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Tel: Mobile: PHONE NUMBER AVAILABLEEmail: EMAIL AVAILABLESUMMARYOver 27 years of professional experience in Cost Control of large and complex projects related to the Petrochemical and Oil & Gas Industries in Venezuela and Internationally. This includes the integration and implementation of SAP R/3 systems in PDVSA (Petrleos de Venezuela S.A.) and subsidiaries and Mineral & Metals. More recent, a brief experience regarding the Specialized Representation of Products, Distribution and Sales Services, in the Industrial, Oil and Petrochemical sector of Additives for Lubricants, Bases for Lubricants, Dyes and Markers. Also worked for the Consultancy of International Life, Health, and Travel Insurance and most recently, Controlling Cost for Phoenix Industrial Projects, a wholly owned subsidiary of MasTec Inc. Has successfully worked: Onsite in Egypt during the construction phase of a new build LNG project. Based in France, Malaysia and Spain for the Joint Venture team on the Dung Quat Refinery (DQR) Project. Office based in Spain for the Engineering and Procurement stage and Site based in Ruwais, UAE for Borouge 2 Construction phase for the Utilities, Offsites and External Interconnections for a Petrochemical plant. Office based in Chile for Early Works and Execution Phase for Escondida Organic Growth Project 1. Onsite in Panama during the construction management for all Structures of the Copper Mine Project. Onsite in Peru during the construction management for Talara Refinery Modernization Project. Working remotely as Senior Cost Controller for several Phoenix Industrial projects, USA. HIGHLIGHTS Worked as Client and as EPC, home office and at site. Dynamic approach to assigned tasks. Highly skilled and results oriented. Strong organizational and motivational skills Team worker; leadership abilities Available to travel and to change place of residence. Worked with multi-cultural teams with excellent professional and personal relationships. Versatile, think outside the box and ready to work. PROFESIONAL EXPERIENCEPHOENIX INDUSTRIAL (Subsidiary of MASTEC INC)Oct 2022 Nov 2023 Florida, USASenior Cost Controller II. Work remotely with quarterly in-office presence, controlling and monitoring Project Controls on multiple small Projects (< 60 million USD) mostly T&M, during various phases for Phoenix Industrial, part of the MASTEC Industrial Companies. Ensure budget management, change management, forecasting and progress updates are performed in accordance with procedures and good practice. Support Project Management and Project Controls Management with project reporting requirements. VALUE CARE INSURANCE / ADVISORS SUPPORT GROUP (AS&G) Oct 2017 Present Caracas, VenezuelaInternational Insurance Advisor. Promote sales, offering adequate information on the products we sell in terms of Life, Health, and Travel insurance. Assist individuals and family groups to obtain their best protection option with international coverage through the different and recognized companies with which we work, such as: Best Doctors Insurance Limited, VIP Universal Medical Insurance (VUMI) and Global Benefits Group (GBG), Open Insurance / Seven Corners, M & A Travel Assist and Qualitas Assistance. Guarantee an efficient, reliable, and safe service to my clients during the entire duration and life of the policy, from the advice for the selection of the plan and type of policy that best suits their needs, possibilities, and requirements, specify the contracting of the service and then during the validity of this and its consecutive annual renewals. TECNICAS REUNIDAS, S.A. (TR TALARA)Oct 2019 Feb2020 Talara, PeruTalara refinery modernization project in Peru (PMRT). The project, the world's largest refining turnkey project ever awarded to a single contractor, includes expansion and modification of existing process units and the construction of new processing units. Refinery throughput will increase to 95,000b/d from 65,000b/d as E&P ramps up in the Talara basin and Amazon blocks. Contract value: USD 2,700 million - Lead Construction Cost Control at Site. NOVERGY CHEMICALS, C.A.Sep 2015 Jan 2016 Caracas, VenezuelaOperations Manager. Supervision of all the operations of Novergy Chemicals and its subsidiaries depending on their geographical location, under which the Customer's orders will be quoted, purchase orders will be placed, commercial invoices will be prepared, and the respective payments will be made. Supervising and ensuring the quality of all the work carried out by the Administration Manager, the Administration Coordinator and the Operations Assistant. Review and approve the accounting folder, ensure that all the solvencies required to operate in Venezuela are obtained and kept up to date, interact with the Sales Manager and Account Managers to know the status of all the clients' purchase orders, ensure the quality of the calculation of the commissions to be paid by the represented, identify and implement actions that help to improve the operations of the company. Review and approve the financial information report issued by the Administration Manager on a weekly basis and report the financial performance to the General Manager in due time. REDUCTION OF STAFF OF BRANCH IN VENEZUELA. INELECTRA, S.A.C.A.Jul 2013 Oct 2013 Caracas, VenezuelaLump Sum Project US$ 18.2 m for the Development and Execution of the Basic Engineering for Upstream Surface Facilities for Joint Venture with Chevron Petroindependencia (Package 1) in the Carabobo Production Block in the Extra-Heavy Oil Belt (Joint Venture between Inelectra S.A.C.A. and Asincro C.A.). Senior Project Cost Control Leads Assistant/Consultant. Responsible for a strict and close control of all manhours and costs associated, Project budget and Reimbursables expenses. Prepare Monthly Cost Reports and provide cost input. Monitoring in a weekly basis of manhours spent vs manhours planned by discipline, Project Contingency, budget control, commitments, expenditures, forecast evaluation and monitoring potential trends and scope changes. Allocation of cost codes as per WBS. Close liaison and contact with other departments, Admin & Finance and Engineering in order to provide consistent Cost information and ensure to maintain the Project within the budget. PROJECT CANCELLED/PUT ON HOLDSNC LAVALINJan 2013 Apr2013 Penonom &Colon, PanamaClient Minera Panam (MPSA) hired Consortium Joint Venture Panama (JVP) between SNC-Lavalin, Techint International Construction and Graa y Montero Group for the construction of US$ 6 bn mining project to provide the Engineering, and Supply of Materials and Construction Management (EPCM) for all Structures of the Copper Mine except for the Power Plant, in the Province of Colon, Panam (JVP Panama EPCM Copper Mine Project). Site Cost Engineer Manager. Responsible for the analysis of the costs and all related cost control activities.for all contracts at the Mine site such as Mine Early Works, Mass Earthworks, Access Roads, By-pass roads, Construction Camps, 230 Kv Switchyard Llano Grande Substation, General Services, etc. Collect and provide cost input and updating of data to prepare the Monthly Cost Reports. Verifyng accuracy of Field Work Instructions (FWI), Change Notices (CN), Amendments to the Subcontracts, Recommendation to Contract Variations (RCV) and of contract progress billings(PB). Participation in Site Trend meetings and follow up on all changes and requests by Client. Preparation of Budget Transfers request for Clients approval and Contingency & Growth Allowance Transfers with all the backup information and summary sheets as support. Constant follow up and monitor of trends by subcontract and on all correspondence posted by Document Controls department. Close liaison and contact with Admin & Finance Department, Engineering, Contracts Administrators, Project Estimators and Planners in order to provide Managemnet, consistent accurate and updated Cost information of the project to ensure that the Monthly cost Reports reflects in PM Plus, the Project budget, commitments, incurred costs, unawarded scope or unallocated budget, outstanding changes, trends, current forecast, budget and forecast deviations. PROJECT CANCELLED TO SNC LAVALIN INELECTRA, S.A.C.A.Apr2012 Nov2012 Caracas, VenezuelaLump Sum EPC Project US$ 996 mn for the Electric Generation Plant Termozulia III in La Canada, Zulia. (EIS Consortium a Joint Venture between Electroingenieria S.A., Inelectra S.A.C.A. and Sener Ingenieria & Sistemas Argentina S.A.). Senior Project Cost Control Leads Assistant/Consultant. Responsible for the analysis of the costs and all related cost control activities and cost information. Prepare Monthly Cost Reports and provide cost input. Monitoring in a monthly basis of Escalation and Project Contingency, purchase orders follow up, budget control, forecast evaluation and monitoring, potential trends and scope changes. Allocation of cost codes as per WBS. Close liaison and contact with other departments, Procurement, Admin & Finance, Contracts, Engineering and Construction in order to provide consistent Cost information of the project and ensure that the Monthly cost Reports reflects the Project budget, commitments, and expenditure.BECHTEL GROUP (Mining & Metals)Ago2011 Oct2011 Santiago, ChileOrganic Growth Project 1 (Early Works Phase and Execution Phase for the Escondida OGP1 that includes a Copper Concentrator, Utilities and Facilities at Minera Escondida Ltda.). Senior Cost Engineer. Totally responsible for the cost analysis, cost control activities and setting up the budget for the Early Works Phase (US$ 590 mn) using the in- house cost reporting tools and all internal cost control activities for the Organic Growth Project 1 (OGP1). Participate in Technical and Commercial bid evaluations for the Early Works and Execution Phase of the Minera Escondida OGP1 (US$ 3.2 bn). Liaise for cost control and cost reporting activities with Procurement, Contracts, Engineering and Construction Departments.TECNICAS REUNIDAS, S.A.Nov2007 Dic2010 Madrid, Spain / Ruwais, UAE (United Arab Emirates) Borouge II Project Facilities at Ruwais, U.A.E (Supporting Utility, Offsite and product export facilities (U&O) and External Interconnections for Abu Dhabi Polymers Company Limited - BOROUGE). Contract awarded on a convertible lump sum basis for US$ 1.234 billion to construct the offsite and utility facilities to all the associated EPC packages for the Borouge 2 project expanded plant. Lead Cost Control at Site. Responsible for the control and update of the manpower deployment schedule for Site Supervision, Field Engineering and Commissioning as well as the Organization charts. Control of all committed costs, change orders, trends and forecast of pending costs. Liaise closely with the Procurement & Purchasing Department and Administration & Finance Departments. Provide Construction Cost Control Head Office in Madrid with the required monthly corporate information for the Monthly Construction Cost Report. Control of Field Material Requisitions costs. Provide general administrative support. Vendors and Subcontractor monthly invoices follow up. Control of backcharges, site purchases, cost codes allocation as per WBS. Administration, control and follow up to indirects such as, Camp Services, Catering Services, Security, Office General Services, etc.Jul2005 Oct2007 Paris, France /Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia/Madrid, Spain Dung Quat Refinery Project in Vietnam (Joint Venture between Technip France, Technip Malaysia, JGC and Tcnicas Reunidas developing a grass roots refinery for PetroVietnam of $2 bn). Cost Engineer. Located initially in Paris, and later in Malaysia, as a member of the Joint Venture Directorate (JVD) and responsible for the control of man hours for the Directorate, developing the purchase orders for the lump sum and reimbursable home office services for all the Operating centers, consolidation of all Equipment list, Catalysts, Chemicals & Lubricants from the operating centers, allocation and control of the budget for the equipments and control of the purchase orders. All cost control activities related with the follow up, expenditures (in seven different currencies), forecast and control of the Directorate man hours and cost and all the Equipments of the project. Worked for Madrid Operating Centre (MOC) preparing invoices to JV, cost reports to the Committee and all cost control activities related with forecast, expenditures, invoices and other related costs (lump sum and reimbursable). Aug2003 Sep2004 Damietta Port, EgyptEgypt LNG Project Damietta LNG Construction LLC (Joint Venture of MWKL/KBR, JGC and Tcnicas Reunidas Client: SEGAS). The estimated investment for the construction of the facility was $1.3 billion. This LNG project was the first facility of its type in Egypt and is one of the worlds largest capacity single train facilities. Cost Engineer. Responsible for all cost control activities of the project related to Vendor back charges, Subcontract back charges, Client Change Orders, Insurance Claims (Construction All Risk and Marine Cargo), very few Miscellaneous estimates and Code requisitions. Involved also with the site cost reports, carryover work, subcontract cost analysis and organization charts.PETROLEOS DE VENEZUELA, S.A. (PDVSA)Feb2001Jan 2003 Caracas, VenezuelaDeltana Platform Project. Project Control. Responsible for all cost control and planning activities of this project dedicated to the exploration of gas in eastern Venezuela during the early upstream definition phase. The project execution plan addressed functional alignment regarding the project objectives, scope, priorities, project schedule, contracting strategy, plans for execution and control and project controls. Periodic cost and progress reporting activities, provide assistance in monthly progress payments, commit to measuring and analyzing project performance regarding progress, schedules, expenditures, AFC and budget. VENEZUELAN GENERAL STRIKE OF 2002-2003 Jan1998Jan2001 Caracas, VenezuelaSAP Integration Program (PD VSA Corporate Integrated System). Project Planner. Responsible for schedule development, maintenance, and monitoring activities of the integration project for PDVSA (Oil & Gas and other subsidiaries) with SAP Release/3 as the main application, for the implementation of the Finance, Cost, Materials, Human Resources and Maintenance Modules. Developed the plan for Phases III to V (according to the ASAP Methodology) for the Project System module (PS). Maintenance and continuous monitoring of progress and updating of all schedules with Primavera, early identification of any slippages and assist with mitigation measures to ensure work is completed as schedule, issue of weekly reports during the Evaluation and Planning Phase and for theDesign and Prototype Phase.MARAVEN (Subsidiary of Petrleos de Venezuela, S.A.) Oct1996Dec1997 Caracas, VenezuelaSAP Integration Program PDVSA SERVICES (Corporate Integrated System). Project Planner. Responsible for schedule development, maintenance, and monitoring activities of the integration project for PDVSA (Oil & Gas) with SAP Release/3 as the main application, for the implementation of the Finance, Cost and Materials Modules. Maintenance and continuous monitoring of progress and updating of all schedules with Project Planner, early identification of any slippages and assist with mitigation measures to ensure work was completed as scheduled; issue of weekly reports during the Evaluation and Planning Phase and for the Design and Prototype Phase. Jun1995Sep1996 Cardn and Caracas, VenezuelaPARC Project (Cardn Refinery Expansion Project) and HDH Project (Hydro-cracking, Distillation, Hydro- conversion). Cost Control Engineer. Involved in the financial consolidation, reconciliation, capitalization and closeout of the PARC Project. Responsible for cost control of the HDH Project during the bid evaluation and first phase of the contract.Nov1993May1995 Houston, USA and Caracas, Venezuela PARC Project (Cardn Refinery Expansion Project), Package D (Offsite and Utilities). Cost control, revision of monthly reports, control of change orders status, expenditures, anticipated final cost and budget during the Detail Engineering Phase. On site at contractor Inelectra in Caracas (March 1994 May 1995). PEQUIVEN (Subsidiary of Petrleos de Venezuela, S.A.) Apr1993Nov1993 Houston, USA and Caracas, Venezuela PARC Project (Cardn Refinery Expansion Project), Package D (Offsite and Utilities). Cost Control Engineer. Assigned from Pequiven to Maraven and responsible for the Cost control, revision of monthly reports, control of change orders status, expenditures, anticipated final cost and budget during the Detail Engineering Phase. On site at contractor MW Kellogg in Houston (April 1993 March 1994). Jan1993-Apr1993 Caracas, VenezuelaProject Controls. Provide assistance for various projects of the Engineering and Projects Division. Feb1992Dec 1992 Santa Rita, Zulia, VenezuelaHydrate Alcohol Project (PRALCA). Cost Analyst during Construction and Close-Out phases. Elaboration of the matrix for controlling the budget, anticipated final cost, final deviation of the costs of the project, update of the escalation factors, cost control, follow up and control of the purchase orders of materials and onshore equipment, onshore and offshore spare parts, control of the water, oxygen and ethylene lines, follow up for the completion of the punch list by discipline and handover of the systems of the plant for mechanical completion, estimate to determine the escalation for the onshore POs and the offshore component, participation in the elaboration of the final report of the project.Jan1990Jan1992 Caracas and El Tablazo, Zulia, Venezuela New Olefins Plant Project (NPO), Inside Battery Limit and Outside Battery Limit (ISBL & OSBL). Control and follow up of escalation formulas, execution of monthly reports, expenditures and budget control, presentations, control of physical progress vs. financial progress.Feb1989Dec1989 Caracas, VenezuelaCost Analyst. Audits and cost estimation for various projects of the Engineering and Projects Division. May1988Jan1989 Morn, Carabobo, VenezuelaNPAS Project (New Sulfuric Acid Plant II) and the ASAP Project (Services for Phosphate Area). Assistant for project Controls, planning and cost control for the Construction Phase of the projects. Apr1987Apr1988 Caracas, VenezuelaCost Analyst. Audits and some cost estimation for various projects of the Engineering and Projects Division. Sept1986Mar1987 Caracas, VenezuelaNPAS Project (New Sulfuric Acid Plan II). Engineering, Procurement and Construction (EPC) Lump Sum Contract. Follow up of the purchasing of onshore and offshore materials and planning and control of the project during the Detailed Engineering Phase.EDUCATION Master of Business Administration, Finance degree, July 1990. Andrs Bello Catholic University. Caracas, Venezuela Civil Engineer degree, June 1986. Andrs Bello Catholic University. Caracas, Venezuela. C.I.V. No. 53.981(Venezuelan Engineering Association)LANGUAGESFluent Spanish and English. Basic French, Portuguese, and Italian. COURSESLatest course completed with PMI Venezuela on November 28, 2013: PMI Preparation Program for PMP Certification.OTHERSComputer Software: Excel, Word, Power Point (Windows Office) and Outlook. Also, basic knowledge with Primavera Project Planner P3, MS Project, SAP release/3 (SAP R3), PM Plus - SNC Lavalin in-house software (PM+), InEight Control and Viewpoint Vista. |
