Senior Maintenance & Turnaround Engineer

Carry out a suitable role that allow me to add as many value as possible, by using & sharing my knowledge, skills & expertise acquired along of more than 20 years of career in the Oil & Gas industry in the fields of Maintenance & Construction

Oct.05 – Current
STORK-WESCAR ARUBA
Superintendent
Execution leader of the projects developed by SWA (contractor) within Valero Aruba Refinery. TA´S of D1AR & D2AR, DCAR deareator, New 24” LSD line
Feb. 03 – Oct. 05
PETRO ADVANCE, Venezuela
Field Coordinator
Coordination of TA´S developed by PA (contractor) in 3 Heavy Oil Upgraders: a Hydrogen, a CD & a Sulfur Units.
May 98 – Dec. 02
Paraguana Refining Center; PDVSA
Turnarounds Leader
Leading the TA´S of the Distillation & Specialties Units: 8 CDU´S, 8 VDU´S, 4 NF´S, 3 Gas & 2 Lubricant Units. Annual effort ± 800.000 M-H.
March 95 - April 98
Amuay Refinery, PDVSA
Leader of Contract, Procurement & Costs
Head of Contracting, Procurement & Cost Control processes for all TA´S developed in the refinery.
Participation in TA´S of 42 process units, 30 tanks, 18 boilers, 1 jetty and 3 flares.
Octob.94 - March 95
Amuay Refinery, PDVSA
Supervisor of Contracting Unit
Supervise contracting efforts of the jobs & services for refinery TA´S. Scope include: Contract Strategies Implementation, Develop Technical & Commercial Specifications, BID, Administ. & Close-Up of the Contracts.
Lead contracting efforts of 1995 Flexicoking TA (± 3 millions of M-H & 30 MM$)
Jan.92 – Oct.94
Amuay Refinery, PDVSA.
Supervisor of Materials Unit
Implantation of the new “Unit of Materials” (Reengineering of the Shutdown Process). Scope included: Make the BOM´S based in Works List, Develop Specifications for Purchasing, Submit RDM´S to the Organization of Materials & follow-up the procurement
Participation in TA´S of 30 process units, 1 jetty & 1 flare
Jan. 90 – Dec. 91
Amuay Refinery, PDVSA.
Junior Planner / TA´S
Planning of TA´S of HDS, Alqui & Sulfur Units. Scope also include make & request BOM´S
March 88 – Jan. 90
Amuay Refinery, PDVSA.
Supervisor of Execution / TA´S
Watch for the proper execution of jobs under my responsibility to guarantee a quality, security & on-time execution.
Participation in TA´S of Flexicoking, FCC, CD & a VD units
April 86 – March 88
Amuay Refinery, PDVSA.
Area Supervisor
Execution of the Routine Maintenance in the Off-Site area (Tanks,Jetties,etc). 18 unionized workers on direct supervision
Oct. 84 – March 86
Amuay Refinery, PDVSA.
Workshops Planner
Plannig of “Work Orders” to the Welding & Boiler workshops. Requisition of materials required for each WO

COLLEGE
SCHOOL: Universidad Central de Venezuela
ADDRESS:Caracas / Venezuela
DEGRE: Mechanical Engineer

GRADUATE
SCHOOL: Universidad del Zulia
ADDRESS:Punto Fijo / Venezuela
DEGREE: MBA (Not Completed; Only Basic Level)

Mechanical Engineer with a wide experience in the Oil & Gas Industry, most of them working directly with PDVSA (the state owned oil company of Venezuela) in the PRC (Paraguana Refining Center ), the biggest integrated refining center in the world, which is conformed by the Amuay and Cardon refineries, it includes 85 process units since crude distillation plants until deep conversion plants, and has a combined installed capacity of 960.000 bpd. Last 3 years working for a general contractor company that serve to the Valero´s refinery in Aruba.
Extensive background in the following competencies:
• Planning, Scheduling and Control of Shutdown & Construction Projects
• Execution of Shutdown, Construction & Maintenance activities in Oil Refineries (Pipe System, Welding, Civil, Static Equip., Rotat. Equip., etc)
• Contracting of Shutdown, Construction & Maintenance Jobs & Services
• Materials Procurement for Shutdown & Construction Projects
• Formulation and Control of Budgets for Shutdown & Construction Projects
• Development and Optimization of Job List for Shutdowns
• Analysis and Improvements of Managerial Processes. Total Quality Management / Process Reengineering
• Human Resources Management (Up to 60 Direct and Indirect Workers)

General knowledge in the following areas:
• Reliability Management ( Risk Based Inspection, Reliability Centered Maintenance, Root Cause Analysis )
• Crude Refining Processes
• Strategic Planning