Resume of

Richard Michael Wilson    PMP

Linde Process Plants  Industrial – EPC, Natural Gas Plants  (Aug’2012 – present)

Position:  Manager of Project Controls

Primary Duties: “Hands-on” manager involved in preparation, review, and final approval of project schedules, earned value management, cost forecasts, cost analysis, cost estimates, change management, risk reviews, and execution strategy development for major domestic and international projects.  Manage a control staff of 14 employees in North America.

Secondary Duties:  Support the Project Development Department in preparing proposal schedules and estimates for project ranging from $100-$300 million with $600 million in order intake per year.  For the last year my focus has been to build a staff of entry level scheduler and cost controllers, develop and philosophy for executing project controls on existing projects, work with Linde headquarters on designing a control department (integrate P6, SAP, and Cost Mgt. system) for the future, and training our LPP Sr. Mgt., Mgt., and Leads in all areas of our EPC to understand the basic concepts of control work.  Intimately engaged in all current projects and proposals. 

Spend a great deal of time leading an effort to better manage/estimate change orders on existing projects. Experienced in industrial estimates including estimating equipment, material and installation costs for all cost categories / divisions including; site prep, pilings, undergrounds, foundations, equipment, instrumentation, support and platform steel, buildings, piping, ductwork, electrical, insulation, painting, demolition, and general field costs, etc.  As well as provide engineering, equipment procurement, process and pipe-rack module fabrication and assembly, off module fabrication, and construction “execution strategies” and “constructability analysis” input on all projects.  

Post Project Secondary Duties: Claims prevention and support, relating to home office and construction production loss, delays, scope changes, subcontractor breaches, subcontractor extras, etc.  Experience in working with the legal department on liquidated damage claim defense.

Abeinsa EPC (subsidiary of Abengoa), Previously MECS – (subsidiary of Monsanto) 

Industrial – EPC, In Solar and Biomass Ethanol    ( Sep 1997 - Aug 2012 )                    St. Louis, MO

Positions:  Manager of Project Controls  / Project Director/Manager / Project Engineer / Estimator

Primary Duties: “Hands-on” manager involved in all phases of project controls. My last project as the Projects Controls Mgr. included a design/build 280mw Solar Power plant (Solana, Az / $2.4 billion), and another similar 280mw solar plant (Mojave Ca / $1.8 billion).    In addition to managing the control staff Schedulers, Earned Value Specialist, and Cost Engineers that peaked. Other non-project related responsibilities include developing standards, procedures, training staff, and overall guidance for all Project Control group activities.  

My last assignment was Project Co-Director of a biomass ethanol project (Kansas, $550 million). 

This project had a staff of over 300 indirect employees and 26 subcontractors. 

Previous Projects and Duties: Project Control Engineer at several experience levels.  Assigned to all large active projects. Involved from the conceptual phase through mechanical completion.  Projects have included relocation to field assignments during construction in various areas of the US & Mexico.  Field duties included planning and scheduling, installed quantity verification, progress reporting, cost reporting, installation cost forecasting, productivity/manpower level analysis, risk analysis, and special projects including field supervision and support of subcontractors when required.  Most projects included turnarounds and shutdown planning for tie-in work. Bulk of basic project experience gained was at this level. 

TIMEC Construction Company ( Jan 1996 - Sep 1997 )                                                         Vallejo, Ca.                     

Position:  Project Control Consultant

Assigned solely to the Tosco Avon Refinery as a third party consultant to assist Tosco with their emergency shutdown planning, turnaround planning, maintenance personnel and systems restructuring, and refinery budget planning.  Worked directly with the plant manager and the project manager’s to assist them in stream lining their approach to project work.  Trained the project managers, maintenance supervisors, and maintenance planners in Microsoft Project software.

Hill/Phibro/Basis/Valero Refinery (Sep 1990 – Jan 1996 )                                                Texas City, Tx.                     

Positions:  Maintenance Supervisor -  Project Turnaround Planner – Maintenance Planner 

Functioned as a Maintenance Planner initially, assuming duties scheduling daily maintenance work in the plant, promoted to Maintenance Supervisor, which included supervising all after hours maintenance work in the plant.  Supervisor a second shift for 1.5 years.  The crew included a mix of all crafts (Boilermaker, Pipefitter, Machinist, Electricians, Instrument Tech’s, Carpenter’s, Heavy Equipment Operators, Labor’s, etc.).  Promoted to Corporate Turnaround Planner for all three Phibro refineries.  Extensive experience in emergency maintenance scheduling, turnaround planning, plant budgeting, and supervising craft crews.  Performed all CPM work using Open Plan software.

Nooter (union) / Wyatt (non-union) Construction (1982 – 1990) St Louis, Mo./ Houston, Tx.                     

Positions:  Turnaround Planner / Boilermaker 

Began as a Boilermaker between semesters of college (4000 union, 2500 non-union man-hours).  In 1985 began work as a Turnaround Planner/Scheduler using Kurtz and Steel CPM software.  Planned and scheduled around the clock work with crews reaching up to 400 workers per shift on major refinery (Sun Oil, Texaco, Mobil, etc) and chemical plant turnaround projects.

MISSOURI STATE UNIVERSITY                                                                                        Springfield, Mo.

-          Bachelor of Science, Industrial Management (1992), emphasis in Construction & Drafting

PMI (Project Management Institute) organization

-          PMP - Project Management Professional

Member of AACE International (Association for the Advancement of Cost Engineers).

Primavera Project Planning Systems.  practical application knowledge of P6/SAP/Ecosys (not user), extensive user knowledge in P3, Suretrak, MS Project, MS Word, and MS Excel, Icarus estimating software.

Extensive work sequencing experience with engineering, procurement, fabrication and construction aspects of industrial work. Knowledgeable and experienced in all phases of project execution including; scope development, estimating, basic and detailed engineering, contract administration, project management, project engineering, procurement, expediting, shipping, heavy lift planning, equipment requirements, freight coordination, cost accounting, financial reporting, construction change management, union work rules, union work assignments, turnaround planning, and commissioning / start-up planning.

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