Larry Joe Cobb
PO Box 153551
Irving, Texas 75015
Cell # 214-243-5191
larry.cobb@airliquide.com
BACKGROUND SUMMARY
Self motivated Construction Manager with 39 years of experience in high purity specialty
gas systems, chemical systems, Industrial bulk gas facilities, midstream oil and gas
facilities, oil and gas pipelines.
· Various pipe fitting and welding skills
· Construction supervision and coordination
· Piping and equipment QC inspection
· Gas and chemical equipment installs
· Piping, civil, electrical supervision
· Contract Welder installing midstream pipelines, meter loops, regulation and
compressor stations for Ensearch Oil and Gas.
MAJOR ACCOMPLISHMENTS
· Mechanical Supervisor installing several various high purity gas systems including
argon, helium, carbon dioxide, clean dry air at Texas Instruments.
· Construction Manager; Supervised in the field over piping, electrical, sheetmetal, and
controls contractors at Texas Instruments, Triquint, and REC.
· Air Liquide TGCM; start-up of new gas and chemical equipment to customer, repairs
and maintenance of gas and chemical equipment, chemical and gas deliveries.
· Mechanical Supervisor over boilers, chillers, utilties, cooling water, and heating water
systems and equipment for Texas Instruments, Adams Mark Hotel, Denton Regional
Hospital, and Chemtron.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Air Liquide Project Engineering Group
2014-Present
Construction Manager for the cooling water systems for the new bulk gas yard 2 at
Global Foundries. Coordinating and overseeing cooling water and glycol water piping
systems to new compressors, dryers and heat exchangers and high purity LN2 and N2
piping systems from 1 45k LN2 vessel, 1 300k LN2 vessels and purifiers.
Air Liquide Project Engineering Group
2011-2013
Construction Manager for the LN2 expansion, N2 expansion and 60k SMR installation
at REC in Moses Lake, Wash. Coordinating and overseeing electrical, civil, and
mechanical construction for the installation of two 15k LN2 vessels, 8 vaporizers, 2
nitrogen generators, additional compressor, additional cooling tower, additional,
additional RO water system and cooling pump upgrades and all system piping. Upgrade
and installation of new 60 scfh Steam Methane Reformer. . Responsibilities including
overseeing contractor safety, scheduling, cost, system start-up, and turnover
documentation. Efficient with Mircosoft Word, Excel and Project.
Air Liquide Project Engineering Group
2007-2011
Construction Manager for the Bulk Gas Facilities 3 and 4 at REC in Moses Lake, Wash.
Overseeing electrical, civil, controls, and architectural construction of the hydrogen,
nitrogen, CDA, CO2, helium and high pressure N2 Bulk Gas systems. Responsibilities
including overseeing contractor safety, scheduling, cost, system start-up, and turnover
documentation. Efficient with Mircosoft Word, Excel and project.
Air Liquide Project Engineering Group
2003-2007
Construction Manager at Texas Instruments overseeing electrical, controls, piping of
multiple chemical slurry systems, high purity chemical, high purity specialty gas systems
and bulk gas systems. Responsibilities including overseeing contractor safety, scheduling,
cost, system start-up, and turnover documentation.
Air Liquide TGCM
gas changeouts and system start-up and turn-ons.
Air Liquide Project Engineering Group
2000-2003
Technician 3 of gas and chemical systems including maintenance, repairs, chemical and
2000-2000
Contract Construction Manager at Triquint over Bulk Gas Plant modifications, additions
and start-up. Tool hookup installs including piping, exhaust, electrical, systems
qualification, and turnover documentation. Installation and modifications of base build
gas and exhaust distribution piping.
Ultra Pure Systems
Trinity Contractors
1999-2000
Mechanical Supervisor at Texas Instruments/Air Liquide projects which included Argon,
Helium, CDA, CO2 and various high purity Bulk Gas components.
1996-1999
Pipefitter/welder on industrial projects at Texas Instruments installing cooling water
systems, glycol systems, vacuum systems, heating water systems, and various utilities.
Welder/fitter Foreman at Texas Instruments, Chemtron, Denton Regional Hospital,
Adams Mark Hotel overseeing a crew installing boilers/piping, chillers/piping, heating
water systems, DI water systems, and utilities.
Cobb’s Welding Service
1975-1995
Pipefitter /welder on midstream oil and gas pipelines, natural gas compressor stations,
meter loops, regulation stations. Fitter/welder supervisor on multiple petrochemical and
oil production facilities.