Gary A. Nowakowski

622 Oak Berry Dr. Kemah, TX 77565 

garynowakowski@gmail.com

(832) 385-6718

 

 

 

Oil, Gas, Chemical, Manufacturing, & Energy Industries

 

 

 

Profile Summary

 

Detail oriented and self-motivated with a direct understanding of the Construction & Engineering fields. Experienced in a range of project types to include; Enterprise, Alliance, Joint Venture, Capital, Turn Around, Expense, and Greenfield. My work experience includes oil & gas, refining, chemical, petrochemical, industrial gas, hydrogen, syngas, gasification, natural gas processing, compressor stations, metering stations, pump stations, alternative fuels, biofuels, facility pipelines, power and manufacturing. Expertise in change management, estimating, scheduling, and cost control have provided the foundation needed to meet all new challenges effectively and efficiently. Committed to a safe and team integrated environment. Proficient communicator with management and all parties involved to ensure the success of the company’s core values and visions.

 

Education

 

Point Loma Nazarene University: San Diego, CA 92106

Bachelor’s Degree in Business Communication: December 16, 1994

 

Courses, Certifications, and travel/access documents

 

·               U.S. Passport

·               U.S. Department of Homeland Security: TWIC card

·               Greater Houston Area Safety Council Cards Obtained: (HASSC, ISTC & ARSF)

·               Innovative Turnaround Controls: Certified in Primavera 6 Scheduling & Planning

·               Jacobs Engineering Group: Project Controls Short Courses

·               Jacobs Field Services, NA: Level I Supervisors, Leadership Safety Excellence II, and Beyond Zero Certifications

 

Current and Past Affiliations

 

·               AACE International, the Association for the Advancement of Cost Engineering, Member

·               PMI, Project Management Institute, Member

·               Phi Chi Theta, National Business Fraternity, Past Chapter V.P.

·               Point Loma Rotaract, a Subsidiary of Rotary International, Charter Member

·               Tau Kappa Epsilon, International Fraternity, Theta Upsilon Chapter, Member

 

Computer Usages & Proficiencies

 

Microsoft-(Word, Excel, Access, Power Point, Visio, and Project), Lotus 1.2.3, Track, Primavera P6, Hard Dollar, Live-Link, SAP, PDS, Adobe In-Design, Proprietary, and Project Management Information Systems. 

 

Professional Experience

 

L-Con, Inc. Engineers & Constructors

Proposal Manager (October 2013-April 2015) Staff Position

Home office controls; Houston, Texas

Responsibilities included:

·   Initiated, anticipated, and documented issues and reported to executive management, and addresses with the department managers accordingly.

·   Organized and participated in proposal or functional meetings.  Created an Action Items Log and followed up with the responsible persons for the close out of action items.

·   Drove the proposal budget based on estimates provided for identified proposal scope of work.

·   Supported the constructability assessments for new projects, by working closely with the project teams and the Client.

·   Assists in managing the development of the contracting strategies and commercial terms for the project and finalizing the project agreement.

·   Manages and apply risk management to any project risks to ensure risk is minimized within the defined work scope.

·   Worked with the proposal team to develop the proposal schedule and conducted regular reviews and updates to the schedule based on project progress and change.

·   Developed and implemented the Proposal Communication plan that contains a Proposal Schedule and regularly scheduled Update Meetings.

·   Developed the proposal deliverables plan and oversaw the management of the proposal deliverables.

·   Scheduled and led the internal reviews with executive management.

 

Willbros Group

Senior Estimator (August 2012- October 2013) Staff Position

Home office controls; Houston, Texas

Responsibilities included:

·   Responsible for estimating downstream, mid-stream, and facility pipeline projects (terminals, compressor/pump stations, refinery, and chemical projects) ranging from 500K to 45MM on (E/P/C/M) projects.

·   Schedule all meetings related to the estimate, prepared takeoffs, selected and validated vendor/subcontractor quotes, produced risk registers, presentations estimate in corporate reviews.

 

S&B Engineers and Constructors

Lead Scheduler (January 2011-August 2012) Staff Position

Field office controls; Houston, Texas

Lead scheduler for Lyondell-Basell Houston Refining Alliance Contract

Responsibilities included:

·   Led the effort on building, maintaining and reporting (weekly, 3 week look ahead, and monthly) reports for 100 construction schedules with engineering milestones to include Capital, Expense, and Turnaround Projects.

·   Temporarily took over the role of reporting progress for 4 months along with my other duties. This entailed setting up new jobs and maintaining existing projects as needed to support the Clients weekly and monthly cost/progress reports on 160 construction projects

·   Supported the work effort on KPI reports

 

 

Kiewit Corporation

Lead Estimator (July 2009-January 2011) Staff Position

Home office controls; Houston, Texas

Kiewit Energy/Kiewit International Projects

Responsible for:

 

Leading a group of (1-14) estimators on (1-3) projects concurrently to develop conceptual, budgetary, definitive, and lump sum (TIC) estimates.

 

Defining the scope, generating a basis of estimate, selecting historical data and/or factors to apply to the project, archiving all information upon completion of the estimate, sourcing vendors/subcontractors and validating there quotes, building lift plans, assigning construction equipment/facilities/staff to the project, generated project org. charts, hand sketched piping isos and general arrangements when engineering was not complete.

 

Scheduled job kick off meetings with all stakeholders, generated lists of deliverables, presented the final estimate in the corporate review.

 

Generated training modules which were presented to other estimators on a weekly basis.

 

Projects worked on include the following:

·   (EPC) - Cobra Castor Underground Gas Storage Project: Wellhead platform bridge linked to a production, utilities, and quarters off the shores of Spain

·   (EPCM) Tenaska Energy: Taylorville Energy Center (IGCC): Taylorville, IL. Kiewit Energy Co. and the engineering firm Burns & McDonnell to conducted the Front End Engineering and Design (FEED) study and facility cost report 3.5B TIC for the Taylorville Energy Center (TEC), a 720 MW (600 MW net) hybrid IGCC electric generating facility

·   (C) Tesoro Refinery: Crude Unit T/A: Kenai, AK

·   (C) B.P. Whiting: Coker Unit Expansion: Whiting, IN entailed modular structures, piping, equipment, and foundations for the new expansion.

·   (C) Jordan Cove Liquefaction Project. Located in Coos Bay, Ore. consisted two full containment storage tanks, each with a capacity of 160,000 cubic-meters, a single marine berth for loading liquefied natural gas, and a dedicated tractor tug dock

 

Starcon International, Inc.

Project Estimator (February 2009-June 2009)

Home office controls; La Porte, Texas

·   Estimates performed included: (C) Lyondell Channelview Chemical Complex T/A, (C) Valero Benicia Refinery T/A & Maintenance, (C) Shell Martinez Refinery T/A & Maintenance.

Responsible for:

·   Provided T&M, Cost-reimbursable, and lump sum estimates for maintenance, capital and turn around projects in the U.S. and overseas.

·   Scheduled and lead all estimate related meetings.

·   Conducted estimate reviews with project management and the clients.

·   Sourced/validated vendor and sub-contractor quotes.

·   Establish escalation, contingency, fees and taxes for projects.

·   Prepared and submitted final proposals.

 

 

 

 

Jacobs Engineering Group, NA

Lead Estimator/Cost Engineer (October 2007-February 2009) Staff Position

Home office controls; Houston, Texas

Cost Engineer responsibilities for B.P. Texas City Operations:

·   Responsible for (EPC) & (EPCM) Portfolio values of 650MM to include: (Blue Skies, Sunrise, and ABF compliance programs) & (Alliance Projects)

·   Accountable for monitoring Jacobs and overall Alliance program portfolios.

·   Responsible for project tracking cost and showing trends.

·   Accountable for providing input for reporting and forecasting cash flow.

·   Monitor commitments and expenditures against approved DSP budget.

·   Analyze project performance and interface with project engineers

·   Responsible for ensuring accurate DSP budgets and forecasts are loaded into the cost system.

·   Performed change documentation.

·   Ensured contingency is accurate.

·   Cost Coding.

·   Ensured TIC reports accurately report costs and sales tax.

·   Provided DSP/WBS which is used to recast estimates into budget for SAP.

·   Worked with Project manager and Project Engineer to recommend mitigation and recovery plans.

·   Accrued material and equipment for field services and engineering.

·   Provided input for schedule resource loading.

·   Perform change management roles.

 

Lead Estimator responsibilities:

B.P. Texas City Operations; Estimated Execution Stage Projects and converted budgetary estimates to Lump Sum (project values 42MM TIC and below).

 

Bayer Baytown Operations, Chemical Plant 2008 Plant-Wide Turn-Around; performed unit price quantity take offs for structural, piping, civil, electrical, mechanical and instrumentation. Prepared proposal submittal packages with vendor and subcontractor pricing.

 

Lyondell-Basell Houston Refining Alliance Contract: Responsible for providing labor, material, subcontractor, and vendor estimates along with change orders for; Capital, Expense, and Turnaround Projects. The estimates supported 250 up to 650 people onsite with an Evergreen (Annual Renewable) Contract Value: $20MM min.

 

Emerald Contracting, CA

Project Manager-Ending Position (1988-2006) Staff Position

Home office controls; San Diego, California

Responsibilities included:

Generating/assisting with estimates and managing/executing projects for; General Motors Rancho Cucamonga, San Diego Food Bank, San Diego Sheriff’s Dept., County of San Diego Libraries, SDSU University, Cal Western Reconveyance Corp., Amylin Pharmaceuticals, Hybertech Pharmaceuticals, AMI Hospitals, HealthSouth, PRN Physical Rehabilitation Network and JELD-WEN Manufacturing.

 

References: Available upon request