Project Management Manager

Michael Thomas

Charlotte, NC

Mobile: 704-***-****

Email: *********@*******.***

A versatile, collaborative, accomplished, and knowledgeable professional with a successful track record with an experience of 15 years in Project Development, Operations Management, Program and Project Management. Outstanding organizational and problem-solving skills. Highly collaborative with a talent for building productive relationships that allow smooth functioning while driving others towards excellence and attaining business goals. Possess verifiable leadership, interpersonal, and communication skills that help put across things with a crisp point. A remarkably successful mentor to peers and colleagues, owing to exceptional people skills. Have a solid track record of achieving goals and delivering personal best at every step to provide optimal results.

Skill Areas: Product Management, Program and Project Management, Operations Management, Team Building & Leadership, Training, Coaching & Mentoring, User Training & Development, Customer Service Excellence, Research and Analyses, Quality & Inventory Management, Software Implementation, Budgets / P&L Management, Problem solving & Resolution, Hiring and recruitment, Strong Work Ethic

Professional Experience

Carolina Water System – CHARLOTTE, NC

Consultant /Development Project Manager Jun 2022 – Current

Reviews and coordinates engineering plans and specifications for subdivisions and commercial projects as submitted by other engineers for compliance with current company standards and specifications, along with ensuring the designs meet local, State, and Federal regulations.

Ensuring project deliverables are met according to regulatory, governance, and client requirements through leading quality control and risk management.

Managing water/wastewater design, permitting, and construction services from early concept development through construction.

Management and monitor all land development infrastructure construction phases.

Research proposed development projects; coordinate and attend pre-application meetings for commercial and residential projects. Provides contractors, consultants, and internal key stakeholders with technical information related to residential, commercial and engineering projects.

Provides developers and engineers with company standards and specifications for subdivisions and commercial site development. Provides technical investigations and solutions to problems requiring general civil and environmental engineering practices.

Participates in the development and implementation of policies and procedures, standards and specifications in accordance with local, State and Federal requirements.

Pipeline Research Council International – Chantilly, VA

Consultant /Program Manager Mar 2024 – Current

Manage the project team and contractor(s) to develop the technical work scope and specify project deliverables.

Lead in providing corporate-wide oversight of all technical program activities, including, the identification of emerging issues and problems, and the development of appropriate solutions.

Lead the project teams and contractors, conduct day-to-day management of all projects and project areas to which the incumbent is assigned to ensure project execution is on track with budgets, spending, execution, and implementation.

Build feedback channels to gather insights from operational teams, using input to inform product and compliance control improvements and establish reporting frameworks and dashboards to measure program performance and adherence to global compliance benchmarks.

Support multiple cross-functional technical teams to deliver their objectives in fast-paced and complex programs and projects.

Drives operational efficiencies, exceeds customer expectations, and ensures exceptional service levels through KPI management, strong customer service orientation, and proactive follow-up skills.

Venator Chemical LLC – HARRISBURG, NC

Consultant /Project Manager/ Construction Sept 2023 – Mar 2024

Collaborate and create relationships with employees, developers, engineers, subcontractors, suppliers, and government officials being a respected resource.

Manage project budget to ensure project comes in on budget, keep ongoing analysis for financial cost and budgeting, and report to management ongoing progress that include recordkeeping, reporting and analysis.

Maintains liaison relationships with regulatory agencies associated with water standards, NPDES permits, and compliance in water and wastewater discharges.

Managing water/wastewater design, permitting, and construction services from early concept development through construction, Initiate and manage MOCs for specific project phases.

Coordinate on-site construction activity for the scope of work with subcontractors and field consultants as necessary.

Coordinate the inspection process with site contractors to schedule municipal and utility inspectors.

Albemarle – New Johnsonville, Ten

Consultant / Project / Program Manager Jan 2022 – May 2022

Manage multiple EPC/Capital Project contractor teams towards successful project delivery. Ensure adequate engineering tracking and reporting controls are established to evaluate the project’s progress and schedule performance.

Collaborates with the engineering functional team on the conceptual and front-end engineering design efforts, utilizing approved engineering service providers where needed, for capital projects that will be used to obtain funding and project approval.

Produce scopes of work, project plans, cost estimates, Authorization for Expenditures (AFE) forms, schedules, Management of Change (MOC), and other required documentation to help with the process of project identification and evaluation.

Oversee the development of a sound Project Execution Plan (PEP), promotes collaboration and buy-in of the plan, and monitor and control project performance to ensure the project meets agreed quality, cost, and time parameters in safe and environmentally sound manner. Lead project team in the generation and review of engineering technical documents.

Helps coordinate project controls and cost forecasting in collaboration with the Project Controls lead. Ensures compliance with company procedures and project documentation requirements. Ensures that process hazard analysis open/action items are adequately addressed in engineering deliverables prior to full project funding

Responsible for reviewing piping plant layout, general arrangement drawings, pipe support design, pipe stress analysis, steam tracing arrangement, equipment layout arrangement, isometrics, and other related mechanical and piping design drawings

Elkem Silicones – York, SC

Consultant / Project / Program Manager Mar 2021 – Dec 2021

Continually implement lean technology supply chain, quality, and safety initiatives. Lead and coordinate IT & CSV activities on lab validation projects with multifunctional project teams, ensuring csv objectives are clear and understood and can be completed as efficiently as possible and on time.

Lead Manufacturing Engineering and Automation Engineering in designing, documenting, performing, and improving process validations. Ensure the validation program meets the requirements of ISO13485.

Apply formal Systems Development Life Cycle process to assure functionality, security, quality, and regulatory compliance of deployed systems. Supervise contractors/consultants and coordinate with plant, engineering, planning, inventory control, and business units

Identified and set up a commercially available equipment asset management software that manages inventory, scheduling, reporting, and incorporates barcode, RFID tracking, and smartphone applications.

Responsible for reviewing P&IDs, piping plant layout, general arrangement drawings, pipe support design, pipe stress analysis, steam tracing arrangement, equipment layout arrangement, isometrics, and other related mechanical and piping design drawings.

Fontem US Inc – Charlotte, NC

Consultant / Senior Program Manager Oct 2019 - Jan 2021

Implemented KPIs and milestones; gathered essential data; updated Visual Performance Board to monitor, measure, and report results to ensure project alignment with company goals and objectives.

Supervised engineering project activities that created a sustainable competitive advantage for Fontem/ITG brands from a manufacturing/production perspective.

Created, drove, implemented, and maintained the platform guide documentation within ERP Systems, PLM, Arena, and NetSuite while developing and delivering training opportunities for core market responsibilities.

Serta Simmons – Atlanta, GA

Consultant / Project Engineer Manager Dec 2018 – Sep 2019

Developed and implemented SSB Advanced Technology Production System implementations in multiple plant locations while using AutoCAD or SolidWorks to oversee, design, and modify production equipment and new product development. Prepared and managed budgets, project implementations, and roadmaps.

Led, oversaw and coordinated seven direct reports and two 3rd-party engineering teams in delivering engineering design, installation, testing, and support in multiple statewide locations in all phases of ATPS implementations.

Established technology roadmaps to drive process innovation for JIT, SPF, and lean technology production systems to deliver new products at benchmark SQCD. Continually implemented lean technology supply chain, quality, and safety initiatives.

Duke Energy/Piedmont – Charlotte, NC

Consultant / Project Engineer/ Manager Aug 2017 – Jan 2019

Drove successful project completions by serving as a technical engineering lead while providing Governance and oversight to ensure a consistent approach for interpretation, adoption, and sustainment of the Enterprise Data standards.

Worked in partnership with project management for Capital Authorization Request creation while identifying qualified capital equipment suppliers, securing/evaluating bids, and overseeing or managing installations.

Directly supervised contractors/consultants and provided coordination with plant, engineering, planning, inventory control, and business units to ensure that requirement statements were complete and that work conformed to standards.

Led Gas Major Project Transmission jobs within the enterprise for projects in Nashville, TN, Cincinnati, OH, NC, and SC and managed all projects to meet quality inspections, construction installation standards, and timelines.

Employed Agile and Six Sigma methodologies for overall project development as well as tracked project metrics to identify and mitigate project risks using SharePoint, PowerBI, PlantView, Webi, and Maximo.

Monitored projects for continuous improvement, made process recommendations, verified FEL activities, and documented considerations for cost and schedule estimates, execution challenges, and resource requirements.

Newell/Rubbermaid – Huntersville, NC

Consultant / Project Engineer/ Manager Jan 2017 – Aug 2017

Used MES system to develop and optimize product costs, maximize value, and ensure competitiveness while testing and analyzing new products to ensure that they functioned properly as well as met specifications, cost targets, and timelines.

Coordinated, negotiated, and contracted with vendors and suppliers to determine as well as evaluate product specifications and arrange for the purchase or equipment, materials, and parts per specifications and quality standards.

Continually developed new product concepts, optimized designs with consumer or customer feedback, validated plans against goals, and created detailed specifications for Quality and Operations to create prototypes and final products.

Electrolux – Anderson, SC

Consultant / Sr. Project Engineer/ Manager Sep 2015 – Nov 2016

Develop technical solutions for project scope, Resource Management Processes new project development, design concept, functional prototyping, design validation, manufacturing validation, DFMEA, tolerance analysis, design of experiments, process capability per MES enterprise system.

Lead and participates on projects for continuous improvement, verify FEL activities, and document considerations for cost and schedule estimates, execution challenges, and resource requirements. Designing automated metal forming (Stamping, roll-forming, etc.), plastic injection molding, thermoforming, extrusion, and developing rigid polyurethane foam structures. Develops designs for facility and production-related systems, equipment, and installation specification.

Develops and lead strategic technical project and programs within the USA & internationally, R & D product design, development, and redesign of existing solutions to satisfy changing project requirements.

Previous Experience: Oct 2007 – Sept 2015

Amec Foster Wheeler – Tucker, GA Consultant / Sr. Project Engineer

Veolia Water Technologies – Plainfield, IL Consultant / Sr. Mechanical Engineer

Siemens Energy – Charlotte, NC Consultant / Sr. Mechanical Engineer / Project Lead

Alstom Power Corp- Windsor CT Consultant / Sr. Mechanical Engineer / Project Lead

Michelin Tire Corp – Norwood, NC Consultant / SR.Mechanical Engineer/ Project Lead

Metso Corp – Charlotte, Consultant / SR.Mechanical Engineer / Project Lead

Colfax Corp – Monroe, NC Consultant / Sr. Mechanical Design Engineer /Project Lead

Conbraco Industries – Pageland, SC Consultant / Sr. Mechanical Engineer / Project Lead

BE&K/KBR Company Raleigh, NC Consultant / Sr. Mechanical Design Engineer/ Project Lead

Education & Certification

Bachelor of Science: Mechanical Engineering Technology

Louisiana State Tech College

Certifications and Training:

Construction Project Management Certification – Columbia University, New York, NY - Currently

Principles of Management Certification – Central Piedmont Community College, Charlotte, NC

Design Reliability Certification – North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC

Six Sigma Training, Black Belt Certification – Air Academy Press & Associates, Colorado Spring, CO

PDMS 11.6 Equipment & Piping Design Certification – AVEVA Plant Design Management System

Sustainability Technologies – Central Piedmont Community College, Charlotte

LEED Certification – University North Carolina at Charlotte, NC

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