Dale W Hicks
16214 Dunmoor Dr
Houston TX 77059
832-297-8754, mrdale.hicks[at]hotmail.com
SUMMARY SKILLS
I earned my BBA Summa Cum Laude majoring in Project Management from Columbia Southern University. I have 18 years experience in the oil and gas industry supporting offshore production platforms, refineries maintenance, and turnaround groups. Im nationally certified as a journeyman pipefitter and boilermaker through the National Center for Construction Education and Research, NCCER. Im a journeyman structural steel iron worker and completed my apprenticeship with the union in 1992. Ive clocked over 300 hours of continuing education credits in building trades. I have worked in the power and nuclear power industry in the late 1980s. I have government TWIC security clearance from the Transportation Security Administration, TSA, for unescorted access working in channel based hazardous chemical plants and refineries.
My most recent experience has been working in project controls and project management maintaining oil and gas complex production and refining systems. My major responsibilities include priority completion of turnaround repairs and ongoing installation, maintenance and repairs IMR, within budget, and without injury or incident under my direction. I have superior skills working with ERP systems such as SAP and Oracle. I have expert database and master data skills, which allow me to perform such tasks as historical data preparation and reporting for advanced managerial decision making.
EDUCATION:
2009Columbia Southern UniversityBBAProject Management
2009Columbia Southern UniversityCertifiedProject Manager
1993Art Institute HoustonAABusiness Management
1992Houston Community CollegeCompleted300+ Clk Hrs Building Trades
CAREER EXPERIENCE
Austin Industrial
Houston, TX. 1/2007 to 1/2010
Contractor Positions Held: Maintenance Production Planner, Field Planner, Project Coordinator, Project Coordinator
TPC, Houston, TX. 9/2009 to 1/2010
Maintenance Production Planner
Oversaw full time contractor maintenance and turnaround personnel in the execution of task and activities necessary to complete scheduled jobs in accordance to plan. Identifying materials, tools and equipment required to perform tasks within budget, on time, and within quality parameters.
Consider all cost savings opportunities including taking bids from outside contractors for the completion of IMR, made in facility. Ensure quality standards are followed for stated work. Reconciling service providers invoices for accuracy when stated work is completed.
Identify/solicit safety information and requirements necessary to safely perform tasks and attach appropriate documentation to plan for proper selection of PPE by craft personnel.
Prepare job package and input plan into Oracle indicating the required resources, materials, and services. Record tasks/information within the work orders.
Reviews work orders for technical completeness and return them to gatekeeper if incomplete or other modifications need to be made.
Perform field checks when critical information is not available and use archived plans when available.
Encourage quality feedback and communication from field supervisors and personnel completing work to optimize existing plans.
PRSI Refinery Houston, TX. 1/2009 to 8/2009
Field Planner/Supervisor
Supervisor over personnel for maintenance and turnaround projects involving the repair of piping and steam systems and related equipment within refinery.
Controlled the survey analysis of steam equipment and documented results for continuous maintenance program.
Created work scope for the steam team crew to complete all necessary repairs, of steam traps, steam headers, and make upgrades to outdated steam energy recovery systems.
Produced daily updates for client meetings on jobs completion status and record results for tracking steam trap program progress.
Responsible for monthly reports demonstrating progress and cost savings generated from repairing in-operable steam traps and all other steam related equipment.
Work with quality control inspections departments to ensure high-pressure steam headers and steam lines in refinery are repaired to plant specifications.
Maintain solid relationships with all internal and external stakeholders to ensure the success of the refinery steam team.
Lyondell Refinery Houston, TX. 8/2008 to 12/2008
Project Coordinator
Managed internal and external contractors working within the refinery. Responsible for projects utilizing multi crafts and environmental services personnel for successful completion of turnaround projects and ongoing IMR.
Ensured project and day to day work activities were completed on time and within budget.
Reviewed and approved contractors invoices on a daily and weekly basis until their projects were complete.
Responsible for updating SAP while projects progressed as well as generating POs, WOs when needed.
Accountable for ensuring OSHA and LHR safety rules and regulations are followed during the completion of all projects.
Identifying work processes and procedures to support improvements and efficiencies that generate cost savings and time efficiencies.
Immediate problem solving and resolution of any project related issues and immediately disseminated decision to contractor project managers, superintendents.
Lyondell Refinery Houston, TX. 1/2007 to 8/2008
Lyondell, Project Coordinator Asst.
Assistant to LHR: PC, managing and internal and external contractors efforts in IMR, install, maintain, and repair, of steam energy equipment and systems.
Identified work processes and procedures to support improvements and efficiencies relating to energy savings initiative.
Completed survey of entire steam trap population within refinery and recorded statuses in the LHR Microsoft database system spreadsheet.
Maintained database system spreadsheet and tracked all work progress performed by steam team contractors.
Reviewed line drawings, blueprints, and specifications to identify process equipment in order to plan specific jobs requiring MOCs
Performed advance computer work mapping data fields to visual content mediums such as charts and graphs.
Generated costs savings reports on a weekly, monthly basis for LHR Steam Team Project Coordinator.
Solved work related problems by making decisions on best path forward given situation.
Escalated issues to the appropriate customer contact or contractor group that could not be immediately solved.
Tyson Foods, Inc, World Headquarters
Springdale AR. 12/2003 to 11/2006
SAP SR. Master Data Project Manager
Managed vendor master data conversion project for global SAP 4.7, implementation. Lead master data conversion team in the development and execution of their work scheduling and reporting of all project tasks assigned including budget estimates for required resources.
Heavily involved in the completion of all project documentation for master data conversion team.
Effectively communicated and drove resolutions to project issues across departments within organization.
Updated and maintained Primavera (P3) project scheduling reports on a daily basis.
Made certain all key performance indicators (KPIs), and project milestones were delivered as scheduled and within budget.
Managed master data teams in data migration and load sequencing for core master data from legacy business systems incorporating project requirements from a legal and tax perspective.
North Carolina Department of Transportation
Sylva, NC. 6/2002 to 11/2003
Contractor SAP Project Training Manager
Implemented P2P business processes and procedures around new SAP 4.6, installation and helped integrate changes.
Analyzed materials used in the completion of road maintenance projects and trained and set materials requirements planning (MRP), system settings for each.
Trained purchasing and warehouse management and staff on requisition to purchase order conversions.
Trained users how to create and maintain vendor contracts for goods and services.
Managed the creation of approved vendor list based on negotiated contractual terms and conditions and minimum insurance requirements.
Maintained level schedule and turned in all project deliverables on time.
Marathon Oil Company Corporate
Houston TX. 5/2001 to 5/2002
Contractor SAP Purchasing Manager
Supported and managed global purchasing for on shore and offshore production staff on SAP 4.6 and web based bolt on Enterprise Buyer Professional (EBP) Was assigned to Global Procurement as their Super User.
Implemented training programs and provided user support for the SAP MM, FI, CO, AP, PM, and EBP program.
Review business process and made recommendations based on analysis of end state business processes that presented opportunities for improvement to employees and staff.
Support process improvement efforts by partnering with other business process leads to resolve issues.
Maintained ongoing process performance improvement initiatives for Global Procurement.
Schlumberger
Houston TX, 1/1999 to 4/2001
Supply Chain Logistics Manager
Managed logistics staff members in an effort to provide production support for offshore oil production platforms and inland gas fields.
Maintained the smooth operations of production facilities providing men, material, machinery, and transportation to and from production facilities on a planned maintenance (PM) work schedule as well as and unplanned work.
Created computerized management system (CMS), to maintain and track expiration dates on service agreements and insurance liability certificates for vendors.
Negotiated terms and conditions prior to executing high dollar, high risk and small dollar, low risk purchase orders.
Monitored contractor invoices to insure contractor compliance to terms and conditions for agreed upon work.
Management and careful analysis of supplier base indicators (SBI), performance to insure best price, quality, and reliability for materials and services.
Received extensive training on SAP and implementations project methodologies when company was bought out by Schlumberger and implemented SAP.
Turner Companies
Exxon Baytown Refinery 1/1995-12/1998
Positions Held: Materials Coordinator, Supervisor, Multi Craftsman
Managed crew of craftsman and heavy equipment operator, to expedite work packaged material to as many as 34 job sites to insure the timely completion of work packages.
Scheduled transportation of hazardous material and heavy equipment to and from refinery.
Maintained computerized database records for all materials coming into refinery used in the completion of work package projects.
Scheduled transportation of hazardous material and heavy equipment to and from refinery.
Participated in and frequently lead safety meetings and lent a Total Quality Management, (TQM: Sigma 6 Processor), perspective to meetings until project was complete.
Resolved safety related issues while maintaining level production schedule until project completion.
Intl. Assoc. of Union Iron Workers
Texas City, TX. 6/1986-12/1994
Positions Held: Foreman, IW Connector, IW Rigger, IW Apprentice
Completed apprenticeship program though union meeting all requirements of the US Congressional Committee and the US department of Labor standards for skilled workers education that, included a minimum of 6000 hours on the job training, and classroom instruction.
Worked for Bechtel and CIMCO Corporations as an apprentice while attending trade school certification class until graduating to journeyman status.
Advanced to Journeyman Ironworker in 1992 through the International Association of Union Iron Workers. Worked power plant projects and on the South Texas Nuclear Power Plant. I worked in refineries along the Houston Ship channel including Shell Oil, Exxon, Lyondell Citgo, Union Carbide, and Dow Chemicals.
Worked contract construction open and closed shop with companies such as Brown and Root, Mundy Companies, Austin Industrial and Turner companies.
Journeyman status in specialized craft areas and have worked as foreman, journeyman boilermaker, journeyman steam fitter, journeyman pipe fitter, field safety auditor.
My craft experience in the field includes turnaround projects and ongoing IMR, of the following equipment, cranes, cherry pickers, heat exchangers, drums, tanks, throttle valves, flow valves, ball valves, gate valves, globe valves, steam systems, steam traps, strainers, re-boilers, towers, trays, pipe, valves, and fittings.
Certified line drawings and blueprints through the union and can see jobs through from civil engineering dirt work to final assembly.
Certified MIG welder and oxy acetylene torch fabrication.
CERTIFICATIONS:
2009NCCERCertifiedJourneyman Pipe Fitter
2008NCCERCertifiedJourneyman Boilermaker
2008TSA/TWICClearance Security Clearance
2008Primavera 3CertifiedQuick Course Wk Scheduling
2006Fortune 50 TrainingCertifiedLeadership Professional
2004SAP America 4.7CertifiedMaterials Management
1992IAUIW Trade SchoolCertifiedJourneyman Iron Worker
OSHA COMPLINANCE TRAINING
2008Hazard Communication (HAZCOM)
2008Personal Protective Equipment (P.P.E.) and Test Methods
2008Safety Management (P.S.M.)
2008Accident Prevention Signs and Tags
2008Hearing Conservation
2008Electrical Non-Qualified Persons
2008Respiratory Protection
2008Elevated Work
2008Fall Protection
2008Scaffolding and Ladders
2008General Safety& Emergency Procedures
2008Hazardous Materials (Subpart H) PSM
2008Materials Handling and Storage Subpart N
2008Hand and Portable Powered Tools Subpart P
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