Manager Project

Curriculum Vitae Tracy L. Combest** May ****

***** ******** *** *********, ** 77362

Phone: 832-***-****

Email: **************@*****.***

SUMMARY OF EXPERIENCE

Thirty years of combined experience in construction management, quality management, and quality assurance inspection. Extensive experience as a construction manager for all types of industrial projects to include natural gas processing and compression, natural gas transmission and distribution pipelines and related equipment, crude-oil pipelines and related equipment, refineries and associated equipment, and power generation and distribution systems. Responsibilities to include construction team building, contract review, planning/scheduling, budget development and allocation, manpower allocation and oversight, cost analysis, materials management, development and implementation of recovery plans, and conflict resolution. Possess a working knowledge of most U.S. national and international codes governing the construction and operation of the above facilities. Possess the ability to use the entire Microsoft Office suite of applications to include Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Access. Have familiarity with Microsoft® Project, Project Management software. Possess a conversational level of aptitude with the Spanish language.

PROJECTS TYPES

Floating and fixed offshore drilling and production platforms, floating drilling, production, storage, and offloading vessels (FPSO, FDPSO), mobile offshore drilling and production units (MODU, MOPU), land-based drilling rigs, subsea and onshore pipelines, offshore gathering, compression and pumping facilities, onshore compression and pumping stations, gas and oil storage facilities, chemical plants.

EDUCATION

Associate's Degree – Community College of the Air Force-Electronics Technology

Electronics Technical Training-U.S. Air Force

ASNT NDE Training

Certifiable to Level II in Visual, Magnetic Particle, Liquid Penetrant, and Radiographic Film Interpretation

Former AWS Certified Welding Inspector (Certificate No. 92120711)

NACE Coating Inspector Training

DETAILED PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

ApplusVelosi, Houston, Texas (Nov 2012 – Mar 2016)

Quality Assurance Coordinator-ExxonMobil Julia Project

Responsible for coordination of quality assurance activities for four major EPC contracts for the Julia subsea tieback to the Chevron Jack/St. Malo platform. Duties to include attendance at all project managements and engineering meetings related to the design and execution of a 6-well drill center with FMC vertical trees, six-slot production manifold, and related subsea distribution equipment. Responsible for same on the flowline and riser system including two 16-mile flowlines and risers, riser flex joints, FLETS, buoyancy modules and other associated equipment. Scope also includes the transportation and installation scope with McDermott, including the fabrication of the suction piles, flowline jumpers, and associated installation aids. Minor scope includes the fabrication and testing of the control system for the HIPPS intervention system. Duties include the coordination of quality assurance oversight on the total scope outlined above, from identifying and engaging agency inspection resources, providing QA advisory to client engineering and project management. Reports to Project Quality Manager and assists PQM with control of budget, internal and external audits, and maintenance of Project Quality Assurance documentation.

DORIS, INC., Houston, Texas (Jul 2007 – Nov 2012)

General Manager-DCSS

Responsible for the day-to-day operation of Doris Construction Support Services, LLC-a wholly owned subsidiary of Doris, Inc. Duties include business development, financial management, commercial and technical bid evaluation, procedure development, client support, personnel management/conflict resolution, staff development and training, and interface with parent company. DCSS provides construction management, quality management, and HSE services to the energy industries.

QA/QC/HSE Technical Bid Evaluator-Brass LNG

Responsible for the evaluation of the QA/QC sections of bids submitted by world-class engineering and construction contractors for the execution of the Brass LNG project. Reviewed the Quality Management Systems documentation as submitted by the prime contractors and their subcontractors for compliance to project requirements and specifications. Review consisted of verification of compliance to the ISO-9000-2008 Quality System Standard as required by the project. Reviewed inspection and test plans to verify compliance with the criticality assessments performed by the project team and the associated quality plans and inspection/test plans. Reviewed and verified the submitted HSE plans for compliance with the applicable project requires and ISO Standards.

Drilling System Construction Manager

Responsible for the planning and execution of the installation of 26 process and utility modules for the drilling system installed on the FDPSO Azurite for Murphy West Africa. Based in Keppel Shipyard in Singapore, I directed a crew of over 175 craft and supervisory personnel as well as the engineering and design support personnel in the day-to-day operations necessary to install, test, and commission the drilling systems modules for turnover to the drilling contractor.

Inspection Coordinator

Murphy West Africa Azurite FDPSO Project

Developed comprehensive inspection program for monitoring the manufacture of drilling and subsea equipment for a floating, drilling, production, storage, and off-loading vessel for Murphy’s Azurite discovery offshore Republic of Congo. Activity to include interface with package engineers to determine Company requirements for inspection on a system-by-system basis. Suppliers include Cameron (drilling systems), FMC Technologies (subsea wellhead system), Technip (associated flexibles for subsea system), Framo (multiphase pumps), Control Flow (riser tensioners), and Dril-Quip (drilling riser system). Responsible for identifying and procuring the services of technical professionals to serve as business partner representatives at each supplier and sub-supplier location. Reviewed and commented on all Inspection/Test Plans submitted by nominated suppliers, adding business partner intervention points as needed to assure coverage. Developed specific Inspection/Test Plans-Quality Plans in the absence of same from supplier. Interfaced with project management and controls functions to provide input and updates on the quality function of the project. Interfaced with suppliers and sub-suppliers to coordinate business partner intervention visits. Responsible for compiling, reviewing, distributing, and archiving business partner representatives reports in accordance with the project document control system. Additional duties to include development of inspection budgets, monitoring of inspection expenditures, and approval of inspection agencies. Tasked to approve all expenditures from approved inspection agencies.

Inspection Coordinator

Chevron Area “A” Gas Management

Responsible for developing, executing, and managing the business partner quality program for the AAGM Takula Gas Processing Platform. Duties include writing Quality Program and procedures, developing equipment-specific inspection/test plans, qualifying inspection and monitoring personnel, coordinating inspection activity for the fabrication yard and at equipment manufacturer’s locations, interfacing with design engineering for specification interpretation and drawing revisions, performing periodic audits of fabrication yard and equipment vendor facilities and procedures, and verifying milestone accomplishment for progress payments. Constant interface with upper management concerning status and quality of fabrication and equipment manufacture.

Offshore Consultants, Inc.-Plains All-American Pipeline Gas Handing Facility (Oct 2006 - Jul 2007)

Construction Manager

Interface with prime contractor to establish construction priorities. Review and approve invoices for materials, equipment, and services provided to the project. Provides conflict resolution between prime contractor and engineering contractor through RFI system. Reviews infrastructure requirements and adjusts as needed. Interfaces with engineering contractor for design data and drawings. Manages a multidiscipline team to aid and assist the contractor with his project goals and to provide oversight to the contractor’s activity. Strives to maintain open communication between contractor, engineering, and business partner. Coordinates activity between construction and commissioning effort.

Material Consultant Services, Inc. Marathon EG Production, Limited (Jan 2003 – May 2004)

QA/QC Manager

Alba Phase 2 Expansion Project, Punta Europa, Equatorial Guinea

As Quality Assurance Manager, it was often necessary for me to act as liaison between Marathon Site Project Management, Marathon Site Engineering, and the equivalent entities for the contractor. This liaison consisted of discussion and decision-making on matters of design, material procurement, construction, planning/scheduling, in-process quality control, mechanical completion, and commissioning. I was often called upon to make the final decision as to the forward path on issues where an impasse existed between the two entities to assure continued project progress with sound engineering support, always with 100% support from Marathon project management. In addition to my duties as described, I was also a safety-trained supervisor and a graduate of Marathon’s STOP safety program. The EG business unit safety performance was the best in Marathon during my tenure on the project, with a 1.2 LTA in over 3 million man-hours expended. Responsible for the management of a multidiscipline QA/QC team monitoring the administration and application by the contractors of their respective ISO9001 QA/QC programs. Tasked to interface with Marathon project management and contractor project management on all QA/QC matters including project procurement including receiving inspection, planning, and scheduling, as well as the technical aspects of fabrication (welding, mechanical assembly, electrical assembly, and coating) and testing (NDE, hydrostatic pressure testing, performance testing, electrical functional testing, coatings testing). Responsible for verification of mechanical completion and turnover to commissioning/operations.

Universal Ensco, Inc., (Oct 2001 – Jan 2003)

Construction Manager / Chief Inspector

PG&E Gas Transmission Northwest and PG&E North Baja Pipeline

As Construction Manager, I was responsible for not only the timely completion and budgetary well-being of this project, but also the final quality. It was my responsibility to interface with the design engineering group, the contractors’ upper- and site management team, the field contingent of various equipment suppliers (turbine compressors, air compressor packagers, building contractors, etc.), while managing and supporting a quality assurance team consisting of a materials manager and discipline inspectors. My position required liaison with the environmental inspection contractor to assure compliance with EPA, FERC, and DOT requirements, as well as Arizona State and local requirements. Our site, though in Arizona, was restricted to compliance with California environmental standards due to its proximity to sensitive natural resources. I was also responsible for administering the Site Safety Plan in conjunction with the contractor and supplier site representatives. This project expended 1.7 million man-hours without a single lost time incident and with zero findings from an environmental standpoint.

Chief Inspector

Coyote Springs Facility Expansion Project - Boardman, Oregon

Initially contracted as the business partner representative for the electrical quality assurance for this project, but upon arrival at site I was pressed into service as site Chief Inspector and additional capacity as a field designer. In conjunction with the contractors’ site supervision, I made decisions based on my experience in regards to field design changes made necessary by the existing layout of the metering facility that was not accurately reflected on as-built drawings. My decisions received 100% support from the design engineering group responsible for the expansion engineering design. I also acted as liaison between PG&E and the end-user on issues of interface and scheduling. This project was completed three weeks early and $70,000 under budget, with no lost time incident in the three-month duration of the project. Responsible for the electrical and mechanical inspection for the addition of two 6” regulations and metering runs for the Avista/Enron Cogeneration Project. Also responsible for field design (electrical) and final as-built drawings.

Calpine HPP Metering Station-Stanfield, Oregon

Initially contracted to perform site quality assurance inspection for this facility, but realized early on that the design was not well thought out based on site conditions and on the state of purchased equipment upon arrival. The design engineering group gave me carte blanche to field design any aspect of the station that required it from an engineering/operations standpoint. This project required near-daily liaison with the design engineering group and with PG&E project engineering to finalize the necessary design changes. Upon completion of this project (two weeks ahead of schedule and over $100,000 under budget), the facility was exhaustively as-built and remains today as PG&E’s model for a single-run metering installation. This project was also completed without lost time incident. Responsible for the electrical and mechanical inspection for the grass-roots construction of the regulation and metering run for the Calpine HPP Cogeneration Project. Served as the field designer for PG&E for the meter station, which was standardized by PG&E as the model for all future single-run meter stations. Also responsible for interface with the local community concerning permits for excavations and public utilities. Performed the drafting of as-built drawings using AutoCAD Lite for submission to the engineering company.

Toromont Process Systems, Inc. (May 1997 – Oct 2001)

Quality Control Manager

Responsible for the entire quality program at Toromont’s Houston facility. Duties included revising and maintaining Quality Control Manual, writing and implementing procedures for the fabrication shop, shipping and receiving (material handling), and inspection procedures and standards for packaged process equipment and ASME code pressure vessels for the industrial process refrigeration industry. Extensive work with ASME Section VIII, Div. 1, ASME B31.3 and B31.5 piping systems, and AWS D1.1 structural steel code, as well as European DIN standards and British Standards. Additional responsibilities include interfacing with engineering on quality issues, writing and maintaining welding procedures and welder qualifications per ASME Section IX, implementing shop travelers and testing documentation, and working with production to improve fabrication and assembly processes. Performance of all in-house quality inspection is also included in these responsibilities (visual welding inspection, P&ID walk-down inspections, painting inspection, in-process and final). Also responsible for coordinating third-party customer inspection activity. Responsible for conducting personnel training on the quality program as well as with production procedures.

Darr Power Systems (Oct 1993 – May 1997)

Project/Construction Manager

Responsible for the design, material procurement, construction, and installation of packaged power generation and distribution systems for the petrochemical industry. Duties included construction management during the installation of the systems in the field or offshore. Responsible for selection and mobilization of the installation contractor, development of project schedule and budget, and the administration of same. Responsible for the ordering and handling of installation materials as well as issuance to the contractor. Responsibilities included interface with local authorities for construction permitting and licensing, commissioning of environmental impact statements where required.

Combest Inspection and Expediting Services (1984 - 86, 1989-90, Mar 1993 - Oct 1993)

Supplier Surveillance Representative, Field Engineer

In a capacity as a supplier surveillance representative, performed quality assurance inspection on all manner of industrial equipment to include packaged process and power generation equipment, subsea and surface wellhead equipment (Christmas tree assemblies, wellhead assemblies, BOP stacks), oil-country tubular goods (casing pipe, risers, drill pipe), boilers and pressure vessels, material-handling equipment, steel structures, tanks, firewater systems, and piping for various petrochemical companies including Chevron, Exxon, Mobil, and Shell. In a capacity as a field engineer, performed duties to include field changes to piping systems and sketching for as-built drawings, piping system commissioning, power generation system troubleshooting and drawing upgrade ("as-built"), verification of completion of installation on piping and electrical systems using system packages, and witness of hydrostatic testing of piping and process systems)

Brown & Root, Inc. (Mar 1990 - Mar 1993)

QA Inspector

Performed supplier surveillance quality assurance inspection for onshore and offshore petrochemical, pulp & paper mill, municipal water supply and treatment, and power generation facilities. Equipment inspected included boilers and pressure vessels, packaged process equipment, packaged electrical power generation equipment, wellhead and downhole equipment, steel structures, and piping products. Performed electrical, mechanical, and civil field inspection for various petrochemical projects.

United States Air Force (Apr 1986 - Jan 1990)

Bombing-Navigation System Specialist

Troubleshooting, repair, and maintenance of the offensive avionics system, electro-optical viewing system, and photography equipment on the B-52H Stratofortress. Shift supervisor for the bombing-navigation intermediate maintenance shop, tasked with maintenance scheduling, documentation, and personnel training. Noncommissioned officer in charge of troubleshooting and maintaining all manner of electrical and electronic test equipment, both manual and automated. Promoted outside of time-in-service requirements due to exceptional performance.

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