Project Expeditor
Resume:
Name: MICHAEL E. COVINGTON
Apt 4202
League City, Texas 77573
Title: Expeditor/Logistics
Education: General Studies – San Jacinto College
Some College – University of Phoenix
Mr. Covington has more than 14 years expediting experience in the petrochemical, polymer, and petroleum industries. He has held key expediting assignments that have included the responsibility of expediting/inspection/logistics process. As a Project Expeditor, he is responsible for reporting correct information, updating material status reports on an as needed basis, and to attend meetings associated with assignments received per project requirements. He also has worked with in a Chemical and Oil & Gas Company’s facility and has the understanding of what the job site requirements are.
Representative assignments include:
• Field Expeditor, Chevron Effluent Project, Mississippi
Responsibilities include expediting materials, equipment, and supplier data to ensure client satisfaction and project requirements; coordinate resolution of technical issues; expedite submittal of supplier schedules, review to anticipate any problem areas, and advise the project team accordingly; issue shipping releases upon notification of readiness to ship from supplier/release of order by Inspection. Visit supplier shops to verify schedule ship dates and work to improve ship dates. Work shops utilizing hands on approach to gain resolution to slipped scheduled ship dates. Coordinate all the logistics for the orders
Project Expeditor, Crude Expansion Project, Motiva Enterprises LLP, Port Arthur, Texas. Responsibilities include expediting materials, equipment, and supplier data to ensure client satisfaction and project requirements; coordinate resolution of technical issues and deviation requests; expedite submittal of supplier schedules, review to anticipate any problem areas, and advise the project team accordingly; interface with the inspection coordinator to ensure inspections are held in a timely manner; update JMMS with revised ship dates and input any comments relevant to the order; issue shipping releases upon notification of readiness to ship from supplier/release of order by Inspection; verify and sign off invoices for milestone payments associated with receipt of supplier data, major materials, and shipment; work with cost to insure the monthly milestone payments are received by expediting invoices and maintaining a milestone schedule in order to keep the cash flow on schedule.
Expediting Supervisor, PA-23, PA-24 Project, MEMC Inc, Pasadena, Texas. Oversee Expediting/Inspection/Logistics personnel relating to the MEMC Project. Responsibilities included creating budgets, interviewing potential employees, training lower level expeditors, and developing and implementing the expediting process. Other responsibilities included expediting of equipment and supplier data to ensure project schedules were held in tack, and coordinated resolution of technical issues, expedited supplier schedules for review to determine any possible schedule impacts, and coordinated inspection process for each assignment; verified all material status reports were updated on a weekly basis and submitted to the project management; approved all invoices by verifying each milestone had been met by using the inspection group for visual confirmation or documentation received from the suppliers; traveled to suppliers shop for pre-inspection meetings and/or expedite supplier for data or to improve schedules
Project Expeditor. Responsibilities included expediting of equipment, bulks, and supplier data to maintain project schedule; attended weekly meetings to discuss delivery schedules with project; expedited milestone schedules to determine if the supplier is able to hold their current milestones, expedited documentation for engineering approval, coordinated the resolution of technical issues associated with engineering changes or supplier changes; attended project kickoff meetings; issued shipping releases upon notification that order was ready.
• Project Expeditor, Capital Projects, Dow Chemical, Houston, Texas. Responsibilities included expediting of all critical major equipment and supplier data, coordinated resolution of technical issues, expedited supplier schedules for review to determine if any potential schedule impact, and advise the Project Procurement Leader accordingly; coordinated inspection process; Coordinated all the logistics for all orders; traveled to shops for kickoff, pre-inspection meetings and shop surveillance; ensured all monthly milestones are met by supplier to ensure payments are processed in a timely manner.
Project Expeditor/Office Manager, Formosa 2000 Pipeline. Purchased instrumentation and electrical material daily, ensured timely delivery, received all material into lay down yard, organized, and handled daily inventories of all materials; setup procurement process for the project and supervised other office personnel to ensure all deadlines were met. Coordinated all the logistics
Project Expeditor, BAPP Line 8. Received and expedited all instrumentation, electrical material; operated heavy equipment such as, forklifts, front end loaders, etc.; moved materials from warehouse to field for installation.
Project Expeditor, Pump Station, Phillips 66, Borger, Texas. Received and expedited all electrical material; setup lay down yard for all project materials; inventoried materials weekly to ensure proper levels are readily available; operated forklifts to move material from one location to the other.
Special Fields of Knowledge:
Interpretation of Engineering Drawings
Process of Vessel, Columns, Drums Fabrication
Pipe Fabrication
Heat Exchanger Fabrication
I&E Material
Logistics
Receiving
Customer Service
Buying
Bulks
Microsoft Office
Pumps, Motors, Valves, Pipe Fittings
Employment History:
Jacobs 2008 – 2009
Project Expeditor
CDI Engineering 2006 – 2008
Lead Expeditor
KBR 2005 – 2006
Project Expeditor
Dow Chemical 2003 – 2005
Project Expeditor
Industrial Specialty Contractors 1995 – 2003
Project Expeditor
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