Contract/ Construction manager with over 20 years of experience in an industrial environment, both domestic and international, currently looking for the next challenge which the skills I have covering contracts, scheduling, cost managing, design compliance, and execution can be used to provide a company with a safe, cost effective and on time completion of any project of any size.
I look forward to discussing any position with you.
B.J. CHAFFIN
Pearland, Texas 77581
Contract Manager- 2007-2008 --Day & Zimmermann-Solutia Chocolate Bayou
Manager monitoring sub-contract engineering firm (Chemic Engineering) deliverables, schedule, and manpower for overflow work involving design for small projects at Solutia. Direction was to ensure that expended hours by the sub-contractor was maintained at 25% of all expended engineering hours. First year objective was achieved with those hours being at 18%. Second year the expenditure was less than 10%.
Construction Manager- (Contract- 6 months) Texas Petrochemicals LP -Pasadena, Texas-Baytown Sprint Project
Provided management of EPC construction contractor on expansion of truck loading facility including new storage vessels, new MCC, new pipe rack, new flare, and new control room and added new process for additional products manufacture on fast paced schedule (hence the name Sprint). Budget was set at $26 million for full project. Construction budget was set $9.5 million.
I & E Coordinator(Construction Coordinator) – 2005-2006--JCP Project –Chevron Phillips Chemical Co.–Jubail, Saudi Arabia-
Responsibilities included coordinating all Instrument and Electrical activities plus piping and civil for the expansion of the plant including fire alarm systems, LAN, LCN and telephone. The electrical capacity was increased from 35MW to 58 MW with the addition of a ring GIS main substation. The project added two new MCCs and associated cabling with cable trays, two new pump platforms, demoed two columns, installed three new ones, and a new water supply system. The plant thru-put was expanded by 200% with a complete new plant located adjacent to the existing plant. The budget for the two (SCP expansion & JCP new facility) was set at $3.1 billion. The portion I was responsible for was $650 million +/- 10%.
Area Contractor Representative 2003-2006-Chevron Phillips Chemical Company-Pasadena Plastics Complex Pasadena, Texas
Responsible for all contractor activities within assigned area of complex, which included:
#Ensured contractors conducted all activities safely utilizing the Tenets of Operation
#Monitor contractor manpower and man hours to follow budget and schedules
#Managed all contractor activities during turnarounds in K-Resin, Polypropylene, and Utilities areas of the complex while acting as the turnaround coordinator for those contractors.
#Contractor representative at Central Safety Committee and Active member of VPP Team
# Assigned as I & E representative for Floating, Storage, Production and Offloading vessel- Nan Hai Kai Tuo- of Xyjing Project in Singapore (Total Capital budget = $3.2 Billion which included two offshore platforms) FPSO was started with a salvaged tanker and was completed with two process units on the upper deck, a new control room , a new boiler control system, fire and safety panel, and a flight deck for helicopters. It was moored between two platforms and had undersea umbilical feeding the crude to the ship and the crude was processed and stored for off loading.
AWARDS Outstanding Achievement Award—Awarded by the Vice President of Corporate Engineering Phillips Petroleum Co.-Xyjing Project- China
I found that the fire and safety panel had the fire pumps locked out when a fire in the engine room occurs, preventing fire fighting in a critical area of the ship.
Senior Construction Specialist-1995-2003- Phillips Petroleum Company-Houston Chemical Complex Pasadena, Texas Responsible for all construction contractor activities within the complex acting in the capacity of Construction Manager, which included :
# Budget, schedule, and manpower for all projects which included all disciplines
# Safety compliance to Tenets of Operation which resulted in safety awards for the contractors.
# Turnaround coordinator -contractors, union personnel, and operations for Polyethylene, Polypropylene, and K-Resin plants during major plant turnarounds.
# Analyzing contractor’s estimates and contracts which resulted in a 12% decrease in contractors costs over the two year period
Senior Design Engineering Representative 1991-1995
Phillips Petroleum Company-- Corporate Engineering
Responsibilities as the Construction Manager (bold font) including Large and Small scale Capital Projects execution. I also worked in conjunction with other senior design representatives to execute projects which involved more than one major contractor.
# I was assigned various projects within the Houston Chemical Complex revolving around the re-build of the complex after a major accident---K-Resin Solvent Storage, K-Resin BD Piping System, Polyethylene Debottlenecking, Styrene Unloading and Supply, Developmental Reactor Direct Recycle, Ultra High Molecular Weight PE, Cogeneration Tie-ins, Polypropylene Flash Gas Filtration, PP Gas Phase Plant, PE Plant VII & Plant VIII construction (acting in conjunction with other personnel), Railcar Loading and Unloading, new Administration building, Fire, Potable, and Process Water rebuild. Budget total was over $1 billion for all projects that I acted as the construction manager. All projects involved piping, rotating equipment, structures, civil, and I &E.
# Assigned to overseas in Singapore as I & E Senior Coordinator for new polyethylene plant on Jurong Island. All cabling, instruments and loop sells for both instrument and electric were my responsibility to ensure compliance with design and correct operation. Two MCCs and 2200 loops.
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