Richard Philiips

Richard L. Philiips
609 South Glen Ave
Morton, IL 61550-2411
(H) 309-263-8639
(C) 309-253-8443
(E) RLP8443@gmail.com

PROFILE

A professional, self-motivated, well-qualified and computer literate Project Executive, with a proven and demonstrable
track record and comprehensive experience of the development, regeneration, investment and construction industries. A
persuasive communicator, with excellent interpersonal skills, I am commercially aware and have first-rate technical,
leadership and management skills. Able to select, direct and motivate teams to achieve and maintain all goals, and I am
now looking to continue my career in a demanding position within an established and progressive company.
I have Comprehensive experience in the construction and operation of Grain, Chemical, Petrochemical, Pharmaceutical
and Power Generation Facilities. Majority of experience lies in the combined cycle, simple cycle, fossil fuel and nuclear
facilities.
Experienced in residential, commercial and industrial electrical wiring, repair and maintenance, as well as analog,
pneumatic and direct digital controls. Installation/calibration of pressure transmitters, differential pressure transmitters,
flow meters, orifice plates, pressure, temperature, and flow control valves.
EXPERIENCE
I have held the following positions on many large-scale mechanical construction projects, including but not limited to: fossil
fuel generation stations, co-generation stations, combined cycle generation stations, nuclear generation stations, grain
processing plants, chemical plants, gas liquefaction, herbicide plants, pharmaceutical plants, food product plants,
equipment manufacturing and other industries.
Project Manager / Mechanical Superintendent: Manage subcontractors, create and update production schedules, meet
with customers, Architects/Engineers and review changes, manage multi-crafts personnel and issue and manage change
orders.
Project Controls / Planner / Estimator / Scheduler: Fluent with Microsoft Project and Primavera P3 & P6 scheduling
software, Primavera Contract Manager as well as SAP, NAMS, PASSPORT, COGNOS & eSOMS. Assemble T&M, T&M
not to exceed, lump sum, cost plus bids on mechanical and structural projects. Fluent with Quick Pen and Wendes
mechanical estimating software as well as manual estimating methods.
QA/QC Manager: Fluent with ASME Sec I, IX, 31.1, 31.3, BPE & VIII Div 1 & NBIC codes of construction. Create, assign
and update welding procedures, field inspection and verification, travelers, set parameters for thermal heat treatment and
machinists, prepare and complete 3 year reviews and welder qualification tests. Create and manage weld maps, heat
maps and slope maps etc.
Field Engineer: Field layout and verification of mechanical systems. Create and submit isometric drawings to engineering
and shop fabrication. Create detailed construction drawings from equipment drawings and P & IDs. Fluent with Auto-CAD
and COADE software.
Instrumentation Foreman: Installation, calibration & start-up of pneumatic and direct digital controls.
Fabrication Shop Foreman: UA fabrication shop foreman specializing in industrial piping, structural steel, tanks &
pressure vessels. Responsibilities include ordering and tracking materials and consumables, equipment purchasing,
reviewing and breaking apart drawings for fabrication.
Certified Welder: SMAW, GTAW, MIG, Orbital TIG & Orbital MIG Certification’s
Certified HVACR / CFC Technician: UA certification of CFC qualification. Install new and repair existing commercial and
industrial HVAC&R equipment.
Certified Valve Technician: UA certification of valve maintenance training & rebuilding. Rebuild various valves in place
to nuclear specifications.

CERTIFICATIONS
Primavera Certifications: Certified in SAP, MS Project, P3, P6 and Contract Manager.
Certified Valve Technician: UA certification of valve maintenance training & rebuilding.
Certified HVACR / CFC Technician: UA certification of CFC qualification. Installation, repair and maintenance of
commercial/industrial HVAC&R equipment.
Certified Welder: X-ray quality manual welding ability utilizing the Shielded Metal Arc, Gas Tungsten Arc and Metal Inert
Gas processes on various ferrous and non-ferrous materials.
Certified Sales & Service Training: AERCO Boiler Company on Industrial/Commercial non-condensing boiler
installation, repair and servicing.
Certified ASME Section VIII, Div. 1 Pressure Vessel Code of Construction: How to interpret and apply this code of
construction. Course held by Hartford Steam Boiler Inspection and Insurance Company.
Certified ASME Section IX, Welding Qualifications: How to create ASME Sec. IX welding procedures. Course held by
Hartford Steam Boiler Inspection and Insurance Company.
Certified NBIC, Repair and Alterations to Boilers and Pressure Vessels: Interpretation and application of the State of
Illinois repair and alteration code. Course held by Hartford Steam Boiler Inspection and Insurance Company.
EMPLOYMENT SUMMARY
NES / SABIC Present
L.E. Myer’s, Co. 2016-2017
Chicago Bridge & Iron 2014-2016
TEPCO, Baytown, TX 2014
Florida Power & Light / Next Era Energy 2012-2013
Bechtel Frederick, MD 2011-2012
Enerfab, Inc., Cincinnati, OH 2003-2011
EDUCATION
Washtenaw Community College Ann Arbor, Michigan Presently Attending
Construction Supervision – AAS
United Association Apprenticeship Peoria, Illinois Graduated 1993
5-year apprenticeship focusing on HVAC&R certified welding, drafting, blueprint reading, installation, repair and
maintenance of Industrial/Commercial mechanical systems.
Illinois Central College East Peoria, Illinois Attended 1986 – 1988
Various courses included college algebra, CAD and computer programming, business software applications.
Morton High School Morton, Illinois Graduated 1986

WORK HISTORY
08/28/2017 to Present
Contractor: NES Global Talent
Project: SABIC
Duties: Sr. Project Controls Engineer for SABIC. Primary responsibilities include but not limited to; scoping & estimating
capital projects in Aspen Capitol Cost Estimator (ICARUS) and scheduling in Primavera P6 for Americas sites (Ottawa, IL,
Bay St. Louis, MS, & Selkirk, NY.
04/01/2016 to July/2017
Contractor: L.E. Myers Co.
Project: MidAmerican MVP16 High Voltage Transmission Lines Installation (345Kv /161Kv)
Estimated Project Value: $50M
Duties: Sr. Project Manager. I have ooverall project responsibility for Engineering, Procurement, Construction and
Commissioning for 32 miles of new 161Kv / 345 Kv transmission line using drilled foundations and all weather steel monopoles.
Primary responsibilities include but not limited to; managing direct hire and sub-contracted labor, conducting
production and safety meeting, creating monthly cash flow and client invoicing, creating and executing construction
schedule in Primavera P6.
10/20/2014 to 04/01/2016
Contractor: Chicago Bridge & Iron
Project: Exelon – LaSalle County Generation Station L2R15 Refuel Outage
Duties: Lead Outage / Online Scheduler. Responsible for developing and maintaining outage schedule, inputting
estimates from Superintendents, assigning necessary coding, logic and resources into online and outage schedules for
execution during refuel outage.
12/31/2013 to 10/09/2014
Contractor: TEPCO – Baytown, TX
Project: Braskem – Neal, WV 2014 Outage
Estimated Project Value: $4.8M
Duties: SAP Planning / Estimating / P6 Scheduling with the Project Controls Group. My primary responsibilities are
Mechanical, Electrical & Vessel Inspections Planning using SAP, Estimating & P6 Scheduling in preparation for the 2014
outage at Braskem Propylene processing facility.
11/26/2012 thru 12/30/2013
Client: Florida Power & Light / Next Era Energy
Project: Point Beach Nuclear Power Station Unit 1 & 2 (NFPA805, General Plant & Fukushima Modifications)
Estimated Project Value: $100M
Duties: Nuclear Planner / Scheduler within the Project Controls Group. Responsible for developing and maintaining a
standard network of Department Long Range Plan and Individual Project Schedules, ensuring schedule coordination with
Design Engineering, Cost Engineers, Construction Supervision, Project Management and the Station in regards to online
and outage schedules.Online scheduling, planning work activities with the plant operating. Scheduling with strict
adherence to the “T” minus work week rules. Attend T-20, T-16, T-8, T-4 and Daily Execution week meetings to insure
schedule adherence. Assemble outage tasks for re fueling outage. Provide constructability reviews on Modifications
submitted by third party Architectural Engineering. Manage production matrix and submit to home office. Attend weekly
project update meeting and manage project schedules accordingly (2 week look ahead, Monthly variance reporting etc.)
04/19/2012 thru 11/20/2012
Contractor: Shambaugh & Son, LP
Project Name / Location: Farbest Foods, Inc. Vincennes, IN
Estimated Project Value: $80M
Duties: Project Manager on Design Build Poultry Processing Facility. Primary duties include Management of Mechanical &
Electrical design, layout and solid modeling and development of Level & II Project Schedule. Senior P6 Scheduler /
Planner / Mechanical Estimator.

01/01/2012 thru 04/18/2012
Contractor: Bechtel
Project: Tennessee Valley Authority – Bellefonte Unit 1 Sr. Planner / P6 Scheduler.
Estimated Project Value: $4.9B
Duties: Sr. Planner/Scheduler for the Engineering Walk Down efforts to support the 10% Engineering. Assemble
Mechanical Estimates for 180 (Balance Of Plant) systems.
05/01/2011 thru 12/01/2011
Contractor: Bechtel
Project: Next Era Energy, Point Beach Nuclear Power Station Unit 1 & 2 Extended Power Uprate.
Estimated Project Value: $700M
Duties: Sr. Nuclear Planner / Scheduler within the Project Controls Group. Online scheduling, planning/budgeting
activities with the plant operating scheduling with strict adherence to the “T” minus work weeks while planning U1R33
outage (MFIV replacement, main generator breaker added, condenser modifications, feed water heater change out, iso
phase bus duct cooling upgrade etc.). Outage duties included maintaining outage schedule, assembling “what if”
scenarios and producing month end reports, burn down curves and tracking unit matrix.
02/01/2011 thru 05/01/2011
Contractor: Enerfab, Inc.
Project: Duke- Cayuga Station Spring Outage.
Ameren-Duck Creek Station Spring Outage.
Estimated Project Value: $2M
Duties: Project Manager / Mechanical Estimator / Mechanical Planner / P6 Scheduler. I estimated these outages and
transitioned to the field to manage them to completion. The modifications consisted of the following; Low NOX burners,
new popcorn screen, 2nd stage superheat pendent Dutchmen replacement & 24” P22 Hot Reheat replacement.
01/01/2011 thru 02/01/2011
Contractor: Enerfab, Inc.
Project: Various Estimates
Assembling firm estimates AEP, Consumers Energy & Duke
Estimated Project Value: $8M
Duties: Mechanical Estimator, Planner / P6 Scheduler. I estimated the mechanical, electrical and instrumentation work at
AEP – Conesville which consisted of UREA injection into the boiler, all associated piping and distribution equipment,
replacement of the combustion air pre-heater coils and glycol piping and misc. access platforms. Duke – Cayuga
modifications consisted of Low NOX burners, new popcorn screen, 2nd stage superheat pendent Dutchmen replacement &
24” P22 Hot Reheat replacement.
08/01/2010 thru 12/01/2010
Contractor: Enerfab, Inc.
Project: Kureha/CH2MHILL – Belle, WV
Estimated Project Value: $15M
Design/Build Bio-Degradable Plastics Plant
Duties: Mechanical Estimator / Project Manager / Planner / P6 Scheduler. I estimated this project and transitioned to the
field to manage to completion. The project consisted of layout, fabrication and installation of small bore piping and tubing
for heat tracing of all product lines in a bio-degradable plastics plant.
04/01/2010 thru 12/01/2010
Contractor: Enerfab, Inc.
Project: Kansas City Power & Light
Estimated Project Value: $8M
Unit 1 Hot Reheat Replacement
Duties: Mechanical Estimator / Project Manager / Planner / P6 Scheduler. I estimated this project which consisted of the
replacement of 24” P22 Hot Reheat piping from the Penthouse to the turbine intercept valves. I then managed all the
contracts and set of sub-contractors and handed the project off to another Project Manager to run as I was needed on
another project

02/01/2010 thru 12/01/2010
Contractor: Enerfab, Inc.
Project: Minnkota Power Cooperative, Inc. – Center, ND
Estimated Project Value: $3M FGD Mechanical Installation
Duties: Mechanical Estimator / Project Manager / Planner / P6 Scheduler. I estimated this project and transitioned to the
field to manage to completion. The project consisted of layout, fabrication and installation of large and small bore piping,
equipment setting and instrumentation for Balance of Plant mechanical for a Flue Gas Desulfurization Module (scrubber.)
1/1/2010 thru 08/01/2010
Contractor: Enerfab, Inc.
Project: Citrosuco – Wilmington, DE
Estimated Project Value: $3M Bulk Storage Citrus Plant addition
Duties: Mechanical Estimator / Project Manager / Planner / P6 Scheduler. I estimated this project and transitioned to the
field to manage to completion. The project consisted of layout, fabrication and installation of small bore food grade piping,
equipment setting and instrumentation for an Aseptic Orange Juice Storage Facility. All piping was modularized in an
offsite fabrication shop. Orbital welding using single pass fusion was used in the field.
09/01/2009 thru 12/01/2009
Contractor: Enerfab, Inc.
Project: ADM Bio-Degradable Glycol Plant. High Pressure Piping Installation.
Estimated Project Value: $1M
Duties: Mechanical Estimator / Project Manager / Planner / P6 Scheduler. I estimated this project and transitioned to the
filed to manage to completion. The project consisted of layout, fabrication and installation of large bore XXS Stainless
Steel food grade piping, equipment setting and instrumentation for an Aseptic Bio-Degradable Glycol Processing Facility.
All piping was prefabricated in an offsite fabrication shop. Orbital TIG welding using the wire feed method was used in the
field.
01/01/2008 thru 01/01/2009
Contractor: Enerfab, Inc.
Project: AECI Thomas Hill U-1 SCR SCR Mechanical Installation
Estimated Project Value: $3M
Duties: Mechanical Estimator / Project Manager / Planner / P6 Scheduler. I estimated this project and handed off to
another Project Manager to run. This project consisted of layout, fabrication and installation of large and small bore utility
piping, equipment setting and instrumentation for an SCR addition on an existing coal burning Generation Station. All
piping was modularized in an offsite fabrication shop.
2006
Contractor: Enerfab, Inc.
Project: Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, LTD.
LNG Bulk Storage Facility
Estimated Project Value: $20M
Duties: Mechanical Project Estimator / Planner / MS Project Scheduler
2005
Contractor: Enerfab, Inc.
Project: Eli-Lilly Bump Tank #14 Installation
Estimated Project Value: $400,000
Duties: Mechanical Project Estimator / Planner / MS Project Scheduler
2005
Contractor: Enerfab, Inc.
Project: Southern Gardens Hurricane Recovery Project
Estimated Project Value: $2M
Duties: Mechanical Project Estimator / Planner / MS Project Scheduler

2005
Contractor: Enerfab, Inc.
Project: Eli-Lilly Fermenter Vessel #30 Cooling coil installation.
Estimated Project Value: $700,000
Duties: Mechanical Project Estimator / Planner / MS Project Scheduler
2005
Contractor: Enerfab, Inc.
Project: Reliant Energy Keystone Station FGD
Estimated Project Value: $32M
Duties: Mechanical Project Estimator / Planner / P3 Scheduler
2005
Contractor: Enerfab, Inc.
Project: Eli-Lilly Fermenter Vessel #29 Cooling coil installation.
Estimated Project Value: $700,000
Duties: Mechanical Project Estimator Planner / MS Project Scheduler
2005
Contractor: Enerfab, Inc.
Project: Ameren Sioux Station FGD Addition
Estimated Project Value: 23M
Duties: Mechanical Project Estimator / Planner / P3 Scheduler
2005
Contractor: Enerfab, Inc.
Project: KCP&L SCR Addition
Estimated Project Value: $85M
Duties: Mechanical Project Estimator.
2005
Contractor: Enerfab, Inc.
Project: DuPont Loudon, TN
Estimated Project Value: $275,000
Duties: Project Estimator, Piping Superintendent.
2005
Contractor: Enerfab, Inc.
Project: PepsiCo/Gatorade Line 5. Phoenix AZ
Estimated Project Value: $8.5M
Duties: Project Estimator, Piping Design, Mechanical Bid Package Assembly.
2004-2005
Contractor: Enerfab, Inc.
Project: AEP/Babcock Power SCR&FGD upgrades to Conesville, Kyger Creek & Big Sandy
Estimated Project Value: $200M
Duties: Project Estimator, Piping Superintendent.
2004-2005
Contractor: Enerfab, Inc.
Project: Cinergy/PSI Cayuga Station. Cold Re-heat reroute.
Estimated Project Value: $700,000
Duties: Project Estimator, Piping Superintendent / Planner / P3 Scheduler

2004-2005
Contractor: Enerfab, Inc.
Project: Eli-Lilly/Tippecanoe Laboratories. Antibiotic Cold Storage Renovation Building T-39.
Estimated Project Value: 2.5M
Duties: Project Estimator, Piping Superintendent. Estimated project, upon receipt of an order I supervised construction to
completion managing $200,000 in change orders /
2003-2004
Contractor: Enerfab, Inc.
Project: Eli-Lilly/Tippecanoe Laboratories Fermentor Tank T-26 Chilled Water Coil Replacement.
Estimated Project Value: $500,000
Duties: Project Estimator, Project Superintendent. Estimated project and supervised multi-craft labor to completion /
Planner / MS Project Scheduler
2003
Contractor: Enerfab, Inc.
Project: Ameren/Cilco Duck Creek Station SCR addition
Estimated Project Value: $1.5M
Duties: Certified Combination Welder GTAW/SMAW/Foreman Steamfitter
2003
Contractor: E.L. Pruitt Company
Project: City Water Light and Power/ SCR addition to Units 31,32 & 33
Estimated Project Value: $4.2M
Duties: Certified Combination Welder GTAW/SMAW
2002
Contractor: Murphy
Project: Citgo Lemont Refinery, Cat cracker Shutdown.
Estimated Project Value: Unknown
Duties: Certified Combination Welder GTAW/SMAW/Machinist. Responsible for the removal and re-installation of the 18”
XXS P-22 downcommers.
2002
Contractor: Stone & Webster
Project: Exelon Dresden Unit 3 D3R17 Power Uprate Modification.
Estimated Project Value: Unknown
Duties: Field Engineer for the Valve Crew. Re-built misc. valves in place to Nuclear standards.
2002
Contractor: Nooter Construction Company
Project: Nelson Energy Project
Estimated Project Value: 400M
Duties: Certified Combination Welder GTAW/SMAW/Field Engineer, Combination welder on the Boiler and Non-Boiler
external piping. Field Engineering included field verification of dimensioning, layout and sketching of various power piping
systems.
2002
Contractor: Stone & Webster
Project: Exelon Clinton Nuclear Power Station Unit 1 C1R08 Power Uprate Modification. Maintenance and Modifications
Estimated Project Value: Unknown
Duties: Valve Tech/Certified Combination Welder GTAW/SMAW. Re-built misc. valves in place to Nuclear standards
during power uprate shutdown. After shutdown, modifications included a Hydrogen Injection system into the feed water
and a chemical upgrade project at the screen house.

2001-2002
Contractor: ENTEC Services, Inc.
Project: Various
Estimated Project Value: N/A
Duties: Mechanical Estimator/Service Technician, miscellaneous HVAC&R service work on various commercial buildings.
DDC and pneumatic control installation and calibration. Mechanical Estimator on HVAC&R projects both retrofits and new
installations.
2001
Contractor: Stone & Webster
Project: Exelon Braidwood Nuclear Power Station Unit 1 A1R09 re-fuel outage.
Estimated Project Value: Unknown
Duties: Field Engineer for Valve Crew
2001
Contractor: William A. Pope Company
Project: Cilco/AES Medina Valley Cogeneration. 45MW Combined-cycle cogeneration. 7200 tons of refrigeration from
Ammonia absorption and centrifugal chillers.
Estimated Project Value: $62M
Duties: General Foreman. Second Shift Management on a 62 million dollar combined cycle cogeneration facility. In
this position, my responsibilities were to lead and manage over 50 Journey status craftspeople, coordinate and sequence
the installation of equipment, piping and piping system components, purchase and track materials and consumables and
to support Plant, Equipment and Commissioning personnel to insure a smooth startup of all interfacing processes.
2000
Contractor: Stone & Webster
Project: Cordova Energy Center/ 500MW Combined-cycle generating station.
Estimated Project Value: $250M
Duties: Field Engineer/Certified Combination Welder GTAW/SMAW. Created weld maps and as-builts for boiler and nonboiler
external piping.
1999-2000
Contractor: General Power Construction Company
Project: CILCO E.D.Edwards Station/ Sulfur Injection Upgrade
Estimated Project Value: $300,000
Duties: General Foreman. Installed and interfaced new Sulfur Injection System into the dry-precipitators while units
remained on-line.