Kenneth W. Sims

2750 Butler Rd 

League City, TX. 77573

ksims68@yahoo.com

kensims1968@gmail.com

Mobil: 832-425-0993

 

TRAINING/CERTIFICATIONS

Advanced Primavera (P6) Training-Innovative Management Controls- April, 2009

Turnaround Management Company – Planning/Scheduling Utilizing Primavera (P5/P6)

Microsoft Project Training - 2003

 

EDUCATION:

Central High School, Delhi, La – Graduated in May, 1968

Hinds Junior College, Raymond, Ms, Graduated in May, 1971 (Associate Degree in Accounting)

 

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

 

9/13 – PresentThe Weitz Company/Orascom  E&C-USA

Senior Scheduler

·   Direct hire salary position, assigned to Beaumont project site.

·   Assigned as Senior Scheduler responsible for building schedule from Engineering, Procurement, through Construction (EPC).

·   Liaison with all respective Contractors to integrate their Schedules into a Master Schedule for Client.

·   Advise and counsel Contractor Schedulers to correct bad logic ties, resource loading errors, and poor critical path definitions.

·   Assist field planners in constructing precise job plans that adhere to basic scheduling formats.

·   Organize and conduct weekly meetings to address weekly goals and to correct any noted deficiencies and time lags.

·   Produce histograms and reports as requested by Client.

·   Define resource allocations and requirements and inform Contractors of required manpower.

·   Maintain and execute Construction Schedule from Civil phase through Commissioning phase.

 

3/13 – 9/13Fluor Engineering

 

Project Controls Specialist

·   Hired by Fluor to mobilize to Saudi Arabia, assigned to construction of Aluminum Rolling Mill Project

·   Duties consist of working as consultant to Samsung Engineering & Construction

·   Conducted daily field walk-throughs with Samsung and Subcontractors

·   Analyzed Critical Path and advise of methods and plans to mitigate deviations

·   Advised Joint Venture Team of Milestone slippages and recommended corrections

·   Worked with Subcontractors to insure daily schedules are being followed and suggest

alternative work solutions when scheduled work was not feasible

·   Produced histograms and manpower charts as requested for client analysis

 

 

6/12 – 3/13Odebrecht Engineering, Pasadena Refining System

 

Senior Scheduler

·   Employed as salaried scheduler directly for Odebrecht Engineering

·   Worked to develop multiple Capital Project schedules

·   Responsible for weekly updates on multiple Capital Projects

·   Duties included analyzing Critical Path and reporting slippage on Critical Milestones

·   Developed P6 Schedule, from Engineering/Procurement through Construction Phases

·   Mentored Junior Schedulers in all phases of Project Development

 

12/10 – 6/12 BP, Texas City Refinery

TAR Scheduler

·     Worked as direct-hire salary position directly for BP

·     Responsible for complete schedule construction, beginning at planning stage

·     Worked with large projects with 30k(+) activities

·     Scheduled projects for Catalytic-Cracking Unit and Ultracracker Unit

·     Integrated Contractor Schedules into Master Schedule

·     Met on regular basis during TAR to justify and report on critical path and/or slippages

·     Organized data, as requested, into Excel spreadsheets and associated graphs, charts.

 

4/10 -12/10 Luster National – New Orleans, Louisiana

Senior Scheduler

      •Assigned as a Senior Scheduler and Quality Assurance Manager

      •     Worked with Army Corps of Engineers

      •Responsible for working with Project Managers to analyze and maintain (45) projects

      •Duties included assigning/leveling resources, financial assignments, maintaining and progressing all activities.

      •Met on regular basis with Project Managers and Project Analysts to discuss all issues as they related to respective projects.                 

 

6/09 – 4/10ThyssenKrupp Steel, USA – Mobile, Alabama

Planner/Scheduler

·   Continued developing EPS Level III P6 Project schedule for new steel plant erection

·   Worked with (3) other schedulers to coordinate, code, organize, and sort schedule containing approximately 3,000 tasks for each Product Line # (4 lines total)

·   Created formatted schedule prior to arrival of Construction Contractors

·   Worked with contractors to assist schedulers in creating lower level schedule that supported integration into our schedule

 

8/08 – 4/09Bay Area Industrial Contractors – Bayer Chemical Plant

Planner/Scheduler

·   Developed and maintained P6 schedules for multiple projects.

·   Collected data (manpower estimates w/ durations), entered their work tasks, and maintained the entire schedule and reported daily, or as requested, to Bayer.

·   Assisted Project Superintendents and General Foremen in developing a manpower requirement for assigned tasks within the Turnaround Projects.

·   Developed look-ahead reports and Progress reports to ensure resources are being used correctly and allocated accordingly.

 

10/05 – 8/08LWL Inc. – ExxonMobil

Planner/Scheduler

·   Developed and maintained P5 schedules for multiple projects.

·   Collected data from various contractors, entered their work tasks, maintained the merged schedule to report weekly to ExxonMobil.

·   Developed bid proposals for LWL and submitted project bid letters to ExxonMobil for review and/or approval.

·   Assisted Project Superintendents in developing and updating weekly reports to reflect completion status and cost-tracking updates.

·   Developed look-ahead reports and assisted Project Superintendents in assuring resources were being used correctly and in the correct numbers and locations.

·   Developed manpower and progress reports using the P5 Schedule for tracking purposes.

 

09/04 – 10/05KBR

Labor Foreman/Site Manager – One year contract in Baghdad, Iraq

·   Worked as supervisor of a crew of Iraqi Nationals performing various job assignments as required.

·   Promoted to Site Mgr - managing camp of app. 800 clients, 70 Iraqi Nationals, and 6 Labor Foremen. 

·   Job consisted of coordinating all maintenance tasks, documentation of all work, payroll, and numerous other duties required to maintain camp.

 

05/03 – 09/04JV PIPING

Pipefitter (Turnaround Jobs)

Clients: Valero, BP Amoco, and Shell in Deer Park

·   Work included all duties associated with removing old piping and installing new revised piping. 

·   Worked with welders to fabricate piping, and all related pipefitting duties in a chemical plant environment.

·   These projects included various shifts and extended overnight travel out of state in some cases. 

 

10/83 – 05/03Goodyear Tire and Rubber/Chemicals

Maintenance Supervisor/Planner-Scheduler (07/01/96 - 05/27/03)

·   Management duties began as a Maintenance Supervisor working rotating 12-hour shift responsible for maintaining plant operations as required. 

·   Involved in all aspects of the Operations of the Goodyear Chemical Plant. 

·   Worked with, and advised, operators of valve line-ups as well as trouble-shooting all equipment in all areas of the plant.

·   Duties as the Maintenance Supervisor were for all activities related to Sheet Metal Dept, Machinist Dept, Mechanic Dept, and Pipefitter/Welder Dept. 

·   Responsible for acting as liaison between the Emissions Control contractors and Goodyear.  I received their documentation on any non-compliance items and assigned the respective crafts to make the repairs and return the documentation for re-testing.

·   Planned Mechanical and I/E shutdowns and maintenance operations. 

·   Duties also included all personnel and discipline duties, job assignments and planning responsibilities, ordering and maintaining tools and materials, and maintaining records and files of all associates and equipment as needed.

·   Responsible for all planning and scheduling of Plant and/or Unit outages, including manpower projections and ordering of all parts and materials

 

Journeyman Pipefitter (10/10/83 - 07/01/96)

 

09/74 – 10/83Pipefitters Local Union #211 – Houston area