Carlos Pina - PMP

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Rosharon, Texas 77583

Telephone: 832-***-**** (Mobile)

Email: acs21d@r.postjobfree.com

PROFESSIONAL PROFILE

I am an experienced hand’s on Project Professional with over twenty-six years of experience in Oil Gas & Chemical, Pipeline, Infrastructure and Telecommunications Industries.

I have experience with both Home Office and Field Assignments on both US and International projects. This also includes reporting projects in multiple-currencies for stakeholder use.

My project organization experience includes all types of reporting organizations from EPC mega projects through PMT / PMO projects worldwide and have helped these various organizations achieve there full potential. The contract types for these projects varied from Lump Sum through to Time & Material Contracts on both the owners and contractor side.

I have attended training on Agile Fundamentals and am versed in effectively managing and delivering Agile projects.

I have been responsible for the generation of Proposal schedules through Level 4 schedules and the review of Network Activity Diagrams and how the application of constraints will affect the schedules. I have experience in using the “reflections” function in Primavera.

I have exceptional skills in Critical Path Planning and Risk Review on proposed schedules.

I have had the privilege of managing diverse staff from just a few staff members up to fifty talented professionals and am well aware of the human relationships that exist on a Large Project Team.

I have excellent presentation skills and am comfortable chairing large meetings with a diverse group in people and guiding them to accomplish the meeting goal.

SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE

Project Implementation & Planning

Preparing Project Execution Plans for assigned Projects.

Performing Contract review with sales team and project sponsor.

Develop project plans Level I through Level IV Schedules on assigned projects.

Develop and implement Project Code of Accounts

Breaking out of Project Estimates into the Project Code of Accounts.

Generate Cost baseline and schedule baseline.

Responsible for the generation and issue of Manpower Histograms, Cash flow and unit rate breakdown graphs.

Responsible for developing KPI for both internal and external stakeholders.

Developed Change Management Procedures and Reports for use on the Project.

Implementation of New Project Controls Software across the entire business line.

Implementation of new timesheet program for business unit.

Implementation of new document control system for business unit.

Supervised AFE generation and approval for continued client funding.

Responsible for the development of department / project budgets, staffing plans, schedules and work plans to adhere to the Prime Contract. Assigned staff members to monitor these plan and budgets.

Developed departmental procedures for Cost, Scheduling, Risk Management, Estimating and Document Control. These projects included Oil & Gas, Commercial, Pipeline and telecommunications projects.

Experienced in the design, setup and the monthly implementation of the Project Progress Report, this includes reporting on VOWD, reviewing all reports with Senior / Executive Management on both the Client and Company side of the project.

Performed training in Best Practices in Scheduling, Cost and Change Management, this training has occurred in multiple offices both Home Office and Field Offices around the world.

Developed the IT standards for Project Controls Systems.

Assisted in the implementation project controls programs, policy and procedures.

Responsible for leading the project controls staff (Planning & Cost) in developing detailed plans.

Fully proficient in the use of ePCWorks, PCWorks, Primavera Suite, MS project, MS Access Excel Word and PowerPoint.

Project Execution

Participate / Lead project kick-off meetings for both external and internal clients.

Perform weekly and monthly progress meeting reviews with all stakeholders.

Review all Purchase Order and subcontracts for Progress and Progress payments.

Responsible for issuing all Project Cost, Schedule and Change Management Reports.

Mentored Project Controls staff as well as conduct in-house training on all topics of Project Control from project setup through to claim analysis.

Project Monitoring & Controlling

Responsible for leading the Change Management Process on assigned projects.

Reviewed all invoicing to the client and from the vendors.

Responsible for holding Quarterly KPI Meeting with all Stakeholders.

Accountable for Establishing the “Chain of Circumstances” in Claims Management and Claims Mitigation. As well as defining cost and schedule entitlements for both the contractor and owner.

Apply/follow effective management of change processes to ensure all project variations are recorded.

Project Close-Out

Responsible for verifying all invoice payments to vendors are complete and perform close out procedures on completed Purchase Orders and Subcontracts.

Negotiate potential Claims to / from vendors to complete procurement closeout.

Responsible for Project Historical & Lessons Learned preparation and submit them to Corporate Project Management and Corporate Project Estimating.

Responsible for Project Financial and Final Closeout.

CAREER HISTORY

Jacobs Dec 2014 – Jul 2015

Project Controls Manager / Downstream Division

Al Khobar Saudi Arabia

Projects Include: H2S Tower Replacement Project, Electrical Substation Replacement Project, SASREF general service agreement, Clean Fuels Upgrade Project I & II, Upgrade East West Pipeline

Job Title Project Controls Manager Downstream

Responsible for the development and implementation of a new WBS Structure for the Downstream Business Unit and confirming with stakeholders that it properly reflect the current client requirements for showing detailed resource allocation.

Outlined new dashboard requirements for implementation with a revised WBS structure.

Reviews work on completion for adequacy in meeting objectives and quality standards. Interprets and executes policies that affect subordinate units. Functions as unit advisor; involved in daily operations only to resolve complex problems or meet schedules. Frequent contacts with internal and external individuals at all management levels. Conducts briefings and participates in technical meetings related to specific operations.

Performed Chain of Events training to local planning staff.

Development of project control plans on large / mega projects to be in line with corporate objectives.

Maintains department tool box of project reports showing budget, schedule, progress, change and Business Key Performance Indicators to support the project execution (commitments, expenditures, forecasts, etc.).

Ensure the integrity of the projects and programme budgets through approved scope changes, fiscal changes and contingency reallocations.

Lead and Championed effective changes management processes.

Reviewed all Home Office Project Reports for actual progress / costs versus budgets and forecast.

Re-introduced a commitment and payment log to be utilized by project cost personnel.

Review and approval of all PAP (Project Accounting Procedure) for correctness and the proper application of discounts and wage rates.

Generated Project Close out Procedure.

Lead project close out and historical project reporting.

Re-organized the Weekly Timesheet group to improve turn around of project labour reports to the client.

Provide scheduling and cost estimation support for tendering and proposal preparation.

Generated PAF Workflow procedure to ensure that quality work was being issued in the correct timeframes.

Reorganized the PAF group to ensure one-day turnaround on all PAF preparation.

Responsible for all project staffing requirements and work assignments.

Ensure that relevant cost management procedures and reporting requirements are incorporated where appropriate on contractor's scope of services.

Assisted Manager of Operations in ALL meetings covering Schedule, Costs, billed / unbilled, and GM analysis.

Report project cost to management as well as analysing cost and schedule variances and recommending corrective actions.

Supervised the project team in deriving an accurate and realistic forecast of all funds required to complete the project within the defined budget and schedule while incorporating own trending and analyses.

Supervised the accurate reflection of committed/spent funds, project deviation notices, field change orders, and project execution changes in all cost documents.

WorleyParsons - Kuwait Jun 2013 – Nov 2014

Al-Ahmadi Kuwait

Projects Include: Construction of Two New Booster Stations, Two Water Injection Facilities, Wara Pressure Maintenance Project, Effluent Water Injection, Heavy Oil Development Project, Upgrade of Telemetry System, New Ahmadi Hospital and New Al-Tameer Engineering Building.

Job Title Project Controls Manager / Business Services Manager

Project Controls Manager / Business Services Manager for the Kuwait Oil (KOC) PMC Services Contract

Overall coordination and management of Project Controls / Business Management Services activities.

Accountable for Establishing the “Chain of Circumstances” in Claims Management and Claims Mitigation. As well as defining cost and schedule entitlements for both the contractor and owner.

Supervision and quality control of planning, cost, quantities, estimating and progress measurement staff for overall completion of project objectives. Providing leadership in the selection, appraisal coaching, mentoring, training, and assistance in resolution of problems.

Implementation of Primavera P6 V7 FOR THE PMT team.

Created business rules for the Primavera Unifer add on.

Developed the administrative Preferences, WBS / OBS and User setting preferences for Primavera 6 rollout.

Developed revised Primavera Dashboard for stakeholder usage.

Performed Claims Cost Analysis of all potential claim request for contractors and established monetary and schedule delays recommendations.

Responsible for leading the Change Management Process across all projects.

Coordinates interface between Project Controls and PMT (Project Management Team) stakeholders to develop, set up, monitor and control project schedules, costs & quantities. Ensure the application of skills and methods to execute the project on time, budget, and specification.

Interface with PMT stakeholders, including finance and accounting, to prepare written schedule and cost analysis and report them on timely manner, final approval of all contractor invoices and the preparation and approval of project forecast cost & schedule on a monthly basis.

Responsible for Managing the project cash flow for both client and contractor.

Responsible for Management of Project Change process. Manage project deviation and variation control in liaison with the Project Director for scope/ design changes.

Responsible for the preparation and approval of (AFE) for all projects assigned to the PMP Group.

Developed the PMC management KPI on a Quarterly Milestones basis and presented these KPI reports to KOC Senior Management.

Generated the Project Controls sections of the PEP, including WBS, CBS, Risk management, contingency management, progress measurement & reporting, project reports, etc.

Ensured that relevant cost management procedures and reporting requirements are incorporated where appropriate on contractor's scope of services.

Control & Analysis & Scheduling & Reporting

Coordinates with PMT on Project, Schedules (Primavera and MS Project), Progress & Cost Review meetings on a weekly basis.

Championed common methods & standard reporting format for reports

Manage the work schedule and monitor progress of the work for timely execution of the project through daily/weekly/monthly reports with respect to review of the overall project and progress monitoring of specific projects on a regular basis. Anticipate and resolve any problems, bottlenecks/scheduling conflicts. Ensure project schedules monitor progress to achieve on time or earlier deliveries to keep the project on schedule.

Interface with the PM and Finance departments to prepare monthly external and internal Project Performance reports.

Approve EPC cost accounts and mapping to company accounts for data transfer and inclusion into Primavera.

Lead the project planning team to develop the project controls procedure, project schedules (level 1-4) and reporting systems in line with the Project Reporting Section of the Contract.

Responsible for the Evaluation, Analysis and Reporting of progress / cost and schedule performance data to project management team and to ensure that the progress reported was in line with set policies and procedures for the department.

Conduct post project audits to collect actual data versus estimated data for the purpose of making adjustments to estimating assumptions and processes.

Project Close out and benchmarking for historical files.

Estimating Department Management.

Coordinating multiple estimates simultaneously as well as review responsibility for multiple estimates or large estimates.

Establishing and maintaining an estimating department evaluation procedures.

Establish and maintaining department resource library.

Recruitment and development of all estimating personnel.

Coordinates risk analysis and contingency analysis for project estimates.

Reviewing project to develop win strategy.

Reviewing pricing and scheduling.

Establishing and maintaining relationships with owners, consultants, subs and suppliers.

Developing and maintaining estimating systems and procedures.

Arranging and managing bid turnover to operations.

Establishing district rate files for labour, equipment and materials.

Reviewing final cost report with project team and develop for historical information.

Conducting post-bid review.

Assisting and/or leading in proposal preparation, presentation and securing new work.

Responsible for the management of all aspects of the estimating department.

Document Control Department Management

Implementing and maintaining the Document Control Management System.

Overseeing that all updates to program documents (i.e. design criteria, design reports, drawings, approved changes, etc.) are being captured, collected, stored and disseminated through the proper channels to all concerned parties and ensuring that teams working on the program are using the latest version of the documents.

Ensures that the procedures with respect to document retention, archiving, and destruction and disposal of void documents are followed.

Establishes and maintains clear/concise work standards and goals. Provides training and development, reviews work produced, completes performance evaluations, conducts employee counselling, and takes corrective action as necessary.

Works with other staff members as needed to develop and improve services. Responds to changing technology environment and participates in decision making activities relating to customers’ needs.

FosterWheeler USA Sep 2012 – Jun 2013

Houston, Texas

Project Include: Axion DCU (Delayed Coker Unit)

Job Title: Project Controls Manager

Deliver consistent cost management and planning activities structures for large to stand-alone projects.

Ensure staffing resources and effective processes are in place to execute the project control plans.

Supervise the implementation of the company earned value measurement system on assigned project.

Supervise the implementation of the Change Management Group on assigned projects.

Additional duties include mentoring younger cost and schedules in common project controls practices.

Supervised / lead forecasting/reporting of cost/schedule performance throughout project life cycle.

Responsible for Corporate reporting progress and performance.

Responsible for implementation the Management of Change Process across all projects.

Assist the Project Manager in the proactive identification, evaluation, and monitoring of risk and opportunity in the project management environment, including risk mitigation planning and execution of risk management

Supervised all client billings between Foster Wheeler and the client and responsible for the generation and monitoring of the project cash flow.

Bechtel Corp Jan 2000 – Sep 2012

Project Controls Manager

Houston, Texas

Projects Include: De-Bottleneck Atlantic LNG, Low Sulfur Diesel, Wheatstone LNG, Equatorial Guinea LNG, Trans Canada (Keystone Projects), Wheatstone LNG FEED, Atlantic LNG De-Bottleneck, other various projects.

Job Title: Project Controls Manager

PROJECT CONTROLS SUPERVISOR Atlantic LNG De-Bottleneck Project / BRASS LNG Project

(May 2012 to Sep 2012)

Provide comprehensive, reliable data analysis and strategic information for the Project Management Team.

Identify the trends / variances and provide summary analysis and risk evaluation for the Project.

Lead forecasting/reporting of cost/schedule performance throughout project life cycle.

Coordinate with the Core Department Management for staffing requirements and employee evaluations.

Responsible for implementation the Management of Change Process across all projects.

Measure and ensure project services quality compliance and best practice for the project

Issued all project procedures and documentation for project controls.

Assist the Project Manager in the proactive identification, evaluation, and monitoring of risk and opportunity in the project management environment, including risk mitigation planning and execution of risk management.

Approve EPC cost accounts and mapping to company accounts for data transfer and implementation into Primavera.

Reviewed all client billings between Bechtel and the client.

PROJECT CONTROLS SUPERVISOR (Cost Manager Field) – Chevron Base Oil Project (2010 to May 2012)

Supervised the preparation of all Internal Bechtel Project Financial Status Reports and graphics.

Supervised the reporting of all cost information to the central cost group.

Developed and implementation of the current OBS / WBS Cost Account Structure on assigned projects.

Supervised the implemented the Bechtel Cost Standard system, ‘ePCWorks’ application and mentored the new cost engineers on the use of the system as well as basic cost control policies and procedures.

Ensures that the construction management team and construction contractors adhere to the project controls standards and procedures established in the PEP and Project Procedures Manual.

Supervised the issue of Weekly Quantity and Progress reporting to the client and project.

Developed cost estimates for new sub-contracts from the base estimate.

Supervised the loading of all project cost for the project including currency translations for equipment purchased in other countries.

Supervised Field Trend Group in the preparation of trend and budget adjustments.

Responsible for the review of the Company invoice to the client and reconsolidation of current invoice with an advance funds request.

Mentored junior cost engineers in commitment approval and invoice approval for the procurement and subcontract groups.

Experience from 2000 to 2010

Managed all costs home office and field including change management on the Keystone Pipeline Project and was responsible for all reporting financial / progress reporting to both Bechtel and TransCanada including estimate breakdown for input into cost system.

Implement and manage company project control processes (procedures) systems (tools) and manage interfaces with PMO and EPC control systems.

Closed out Bechtel EG-LNG project with the client and resolved all outstanding back charges with vendors.

Assisted in the Project setup of multiple LNG projects in PCWorks & ePCWorks.

Developed and implemented both internal and external cost reports as well as cost / revenue reports for the project.

Trained the project planning staff in the Earned Value Measurement system and how to relate this system to their level 3 P6 schedule.

Conducted Training for the Planning Department including training in the use of Primavera.

Reviewed the setup and implementation of the Change Management System directed modification to the Project Implementation Plan to optimize the strengths of the Change Management Team.

Supervised the development of Cash flow Job-hour curves.

Directed the breakdown of the estimate into project controls budgets for use in both the planning and scheduling efforts.

Mentored and cross-trained all project controls staff members on the team.

Reviewed and, where appropriate, endorse cost and schedule progress baselines and forecast prepared by other sub-contractors.

Managed the Project Controls Standard application department.

Supervised roll out and implementation of all Bechtel Standard cost and scheduling application Programs (BSAPS). This application monitored budgets, commitments, quantity unit rate reporting and Labour Wage Rate analysis

Assisting in development of the standards for Bechtel’s new cost and progress measurement system ‘ePCWorks’ and implemented this new application across the entire GBU.

Managed the rollout and implementation of Primavera 5.0 across the entire OG&C business line of Bechtel.

Developed new training material for cost, scheduling, and Change Management groups.

Performed instructor led Cost training in all business office across the globe.

Lead Contract negations with Primavera for the licensing practices to Bechtel.

Reviewed all potential change orders for impact to cost and schedules.

Chaired Monthly Status meeting with the client to review progress for both cost and schedule.

Performed all MS Access training and excel training for new Bechtel Project Control employees.

Modified existing cost system in MS Access to better support the existing projects.

Developed in MS Access the current change management system for the entire business line.

S&B Engineers & Construction Jan 1998 – Jan 2000

Houston, Texas

Projects Include: Alpha Olefin (NAO) Project, Lyondell SCADA Upgrade Project.

Job Title: Senior Project Controls Engineer

Supervised the Project Controls Group on an Engineering / Construction Services Contract with a local Houston Refinery.

Lead / supervised the development of project schedules: Proposal Schedules, Project Summary Schedules, Front End Schedules, Process schedules, Master Project Schedules, Component Schedules, Work Plans, Construction Schedules, Weekly look-ahead schedules, and weekly progress reports using Primavera and MS Project.

Review anticipated schedule trends with Project Personnel.

Insure the preparation of Home Office / Field manpower loading to reflect the necessary manpower requirements to achieve schedule commitments.

Insure the development and implementation home office budgets as soon as practical after contract award from control budgets of the estimates.

Conducted cost reviews with Project Control personnel.

Performed Cost forecasting for assigned projects.

Responsible for the generation and monitoring of the project cash flow charts and reports.

GTC Technology Jan 1995 – Jan 1998

A Subsidiary of Foster Wheeler

Houston, Texas

Projects Include: Tianjin DMT Pilot Project, Aromatic Hydrocarbon Product, PET Pilot Project, C-10 Tower Upgrade.

Job Title: Project Controls Supervisor

Managed 10 million dollar project from Inception to Start-up and completion within budget and schedule.

Managed the cost / scheduling of direct manpower, direct material, indirect manpower, indirect material and subcontracts on all assigned projects.

Performed Cash Flow and Gross Margin reporting to Project Management and senior company officials.

Reviewed the development and maintenance of engineering, procurement and construction schedules. Provide progress measurement, quantity tracking, management reporting, work package coordination and analysis.

Responsible for coordinating the workload for the staff of cost control department.

Developed on line timesheet program using FoxPro.

FosterWheeler USA Jan 1992 – Jan 1995

Houston, Texas

Projects Include: HF Alkalization, Delayed Coker

Job Title: Project Controls Supervisor

Responsible for the development / maintenance of all project schedules.

Developed Scheduling Trends; and incorporated them into project cost and master project schedules.

Responsible for reviewing field progress reports including there review with management in both home office and field environments.

Review and approve home office engineering progress / productivity reports.

Performed quantity-tracking reviews with field personnel.

Created a database capable of tracking progress on all engineering deliverables.

M.W.Kellogg Jan 1990 – Jan 1992

Houston, Texas

Projects Include: De-Militarization Project, New “Cheer” Specialty Project, Delayed Coker Expansion and Crude Unit Upgrade

Job Title: Project Controls (Home Office & Field)

Creation / maintenance of all project schedules, developed direct / indirect manpower forecasting for assigned projects.

Assisted in trend review and incorporation into master project schedules.

Responsible for preparing field progress reports including site progress photos and written narrative.

Impell Engineering Sep 1986 – Jan 1990

Glen Rose, Texas

Projects Include: Comanche Peak Steam Electric Station

Job Title: Civil Engineer II

Responsible for monitoring and tracking all engineering tasks in the department.

Performing Civil engineering calculations for the design and construction of cable tray supports and class “C” conduit supports.

Developed a database to track all mechanical equipment calculation qualification status.

Chemic Engineering May 1983 – Aug 1983

Hitchcock, TX

Projects Include: Grating design and replacement on various units.

Job Title: Civil Drafter

Performing field walk-downs for dimensional verification on existing drawings.

Designing / Draft steel grating to replace existing grating in the operating units.

Design / Draft additional pipe supports stiffeners to increase loads on existing pipe racks.

EDUCATION AND TRAINING

University of Houston B.S Civil, Houston Texas, May 1986

Alvin Community College A.A.S Drafting Design, Alvin, Texas, 1983

PMP, Project Management Institute, 2015

Agile Fundamentals Project Management Institute, 2015

FURTHER COURSES

Project Academy Boot Camp, Houston Texas Jul 2015

Oracle i9, Training, University of Houston Downtown, 2003

Management Information Technology Certificate, Rice University Houston, Texas Oct 1995

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