David W. Ervin

**** *. *** ****** - **********, NJ 07062 Home 908-***-**** Mobile 848-***-****

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Executive Management/Senior Project Manager/Engineer Profile

Accomplished Executive/Project Manager/Engineer with over 25 years of high-profile professional experience in Public Works, Engineering, Urban Infrastructure Design & Development environments, with expertise in the following areas:

Public Infrastructure Project Development, Planning & Implementation Oversight

Advanced Project/Program Planning, Development & Implementation

Technical & Functional Operational Logistical Analysis

Engineering

Solutions Delivery

Fiscal management

Executive & Team Management

- Successful high visibility experience in project management teams delivering technical, engineering and operational infrastructure solutions. Extensive end-to-end management experience in urban redevelopment projects from conception through construction/implementation and operation.

- Substantial knowledge in creating and interpreting technical design and functional requirements documents. Proven success in establishing and communicating stakeholder needs, business requirements, and technical specifications across multiple roles/disciplines involved in today’s multi-faceted project arena.

- Excellent communication and leadership skills with ability to establish effective team and cross-organization relationships in complex development and operational settings. Solid knowledge of methodologies and processes for the creation and execution of project planning, with proven success in reporting, budgeting, and on-time implementation of deliverables and services.

- Optimized original project plans through process redesign and improvement resulting in significant decrease in project overruns and costs

- Successfully restructured bid and contract procurement processes,

- Outstanding writing/presentation and research/analytical skills.

- Proven ability to plan and implement simultaneous long-duration and short-duration projects,

Representative Professional Experience

PLAINFIELD MUNICIPAL UTILITIES AUTHORITY, Plainfield, NJ [1994 – 2011]

Assistant Executive Director

- Provide extensive technical, managerial, organizational, and administrative support in working with the Mayor and City Council members, the Board of Commissioners, the Executive Director and the Executive management staff team to formulate and establish the Plainfield Municipal Utilities Authority as a NJ State first-of-a-kind, unique agency in order to develop, startup, manage and operate the City’s sanitary sewer collection system, the solid waste transfer station facility, and to devise a program to provide a comprehensive solid waste management plan for the City of Plainfield. We initiated operations with minimum funds and four full time employees and are now operating a successful agency with an annual operating budget close to $30 million and employing a diversified staff of more than 130 full time employees.

CITY OF PLAINFIELD, Plainfield, NJ [1985 – 1994]

Superintendent of Public Works (1994-1996)

- Provide technical and administrative leadership to Planning, Engineering and Maintenance of city infrastructure. As a liaison between the PMUA and municipal government developed strategic alliances to drive urban development and key business initiatives and projects. Represent PMUA at regular city council, planning and development meetings and national conferences and symposiums.

D. W. Ervin (Cont’d)

Director, Dept. Of Public Works & Urban Development (1989-1994)

- Appointed by the Mayor to administer and develop Municipal Engineering, Planning and Public Works divisions responsible for the planning, construction, operation and maintenance of the public infrastructure. Successfully implemented processes and methodologies to enhance service delivery and cost efficiencies.

Assistant Director, Div. of Engineering (1988-1999)

- Collaboratively supported the Director in managing and administering engineering and technical resources and services for all city agencies. Developed, proposed and coordinated public works project bids, cross-functionally interfacing with vendors, stakeholders, suppliers, contractors and city departments to establish efficient, cost effective project delivery. Responsible for contract administration for project life cycle.

Principal Engineer, Division Of Engineering (1984-1988)

- Wielded engineering and technical expertise supporting engineering projects. Developed feasibility studies and reports, generated metrics, cost and delivery analysis, plans and specifications. Collaborated with city agencies on technical issues, delivering insightful and successful solutions to technical problems. Generated technical drawings, specifications and reports related to municipal construction projects.

EXXON RESEARCH AND ENGINEERING CO. (Machinery & Project Svcs. Div), Florham Park, NJ

CAPITAL PROJECT MACHINERY SPECIALIST AND PROCESS MECHANICAL EQUIPMENT CONSULTANT

Provided on-site project engineering and technical expertise to Exxon affiliates worldwide. Projects include following:

Empetrol Refinery Expansion Project – Puertollano, Spain

- Commissioned flexicracker flue gas energy recovery system machinery and other project related process machinery and mechanical equipment.

Lagoven Refinery Expansion Project – Amuay, Venezuela

- Commissioned HF Alky/Isom Plant machinery and mechanical equipment. Assisted the startup team with plant-wide startup activities.

Syncrude Tar Sands Extraction Project – Alberta, Canada

- Provided post startup technical consultancy for plant-wide process machinery and equipment operation, maintenance, troubleshooting, performance evaluations and vibration/failure analysis. Conducted the utility air compressor failure analysis and supported H2 plant rebuild.

North Sea Oil Production Platforms – Aberdeen, Scotland

- Commissioned Brent field oil platform based gas re-injection and export compression machinery and gas treatment equipment systems. Collaborated in a major process related piston failure investigation and provided troubleshooting analysis of compression machinery and process equipment.

Trans-Alaska Oil Pipeline Project – Anchorage, Alaska

- Commissioned pump station equipment including gas turbine driven main line pumps, power generation units, heating systems, structural support refrigeration units and refinery topping units and equipment.

EXXON BAYWAY Oil Refinery – Linden, NJ

- Machinery technical consultant for plant wide machinery system review and troubleshooting analysis using technizues of vibration analysis. Coordinated the Utility Air Compressor replacement project. Assisted in recommissioning the Cat Cracker flue gas energy recovery train and startup of the Wet Gas Scrubber equipment.

EXXON Research & Engineering – Florham Park, NJ

- Provided diverse external technical consulting services and supported in-house R&D initiatives.

Education

Harvard University, John F. Kennedy School of Government

Program for Senior Executives in State and Local Government June 2002

BSME, New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT), Newark, NJ (1974)

Bell Laboratories Engineering Scholarship Program (1973 – 1974)

Military Service

Honorable Discharge, United States Air Force Sep. 1963 – Dec. 1966

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