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Refinery Construction, Maintenance, and Turnaround Consultant

Technical Consultant #2178


Expertise

  • 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.

Experience

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.

Education

  • B.S. Mechanical Engineering, University of Waterloo, Ontario, Canada
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