About

Built on Decades of Global Project Leadership

The PLA Group was founded to bring seasoned executive project leadership to organizations delivering complex, high-value energy and infrastructure projects.

The firm

About The PLA Group

Project Leadership Advisory for owners, operators, EPC contractors, joint ventures, and leadership teams delivering complex capital projects.

Grounded in real project leadership across the full EPC lifecycle: strategy, definition, execution, construction, commissioning, startup, handover, closeout.


Founder

Luis Hernandez

Luis Hernandez is a senior EPC executive with 35+ years leading major energy and infrastructure programs across the Americas, Europe, the Middle East, and Asia.

He has led multidisciplinary teams, served as senior client interface, and overseen contract administration, change management, commercial strategy, risk, safety, commissioning, startup, and closeout.

Career

A Career Built on Project Delivery

Luis has held senior project leadership roles on major energy and infrastructure projects worldwide, including pipeline, subsea, offshore, FPSO, gas, and large-scale development. His work spans the full project lifecycle from appraisal and concept selection through startup, handover, and closeout.

Regions include the United States, Canada, Mexico, Trinidad and Tobago, Algeria, Norway, India, South Korea, and other global project environments.

Program and portfolio leadership. Full P&L accountability. Commercial strategy, contract administration, claims and change management, risk, HSSE, and executive reporting.

Credentials

  • 35+ years of global project leadership experience
  • Full lifecycle EPC execution experience
  • Leadership on major energy and infrastructure programs
  • Experience across the Americas, Europe, the Middle East, and Asia
  • Project leadership across pipelines, subsea, FPSO, gas, offshore, and infrastructure projects
  • Expertise in contracts, claims, change management, risk, safety, schedule, cost, and project governance
  • Senior client interface and multidisciplinary team leadership experience
  • Commissioning, startup, closeout, and operational handover experience

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