Project Manager Management

John Otis Swatsell

Houston, TX ***** Cell: 281-***-****

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Project Manager – Construction - Contracts / Estimating Manager

** + proven years of experience in diverse sectors of Oil, Gas, Chemical, Refining, Processing, Manufacturing, Heavy Highway Construction, Mining and Engineering Industries. Hands on expertise in Estimating all phases of Heavy Industrial Construction, combined with management, supervision and administrative skills brought to bear in Planning, Technical Evaluations, Organization, Problem Solving and Presentation. Supervision of Project Estimating Teams. Group Leader - Proposal Generation. EXCELLENT Communication Skills

* Exemplary ability to maintain Focus while supervising bid volume / Proposal Generation.

* Continually Supervises Estimating Team to insure timely execution of Proposal.

* Highly Successful in developing new markets through contract negotiations.

Summary of Duties:

Contracts Manager / Chief Estimator - Sales Applications Engineer - Lead Designer - PCS Project Engineer - Project Manager

2020- Present – Swatsell Associates, Inc. Professional Consultant – Elect / Instrument – Civil / Mechanical Estimating

Providing expert level cost projections for process modifications, plants, pipelines, etc., structural steel erection and civil construction as well as Solar installations and process Automation Systems. Heavy Industrial Systems Expert. Electrical Power Stand-by systems up to 2 mW. Can work local, on-Site, remote, or distant. Professional level software execution critical systems – Accubid, Bluebeam, All Microsoft Applications.

2-2018 to 2020 - Walker Industrial, LLC. Estimating Manager

Responsible for production of estimates for Oil and Gas Midstream as well as downstream project. Secured contracts for City of Houston – Northeast Water Production Plant – 16.5Million dollars. Enterprise Products compressor stations (continuing) Developed new customers at HEXION Deer Park Facility and Stolthaven.Terminals. Working with City of Houston Engineering secured projects for Port of Houston to rebuild various docks and new rail/container cranes. Produced 212 proposals for a value of some 592MM/S. Average sales per year for this company are around 400 million Dollars.

9-2016 to 01-2018 – Richard Automation LLC. Estimating Manager -

Responsible for supervision of a team of 4 estimators concentrating on midstream construction as well as downstream plant facilities. Most estimates range from 100k/$ to 50mm/$. Customers: Enterprise, Columbia, Kinder Morgan, and various other pipeline companies.

3-2016 to 9-2016 – Spencer Ogden – Resources & Energy – Onsite Burrow Global – Deer Park, TX.

Responsible for all Electrical and Instrumentation estimates generated by the Construction Division. Continuing support for the Construction Projects – Budgets and manpower utilization, Planning and Liaison between construction effort/engineering and customer representatives. Preparation of various Lump Sum as well as unit price and cost re-imburseable proposals.

11-2014 to 02-2016 – BL Harbert International – Heavy Industrial Division – Houston, TX - Chief Estimator. Confidential.

08-11 to 11-2014 WorleyParsons – Houston, TX. Estimating Manager

Responsible for supervision of all estimates generated by the Southwest Operations. Projects include BP-Liberty Rig-Alaska, Shell Oil and Chemical-Deer Park, TX. EXXON HEBRON Rig, Celanese Fairway Project-Bayport TX., Pasadena Refining-Miscellaneous Plant Modifications. Chevron Rosebank FPSO, Shtokman FPSO, Marathon Chemical, Sterling Chemical, AMOCO, BP Offshore, Miscellaneous modifications to BP Thunderhorse Rig 2013.

Local Union 716 (JIW) – 1977 Electrical Technician First Class w/ supervisory certification

San Jacinto College Electrical Technology

Westinghouse Training Westinghouse USA

San Jacinto College 1989 – 1992 Instrumentation / Electrical Technology / Business

Computer Literate / Capable Programmer

Allen Bradley Programming

AutoCAD Experienced

Bid2Win Estimating Software Master Level Training

TWIC Certified - Current Passport

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