Daniel Savard resume

Daniel N Savard

Phone: 001 (720) 545-5562

Daniel Savard is an EPCM qualified Project Controls Professional with 30 + years comprehensive experience working in the oil, gas, petrochemical, power and government industry on major domestic and international projects valued from 100Million to 13Billion+.  Mr. Savard has 10+ years international experience on major projects in Canada, UK, Algeria, Nigeria, Japan, Kazakhstan, Kuwait, Greece, Saudi Arabia, Abu Dhabi, Iraq & Afghanistan. 

EPCM project experience encompasses project life cycle phases for EPCM (FEL, FEED, Engineering, Procurement, Construction, Commissioning & Start-Up). Diversified industry background includes; EPCM Project Management, Project Controls Management, Planning Management, Project Controls Lead, Planning/Scheduling Lead, Construction Planning/Cost Engineering, Cost Analysis, Cost Management, Construction Management, E&I Construction Supervision, E&I QC Inspection, and E&I Hands-On Technologist. 

Mr. Savard is a self-starter - organized, self-motivated, reliable, and a confident decision-maker with the experience and knowledge to succinctly translate performance metrics and desired outcomes in the use and application of project control work processes and tools to contractors; internal customers and management. Daniel exhibits proven leadership abilities, inspires colleagues and communicates efficiently and effectively. Daniel adjusts fluidly to project change and adapts effortlessly to different organizational structures and project environments promoting a value based working relationship with all project stakeholders.
 

PROJECT TYPES

Oil, Gas, Petrochemical, Refinery,

LPG, Ethylene, Olefins

GOSP, Crude Desalters, Desalination

Fertilizer / Urea (Stami Carbon)

Ammonia (Kellogg Technology)

Prefab Modules – Process, Piping, Mech

Cogeneration (Various)

Power Plants - Combined & Single Cycle

Power Generation - Nuclear (Candu)

Gas Pipeline

Infrastructure, Water, Gas, Electrical

ACTIVITIES

EPCM Project Management

EPCM Project Controls Management

EPCM Project Controls Lead

EPCM Lead Planning/Scheduling Engineer

Construction Project Management

E&I Planning/Scheduling Specialist

Schedule/Cost Engineering

Maintenance & Shut Down Planning

Schedule Risk Analysis

Commissioning & Start-Up

Schedule Audit/Insurance Claims

 

PROJECT MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS, STANDARDS & SOFTWARE

MS Office:Excel, Access, Word, PowerPoint, OneNote

Planning/Scheduling:Primavera (3.1, P3ec-V5.0, P6), MS Projects

CAD:Intergraph Smart-Plant

PMI/AACE:Project Life Cycle, PM BOK, Project Standards

Misc:Adobe Acrobat Professional, Pervasive SQL, MS ODBC, SAP, Kildrummy, Documentum, McLaren, Convero, IPA

Cost, Estimating, Financial, Performance & Measurement:

  • Proprietary
  • MW Kellogg - HCMS
  • Halliburton – HCMS, ACLS, IPMS, WMS, TOSTR, P6
  • Fluor - (MileMarker, FDCost, MatMan, POL)
  • EVMS – Earned Value Management Systems

 

PROFESSIONAL QUALIFICATIONS

Electrical Engineering Technologist, 1982

Southern Alberta Institute Of Technology (SAIT)

 

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS

 Project Management Institute (PMI)

(Panel Member - Practice Standard For Scheduling)

PMICollegeOf Scheduling (PMICOS)

Association Cost Engineering (AACE)

 

PERSONAL DATA

DOB:          09-DEC-1957

  

CONTRACTOR / CONSULTANT - PROJECT EXPERIENCE SUMMARY

 

 

2010 - 2010          Assignment: EPCM Project Controls Management - Consultant, Capital Projects (Basic Engineering/FEL)

                                Company:Aker Solutions, Houston

                                Project 1: Pemex, Mexico City, 6 Refinery Upgrade & New Low Sulfur Diesel Units

 

2008 - 2009          Assignment: EPCM Project Controls Management - Consultant, Capital Projects (DBM & FEED)

                                Company:Petro-Canada, Denver, Colorado /Washington Group

                                Project 1: Petro-Canada Oil Sands Plant, Edmonton, Alberta, 6BBCAD               (PROJECT CANCELED – DEC 2009 – World Economic Downturn)

 

2006 - 2008         Assignment: EPCM Project Controls Manager - Consultant, Capital Projects (DBM & FEED)

                                Company:Chevron , Houston, TX

                                Project 1: Gas Plant Upgrade, Tengiz, Kazakhstan, 600MM

                             (PROJECT CANCELED – DEC 2008 – Did not pass capital expenditure JV approval)

                               

2000 - 2005          Assignment: EPCM Project Controls Lead, Supervisory (DBM, FEED, DETAIL DESIGN, CONSTRUCTION)

                                Company:Halliburton, Kellogg Brown & Root, Houston, Texas

                                Project:US Government C.O.E.,RIOProject- Oil/Gas, Kuwait/Iraq

Project: Syncrude UE-1 Project, 10M Construction Hrs, $4B+CAN

Project:Corporate Office

 

1999 - 2000          Assignment: E&I Senior Construction Planning Coordinator, Supervisory (CONSTRUCTION)

                                Company: Fluor Daniel, Calgary, Alberta, Canada

                                Project: Nova’s World Class 2.81 Billion lbs/yr Ethylene Plant $860MCAN

 

1996 - 1998          Assignment: Field Engineer - Lead Planner & Construction Specialist (CONSTRUCTION)       

                                Company:MW Kellogg, Houston, TX, USA

                                Project:Sonatrach LNG Rebuild Project, Skikda, Algeria, $360MUS

             

1994 - 1996          Assignment: Field Engineer - E&I Construction Field Superintendent (CONSTRUCTION)                                                         Company:MW Kellogg, Houston, TX, USA

                                Project:Terra Fertilizers Rebuild Project, Sioux City, Iowa, USA $325MUS

 

1978 – 1994         Various Assignments:Electrical / Instrument Eng. Tech (CONSTRUCTION)

                                Companies:

  • Titan Controls, Pyramid Construction, Ledcor Industries
  • Delta Projects Ltd., Calgary, Alberta, Shell Sour Gas Plant, Caroline, Alberta
  • OntarioHydro – Construction of Nuclear Power Generating Station, Darlington, ON.
  • M.W. Kellogg - Construction of Nitrogen Manufacturing Complex - Canadian Fertilizers, Medicine Hat, Alberta.

 

Projects:  General Motors, Black & McDonald Engineers & Constructors, Toronto, Ontario

OntarioHydro Nuclear Power Generating Station, Darlington, ON.                     

EdmontonModule Yard, M.W. Kellogg, Houston, Texas

Canadian Fertilizers, Medicine Hat, Alberta