Project Manager Senior

PROFILE:

Senior Project Manager, Engineering Manager, and Chemical Engineering Professional with extensive EPC experience including upstream & downstream oil, and power experience managing complex projects ranging from less than $20,000 to over $60 million. Chemical engineer with extensive energy experience in merchant power production, co-generation, CHP, industrial water treatment and emergent technologies.

Leadership on projects exceeding $500 million. I have executed projects from initial concept through detailed design, following a gated process on the larger projects. Skilled in proposal preparation, development of scopes, budgets, and schedules and engineering execution.

Routinely track projects to keep them on schedule and within budget. I demonstrate strong analytical and technical expertise coupled with experience and sound business management. I keep projects profitable while working in the best interests of my stakeholders.

I have an uncompromising commitment to safety and safe work environment by design and through practice.

Self-directing, self-motivating team player and leader of teams with a demonstrated ability to initiate, motivate, organize, and execute projects. Fearlessly jump into technical details, when warranted, to backstop my team. Substantial experience turning around troubled projects.

Skilled in business management, group management, project management, process engineering, multi-discipline technical supervision, mentoring, presentation and technical training, sales, client relationship building, systems integration, optimization, strategic planning, and commissioning.

FUNCTIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Business Manager

Project Management

Business Plan

Commissioning and Startup

Project Initiation

Business Development

Conceptual Design

Project Development

Group Manager

Detailed Design

Process Integration

Systems Integration

Facilities Engineering

Team Leader

Technical Leadership

Complete engineering design cycle experience on industrial projects ranging from conceptual design and initial development of process flow diagrams (PFDs) through issued for construction piping and instrument diagrams (P&IDs), construction, commissioning, startup, and initial operation.

Originated conceptual designs in support of sales for merchant power plants, light, intermediate, and extra heavy oil dehydration and gas processing, EOR steam generation from co-produced brine, CHP, cogeneration, integrated gasification combined cycle (IGCC), gasification, gas treating, refinery unit revamps, refinery utility system integrations, economic optimizations, energy efficiency optimizations, water purification, wastewater treatment, and heat integration that were built and are in operation. Designed or optimized systems utilizing energy sources ranging from solar to coal, biomass, municipal solid waste, petroleum coke, heavy oil, process byproduct gases (refinery, steel mill, landfill gas) anaerobic digester gas, and natural gas. I have a strong background in water treatment, produced water treatment and utilization, evaporation, desalination, and sea water cooling systems.

TECHNICAL EXPERIENCE:

Renewable Energy

Biomethane, geothermal (steam flash and Organic Rankine Cycle), geothermal hazardous solid waste landfill construction, landfill gas to power, anaerobic digestion, biogas upgrading, MSW processing, methanol synthesis, pyrolysis, and gasification.

Fossil Power Generation

simple cycle, combined cycle (up to 1,033 MW), steam generation, CHP, air, and water pollution control, once through seawater cooling.

Petroleum

CNG, LNG, natural gas processing, methane reforming, and fractionation, upstream surface facilities, dewatering, gas processing, produced water treatment, and gathering systems, midstream gas & oil handling and transport, refining, heavy oil recovery, EOR steam injection, asphalt binder, refining, propane rail delivery.

Industrial Water

Vapor compression and multiple effect evaporation, zero liquid discharge, de-oiling and brine softening for EOR, industrial wastewater treatment.

Gasification

Multiple technologies for gasification of coal, heavy oil, to biomass, SASOL synthol, methanol, DME, MTG syngas gas to liquids (GTL) production.

EDUCATION:

B.S., Chemistry, The University of Southern California

B.S., Chemical Engineering, The University of Southern California

REGISTRATIONS:

Registered Professional Engineer, Wisconsin No. 26399-06

Registered Professional Engineer, Oregon No. 93913PE

Registered Professional Engineer, Washington No. 2106254

PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATION:

American Institute of Chemical Engineers

EMPLOYMENT HISTORY:

Norwest Engineering September 2023 to May 2024

Senior Project Manager Remote Salem, OR

WasteFuel Global, LLC November 2021 to August 2023

Senior Project Manager Remote Salem, OR

Evergreen Engineering, Inc. February 2018 to November 2021

Project Manager II Office / Remote Eugene, OR

Sabbatical January 2016 to February 2018

Stantec,

(formerly Processes Unlimited International, Inc.) October 2010 to January 2016

Project Manager II Pasadena, CA

Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. February 2010 to October 2010

Group Manager Cypress, CA

Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. March 2008 to January 2010

Engineering Project Manager Long Beach and Los Angeles, CA

Technip USA Inc. June 2006 to March 2008

Senior Project Manager Claremont, CA

Wahlco, Inc. October 2005 to March 2006

Senior Project Manager Santa Ana, CA

Think Resources Inc.

(for MidAmerican Holdings) February 2005 to July 2005

Project Manager Calipatria, CA

Bechtel SAIC June 2003 to February 2005

Senior Engineer Specialist -Yucca Mountain Las Vegas, NV

CCI October 2002 to May 2003

Senior Valve Specialist Santa Margarita, CA

Fluor Daniel & Duke/Fluor Daniel March 1989 to June 2002

Senior Process Engineer Irvine, CA & Aliso Viejo, CA

NORWEST ENGINEERING, INC.

Senior Project Manager September 2023 to May 2024

Project manager for multiple small projects primarily for truck and rail loading dock modifications. I managed the Norwest subcontract for Montrose Environmental between September 2023 and May 2024, which included civil engineering and electrical engineering on the Clean Energy Renewable Fuels (CERF) East Valley Development (EVD) project in Declo, Idaho and restart of the South Fork project. The CERF projects were both cow manure to RNG projects.

WASTEFUEL GLOBAL, LLC November 2021 to August 2023.

Senior Project Manager

Developed a process patent to convert biogas from the organic fraction of MSW via anaerobic digestion, wet/dry methane reforming and custom sized methanol synthesis to maritime fuel grade methanol for this startup. I developed a process patent (in conjunction with co-workers) to produce maritime methanol fuel from the organic fraction of Municipal Solid Waste MSW via anaerobic digestion, biogas cleanup and compression, wet/dry methane reforming and a custom sized methanol synthesis (100 metric tonnes per day). My part of the work included evaluation of the biomethane potential for a variety of feeds to anaerobic digestion, extensive evaluation of separating food waste (digestible material) from MSW, processing the food waste into digester feed, selecting a sustainable digestion process for a variable high nitrogen feed, and setting the parameters for the digestion process, and predicting yields of methane from anaerobic digestion fed separated food waste. Obtained quotes and delivery from vendors to develop a cost estimate for the process. Work also included pyrolysis to convert digestate from the anaerobic digestion process to char suitable for carbon sequestration. Supported global development of MSW and biomass projects in the Philippines, Thailand, Uruguay, Mexico, Dubai, UAE, and Kuwait. Work included primarily scope development, technical evaluation, cost estimation and project economics.

EVERGREEN ENGINEERING, INC. February 2018 to November 2021.

Project Manager

Project manager and consultant for multiple projects including industrial wastewater treatment, natural gas pipeline station compressor specification, wood product log conditioning, charcoal production, industrial laboratory solvent distribution system, industrial facility turn around, troubleshooting, and turnaround projects. Consulting for cellulosic biogas anaerobic digestion and performance grade asphalt refining. Project management included scope, schedule, and budget development, progress reporting, and management of a multi-discipline engineering teams.

SABATICAL February 2016 to January 2018

STANTEC, INC. October 2010 to January 2016

Project Manager II

Project manager, owner’s engineer, and process engineer for multiple projects including municipal power generation replacement, upstream oil dehydration and gas processing, LNG conceptual designs, geothermal power generation evaluation and engineering support, conceptual and detailed design of a propane depot receiving propane by rail, and propane storage and transfer, oilfield runoff water control, and miscellaneous engineering support for group and flow lines for EOR steam injection, pressure safety relief valve calculations, and consulting for performance asphalt binder production and for the conceptual design of power generation facilities and landfill gas facilities. Project management included scope, schedule, and budget development, progress reporting, and management of a multi-discipline engineering teams.

JACOBS ENGINEERING GROUP, INC. February 2010 to October 2010

Group Manger Gasification Technology Consultancy

Managed the US consultancy branch of a UK based technology group specializing in gasification technologies. Work included multi-discipline supervision, technology review, project management, sales, marketing, business plan, and administrative duties. Gasification technologies included commercially available and emergent gasification, in situ gasification, and pyrolysis processes. Fuels included coal, coke, and biomass to products ranging from electricity to transport fuels.

JACOBS ENGINEERING GROUP, INC. March 2008 to January 2010

Engineering Project Manager

Manager overseeing schedule and budget preparation, cost estimates, tracking and reporting schedule progress and expenditures, procurement packages, plus multi-discipline engineering supervision, structural steel procurement (fabrication and delivery), tracking of schedule and budget through engineering detailed design on multiple projects ranging from $5 million to $53 million. Projects included municipal cogeneration, landfill gas to electricity, and refinery unit and utility system projects.

TECHNIP USA, INC. June 2006 to March 2008

Senior Project Manger

Project manager overseeing a $60 million refinery project that included preliminary evaluation through detailed design for the installation of a flue gas NOx reduction reactor for FCC catalyst regeneration flue gas. Oversaw schedule and budget preparation, cost estimates, tracked and reported schedule progress and expenditures, procurement packages, plus multi-discipline engineering supervision, procurement (fabrication and delivery), and construction support. Also provided contract management and project management for a $15 million fluid bed furnace for a nickel mining project.

WAHLCO, INC. October 2005 to March 2006

Senior Project Manger

Urea to Ammonia Hydrolyzer, Wahlco, Santa Ana, CA. Senior Project Manager. 2006. TIC $10,000,000. Managed pollution control equipment design and manufacture on projects up to $10 million. Responsible for individual project client interface, technical supervision, sales support, profit and loss, schedule, budget, and change control.

THINK RESOURCES, INC. February 2005 to July 2005

Project Manager contracted to Mid-American Holdings

Managed the completion of a 17-acre landfill designed to Class I standards for the Desert Valley Company Monofill. Project management included contract management of the excavation contractor and the contractor installing the cell linings. Took over project in disarray and managed it to successful completion with net saving over $2 million in TIC. Drove project to completion within one week of the closing of existing landfill cells, allowing uninterrupted operation of the landfill resulting is substantial savings to the CalEnergy geothermal plants.

FRANKIE FRIEND & ASSOCIATES June 2003 to February 2005

Senior Engineer Specialist contracted to Bechtel SAIC

Conceptual design development and documentation for high level waste handling and decontamination in support of NRC license application preparation.

My primary impact on the project was modifying the project implementation to allow utilization of novel processes for this novel project. Critical impact on the project was implementation of a wet process to control contamination of the facility encasing spent fuel in long term storage container that would have been impossible if the politically favored dry processing methodology had been implemented.

CONTROL COMPONENTS, INC. (CCI) October 2002 to May 2003

Senior Valve Specialist

CCI, Rancho Santa Margarita CA. Senior Valve Specialist. 2002-2003 Performed severe service valve applications engineering to specify the design of custom designed severe service valves. Supported sales by presenting severe service valve seminars at power plants throughout the continental US.

DUKE/FLUOR DANIEL July 1996 to June 2002

Senior Process Engineer

Expert in both commercial and combined heat and power generation and the details of combined cycle design and performance. Routinely developed conceptual designs into commercial generation projects and reviewed projects to assure functionality of all aspects of the designs. Lead process engineer for the Moss Landing California 1,030 MW combined cycle project from concept through detailed design integrating the new generation into an existing facility

FLUOR DANIEL, INC. July 1995 to July 1990

Senior Process Engineer / Process Engineer II

Process integration, conceptual design, debottlenecking, and process enhancement across multiple technologies including petroleum refinery units, process utilities, gasification, gas treatment, gas processing and produced the design guidance manual (in conjunction with four others) for reconfiguration of the US Nuclear Weapons Complex.

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