Education:

1992

BS, Mechanical

Engineering,

University of

Alabama at

Birmingham

1983

BS, Business

Administration,

(Finance)

Auburn

University

Registrations:

Registered

Professional

Engineer,

Alabama

Paul G. Durr, P.E. (Mech)/BSBA (Finance)

Strengths

Very Analytical. Excellent w/Excel spreadsheets (financial or engineering), pivot tables, charts,

etc. Excellent writing skills. Understand time value of money, data point curve fitting, probability

theory. Able to get to bottom of an issue, find the problem. Task oriented/focused – work

efficiently. Inside rather than outside man – no pressing need for client interface. Understand all

aspects of big engineering job. Conscientious – don’t allow many things to fall through the crack.

Willing to relocate (not to small city), travel extensively. Myers/Briggs personality type I/ENTP.

Current Employment

Yates Engineering, Birmingham, AL

March 30, 2015 to Present: Engineering Project Manager – Manage numerous small

projects for pulp and paper company with (8) mills scattered across northeast USA. Assist client

with scope development, prepare cost estimates, issue proposals, and manage the engineering

work.

Previous Employment

KBR, Inc. (formerly BE&K Egr. Co. (below)) Birmingham, AL

2007 to Feb 13, 2015: Senior Cost Egr/Scheduler – Assistant to approximately 10 project

managers in KBR’s role as contract engineering company for International Paper Co.’s small

projects at 10 major mill sites. Duties include preparing engineering cost estimates, opening new

project accounts in SAP, exporting/transforming SAP cost data into weekly cost and discipline

workhour reports to project managers/design leaders, and creating/maintaining project schedules

(90+ at one time) in Primavera P6 software. Lead weekly project schedule meetings w/project

managers and design leaders – discuss/record status of on-going activities. Proficient w/Excel,

and to lesser degree MS Project.

Prior Experience

2006 to 2007: ICT Inc. (Innovative Combustion Technologies) Bham, AL

Traveled to boilers at various power plants around the south (utility and industrial) performing

pitot tube flowrate tests on coal dust pipes, primary and secondary air flows, economizer air

flows, emissions data collection, etc.

2004 to 2006: Cove Marine 280, Dadeville, AL

Tried my hand at owning/operating a business. My father and I bought a small boat dealership

in Wetumpka, AL and moved it to Lake Martin at Dadeville, AL. Not very successful, but learned

how much it takes to run a business.

2002 to 2003: Alabama Engineering, Birmingham, AL

Small business that designed subdivision layouts and associated drawings for residential

developments. Learned some fundamentals of civil engineering.

2001 to 2002: Took nine-month sabbatical to try and figure out what to do next after trying

job below.

2000 to 2001: The Herman Williams Co., Birmingham, AL

Engineering Sales Manager/Machine Designer: Called on manufacturers around Birmingham to

solicit design/build services for custom industrial machinery, tooling, jigs, and fixtures.

Developed concept dwgs of proposed machine solutions, then proceeded with detail design if a

purchase order was awarded. Machines were built on-site, in shop.

1998 to 2000 Southern Company Services, Birmingham, AL

Design Engineer (on contract from BE&K, below)

Mechanical design engineer on (2) Southern Company Cogeneration Projects (Olin Chemical at

McIntosh, AL, and Degussa Chemical at Theodore, AL). Duties included P&ID design, steam and

condensate piping system design, piping specification development, valve selection, pipe support

design, piping stress analysis, equipment inquiry preparation, bid analysis, and purchase

recommendation. Major equipment included a gas turbine, heat recovery steam generator

(HRSG), steam turbine, and two package boilers.

1992-1998 BE&K Engineering Co. Birmingham, AL (Consulting engineers

for pulp and paper industry)

Seven year stint after engineering school was spent in several roles:

Jr. Project Engineer: involved in equipment procurement and subcontractor selection

including scope definition, preparation of bid documents and/or packages, distribution of

inquiries, hosting and recording pre-bid meetings, bid analysis and award recommendation,

writing purchase requisitions, and following up with contract implementation. Kept track of

contract budget, purchase orders, and subsequent change orders; verified pricing on complex

blanket purchase orders. Submitted paperwork to claim rebates from the Iowa electric utility for

use of energy-efficient lighting, air conditioners, variable speed drives, and premium-efficiency

motors.

Field Engineer: Services were subcontracted to Westvaco’s expansion team for building of the

No. 2 paper machine. Worked directly with Westvaco’s project engineer in a construction

management capacity; monitoring construction activities, ensuring contractor compliance with bid

documents, etc. Designed purchase order tracking database which at a glance gave original P.O.

value, date, item purchased, terms of payment, subsequent change orders, invoices paid, sales

representative’s name and number, and balance owed.

Mechanical Design Egr: Performed pump calculations and stress analysis for pulp and paper

piping work. Also did design and CAD work on Piping/P&ID/GA dwgs.

1989 to 1992 Worked way through engineering school at UAB, Birmingham, AL. Last two years

as a co-op student w/BE&K, above.

Union Bank and Trust Co., Montgomery, AL

Helped managed real estate held by trust department; served as bank’s risk manager, helped

assess insurance needs and dealt with insurance consultants and carriers; marketed bank’s

services as trustee of qualified retirement plans; gained experience in customer service,

teller/vault operations, credit analysis, and other bank operations during the management trainee

program.