Arlin H. Chauvin

Senior Industrial Project Manager with an Outstanding Deliverables Record682-553-1053

excellence in construction, operations and maintenance

                                                                                                                                              ahchauvin@yahoo.com

Executive Profile                                                              

·   Subject Matter Expertise- Maintenance and construction manager for: refineries; NGL, power generation and chemical plants. Engineering quality assurance lead for welding, fabricating and machining.

·   Project Management--Review contractor's civil and mechanical equipment installation execution plans. Monitor equipment installation & operations. Hands-on supervision of material handling, erection/assembly, alignment, inspections, lubrication, and preventive maintenance functions. Ensure installed work conforms to design documents, specifications and standards. Ensure maintenance employees administer their preventive maintenance program through the full spectrum of maintenance programs. Manage RFI (request for information) function to ensure contract adherences and when necessary, initiate Surveillance and Non-Conformance Reports.

·   International Leadership--Managed domestic and international plant engineering & construction, upgrade and rehabilitation projects with distinction (includes major refinery, power plant and NGL shutdowns, construction, rebuild and expansions). Senior project management strategist and engineering change manager for asset productivtity, equipment reliability, planning, outsourcing, safety, plant operations, training, seamless startup and continuous performance improvement initiatives.

·   Intellectual Capital Contributions--Devised a number of innovative methods to keep critical equipment and machine tools operational. For example, saved one plant $16M by repairing a major leakage problem in 8 hours instead of three days; achieved by conceiving a unique solution no one else considered. Generated several innovative initiatives for large, multi-ethnic, multi cultural, international work force groups. Generated a significant number of management control processes to ensure projects were within budgetary requirements and expected profit margins.

Career History                                                                 

 

Senior Project/Senior Construction Manager

Leadership Summary: Assigned to some of the most complex projects in the firm's (includes subsidiaries) portfolio.

Scope: Completed, with distinction, projects across the globe.

Controls: Directed construction and maintenance teams of up to 400 employees through 20-25 supervisors and contractor and sub-contractor employees of up to 1,000 through 10-20 managers and supervisors.

 

Engagement Highlights

 

 

 

 

December 2014-present: Self-employed managing residential rental property I own in Arlington, Texas.

 

 

November 2013-November2014- Campaigned for 6^th Texas Congressional District U.S. House of Representatives seat.  This can be verified with an internet search for ‘Hugh Chauvin for Congress”

 

 

Major Refinery Modernization Project in Whiting, Indiana

Construction Manager (June 2012-June 2013) Lead night shift construction effort for $1 billion gas oil hydro treater unit, part of a $4 billion upgrade project, with 350 contractor employees.  Work included installation of internal components in reactors and vessels, fitting up pipe including 12 inch schedule 140 for 2,300 PSI reactor, air coolers (fin fans) feed, preheat and steam system, reactors and associated heaters, flare knock out drum, low pressure amine system and effluent exchangers.  Electrical work included 750,000 linear feet of cable and associated cable tray, conduit and terminations.  Contractors worked over 3 million hours with no lost time incidents.

 

 

 

Construction Manager  (May 2011-Feb 12, 2012)—led new construction effort as client representative for Baker-Hughes on a consulting basis via Oxford International on a $17.5 million CAPEX polymer expansion project  Work included civil and structural work for new solvent recovery area, reactor for polymer wax production, cooling tower and motor control building.  Mechanical work included installation of 8 new pumps; cooling tower, one new reactor, associated heat exchangers, two columns, process piping, new flare stack, electrical work and DCS tie in for instrumentation.  Job site is in a semi remote region of northeast Oklahoma.  Civil work completed August 28^th, 5 days ahead of schedule.  Mechanical and electrical installation completed on time on budget for February 10, 2012 hand over.  Total contractors on site 105.  Over 105,000 hours worked with zero incident rate.

 

 

Construction Manager III (Mar. 2009-March 2010)—Fluor Arabia: led new construction for 80,000 barrel per day, butane tie in located inside of a major NGL plant for a $4 billion ethylene plant in Jubail, Saudi Arabia.  Work included completion, hydrotest and lay up of two 10,000 barrel spheres, erection of a 400 square meter, tilt wall substation, installation of 3 butane shipper pumps, metering and prover skids and associated civil, E&I, pipe and structural work.  The project was nine months behind schedule in March 2009 when I arrived.  Under my leadership, overall progress improved from 18% during the first year of construction, under the previous project manager to 98% completion in eleven months.  During this time, all contractors, 1,000 employees, worked 2.4 million hours with no lost time incidents.

 

 

Construction Manager III (Nov. 2007-July 2008)—Fluor Arabia: led new construction a major ethylene plant in Yanbu, Saudi Arabia. SME for contractors on pipe rack construction, hydrotests, punch list items and reinstatement and turn over of pipe work to client. Developed work scope for machining five each 84 inch eccentric reducers which had warped gasket faces. Helped significantly improve quantity of hydrotests performed on a monthly basis from 6 in November 2007 to 21 in December, 48 in January 2008 and 55 in February 2008. Working with commissioning to hand over completed systems. $ 4 billion total contract value

(Feb. - Aug. 2007)

Contract Manager/Senior Project Manager

Leadership: VECO: Started a maintenance and modifications services contract for a major company in Yuzhno, Sakhalin Oblast, Russia. Prepared the contract manual and training programs for Russian nationals. Collaborated with engineering contractor on front end engineering and design for offshore platform and pipeline modifications. Directed the activities of 600 employees through a team of 20-30 supervisors and managers. $100,000,000 annual contract value.

May - Nov. 2005

Manager of Engineering and Maintenance

Leadership: Fluor Arabia:  Fiduciary responsibility (P&L owner) for CAPEX projects (shutdown and maintenance for 12 chemical plants in seven European countries). Rationalized warehouse operations, improved inventory turns and delivered millions of dollars in bottom-line values.  Based in Rotterdam, the Netherlands.  $400 million annual value

 

Acting Vessel Superintendent Fluor Arabia:  Yanbu, Saudi Arabia (Feb-May 2005)—rehabilitated two columns at a major ethylene plant project (following a terrorist attack, the company was asked to take over a de-bottlenecking project that prior contractor would not complete). Supervised an international crew of 240 employees and rebuilt a water quench tower and led the critical stage in the partial rebuild of a gasoline fractionator column.  $4 billion total contract value

 

Security Administration Manager (May 2004-Jan. 2005) for a major EPC company in Baghdad, Iraq coordinated with 4 security sub contractors, generated spread sheets for personal security team billing, armored vehicles (20+) and site security which consisted of expat and Iraqi employees.

 

 

Operations Manager (Jan.-May 2004)--set up and operated rear area support office handling personnel, travel, logistics and procurement.  Set up contract with major hotel chain and coordinated travel from U.S. destinations to Kuwait and Kuwait to Baghdad on military aircraft.  Average volume was 100 employees per week through Kuwait.  Coordinated truck cargo transit through Kuwait and organized military escort from Kuwaiti border to destinations in Iraq for TFRIE project.

 

Project Manager (Oct.-Dec. 2003)--member of initial logistics assessment team for Task Force RIE (Restore Iraqi Electricity). Assessed power plant damage from U.S. invasion of Iraq and critical spare parts requirements for 31 power (steam, hydro-electric and gas turbine) plants. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers awarded a score of 8.8 out of 10 in terms of comprehensiveness and adherence to time & budget schedules.

 

Site Manager (May 2002-Oct. 2003)--oversaw 250 employees performing demolition & removal, small and large cap construction and maintenance as part of asset productivity and pay for performance contract in an alliance with DuPont/DTI at their nylon plant in Seaford, Delaware.

 

Senior Project Manager (Jan. 1999-April 2002)--fiduciary responsibility for repair & maintenance facility; equipment repairs included pumps, valves, boiler components, condensers, heat exchangers, fabricating turbine and generator parts for 23 power generating plants (nuclear, coal and gas fired) in North Texas from Permian Basin to the Louisiana border.  Developed heat exchanger training program for repair and manufacturer of heat exchanger tube bundles for various power plants.

SAUDI ARABIAN OIL COMPANY (Saudi Aramco), Ras Tanura & Dhahran, Saudi Arabia1990 - 1998

Facilities Maintenance Supervisor

Planner/Scheduler

Machine Shop Foreman

Supervisor, Materials Unit

Supervisor, Planning and Coordination

Technical Advisor, Mechanical Services Shops Department, including training development for Saudi Arab craftsmen.

 

Leadership: Supervised staff & contractors in all aspects of installation of mechanical equipment with special emphasis on heat exchangers. Supervised the following key areas: work to design and specifications, resolving contractor and client issues and scheduling.

 

 

 

Highlights

·   Supervised repair shop in Saudi Arabia with 200 employees and maintained workflow during 1991 Gulf War for the Saudi Arabian oil Company.

·   Procured critical material, scheduled shop work and developed repair procedures to help rebuild Juaymah NGL, in Saudi Arabia, following a catastrophic disaster which destroyed over 60 percent of the plant.

·   Supervised facilities maintenance group with 35 employees, for three major repair shops (motors up to 21,000 HP), gas turbine (heavy duty frame 7, LM2500, LM6000, RB211, FT4 and the firm's sole heat exchanger facility) covering over one million square feet and over 500 pieces of equipment, including overhead cranes and machine tools (conventional and CNC). Oversaw operations and maintenance.

Major PM Highlights                                                          

·   Supervised the rebuild of a water quench column at an ethylene plant in Saudi Arabia that had totally collapsed internally due to operational problems. Project was awarded the company’s 2005 Project Excellence Award.

·   Member of a major EPC company’s government group logistics team for the U.S. Army Corp of Engineers Task Force RIE (Restore Iraqi Electricity) responsible for assessing conditions and critical spare parts requirements for 31 power plants following the U.S. led invasion of Iraq. Project was completed in a war zone, on time, under budget and received a score of 8.8 out of 10 from the client.

·   Improved work processes at major utility repair shop in Dallas, Texas which resulted in the repair of over 200 pumps, numerous heat exchangers, which had never been repaired in this shop, and other power plant related equipment, in a 3 year period with a 2% rework ratio.

·   Provided technical direction and supervised the fabrication of 8 superheater condensers in 8 weeks for a power plant near Waco, TX from Foster-Wheeler drawings that could not be obtained from the OEM or any other vendor in the United States.

·   Provided supervision and technical direction for the retube of hydrogen coolers for generators at a Fort Worth, TX power plant to eliminate the build up of lead carbonates and the related time and expense of lead abatement during maintenance activities. Tension wound, finned tubes were used to replace tubes with lead soldered fins.

·   Provided technical expertise and supervised fabrication of a generator-end flux diverter for another power plant near Waco, TX in 14 days that could not be obtained from the OEM in time to meet the plant's schedule; delivered significantly below OEM quote.

·   Provided technical direction and supervision for the successful repair of four 250,000 gallon per minute circulation pumps for the Comanche Peak nuclear power plant in Glen Rose, TX at the client’s Dallas-based repair facility.

Professional Development                                                  

Education: Industrial technology courses (three years) at the University of Central Oklahoma in Edmond, OK and .Nicholls State University, Thibodeaux, LA.

Additional Training: Numerous mini-courses in a wide array of topics related to global workforce supervision, management, regulatory adherences, H&S, etc. Completed 250 hours program in management given by Saudi Aramco.

Military Service: Honorably discharged from the U. S. Air Force with the rank of Staff Sergeant (E-5).

Additional Languages: German, basic conversational Arabic.