Stuart Kirk

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PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY

Committed, detail-oriented Cost Engineer with over 19 years client experience on major Oil and Gas upstream and downstream capital projects. Expertise and comprehensive experience in cost control, cost forecasting and management reporting for projects. Key skills:

Self-motivated professional with excellent data organizational capabilities

Driven to investigate, validate, understand and reconcile cost data

Keen ability to adapt, evaluate, and prioritize work load to meet management deadlines

Benefit and able to leverage diverse experience from multiple projects, including estimating, procurement and contracts, quantity surveying, and planning / scheduling

PROFESSIONAL HISTORY

NOBLE ENERGY, Houston, TX, USA (Link Oil & Gas) 2014 - Present

Cost Engineer – Israel Leviathan Development Project $3.7B (2016 – Present)

Providing Pre-FEED, FEED cost control & monthly reporting utilizing EcoSys EPC cost management system

oMaintain project WBS, budgets, commitments & change orders.

oOracle / EcoSys monthly actuals reconciliation

oGenerate, analyze and validate value of work done and approved funded forecast

oFacilitate cost reviews with budget owners

oIdentify and communicate all cost variances to management

Core member of EcoSys implementation team (super user / admin role)

Develop sanction ready time phased estimate with appropriate allowances per phase gate process

Manage project staffing plan, tracking actuals, value of work done and forecasts per individual along with aligning with project organization chart

Lead in populating pre-sanction IPA cost workbooks and assist with project Cost & Schedule risk modeling

Generate AFE funding documentation and lead presentations to management

Lead in creating project controls Decision Support Package for sunk cost alignment & write off due to project scope change for Define to Execute stage gate review

Provided cost control & reporting through close out for Tamar South West & Tamar Compression projects along with estimating support for Cyprus Aphrodite Project (2014-2015)

CHEVRON, Houston, TX, USA (NES Global) 2012 - 2014

Cost Engineer – Angola South N’Dola & Kambala Development Projects (2014)

Provided cost engineering support to the South N’Dola facilities team pre execution and developed Company internal/external cost reporting system

Kambala estimating support during phase 2 Value Enhancement Opportunities.

Owners Cost Engineer – UK Rosebank FPSO Development Project (2013)

Delivered project execution staffing plan and owner’s execution cost estimate

Completed the review of the overall project facilities estimate in preparation for internal company assurance process activities

Cost Engineer – Angola Lucapa FPSO Development Project (2012 – 2013)

Provided business management / cost engineering support to FPSO engineering team during phase 3

FEED contract administration and monthly budget holder reporting during Phase 3

Assisted with the development and review of the FPSO facilities execution estimate during FEED. Provide support in the owners cost estimate development

HOVENSA LLC, St. Croix, US Virgin Islands 2005 - 2012

Lead Cost Engineer – Capital Projects Program for 500,000 bbl/day oil refinery operated via joint venture between Hess and PDVSA

Developed cost reporting system for Low Sulphur Fuels program totaling $423M. Enabled detailed monthly / annual cost forecasts to be developed, tracked, and reported by project and programs to management and refinery finance department

Developed standard WBS, executed in SAP creating project standardization structure for active projects ranging in magnitude, complexity and contract strategies

Generated weekly Progress & Performance reports providing cost performance indicators (CPI) by discipline and / or sub-contractor during construction. Report became key tool for accurately forecasting final project cost and provided visibility of contractor’s overall performance

Reconciled with estimating group complete project cost data with original estimates to refine direct, indirect costs and allowances to ensure more accurate future project estimates

PACE PROJECT SERVICES LIMITED (Division of Turner & Townsend Consulting) 1998 – 2005

BP Exploration, Aberdeen, Scotland (2004 – 2005)

Project Controls Engineer - Harding Area Gas Project (HAGP) and Faragon Project

Provided Project commercial team with base estimate scenarios for economic calculations during Define and Select phase of HAGP

Developed WBS and project controls procedures to align with contract strategy and project execution plan for HAGP execution gate approval

Delivered cost control and monthly reporting to the $86M sub-sea tie back development project, Faragon during execution

BP Gulf of Mexico Deep Water Development, Houston, TX, USA (2002 – 2004)

Project Cost Engineer - Mad Dog Truss Spar Project $1.3B

Provided cost engineering services to Topsides and Operations Team Leads and developed consistent internal monthly facilities cost reporting

Supplied business unit commercial team cost forecast and budget information

Gathered information from all delivery areas, compiled, facilitated review and issued overall monthly report to partner representatives and project team. Monthly report included HSE, progress, procurement, cost, milestones, risks, staffing and management of change information

BP Trinidad & Tobago, Houston, TX, USA (2001 – 2002)

Project Controls Engineer - BOMBAX Gas Pipeline Project $142M

Cost engineering for 48” 72Km marine pipeline construction project with sub-sea manifold to modified gas receiving facility. Provided cost commitments, expenditures and forecasts for monthly project report Developed and maintained top level management schedule

BP Chemicals, Grangemouth, Scotland (1998 – 2001)

Project Controls Engineer - Polyethylene Project $195M (PEX) and COBRA HD Polyethylene Project

Provided services to PEX project during execution including cost control and reporting, audits, planning services and project close-out report. Established Class II estimate, developed WBS during Definition phase, and implemented costs management system (JobPROMS) for COBRA Execution Phase

Harland & Wolff, Belfast, Northern Ireland (1999)

Electrical Quantity Surveyor - Borgland Dolphin Semi-sub Drilling Rig major upgrade project

Esso Norge, Port Glasgow, Scotland (1999)

Junior Cost Engineer - Balder FPU Project

EDUCATION

Postgraduate Diploma, Offshore Engineering. Robert Gordon University, Aberdeen, Scotland (1997)

BSc Industrial Design, Technology, Napier University, Edinburgh, Scotland (1996)

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