1. MAX W. SIMNITT, JR.
27706 Rainy Creek Court (713) 870-2810
Fulshear, Texas 77441 max.simnitt@yahoo.com
DETAILED WORK HISTORY
Director of Operations & Projects – Prometheus Energy Group
In addition to the duties as Director of Projects (see below), responsible for managing
the development and implementation of Field Operations processes and procedures,
establishing and measuring safety and performance metrics, reducing/optimizing Cost
of Goods and Services, as well as overheads/SG&A. Data capture and reporting
developed include: Safety Observations, Incident Reporting, JSAs, uptime reliability,
downtime cause, effect and repair details, onsite LNG volumes, Preventive
Maintenance schedule and completion, inventory control, and field purchase
requisitions.
• Representative customers include but are not limited to: Shell, Ensign, EnCana,
Antero, Apache, Noble, Anadarko, Halliburton, Schlumberger, Aggreko,
Seneca, UGI Services, Western Milling, Caterpillar, Denison Mines, Lisbon
Valley Mines, MolyCorp Rare Earths Mine, Glanbia Foods, KLEEN Laundry, the
University of Massachusetts in Amherst, Western Milling, Bowerman Landfill,
Black Hills, Bonanza Creek, Synergy, Rice Energy, Nevada Milling and Mining,
Hollister Mine.
Responsible for managing all aspects of operations of the Lisbon LNG production
facility in Moab, UT; including, Capital Expansion, Safety, production, preventive
maintenance, COGS, and overheads/SG&As.
Provided Business development support on proposals in the form of variable and fixed
cost estimates for capital, operating and logistics expenses; negotiation of Terms and
Conditions; as well as account management and customer relations.
Member of the Executive Management Team, reporting directly to the CEO.
Director of Projects – Prometheus Energy Group
Responsible for management, development and implementation of all aspects of
projects, including Engineering, Environmental, Regulatory, Safety, Cost Control,
Scheduling, Feasibility Studies, Estimating, Contracts negotiation and administration,
Field Project Controls, Procurement, Expediting, Inspection, Construction,
Commissioning, Startup, and handover to Operations.
• Prometheus Energy - LNG Silesia, Coal Mine Methane to LNG project in
Katowice, Poland; Barrick Gold conversion from propane to Natural Gas in CA;
KLEEN Laundry conversion from LP to LNG in New Hampshire; MolyCorp LNG
Storage and Vaporization Project in CA; Cuervo Flare Gas to LNG project in
NM, Bowerman Landfill gas to LNG in CA
• Mobile LNG Storage and Vaporization kits for use in Drilling, Fracturing, Pipe
line integrity (supply of LNG/natural gas while the lines were down for testing
and repair) and interim LNG supply while stationary facilities were being built.
• Mobile LNG Storage and Fueling for use in Mine Haul equipment and testing of
Caterpillar Natural Gas Engines.
Member of the Executive Management Team, reporting directly to the CEO.
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2. MAX W. SIMNITT, JR.
27706 Rainy Creek Court (713) 870-2810
Fulshear, Texas 77441 max.simnitt@yahoo.com
Project Manager – Bobcat Gas Storage
Responsible for management, development and implementation of all aspects of
Projects, including Engineering, Environmental, Regulatory, Safety, Cost Control,
Scheduling, Estimating, Contracts negotiation and administration, Field Project
Controls, Procurement, Expediting, Inspection, and Construction.
• Bobcat Gas Storage Facility, Port Barre, Louisiana. Projects include Phase 2
Compressor Station Expansion, Cavern Well 2 conversion to gas operations, Phase
3 Compressor Station Expansion, Cavern Well # 5 Drilling, Leaching Interconnects
to new Cavern Well #5, Gas Interconnects to CW-5, and ANR Meter Site
Modification
Manager of Project Services – Bobcat Gas Storage
Responsible for management, development & implementation of all aspects of Project
Services including Cost Control, Scheduling, Estimating, Procurement, Expediting,
Inspection, Subcontracts Administration, and Field Project Controls.
Responsible for developing budgets, controlling cost, executing schedules,
procurement, field project controls, and subcontracts administration in all stages of
Engineering, Procurement, Construction and Operations & Maintenance.
• Bobcat Gas Storage Facility, Port Barre, Louisiana. Projects include four Fresh
Water Wells, four Saltwater Disposal Wells, two Salt Cavern Wells, Compressor
Station Facility, Leaching Plant Facility, Electrical Substation, five Metering Stations
and interconnecting pipelines.
Project Services Manager – JP Kenny
Responsible for EPIC estimating, cost control, and scheduling.
• Deep Water Production, Gulf of Mexico, Business Unit, BP. Responsibilities
included Long Term Planning Report to Corporate Management and development of
Project Services procedures, processes, and programs for the Business Unit.
• Nakika Phase II Project, BP. The project included drilling and completion of two new
wells with tie-backs to the existing Na Kika platform.
Project Services Specialist – JP Kenny
Responsible for developing cost estimates, schedules, and proposal documentation.
• Ibhubesi Full Field Development, Forest Oil. The proposal included three Tension
Leg Platforms, ninety-nine wells, onshore and offshore export pipelines, and all
interconnecting pipe and umbilicals.
Project Engineer – Mustang Engineers & Constructors
Responsible for execution of project technical, contractual and commercial initiatives.
• Clean Fuels Program, Tesoro Northwest Company, Anacortes, Washington. The
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3. MAX W. SIMNITT, JR.
27706 Rainy Creek Court (713) 870-2810
Fulshear, Texas 77441 max.simnitt@yahoo.com
project included Ultra Low Sulfur Diesel Unit, Low Sulfur Gas Cat Feed Hydrotreater
Unit and associated turnaround scope.
• Delayed Coker Project, Tesoro Northwest Company, Anacortes, Washington. The
project included Delayed Coker Unit, Coke Handling and Storage, Sulfur Recovery
Unit, Amine Unit, Sour Water Stripper Unit, and Offsites.
• Clean Fuels Project, Valero, Ardmore, Oklahoma. The project included the HDHDS
Co-Processor Unit, Cat Feed Hydrotreater, DHDS Unit, Crude Unit, Sat Gas Unit,
Platformer Booster Compressor, Diesel Rundown, and Offsites.
Chief Estimator – Mustang Engineers & Constructors
Responsible for estimates – Feasibility, FEED, and Detailed.
• Celanese Alliance Estimator for the Clear Lake, Bishop, Pampa, Pasadena, and Bay
City plants. Projects include Quench Recycle Pipe Modifications, Oxygen Unit
Piping, Low Energy Purification Project, ACH Tank Car Unloading.
• El Paso Alliance Estimator for the Aruba Plant. Projects include Coker Daearator
Addition, Desal Unit Filters, Finger Pier #3, Sulfur Storage Project, SGAR
Segregation Project, Fuel Oil Project, and Fuel Gas Project.
• Clean Fuels Program, Tesoro Northwest Company, Anacortes, Washington. The
project included Ultra Low Sulfur Diesel Unit, Low Sulfur Gas Cat Feed Hydrotreater
Unit and associated turnaround scope.
• Clean Fuels Project, Valero, Ardmore, Oklahoma. The project included the HDHDS
Co-Processor Unit, Cat Feed Hydrotreater, DHDS Unit, Crude Unit, Sats Gas Unit,
Platformer Booster Compressor Replacement, Diesel Rundown, and Offsites.
• Low Sulfur Gasoline Project, Amerada Hess Corporation, New Jersey, the project
included the Gasoline HDS Unit, INALK Unit, Hydrogen Unit, and Offsites
• Processing Units, Williams Refining, Mezeikiu refinery, Mazeikai, Lithuania. Project
included the NHT unit, Platformer Splitter unit, NHT & Naptha Splitter unit, LPG unit,
and Heater modifications.
Project Controls Manager – Jacobs Engineering Group
Responsible for EPC estimating, cost control, and scheduling.
• Lexan 635 and 680 Expansion Projects, GE Plastics, Burkeville, Alabama.
Supervised a team of 11 people. The project included Resin, CO/Phosgene, BPA,
Brine, and Finishing plants, as well as plant Utilities.
• Lexan Expansion Project Basic Engineering Package and definitive estimate,
GE Plastics, Burkeville, Alabama. The project included the Resin, CO/Phosgene,
BPA, Brine, and Finishing plants, as well as plant Utilities
Field Project Controls Manager – Litwin Engineers & Constructors and Jacobs
Responsible for construction and turnaround cost control, planning, scheduling, and
subcontracts administration.
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4. MAX W. SIMNITT, JR.
27706 Rainy Creek Court (713) 870-2810
Fulshear, Texas 77441 max.simnitt@yahoo.com
• Line 3 Polypropylene Project, Aristech Chemical Corporation, LaPorte, Texas.
Supervised a field project control team of six people. The project included the
Montell process area, finishing and shipping areas, and all related offsite and utility
areas.
• Sour Crude Project, Total Petroleum, Ardmore, Oklahoma. Supervised a field
project control team of five people. The project included grassroots cat feed
hydrotreater, distillate hydrotreater revamp, grassroots sour water stripper, sour
water stripper revamp, electrical feeder system, flare unit, and cooling water tower.
• FCCU Modernization Project, Star Enterprises, Convent, Louisiana. Supervised a
field project control team of two people. The project included an FCC unit revamp
and turnaround, alkylation unit revamp, offsites and a new cooling tower.
• FCCU Rx/Regen MSCC Plant Conversion, TransAmerican Refining Corp., Norco,
Louisiana. Supervised a field project control team of two people. The project
included an FCC unit revamp, gas plant revamp, alkylation unit revamp, new flue
gas scrubber, C3/C4 treating unit revamp and offsites.
Senior Cost Engineer - Jacobs
Responsible for tracking and reporting TIC project cost, and for scheduling engineering,
procurement, and construction.
• Shell NOD Project and OFH Project, Norco, Louisiana. The project included
fractionation, caustic, compressor, quench, dryer, and utility areas.
Home Office Scheduler – Litwin & Jacobs
Responsible for scheduling engineering, procurement, and construction.
• Train 9 Polypropylene Project, Fina Oil and Chemical, LaPorte, Texas. The project
included the Montell process area, finishing and shipping areas, and all related
offsite and utility areas.
• East Plant DCS Modernization, Hess Oil Virgin Islands Corporation, St. Croix.
Responsible for scheduling engineering, procurement and construction.
• Reformulated Fuels Program, UNOCAL, Los Angeles Refinery, Wilmington,
California. The project included mid-barrel blending, pentane storage,
rundown/transfer piping, electrical power distribution, reformate splitter addition, and
alkylation fractionation revamp.
• Jose Upgrader Project, Total/Maraven/Norsk Hydro/Stat Oil, Jose, Venezuela.
Responsible for scheduling Phase I (pre-basic, basic, and detailed) engineering,
procurement and construction; and cost control.
• Hess Oil Virgin Islands Corporation, St. Croix (Offsites). The project included frame
5-25 megawatt gas turbine generator, rundown/transfer area, advanced wastewater
treatment unit, butane spheres, purge treatment unit, and LPG unit.
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5. MAX W. SIMNITT, JR.
27706 Rainy Creek Court (713) 870-2810
Fulshear, Texas 77441 max.simnitt@yahoo.com
Field Planner/Scheduler – Litwin
Responsible for construction cost control, planning, scheduling and subcontracts
administration.
• Sun Oil, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The project included a grassroots Alkylation
Unit, FCC Unit Revamp, and Propane Propylene Recovery Unit.
• South Area Refinery Controls Upgrade, Ashland Petroleum, Canton, Ohio. The
project included Crude Unit, FCC Unit, DEMEX, C3/C4 Treater, Vacuum Unit and
DOT Unit.
• Naphtha Hydrotreater, CCR Platformer, Koch Refining Company, Corpus Christi,
Texas.
• Cat Cracker Turnaround, Fina Oil and Chemical, Big Spring, Texas.
Associate Estimator – Litwin
• Responsible for equipment, civil, structural, piping, instrumentation, electrical and
protective covering material take-offs, material pricing, and consolidation of data into
a project estimate.
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6. MAX W. SIMNITT, JR.
27706 Rainy Creek Court (713) 870-2810
Fulshear, Texas 77441 max.simnitt@yahoo.com
Field Planner/Scheduler – Litwin
Responsible for construction cost control, planning, scheduling and subcontracts
administration.
• Sun Oil, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The project included a grassroots Alkylation
Unit, FCC Unit Revamp, and Propane Propylene Recovery Unit.
• South Area Refinery Controls Upgrade, Ashland Petroleum, Canton, Ohio. The
project included Crude Unit, FCC Unit, DEMEX, C3/C4 Treater, Vacuum Unit and
DOT Unit.
• Naphtha Hydrotreater, CCR Platformer, Koch Refining Company, Corpus Christi,
Texas.
• Cat Cracker Turnaround, Fina Oil and Chemical, Big Spring, Texas.
Associate Estimator – Litwin
• Responsible for equipment, civil, structural, piping, instrumentation, electrical and
protective covering material take-offs, material pricing, and consolidation of data into
a project estimate.
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