Gary Walters

Senior Project Manager

805-***-****

adcu88@r.postjobfree.com

Objective:

Desire the opportunity to make a significant and positive impact within your team as a Project Manager. I am seeking a challenging and rewarding environment that will allow me to demonstrate and enhance my leadership skills within the project team. I have a significant amount of project management experience in successful execution of projects within the oil and gas industry, amongst other industries. This includes oil and gas refineries, gathering centers and pipeline installation/modernization capital projects and the demolition and remediation of obsolete pipeline and facility equipment/modules, flow measuring and metering stations. I also have extensive interface and communication with operations and other key stakeholders, employing the team-oriented management style and also incorporate Lean principles. I am confident that my leadership abilities and experience will add tremendous value to your team.

Skills

Brownfield and Greenfield Tie-in experience, Front End Loading (FEL), Advancing project through the various stages of the project, including Appraise, Select, Define, Execute, and in some cases Operate. LNG production and distribution, Prudhoe Bay, Bakken, Permian Basin experience, Unconventional Gas, PHA/HAZID/HAZOP/LOPA, SIS, Commissioning Engineer, Hydrostatic pressure testing, Water Treatment, Safety Management, fluid flow analysis, Computational fluid dynamics, BIM, HSE, P&ID, FEED, Building Automation Control System (BACS), Upstream and Downstream Oil and Gas, LNG, LEED, FPSO, ANSYS, PDM, Structural/Mechanical/Electrical/Instrumentation, QA/QC, Aerospace Design, Sheet Metal/Fabrication, PLC, Climate/Cooling/Thermal, Pump and Motor testing, P6, CAD, Pro-E, SolidWorks, AutoCAD, AutoCAD MEP, Solid Edge, GIS, WellView, Maximo Backbone, SAP, Dynalift, SCADA, CEASAR II, CAD Worx, Navis Works, REVIT, ERP systems

Experience:

Sr. Project Manager / Nana Worley Parsons, Anchorage, Alaska 08/2018 – Present

for packages related to facilities and pipelines construction.

•Responsible for project management/oversight of multiple Oil and Gas capital projects

•Oil and Gas pipeline and facilities construction.

•Monitoring and advancing projects through the Appraise, Select, Define and Execute phases

•Front End Loading

•Provided oversight for the design and engineering team on Fire Protection projects

•Review designs to ensure the design meets the project scope/intent

•Ensure the project is built as per designed

•MoC

•Reviewed Technical Change Orders from contractors

•Ensure closure of all potential risks are addressed.

Sr. Project Engineer / MDM, West Virginia 02/2018 – 08/2018

Responsible for providing project engineering for packages related to facilities and pipelines construction project.

•Compressor and metering station installation projects

•Fabrication off pipeline components both on and off site

•API 617, API 5L, ASME B31.3, B31.4 and B31.8

•Installation of Solar centrifugal compressors

•MoC

•Natural Gas pipeline and facilities construction.

•Provide FEL support for the pipeline and compressor installation project

•Guide the project(s) through the various stage gates (Appraise/Select/Define/Execute)

•Review designs to ensure the design meets the project scope/intent

•Ensure the project is built as per designed

•Reviewed Technical Change Orders from contractors

•Ensure closure of all potential risks are addressed.

•Manufacturing/Fabrication / Implementation of new technology and development, process/planning

Sr. Facility/Commissioning Engineer (Contract), Lake Charles, LA 09/2017 – 02/2018

Responsible for providing project commissioning and engineering support for oil and gas projects within a refinery

•Commissioning and Start-Up activities of multiple projects including pipeline, water treatment, gas treatment and other equipment located within a refinery which has been shut-down for ~15 years

•Track progress of projects and ensure that all activities are conducted in a safe manner

•Provide and manage FEL for the multiple projects

•Advance the project through the various stages from concept/Appraise/Select through Define and Execute

•Author Basis of Design, Management of Change and other documents associated facility projects

•Compressor and metering station projects

•Process Safety

Sr. Facility Engineer (Contract), Artesia, NM 03/2017 – 08/2017

Responsible for providing engineering support for oil and gas projects

•Commissioning and Start-Up activities of multiple projects including pipeline, water treatment, gas treatment and other equipment located within facilities and the associated well-pads.

•Oversight/management of pipeline material delivery and installation

•Oil, gas and produced water pipeline construction utilizing direct bury and horizontal directional drilling methods.

•Front End Loading for various well pad and pipeline projects

•Author Basis of Design and other documents to secure project funding for well pads and the associated facilities.

•API 617, API 5L, API 6D, ASME B31.3, 31.4 and 31.8

•MoC

•Compressor and metering station projects

•Advancing projects through the respective stages: Conceptual, Appraise, Select, Define and Execute

•Coil tubing operations

•Process Safety

•Delaware Basin project management and engineering

•Automation projects for remote well pads and facilities

•Plant Management and Linear Asset Management utilizing SAP

•Develop Project Execution Plan and construction packages

•Provide field engineering support to Operations

Sr. Project Engineer, Pacific Gas and Electric, Petaluma, CA 02/2016 – 03/2017

Responsible for providing project engineering for natural gas pipeline construction projects

•Ensure compliance with D.O.T./PHMSA 49 CFR 192, 193 and 195

•U.S. Unconventional Gas

•ASME B31.3, 31.4 and 31.8, API 5L

•Advance pipeline projects through the Appraise, Select, Define and Execute stages

•Front End Loading

•EPC Project Management

•MoC

•Ensure projects are installed as per design

•Demolition of obsolete pipelines and equipment.

•Natural gas pipeline construction utilizing direct bury and horizontal directional drilling methods.

•Compressor and metering station installation projects

•Resolve RFIs during execution of projects

•Management of Change

•Review the drawing package for natural gas pipeline construction packages

•Utilized SAP for Plant Maintenance and Linear Asset Management

•Review of FEED and detailed engineering specifications

•Review of P&ID As-Built drawings and documents for projects completed

•Hydrostatic pressure testing

•Review the drawing package for natural gas pipeline construction packages

•Review of P&ID As-Built drawings and documents for projects completed

Sr. Project Engineer/Hess Oil (Bergaila Engineering Services), Tioga, North Dakota 02/2015 – 12/2015

Responsible for providing project engineering for packages related to well pads and pipelines.

•Mechanical Engineering Experience for design and operation of on-shore oil and gas facilities

•Authored Basis of Design document to secure project funding

•Provided FEL for multiple pipeline and well pad projects

•Modernization of existing installations/well pads

•MoC

•Advanced the various projects through the Conceptual, Appraise, Select, Define, Execute and Operate stages

•Oil, gas and produced water pipeline construction utilizing direct bury and horizontal directional drilling methods.

•Compressor and metering station installation projects

•ASME B31.3, B31.4 and B31.8, API 6D, API 617, API 5L

•Coil tubing operations support

•Automation and Control projects on remote well-pads

•Demolition of obsolete well pad facility equipment and pipelines

•LNG production, storage and transmission

•Recovery and processing of NGLs

•Review designs to ensure the design meets the project scope/intent

•Chair constructability review meetings involving management, engineering and construction personnel

•Ensure the project is built as per designed

•Abandonment in place of obsolete equipment

•Developed Project Execution Plan

•Optimization of Commissioning and Start-Up activities

•Reviewed Technical Change Orders from contractors

•Bakken Shale Field Project Management and Engineering

•Work with Operations and Operations Engineering to identify isolation (Safe-Out/Safe-In) points within the system

•Developed project execution plans to mitigate in-field fabrication (i.e. bolt-up assemblies, etc.)

•Developed Project Completions Strategy and Execution Plan

•Developed project milestones with the Planning Team

•Authored Construction Standards and Specifications

•Review of specifications, data sheets, scope of supply, design drawings, vendor drawings, participate in technical bid clarifications and evaluations, TCN (technical change notice) evaluations. Member of a team managing large projects from conception through construction/start-up

•HSE – Ensure compliance with organization’s EH&S standards and with Federal, State and Local regulatory requirements

•Operations Engineering (Well Pads)

•Project Management/Oversight

•Process Safety improvement

•Ensure closure of all potential risks are addressed.

•Manufacturing/Fabrication / Implementation of new technology and development, process/planning

Sr. Project Mechanical Engineer / British Petroleum (Fircroft), Prudhoe Bay, Alaska 05/2011 – 02/2015

Responsible for developing equipment packages related to a hydrocarbon processing facility and the associated well pads.

•Mechanical Engineering Experience on Onshore Facilities and Well Pads

•Commissioning and Start-Up activities of multiple projects including pipeline, water treatment, gas treatment and other equipment located within gathering center facilities and the associated well-pads.

•Authored Basis of Design to obtain project funding

•Modernization of existing equipment within the facility

•Design and installation of above ground oil, gas and produced water pipelines

•Installation of underground piping on the facility pad and on multiple well pads

•LNG manufacturing, storage and transmission

•Recovery and processing of NGLs

•FEL for facility, well pad and pipeline projects

•Advanced projects through the various stage gates: Conceptual, Appraise, Select, Define and Execute

•SIS installation projects

•GE Frame V, Sulzer, Ruston and other Turbine compressors and flow monitoring

•API 5L, API 617, ASME B31.3, B31.4 and B31.8

•Plant Maintenance and Linear Asset Management utilizing SAP and Backbone/Maximo

•Implemented projects which increased the overall process safety of the facility and well pads

•Provided field engineering assistance to contractors to resolve RFIs

•Led projects to optimize processes and equipment (i.e. wet gas cooler hydrate mitigation which led to lower plenum temperature to be utilized. This in turn, led to dryer gas for downstream users)

•Demolition of obsolete existing pipelines and facility equipment

•Abandonment in place of pipelines and equipment

•Work with Operations Engineering to identify isolation (Safe-Out/Safe-In) points within the system

•Developed project execution plans to mitigate in-field fabrication (i.e. bolt-up assemblies, etc.)

•HSE Ensure compliance organization's EH&S standards and with federal and state regulatory requirements. Working knowledge of confined space, energy isolation, lock-out/tag-out, etc. policies/procedures.

•Worked with Operations in the development, implementation and maintenance of programs, systems and procedures necessary to ensure the overall safety and health of employees and the community.

•Assists in monitoring and preventing chemical, physical and biological hazards and diseases that could be present in the work area.

•Participate in recommending improvements in processes, design, procedures, and operating equipment, to minimize the hazardous potential (PHA/HAZOP/LOPA studies).

•Maintains a working knowledge of the technical aspects of various regulatory requirements and how they may impact the operating unit.

•Review of specifications, data sheets, scope of supply, design drawings, vendor drawings, participate in technical bid clarifications and evaluations, TCN (technical change notice) evaluations. Member of a team managing large projects from conception through construction/start-up

•Review of FEED and Detail engineering phase specifications / Review of P&ID's

•Operations Engineering (Facility and Well Pads)

•Project Management/Process Safety improvement

•MoC

•Manufacturing/Fabrication / Implementation of new technology and development, process/planning

•Supported Turnaround (TAR) projects and activities

•Planned work to minimize scope of projects executed during the Shutdown/Turnaround, performed as much scope as possible pre-Tar/Shutdown

Engineering Consultant - Worldwide 02/2009 – 05/2011

•Project Manager/Engineer in Calgary Canada and Ft. Nelson, BC working on a waste water project for the oil and gas patch.

•Oil Sands project management

•Developed in-process treatment of fluids utilized in hydraulic fracking

•Developed Project Completions Strategy and Execution Plan

•Advanced projects through Appraise/Select/Define/Execute stage gates

•Management of Change

•Commissioning and Start-Up

•Coil tubing operations engineering support

•Oil, gas and produced water pipeline construction utilizing direct bury and horizontal directional drilling methods.

•Compressor and metering station installation

•Worked with Operations Engineering

•Oversaw the proper demolition/abandonment in place of equipment and pipelines

•US Unconventional Gas

•Provided support for Permian Basin projects

•Project Management

•Using/Improving established production methods

•Designing production fixtures and tooling

•Implementing new manufacturing technology and development, process/planning

Taft Electric, Ventura, California 10/2008 – 02/2009

Lead Pre-Construction Engineer

•Assisted and Managed in Auto-CAD Preplanning with Large Electrical Contractor

•Project planning

•EPC experience in large scale commercial construction

•Member of the FEL team

•Advanced projects through the required stage gates: Appraise, Select, Define and Execute

•Demolition of existing, non-utilized structures and equipment

•MoC

•AutoCAD MEP 2D & 3D, Micro-station, NavisWorks, Control and Instrumentation

Electrical site plans, Electrical plan drawings

•Implement drawing standards and specifications

•Member of team managing large-scale commercial construction projects from the planning through construction phases

•Developed Project Completions Strategy and Execution Plan

•Specialty system(s) plan drawings, Grounding plan drawings, Electrical demolition/removal

drawings, Electrical one-line diagrams, Equipment elevation, Fire & Gas Systems

•Control schematics and wiring diagrams, PLC/DCS input/output diagrams

Boeing Company, Ft. Greeley, Alaska and Huntsville, Alabama 10/2006 - 09/2008

Engineering Team Lead, Lead Facilities/Mechanical HVAC Project Engineer in the Ground Based Mid-Course Defense (GMD) facilities and their associated equipment. Thermal engineering to ensure facilities and their systems were energy efficient. Updated sensors on boiler site loop with new technology which provided real-time data via SCADA software systems.

•Structural, Design, Mechanical, Facilities, Electrical, Electrical Distribution Systems, HVAC, Thermal Engineering, Piping, Oil & Gas, Fire & Gas Systems

•EPC

•FEL

•Advanced Appraise, Select, Define and Execute stage gates

•Commissioning/Start-up of water treatment projects on an active missile defense site

•Fuel oil, gas, water and wastewater pipeline construction utilizing direct bury and horizontal directional drilling methods.

•Demolition of existing equipment and facilities

•MoC

•Project management and providing engineering support to projects. Managing Engineering Contractors on site, provided daily updates during project construction, provided as-built drawings

•Oversaw multi-discipline engineering team and construction personnel (both in-house and contractor)

•Implemented lean project techniques

•Cost and scheduling control for projects located on D.O.D. facilities

•Ensured compliance with ANSI, MIL Specs, ISO 9000 standards

•Member of multi-discipline, multi-functional team including engineers, technicians, and contractors to planning and execution of facility projects and ensure complete operational assurance to the war-fighter

•Daily communication with U.S. Government representatives both on-site and via teleconferences

•Develop the technical requirements for the estimate, design, instrumentation, procurement, construction, maintenance, and operation of the physical plant and equipment installations. Quality Control of Instrumentation

Fairbanks Natural Gas, Fairbanks, Alaska 06/2006 – 10/2006

Lead Operations/Piping Engineer/Project Engineer

•Design/Engineer Pipeline routes, LNG storage facility, create CAD drawings using AutoCAD

•Review designs with Operations to ensure design meets the intent of the project

•Design and installation of direct bury natural gas pipelines

•Front End Loading

•Advanced pipeline and storage facility projects through the various stage gates: Appraise, Select, Define and Execute

•Developed Project Completions Strategy and Execution Plan

•Compressor and metering station installation projects

•Developed Project Schedule and milestones with Operations and Business Team

•Demolished existing, non-utilized equipment

•Ensure the project is installed as per designed

•Installation of new pipe routings. Instrumentation, Fire & Gas Systems

•Implemented latest technology in various field applications, including sensors, processing equipment, valves, etc.

•Thermal engineering including processes and process equipment during the production of LNG

•Oversaw/Manage the construction of natural gas pipeline. FEED (Front End Engineering Design)

•Interfaced with State, Federal, and local entities during project layout/construction

•Cost and scheduling control for natural gas pipeline construction projects and construction of LNG storage facility

•Interfaced with State, Federal, and Local entities to ensure seamless project completion

•Systems Engineering. Oil & Gas Design, Engineering, Facilities, HVAC, LNG, FPSO, Brownfield and Greenfield Tie-Ins

Chugach Electric Association, Anchorage, Alaska 01/2004 – 06/2006

Lead CAD Mechanical Engineer/CAD Manager

•CAD drawings, engineering support. AutoCAD v. 2006.

•EPC

•FEL

•Project advancement through the various stage gates

•Natural gas-fired turbine upgrade projects

•Compressor and metering station installation projects

•Demolished existing non-utilized/obsolete equipment

•Optimization of Project Commissioning and Start-Up activities

•Transmission and Distribution Equipment, System protection, voltage control, metering and automation concepts.

•Project management and support to power plant personnel for projects located at a large commercial Chugach’s remote Beluga Power Plant

•Procurement, operations assurance, costing, scheduling

•Implemented latest technology pertaining to various field applications

Peak Oilfield Services, Nikiski, Alaska 10/2002 – 02/2004

Engineering Support/Oil & Gas Parts man

•On hand to provide engineering support, implemented Preventative Maintenance programs, procurement of parts and equipment. Oil & Gas Support, Facilities, Engineering, Drafting. Onshore, Offshore Oil & Gas

•Water treatment for steam generation and distribution

•Coil tubing operations and projects

•Compressor and metering station installation projects

•Demolition of obsolete equipment

•HVAC, Instrumentation, Fire & Gas Systems

•FEED (Front End Engineering Design)

•GE, Sulzer, Ruston and other Turbine exp.

Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, NM Contract 03/2001 – 07/2002

Senior Mechanical Design Engineer/Project Manager

•Design engineering, Pro-E. Project Lead, Machine Shop, Hydraulics, blue-prints, Drafting, Budgeting and Cost Reduction. Flight Test Operations. GMD and MDA projects. Telemetry and Control Instrumentation.

•Managing various projects including Missile Defense Agency, D.O.D. including procurement, manufacturing, planning, scheduling to ensure completion prior to targeted completion date.

•Flight Missile testing. PDM (PRODUCT DATA MANAGEMENT), Research and Development Engineer

•Knowledge of missile systems including command destruct, telemetry, attitude control, ordnance, power distribution, avionics and navigation. FEED (Front End Engineering Design) LNG

•Experience in leading, coordination and facilitation of multi-site and multi-functional teams to develop quality products.

Caterpillar, Joliet, IL Contract 06/1995 – 03/2001

Senior Manufacturing Engineer/Project Manager

•Design engineering, Pro-E.

•Manufacturing, planning, scheduling to ensure completion prior to targeted completion date

•PDM (Product Data Management)

•Process planning, improving manufacturing processes

•Improve and engineer components for manufacturability

Education

Eastern Michigan University 1988 - 1991

Bachelor of Science in Computer Science GPA 3.5/4.0

Washtenaw Community College 1984 - 1988

Associate of Science in Engineering GPA 3.5/4.0

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