JOHN L. CLOUATRE

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Oil & Gas Maintenance Management Specialist

Offering 35+ Years of Experience, a BS Engineering Technology Degree, with Extensive
Knowledge of the Oil & Gas Maintenance Management, Computerized Maintenance Management Systems (SAP PM) and Productions Operations Environment.

Targeted Positions - Maintenance Management Lead - Integrated Activity Planning Lead

Manager CMMS Implementation - PM Implementation Functional Lead

 

CAREER HISTORY

 

Owner John Clouatre Consulting LLC, September 2011 – Current

Company formed post retirement from Shell Oil to enable future employment options.

 

Maintenance Planner (Contract Position), Marine Well Containment Company October 2012-Current

Establish SAP Planning and Scheduling Function and Process for MWCC.

·                       Solution design for SAP PM Planning and Scheduling role with strong emphasis on MM Integration

·                       SAP PM User design to support large growth expectations of MWCC

·                       Functional Planner/Scheduler with Focus on correcting and upgrading existing Maintenance Plans, Maintenance Items and Task Lists to both meet and comply with Regulatory requirements.

·                       Utilized Prometheus Advanced for development and Implementation of Mobile Tablet Solution including User Training.

Achievements

·                       Established Maintenance Planner Role and trained permanent employee for position.

·                       Established and implemented use of BOMs for routine maintenance activities

·                       Moved Preventative Planning to Strategy Plans from Single Cycle plans

·                       Provided onsite support for Regulatory Review at new Base with excellent results

 

SAP PM Functional Support (Contract Position), New Gold Inc., August 2012 – October 2012

Providing SAP (V7.10) PM Process Training and support to the New Afton Mine Maintenance & Operations organizations.

·                       Developed PM Process flows and Training Documents

·                       Providing PM training to majority of work force at Mine site.

·                       Providing  PM Planning and Scheduling Process training and support to both Long Term and Short Term Planners for site

·                       Addressed Integration issues with SCM from earlier implementation and made minor Configuration changes to support PM Process.

Achievements

·                       Created training materials and provided extensive training to workforce.

 

 

SAP PM Functional Support (Contract Position), Newmont Mining Corporation, March 2012 – August 2012

Provided SAP (V7.10) PM and SCM integration support to one of several functional teams in Northern Nevada

·                       Led group in post go-live review of FuncLoc Structures, Task Lists, Maintenance Plans and Work Order Clean-up

·                       Supported Equipment and Assembly creation to allow for BOM population.

·                       Extensively supported group in the generation of Direct Reservations and Requisitions to both Cost Centers and WBS Elements.

 

Achievements

·                       Implemented use of Measurement points as a tool to identify needed maintenance

·                       Identified Standard reports and created variants to provide details on monthly spend by asset

 

 

Maintenance & Integrity Integration Focal Point, Shell Upstream Americas Onshore Gas, February 2011 – July-2011 (Retired)

[UAO is Shell US Onshore Exploration & Production Unit with operations in numerous locations in the US

Led support group implementing SAP PM for new acquisition (East Resources) in Pennsylvania]

·                         Team developed SAP Plant Maintenance Functional Location Structure

·                         Identified all required master data fields and submitted for creation those required to support use

·                         Provided training to local operations staff

·                         Created preventative maintenance task lists for routine maintenance activities.

Achievements

·                       Project well ahead of schedule when short term assignment on the project ended.

 

Maintenance Planning Lead, NC Productions Operations Company, October 2009 – February 2011

[NCPOC is the operations partnership for the Kashagan Oil Project in Kazakhstan.]

Establish and lead a team of maintenance planners, to support the operations and maintenance teams to meet production requirements and plant availability targets.  Managing and coordinating the following key areas:

·                       Develop short-term (1 day to 2 weeks), medium term (2 weeks to 3 months), and long term (3 months to 3 years) maintenance plans

·                       Define and measure/monitor an appropriate suite of planning KPI's. Take actions as necessary to ensure compliance with these performance indicators.

·                       Define and measure/monitor an appropriate suite of planning KPI's. Take actions as necessary to ensure compliance with these performance indicators.

Achievements

·           Developed and submitted Lubricants Contract for long term maintenance activities.  $8 million over 5 years.

 

Corporate Rig Scheduler, Brunei Shell Petroleum, August 2007 – October 2009

[BSP Produces Oil & Gas in Brunei with daily production of 10+ Million BOE Yearly]

Main responsibility was to build and maintain an optimized and stable short-, medium- and long-term drilling sequence that was the basis for building the production and budget forecasts.  Maintained documentation in both SAP PS and IM modules and Primavera P6 to effectively manage Drilling Program Budget.  Managing and coordinating the following key areas:

·           Focal point for all rig sequencing related issues

·           Coordinating enhancements of the rig sequencing tools

Achievements

·                       Maintained Drilling Sequence effectiveness during period of dramatic increase in Rig count for BSP (increased from 3 rigs to 8 rigs)

·           Led review of long term Rig Contracts resulting in 15% reduction in rig costs from previous projections

 

IPFE (Integrated Production Forecast Environment) Systems Custodian, Brunei Shell Petroleum, August 2006 – August 2007

[BSP Produces Oil & Gas in Brunei with daily production of 10+ Million BOE Yearly]

Maintenance of the BSP Corporate Activity and Forecasting tool IPFE, Maintenance of IPFE documentation, Interface with other OUs with respect to forecasting tools.  Managing and coordinating the following key areas:

·                       Maintain a change control register for enhancements from users

·                       Generate revisions to the design specifications for new functionality as requested by users

·                       Arrange and provide user training

·                       Maintain budget control of changes; issue a budget plan and schedule

Achievements

·                       Provided support and design input for the replacement of IPFE (with P3e) in an IAP role; ensuring the IAP logics are correctly mimicked in P3e

 

Senior SAP Systems Analyst, Shell Exploration & Production Company (SEPCO), September 2004 – August 2006

[SEPCO is the Americas division of Royal Dutch Shell, producing Oil & Gas in both North & South America]

SAP Plant Maintenance (PM) Implementation Team member, implementing a global SAP configuration and development of PS Solution.  Responsibilities in the following key areas:

·                       Delivery Lead and Functional Change Lead

·                       User Strategy Development and User Role Mapping

·                       Training Development and Delivery Lead

·                       PS Solution Development and Implementation

Achievements

·                       Formally Recognized three times during project for key input to solution development for both PM and PS Modules.

·                       Coordinated User Acceptance Testing for Shell in Brazil as part of implementation

 

Senior Operations Specialist (Maintenance Planner / Scheduler, Shell Exploration & Production Company (SEPCO), July 1999 - September 2004

[SEPCO is the Americas division of Royal Dutch Shell, producing Oil & Gas in both North & South America]

Organized all aspects of the Maintenance Management Program for the Mars TLP.  Responsibilities in the following key areas:

·                       Maintenance plans generation and updates

·                       SAP end user training

·                       Work Management System summary reporting to leadership

·                       Focal point for the SEPCo Integrated Production Planning Tool (IPP)

Achievements

·                       Participated in initial start-up of the Europa Sub Sea development and completed Subsea operator training

·                       Focal point for SAP Version Upgrade implementation

·                       Provided an extensive amount of input for the generation of a catalog of Master Task lists for SEPCO

 

Field Supervisor, Shell Exploration & Production Company (SEPCO), July 1997 - July 1999

[SEPCO is the Americas division of Royal Dutch Shell, producing Oil & Gas in both North & South America]

Offshore Production field operation and maintenance leadership for several mature assets in the Gulf of Mexico.  Responsibilities in the following key areas:

·                       HSSE Management

·                       Production Optimization and Oversight

·                       Field Maintenance coordination and management

·                       Annual Production Forecasting and Budget development

·                       Direct Supervision, Assessment and Development of Operations and Maintenance work group

Achievements

·                       Participated in a redevelopment project of the South Pelto 2 field

·                       Acted as PM Superuser for initial deployment of SAP within Shell E&P

·                       Led production optimization program while the Bay Marchand Field resulting in a 12% increase in production

·                       Met or exceeded all Safety, Production and Regulatory goals during assignment

 

Assistant Supervisor Oil Movements, Shell Pipe Line Corporation (Control Center) May 1995 - July 1997

[Shell Pipeline, A wholly owned subsidiary of Shell Oil Co owns and operates pipelines and terminals in 33 US states]

Supervisor for one of six control center consoles responsible for the remote operating of onshore or offshore pipelines grouped by product or relative location.  Responsibilities in the following key areas:

·                       Field project review of new facility installation and operability.

·                       Operations manual creation for new systems and updates of manuals for currently active systems.

·                       New business development.

·                       Regulatory compliance reviews.

·                       Direct Supervision, Assessment and Development of assigned controllers

Operations Foreman / Pasadena Area, Shell Pipe Line Corporation, March 1993 - May 1995

[Shell Pipeline, A wholly owned subsidiary of Shell Oil Co owns and operates pipelines and terminals in 33 US states]

Oversaw pipeline operations and maintenance for Pasadena Texas area.  Responsibilities in the following key areas:

·                       Ensuring system availability

·                       Right of way maintenance and security, facilities security for remote sites

·                       New business development and Customer / Public relations.

·                       Employee assessment and review, Workgroup consisted of 16 Shell operations and maintenance staff

 

Pipeliner / Product Storage Attendant / Oil Movements Controller / Pipeline Scheduler, Shell Pipe Line Corporation, July 1979 - March 1993

[Shell Pipeline, A wholly owned subsidiary of Shell Oil Co owns and operates pipelines and terminals in 33 US states]  Initial assignments with Shell Pipeline in pipeline maintenance, Compressor station operations, remote pipeline operations and pipeline / terminal scheduling.

 

 

 

 

EDUCATION

·           BS Engineering Technology, Almeda University, 2010

·           Drilling/Workover/Completions Supervisor Certification, IADC, 2005

·           Secondary Schooling Bonnabel High School, 1974

 

 

COMPUTER LITERACY

 

·           Computer Literacy – SAP PM, MM, PS & IM Modules, Primavera P6, Primavera P3e/Enterprise, MS Office (Excel, Project, etc…)

 

PERSONAL DETAILS

 

·           Languages – English

 

 

 

References and Certificates Available on Request.