Project Manager Engineer

Stephen J. D’Angelo

Project Manager

Personal Details

Length of service in the profession: 51 years

Year joined Jacobs: 2010-2016; 2021-

Jacobs office location: New Orleans, LA

Summary Biography

Extensive experience in planning, design, organizing, and executing maintenance and capital projects for industrial, power plant, marine, commercial, and military organizations. Mature technical leader focused on results, exceeding expectations. Superior oral and written communications and computing skills-AutoCAD, Microsoft Office. Competent in negotiating, construction management, scheduling, leading design teams. Experienced in contract management, procurement, purchase orders, invoicing, RFIs, bills of material. Prepared acquisition documents, bid analysis, scopes of work. Performed inspections, quality control and Microsoft Project schedules.

Key Skills and Areas of Expertise

Outstanding ability to communicate in written and spoken situations

Leader of multi-disciplined teams focused on accomplishment of goals in industrial and commercial areas

Education and Qualifications

Master of Engineering, Engineering Management, Tulane University, 1978

Bachelor of Science, Civil Engineering, Louisiana Tech University, 1971

Registrations and Certifications

Professional Engineer, Louisiana, 5/25/1977, No. 16292

Memberships and Affiliations

Member, American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE), 1972, Status Active-Life Member

Training

FEMA, Introduction to Public Assistance Program, 2019

FEMA, Introduction to Debris Operations, 2019

Languages

English (mother tongue)

Employment History

June 2021 to Present, Jacobs Engineering Group, Project Manager

March 2017 to July 2017, Wharton-Smith Construction Co., Project Manager

June 2016 to September 2016, Sirius Technical Services, Project Engineer

November 2010 to February 2016, Jacobs Field Services North America, Project Manager

July 1984 to January 2010, URS Corporation, Project Manager

July 1979 to July 1984, Lanier and Associates, Project Engineer

January 1978 to June 1979, Texaco Inc., Project Engineer

September 1976 to December 1976, Meyer, Meyer, LaCroix & Hixson, Inc., Project Engineer

December 1971 to August 1976, U. S. Navy, Civil Engineer Corps Officer

Project Experience

* Denotes project was completed while with a previous employer.

Jacobs Engineering Group, NASA Michoud Facility New Orleans - June 2021-present

Project Manager contracted to Boeing for NASA Artemis moon and Mars rocket factory facilities management. Prepare Facilities Requirements Documents as justification for NASA funding alterations to the facility to optimize Boeing rocket production; assist with daily operational and maintenance aspects of rocket production such as access points, transport, movement, and storage of equipment and materials; review engineering drawings/specifications prepared by NASA engineer consultants to confirm Boeing facility requirements for optimal rocket production are met; assist Boeing with development of employee seating layouts and maintain status of seating occupancy/vacancy; prepare and follow-up Purchase Requests for Boeing employee office furniture, special medical accommodation desks and equipment, bicycles and signage, including vendor quotations, installation scheduling, and invoice processing; prepare Boeing Service Requests for maintenance and parts for Boeing facilities support equipment.

*Wharton-Smith Construction Inc, Gulfport, MS-March 2017- July 2017

Project Manager commercial construction managing subcontractors (bidding, contracts, invoicing, submittals, RFIs, technical issues) for all disciplines for $11 million multi-purpose building for Univ. Southern Mississippi research work at Port of Gulfport.

*Sirius Technical Services, Port Bienville, MS- June 2016 – September 2016

At DAK Americas chemical plant, prepared project schedule for mechanical and electrical contractors for $35 M fibre production line installation using Microsoft Project. Coordinated weekly with engineering staff and contractors to determine earned value, percent complete, budget and schedule variances.

Jacobs Field Services North America, Port Bienville, MS - November 2010- February 2016

At SABIC Plastics chemical plant, prepared cost estimates and contracts for bid containing technical scope of work requirements for engineering services and construction of capital and maintenance projects within strict budgets and aggressive schedules involving firewater tanks; air conditioning/chillers; silos; piping replacements; structural platform modifications; fire protection and railroad crossing upgrades. Supervised work of contract welders, fitters, HVAC technicians and electricians. Prepared bid evaluations, awarded contracts, prepared purchase order documents and contract modifications, resolved disputes, authorized payments on invoices, inspected and accepted work in place.

*URS Corporation, New Orleans, LA office- July 1984 – January 2010

Project Manager for ConocoPhillips Alliance Refinery, Belle Chasse, LA capital projects under $5MM each. Leader of technical project teams in cost, schedule and technical delivery for FEL phases and construction packages for projects that had a capital return on investment of 50% or more, as well as maintenance and environmental projects required to maintain plant capacity, throughput and compliance regulations. Prepared solicitation packages containing plant requirements and technical scope of work, evaluated solicitation responses for price reasonableness and compliance with requirements, prepared cost estimates for contract modifications, evaluated contractor equipment submittals, recommended payment amounts on contractor invoices based upon earned value and work in place.

Principal civil engineer for TVA, Southern Company, and Allegheny Energy Systems power plant flue gas desulphurization projects at multiple sites. Wrote specifications; coordinated detailed design construction package preparation for drilled shafts, foundations, structural steel and architectural drawings for buildings; managed the preparation of multi-discipline project target cost estimates for cost control. These projects were necessary to comply with clean coal burning smokestack emissions requirements. Prepared solicitation packages containing client requirements and technical scope of work, evaluated solicitation responses for price reasonableness and compliance with requirements, prepared cost estimates for contract modifications, evaluated contractor equipment submittals, recommended payment amounts on contractor invoices based upon earned value and work in place.

Design manager for a 22-acre automobile import and storage terminal for Port St. Joe, FL Port Authority. Design services included roadways, parking, paving, storm-water detention, electrical power and lighting, and office/security building.

Project engineer for scope development, cost estimating and construction execution at the Mobil Refinery, Chalmette, LA for the Capital Projects Program. The work involved projects and construction for a new barge dock, a refinery fuel drum, a refinery-wide amine system upgrade, a hydrofluoric acid vapor mitigation and detection system, a wastewater treatment plant modification, and tank farm cathodic protection system additions. These projects were maintenance upgrades to ensure refinery throughput continuance under environmental constraints, or marketing new product such as low sulphur diesel. Prepared solicitation packages containing plant requirements and technical scope of work, evaluated solicitation responses for price reasonableness and compliance with requirements, prepared cost estimates for contract modifications, evaluated contractor equipment submittals, recommended payment amounts on contractor invoices based upon earned value and work in place.

Prepared the initial development plan for a grassroots port facility handling a bulk commodity on the Mississippi River near St. Joseph in Tensas Parish, LA. This effort involved working with a potential operator on economics, feasibility and forecasting of revenues to justify capital outlay from the State under the Louisiana Port Priorities Program.

Design manager for project teams designing Napoleon Avenue Container Terminal Redevelopment projects for the Port of New Orleans. The wharf reconstruction, electrical substation design, mechanical piping design, and design/renovation of four buildings on the site required designing to cost, and compliance with State Fire Marshal and Levee Board requirements.

Design leader for electrical power and lighting distribution extension project for the Port of Gulfport to expand container capacity for the Dole Fresh Fruit Co. Terminal. This project provided the client with the ability to continue supplying power to 50 % more reefer containers after their unloading from a ship, prior to truck transport out of the Port.

Design manager for Marine Vapor Recovery project involving three ship/barge docks at the Shell Deer Park refinery, including developing final process flow diagram, piping and instrumentation diagram, equipment layout and electrical substation. System design involved vapor collection from 22 chemical cargoes at 6 loading positions, a compressor station and a Motor Control Center building. A complete bid package for the MCC Building was delivered. Design also involved piping layout, structural foundation, electrical power distribution, and instrumentation design per current U.S. Coast Guard regulations.

Design manager leading a team of process, civil, and environmental engineers in preparing a preliminary design and cost estimate for a tanker/barge dock capital project in the Calcasieu River near Lake Charles, LA for chlorine offloading and ethylene dichloride loading, consisting of two loading platforms, mooring/breasting dolphins, dredging, wetlands permitting criteria, walkways, pipe racks, piping, control valves and instrumentation, and complete vapor collection system with disposition to plant site.

Design manager for U. S Air Force Fuels Training Facility. This project provided facilities to train all Air Force fuels handling personnel, and included classroom/training buildings, administrative offices, laboratories, liquid oxygen manufacturing space, high bay vehicle maintenance building, pump houses, storage tanks, shop building, and aircraft hydrant refuelling loop.

Design manager for U. S. Air Force Fire Protection Training Facility. This project provided facilities to train all Air Force fire protection personnel, and included burn pits, smoke abatement system, classroom/training buildings, administrative offices, vehicle maintenance building and fuel dispensing stations.

Design manager for alterations and renovations to a warehouse at Holloman Air Force Base, NM which contained spare parts for the Air Force stealth tactical fighter plane.

Project engineer for fire protection upgrade of petroleum storage facilities at five U. S. Department of Energy Strategic Petroleum Reserve sites. Experience included design and project engineering for the facility addition of fire protection foam deluge systems with associated coordination of grading, drainage, structural, piping, electrical and detection systems design. Prepared solicitation packages containing government requirements and technical scope of work, evaluated solicitation responses for price reasonableness and compliance with requirements, prepared cost estimates for contract modifications, evaluated contractor equipment submittals, recommended payment amounts on contractor invoices based upon earned value and work in place.

Project engineer for design team preparing working drawings and specifications for a Boise Cascade paper mill sludge dewatering project which included dewatering equipment, polymer additive system, 3-story building, conveyors, power and lighting. This upgrade project permitted the addition of a larger paper-making machine which created additional sludge that needed to be dewatered, without exceeding environmental sludge production stockpile limits, and increased mill output by 50%.

Project engineer for design team that prepared construction documents for a 26-mile water pipeline in Indonesia for Freeport McMoRan. The pipeline transported tailings from an ore mining operation at the top of a mountain to a treatment facility below, and the project included a pump station, a river crossing, the water treatment facility and a reservoir. Design effort included coordination of civil, mechanical, electrical, and instrumentation engineering, as well as cost control. All project materials were required to be purchased and shipped to Indonesia necessitating procurement, expediting, and freight forwarding efforts as part of the project.

*Lanier and Associates, New Orleans, LA July 1979- July 1984

Designed 100,000 DWT tanker/barge dock for crude oil terminal on the Mississippi River at St. Gabriel, LA. This capital project allowed the terminal to double oil movements, previously where only barge shipment existed before.

Design engineer for maintenance rehabilitation of concrete deck of Poland Street Wharf, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New Orleans. This maintenance project which replaced support beams and decking restored the structural loading capacity of the wharf to its original design capacity.

Designed barge unloading dock, 206,000 BBL oil storage tank foundation, slabs and roadway pavement for an AMOCO petroleum condensate plant on the Mississippi River at Port Hudson, LA. This project permitted barge transport of petroleum condensate from on-shore drilling production wells at considerable savings over previous tanker truck transport operations.

Designed steel sheet pile bulkhead for a barge repair facility, including foundation for a mobile lift crane. This maintenance project replaced a previous failed bulkhead.

Designed an aircraft noise suppresser building foundation for jet engine testing at Naval Air Station Belle Chasse, LA. to comply with noise regulations when military aircraft ran up engines prior to take-off.

*Texaco Inc. Central Offshore Engineering Group, New Orleans, LA - January 1978 - June 1979

Design engineer for heliport addition to crude oil tanker ship; supervisor of offshore soil boring crew, preliminary design for offshore load-out dock, and designer of offshore well protector structure in Angola, West Africa. All projects supported new development of the West Africa field for Texaco.

*Meyer, Meyer, LaCroix and Hixson, Inc., Alexandria, LA - September 1976 - December 1976

Prepared an environmental assessment, facility plan, and wastewater treatment alternative for a sewerage treatment project for City of Pollock, LA between Navy active duty and start of Master’s degree studies.

Other Information

*U. S. Navy, Civil Engineer Corps - December 1971 – February 2006

U.S. Navy Civil Engineer Corps officer assigned on active and reserve duty in acquisition contracts management as AROICC at Gulfport, MS; Bermuda; and Cambodia for projects involving airfield paving, airfield runway extension, new ship mooring pier, power generation facility replacement, munitions storage facilities, warehouses, clubs and housing complexes. Retired from the Naval Reserve at rank of Captain in February 2006 with 30 years’ service, including command of NMCB 28 and CBC Gulfport (Augment), as well as Chief of Staff 20th NCR (Augment), and staff engineer with Engineering Field Division Pacific.

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