Shawn L. Huffman, PMP

Louisville, Kentucky

502-***-****

Email address: adyt99@r.postjobfree.com

Skills and Talents:

My management approach results in developing client relations that encourage flexibility and a positive high emotional quotient team win-win environment via project management of engineering/construction design build projects. I foster and manage a cohesive and pro-active team to produce quality, budget adherence, and schedule driven deliverables.

Experience

Bardex

Project Manager 2023 - Present

Leading Firm Engineering Design/Procurement and Manufacturing Team for Bar Latch Fairlead Mooring equipment and Chain Management System. Current project for Chevron Australia FCS (Floating Control Station) involves heavy hydraulics for 162mm chain system on new Off Shore Oil & Gas platform.

Amazon

Solutions Project Manager 2021- 2022

Leading Firm Engineering design teams for Automation/Material Handling equipment of new building installations.

Coordinating Lessons Learned from operating teams on 2021 designs to incorporate in 2022/23 construction, including update of standards and specifications.

New Cold USA, LLC

Project Director 2020-2021

Leading a global team of contractors, suppliers and cross functional departments for NewCold with headquarters in the Netherlands. Executing all stages from planning, preconstruction, construction, and commissioning for cutting-edge fully automated frozen food storage facilities/warehouses throughout the United States. Responsible for the entire project lifecycle from business development to site operation. Design aspects included robotic placement and retrieval systems, pre cast concrete structures, reduced oxygen fire prevention systems, automated load/unload rail and truck facilities.

Led the engineering design and managed installation, with special operations shutdown planning, for 900 hp air compressor, evaporative condensers, MCC harmonic filters to expand capacity throughput by 30% at existing frozen food storage plant.

Toyota/Randstad Engineering

Project Manager 2019-2020

Achieved 2000 metric ton CO2 and energy reduction at Toyota automotive manufacturing plant with a 2.8 MW Solar panel field design installation

Saved environmental 500 metric ton CO2 reduction via Air compressors with new controls and blowdown tanks

Improved Air Handling Systems for supply and exhaust of heat and cooling thru updated controls and balance

Control Touch Systems

Project Manager 2017-2018

Delivered 95% improvement of On Time Completion for Baggage and Luggage Handling conveyor system projects

Led manufacturing collaborative Team effort for design, PLC programming, installation and commission of material handling systems to support North American logistics facilities

Improved throughput rates of existing systems utilizing customized control logic programming developed as per Agile methodology process

Customers included TSA/Tri cities Airport/ Royal Caribbean cruise lines/ UPS /FedEX / XPO Logistics/ Amazon/ Ryder Logistics

Fives Intralogistics

Customer Service Project Manager 2014-2016

Led aftermarket upgrade projects at UPS in Chicago to improve throughput with singulation equipment for package handling logistics

Increased 20% capacity at Canpar in Toronto with dual level sortation chutes and cross belt sorters along with customized control logic programming developed as per Agile methodology process

Achieved increased measurement accuracy for billing with high speed scales at Purolator Courier in Vancouver

Replaced end of life power supply transformers at Canada Post facility in Toronto

Led onsite team at FedEX Dallas to improve reliability of shoe sortation primary and secondary systems

Created process to reduce time to deliver destination sortation changes at United O’Hare Cargo facility

Vogt Power Int.

Project Manager 2012-2013

Integrated engineering design and boiler fabrication to deliver greater capacity of Heat Recovery Steam Generators that were installed for Calpine/Shell Oil in Houston

Utilized South Korean and Vietnamese fabrication facilities to reduce delivery time of boiler tube equipment in support of Heat Recovery Steam Generators at domestic and international power plants.

Provided on time commission team effort for Calpine Co-Gen plant in Santa Clara, CA.

General Electric

Sr. Project Manager 2011-2012

Coordinated manufacturing of air filtration equipment for gas turbine installations at Monterrey MX. Facility

Made improvements to on time equipment delivery by 15% with coordinated engineering design process changes

Supported engineering design of sea and land based applications with stainless steel inlet air filtration

Gained insight of international fabrication and logistics coordination working in Monterrey MX.

C&I Engineering

Project Engineer 2001-2010

Delivered new product line for Jim Beam expansion in support of Food&Beverage division; including Clean in Place facilities, stainless steel vessels and piping, controls automation

Brought on line new Krispy Kreme plant, including facilities infrastructure

Delivered per the Utility Outage on time schedule, the final commission by managing construction and engineering at coal-fired power plant to upgrade ash system.

Integrated client performance requirements with equipment supplier to install 600 HP sluice pumps, 4KV cable, Variable Frequency Drive VFD, control logic instruments

Led piping design and structural support team to aid with construction

Developed new client relations within the confines of a 3rd party integrator at a Great Plains petrochemical oil refinery to aid in refinery strategic planning. Integrated engineering design for Heavy Crude Expansion Project. Effective use of Change Management procedures guided expectations over multi-year project. Process engineering design included hydraulic simulation. New equipment and facilities included 75,000 – 150,000 barrel floating roof storage tanks, pump and piping systems, substation power and distribution, distributed control systems, civil site modifications and structural support.

Achieved on time delivery of green field turn key project to create 1st U.S. based facility for Mitsubishi Gas Chemical in Richmond, VA. Engineering consisted of process flow design and equipment selection for pelletizing operations. Facilities included civil site/structural steel framing/ stainless steel piping/ electrical and distributed controls/ tank storage/ bag house filters and warehouse distribution

Responsible for design at Marathon Ashland facilities capital construction projects under $10MM. Projects included pumps/heat exchangers/ piping/ structural support/ electrical and controls

Louisville Gas & Electric

Mechanical Engineer 1988-2001

Developed and managed installation of real-time measurement system to integrate with utility SCADA for major industrial clients; General Electric/Ford/ DuPont/Fort Knox. Effort included energy analysis for customer with proposal for economic impact. A close working relationship with utility sales and marketing was crucial to success of each client project.

Managed design and construction of 5000 residential customer natural gas utility pipeline upgrade. Facilities included pipeline/measurement and regulation. Focus on customer coordination to achieve high satisfaction.

Saved 40% installation costs for natural gas pipeline facilities thru research to implement polyethylene in residential and commercial installations.

Developed training courses for utility and contractor personnel

Education

University of Louisville - Speed Scientific

Masters in Engineering Management, 2001

Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology. Terre Haute, IN

B.S. Mechanical Engineering, 1988

Professional Certification

Project Management Professional, PMP, 2003

Hey Shawn. Appreciate your kind words. It was a wonderful experience working with you. You always brought the personable and human element to all conversations. Loved everything u taught us about the world of horse racing. I am sad to see things didn't pan out fully as we hopped for your role at Amazon due to current market conditions. But you never know what future holds. No matter what, wish you the very best for all future endeavors. TC. adyt99@r.postjobfree.com

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