Manager Engineering
Resume:
Oberton Richard Hounchell
Houston, Texas
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Self-Motivated, Meticulous, Estimating Professional
Engineering Procurement & Construction (EPC) Oil & Energy Chemicals
Professionally, brings many years of estimating expertise and achievements within diverse industries with a highly diverse customer base. This requires a foundation of formal education along with a broad skill set including outstanding communicative, collaborative, technical, mathematical, presentation, and leadership skills. Utilized well these skills will provide the necessary cost controls and precision to bring projects to a successful, timely conclusion thus improving customer satisfaction, enhancing corporate branding, and improving corporate growth and profit.
HIGHLIGHTS OF QUALIFICATIONS
Master Contracts • Owner Representative Cost Engineering Cost Reduction & Avoidance Strong Teambuilder
Effective, Creative Communicator Broad Estimating Expertise Adept Collaborator Proven Leadership Skills
Strategic Thinker B.S. – Engineering Technology Dynamic Problem-Solver Exceeds Expectations
Regulatory Compliance Customer Satisfaction Champion Project Controls Budgetary Oversight
NOTABLE PROFESSIONAL ACHIEVEMENTS
ACCURATELY estimated project expenses and timelines for disciplines including; electrical, instrumentation, control systems, and overhead transmission lines.
EXPERIENCED with a wide variety of industrial projects and assembled teams that produced desired results. As a Project Manager successfully upgraded power transmission to Eastman Chemical and Eastman Kodak facilities.
RECOGNIZED with ‘Way to Go’ Awards on numerous occasions as a top performer earning top bonus and stock allowance. Recognized with numerous Cost Savings Awards and Safety Awards.
PRODUCTS involve crude oil, y-grade, natural gas, LNG, LPG, ethanol, jet fuel, chemicals, refrigerants, flare systems, heat exchangers (shell and tube bundles, straight-tubed and u-bundle heat, fin-fan coolers, hairpin exchangers) et al.
DEVELOPED and estimated ~120 projects annually utilizing Excel and AspenTech software.
PRODUCED estimates that reflected the final cost installed within 10 to 15% of actual cost. In addition, many hard-dollar bids.
EXPERTISE at both owner/operators and EPCs in roles for midstream oil & gas gathering, processing, transmission & terminals, crude, natural gas, chemicals, syngas/ammonia, industrial gases, and power cogeneration industries.
EXTENSIVE EXPERIENCE supporting business development initiatives and developed skills to evaluate and strategize project and operational economics. Estimated a variety of projects from conceptual to commissioning.
ACADEMIC SUCCESS & PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
oBachelor of Science; Engineering Technology – East Tennessee State University, Johnson City, TN
PROFESSIONAL SYNOPSIS
International Alliance Group (IAG); Houston, Texas (NOV 2019 – MAY 2020)
“IAG reorganizes, with the engineering, contracts administration, estimating and purchasing departments configuring into multidiscipline project teams.”
Project Controls & Estimating Manager
oSpecialized in owner representation with project management, project controls, estimating, and procurement services for the entire lifespan of a given project from FEL O through startup.
oPurchased top tier, estimating software (AspenTech Version 11.1) and implemented into all estimates. Utilized features to ‘size’ chemical/oil & gas equipment. Developed advanced Excel spreadsheets for estimating.
oImplemented Cost Engineering Software Cloud EPC for all new projects.
oDeveloped Engineering labor hours, tracking each employee to forecasts and budgets.
oStandardized the usage of Primavera Scheduling Version 19.2
oDeeply involved with projects for companies such as TPC Group, TEP Corporation, Phillips 66, NatureWorks DC2A, and others.
oFollowing Oct 2019 explosion, estimated TPC Chemical Company’s total plant rebuild including all discipines (electrical, mechanical, instrumentation, et al.) totaling $1.2 billion
Enterprise Product Partners L.P.; Houston, Texas (2014 – 2019)
“Enterprise Products Partners L.P. is an American midstream natural gas and crude oil pipeline company with headquarters in Houston, Texas. It acquired GulfTerra in September 2004. The company ranked No. 105 in the 2018 Fortune 500 list of the largest United States corporations by total revenue.”
Senior Estimator
oProduced accurate estimates for projects ranging from $50M to $50B that reflected the final cost with 10 to 15% of actual cost.
oIn almost six years have produced more than 720 project estimates.
oProvided electrical and instrumentation for pump stations, compressor stations, and new facilities.
oDesigned complete power systems for numerous gas plants, both greenfield and brownfield.
oDeveloped various Models utilizing AspenTech for gas plants, propane transport, propylene facilities and butane refrigeration. Then scaled similar projects from the models based on different flowrates resulting in accurate estimates with man-hour and cost savings.
oOverseen all facets of the estimates including directs, indirects, plant engineering, construction costs, owner’s costs, interest (AFUDC) and contingency analysis.
oPipelines across the US. Products included Crude, LNG, Natural Gas, Y-grade, and Chemicals. Furthermore, crude, and natural gas gathering lines throughout the US ranging from 4” to 36”
oTerminal Work – Tanks up to 600,000 bbl. with Geo Domes, Floating Roofs, etc.
oHorsepower – Pump Stations ranging from 150 HP to 5,000 HP including Substations, Motor Control Centers, and PEC Buildings
oCompressor Stations both Centrifugal up to 6,135 HP and Reciprocating up to 8,180 HP
oDehy Units ranging from 20 MMSCFD up to 225 MMSCFD; Total installed cost of Gas Plants ranging up to 350 MMSCFD.
oSeparation Equipment/Coolers
Richard Automation, Inc.; Houston, Texas (2013 – 2014)
“Richard Automation, Inc. (RAI) is a full-service automation, control systems services and fabrication firm that provides design, engineering and integration of automation, control, analytical and information systems.”
Chief Estimator (Contracted to Enterprise Products)
oQuickly acquired by Enterprise Products as an Estimator (permanent, full-time) for oil & gas projects responsible for pipeline, horsepower (pumping stations), measurement and facilities’ estimates, et al ranging from $10M to $50B.
Flint Energy Services, Inc.; Houston, Texas (2012 – 2013)
“A fully integrated provider for Maintenance & Turnarounds, Fabrication & Modularization, Facility Construction and Pipeline Construction”
Chief Estimator
oManaged and mentored nine Estimators providing ‘hard-dollar’ construction estimates for bidding purposes ranging from $40M to $250M of facilities and pipeline projects throughout the U.S. and Canada.
oAwarded $175M bid for an STV-IP compressor project in Prudhoe Bay, Alaska for BP Corp. that was unique because of temperature, work camps, development of labor rates, scheduling, and procurement of ‘tag & bulk’ items from two separate sites in Houston and Alaska.
oReduced overall durations of projects by implementing cost codes, work breakdown structures (WBS), Purchase Order data mining, and research for historical, installed costs.
Day & Zimmerman; Greenville, South Carolina (2011 – 2012)
“Day & Zimmermann helps industrial plant owners in the Nuclear, Fossil, and Process industries lower their total cost of ownership by delivering innovative engineering, construction, and maintenance services and solutions.”
Senior Estimator
oProvided oversight and development of chemical project estimates ranging from $25M to $3B.
oDeveloped and nurtured an impressive client portfolio including Eastman Chemical, Voridian Chemicals, Invista, Koch Industries, Ascend Chemical, Solutia Chemical, and others.
oCollaborated well with department heads and kept them well-informed.
Bechtel Corporation (Mining & Metals GBU); Montreal QC (2010 – 2011)
“Bechtel Corporation serves the Infrastructure; Nuclear, Security & Environmental; Oil, Gas & Chemicals; and Mining & Metals markets. Our services span from initial planning and investment, through start-up and operations.”
Senior Project Estimator
oEstimated the largest greenfield aluminum smelter in the world; The Ras Al Khair Aluminum Smelter.
oScopes included mechanical, electrical, instrumentation, civil, etc.
oDeveloped office and field in-directs
oDetailed estimate basis
Weitz Industrial Services Group; Dallas, Texas; (2009 – 2010)
“The Weitz Company offers construction expertise in three core product lines — Commercial, Industrial and International — and has built projects in all 50 states.”
Chief Estimator
oSingle-point of contact for all project controls and estimating
oProduced numerous hard dollar and conceptual estimates
Day & Zimmerman; Kingsport, Tennessee (2002 – 2008)
“Day & Zimmerman specializes in construction & engineering, operations & maintenance, staffing, security and defense for leading corporations and governments around the world.”
Project Controls Manager & Project Manager
oEstimated many electrical upgrades to brownfield and greenfield projects.
oScopes included reclassifying Class I, Division II upgrades.
oNew building construction with all electrical systems required.
Bechtel Corporation (Chemicals GBU); Kingsport, Tennessee (1989 – 2008)
“Bechtel Corporation serves the Infrastructure; Nuclear, Security & Environmental; Oil, Gas & Chemicals; and Mining & Metals markets. Our services span from initial planning and investment, through start-up and operations.”
Project Estimator & Project Manager
oEstimated and managed the power and services contract for Eastman Chemical and Eastman Kodak facilities
oUpgraded numerous substations with new Cutler Hamer Technology and Duke Power.
oScopes included substation buildings, slabs, electrical and instrumentation, and overhead transmission lines
REFERENCE PORTFOLIO
Jennifer Austin
Vice President, Operations & Engineering Petrotech Inc.
Former Supervisor
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Amish Patel
Chemical Engineer, Conceptual Engineering Enterprise Products
Co-Worker
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Stephen Duda
Vice-President Project Controls at Day & Zimmermann
Former Supervisor
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Todd Williams
Group Lead, Project Controls at Eastman Chemical Company
Former Employee
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Harvey Welker
Top Global Consultant for Aspentech Corp. Instructor/Consultant/Subject Matter Expert
Co-Worker
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Sam Strobert
Aspentech Subject Matter Expert
Co-Worker
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