Charles Allen Kwarta

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Chesterfield, VA 23838 acqql4@r.postjobfree.com

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Bechtel Global Inc., Jubail Industrial City, Saudi Arabia 3/12 – 3/15

(Global EPC contractor with $32.9B revenue last year)

Manager Industrial Development and Industry Coordinator

Evaluate prospective companies for their compatibility with petrochemical industries. Jubail Industrial City, Saudi Arabia is one the largest Petrochemical Cluster Groups in the world

Approve expansions of existing industries for alignment with Kingdom strategy (Chevron, Exxon, SABIC, Saudi Aramco)

Coordinate civil, structural, mechanical and electrical engineering review for industries with all infrastructures that includes seawater canals, potable water, industrial and sanitary waste water, electrical grid, 2 industrial ports, railway systems, conveyor and pipeline corridors, roads and access, temporary land allocation, etc.

Meet regularly with industries that include Saudi Chevron, Sabic Exxon, Saudi Aramco, Total Oil Refining and Dow about ongoing construction coordination with the Royal Commission and the Kingdom resources

COLONIALWEBB CONTRACTORS, Richmond, VA 3/10 – 12/11

(Mechanical, HVAC, Refrigeration and Electrical Contractor – Largest in Central Virginia)

Project Manager – Special Projects Division

Primary focus was managing maintenance and upgrades to chilled water systems and HVAC in Bank of America (BOA) Data Center

Maintain excellent relationship with BOA – became preferred vendor status which allows sole source contracts up to $60,000

Projects included HVAC and mechanical systems at universities, government facilities and hospitals

Executed and monitored Scope, Budget and Schedule – Tracked projects using Earned Value Management

GREEN GAS DYNAMICS LLC Chesterfield, VA 1/09 – 3/10

(Renewable and Alternative Energy Company – Design and construct biomass digesters)

Owner

Designed, constructed and operated a pilot plant two phase mesophilic anaerobic digester for producing methane gas

P&ID and piping isometrics on AutoCAD

Complete plans and equipment specifications to pursue opportunities for scale up available

INTRINERGY LLC, Richmond, VA 7/08 – 1/09

(Renewable energy company construction and operation of biomass boilers)

Project Manager

Brought on board to manage the project of a $28MM biomass boiler at a paper mill in Connecticut

Gave presentations and documentation to upper management for business decisions

Sized and specified ancillary equipment for the biomass boiler and electrical turbine generator

DELTA-T CORPORATION, Williamsburg, VA 5/07 – 7/08

($500million Ethanol Plant designer with procurement, construction support and full service support)

Project Manager / Engineer

Directed engineering and technical resources to meet project requirements for a $45MM ethanol plant

Reviewed all information in and out of the project team for all RFIs, RFPs, submittals, etc

Provided technical and commercial evaluations and recommendations of vendor equipment and subcontractor proposals to procurement

ARCH CHEMICALS, WOOD PROTECTION, Conley, GA 5/05 – 5/07

($1.3 billion global manufacturer and distributor of specialty chemicals)

Project Manager / Engineer

Managed multiple EPT and EPC projects from $25,000 to $4Million

Designed plant layout, process piping, instrumentation and control and electrical systems for Greenfield and plant upgrades

CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT at Pharmacia Corporation, Kalamazoo, MI 2/01 – 2/03

(Major pharmaceutical corporation purchased by Pfizer Corporation)

Construction Manager

Construction Manager for new construction and capital projects in operating facility.

Brought on board to manage multiple capital projects at an operating pharmaceutical plant

Organized and conducted pre-bid meetings, provided information and clarifications during bid process and presented evaluations for business decisions by Pharmacia upper supervision

BONTEX, Inc., Buena Vista, VA 5/98 – 1/01

(Specialty, unbleached paperboard manufacturer)

Plant / Engineer, Maintenance Manager

Papermill with two paperboard machines, two coating lines, boiler with ancillary equipment

Identified bottle necks in processes and systems

Recommended capital projects for replacement of equipment with financial analysis

Wastewater treatment processes and responsibilities: SBRs, DEQ water effluent regulation requirements

Through Root Cause Analysis and implementing a Preventive Maintenance system drastically reduced non-planned outages due to equipment failure

MEAD WESTVACO CORPORATION, Covington, VA 1/94 – 5/98

($8.2 billion leader in bleached, specialty paper and paperboard)

Sr. Process Engineer / PSM Coordinator

Process engineer serving the Recover Department, Recover Boiler and Caustic Liquor Works

Responsible for daily operations, troubleshooting and maintenance assignments

Process Safety Management Coordinator for department

Responsible for tracking and reporting all air emissions for department point sources

Responsible for managing/scheduling maintenance and inspections of equipment during plant outages

EQUIPMENT / UNIT OPERATIONS AND ADDITIONAL EXPEERIENCE

Heat exchangers (shell & tube and plate), Evaporators (rising tube, falling film and tower), Boilers (coal, natural gas, black liquor, biomass, fluidized bed), Kilns, Settlers/Clarifiers, Sequence Batch Reactors, Filters (rotary vacuum drum, belt, plate and frame, sand) Distillation columns, Packed Bed Columns, Paper Machines, Scrubbers, Eductors, Pfaudler Glass Lined Reactors, Fermenters

PLCs, Ladder Logic, GE Fanuc Proficy

Federal Railway Authority (FRA) HazMat tank car regulations

Process Safety Management (PSM), PHA, PSSR, LOTO Confined Entry procedures

Project Management Professional (PMP), risk assessment, Earned Value Management

EXPERIENCE PRIOR TO OBTAINING ENGINEERING DEGREE

Class A Plumbing License for the Commonwealth of Virginia

Pipefitter / welder for Fluor, Brown and Root in chemical plants, pulp and paper and fossil fuel boilers

General Foreman and Foreman for pipe departments in construction and outages in heavy industrial plants

Certified boiler tube welder for Virginia Power

Certified pipe welder for SMAW and GTAW processes

MILITARY: US NAVY Shipboard electrician

EDUCATION:

B. S., Chemical Engineering, Virginia Polytechnic Institute – (VA Tech) Blacksburg, VA 1993

Minor in Chemistry

Project Management Certification, Villanova University, 2004

Project Management Professional (PMP) Certification, Project Management Institute (PMI)

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