Engineer Project

John J. Smith

**** ********* ****,

Crown Point,

IN, 46307, USA

Phone: +1-312-***-****

*******@*****.***

Education

Bachelor of Technology, Mechanical Engineering, 1977, University of Bradford, UK

Certification / Affiliations

Member of the Association of Cost Engineers (UK)

OSHA 10 Hour Certification

Professional Highlights

Over 30 years experience in all aspects of project controls with particular emphasis on Scheduling, Cost Control & Risk Management. Has been involved in project controls and home office controls systems and worked as Project Controls Supervisor, Project Controls Manager and Field Superintendent. Has a proven record for excellence and dedication in the execution to achieving goals for project team and client in execution of Project Management and Controls. Extensive experience in field and home office environment in the North America, Europe, Middle East, Far East and the Former Soviet Union while responsible for implementing Project Management and Construction Control systems for Oil & Gas, Nuclear, petrochemical and other specialized facilities.

Software: Experienced in Primavera P3 (Versions 3,5 & 6), Pert Master, SAP, Open Plan, MS Project, Access, Excel, Word, PowerPoint etc.

Project Experience

Dec 10 to present Senior Project Controls Engineer – BP Toledo Reformer 3 project

Duties: Project Controls Engineer on BP Toledo Reformer 3 project responsible setting up cost control system for owners scope of work to integrate cost and schedule to provide accurate forecasting aligned with scope of work.

Jul 06 to Nov 10 Project Controls Manager – BP Whiting Refinery Modernization Project Indiana

Duties: Project Controls Manger on BP Whiting Refinery modernization programme, this is a multi Billion dollar project involving the construction of several new units and considerable modification to existing units which will effectively double the capacity of the refinery. I am responsible for controlling the cost and schedule for the outside battery limit work and coordination with the on-going Whiting operations and minor projects. This work involves 73 separate work scopes which need to be individually controlled in terms of cost & schedule as stand alone projects and then rolled up into project manager’s portfolios and the overall work scope. I also liaise with the various contractors to ensure that BP’s expectations are fulfilled and contractors are paid in a timely manner with BP getting value for money. We are required to ensure that all systems meet with accounting requirements and will seamlessly interface with existing BP systems and contractor’s tracking systems. In this Execute stage of the project I have a staff of 6 reporting directly to me. Controlling over $1.5 Billion of work

May 06 to Jun 06 Project Controls Manager – Atkins Oil & Gas Trinidad

Duties: Set up project controls system to facilitate schedule and cost management of 2 Offshore Rig Jacket projects

Jun 04 to May 06 Project Controls Manager – British Nuclear Group Sellafield.

Duties: Provided advice and guidance while managing all aspects of a team of portfolio planners together with the leads of the planning, cost engineering & estimating to provide a centre of excellence within the business control office. A new reporting system was implemented to allow management to easily identify areas of concern within a portfolio of projects. This was a challenging role as BNG converted to a contracting organisation from a government funded owner / operator.

Feb 03 to Jun 04 Project Controls Manager – Bechtel London & India

Duties: Responsible for all planning and cost control activities on Reliance Value Maximisation Project through FEED to handover. This was an extremely fast track project to revamp the entire refinery complex in a time scale of 18 Months from Front End Design to full process operation. The scope included extensive FCCU modifications, New Propylene Recovery Unit, additional power generation & water supply. I was responsible for the entire scheduling activity co-ordinating client site planning team to produce an integrated schedule from conceptual design to construction / handover. The project was fully reimbursable so I was also responsible for producing man-hour reports detailing expended and ‘to go’ man-hours. I have also produced the Bechtel internal project financial status reports for senior management.

3 month assignment setting up joint venture project controls systems for new process units in Tengiz, Kazakhstan. This was a complete level 4 master schedule fully resourced to enable to link in with main contractor’s master schedule.

3 month assignment providing project controls advice for station works on Piccadilly, Northern & Jubilee lines station renovations on London Underground.

Dec 01 to Feb 03 Principal Planning Engineer – M.W.Kellogg Ltd Antwerp Belgium

Duties: Lead a team of 6 planning engineers to set up shutdown planning system for major revamp of Fina Antwerp Olefins plant in Antwerp. A considerable amount of demolition and installation of new equipment was planned to be integrated with the normal turnaround maintenance activities.

May 98 to Dec 01 Senior Planning Engineer – Bechtel Paris & London

Duties: Initially setting up level 3 schedule and progress monitoring tools for design through construction for $1.6 Billion refinery modification in Abu Dhabi. (Onshore Gas Distribution II). Later transfered to new £450 million Prestwick air traffic control centre project to act as owner’s project controls representative.

Jun 97 to May 98 Senior Planning Engineer – AMEC Scotland

Duties: Responsible for all planning for a major upgrade project at Exxon Fife Ethylene Plant which was completed during the major plant turnaround. This involved working closely with field supervision to determine suitable construction sequences for installation of new equipment with the existing process units.

Feb 97 to May 97 Senior Planning Engineer – P.A.C.E. Project Services Ltd Sellafield England

Duties: Advised British Nuclear Fuels Ltd on setting up Maintenance Management System for their new Mixed Oxides reprocessing plant at Sellafield. This was to ensure that all planned maintenance work was integrated with the ongoing commissioning work.

May 95 to Dec 96 Senior Planning Engineer – BP Indonesia

Apr 94 to Apr 95 Senior Project Services Engineer – Dong Ah Construction Benghazi Libya

Dec 90 to Jan 94 Senior Planning Engineer – Bahrain Petroleum Company Bahrain

Mar 90 to Dec 90 Senior Planning Engineer ICI Grangemouth

Sep 86 to Mar 90 Senior Planning Engineer – BP Chemicals Grangemouth

Apr 86 to Sep 86 Senior Maintenance Planning Engineer – Yanpet Yanbu Saudi Arabia

Jul 85 to Apr 86 Senior Planning Engineer – IPCO Marine – Iran

Jun 84 to Jul 85 Senior R&D Planning Engineer – Racal Radar – Linlithgow Scotland

Sep 83 to Jun 84 Senior Planning Engineer – Wood Group Moss Moran Scotland

Aug 82 to Aug 83 Senior Planning Engineer – Syncrude Canada Ltd Alberta Canada

Aug 81 to Aug 82 Senior Shutdown Planning Engineer – Syncrude Canada Ltd Alberta Canada

Apr 80 to Jul 81 Field Planning Engineer – Colvin-Smith Pipework – Grangemouth Scotland

Dec 79 to Apr 80 - Planning Engineer – Omisco Aberdeen Scotland

May 79 to Dec 79 - Field Planning Engineer – Holliday Hall – Stornaway Scotland

Jan 79 to May 79 – Shutdown Planner - Foster Wheeler Power Products Grangemouth Scotland

Jun 78 to Jan 79 – Planning Engineer – Fluor-Daniel Construction – East Kilbride Scotland

Jun 77 to Jun 78 – Planning Engineer – George Wimpey M.E.&C Ltd – Grangemouth Scotland

Oct 73 to Jun 77 - Trainee Engineer – George Wimpey M.E.&C Ltd – Various UK locations

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