James Justice

Clemmons, NC 864-***-**** adzshz@r.postjobfree.com linkedin.com/in/james-justice-73b888209

Senior Project Manager (Electric Utility/Energy)

Project Planning and Management Strategic Planning Continuous Process Improvement Team Leadership

Accomplished and results-driven Senior Project Manager in the Electric Utility/Energy field with 18+ years of experience directing diverse/complex electric power generation, construction, and engineering projects from scratch to success. Skillful in managing overall project performance as well as the scope, schedule, budget, and safety performance while ensuring project costs, schedule, scope, and risks are well managed. Demonstrated experience in planning and completing several large-scale, complex and long-term project(s) within budgetary and scheduling guidelines. Maintain a demonstrated big picture approach, while leading cross-collaborative, geographically dispersed teams to successful project completion. Looking forward to leveraging the vast experience to step into a challenging Senior Project Manager position within a progressive organization.

A few key highlights include:

Supervised teams of up to 75 staff members on 25 large-scale power plant projects, leading proposal developments valued at up to $800M.

Unified a 90% new hire project team consisting of engineering, procurement, and construction to meet the project schedule, budget and client expectations on a $450M environmental retrofit program.

Managed a 55-man multidiscipline engineering task force in Brazil on a 475 MW GE 7FA gas turbine based combined cycle power plant with simple to combined cycle phased startup while work-sharing engineering with Brazilian Engineering Firm.

Skills: Project & Program Management Project Planning & Scheduling Business Development Proposal Development Contract Negotiation Project Life Cycle Management Constructability Reviews Resource Allocation & Management Budget & Cost Controls Change Management Risk Management Financial Management Project Safety & Protocols Vendor Management Coaching & Mentoring Contractor Management Cross-Functional Communications Delegation

Highlights

At Ethos Energy Power Solutions

Facilitated 100,000 safe man-hours of site construction labor without a lost time accident by heralding project safety awareness on the job site.

Led a 12-person project execution team with subcontracted detail design on a $35M liquid fuel to natural gas firing gas turbine conversion project.

oTasked with replacing the previous project manager and rectifying the project after it fell behind schedule and went over budget. Performed refurbishment and fuel conversion of three 38-year-old Pratt & Whitney FT4 Twin-Pac combustion turbine and generators units.

Reduced losses by $2M on an already financially challenged project by soliciting multiple bidders.

At AMEC Engineering & Construction (now Wood)

Led an 8-person multi-disciplinary team on an 800MW dual fuel combined cycle power plant owner’s engineering project.

Career History

Planet Forward, Ville Platte, LA Jun 2019 – Sep 2022

Contract Energy Center Project Engineer to Cabot Corporation (Work from Home)

Provided project engineering support for planned $80 million Energy Center project in the existing carbon black facility.

oHeat Recovery Steam Generator, Steam Turbine Generator, Steam Surface Condenser, Cooling Tower, Water Treatment Plant, Electrical Power Distribution Centers, Chemical Feed Systems, ID Fan, Boiler Feed Pumps, Condensate Pumps, Circulating Water Pumps, and Steam and Water Sampling Systems.

Developed Scopes of Work for FEL Phase 2 Feasibility Study, FEL Phase 3 Basic Engineering, and Phase 4 EPC Contractor.

Reviewed and commented on Phase 2, 3, and 4 documents including specifications, drawings, and lists.

Prepared Preliminary Startup and Commissioning Plan by breaking project in to System Turnover Packages and authored initial Startup and Commissioning Schedule using Microsoft Project.

Estimated Owner costs for Phase 3 including chemical usage, temporary facilities, and project staffing.

Prepared specifications for budget quotes on major pieces of equipment to establish both cost and schedule for estimates.

Authored approved suppliers list for the project to be used by the Phase 2 & 3 Engineers, and Phase 4 EPC Contractor.

Reviewed technical bid evaluations for engineers, equipment suppliers, and EPC contractors.

Justice Power Consulting, Buford, GA Sep 2017 – May 2019

Principal Consultant (Work from Home)

Authored power plant project market analyses for construction companies and provided power plant technical proposal development support for project developers.

Studied converting cogeneration power plant with lost steam host to a simple cycle operation in ERCOT for a confidential project developer.

Authored US based reciprocating internal combustion engine project database with respect to project name, location, cost, combustion engine manufacturer/model/quantity, and actual/expected commercial operation date for a contractor.

Developed market analysis database on US gas turbine based simple cycle, cogeneration, combined heat and power, and combined cycle power plant with respect to project name, cost, location, technology type, turbine manufacturer/product for a confidential construction contractor.

Led plant upgrade potential study for Midwest 20+year old 30MW waste to energy facility for confidential project developer.

Ethos Energy Power Solutions, Houston, TX Apr 2015 – Aug 2017

Senior Project Manager

Led multiple highly visible projects and utilized successful strategies to optimize project costs, resources, and labor.

Developed project plans, identified resource and budgetary needs, and hosted meetings for project

Project: Supported Ethos Energy Quantum Utility Generation Hiram Clarke Peaking Power Project. Developed commissioning plan, procedures, schedule, and operator training program on a 120MW simple cycle power plant project; this project included relocation of a 22-year-old Westinghouse 501D5 from Florida to Houston, TX.

Project: Managed the Ethos Energy Alliant Sutherland Re-Powering Project in Marshalltown, Iowa.

oSpearheaded teams of civil, mechanical, and electrical union subcontractors and direct hire union millwrights.

oNegotiated liquidated damages delay claims and change orders with subcontractors and suppliers.

oDirected a project team on a $30M liquid fuel to natural gas firing conversion combustion turbine project.

AMEC Engineering & Construction (now Wood), Tucker, GA Jan 2012 – Aug 2014

Senior Project Manager

Directed key projects, defined scope of work and guided teams to achieve deliverables on a timely basis.

Expedited EPC bid package development, plant arrangement and drainage drawings for an 800MW combined cycle project after the termination of the original owner’s engineer.

Guided the project team on a 775MW 2 X 1 combined cycle project’s preliminary engineering, gas turbine bid package, EPC contract scope of work, project funding estimate, and preliminary project schedule.

Authored comprehensive vendor inspection plans and collaborated with clients on inspections to be witnessed.

Project: Oversaw the AMEC Alabama Power Greene County Mercury and Air Toxic Standards Project in Forkland, AL.

oLed a 20-person engineering team for $60M 2X300 MW class coal fired units’ hot to cold electrostatic precipitator conversion, activated carbon injection system addition, and dry sorbent injection system addition.

Project Manager Wood Group Power Solutions, Houston, TX Nov 2009 – Dec 2011

Project Manager Fluor Enterprises, Greenville, SC Jan 2004 – Oct 2009

Contracted Asst. Project Manager Defined Source Cooperative, Columbia, MD 2003

Education and Other Credentials

B.S. in Mechanical Engineering Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

Computer Programs: Adobe Acrobat Pro, Autodesk Design Review, Autodesk Drawing True View, Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Outlook, Microsoft PowerPoint, Microsoft Project, Microsoft SharePoint, Microsoft Teams, Microsoft Vizio,

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