Jason Brandon

Mobile 360.389.2256

 

Professional Summary

A goal-oriented and resourceful cost, schedule, and data specialist with 9+ years of experience in the oil, gas, and power industry. Detail-oriented, accurate, and dependable, with an exceptional work ethic. Extensive knowledge in computer hardware and software has led to several career advancements and the implementation of new, more efficient system processes that include cost, schedule, logs, reports and employee records.

 

Experience

 

I.C.E. Professional Services / CHS Refinery, Laurel, MT2014-2015

Schedule / Cost / Data

Assist with schedule development for the 2015 turnaround. Imported job plans, tied logic, generated reports, and updated schedule. Used various methods for data mining out of Maximo, IPS, and several outdated databases for the Turnaround Manager and Cost Controller. Provided data analysis reports for meetings and/or upon request by management.

 

S3 Group / Homer City Power Plant, Homer City, PA2013-2014

Lead Outage Scheduler

Created overall outage schedule and maintained throughout the 30-day outage from shutdown to start-up. Generated daily schedule reports to reflect 1-day – 3-day look ahead.

 

I.C.E. Professional Services / BP Cherry Point Refinery, Blaine, WA2012-2013

Lead Maintenance Scheduler

Schedule and maintain day-to-day maintenance activities for BP shops & contractors. Create high-level yearly look-ahead schedules for various units and projects via quarterly meetings. Daily P6 reporting which include various schedules posted to BP’s Sharepoint site. Hold quarterly meetings based on analyzed reports generated from the CoW database. Build and process daily and weekly KPI’s through SQL Server, Crystal Reports, and Excel.

 

EPCM / Shell Scotford, Alberta, Canada2011-2012

Senior Cost Engineer / TAR Scheduler

Structured and built the CBS & WBS within P6. Cost coded all resources and added all project expenses and PO commitments. Built cost report to allow a direct data export from Primavera, which became the basis for the turnaround investment proposal. Worked with turnaround planners to Input plans into schedule, coded activities and tied logic.

 

Brinderson / BP Cherry Point Refinery, Blaine, WA2009-2011

Cost Engineer

Assist with project start-up and project completion procedures. Produced & maintained 16 cost reports for 12MM project with a 5MM T/A. Reports include 3-Part Curves, Project Services Report and Earned Value Database Reports. Responsible for 3-week look ahead and daily schedule updates in P6. Verify & approve invoices during T/A for payment; audited all billings; review and approve all expenses; generate cost analysis reports by way of vlookup & pivot for use in RFI’s & change orders. Installed and maintained the local network as well as assisting with any troubleshooting issues. Trained and lead 4 timekeepers for the T/A, and verified allocated time with billing.

 

Matrix Service / Valero Refinery, Wilmington, CA2007-2009

Field Engineer / Project Controls

Promoted to the Project Controls Department to analyze productivity and profitability for the project along with several small capital projects totaling 21MM. Created and maintained cost reports as well as a database to track financial resource usage. Created numerous tables, queries, forms and reports. Created budget reports, internal cost center reports, sub-contract administration, earned value reporting, wrote RFI’s, change orders and maintained logs.

 

Matrix Service / Tesoro Refinery, Wilmington, CA2006-2007

Field Support / Document Control

Held various field positions to better understand the mechanics for the industrial industry. Established and implemented new database for more efficient document control, earned value reports, sub-contract administration, reconciled attendance reports and time cards for invoicing purposes.

 

 

Summary of Skills

·   Extensive knowledge with PC’s to include database management, networking, and troubleshooting

·   Microsoft Office Suite 2003 – 2016 with advanced knowledge in Excel, Access, and Visio

·   Skilled with Primavera P3-P6

·   Strong written and verbal communication skills

·   WorkTech CCTS

·   Maximo 4 & 7

·   Crystal Reports

·   Microsoft SQL Server

·   IPS 2.0

Education

AA, Computer Science

Spokane Falls Community, Spokane Washington2004-2006

 

BS, Business Management Information Systems

Liberty University Online, Lynchburg Virginia2013-2017 (anticipated)