STEPHANIE SCHOBER
Los Angeles, CA 90260 | (562)
900-6111 | stephanielschober@gmail.com | www.linkedin.com/in/stephanie-schober
“DIRECTOR OF BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT
KNOWN FOR DRIVING SUCCESS”
ROBUST SKILLS IN: PROJECT
MANAGEMENT ✔ TEAM
MANAGEMENT ✔ INDUSTRIAL
PLANT COMMISSIONING
Focused, passionate Business
Development Leader and Team Management professional offering diverse and
accomplished experience in plant systems commissioning working in wastewater
treatment, upstream and downstream oil production, and general construction.
Critical contributor to internal and external teams, delegating and documenting
tasks to ensure timely and accurate completion. Visionary leadership and talent
for evaluating organizational needs and identifying areas for improvement.
Possesses strong quantitative problem-solving and prioritization skills. Fluent
communicator proficient at leading teams in the completion of
multiple projects with competing
deadlines.
SKILLS & EXPERTISE
✓ OperationsManagement ✓ QualityAssurance/Control ✓ ProcedureDocumentation
✓ RiskMitigation ✓ StakeholderPartnerships ✓ CommunicationSkills
✓ ProjectCloseout ✓ ContinuousImprovement ✓ StrategicPlanning
✓ CrossFunctionalCollaboration ✓ Training&Development ✓ Conflict Resolution
NOTABLE PROJECT HIGHLIGHTS
· Steered and
led the engineering activities of a team of 15 multi-discipline Engineers,
technicians, HMI and DCS programmers,
· drafting
resources, and facilitating pre-cut over meetings.
· Played a key
role in collaborating with a team of engineers on a 15-year, $88.6-million
contract to completely overhaul the technology controlling the massive
wastewater treatment system in Los Angeles, designing, and implementing new
distributed
· control
systems for several water reclamation plants throughout greater Los Angeles.
· Slashed
installation lengths 50% by verifying control loops, executing functional
testing, and tuning PID loops during final
· installation.
· Enhanced
project scheduling by introducing improved structures and processes to develop
a product priority roadmap, maintaining an engineering backlog, recognizing
blockers and dependencies, and engaging with stakeholder on the execution
· of
management plans.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
MPG PETROLEUM, INC. DIRECTOR
BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT, ~ 2021 – PRESENT
· Key duties
involve enhancing business and identifying new target markets, establishing,
and nurturing customer relations and
· generating
creative and innovative strategies.
· Serve as a
liaison between the company’s president and new potential clients to introduce
project information and set up geological presentations made by the technical
team.
· Interfacing
with web designers, developing social media communications presence, press
releases, and public relations duties are all essential to establishing daily
and long-term marketing initiatives.
HONEYWELL, SR. COMMISSIONING
ENGINEER, LAWINS PROJECT ~ 2017 – 2020
KDG CONSTRUCTION CONSULTING –
HYPERION, TREATMENT PLANT, GLENDALE, CA
· Effectively
managed the five segments of the LAWINS project, one segment for each of the
four wastewater treatment plants,
· plus a
segment for the collection system, documenting over 60,000 wire terminations.
· Served as a
liaison between client and project management teams, devising and formulating
control management techniques and
· HMI
interface methodologies.
· Integral for
establishing daily and long-term schedules, including field and internal staff
safety meetings and SOPs.
· Flawlessly
executed project and client interface, construction management, estimate and
schedule development, man-loading
· forecasts,
quality assurance and change management.
· Harnessed
project management methodologies to implement continuous improvement
initiatives that reduced cost, and optimized
· schedule
performance by managing roadblocks, creating workarounds, and mitigating
unexpected events.
HONEYWELL, COMMISSIONING ENGINEER,
LAWINS PROJECT ~ 2016 – 2017
PMCM CONSULTING ENGINEERS – HYPERION
TREATMENT PLANT, LOS ANGELES, CA
·
Mobilized
all process control changes for cutover integration and validation, working
closely with city officials to monitor operations effectively and efficiently
at the city’s pumping stations and collection facilities that are scattered
throughout more than 500 square miles of the city’s service area.
·
Designed,
facilitated, and executed engineering meetings to make critical decisions,
eliminate blockers, convey the product vision of the DCS device installation,
and complete all loop and functional testing.
·
Wielded
parallel projects across a diverse range of technical requirements and customer
needs through the end-to-end lifecycle from proposal to implementation.
·
Entrenched
scope and specifications for each project segment by collaborating with
internal and external engineering teams, subcontractors, and stakeholders
frequently.
LICENSED SALES AGENT ~ 2015 – 2016
STATE FARM INSURANCE, NEWPORT BEACH,
CA
· Optimized commercial & personal insurance sales productivity
in a hard market by generating over 17% of new business, drove
· an annual process to manage renewals while developing partnerships
that expanded into additional commercial insurance sales.
· Key driver for enhancing business and drastically improving
profitability by identifying new target markets, establishing, and
· nurturing customer relations, and generating creative and
innovative strategies.
· Cultivated an exemplary network of business associates statewide
as a result of extensive interaction and strong communication
· skills resulting in the pursuit of high customer retention and
carryover business for new product lines.
·
Effectively monitored all existing
customer accounts to prevent policy lapses, ensure sufficient coverage and
notify policy holders at
the time of renewal.
PROCESS OPERATOR ~ 2007 – 2011
BP CORPORATION, CARSON, CA
· Oversaw a
10-member maintenance staff and operated the Honeywell TDC 3000, carrying out
regular rounds, safety walks and
· recording
safety concerns.
· Critical
contributor to maintaining, monitoring, and controlling the continuous
operation of plant equipment to transform raw
· materials
into finished products in a safe, environmentally compliant, and efficient
manner at the specified quality level.
· Highly
sought for troubleshooting operational and/or equipment problems by collecting
data, analyzing, and interpreting results,
· and making
decisions on appropriate process changes to maintain product quality and
equipment reliability.
· Evaluated and authorized applications for regular safety job
permits prior to shut down and start-up operations.
EDUCATION
General Education | Citrus
Community College | Glendora, CA |