Contract postion as a Construction Site Manager. Available immed.
GEORGE P. KEIL
10200 South River Trail / Knoxville, TN 37922
865-675-7570, Fax 865-675-1202, Cell 865-207-1625
george_keil[at]yahoo.com
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CONSTRUCTION SITE MANAGER / ON-SITE PROJECT MANAGER / COMMISSSIONING MGR.
Construction Manager with a 44-year record of success overseeing all phases of multimillion-dollar construction projects for private-sector environmental, power (fossil, nuclear & DOE), pulp & paper, petro-chemical, chemical and pharmaceutical companies. Experience includes managing crews of up to 800 union and non-union craft on projects. Construction projects encompassed civil, soil remediation, demolition, asbestos/lead abatement, railroads, concrete, steel, electrical, I&C, transmission lines, piping, ductwork, equipment, insulation & lagging and painting. Backed by strong credentials and a proven history of on-time, on-budget and high-quality project completions.
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08/09-02/10 Contracted to Allied Environmental Solutions, Inc., Columbia, MD
Commissioning Manager on several Dry Scrubbers with bag-house projects. Responsible for commissioning AESI product line on new coke fired power plants.
07/07-08/09 Contracted to Mirant Corp., Morgantown, MD
Construction Site Manager for owner on twin Shaw designed Wet Scrubbers project. Responsible for all construction site management issues. (Budget $565M)
05/06-07/07 Contracted to Mirant Corp., Morgantown, MD
Start-up/Commissioning Manager at Morgantown Power Generating Plant. Project consisted of two (2) SCR units using Urea to ammonia system. Provided site supervision for all startup and commissioning activities.
10/01-05/06 Contracted to Lurgi Lentjes North America, Inc., Columbia, MD
Construction Site Manager on three (3) Lurgi designed SCR projects. Provided site supervision and startup/commissioning. Worked included demolition, construction and remediation. Each project had 400-500 union craft personnel performing work under the National Maintenance Agreement. The three projects were Ameren Edwards Power Station, Bartonville, IL ($46MUSD), Ameren Duck Creek Power Station, Canton, IL ($57MUSD) and PSE&G Mercer Power Station, Trenton, NJ ($89MUSD).
04/01-10/01 Contracted to The Jamar Company, International Falls, MN.
Assistant Project Manager at Boise Cascade, International Falls, MN. Recovery Boiler Rebuild within a 22 days outage. Maintained project schedule, using MS-Project with close communication with construction superintendents and vendors. Dealt with a peak of 480 union craft and 35 non-union personnel. (Budget $13M)
10/00-03/01 Contracted to Alstom Power, Homer City, PA
Start-up/Commissioning Manager at Homer City Power Generating Plant. Project
consisted of three (3) SCR units and a wet scrubber system. Generated schedules. Tie-ins to existing plant were made within a 56 days outage
11/99-10/00 Contracted to The Jamar Company, Sartell, MN.
Project Manager at Champion, Sartell, MN. Responsible for all phases of construction and commissioning of new wet end gap former. Union personnel peaked at 70 craft. Commissioning of various piping systems and equipment, including steam-blows. . (Budget $2.6M)
3/99-11/99 Contracted to A&G Crane Ltd., Antigonish, Nova Scotia
Project/Site Manager at Kimberly-Clark, New Glasgow, Nova Scotia. Responsible for all phases of construction and commissioning of piping systems on recovery boiler rebuild. Dealt with a peak of 400 union craft. Coordinated steam blows, testing and start-up of new steam, condensate and black liquor systems and related equipment. (Budget $6.5MCD)
11/96-3/99 Contracted to Valmet Enerdry, Thunder Bay, Ontario
Construction Manager on Stora Port Hawkesbury, Nova Scotia, Canada, new paper machine project. Responsible for all phases of construction and commissioning. Dealt with a peak of 450 union craft personnel. (Budget $37MCD)
03/85-11/96 Owner/President, Knoxville, TN
Professional Design Service, Inc. (Construction)
Alloy Pipe & Exchanger, Inc. (ASME Code Fabrication)
Process Engineering Service, Inc. (Engineering)
Performed work for industrial customers. Specialized in design/build and installation of skid mounted and stand alone process piping and equipment for Dry FGD, VOC and pneumatic conveying equipment. Pneumatic conveying systems included ash, peanuts and <3/4†gravel. Designed, installed and commissioned lime slurry and steam and condensate piping systems, ball mills, pumps, slakers, dryers, reactor piping systems for dry FGD systems for Flakt (ABB). As a subcontractor to various environmental companies we performed fabrication and installation services of precipitator and bag house components. Worked on state contracts including upgrades to existing mental institution (Western Mental Health Institute) while continuing to operate in Bolivar, TN. Total payroll consisted of forty-nine (49) full time employees. As president, had responsibility for P/L, day-to-day management and sales.
01/84-03/85 Contracted to ABB, Inc., Knoxville, TN
Senior Project Coordinator. Duties included office and field coordination. Responsibilities included startup of ash handling and flue gas systems. (Budgets ranged from $1M to $30M)
06/83-01/84 Contracted to Nine Mile Point 1, Oswego, NY
Level II Welding Inspector. Inspection of nuclear piping systems welds.
01/82-05/83 Contracted to Bechtel Corp., Kingsport, TN
Senior Piping/Startup Coordinator on Coal Gasification project. Responsibilities included installation and testing of critical pipe and equipment supports. Steam blows, testing and chemical flushing of piping systems.
06/81-01/82 Contracted to Tennessee Valley Authority, Knoxville, TN
02/77-04/80 Senior Piping Designer. Responsible for piping design in the waste management building and design of fire protection piping systems in the auxiliary buildings on the Yellow Creek, Sequoyah and Watts Bar Nuclear Plants.
04/80-06/81 Contracted to Merck & Co., Albany, GA
Senior Project Coordinator. Responsible for construction supervision, commissioning and testing on various plant expansion and environmental projects. (Budgets ranged from $100k to $1M)
04/72-06/73 Contracted to Vitro Engineering Co., Richland, WA
Field Tech. Decommissioning of nuclear plant at Hanford, DOE site.
06/64-04/80 Contracted as Senior Piping Designer to:
Pedco, Cincinnati, OH
Daniel International Co., Greenville, SC
Montreal Engineering Co., Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Lummus Co. of Canada, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Stearns-Rogers, Inc., Denver, CO
Davy Power Gas Co., Lakeland, FL
Monsanto Co., St. Louis, MO
Occidental Chemical Co., White Springs, FL
Hercules Chemical Co., Wilmington, NC
Catalytic Dow Co., Titusville, FL
Employed by Watson & Co., Tampa, FL
Employed by City of Orlando, Orlando, FL
12/65-10/67 United States Army- Vietnam, Honorable Discharge
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PROJECT HIGHLIGHTS
Fossil Power Plant Environmental Projects / Budgets: $46M to $565M:
• New construction of SCR's, Wet Scrubbers, Dry Scrubbers and Bag-houses on coal and coke plants.
• New construction of associated ammonia systems, demolition, ash handling, waste water treatment plants, RO plants, de-watering plants, ductwork, railroads and underground utilities.
• Commissioning and startup.
Nuclear Power Plant & DOE Projects / Design & Field:
• Associated piping and fire protection design in waste management buildings and auxiliary buildings.
• Certified pipe welding inspector..
• Nuclear plant decommissioning at Hanford, WA DOE site.
Pulp & Paper Projects / Budgets: $1M to $37M:
• New construction of paper machine and gap former.
• Rebuild of Recovery boilers
• New construction of associated equipment, utilities, ductwork, plate-work and refactory.
• Commissioning and startup.
Petro-chemical, Chemical and Pharmaceutical Projects / Budgets: $100K to $1M:
• New power plant design for Tar Sands.
• New and improvement construction projects.
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EDUCATION & CERTIFICATIONS
Education: University of Cincinnati Cincinnati, Ohio
Valencia College Orlando, Florida
Orlando Jr. College Orlando, Florida
Walter State Morristown, Tennessee
Orange Co. Technical Orlando, Florida
Membership: American Society of Engineering Managers
Licenses: General Contractor #35049 (inactive)
ASME #27,874 ‘U’ Stamp (inactive)
National Board Stamp # R-4050 (inactive)
Software Programs: Auto Cad; MS Project; Excel; Word; Power Point; Outlook
Clearance: Inactive Secret
Military: Vietnam Veteran, Honorable Discharge
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