Refinery Construction, Maintenance, and Turnaround Consultant

Technical Consultant #2178

Thirty years of experience in all phases of turnarounds, maintenance, and construction in the petroleum industry.
Managing refinery turnaround project teams to complete capital projects safely and under budget.

Undisclosed Company, Present

Turnaround and Construction Manager: Projects-Suncor Energy and Sarnia Refinery

Managed all construction activities for a $960 million revamp project.
Provided constructability engineering guidance.
Led the development and implementation of contracting strategies to execute the work.
Managed two major turnarounds to complete the tie in work associated with the project.
Integrated all of the refinery turnaround maintenance.

Imperial Oil, Ltd., Strathcona Refinery, Construction Manager

Led a $140 million low sulfur motor gasoline project
Participating in the development and implementation of the safety program.
Overseeing the prime contractor's grass roots unit construction.
Planning and execution of all outside battery limit construction activities.
Led the development and implementation of the Project Execution Plan for a $50 million project to reduce benzene levels in gasoline.
Managing the project team through the process design, project funding, and initial stages of execute
Leading the contractor selection process.
Facilitating a cost reduction and execution efficiency program to target a 10% investment savings.

Turnaround Lead and Consultant

Provided expertise in reviewing turnaround and project practices and processes.
Provided ongoing mentoring of owner staff in application of best practices for turnaround planning and execution, including the review of contracting strategies and plans for a major 2012 shutdown.

Corporate Project Management, Toronto, Canada

Development and quality control of corporate Project Management and Project Cost Engineering procedures and standards.
Provided Project Management support to all major capital and turnaround maintenance projects, and consulted on numerous turnaround reviews (both Imperial Oil and ExxonMobil refineries).

ExxonMobil, Baton Rouge Refinery, Turnaround Manager

Led all turnaround maintenance and capital work associated with the catalytic cracking units and ISBL (Inside Battery Limits).
Led the development of the execution plan including safety program, contracting strategy, work plans and schedules, budget preparation, cost and schedule controls, and team development.
Provided constructability guidance and review of the detailed engineering effort.
Introduced a structured Project Management approach to a major turnaround effort that achieved a $3 million savings against a $60 million budget.
Developed a construction execution plan which successfully positioned these Catalytic Cracking Units in the first quartile for reliability.