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11/2007 to 01/2009 - Virasa Technology, Inc
11/2007 to 01/2009 – Project Manager
• Assisted the Virasa staff in producing a Process Design Package for a grass roots specialty chemical process / plants (approx 400 M$ per site) to be built at multiple sites overseas.
• Provide oversight as the primary Virasa contact (Project Manager) to the design engineering company and client in Taipei, Taiwan. Ensured client obligations were met, including all design, HSE requirements, engineering and construction issues, as required by contract.

1989 to 11/2007 - Basell Polyolefins, USA, Inc., Bayport Plant
2001 to 11/2007 - North American Monomer Coordinator
• Coordinated plants (Bayport & Lake Charles) daily feedstock needs vs. the commercial contracted monthly supply plan.
• On 24 hour call for all movement, HSE, pipeline up-set and maintenance issues.
• Accountable for managing the two Basell owned propylene pipeline systems.
• Assisted suppliers and Basell plant operations using SCADA and DCS systems to parameters and pipeline integrity within HSE, regulatory, contractual and commercial requirements and to trouble-shoot upset conditions.
• Coordinated maintenance, construction, HSE, shutdowns/turnarounds, inspection/LDAR and operation activities between suppliers and plant maintenance & operations during plant, equipment, pipeline or outages and/or startups.
• Provided assistance in developing and implementing scopes of work, estimates of project costs, HSE requirements, NDE requirements, procurement, supervising site installation and hook-up/commissioning operations for multiply pipeline projects at the Bayport plants. Managed resources to ensure that all projects were completed safely, on schedule, and on budget from conception through implementation.
• Set clear HES performance expectations to ensure all standards, policies, MOC and HS&E policies and procedures were followed and maintained during operations, maintenance, shutdowns/turnarounds and construction activities.
• As a secondary assignment during this period, I assisted the HS&E manager/department in all plant safety/health/emergency response/fire-water/environmental issues, which included OSHA, DOT, TCEQ, PSM and local / plant procedures, audits and training.

1989 to 2001 - Project Coordinator
• Managed all Capital Projects, approximately 10 million dollars per year, at the Bayport Plant.
• Interfaced with the process, mechanical and E&I engineering groups on scope development and design (PDP and Job Scope), including commissioning and turnover of systems.
• Interfaced between operations, HSE, maintenance, project groups and construction contractors to coordinate installation of all projects.
• Coordinated a full time on-site contractor’s staff of 25 to 40 during normal operations and up to 350 during peak periods. (Including a fab shop)
• Performed maintenance planning and scheduling.
• Scheduled and coordinated all plant shutdowns/turnarounds.
• Managed schedule, budget, materials/equipment purchases, NDE and safety/health considerations from project conception to start-up.

1977 to 1989 - Brown & Root Inc.
1981 to 1989 – Project Coordinator (At a Major Petrochemical Plant)
• Managed an on-site Capital Project group that included mechanical and electrical/instrument staff (20 to 45 permanent contractors and up to 200 during major project peaks), purchasing, clerical and billing personal at a major chemical plant in Pasadena, Texas. Coordinated many unit shutdown/turnarounds which included up to over 500 contractor manpower outages.
• Interfaced with the plants design staff from the conception of each project through process design and mechanical design through each completion.
• Responsible for estimating project and shutdown/turnaround costs, NDE requirements, purchasing materials, managing the budget and schedule and considering all safety/health considerations.