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Controls Technician Energy Utilities

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Houston, TX

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Posted:

July 04, 2021

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Jacob Armstrong

*** ****** **.

La Marque, Texas 77568

admo0j@r.postjobfree.com

713-***-****

SUMMARY OF EXPERIENCE (Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering Technology completed in August 1986 with emphasis on Project Management/Transmission Planning)

●TSP Distribution and Transmission Planning Currently 2 years plus

Over twenty years Professional Project Management experience in project engineering, construction, and project controls management including EPC FEED/construction project estimating, planning and scheduling, Control Account/WBS cost control, change control, scheduling turnarounds, preparation of project control procedures, job progress and performance measurement, financial and management reporting systems.

I have bonafide dynamic skill sets not limited to one industry sector or discipline area. I am self-motivated and able to work and communicate at high and low levels along with the ability to do so in high stress environment and produce an accurate and usefully product/output documents for Directors, Program/Project Management and need to know stakeholders; for decision making Project cost baselines & project budgets. My skill sets quantifying work by discipline area (Civil, Structural, Mechanical, Process/Piping, Electrical Maximo PMs and Controls Systems/Instrumentation, and other schedule of mass discipline areas/resources) planning, scheduling, and resource loading on projects to accurately derive baseline resources and cost/project budgets and (NTE) estimates to complete using PMI, AACE, DOE (EIA-748) and DCMA best practices and 15 plus year experience; and logically set accurate trackability down to the execution package level and EMV; ETC forecasts enabling plan and schedule corrective recovery proactively and at worst case reactively and accurate executive level project cost portfolio reporting. Also, on projects I have performed Civil drawing, Isometric diagram, and P&ID material take offs and creation of Bill of Material (BOM) for procurement; and have assembles job work package based on EPC and Site Premise documents and Client/Operations Targets.

PROJECT TYPES PERSONAL DATA

Syngenta Project Turnarounds (Forced &, Premise/Routine) Electrical Engineering Technology (BS) Emphasis on Project Management

Refineries (Off Shore)/FPSOs (Topside/Jacket) Instrumentation (AC/DC Controls) Certification

Petrochemical (PolyP/AN/SynGas/Ethelene, ect) TWIC in Hand Card Holder

LNG Process Operations/I&E/Primavera Certified

LSTK/Hard Dollar, Cost Plus/T&M -CAPXs Certified IBEW Electrician (Schools, Commercial, and Industrial)

Hydro-Electric Dam SYSTEM/COMPUTER SKILLS

Maximo to Microsoft Projects

Refinery Maintenance Primavera, SAP (GWOS)

DOE (EIA-748) SAP (FICO, PM, PS)

kBase

ACTIVITIES

Engineering and Construction (Excel Engineering) Excel Engineering (VBA/Macros)

Project Scheduling Resource Loading/Leveling

Shutdown Scheduling 3 Point Histogram Reporting

Change Management Control Material Take offs for Bill of Material (BOM) for procurement lists

Cost Control (SAP FICO PS & PP/PM) Abroad Experience

Bids and Proposals Canada

Forecasting (ETC Analysis) USVI (US Territory)

Estimating (Conceptual, Factored, & Definitive) Quality Control

Quantity Reporting DCMA (Schedule Analysis)

Progress Reporting CPM (Critical Path Method) Schedule Analysis

Constructability Coordinating Executive Summary Reporting (ETC Analysis)

EMPLOYMENT HISTORY

●12/2018 – Present (Transmission Planning - Risk Readiness (Long/Short Range: (Engineering Design & Construction: Civil, Structures & Lines): Project Controls Engineering

●TSP Distribution and Transmission Planning Currently 2 years plus

●MapInfo GIS Kick-off Meeting Risk Readiness Desktop Screening Consultant

● Transmission Planning - Risk Readiness (Long/Short Range: (Engineering Design & Construction: Civil, Structures & Lines)

●Initiation Hand-Off Meetings: Customer Accounts Client Transmission Engineering & Operations Project Team Kick-off (FIS) meetings: Operations Relocation Agreements-(TxDOT, R.R., PCS), TFEA, TIA, Coast Guards

-ERCOT Tier 1, 2, or 3 & energization (COD) and project energization dates to forecast project deliverable completion, based on the organizational SME overall discipline area derived worst case durations with the goal in mind to championing 5 year portfolio plan success

-Environmental Assessment, Land Acquisition and Right of Way Acquisition needs to forecast

-Permitting: (USACE (Sec:10, 408, RE Outgrant)), TGLO, Drainage District, Floodway, Railroad, FAA,TXDOT, Foreign/PL Utility LONOs, Port Authority, CWA, TCEQ SWPPP screening.

-Total Transmission Project tracking from initial investment requests, scope evaluation, pre-interim and final signatory contract-rough order of estimate process agreements to beginning of the conceptual engineering estimate hand-offs to internal engineering or vetted proposal selected/preferred contractor transmission engineering firms, preliminary modeling and design to reserve in advance manufacturing space for long lead engineered materials (special structures/steel poles, concrete poles, lattice towers shop space, conductor, rebar, insulators, assemblies) and consumables for completion of conceptual estimates, engineering survey/geotechnical, Instrument Review, ROW Staking requests to preliminary/final Transmission Line and Structural/Civil Design: model review checks, SWPPP review/environment service receivables, to final definitive estimates with Operational/Maintenance cost added

-Tracking of project Long CCN and Short eCCN based on if all land acquisitions have completed, along with if project IFC designs have completed and generation of execution work order and all IFB vetting for the projects’ execution of temporary, civil/structural and transmission line finalized to quantify risk yearly. Information Technology & Services Oil & Energy Utilities.

●02/2018 – 12/2018: ME Global for Evoelia – Civil (Site-work,Forming,Rebar tie-in/basket setting, Pouring/finishing, Cure, and Form Reck)

(SAP FICO PS & PP/PM)

Installation of unit area foundations, vessel slabs, structural steel footers, pump pads, and pipe rack sleepers. Status progress in Primavera

●11/2017 – 01/2018; Exxon Baytown -Tanks/Sphere/Cooling Tower Planner Estimator (Seconded Contractor) Brown & Root (SAP FICO PS & PP/PM)

ROM Planning/Estimating to Interactive Defined Plan Packages/Check Estimates, Submittal for competitive time constrained bidding to certified contract service providers and receipt of and selection of contract service providers bid estimates for endorsement for execution of EPC Capital/Special Project, Turnarounds/Maintenance of Process Operations Unit, Storage Tanks/Sphere and Cooling Towers.

Developed Primavera (P6) IFD, IFR, IFC Engineering Schedule, Procurement ROS Milestone Schedule, integrated to manufacturing/execution planned packages and shop orders for/to set the level 3 baseline, cost WB, resource, activity, and project code assigning. Resource man hour and manpower loading and leveling along with proactive set up canned Look-ahead and Direct/Indirect Labor Forecast Report Templates

●10/2017 - 10/2017; Chevron Cedar Bayou – Project Controls Technician (Contractor) IBEW (SAP FICO PS & PP/PM)

Responsibilities Assist with installing and repairing wiring, electrical fixtures, power equipment, control and distribution apparatus, and components of machinery and equipment following electrical code, manuals, specifications, schematics, and blueprints.

Assist with installing and connecting power supply wiring, cables, conduit, and electrical apparatus for machines and equipment in new and existing facilities following diagrams, schematics, or blueprints.

Assist with repairing electrical appliances, including commercial ovens, ranges, steam tables, washers, and dryers.

Follow established safety procedures and techniques to perform job duties, including lifting and climbing. Operate tools and equipment according to established safety procedures.

Correct unsafe conditions in work area and promptly report any conditions that are not immediately correctable to supervisor.

Assist with preventive maintenance on tools and equipment to make sure that equipment is in safe operating condition. Included process unit P&ID walk-down, loop shooting of digital and analog circuits, systematic troubleshooting of digital and analog circuits, 1151/3051 Rosemount transmitter calibrations, instrument function testing & QC/QA/Operations sign off, daily communication with Engineering, and DCS/Plant Operations personnel, and adherence to Safety (STICC), Quality, and Performance.

●08/2017 - 10/2017; Valero Refinery Port Arthur - Project Controls Technician (Seconded Contractor) IBEW (SAP FICO PS & PP/PM)

Assist with repairing electrical appliances, including commercial ovens, ranges, steam tables, washers, and dryers.

Follow established safety procedures and techniques to perform job duties, including lifting and climbing. Operate tools and equipment according to established safety procedures.

Correct unsafe conditions in work area and promptly report any conditions that are not immediately correctable to supervisor.

●07/2017 - 08/2017; Oracle Contactor – Project Controls Technician IBEW (SAP FICO PS & PP/PM)

Follow established safety procedures and techniques to perform job duties, including lifting and climbing. Operate tools and equipment according to established safety procedures.

Correct unsafe conditions in work area and promptly report any conditions that are not immediately correctable to supervisor.

●06/2017 - 07/2017; Valero Refinery Texas City - Project Controls Technician (SAP FICO PS & PP/PM)

Assist with repairing electrical appliances, including commercial ovens, ranges, steam tables, washers, and dryers.

Follow established safety procedures and techniques to perform job duties, including lifting and climbing. Operate tools and equipment according to established safety procedures.

Correct unsafe conditions in work area and promptly report any conditions that are not immediately correctable to supervisor.

Assist with preventive maintenance on tools and equipment to make sure that equipment is in safe operating condition. Included process unit P&ID walk-down, loop shooting of digital and analog circuits, systematic troubleshooting of digital and analog circuits, 1151/3051 Rosemount transmitter calibrations, instrument function testing & QC/QA/ Owner Operator sign off, daily communication with Engineering, and DCS/Plant Operations personnel, and adherence to Safety (STICC), Quality, and Performance.

●01/2016 - 05/2017; County of Galveston Elections Division - Voting Clerk

Worked under the supervision of the polling place judge, student election clerks may assist with the following duties: Organizing the polling place before the polls open. Ensuring that qualified voters are permitted to vote. ... Distributing ballots to registered voters. Providing instructions and assistance to voters.

●11/1987 - 05/2017; Texas City Independent School District – Substitute

Instruct assigned classes according to specific instructions provided by the school / lead teacher

Understand teaching methodologies and daily schedule of each class

Monitor students in accordance to directions provided by lead teacher

Present a positive role model for teacher by engaging in appropriate behavior and conversation with them

Create a classroom environment conducive to learning a wide variety of concepts

Observe students for signs of distress or behavior issues and attempt to handle the situation immediately

Assist in imparting lessons by providing needed logistical support to the lead teacher

Encourage students to set and maintain standards of appropriate behavior within the classroom

Guide students in classroom assignments and activities both individually and in groups

Collect teaching materials and arrange them appropriately for use by the lead teacher

Keep bulletin boards and classroom displays up to date and assist in checking notebooks and assignments

Check and record students’ attendance and handle records while maintaining a high level of confidentiality

Assist young students with washing up and toilet routine and encourage them to eat their lunches

●11/2014 - 02/2016; Los Alamos National Laboratory - Sr. Project Controls Engineer - EPC Projects (Seconded Contractor) (SAP FICO PS & PP/PM)

Schedule development, maintenance and monitoring safety and security management. schedule development, maintenance and monitoring safety and security management.

Performed, monitored, and reviewed planning scheduling functions, including schedule development, control, and 14 Point Assessment / Analysis.

Performed cost engineering functions, including cost estimating, cost control, financial reporting systems, and cost analysis.

Performed engineering and/or construction management.

Provided oral and written communication skills that includes proficiency in using personal computer operating systems, MS software applications and multiple discipline-specific software applications

Created and implement measurement systems for established processes, analyzes performance metric results, and identifies improvements utilizing statistical tools to analyze metrics (e.g., regression, analysis of variance, correlation), and analyzes measurement systems to identify bias, repeatability, and stability issues.)

Reviewed proposal provisions related to schedule/cost engineering and material control and developed supporting data for contract negotiations. Developed bid evaluation cost and schedule criteria and prepares bid evaluations.

Performed productivity analysis of construction operations and verify results by staffing and crew analysis of work operations by craft.

Developed project controls standards and procedures.

Interfaced with designated management and client counterparts for specific planning and schedule tasks/cost presentations. proposal provisions related to schedule/cost engineering and material control and developing supporting data for contract negotiations.

KBR-Lead Project Controls; Scheduling/Planning: (SAP FICO PS & PP/PM)

Off-Shore Project

May 2014 – September 2014 End Date (Severance Package)

FPSO Pre-FEED schedule development on the P100 Pre-FEED and Petrobras America Cascade & Chinook Full Field Development Floating System Execution Schedules

February 2014 – May 2014

Koch Corpus Christi, initial site visits and In-Houston Engineering PMT Duties.

December 2013 – January 2014

Small Projects - TBD, Home Office - Houston Texas

Developed Pre-FEED/FEL Primavera resource loaded with all activities WBS codes assigned per ROM estimate, and Project Manager recommendation and generation of Primavera XER file for successful risk review & participated the initial review to answer Basis of Schedule inquiries posed by the review team for this ongoing FPSO; Angolan, Africa Project. Projects are as followed:

Approximately 10-month duration for Engineering

Complete Jacket Detailed Design: 22 Weeks

Complete Topsides Detailed Design: 42 Weeks

Punja Project

Sonangol intends to develop the Punja Oil Field, located offshore Angola in Block 3-05A. This field is located approximately 20 Km from the Angolan coast and is in 80 m of water. Production facilities include two remote wellhead platforms (namely PUN-F1 and PUN-F2). They are connected with a multiphase production flowline from PUN-F2 to PUN-F1 plus a gas injection flowline from PUN-F1 to PUN-F2. An early production system (EPS) is bridge linked to PUN-F1. Finally, a multiphase / oil export pipeline from PUN-F1 is tied back to the existing PALANCA facilities (about 4.0km). Produced oil will be stored and exported via existing PALANCA Terminal. Each wellhead is designed with 12 drillable slots for production wells and gas injection wells.

The scope of work being bid by KBR to Subsea 7 is for the following facilities. KBR will perform complete detailed engineering and procurement services. Follow-on engineering support services during Fabrication, Installation, Commissioning and Startup are also part of the scope.

1) Punja South Well Head platform (PUN-F2), including jacket (optional),

2) Punja North Well Head platform (PUN-F1), including jacket (optional),

3) New Bridge (EPS / PUN-F1)

4) Palanca Platforms (Brownfield):

Pig receiver (PAL-F1)

Tie-in to existing oil export system (PAL-P2)

Tie-ins associated with relief, blowdown, open drain, closed drain, instrument Air and Fire Water System

Tie-ins associated with E&I WHP Works (PAL-P2)

5) Early Production System (Brownfield)

Bridge Connection from PUN-F1

Tie-ins for Piping, Electrical & Control System

Kelly Services 09/2013 – 11/2013

Sr. Project Planner/Scheduler (Commissioning/Startup); Seconded to Dow Chemicals; Freeport, Texas (SAP FICO PS & PP/PM)

Responsible for development and maintenance of the overall from Maximo to JEMPs, integrated project controls systems, procedures, reporting, and change control for Client Owner Operator. Coordinate with project managers and project engineer and supervises project staff to ensure correct implementation of project control/business procedures and requirements.

JE Project Management 03/2013 – 09/2013 (SAP FICO PS & PP/PM)

WestCorp Alliance

Project Controls Consultant (SAP Mechanical Maintenance Planning); Seconded to Suncor Upgrading Routine Maintenance Project; Ft. McMurray, AB.

●Responsible for being accountable for all maintenance planning on equipment in allocated areas. Developed Gross Estimated for Work Requests as required for budgeting and effective decision making, ensuring that materials, personnel, equipment, and tools were available for execution. Field verified the Approved Work Requests such that they could be planned effectively, and was Environmentally, Healthy and Safe. Prepared structured job plans from Approved Work Requests with an effective breakdown of the work required including all steps and duration, all relevant documentation and associated planned costs. Interacted with required stakeholders to effectively plan resources (included being provided with ETA of required resource) Released the Planned Work order and Schedule with Initial Dates based upon Material, Services, Special Tools and Equipment availability. Reviewed and released all Program job plans. Created, maintained, continuously improved and utilized Standard Task Lists. Identified and/or initiated changes to Master Data Solicited feedback regarding job plans, including In Progress and Completed, continuously improve. (Plan, Do, Check, Act) Provided support to Reliability to Created and Optimized Program job plans and to SCM to create and maintain Materials and Service Master reports and Provided feedback to CFT on Approved Work Request Quality.

●Developed Primavera (P6) IFD, IFR, IFC Engineering Schedule, Procurement ROS Milestone Schedule, integrated to manufacturing/execution planned packages and shop orders for/to set the level 3 baseline, cost WB, resource, activity, and project code assigning. Resource man hour and manpower loading and leveling along with proactive set up canned Look-ahead and Direct/Indirect Labor Forecast Report Templates

Faithful & Gould 11/2012 – 02/2013

Project Controls Consultant (Senior Scheduler); Seconded to British Petroleum – Whiting, IN.

Responsibilities included generating high quality, deliverable schedules for the Function in the 8Q, 12 week and 6 week windows, ensuring that they are aligned to business priorities and foster safe, reliable area operations, ensured that the functional schedule within Primavera was up to date and accurate, and worked with SPAs and other stakeholders to ensure that activities meet the relevant gate criteria, and were deliverable within the constraints of the function, was liaise with functional SPAs to understand and optimize level 1, 2 and 3 activities, recommended which activities to execute or reschedule when the activity set exceeds functional constraints, effectively managed changes to schedules, communicate the agreed schedules to functional personnel, supported the identification and resolution of delivery risks, resource conflicts, emergent work and schedule waivers, supported schedule gatekeepers in assessment of schedule waiver requests, Monitored site execution efficiency:

updated/assured progress on functional activities in Primavera on a weekly basis, highlighted slippage in the schedule and proposed actions to recover, highlighted and analyzed critical path/s with PM/CM and staff to maintain proactive vigilance to mitigate any approaching manageable constraints, drove continuous improvement in functional scheduling performance, and was liaise with contractor planning teams to ensure alignment of BP and Contractor plans and schedules.

Flint Energy 06/2012 – 11/2012

Project Controls (Senior Scheduler); ConocoPhillips – Ft McMurray, AB. (SAP FICO PS & PP/PM)

Flint

Responsibilities included managing the integrated planning process and implementation for the Surmont 2 Base Plant Projects; ensured the planning process was followed rigorously, coordinated activities inputs, and facilitated planning knowledge sharing between business units, network of Excellence (NoE) participations, assured provision of an effective integrated plan support for all assets to ensure that the most valuable tasks are executed within the operations (BRISK), led the planning process development and plan reviews, and produce a quality Integrated Plan of various time horizons, ensured achievement of preset planning performance metrics, to publish direct field labor month end man hours by disciplines histograms and next month’s ETC hour forecasts by disciplines. Assure weekly progress feed to scheduling for the Progress Tracking System was accurate by perform spot field audits.

Sun (Seconded) Constructor 08/2011 – 06/2012

1st Project

Project Controls (Block T/A Sr. Planner/Scheduler); Hovensa; St. Croix, USVI (08/11-03/2012)

Responsibilities included staff guidance to Engineering and Construction supervisors in one or more areas of planning and scheduling expertise by analyzing and evaluating all pertinent data, analyzed portions of major capital projects to plan the most effective execution sequence in light of experience and current industry practices, discussing, coordinated and resolved long term and short term planning and scheduling problems with personnel throughout the Company and with contractor organizations, assists in the technical evaluation of contracts relative to their expertise in planning and scheduling and analyzed in detail performance relative to planning, reporting and forecasting methods of contractors, and evaluated the planning and scheduling information collected from Project Management Teams or contractors and advises supervision of exceptions to plan and potential corrective action and/or impact to the projects based on EPC and Site Premise documents and Client/Operations Targets. Reviewed project schedules integrity and acted as a P6 SME.

2nd Project

Site Project Engineer / Scheduler / Document Controls Site Manager; Dow Chemicals, Freeport, Texas (03/12-06/12)

2nd Project

Responsibilities included organizing site master stick file, updated SharePoint client documentations need dates, managed mechanical/piping and E/I walk-down teams, evaluated the planning and scheduling information collected from Project Management Teams or contractors and advises supervision of exceptions to plan and potential corrective action and/or impact to the projects, oversaw the development of the level 4 schedule, assured the level 4 schedule meet Dow’s Scheduling Execution Plan Matrix, lead interactive planning session with team core execution staff

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