Andrew Padow

About Andrew Padow

Over my 18 year career, I\'ve focused on developing skills that draw on my passion for solving complex problems while utilizing best practice combined with my personal drive to think outside the box and foster innovative thinking. Every role I have taken has helped frame this mindset to push the needle a bit further to deliver. As a Mechanical Package Engineer, my mission centers on aligning multidisciplinary teams to meet project cost and timelines while upholding safety and quality standards. My current role in Chevron’s Eastern Mediterranean Business Unit involves managing EPC/OEM interfaces and overseeing the development of critical turbo machinery and mechanical components, ensuring operational excellence for offshore gas platforms. Previously, I contributed to the Wheatstone LNG facility in Western Australia, where I developed strategies to achieve reliability targets through exception-based monitoring and collaboration with global operations, maintenance and reliability teams. These efforts, supported by a data-driven approach and a certificate in data science from UC Berkeley, have driven innovations in machinery optimization and risk mitigation. My focus remains on fostering collaboration, streamlining processes, and delivering impactful engineering solutions.

Experience

1. Mechanical Package Engineer

   Chevron

   Jul 2024 — Present · Houston, TX, US

   Managed procurement and execution of critical long lead mechanical packages for an offshore gas platform that contributed to CAPEX savings of $100MM for Host Facility from baseline projections. • Led collaboration with EPC & OEMs and interfaced with module fabricator for turbo machinery and mechanical packages.• Ensured package delivery aligns with key project milestones while maintaining compliance with project technical, quality, safety and regional regulatory requirements. •Interfaced with field operations to safeguard field lessons learned intersect with latest engineering / procurement.

Education

• West Virginia University

  BSME, Mechanical Engineering

  2002 — 2007

Skills

• Pressure Vessels
• Drilling
• Gas
• Oil & Gas
• Pipelines
• Engineering
• Petroleum
• Mechanical Engineering
• Energy Industry
• Piping
• P&Id
• Oil/Gas
• Feed
• Hydraulics
• Subsea Engineering
• Inventor
• Rigging
• Project Engineering
• Engineering Design