George Niswanger

Project Controls

Planner / Scheduler

6520 Broadway #1321

Pearland, TX 77581

Mobile: 281-229-5543

george.niswanger@hotmail.com

2012 - 2013

Planner/Scheduler KBR, 600 Jefferson, Houston, TX 77002. Project Scheduler for various projects. Planned and scheduled Proposal, Level 1, 2, and 3 schedules. During the construction phase mobilized to the field to aid the field scheduler.

2011 - 2012
 

Scheduler CB&I, 6001 Rogerdale, Houston, TX 77072. William’s EPC Geismar Ethylene Expansion Project. Expansion increased plant capacity from 1.3MM#/Annum to 1.95MM#/Annum. Progressed 5000 activity schedule. Ran new data date schedule monthly and made corrections to schedule. Changed manhour loading and made WBS structure changes as necessary.

2010 - 2011
 

Instrument & Electrical Scheduler – KAP Project Services, Houston, TX. Shell Refinery Capital Projects, Deer Park, TX. Senior Scheduler, Shell Capital Projects, Deer Park, TX.  Plan/Developed and Progress in Primavera P-6 the Instrument & Electrical EPC Capital Projects ranging from 1-50MM

2009 - 2010
 

Instrument & Electrical Planner – L-CON Engineering & Constructors, Houston, TX. I&E Planner, KOCH Nitrogen, Enid, OK.  Developed and Maintained in Primavera P-6 the Ammonia Unit 1 April Turnaround. Incorporated Fall DCS Capital Project into the life cycle of turnaround to insure unit readiness for the capital project. Direct interface with company management, OEM vendors, Contractors and Plant Personnel on a daily basis to define and resolve Instrumentation & Electrical issues critical to the cost and timely completion of the Turnaround and DCS project.

2008 - 2009
 

Chief Project Controls Specialist – Worley Parsons Energy & Resources, 6330 West Loop South, Houston, TX. ChemWEyaat Development MOU AD Council / IPIC / Borealis – TACAMOL Project. Developed and Maintained in Primavera P-6.2 EPC Schedule for Front End-Engineering & Design through Citrix and Oracle interface. I developed Excel Schedules for Level 1 and presentation of Power Point Presentations to Upper Management. I developed Man-hour Utilization Reports for Project Management. I have resource loaded Pre-FEED and FEED schedules, created WBS for Level 3 schedules.

2007 - 2008

Senior Project Planner/Scheduler – NATCO GROUP CORPORATE, Houston, TX.

Planned and Scheduled in Primavera P-5 Built To Order Projects for Levels 1 & 3. Built WBS Structures of projects assigned to corporate Project Managers. Assigned Gate Review Milestones to insure deliverables are met on schedule. Base-lined new schedules and progressed activities throughout the project life cycle. Communicated project status to Project Manager, Process Engineers, Project Engineers, Cost Engineers, Drafting Managers, and the Director of Project Controls. Transitioned MS Project to Primavera Platform and export of same to Microsoft Excel. I have resource loaded schedules and leveled them as well as produced Primavera Earned Value Reports.

2006 - 2007

Instrument & Electrical Planner/Scheduler/Execution Coordinator – DR McNatty & Associates, Inc., CHEVRON Refinery, El Segundo, CA, 

Instrument & Electrical Planner, Turnaround & Projects, LSFO (Low Sulfur Fuel Oil)

Unit and 330M T/A Project. Planned Instrumentation, PM/Calibration and equipment

Upgrades. Planned Engineering Work Orders for Sub-Station upgrades for three

Master Schedulers. Provided specifications for Level Displacer Controllers and red-

lined Loops and cable/wire list to upgrade columns and vessels. Research work

controls source documents in EDMS, PASSPORT and, IN-TOOLS.

2005 - 2006

Senior Instrument & Electrical Planner – The Turnaround Management Co., Shell Refinery, NARCO, LA. Coordinated materials and equipment purchasing between OEM, Vendor, and the Buyer. Instrument & Electrical Planner for the turnaround, GO1-South OLIFINS. Collaborated the planning, tracking and controlling of the projects to the TA Team. Submitted Request For Quote (RFQ) to OEM/Vendor and collaborated with Cost Engineer. Submitted As Built RED Line drawings to client with updated documents as part of the T/A Life Cycle.

1999 - 2005

AKZO NOBEL Surface Chemistry, Houston, TX. Senior I&E Planner Played key roles in Planning Logistical, Manpower, Operations Support and implementation of Plant, Unit and Facilities projects. Responsible for planning of Access Control and Plant Security Surveillance which brought $40k in Bottom-line savings to the company. Implement and managed outsourcing to EMERSON Process Management, Rockwell Automation, PUFFER SWEIVEN, CHEMITHON and others. Lead Tech for team members of the I&E department for Planned Projects which I planned.

1989 - 1999

Florida Power Corporation, St. Petersburg, FL Nuclear Technical Support

Responsible for maintaining Reactor Safeguards instrumentation, Turbine Controls etc. Implemented Modification & Retrofits (MAR) for Feed Water Control. Supported System Engineers with identification of Activities required to build and execute Mid-cycle and Refuel Outage and MAR work packages.