Industrial Engineering -EPC: Commissioning, Start-Up & Operations Expert
Technical Consultant #2535
Expertise
Summary
Experienced Project Manager and Engineer, with a chemical process engineering background managing complex project teams in EPC (Engineering, Procurement and Construction), commissioning, start-up and operation stages. Project team leadership and a multidiscipline engineer; drafting teams, providing direction and coaching.
- Liquid H2S; Handling, storage and vaporization.
- Heavy oil upgrading.
- Heavy oil dewatering and desalting.
- Oil and gas pipelines
- Gas treatment processes.
- Produced water treatment.
- Ammonia production.
- Ethane recovery.
- Heavy oil upgrading.
- Well pads conditioning
- Well flowlines.
- Surface facilities.
- SAGD (Steam-assisted gravity drainage).
- Oil battery design and operation.
- Steam generation.
- Oil and gas pipelines.
- Gas treatment processes.
- Plant commissioning and start-up.
- Produced water treatment.
Focused Areas
- Process design, process engineering, project engineering and project management.
- Plant operations and environmental issues.
- Accountability: Safety in design, time and cost management.
- Cooling tower operation and design.
- Hydrogen production and purification.
- Nitrogen production and purification.
- Process, mechanical, piping, electrical, Instruments and controls.
- Civil, procurement, purchasing, expediting, and inspection management.
- Cost control, cost estimation, and scheduling
- Project communications and coordination.
- Coordination of engineering project team, and client liaison.
Experience
E.R. P.& E. Owner, 2009 - Present
- Define company goals and strategies.
- Conduct business development.
- Manage engineering disciplines.
- Manage document controls.
- Manage regulatory and permits.
- Liaison with client.
Talis Engineering Inc, Calgary, AB, Canada, Project Manager, 2016 - 2017
- Manage engineering disciplines.
- Manage document controls.
- Manage regulatory and permits.
- Conduct engineering reviews.
- Schedules and cost estimates preparation.
- Liaison with client.
TR Canada Inc. Calgary, AB, Canada Engineering Manager, 2012 - 2016
- Manage engineering disciplines.
- Manage document controls.
- Manage regulatory and permits.
- Conduct engineering reviews.
- Schedules and cost estimates preparation.
- Coordinating project engineering teams in Spain.
- Liaison with client.
Projex. Calgary, AB, Canada, Senior Project Engineer, 2012
- Executed oil and gas engineering projects and coordination and management.
- Lead engineering reviews.
- Equipment, Instruments, controls requisitions and bid evaluation.
- Manpower planning.
- Schedules and cost estimates preparation.
IMV Projects. Calgary, AB, Canada, 2007 – 2012,
Project Engineer, 2010 - 2012
Oil and Gas Engineering Projects-Coordination and Management
- Lead engineering reviews.
- Equipment, instruments and controls requisitions and bid evaluation.
- Manpower planning.
- Liaison with client.
- Coordinate conceptual design work.
- Prepare deliverables packages.
Project Engineer, 2007 - 2009
- Lead engineering reviews.
- Manpower planning.
- Disciplines coordination.
- Liaison to client.
ConocoPhillips Canada Surmont-1 Project
- Security system design.
- Artificial lift upgrade.
- Pilot plant blowdown tank replacement.
Nexen Long Lake Project
- Well pad electrical heat tracing inventory.
- HLS coagulant, flocculant injection skid.
- LP steam condensate conductivity control.
- De-oiling coagulant retrofit.
Suncor Sustainable Projects
- Upgrade drains and sumps.
- Secondary tank containment.
- Hazardous materials building.
- Permanent H2 O2 System.
Suncor Major Projects
- Firebag additional OTSG.
Worley Parsons. Milan Operating Center. Milan, Italy, 2004 - 2010
Senior Area Project Engineer, 2009 - 2010
Oil and Gas Engineering Projects-Coordination and Management
- Lead engineering reviews.
- Equipment, instruments and controls requisitions and bid evaluation.
- Manpower planning.
- Schedules and cost estimates preparation.
Project Engineer, 2004 - 2006
NEXEN Inc. Long Lake BFW Treatment Plant Upgrading
- Schedule and budget preparation.
- Equipment evaluation.
- Execution Plan preparation.
- Equipment and instruments bids evaluation.
Sherritt International Canasí Salt Water Ocean Disposal (Cuba)
- Equipment evaluation.
- Execution plan preparation.
- Equipment and instruments bids evaluation.
- Disciplines coordination.
Husky Marvin Battery project
- Data books preparation.
- Engineering data book completion.
- Project close-out.
Husky Marwayne Battery project
- Data books preparation.
- Disciplines Coordination
- Project close-out.
Husky Slop Oil Treatment Plant
- AFE preparation.
EnCana Corporation Saline Water Treatment Plant
- Pilot plant stage project management.
- Commercial plant project management.
- Technical solutions evaluation.
- Environmental permits preparation and request.
Suncor Firebag Project
- Cost estimation.
- Equipment evaluation.
- Equipment and instruments bids evaluation.
Piper Energy Inc. Two Hills Gas Gathering System
- Engineering disciplines coordination.
- Equipment evaluation.
- AEUB permits.
Sherritt International Canasí/Yumurí Salt Water Injection (Cuba)
- Equipment evaluation.
- Equipment and instruments bids evaluation.
- Project control.
Sherritt International Yumurí Oil Battery Expansion (Cuba)
- Equipment evaluation.
- Equipment and instruments bids evaluation.
- Equipment evaluation.
Husky Oil North Gull Lake Oil Battery Upgrade Project, (Swift Current, SK)
- Plant commissioning/start-up.
- DBM and bidding documents preparation.
- Disciplines coordination.
HATCH Energy. Calgary, AB, Canada, Project Engineer, 2006 - 2007
Oil and Gas Engineering Projects-Coordination and Management
INCO Ltd. H2S Vaporizers Replacement
- Schedule and budget preparation.
- Equipment evaluation.
BD Proposals Technical Support for:
- NCO Ltd. H2S vaporizers replacement.
- Shell Canada CO2 recovery.
- ARC Resources Pembina SAGD.
Enhance Energy Ltd. Rowley 11-32 Battery Expansion
- Equipment evaluation.
- Execution plan preparation.
- Project control-project management.
AltaGas Enhanced Ethane Recovery
- Equipment evaluation.
- Equipment and instruments evaluation.
- Disciplines coordination.
Gas Liquids Engineering Inc., Calgary, AB, Canada, Project Engineer , 2003 - 2004
Oil and Gas Engineering Projects-Coordination and Management
Mazeppa Gas Plant & Pipelines (High River, AB)
- Bidding package preparation.
- Evaluation of tenders by bidders.
- Engineering drawings review.
Wolf Lake Gas Plant
- Bidding package preparation.
- Evaluation of tenders by bidders.
- Engineering review.
Project Management/Coordination assignments:
- Bidding package preparation.
- Engineering calculations.
- AEUB permits.
Honors & Publications
Credentials
Additioanl Courses-Training
- Business Plan
- Business Basics
- Projects Contract Legal Issues
- Understanding Leadership
- Risk and Loss Management
- Engineering Economics
- Construction Estimating
- Energy Project Efficiency
- Flaring Principles & Practices
- Project Management
- Petroleum Management
- Heavy Oil Treatment
- Risk and Loss Management
- Mathematical Modelling
- Higher Modern Mathematics
- Multivariate Statistical Analysis
- Environmental Pollution
- Dynamical Optimization
- Computer programs: Excel, MS Word, Power Point, MS Project and AutoCAD.
Languages
- Spanish-Native
- English-Second Language
Academic and Professional Affiliations
- American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE)
- Sociedad Meteorológica de Cuba (SOMETCUBA)
- American Mathematical Society (AMS)
Education
- B.S. Engineering, Chemical Process, University of Matanzas, Matanzas, Cuba