Project Manager Engineering

SUMMARY:

Experienced providing ** years of project management and engineering leadership to cross functional teams for projects ranging from $50,000 to $28M. Ensuring all stakeholders are effectively communicated on project updates, and schedule. PMP, Six Sigma Black Belt and Lean Manufacturing credentials.

Demonstrated the ability to deliver solutions that are systematic, nimble and scalable that incorporates business process management, advanced technology solutions and the impact on organizational culture and transformation.

Met financial objectives by forecasting requirements; preparing project budgets; scheduling expenditures; analyzing variances; initiating corrective actions.

Experienced in identifying and managing project risk, and developing risk mitigation strategies, and track to closure.

Communicated from the top down and bottom up regarding the team responsibilities, target dates, project status, resource needs, project conflicts and mitigation plans. Organizing and presenting information to foster creative thinking across organization, teams and multiple large CAPEX projects.

Facilitated change management, focusing on process integration/analysis and measurements for success. Experienced in leading continuous improvement projects, automation projects and invoking change management principles. Accountable to develop and drive improvement in Operations and Manufacturing through Lean performance measurements.

Performed technical (Best Practice) and financial analysis; prepare AFE’s; develop bid specifications, equipment specifications, review: technical drawings, schematics, or computer-generated reports, vendor selection and coordination, piping, electrical and mechanical design, cost analysis, manpower management, and detailed project schedule, start-up and project close-out.

Experienced in leading site evaluations and HAZOPS for capital projects. Participated and led teams to review and develop policies, procedures, standards and technical references associated with capital projects.

Experienced in sourcing and implementing new technology in the field of manufacturing processes, utilities, and process control. These activities helped to improve the safety, reliability, integrity, efficiency, operability and capacity of equipment and processes.

Experienced developing and training talent to support current and future business needs; as well as, a positive and productive team atmosphere to ensure a safe and positive work environment.

Core Competencies:

Strategic Planning

Process Improvement

Quality Control

Budget Planning & Cost Control

Manufacturing Automation

Proposal Development

Project Management

Stakeholder Relations

Safety & Compliance

Team Building & Leadership

Root Cause/Data Analysis

Preventive Maintenance

Predictive Maintenance

Change Management

Continuous Improvement

Total Productive Maintenance

Process Hazard Analysis

Reliability Centered Maintenance

Automation Systems

Value Engineering

EDUCATION:

Bachelor of Science, Chemical Engineering

North Carolina A&T State University, 1991

EXPERIENCE:

2014 to Present

MAVERICK TECHNOLOGIES

Maverick Technologies is an industrial automation, enterprise integration, operational consulting and sustaining services provider. The company has over 500 employees and 18 U.S. locations and operations worldwide and is the largest independent systems integrator in North America.

Automation Systems Project Manager

Project managed a wide range of instrumentation and Controls installation and PLC/DCS controls retrofit projects. Industrial environments include: Food and Beverage, Chemical, Oil and Gas, Utilities, and Water/Wastewater Treatment. Projects range from $500K to $13M. Platforms such as Yokogawa, Emerson, Honeywell, Wonderware, GE, and Rockwell Automation.

Successfully project manage large teams and fast tracked projects from design, programming, start-up and site project management for large distributed control systems. Completed a $3.5M System Integration and Start-up up 3 months ahead of schedule and yielding a value engineering savings of $500,000.

Set-up up PMO. Acting as the source for documentation, guidance and metrics for the practice of project management and execution; Responsible for developing PM best practices, consolidating best practices across all roles in the project lifecycle. Set up and improved engineering standards and guidelines that increased efficiency and accuracy associated with the engineering execution of projects.

Directly managed 15 programming engineers. Developed talent to support current and future business needs; as well as, a positive and productive team atmosphere to ensure a safe and positive work environment.

Created strategies for risk mitigation and contingency planning.

Ensured Engineering Policies and Procedures (EPP) are implemented consistently through gated FEL phases.

Ensured the presence of safety, good decision making and Stop Work Authority.

Performed technical and financial analysis; develop bid specifications, instrumentation specifications, vendor selection and coordination, cost analysis, manpower management, and detailed project schedule.

Performed in-process and final system checks to ensure compliance with scope and budget objectives.

2011 to 2014 MEADWESTVACO Specialty Chemicals

Part of a $5B in revenue corporation, MeadWestvaco’s Specialty Chemicals business is a provider of performance chemicals used in printing inks, asphalt paving and adhesives, as well as in the agricultural, paper and petroleum industries.

Project Manager/Process Engineer, 2012 to 2014

Project managed a wide range of MWV Specialty Chemical projects from the conceptual development stage through final construction and start-up. Overseeing a $12M Pilot Plant and Batch Plant Expansion. Design and installed a $3.6M Tank Farm, Designed and installed a $1.2M Plant Fire Water System. Implemented $500K condensate reduction project.

Ensured MWV Engineering Policies and Procedures (EPP) were implemented consistently through gated FEL phases.

Ensured the presence of safety, good decision making and Stop Work Authority

Supervised construction activities and coordinated with plant scheduling and operations.

Performed in-process and final system checks to ensure compliance with scope and budget objectives.

Performed Process Hazard Analysis and Site Assessment Analysis

FORD BACON & DAVIS

Ford, Bacon & Davis, LLC is a privately held Multi-Discipline Engineering, Procurement and Construction Management company with over 850 employees and offices in Baton Rouge, LA, Lake Charles, LA, New Orleans, LA, West Monroe, LA, and Greenville, SC.

Project Manager, 2011 to 2012

Project managed a wide range of MWV Specialty Chemical projects from the conceptual development stage through final construction, start-up and project close-out. Overseeing a $500K Rail Car Expansion, $800K Specialty Chemical Delivery System, $200k Oil Disposal System.

Ensured MWV Engineering Policies and Procedures (EPP) were implemented consistently through gated FEL phases, and that projects are completed on time, within budget and met/exceeded stakeholder’s expectations.

Ensured the presence of safety, good decision making and Stop Work Authority

1997 to PHILIP MORRIS USA TENURE

2009 Maintenance Manager/Project Manager, 2000 to 2009

(Plant Closed)

Managed facility and plant maintenance of a Cigarette Manufacturing Facility.

Efficiently managed in excess of 30 maintenance team members including Area Leaders, Team Leaders, and Multi-skilled trades people.

Project managed cross-functional teams of engineers, scientists, union laborers and construction contractors to design and install a $28M Increased Utilization Project, $10M Central Adhesive Delivery System, and $3M Menthol PZ Distribution System.

Ensured the presence of safety, good decision making and Stop Work Authority

Tracked the following KPI’s: Overtime worked against plan, PM Schedule compliance, Time taken to answer maintenance calls, Budget compliance, PM Backlog man-hours, Critical Equipment availability, Number of breakdowns, Production equipment performance, Equipment Performance (with respect to quality), and Mean Time Between Failures

Responsible for overall maintenance and output for a three-shift operation.

Coordinated engineering changes and improvements involving equipment and/or processes with support groups, conducive to long-range business plans.

Developed, coordinate and implement shutdown, TPM, preventive and predictive maintenance schedules. Analyze and approve PM schedules monthly.

Implemented a Reliability Centered Maintenance program.

Manufacturing Engineering, 1999 to 2000

Provided proactive day-to-day support to Production and Maintenance teams with respect to optimum, efficient and safe plant operation.

Monitored plant performance against approved daily targets and identified existing or potential technical problems.

Assisted multi-disciplinary teams on operational and maintenance trouble-shooting.

Monitored equipment and processes for adverse trends to allow fast response to potential threats.

Identified & implemented specific projects and plant changes to improve the safety, reliability, integrity, efficiency, operability and capacity of equipment and processes.

Expanded Tobacco Start-up/ Control Room/Tobacco Prep Supervisor, 1998 to 1999

Supervised a union work force of 12 employees.

Performed tuning and testing of key parameters on new process lines during start-up and commissioning.

Developed and implemented training programs.

Identified, designed and implemented cost saving projects that saved approximately $850,000 year.

Engineer Manufacturing Technical Services Process Engineering Applied Technology, Corporate Role, 1997 to 1998

Designed and implemented trial plans to improve process utilization, saving over $7 million.

Prepared a design basis for the project, based on engineering studies, high-end computer modeling and simulation, economic evaluations and consultations with Manufacturing, Research & Development and other contributing groups.

Led new equipment start-ups in the production plants and trained production teams.

1991 to HOECHST CELANESE USA

1997 Technical/Process Engineer

Designed and implemented trial plans to improve process utilization.

Examined, executed, and modified existing process procedures and parameters.

CERTIFICATIONS/TRAINING:

Process Hazard Analysis Leader

Certified Project Management Certification University of North Carolina at Charlotte

PMI Project Management Professional Candidate

Six Sigma Black Belt Certified Philip Morris USA

Lean Manufacturing Trained

Agile/Scrum Trained

Reliability Centered Maintenance

SOFTWARE PROFICIENCY:

Microsoft Office Applications (Word, PowerPoint, Project, Excel)

SAP

MicroStation V8, AutoCAD 2007 (P&ID drawings)

SharePoint

REFERENCES: Available upon request

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