Industrial Engineering -EPC: Commissioning, Start-Up & Operations Expert

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