Christopher Soles

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Specialist in directing, coordinating, and exercising authority of planning, organization, control, integration, and completion of multiple large industrial construction projects and expansions for the Power, Solar Power, Textile, Food Processing, Oil & Gas, Refineries and terminals, Chemical, Pulp Paper, and Steel Mill industries. Extensive years of experience prioritizing goals and working under tight deadlines without sacrificing quality. Strong mechanical, civil, structural, and electrical aptitudes.

— Key Skill Strengths —

Project Management & Operations • Construction / EPC Management • Employee & Safety Management / OSHA

Materials Procurement • Multi-site Logistics • Project Estimation • Detailed Job Scheduling • Time & Budget Management

Contract Management • Strategic & Tactical Planning • QA / QC / Cost Control • Problem Resolution • Blueprint Reading

Subcontractor Management • Code Requirements • Decision Making • Labor Relations • Recruitment & Training • Root Cause Analysis • Drug Testing • Inventory Management • Reporting • Policy Administration • Policy Development • Quality Control • Inspection • Reliability • Writing Communication Skills • Verbal Communication Skills • Leadership • Organization • Staff Supervision • Preventive Maintenance • Equipment Maintenance • Specification Compliance / Implementation • Risk Assessments • Outages • Turnarounds • Startups • Commissioning • Work Processes and Procedures

Professional Experience

Pin Oak GRP / Corpus Christi, OD-14 John Fulton, Taft TX

Director of Maintenance – 7/2021 to 8/2023

Provide effective continuous management and support for leading the maintenance team and contractors with planning, scheduling, materials management, coordinating and executing all maintenance activities associated with the safe and efficient running of the Corpus and Taft terminals along with the OD-14 ship dock and Corpus barge dock. Responsible for managing and coordinating asset integrity, maintenance, inspection and testing activities to assure the continued safe operation of the terminal and dock equipment to ensure that maintenance activities are executed in close collaboration with operations including optimized planning and resource allocation whilst minimizing impact on facility process and production. Develop and control the maintenance budget that provides for optimized spending to achieve the agreed-upon capacity and asset reliability along with developing preventive maintenance plans and procedures, skills assessments, and training.

Pin Oak / Integrus– Corpus Christi, TX

Project Manager – 6/2019 to 7/2021

Pin Oak GRP / Integrus ; 200 million: 300 peak manpower

Provide effective continuous management and support for EPC grassroots Crude oil, C-5 terminal with ship, barge and pipe line interconnection transfer capabilities consisting of 10- 250,000-barrel tanks equipped with IFR roofs, 40,000-barrel per hour flow rate ship dock, and 5,000-barrel per hour flow rate barge dock and 20,000-barrel per hour flow rate pipe line. All built for bidirectional flow to allow sending or receiving product thru the pumping / pumping systems.

Pin Oak Taft LLC / Integrus ; 130 million: 300 peak manpower

Provide effective continuous management and support for EPC grassroots Crude oil terminal with pipe line interconnection transfer capabilities consisting of 2- 250,000-barrel tanks equipped with IFR roofs, 16,000-barrel per hour flow rate to supply to main pipe line and 38,000 barrel per hour flow rate tank storage receiving. All built for bidirectional flow to allow sending or receiving product thru the pumping / pumping systems.

Bechtel /GAB-Pennsylvania Chemicals– Monaca, PA

PE Area Manager – Mech/Pipe, 4/2018 to 6/2019

Bechtel/GAB- Pennsylvania Chemicals; $6.4 billon; 5,500 peak manpower

Provide effective continuous management and support for grassroots Ethylene / polyethylene complex with Cogen, cooling towers and water treatment units that will produce 1.6 million tons of polyethylene per year that will be used to make HDPE, LDPE plastics.

Bechtel/NSE Panda Hummel Station – Shamokin Dam, PA

Site Manager– Night Shift, 9/2016 to 4/2018

Bechtel/NSE-Panda Hummel Station; $850 million; 1000 peak manpower

Provide effective continuous management and support for grassroots HRSG combine cycle 1050-megawatt power plant, cooling tower and water treatment units replacing an existing coal fired power plant on the same site.

Lauren Engineers & Constructors – Various U.S. Locations

Site Manager / General Superintendent, 4/2013 to 7/2016

Holly Refining & Marketing (Woods Cross, UT); $265 million; 600 peak manpower

Expanded refinery capacity from 31,000 to 45,000 bpd; scope included relocation and revamp of crude, fluid catalytic cracking and polymerization units to the Woods Cross refinery as well as an installation of associated utilities and off-sites.

Holly Refining & Marketing (Bloomfield, NM); $75 million; 100 peak manpower

Dismantled polymerization units for transportation and reassembly to new location in Utah; scope included the demolition and removal of the crude, FCC, and associated systems onsite inside operating units.

Lyondell Basell’s Olefins Plant (La Porte, TX); $175 million; 900 peak manpower

Project managed the construction and procurement for the erection of 2 new Linde Dual-Cell Ethylene Furnaces. Scope involved steel erection, equipment installation, refractory installation, piping, electrical, and instrumentation.

Lauren Engineers & Constructors – Rajasthan, India

SR Construction Manager/Startup Coordinator, 7/2011 to 4/2013

HIRA Group GGEL Solar Power Plant; $149 million; 1900 peak manpower

Directed construction for 50 megawatt CSP solar power generating facility with approximately 400-acre solar field and 120 loop solar parabolic collector trough fields with 1 steam turbine, cooling tower and water treatment facilities.

Abengoa Solar Inc. – Gila Bend, AZ

Construction Manager, 3/2011 to 7/2011

TES/Power Block Solana Solar Power Project; $2.4 billion; 3500 peak manpower

Supervised build of 280 megawatt solar power generating facility which included approximately 2000-acre solar field with two steam turbines two cooling towers and thermal energy storage (TES) facility with a six to eight-hour capacity.

Lauren Engineers & Constructors – Indiantown, FL

Solar Field Superintendent/Startup Manager, 7/2009 to 2/2011

Florida Power & Light, Martin Solar Energy Center; $250 million; 1500 peak manpower

Managed the EPC contract for innovative hybrid concentrated solar power facility consisting of approximately 180K mirrors over a 500-acre mirror array field. Facility is the first hybrid facility in the world to connect a solar facility to an existing combined cycle power plant, with expansion of existing cooling tower and water treatment providing 75 megawatts of solar thermal capacity that directly displaces fossil fuel usage. Plant went online December 2010 under budget and ahead of schedule.

Lauren Engineers & Constructors – Laguna Park, TX

Site Superintendent/Startup Coordinator, 1/2009 to 7/2009

Bosque Power, 2X1 Combined Cycle Upgrade; $150 million; 900 peak manpower

Managed the EPC contract for the expansion of the Bosque County Generating Plant; scope of project involved conversion of two existing simple-cycle combustion turbine units into a (2x1) combined cycle configuration with added cooling tower and water treatment this conversion increased the nominal output of the plant from 546 MW to 770MW.

Lauren Engineers & Constructors – Rockwood, TN

General Superintendent/Field Engineer/Startup Coordinator, 9/2007 to 12/2008

Horsehead Corporation, Zinc Recycling Plant; $40 million; 500 peak manpower

Oversaw engineering and procurement for new kiln for zinc reclamation facility; scope included new rotary kiln, materials handling, and ancillary equipment such as cooling tower and trough and water treatment units. Project was completed Q4 2008 on time and on budget.

Lauren Engineers & Constructors – Boulder City, NV

Site Superintendent/Startup Manager, 6/2006 to 9/2007

Acciona, Nevada Solar One; $220 million; 1700 peak manpower

Fast-tracked EPC contract for solar-powered (70 megawatts) generating station consisting of a 400-acre mirror array field, steam generators, one steam turbine generator, associated piping, cooling tower, power distribution system, and switchyard. Project was completed 3Q 2007.

Additional Experience/Projects

BE& K: Rebuild – DuPont Chemical, HRSG Power Plant 4 on 2, HRSG Retro-Fit Power Plant 2 on 1, Paper Machine Rebuild

JE Merit: Chemical Plant Expansion, Mitsubishi Film Line Expansion, 850 MW Power Plant, Stockhoussaun Plastics Plant

S&B: Temple Inland New Head Box & Repulper

Fluor Daniel: Coal Fired Power Plant

Duke Fluor Daniel: 1250 MW Power Plant

Shueck Steel: Nucor Steel Mill

Educational Background

Degree in Electrical Engineering

Under study in Mechanical Engineering

Copper Mountain Community College

Select Training & Certifications

BBS, SSRP, OSHA 10, SST Level 1 & 2 Training

ACE Certified Foreman; ACE Certified Superintendent; CIC Certification; Sun Coast Safety Council Certification;

TWIC Card; Basic Plus

NCCER Craft Instructor for Pipe, Core Curricula, Welding, Rigging, Electrical and Millwright’s

Proficient in MS Word, MS Outlook, MS Office, Excel, Primavera, MS Project

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