Kevin L. Buck Pipeline Superintendent

add4t5@r.postjobfree.com H: 806-***-**** Texas

Motivated and results-focused Pipeline Superintendent with over 25 years of comprehensive experience leading complex and effective projects. Possess a combination of crew coordination, project management, employee training, regulatory compliance, and business administration skills. Talent for designing and launching training programs that benefit both crews and organization as a whole. Expert leader, presenter, and negotiator; able to forge long-lasting professional relationships and build consensus across multiple organizational levels.

Areas of Expertise include:

Crew & Worksite Coordination

Team Building & Leadership

Staff Recruitment & Hiring

Personnel Development

Right Away Development

Equipment Operator

Problem Resolution

Project Management

Equipment Maintenance

Customer Service & Support

Building Pad Sites

MS Office Suite (Word, Excel)

Quality Assurance & Control

Business Networking

OSHA Regulations

Build Tank Battery Locations

Professional Highlights

General Pipeline Superintendent Bighorn Construction & Reclamation, LLC, Midland, TX 11/2019 – 04/2020

Directed and provided leadership to personnel, coordinating pipeline crew assignments. Hired, trained, and mentored new employees to ensure satisfactory capability, efficiency, and effectiveness. Planned and budgeted activities, assigning tools, materials, and equipment. Executed project management for construction, upgrades, and maintenance of new and existing field pipelines. Communicated and enforced all safety regulations, ensuring adherence to company policies and OSHA guidelines. Led and contributed to operations meetings, reviewing budgets and job progress.

Key Contributions:

Served as primary liaison for customer relations, ensuring optimal support and service.

Maintained gathering systems and facilities, including Pigging Operations, Line Locate, and One Call.

Managed and coordinated the Welders Operations, Pipe Bending Crew, and Sandblasting & Painting Crew.

Recognized for meticulous adherence to project deadlines and successful achievement of daily project goals.

Commanded, mentored, and guided multiple crews of 200+ pipeline workers on projects as large as 150 miles.

Led and executed a program to standardize job duties and ensure daily completion of vital duties: Order Fabrication, Layout Weld Drawings, Read & Interpret Blueprints, and Maintain Company Equipment & Trucks.

Related History:

General Superintendent Global Energy Construction, Shamrock, TX 12/2012 – 09/2013

Pipeline Superintendent Watson Construction, Hobbs, NM 05/2017 – 08/2019

Led, supported, and guided employees to ensure safe and efficient completion of construction projects. Inspected and maintained pipelines, taking action to uphold safety policies. Responded to problems and malfunctions, coordinating with multiple crews and operations personnel. Tracked projects, updated documentation, and communicated progress, modifications, and concerns. Supervised fabrication and completed well head valve changes, configuring valve settings. Managed and performed environmental cleanup, fire watch, and site safety tasks. Established and cultivated customer relationships and partnerships with external stakeholders.

Key Contributions:

Supported Watson’s sister company, 101 Safety LLC, by serving as a Safety Tech as needed.

Specialized in operation and maintenance of large and small pipelines, 2” to 32” Steel and Poly Pipe.

Instructed, managed, and organized a crew of 200 personnel, safeguarding wellbeing of every crewmember.

Executed and supervised pipeline operation and maintenance activities, including tie-ins, meter runs, valve setting, separator attachments, lowering pipeline, ditch filling, flow lines, and hydro test lines.

Related History:

Safety Tech 101 Safety LLC (Watson Sister Company), Hobbs, NM 05/2017 – 08/2019

Superintendent WATKINS CONSTRUCTION LLC, Corsicana, TX 10/2015 – 06/2016

Superintendent ENERPIPE PIPELINE CONSTRUCTION, Amarillo, TX 08/2013 – 07/2015

Superintendent GALLAGHER WELDING CONSTRUCTION, Wheeler, TX 07/2011 – 11/2012

Superintendent CANFER PIPELINE, Elk City, OK 04/2011 – 07/2011

Additional Experience

Pipeline Tech Energy Transfer, Midland, TX 06/2016 – 11/2016

Created, implemented, and executed training and procedures to support pipeline infrastructure operations, ensuring adherence to environmental, health, and safety policies. Fostered and orchestrated pipeline construction and repair activities. Coordinated regular and emergency maintenance projects with contractors and subcontractors. Verified critical work and log failures. Maximized production through production verifications, runtime, troubleshooting, and routine housekeeping. Provided input into the pipeline construction and repair activities. Directed contractor maintenance activities, including pigging and chemical treatment. Provided feedback into the work management system for continuous improvement. Ensured compliance with all applicable regulatory and company requirements including DOT and PHMSA.

Key Contributions:

Completed 811/One Calls, line location, and Facility Work.

Organized and supervised small compression as well as purging and commissioning for new pipelines.

Collaborated with customers and managers in the development and enforcement of Energy Isolation and Pipeline Integrity Management plans.

Utilized extensive pipeline, data interpretation, and project management experience to mediate with third party personnel in the mitigation of encroachment and crossings.

Well Hookup & Foreman Galmor’s, Shamrock, TX 03/2008 – 06/2008

Facilitated worksite safety and ensured awareness of emergency procedures. Build tank batteries. Road work. Build location pads. Set meter runs and laid out temporary sales lines from meter run to production units. Interpreted gauges and readouts to assess proper functioning of equipment and documented any wear or deviations from expected parameters. Reported all operational deficiencies to supervisory and maintenance personnel. Maintained assigned equipment and performed daily inspections to ensure compliance with operational and safety requirements. Participated in delivery, rigging, connection, installation, and modification of poly and steel pipes; read gages for reports; operated various equipment including gathering systems, methanol pumps, backhoes, and ditchers; set, moved, and maintained compressors; laid temporary sales lines from meter runs to production units; set meter runs; lock out/tag out procedures.

Key Contributions:

Confirmed completion of Facility Work duties, dug out live and dead lines, and made One Calls on and off the ROW.

Performed valve change-outs, tank moves, well hookups, and ran pipe gang; shut in wells and put them back online to complete projects.

Related History:

Foreman Double A’s Roustabout LLC, Mobeetie, TX 06/2008 – 07/2008

Foreman Dimension, Wheeler, TX 08/2007 – 03/2008

Site Observer (Pit Enclosures) Talon LPE, Amarillo, TX 08/2003 – 04/2004

Union Pipeliner / Pipefitter / Welder’s Helper Pipeline Union 798 5 Years

Completed pipe fabrication and pipefitting duties. Assisted with welding on mainline and supported Welders with all operations to confirm effective and timely completion of projects. Developed and utilized experience with small and large pipelines, from 2” to 42” steel pipe.

Older positions as a Foreman for Industrial Maintenance Contractors, as well as a Pipeliner with HC Price, Minnesota Unlimited, Foutz & Bursum, R.J. Pasley, and Gregory Cook.

Certification, Training & Service History

Steel Pipe, Poly Pro, HDPE Pipe – Fabrication, Fusion Zap Lock Pipe Flex Steel Pipe Coil Pipe

PEC Training Cad Weld Excavation & Trenching ISN Network OK Veriforce OQ

OQ-Hydrogen Sulfide H2S OQ-Hot Line Excavation Hydro Testing

United States Army, 24th Infantry Division – 1988-1989

Texas Army National Guard, 49th Armored Division Infantry – 1983-1987

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