Construction Project Manager/Engineer

Anthony S. Ghourley

BSME

***** ***** **** ***** *******, Texas 77377

Cell: 281-***-****

E-mail: ************@*****.***

Qualifications

Summary: Over twenty years of experience specializing in gas turbines, power plant operations, electrical and mechanical systems maintenance, troubleshooting, inspections and repair.

Experience:

Nov 07 to

Present Universal Plant Services

Service Manager

Deer Park, TX Manager: Chris Green

• Provide technical assistance and support to field operations.

• Manage projects in a wide variety of machine within the Power Generation industry.

• Assure projects are executed in a timely manner, within the customer's schedule and in accordance with the cost allocations which are budgeted, including direct cost and labor hour management.

• Draft and develop cost estimates for proposal requests

• Draft proposal in response to request for quote/proposal.

Feb 07 to

Nov 07 TurboCare, Inc.

Manager, Mature Westinghouse Gas Turbines

Houston, TX Manager: John Tanner

• Manage turnkey projects installing hardware and software in a wide variety of machine types encountered in the Power Generation industry.

• Perform designs of all necessary machinery modifications, transducer brackets, cable routing, junction boxes, monitoring systems, computers, software, and all project aspects to retrofit for transducers and monitoring systems.

• Assure projects are executed in accordance with the cost allocations which are budgeted, including direct cost and labor hour management.

• Assure the project is executed in a timely manner and in accordance with the customer's schedule.

• Understand contractual commitments.

• Coordinate different personnel and groups involved in a project.

• Supervise mechanical and electrical sub-trades, and machine disassembly and reassembly.

• Identify problems and take the initiative to eliminate those problems for project success.

• Complete installation documentation.

• Monitor site safety during project execution

Aug 06 to

Feb 07 Mitsubishi Power Systems

Senior Project Manager

Orlando, FL Manager: Ken Boral

• Provided field project management and field engineering services

• Technical writer

May 02 to

Aug 06 Siemens Westinghouse Power Corporation

Senior Project Manager

Houston, TX Manager: Donn Milow

• Senior project manager, overseeing the National Account of the Calpine Corporation in the Houston District.

• Certified Project Manager through the Project Management Institute

• Implemented numerous production modifications to the W-501-F combustion turbine and to the auxiliary equipment and balance of plant systems enabling the plant to be more reliable for dispatch.

• Administered and maintained budgets for outages for the National Account of the Calpine Corporation in the Houston District.

• Devoted to a swift response period and executing timely repairs during forced outages, enabling customers to restart their unit to fulfill dispatch obligations.

• Maintained open customer communications, while providing the highest quality of client satisfaction

Aug 01 to

Apr 02 Siemens Westinghouse Power Corporation

Field Project Manager

Lenexa, KS Manager: Ron Macklin

• Provided field project management for the Warranty Division of Siemens Westinghouse Power Corp.

• Supervised and provided technical direction for repairs during a forced outage, to a BB65 steam turbine as 10 blades of the last row of blades of the LP rotor experienced failure.

• Provided field project management for a simple cycle operating plant to combined cycle upgrade. Contracted with several vendors and sub-contractors to perform work under my direction.

• Provided field project management for a force outage of a much publicized power facility located in Yuba City, California.

• Lead technical advisor for the re-alignment of the exhaust transition of a W-501-FD2 combustion turbine. Provided additional support for the completion of factory scope as the units are still under construction and installation.

Jun 99 to

Aug 01 Turbine Technology Services Corporation

Field Service Engineer

Orlando, FL Supervisor: Dan Ruggerio

• Provided technical direction for an overhaul of a Thomassen Frame 6 heavy-duty gas turbine. Replaced the load gear bearings, removed and replaced the atomizing air compressor.

• Provided technical direction for a major overhaul of a W-501-AA combustion turbine. Removed the generator field for inspection and reinstalled. Replace existing starting package with new upgrades package. Demolished and replaced air inlet housings.

• Provided technical direction for the electrical and mechanical installation of a GE LM6000 gas turbine in Sacramento, CA, to assist in alleviating the power crunch that California acquired. Drafted cable schedules, termination schedules and interacted and updated the client on a daily basis.

• Assisted in project management overseeing field-engineering operations, coordination of vendors, sub-contractors and customer relations. Successfully managed an installation of four reconditioned and upgraded GE MS5001 heavy-duty gas turbines in Upper Michigan.

• Lead engineer that successfully refurbished, upgraded, relocated and installed 3 MS7001B heavy-duty combustion turbines in the southeastern region of the United States.

• Field service engineer inspecting, servicing and repairing LM2500. LM5000, LM6000 aeroderivitive gas turbines and MS5001, MS6001 and MS7001 heavy-duty combustion turbines at various locations.

Jan 99 to

Jun 99 Advanced Technology Engineering Services, Inc.

Field Service Engineer

Wyoming, OH Supervisor: James LaSpina

• Sub-contracted as a field service engineer to General Electric and Turbine Technology to repair LM2500, LM5000 and LM6000 aeroderivitive gas turbines at various locations.

• Repairs included but were not limited to engine change-outs, engine overhauls, disassembly, repair, reassembly and operation of the gas turbine.

Jul 85 to

Jan 99 United States Navy.

Gas Turbine System Mechanic

• Achieved the rank of E-7

• Engineer selected to inspect gas turbines at various facilities for the US Navy

• Scheduled, coordinated and conducted preventative maintenance for two LM2500 gas turbine engines and four Detroit Diesel generators and associated sub-systems.

• Implemented and managed the Quality Assurance Program. Responsible for the quality assurance of the engineering plant and training of 250 staff personnel.

Troubleshooting:

• Proficient at diagnosing, isolating and repair malfunctions to a component in mechanical, electrical instrumentation and control systems using schematics, blue prints, drawings and appropriate electronic test equipment.

Education

• Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering

• Rochville University

• April 2009

• GPA - 3.19

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