RAYMOND P. ZEPEDA, P.E., PMP

Hermosa Beach (Los Angeles), California, USA

+1-310-***-****

adn2qr@r.postjobfree.com

https://www.linkedin.com/in/rayzepeda

SENIOR PROJECT EXECUTIVE

Energy-Gas-Oil-Water Refinery Turnarounds Engineering-Construction Management Capital Improvements

Consistent track record of delivering multiple turnaround and capital projects on schedule and within budget safely. Manage entire project life cycle from identification to definition, detailed engineering, construction, and startup leading teams of over 50 including engineering company, project controls, vendor, operations, reliability, and construction personnel. Respond promptly to customer and field inquiries with technical solutions. Talent managing multi-disciplinary, multicultural engineering, design, and project support teams. Extensive experience with procurement and the development of lump sum and T&M contracts. Areas of expertise include:

Project Management Turnaround Execution Team Leadership Operations Management Procurement P&L Management Vendor Management Process Improvement Contract-Proposal Management Capital Improvements Environmental Compliance

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

PLANET FORWARD, LLC 2017 - 2020

Sinclair Oil Corporation

Sinclair Wyoming Refining Company - Sinclair, WY

(85,000 barrel/day Oil Refinery)

Project Manager – Capital Projects and Turnaround Department (Planet Forward)

Managing multidisciplinary engineering, design, operations, maintenance, construction, procurement, and project controls teams at SWRC on capital projects totaling $9M related to refinery propane storage, sulfur loading, Reformer fuel gas and flare, boiler house, emergency isolation, and Alky firewater deluge systems

Scoping of flange-to-flange projects for turnarounds and management of Total Plant Shutdown projects

Managing engineering-procurement-construction consultancies, and construction firms (Merrick, WLC, Simplex Grinnell) retained to support capital projects

Leading project teams of over 20 members

CVR Energy, Incorporated

Wynnewood Refinery - Wynnewood, OK

(70,000 barrel/day Oil Refinery)

Project Manager – Capital Projects Department (Planet Forward)

Managed multidisciplinary engineering, design, operations, maintenance, construction, procurement, and project controls teams at CVR on capital projects totaling $5M related to refinery wastewater treatment and storm water diversion.

Managing engineering-procurement-construction consultancies, and construction firms (Wood, ENGlobal, Guernsey, Baker Hughes) retained to support capital projects

Led project teams of over 25 members

Valero Energy Corporation

Memphis Refinery - Memphis, TN

(200,000 barrel/day Oil Refinery)

Project Manager – Capital Projects PE Department (Planet Forward)

Managed multidisciplinary engineering, design, operations, maintenance, construction, and project support teams at Valero on capital projects totaling $15M enabling maintenance of 2018 spend curves

Managed engineering-procurement-construction consultancies, and construction firms (Middough, Hargrove, SSI, Scallon, Performance, Triad) retained to support capital projects

Led project teams of over 25 members

CHEVRON 2011 – 2012 and 2013 – 2017

El Segundo Refinery - El Segundo, CA

(280,000 barrel/day Oil Refinery)

Project Manager – Capital Projects Group (MidCom)

Managed multidisciplinary engineering, design, operations, maintenance, construction, and project support teams at Chevron on turnaround and capital projects totaling $75M related to pressure relief systems with consistent on-time delivery within budget

Turnarounds included FCC, 2-Crude/LSFO Complex, 4-Crude, NHT-2, Penex, Isomax, NHT-1, and DHT

Led on-time development of hundreds of detailed Engineering Work Orders (EWOs) for turnaround projects

Developed cost estimates and negotiated shared costs between Turnaround and Capital projects

Directed field activities, resolved RFIs, and facilitated PSSR and startup for turnaround projects

Pre-turnaround ranking in and readiness of projects. Daily meetings for turnaround mechanical progress

Managed engineering-procurement-construction consultancies, and construction firms [Jacobs (now Worley), Eichleay, Brinderson, Ardent] retained to support turnaround and capital projects

Led project teams of over 50 members

North American Exploration and Production - Bakersfield, CA

Project Manager – Facilities Engineering (MidCom)

San Joaquin Valley Business Unit – Kern River

International Heavy Oil Center

(70,000 barrel/day oilfield)

Facilities Engineering & Construction Group

Managed multidisciplinary engineering, design, operations, maintenance, construction, and project support teams at Chevron on capital projects totaling $7M related to production and steam facilities for Water-Impacted Reserves and Vertical Expansion asset-development efforts and for capital improvements to oil gathering, fuel gas, cyclic steam, Automatic Well Test (AWT), and Continuous Production Monitoring (CPM) systems.

Managed equipment vendors and engineering-procurement-construction (EPC) consultancies, and construction firms (Pro U, Valin, KSI, PCL, Braun) retained to support capital projects.

Developed total-installed-cost (TIC) estimates and AFEs for capital projects and executed projects through construction on schedule and under budget, handling up to 12 projects simultaneously.

Managed capital projects profit and loss and schedule/progress

WOOD GROUP MUSTANG – MUSTANG ENGINEERNIG 2009 – 2011 and 2012 – 2013

(Global Engineering-Procurement-Construction/ Project Management Consultancy)

Project Manager

Chevron San Joaquin Valley Business Unit – Coalinga Bakersfield, CA

(130,000 barrel/day water treatment facility for enhanced oil recovery)

$30M grassroots Westside Produced Water Project to build water treatment plant redirecting excess produced water away from large surface percolation pods and towards subsurface disposal for delivery to injection wells. Achieved

Succeeded in meeting environmental compliance requirements

Developed system to communicate local field information efficiently to Houston-based design team

Oxy of Elk Hills, Incorporated – Occidental Petroleum Bakersfield, CA

(140,000 barrel equivalent per day Petroleum Reserve)

Gas Operations Facilities Group (seconded from Mustang Brinderson Elk Hills Team)

Directed the engineering effort to increase capacity of 36B Waterflood Plant from 80000 to 120000 barrels per day by installing additional equipment

Managed multidisciplinary engineering, design, operations, construction, and project support teams from Oxy, Mustang, Brinderson, and SPEC Services on capital projects totaling $22M related to gas gathering, compression, and injection systems completed in 2012

Managed equipment vendors and engineering-procurement-construction (EPC) consultancies (PraxAir, Cameron, Exterran, Brinderson) retained to support Oxy capital projects

Directed development of scope and total-installed-cost (TIC) estimates for capital projects for air separation unit conversion and additional compression efforts

Managed Oxy capital projects profit and loss and schedule/progress

Tesoro Corporation (seconded from Mustang Engineering) Wilmington, CA

Tesoro Capital Projects Group, Los Angeles Refinery

(97,000 barrel per day Oil Refinery)

Managed multidisciplinary engineering, design, operations, construction, and project support teams from Tesoro on 30 capital projects totaling $52M related to FCCU and Alky turnarounds to be completed 4Q 2012

Managed engineering-procurement-construction (EPC) consultancies (Jacobs, Mangan, Gekko, Terry Engineering) retained to support Tesoro capital projects

Directed development of scope and +/- 30% Class 2 and +/- 10% Class 3 total-installed-cost (TIC) estimates for capital projects for FCCU and Alky turnarounds and for office building tenant-improvement projects

Managed Tesoro capital projects profit and loss and monitoring via SAP

Directed Tesoro project controls functions and monitored schedule/progress

BRINDERSON ENGINEERS & CONSTRUCTORS - Costa Mesa, CA 2007-2009

(Engineering-Procurement-Construction/ Project Management Consultancy)

Project Manager

Chevron Capital Projects Group, El Segundo, CA Refinery

(270,000 barrel/day Oil Refinery)

Directed flare management/relief source control ultrasonic flow metering project with total-installed-cost (TIC) value of $3.1M for Chevron’s Isomax unit, managing an engineering team of eight and coordinating Operations, Maintenance, Construction, and Vendor activities for thirteen meter installations completed $800K under budget

Managed refinery-wide AQMD-compliance flare metering project with service order value of $92K on time and on budget, coordinating Operations, Maintenance, Construction, and Vendor activities for eight meter installations

Directed development of scope and +/- 10% Class 3 TIC estimate for $15M refinery-wide AQMD-mandated flare analyzer shelter project

Managed engineering team of six on $57K fast-track FCC relief header flow metering service order; completed on time and 10% under budget

Managed multidisciplinary engineering, design, and project support teams of up to 26 on FCC cooling water and flare tip replacement projects totaling $8M (TIC) constructed 1Q 2009

Directed Project Controls Scheduling/Planning and Cost engineers in developing resource-loaded Primavera P6 engineering and construction schedules and detailed weekly cost reports for Client presentation and buy-in

Renewable Energy - BlueFire Ethanol Project (Cellulosic Biomass) - Costa Mesa, CA

Developed equipment specifications, evaluated vendor proposals, generated bid-tab summaries, and selected vendors for process equipment packages up to $8M for BlueFire Ethanol Plant in Lancaster, CA

GENERAL ELECTRIC OIL AND GAS - Rancho Dominguez, CA 1997-2001 and 2003-2007

($5.5B Florence, Italy-based Segment of General Electric Company)

Project Engineer - Rotoflow Turboexpander and A-C Compressor Product Lines

Rescued $1.2M project for Bantrel-Suncor Energy (Calgary) through tactful customer interface and aggressive schedule recovery planning with subsuppliers and in-house design engineers

Project-Systems engineer for over 48 new-order turboexpander or compressor (heavy industrial rotating equipment) and several spare parts, warranty, and redesign projects totaling over $70M with no reported major performance problems after installation and commissioning at client facility (oil refinery, offshore platform, LNG, or air separation plant)

Simultaneously directed 14 projects worldwide with multiple clients totaling $39M

Interfaced with sub-component vendors and ensured conformance with technical, budgetary, and delivery requirements and with those of customers

Directed international multicultural teams comprised of engineers and technicians from Saudi Arabia, Italy, UAE, and China in execution of Factory Acceptance Tests for various turboexpander control systems for Technip and Aramco in Dubai, Bahrain, and Singapore

Additional Experience

MARMAC FIELD SERVICES, INCORPORATED - Project Manager Costa Mesa, CA

(Oil and Gas Engineering/Consulting Firm, $6M in sales)

APPLIED UTILITY SYSTEMS, INCORPORATED - Senior Process Engineer Irvine, CA

(NOx Emission Reduction Technologies for Refineries/ Power Plants, $80M in sales)

PARSONS CORPORATION (now Worley) - Senior Process Engineer Pasadena, CA

(Global Engineering-Procurement-Construction/Project Management Consultancy)

MOBIL OIL CORPORATION - Mechanical Engineer Torrance, CA

(160,000 barrel/day Oil Refinery)

Education

MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY (MIT) Cambridge, MA

Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering

Licenses/ Training

California Mechanical Professional Engineer (P.E.) License number M32447

Project Management Professional (PMP) Certification number 2308520

Lean Six Sigma Green Belt Certification (SSGBC). Black Belt in progress

Experience/Training in Microsoft Project and Primavera P6

Other Interests

Master of Music in Jazz Studies, University of Southern California

Led team of three top Los Angeles jazz session musicians and three engineers to produce own commercially-available jazz CD for own record label with 50% original compositions (own publishing company), 100% arrangements resulting in international radio airplay and sales (https://rayzepeda.com)

Directed large jazz ensembles and combos of two to seventeen members

Jazz Education and Leadership: Performed concerts and conducted clinics and master classes for university music majors and high school students

Founder and Artistic Director of 16-member Bakersfield New Music Collective (https://bakersfieldnewmusiccollective.org). Produced commercially-available CD for own record label resulting in nation-wide radio airplay and sales

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