MICHAEL J. BARANUSKY
** *** **** **** *******, New Jersey 08848
Telephone: Mobile: 908-***-**** Home: 908-***-**** E-Mail: **********@*****.***
SUMMARY
Project Engineer / Manager highly skilled in the design and construction of oil and chemical process plants, power plants, air separation units, fired heaters, solids handling systems, and utility systems. Excellent communication skills. Experience in all phases of project development and coordination from client liaison through proposals, detailed design, and construction. Utility plant operations experience. Knowledge of oil refining, power generation, industrial gas processes and plant construction.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
AMCS Corporation, Bedminster, New Jersey 2013-2015
Project Manager
Air Separation Unit design and construction
Managed teams to develop, design, procure, and install cryogenic-based units supplying oxygen and nitrogen to industrial plants. Developed civil and mechanical construction specifications and selected contractors.
Jacobs Engineering Group, Mt. Laurel, New Jersey
Project Manager and Project Engineering Manager
Managed engineering team producing licensor process packages.
Managed project team for design of $215M TIC chemical plant
Engineering coordination of Project Management Team overseeing design of Saudi Arabia 500 MW oil-fired power plant project
Project Engineer
Petroleum refinery unit design and construction management
On-site management of oil refinery unit design and building site preparation.
Managed refinery unit demolition
First Solar Electric, LLC, Bridgewater, New Jersey
Project Manager
Photovoltaic Solar Power Plant Design and Construction
Managed development, design, procurement, and installation of utility-size ground-mounted
solar panel power facilities to 60 MW.
Foster Wheeler USA Corporation – Fired Heater Division, Clinton, New Jersey
Project Manager
Managed design and supply of large fired heaters for petroleum refineries.
Managed engineering and procurement team for design and procurement of heater components.
Managed selection of vendors and fabricators, inspection, logistics, and shipment.
Provided assistance to constructors during heater erection.
Foster Wheeler Corporation, Clinton, New Jersey Senior Project Engineer, Power Group, Boiler Division
Management of pulverized coal boiler project, peripheral equipment development and completion, vendor negotiation, client liaison, performance testing, parts supply.
Project manager for completion of 2 x 660 MW ($174 MM) boiler/equipment supply project in China.
Directed China project site completion activities including preparation for scheduled shutdowns.
Negotiated vendor warranty service and parts supply.
Project Engineering Manager, Power Division
Technical management of power plant proposals and projects. Plant size up to 2 x 600 MW ($240 MM).
Developed plant Bases of Design. Managed proposal staff of up to 30 people.
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Proposal Manager, Process Plants Division
Responsible for developing Engineer, Procure, Construct proposals for process facilities, pharmaceutical plants, and power plants.
Managed engineering, commercial, and legal efforts for proposals for large and small capital projects.
Project Engineering Manager, Process Plants Division
Responsible for technical development and oversight of large capital projects (up to $400 MM) in the process plant and own/operate power plant industries.
Managed engineering and design groups of up to 100 people.
Established a new cross-departmental engineering work group concept to accelerate
design schedules and improve quality of design output.
Provided construction management support and site utilities designs.
Developed and managed project man-hour budgets, project schedules, and project costs.
Established and maintained technical liaison with clients, vendors, and contractors.
Project Engineer to Principal Project Engineer, Process Plants Division
Responsible for coordination and design of process units, steam generating plants, and consumer product plants.
Coordinated efforts of design groups such as I&C, vessels, machinery, and piping design.
Produced plant layouts.
Produced piping and instrumentation flow diagrams.
Designed utility systems including steam, air, and cooling water.
Specified and requisitioned piping and utility equipment such as boilers, silencers, filters, and bridge cranes.
Provided home office and on-site engineering support during plant construction.
Burns and Roe Inc., Oradell, New Jersey
Project Engineer
Responsible for design and coordination of the main and auxiliary steam systems of a 380 MW nuclear electric generating station.
Pullman Kellogg Inc., Hackensack, New Jersey
Systems Engineer
Responsible for the hydraulic design of process plant systems.
Hydraulic design of piping systems, pumps, compressors, and control systems.
Produced process unit Piping and Instrumentation Diagrams (P&ID).
Produced plant steam and water balances.
Designed plant utility systems such as steam, cooling water, air, and waste treatment.
Holland America Line, New York, New York
Fourth Engineer
Operation and maintenance of shipboard steam propulsion and auxiliary systems and machinery including main turbines, boilers, pumps, refrigeration systems, and HVAC systems.
EDUCATION
B.E., Marine Engineering, State University of New York Maritime College,
New York, New York
LICENSES
United States Coast Guard, Third Assistant Engineer, Steam and Motor Vessels of Any Horsepower.