Bill McWatters
Professional Summary
A seasoned Planning, Turnaround, and Construction Professional with deep experience across oil & gas, refining, power generation, and heavy industrial facilities, specializing in turnarounds (TA), rotating equipment, workface planning, and field execution. Brings a rare combination of hands-on construction leadership and advanced planning expertise, enabling seamless integration between schedule development and real-world execution. Extensive background working on large-scale brownfield and greenfield projects, supporting both maintenance turnarounds and capital construction. Highly proficient in Primavera P6, SAP-based planning environments, WBS development, coding structures, and critical path analysis, with a strong focus on safety, productivity, and schedule certainty. Recognized for the ability to plan complex scopes under compressed turnaround windows, manage critical rotating equipment activities, and lead multidisciplinary teams to successful, incident-free execution. Equally effective in planner, superintendent, and hybrid planner-superintendent roles, bridging the traditional gap between engineering, planning, and construction.
Specialization
Project Consulting
Experience
40 years in the industry