compliance to "Issued For Construction" (IFC) drawings for HDD, open-cut, thrust-bore crossings of river, canals, highways, railroad; transmission lines.

- HSE procedure adherence.

- Quality verification of works (soils, concrete, welder quals., welding, NDT, RFIs, etc.).

- Conducted MCC, Pre-Comm, Commissioning, Final Documentation compilation.

- Commissioned before client, training of client in pipeline & tank operation, and final turnover.

- Interfaced with other projects, government agencies, EPCs to resolve field interface issues, contract non-compliances, queries from client.

- Developed contract change orders with cost estimates & SOWs for the 102km crude oil pipeline.

- Edited proposed contracts of future pipelines and storage tanks with recommendations and incorporate 'lessons learned' from current projects.

- Mentored site Team and HQ employees to maintain high quality work and to make operational/maintenance activities less difficult.

SATORP Jubail Export Refinery Project (U$11.0 Bil) – Jubail, Saudi Arabia

May, 2010 – May, 2012

·Site Manager of Package 2A ($1.9 Bil) managing civil/mechanical/welding/E&I superintendents and planners constructing the Distillate & Mild Hydrocrackers, Selective Hydrogen Unit, Fluidic Catalytic Cracker, Alkylation Unit, Unsaturated Gas Plant, and Sulphuric Acid Generation Unit.

-Field redesign of site heavy-load roads.

-Resolution of work delays/stoppages.

-Field engineering and constructability reviews.

-Assessing/resolving interface issues with other site Packages.

-Support to HSE staff.

-Directed and reviewed quality verification of works.

-Assessing EPCC progress, supervision, productivity.

-Early works, civil, piping prefab/field, electrical works.

-Safety program assessments (16 mil mhrs accident-free).

-Reviewed schedules, Method Statements, procedures, field modifications, Technical Queries.

-Reviewed oversized load transport, heavy-lift planning.

-Mentored Team members.

ThyssenKrupp Steel & Stainless Steel Plants Project (U$5.5 Billion) – Calvert, AL - USA

September, 2008 – October, 2009

·Logistics Manager, Construction Project Management

·Developed/implemented a system to process 700+ site deliveries per day through the Site’s Security Access System.

·Tasked with:

Planning/implementing TCF facilities and utilities

Conduct coordination/interface meetings; liaison on behalf of client with contractors.

Maintain on-site primary & secondary roads.

Manage site’s Road Closures, crossings, restrictions, over-sized equipment/mat’l moves

Develop/review security directives.

PetroRabigh Refinery Petrochemical Project (U$16 Billion) – Rabigh, Saudi Arabia

January, 2007 – September, 2008

·Construction Manager, Support Facilities Package (U$430 Mil)

Responsible for HSE, QC inspections, field engineering, change order claims/scope changes, assessing EPCC’s staffing/productivity, contract adherence, interfacing between EPCCs.

Responsible for field redesign of water/sewer/irrigation lines and roads for admin/research/workshop buildings and clinics.

·Support to Project Manager.

Assessed contract claims (savings, $250,000+)

EPCCs interfacing issues/resolution

Saudi Arabian Oil Company – Dhahran, Saudi Arabia

March, 1980 – August, 2006.

·Asst to Engineering Services Vice-President.

·Supervisor, Engineering Services Planning

Directed development of Operating/Business Plans, Accountability reporting, manpower assessment, operation indicators, and other studies.

·Lead Engineer - Design/Construction, Engineering Facilities Group

Supervised twelve engineers performing EPC and interface functions. Other responsibilities included (1) Forecast future workload, (2) manpower requirements, (3) assessing project proposals, and (4) developing justification papers for $2MM projects.

·Construction Manager, Central Region/Western Region Projects Department

Constructed four (4) remote communication sites, one having a 90-meter tower.

Made on-site design modifications, shortening schedule 3 months and saving $250k.

·Lead Engineer - Design/Construction, Computer & Communications Engineering Dept.

Directed company-wide design, contract development, and construction of communication facilities and OSP/FO works.

·Tower/Facilities Engineer, Communications Eng’g Dept. (225 towers)

Averted communications loss on a 2 MMBPD pipeline (tower jack-up).

Performed emergency assessment of 55+ guyed communication towers’ anchor “deadmen”.

·Business Administrator, Communications Engineering Division.

·Planner, Resources Planning Dept.

GOSP, offshore, and pipeline projects. Partnered in development of Company’s 5-year Capital Planning program ($35 billion).

Duke Power Company – Charlotte, North Carolina

·Planner, Catawba Nuclear Power Plant.

·Engineer, Jocassee Pump Storage Project.

·Staff Engineer, Cherokee & Perkins Nuclear Projects.

-Conducted analysis of cylindrical vs. spherical containment options for schedule & financial economies for the Cherokee & Perkins Nuclear Projects.

-Wrote quality procedures for subsurface exploration and project civil works.

EDUCATION: Bachelor of Science - Civil Engineering

North Carolina State University

Masters (Economics)

University of Oklahoma

CERTIFICATION/TRAINING:

Professional Engineer (Licensed in North Carolina)

OSHA-30

Professional Ethics

Commissioning General Safety

H2S Training

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