Mario Salazar, Contracts Manager

Mario Salazar

Contracts Manager

AES CORPORATION - AES ANDES- CHILE

Location
United States - Texas - Houston
Education
Bachelor's degree, BS Engineering Sciences
Experience
20 years, 1 Months

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Work Experience

Total years of experience :20 years, 1 Months

Contracts Manager at AES CORPORATION - AES ANDES- CHILE
  • Chile - Santiago
  • June 2017 to December 2022

AES ANDES - ALTO MAIPO PROJECT, SANTIAGO, CHILE - CONTRACTS MANAGER 2017 - 2022
Adept at understanding complex business landscapes, analyzing challenges, and developing lasting solutions to reduce risk, drive operational excellence, and positively change the bottom line. Administer EPC contractor for the Tunnel Complex Construction Project, and Lump Sum, Turnkey EPC for the Equipment Supply, Installation, Commissioning and Start-up Contract. Coordinate with all disciplines the change orders notifications, negotiate and prepare change orders requests and analyze, mitigate, and negotiate contractor´s claims

Contracts Manager at FKP Ltd.
  • Chile
  • February 2015 to April 2017

Contracts Advisor for national and international engineering and construction companies in all contracting processes. Claims mitigation, analysis and negotiations. Administration of contracts and change management.

Field Contracts Manager at Sierra Gorda SCM
  • Chile
  • April 2011 to January 2015

Successfully produced RFP packages and awarded contracts for the Project and Operations Divisions to help their activities. Trained contracts administrators and assistants to start up field office; negotiated change orders and delivered support in the field. Generated all RFP packages for construction, engineering, and services contracts for the Project.
" Led all direct contracts for the project, operations and explorations with the aid of 10 contract administrators and 5 assistants for an estimated Cost of US$4.2 Billion investment.

Contracts Advisor at Chevron Inc.
  • United States - Texas - Houston
  • March 2008 to January 2010

Contracts Advisor Angola LNG Project (Angola, France, Netherlands and United States)
Administered bidding and evaluated $650+MM contract for EPC of Nearshore/Onshore gas to plant pipeline; assigned contracts, which resulted in project savings of more than $150 million.
" Led auxiliary, service contracts for construction of pipeline with a total value of $500 + MM, upheld first-rate relations with contractors to contribute to project efficiency, and lowered costs.

Senior Contracts Manager at Fluor Corporation
  • Qatar - Doha
  • July 2005 to August 2006

Contracts Manager Russian Pump Station in CPC Project for Chevron and Neftegastroy. Contracts Manager Sakhalin 1 Project for Exxon / Shell. Contracts Manager Tyumen Project for BP / Neftegastroy

Senior Contracts Manager at Fluor Corporation
  • Russian Federation
  • March 2000 to June 2005

Senior Manager, Contracts - Refinery Construction, Kuwait National Petroleum Co (KNPC), 2005
" Established contract terms and conditions; arranged agreements between KNPC and licensors as well as pricing methods and breakdown for lump sum turnkey tenders for $6 billion project.

Senior Manager, Contracts - Sakhalin I Project for Exxon, Neftegaz Ltd. Sakhalin Island, Russia, 2003 - 2004
" Awarded contracts to fabricate modules and selected proper Contractors in South Korea and Russia; organized first stage tenders and awards process.

Senior Manager, Contracts - Russian Pump Station Projects for Caspian Pipeline Consortium, in Moscow and Krasnodar, Russian Federation, 2000 - 2003
" Awarded Construction and Services contracts for the construction of three Pump Stations. The Pump Stations were part of the construction of 1, 000 miles of oil pipeline from Kazakhstan to a Marine Terminal in Russia.

Education

Bachelor's degree, BS Engineering Sciences
  • at Medgar Evers College NY
  • June 2003

Certificate of experience equivalency to BS Engineering Sciences.

Diploma, Business and Finance
  • at Universidad del Norte
  • December 1976

2 years grade diploma

Diploma, Diploma
  • at Iquique English College
  • September 1973

Commerce Technician

High school or equivalent, Diploma
  • at Campbell High School
  • May 1973

High School Diploma- Accounting Technician

Specialties & Skills

Contract Management
Claims Resolution
International Liaison
Change Control
Licensing Agreements
Contracts Management
Tenders Preparation and Negotiations
Claims Analisys and Negotiations
Licenses Agreements
EPC Contracts, Turnkey EPCM Contracts,

Social Profiles

Languages

English
Expert
Spanish
Native Speaker

Memberships

Project Management Institute
  • MEMBER ID: 5243524
  • February 2018

Training and Certifications

PMP (Training)
Training Institute:
Project Management Institute
Date Attended:
February 2018

Hobbies

  • Jigsaw puzzles