Robert M. Tringali
158 Lohs Place
Harrington Park, New Jersey 07640
201-753-0512
rtrin10646@yahoo.com
linkedin.com/in/RobertTringali
Summary
Senior Project Manager exceptionally proficient at leading complex projects ranging from $0.5 million to
$50+ million (MM) for engineering design through construction and start-up. Extensive experience
managing teams comprised of internal resources, outside engineering, construction management firms,
or general contractors in implementing projects within operating consumer products plants with minimal
interruption to production with a major focus on both design and construction safety. Consistently meets
schedules and budgets with zero Lost Time Accidents with special expertise in:
Cost Control
MS Project
10 Hour OSHA certified / OSHA Asbestos Class IV
Awareness
Certified JIPM TPM Instructor - First North
American Class
HAZOP
ARIBA Procurement - Process Champion
Professional Experience
Whiting-Turner Contracting Company, Baltimore, MD
Senior Project Manager
Sept 2010 – Oct 2011
 Client representative for Unilever for a $200 MM conversion of a Slimfast facility to Ice Cream.
Responsible for tracking and expediting all equipment, instrumentation and valves. Managed the
equipment cage personnel. Lead the engineering and construction team meetings when the
Project Director was absent.
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UNILEVER, Englewood Cliffs, NJ/ Trumbull, CT/ NY, NY
Senior Project Manager
1998 - 2009
 $0.7 MM 4 month roof replacement at a Q-Tips factory in Puerto Rico
 $27 MM 3 year skincare plant restructuring in CT. New process, building modifications,
equipment relocations
 $3 MM 2 year industrial waste treatment facility in CT
 $0.76 MM 6 month warehouse conveyor system modification in IN
 $10 MM 2 year 6 beauty bar packaging lines modifications utilizing new technology in IN
 $0.7 MM 6 month sulphonation plant demolition in IN
 $1.1 MM 9 month aerosol plant decommissioning and dismantling in NC
 $0.5 MM 3 month removal of obsolete equipment within an operating beauty bar process in IN
 $20 MM 2 year relocation of 3 beauty bar packaging lines from MD to IN along with processing
modifications
 $6.7 MM 18 month new soap process in IN
 $7 MM 16 month building expansion and Q-Tips production relocation from MO to Puerto Rico
 $33 MM 2 year laundry tablet installation with 6 packaging lines and new process equipment
installation
 $6 MM 1 year personal wash pilot plant relocation from NJ to CT with a building expansion
 $7 MM, $1.1 MM under budget, 1 year powder laundry detergent plant decommissioning in MO
 Managed the consolidation of two engineering offices to a third location
 Additional responsibilities while managing projects:
Interim Plant Engineering Manager, Hammond, IN for 6 months responsible for $5 MM capital
plan
Interim Plant Engineering Manager, Clinton, CT for 3 months responsible for $1 MM capital plan
Appointed liaison to a large Indian engineering firm performing engineering for Unilever in North
America.
Engineering Support Specialist
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1995 - 1998
Lead the preliminary engineering design for a $39 MM beauty bar plant modification
Member of the Reliability Council addressing issues of downtime and equipment standardization
across four plants
Project Manager
1989 - 1994
 Managed a $28.6 MM 3 year upgrade of a beauty bar facility in MD utilizing in-house engineering
with outside construction management
 $54 MM 2 year powder laundry detergent expansion and upgrade in MO
Senior Project Engineer
1987 - 1989
 Lead feasibility, conceptual, and appropriation grade cost estimates for a major expansion to a
beauty bar facility
Project Engineer
1985 - 1987
 Lead appropriation grade estimate and final engineering designs for a greenfield laundry
detergent factory in GA
Senior Mechanical Engineer
1983 - 1984
 Developed utility equipment specifications, evaluated bids, developed P&IDs, and administered
mechanical contracts for a new $40 MM beauty bar facility in IN
Education
BE, Chemical Engineering
Stevens Institute of Technology / Hoboken, NJ
Professional Development
Many courses such as Negotiating Skills, Executive Leadership, Interviewing, Communicating with Tact
and Diplomacy, etc.
Affiliations / Associations / Memberships
Member American Institute of Chemical Engineers
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