Summary
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Work History
Education
Skills
Accomplishments
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Christopher Scott Isom

Livingston

Summary

Focused Project Manager/Planner with 37 years of professional experience, adept at planning, directing and maintaining continuous operations in various departments. Experienced in directing turnaround employees and keeping efficient production in accordance with quality and safety standards. Applying creative and analytical approach to operations for continuous process improvement. Skilled at identifying or anticipating problems and providing solutions. Excels through mentoring, training and empowering team to excel in performance.

Overview

35
35
years of professional experience

Work History

Regional Manager

Elite Welding Services Inc.
01.2024 - Current
  • Managing daily operations of pipe fabrication facility.
  • Established and maintaining operational standards for one location.
  • Collaborated with executive leadership to establish long-term objectives, drive growth initiatives, and align regional efforts with corporate goals.
  • Implementing cost-cutting measures across the region that lead to significant savings without compromising service quality, employee satisfaction or safety program.

Site Manager

West Coast Welding
07.2023 - 01.2024


  • Overseen all jobsite tasks to excavate trenches, fabricate 6000 lf of underground oilfield piping and install.
  • Overseen all Quality Control tasks.
  • Created weekly and monthly reports and presentations for management team.
  • Oversaw all daily field office operations and equipment rentals
  • Complied with safe operating practices and assessed operational procedures against best practices.
  • Maintained records and logs of work performed and materials and equipment used.

Project Manager/Senior Planner

Specialty Welding And Turnarounds LLC
11.2019 - 05.2023

Planning Phase:

Worked closely with MPC schedulers, engineers, operations, QA/QC, and procurement to plan turnaround related projects and repairs in P6 Primavera.

Successfully met milestones regarding P6 plans, execution package creation and QA/QC package submittals.

Created project related hiring and equipment plans to submit to MPC client for approval.

Ordered and inventoried equipment, tools, consumables and material to complete projects.

Attended weekly planning progress meetings.

Execution Phase:

Managed the staffing of the project in accordance with the MPC approved hiring plans.

Staffed and managed a team of 150 employees per shift to execute turnaround activities planned during the execution phase.

Coordinated schedules and day-to-day activities of crew to satisfy project needs

Managed and directed all welding and mechanical activities assigned to SWAT and related to Area 1,2, and 3.

Conferred with turnaround manager, turnaround coordinators, team leaders and MPC safety to coordinate safe, efficient site work

and maintain tight schedules.

Established priorities and delegated workload among skilled supervision and craftsman.

Maintained timekeeping responsibilities.

Overseen all work being performed and coordinated with sub-contractors to accomplish tasks safely, productively and efficiently. Led daily safety meetings and Attended daily and weekly progress meetings.

Maintained high standards of safety, productivity and quality for every job.

Reported to Turnaround manager each shift with project updates and estimated completion dates, noting any delaying issues.

Followed three shift look ahead (P6) schedules and disseminated to employees, giving critical path projects adequate coverage.

Managed team member schedules and individual assignments for work crews.

Enhanced production methods and improved employee motivation to maximize team productivity.

Successfully completed this project with zero injuries, ahead of schedule and under budget.

Piping Superintendent

Specialty Welding and Turnarounds
08.2019 - 09.2019
  • Managed the ramping up and ramp down of manpower related to the approved hiring plan
  • Coordinated schedules and day-to-day activities of crew to satisfy project needs
  • Managed and directed all welding and mechanical activities assigned to SWAT and related to the HDH, FCC, hydrogen and alky turnarounds on second shift
  • Conferred with turnaround manager, turnaround coordinators and team leaders to coordinate safe, efficient site work and maintain tight schedules
  • Coordinated with supporting contractors to gain resources to be successful
  • Assured that company and client safety policies were adhered to and respected by all employees
  • Involved in activities from oil out to oil in stages
  • Provided client with daily progress reports
  • Attended nightly schedule and production meetings, producing visibility on safety concerns, critical path tasks, equipment needs, RT windows, road blocks, and sim/ops
  • Led nightly in house safety meeting with direct and indirect personnel

Piping Superintendent

Specialty Welding and Turnarounds
01.2019 - 08.2019
  • Overseen all piping and welding activities during pre-turnaround and turnaround event stages of third quarter TKC and SDA turnarounds at Chevron Richmond
  • Assured activities were performed in line with the schedule produced by the client
  • Reviewed all QA/QC piping packages assigned and also produced and submitted all requests for information regarding engineer busts and construction discrepancies to chevron engineers
  • Worked closely with Chevron schedulers and offered input related to pipefitting, welding, mechanical and other resources needed to complete specific tasks in Primavera schedule
  • Adhered to zero incidents zero injury policy and led daily in house safety meetings
  • Maintained accountability requirements pertaining to direct and indirect manpower

Staff Piping Superintendent

Lutech Resources
03.2018 - 12.2018
  • Tasked with completing 1200 OSBL piping packages connecting 8 separate work areas to train 1 of LNG new construction project
  • Safely and successfully turned over all packages on schedule to commissioning team to facilitate startup of train 1

Staff Piping Superintendent

Lutech Resources
01.2018 - 03.2018
  • Managed and directed a team of 50 pipe fitters,welders and helpers to complete 320 tie in closure welds to existing process and utility piping in an LNG facility which will facilitate exportation of Liquefied Natural Gas
  • Responsibilities included the distribution of specific work scopes to field supervision
  • Coordination with third party sub-contractors to obtain needed field support
  • Planning and organizing weekly safety meetings, attending daily progress meetings with client and contractor management
  • Obtained and reviewed assigned QA/QC packages to execute specific piping tasks
  • Scheduling individuals for on site training on topics such as: Lock out/Tag out, torquing procedures, and JLG and manlift operations

Piping Superintendent

SWAT
07.2016 - 11.2017

Staffed and managed team of 45 employees to revamp H Oil unit. Established priorities and delegated workload among skilled supervision and craftsman. Inventoried and ordered tools and consumables to complete projects. Maintained timekeeping responsibilities. Overseen all work being performed and coordinated with sub-contractors to accomplish tasks safely, productively and efficiently. Led daily safety meetings. Attended daily and weekly progress meetings.

  • Maintained high standards of safety, productivity and quality for every job
  • Reported to Turnaround manager each shift with project updates and estimated completion dates, noting any delaying issues
  • Followed three shift look ahead schedules and disseminated to employees, giving critical path projects adequate coverage
  • Managed team member schedules and individual assignments for work crew
  • Enhanced production methods and improved employee motivation to maximize team productivity


Piping Superintendent

H and H Technical Welding
08.2010 - 07.2016
  • Performed safe and successful setups and completions of many piping and welding projects within oil refineries, chemical plants, fertilizer plants, fabrication shops and new construction sites
  • Managed manpower capacities from 6 to 300 employees
  • Conducted daily group safety meetings
  • Delegated workloads to appropriate supervisors to accomplish tasks safely, efficiently, and on schedule
  • Maintained professional relationships between clients, my employer and sub contractors
  • Provided clients with daily/weekly progress reports and attended all scheduled production and management meetings
  • Produced preliminary estimates on added work to the initial scope of work as requested
  • Completed performance evaluations as projects came to completion

Superintendent/General Foreman/Foreman

Worldwide Welding
07.2005 - 07.2010

Foreman

P2S
03.2005 - 07.2005

Pipefitter

Worldwide welding
05.1998 - 03.2005

Pipe and Structural fitter

Fluor Daniel
06.1993 - 05.1998

Pipefitter / Structural Fitter / Mechanic

Brown and Root Industrial
10.1989 - 05.1993

Education

High School Diploma -

Hitchcock High School
Hitchcock, TX
1984

Skills

    37 years experience within the petroleum/chemical industry at different stages including, planning, new construction, pre-turnaround, turnaround execution and offsite fabrication Extensive background in piping and welding procedures, NDE requirements, related safety precautions, safety programs, and industry safety standards, alongside quality control, and management Experience includes but is not limited to demo, fabrication and installation of pump and compressor piping components; process and utility, structural fabrication, mechanical installation, code pressure vessel repairs along with internal and external furnace and boiler repairs Able to complete employee productivity reports and performance reviews along side of direct labor crew training Proficient in drawing and organization of isometric drawings and building of piping packages Successful in a safety oriented, and competitive environment with high quality standards, maintaining a superb work ethic and respectable communication skills

  • Excellent job site management and organization
  • Able to safely and successfully execute and complete planned and unplanned turnaround maintenance, and emergency projects
  • Skilled in coordinating with client contacts and third party contractors
  • Able to staff and manage large groups of skilled craftsman
  • Skilled in producing daily and weekly progress reports
  • Able to establish goals and set priorities
  • Knowledgeable in many carbon steel and alloy welding procedures
  • Skilled in Microsoft Word, Excel and Primavera P6
  • Exceptional mechanical aptitude

Accomplishments

  • Safely and successfully completed 320 tie-in welds to existing process and utility piping at the Cameron Liquefaction Project in Hackberry, LouisianaSafely
  • Completed the final sulfur condenser re-tube project at Marathon, GBR
  • Successful and safe removal of an 18 foot section from the top of T-101 Crude tower and all related piping and structural components in Kapolei, Hawaii
  • Several safe and successful revamps of flexi-coker projects in the Bay Area of California an Salt Lake City
  • Two extensive hydrocracker expansion projects and many emergency repairs of boilers, reboilers , furnaces, and can heaters
  • Fabricated, repaired, and installed a broad range of process piping systems , steam systems, flare systems, cooling water, pump and compressor piping and underground systems consisting of different materials including industry related alloys
  • Became knowledgeable in pump and compressor piping, and became extensively familiar with QA/QC requirements and related NDE testing
  • Successfully advanced within specific trade from Journeyman to supervisory to management levels
  • Acquired extensive knowledge in coded vessel repair

References

Applicant will provide references upon request

Timeline

Regional Manager

Elite Welding Services Inc.
01.2024 - Current

Site Manager

West Coast Welding
07.2023 - 01.2024

Project Manager/Senior Planner

Specialty Welding And Turnarounds LLC
11.2019 - 05.2023

Piping Superintendent

Specialty Welding and Turnarounds
08.2019 - 09.2019

Piping Superintendent

Specialty Welding and Turnarounds
01.2019 - 08.2019

Staff Piping Superintendent

Lutech Resources
03.2018 - 12.2018

Staff Piping Superintendent

Lutech Resources
01.2018 - 03.2018

Piping Superintendent

SWAT
07.2016 - 11.2017

Piping Superintendent

H and H Technical Welding
08.2010 - 07.2016

Superintendent/General Foreman/Foreman

Worldwide Welding
07.2005 - 07.2010

Foreman

P2S
03.2005 - 07.2005

Pipefitter

Worldwide welding
05.1998 - 03.2005

Pipe and Structural fitter

Fluor Daniel
06.1993 - 05.1998

Pipefitter / Structural Fitter / Mechanic

Brown and Root Industrial
10.1989 - 05.1993

High School Diploma -

Hitchcock High School
Christopher Scott Isom