John Owens
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Qualifications for Project Management:
Construction industry professional has managed complex projects since 1998. Highly skilled in all phases of project development, from feasibility studies to post-construction project audits. Continually completes high profile projects on time and within budget. OSHA 30, API 1169
Key Achievements
Construction Management/Development
Achieved estimated $20M and 15K MH in savings through constructability program refinery project
Aluminum Smelter – schedule recovery of multiple critical path, poorly performing contracts
Recognized by Senior Management: Safety – 2006 Central Region US, Construction – 2010 East & Central Region US, 2008 Sohar, Oman, 2006 Central Region US, 2005 – South East Region US, 2004 North East Region US
Partial Project List
Praxair – CO2 plant including truck scales, truck and rail load facilities, process office building
Sohar Aluminum – 15 buildings, water tanks, gas supply pressure reduction train/meter facility, fire protection/detection, voice/data communications, access control, CCTV – Manage direct hire & sub-contractors
ATT – integration 756 sites, 5 months - Manage direct hire & sub-contractors
Career History
Dennis Group 5/2020 – 1/2021
Construction Manager
Construction management food manufacturing facilities.
Accent Compliance 11/2017 – 10/2019
Assistant Lead Environmental Inspector
Assistant Lead EI FERC regulated gas pipeline manage staff monitoring contractor environmental compliance, work with spread and project management on issues and reporting. Track and monitor permit and variance status, issue resolution as needed. Project had engineered permits, Pennsylvania.
Peak Environmental Services 5/2017 –11/2017
Environmental Inspector
Monitor contractor environmental compliance, ensure proper installation of environmental controls, resource crossings, restoration of resources and ROW on major FERC gas pipeline project West Virginia & Ohio. Work included repair/mitigation of multiple significant slips including one that had resource impact (stream).
Construct Corps 1/2017 – 4/2017
Contracted Maintenance Superintendent – BASF mine and process facility
Run contractor crews on maintenance and small cap-ex projects
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John Owens
540-***-**** *************@*****.***
Career History, continued
ATLANTIC CONSTRUCTORS, INC 6/2015 – 12/2016
Industrial Construction Manager – Manage direct hire, sub-contractors
Construction management brownfield industrial process plant including site development, buildings, civil, electrical, instrumentation, piping, mechanical. PM for fabrication facility expansion project. Manage 30,000 SF internal expansion project to fabrication facility- engineering, permitting and construction.
Willbros Construction (US) LLC 4/2014 – 10/2014
Construction Manager – Manage direct hire, sub-contractors
Construction management, primarily of direct hire craft, of oil pipeline in North Dakota.
Bechtel 2000-2014
Construction Management – Manage direct hire, sub-contractors
Construction management, including seconded client project manager. Manage estimating, schedule, budget reporting buildings, tanks, substations, refinery expansion, gas supply/metering station, telecoms, terminals.
H.K. Ward & Associates 1998-2000
Project Office Manager – Field Project Controls and contracts management
Take from feasibility study to operations turn over – long haul fiber route development, engineering, construction. Develop production curves, track daily progress against plan all spreads and produce daily/weekly construction reports. Track all owner supplied materials all spreads. Verify contractor pay applications per contract terms/conditions for billing.
L.W. Survey Company 1998
Senior Party Chief - Pipelines
Direct up to 10 survey crews – preliminary and construction large diameter pipe - valve site and compressor station, route, environmental, cultural, and boundary surveys. Perform topographic cross sections for engineering design as well as site-specific surveys of road, railroad, and river crossing for permitting.
WillBros Engineers Inc. 1995-1997
Party Chief - Pipelines
Manage survey crews for preliminary design and construction of pipelines. Select route on interconnect line and within numerous facilities (pump stations, tank farms, pig launch/receive),
Blue Water Constructors & Engineers 1994
Field Engineer – Compressor Station expansion
Construction layout and as-built verification for compressor station, subcontractor supervision on major pours.
Assist migrating a compressor building due to inadequate geo-technical engineering; set 80 additional pilings and redesigned pipe runs and other structures tied directly to the compressor.
WillBros Butler Engineers 1990-1993
Instrument Man - Pipelines
Prelim/construction control, route and as-built surveys, pipe yard layout. Ran crew on 28 mile as-built profile.
Williams Brothers Engineering 1989-1990
Rodman/Instrument Man - Pipelines
Rehab and upgrade of a 36” mainline in densely developed urban area. Projects included refinery, tank and barge terminal construction in addition to control, preliminary, and condemnation surveys.
Professional Development
Project Management Program, Indiana University/Purdue University at Indianapolis 1999
Finance & Accounting for the Non-Financial Manager, Villanova University 2004
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