Senior Technical PM/Portfolio Manager - International Paper
(2018-07)
- Overall responsibility of portfolio management of electrical projects and review of 25 active projects. Total portfolio execution of over $250 MM.
- Portfolio risk review and mitigation of parts availability, long delivery times, review project schedules/budgets for corporate targets, help negotiate best costs from suppliers.
- Completed $18.8 MM Oregon drives control project for improved speed regulation of paper machine with ABB ACS 880 system, new HST systems and critical cooling capacity.
- Started IP corporate portfolio of drives projects totaling $220MM in capital investments and targeted technology obsolescence with drive installations.
- Member of Technology Technical project team consulting with mills for 5-year project development plans and budget development.
- Support and lead virtual Best Practice Forums, Calls and Meetings for Drives, Process Controls and Technical Project-related items.
- Continue to refine and develop the Facility Heat Maps for Drives, Process Control and Project Management
Senior Project Manager - CE Power
(2016-09 - 2018-07)
- Lead for major project for USBR – Morrow Pt dam improvements that consisted of 15KV isophase bus, installing new GE generator breakers, custom made switchgear with ABB Emax breakers.
- Oversaw installation of 4160 switchgear within coal power generation plant. Coordinated construction and delivery of the equipment to site during critical outage of the site. Coordinated project within the outage time and space constraints developed my outage activities.
- Worked with IPL to install outdoor switchgear in main transmission yard. Required underground work with hydro-excavation to connect into existing infrastructure. Required working with generation group, transmission group and protection group to install per standards.
- Developed and maintain major projects utilizing new project online standards with schedules containing budgets, resources and milestones to be published across organization.
- USBR Morrow Pt $3.2M installation of Isophase bus and new Switchgear
- IPL Petersburg $2.5M Installation of 5 KV switchgear
- IPL Petersburg $1.5M Installation of 5 KV outdoor switchgear
Account & Project Manager - Jedson Engineering
(2011-08 - 2016-08)
- Write, lead, and estimate proposals for assigned accounts. Includes working with multi-discipline team to develop hours and materials estimate with breakdown of scope and deliverables for specified project.
- Develop and maintain client accounts with sales strategies and project execution strategies by identifying client specific requirements and understanding client long term objectives for multi-site operations.
- Lead design effort from proposal development through FEE, detailed design and construction effort to deliver project specific deliverables and to develop next phase projects with client.
- Lead contract effort for EPC projects with subcontractors by developing construction bid packages and executing bid breakdown for bids received. Includes extensive communications with each contractor which foster relationships, so that projects are executed properly, and relationships are maintained during construction.
- Oversee construction effort schedule and costs by working with assign construction manager and procurement to award bids and manage wining contractor's scope.
- J.M. Smucker $12M tempering facility
- J.M. Smucker $1M cooling tower replacement
- P&G $10M Yankee dryer modernization of controls to SIL2 for 24 paper machines.
- P&G $5M water recycle & removal of sulfates project for new European plant.
- CP Kelco $50M FEE design for new xantham gum facility in Saudi Arabia
- Aramco boiler re-tubing FEA for Saudi Arabia which developed into $2M rebuild
Project Manager - Electrical / Hardware Systems - DRS - Cincinnati, OH
(2010-06 - 2011-08)
- Lead engineer on large system projects. Responsible for the technical direction, decisions, and project result as measured by budget, schedule, and compliance to generated specifications.
- System engineering; breaking down specifications/requirements into sub systems and dissemination to design team with responsibility for ensuring the team and end product meets all internal and external requirements.
- Responsible for technical leadership of projects assigned. Ensured all mechanical, electrical, software, test, manufacturing and purchasing needs of projects were met with minimal support.
- Ensured all subcontracted SOW were created adequately so that delivered product met technical requirements.
- Responsible for "Design-to-Cost" such that the project fulfills budgetary and schedule requirements
- Managed assigned projects and provided schedule, cost, and technical updates weekly which included solutions for project challenges.
- Team lead for software management and development.
Account & Project Manager - KMPT - Independence, KY
(2002-07 - 2010-04)
- Responsibilities included extensive customer contact during quotation, selling and maintaining systems. Industries served include municipal waste, food and beverage, biofuels, and pharmaceutical manufacturing.
- Other job tasks include troubleshooting problems with customer operators/maintenance personnel and helping end user to complete and conceive process improvement projects.
- Negotiated pricing with all equipment suppliers to meet company forecast for the year.
- Advised and negotiated with sub suppliers to complete the project tasks on time and under budget. This included changes needed to meet any agency standards the customer needs to meet. NEC, ANSI, NEMA, NFPA, etc.
Electrical / Instrumentation Engineer - Bayer Corporation - Addyston, OH
(1995-06 - 2002-07)
Resins Department Electrical and Instrumentation Engineer responsible for electrical maintenance that included instrumentation, DCS systems, PLC's, and motors. Also responsible for project work that may involve any of the electrical equipment in the department. Improved electrical controls of processes that compounded ABS plastic or produced SAN polymers. Managed maintenance and capital projects that included design, purchasing and overall supervision of installation work being conducted.
