Professional Profile - Karl Sanchez

Principle Associate

Karl brings over 20 years of Project Controls experience with expertise in project controls best practices, detailed planning/scheduling, cost controls, change management, risk assessment, estimating, spend forecasts, schedule analytics, work pack development and implementation, Earned Value Management, and dashboard development for capital, and mission-critical projects. He has extensive experience in working closely with various business units such as operations, engineering, QA/QC, and trade contractors for industrial and commercial projects.

As a Senior Project Controls consultant, he has held Project Controls positions for major companies including Sunoco, BP, Chevron, DuPont, Equinor, Husky Energy, Amtrak, Microsoft, and Facebook.  His accomplishments included control and reporting on schedule progress measurement and cost for high complexity projects such as multibillion-dollar offshore facilities, data center construction programs, resource-loaded schedules for clients Major Equipment Purchase/Overhauls Portfolio, and supported Project Team by providing oversight and analysis of progression and integration of contractor Topsides Construction and Commissioning Schedules, budget and spend forecast alignments.

Karl received his Bachelor of Science in Business with a concentration in Project Management from the University of Phoenix.  He is also certified in Oracle Primavera P6 and Business Programming / Database Development.  Karl has been trained in, SafeGulf (designed specifically for the Offshore Oil & Gas Industry), and SafeLand which are the industry gold standard in Safety Awareness education.  He also obtained certification for HUET (Helicopter Underwater Escape Training) a requirement to travel onto offshore Oil & Gas Platforms.  He is fluent in English and Spanish.

In his spare time, Karl enjoys dining out, cooking at home for his family, and fine cigars. He also enjoys traveling with his wife Amy, watching Formula 1 racing, and relaxing at Ends of the Earth cigar lounge in Haddonfield, NJ.