Project Manager/Project Engineer
Resume:
ROBERT W. FORD II
***** ********** **., ***. *** phone: 980-***-****
CHARLOTTE, NORTH CAROLINA 28262 e-mail: R.W.FordII @gmail.com
Project Manager and Professional Engineer with a twenty plus year record of industrial project work with consistently increasing complexity and responsibility. Demonstrated ability to assemble and motivate teams to achieve management goals. Manage projects with an ownership mentality and sense of urgency. Focused on development of mutually beneficial customer relationships and achieving customer satisfaction.
KNOWLEDGE BASE
Industry Experience: Nuclear Power Flue Gas Emissions Control
Pulp and Paper Mill Design Power Plant Design
Machine Design and Fabrication Plastics Converting
Focus of Experience:
Capital Project Management Start-up and Commissioning
Project Engineer Project Cost Estimating
Supplier Evaluations Proposal Development
Design Standards Development Control System Specification and Configuration
Control Valve Sizing and Specification Specification Writing for Equipment & Systems
Design Tool Experience: AutoCAD Rebis AutoPlant P&ID/ Database ________________________________________
ACCOMPLISHMENTS
Lead and Managed large-scale Nuclear and Fossil power industry projects valued at $20 Million plus.
Oversaw all phases of projects including proposal, design, manufacturing,
construction support and commissioning.
Analyzed customer machinery, recommended modifications and process changes for
quality and productivity improvements.
Key technical team member on collaborative technology transfer from German parent
company and employer to produce “waste to energy” standardized design packages for
Municipal Waste Fired Boilers.
Engineered design packages for projects in several different industries. Deliverables
included P&I Diagrams, Instrument Specifications, Control Valve Sizing, Logic Diagram
Development, Instrument Database, and Installation Details.
Coordinated, compiled and recommended overall project budgets to upper management
for large-scale capital projects.
Wrote specifications for project suppliers. Analyzed bids and selected best-value vendors
for commodity purchase agreements.
EXPERIENCE
Project Manager (contract position) June 2009-December 2010
Duke Energy – Charlotte, NC
Based at McGuire Nuclear Station
Managed multiple plant-based, complex projects involving all project phases.
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Senior Project Engineer April 2002-February 2009
Babcock Power, Inc. – Charlotte, NC
[Babcock Power is a Power Industry Equipment Manufacturer].
Lead large project teams, in multiple locations, through all phases of power industry emission control projects including proposal, design, fabrication, construction support and commissioning.
Field Engineer
Fluor -Indianapolis, IN November 2001-April 2002
Based at Eli Lilly manufacturing facility.
• Validated pharmaceutical manufacturing equipment and systems in accordance with cGMP for bulk pharmaceutical new manufacturing plant and expansion project.
Senior Engineer
BE&K Engineering Company-Birmingham, AL August 1989-September 2001
BE&K engineers and constructs manufacturing facilities for process industry clients.
ADDITIONAL EXPERIENCE:
Design Engineer, Ford, Bacon, and Davis Louisiana, Inc.; Project Engineer, I.M.D. Corporation; Plant Engineer, Allied Flexible Products, Inc.
EDUCATION – CREDENTIALS - TRAINING
B.S. Mechanical Engineering University of Alabama – Birmingham, Alabama
Licensed Professional Engineer Alabama and North Carolina
Licensed Building Contractor North Carolina
“Project Management Certificate” – PMI Based; 90 classroom hours; UNCC
“Structural Steel Design”, “Energy Management”, “Business Law for Engineers” - UNCC
“Shallow Foundation Design” and “Construction Surveying” – Auburn University
Technical Writing, National Electrical Code, Piping Design, Pump and Line Sizing – BE&K
Foundation Field Bus and Industrial Ethernet Application -ISA
Distributed Control Systems-Factory Training Courses (ABB, Measurex, Moore Products)
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