# Matrix Service Company — Engineering, construction and maintenance for critical industrial assets

> Matrix Service Company is a heavy industrial contractor whose operating companies provide engineering, fabrication, construction, maintenance and repair for energy, power, storage, process and mining markets. Delivery ranges from FEED to EPC/EPCM packages. A 2026 America First Refining announcement is FEED for a proposed tank farm, not full refinery EPC.

- **Legal name:** Matrix Service Company
- **Headquarters:** Houston, Texas, United States
- **Founded:** 1984
- **Official website:** [Matrix Service Company](https://matrixservicecompany.com/)
- **URL:** https://voltformer.com/epc-contractors/matrix-service
- **Markdown:** https://voltformer.com/epc-contractors/matrix-service.md
- **JSON:** https://voltformer.com/epc-contractors/matrix-service.json

## CEO and leadership profile

### Shawn P. Payne

President and Chief Executive Officer

President and CEO of Matrix Service Company. He was COO from February through June 2026 and joined the company in 2012.

- **In role since:** 2026-07-01
- **Sources checked:** 2026-10-11
- **Profile:** [Shawn P. Payne](https://voltformer.com/ceo/shawn-p-payne)

[Matrix executive team](https://matrixservicecompany.gcs-web.com/governance/executive-management-team) · [Matrix CEO succession announcement](https://matrixservicecompany.gcs-web.com/news-releases/news-release-details/matrix-service-company-announces-ceo-transition) · [Matrix FY2026 results](https://matrixservicecompany.gcs-web.com/news-releases/news-release-details/matrix-service-company-reports-fiscal-year-2026-fourth-quarter)

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## Engineering specializations

- Storage tanks and terminals
- Power and utility infrastructure
- Mining, minerals and process facilities
- LNG, NGL and storage terminals

## Declared capabilities

- **Basic and detailed engineering:** Listed capability; confirm project-specific scope
- **Procurement and supply:** Listed capability; confirm project-specific scope
- **Civil and structural construction:** Listed capability; confirm project-specific scope
- **Testing and commissioning:** Listed capability; confirm project-specific scope
- **High-voltage substation EPC:** Listed capability; confirm project-specific scope
- **Transmission lines:** Not listed
- **Turnkey power plant EPC:** Listed capability; confirm project-specific scope
- **Grid interconnection:** Not listed

## Representative projects

### Plains All American terminal expansion
- **Capacity / scope:** Turnkey EPFC; eight tanks with total storage exceeding one million gallons and over 50,000 feet of piping
- **Country:** United States | **Client:** Plains All American Pipeline
- **Description:** Matrix Service Company’s profile records the completed Paulsboro terminal expansion: eight tanks holding over one million gallons in total, extensive process piping, controls, fire protection and commissioning. It also reports more than 150,000 recordable-free work hours.
- **Technologies:** Storage tanks and terminal automation, Piping and fire protection
- **Original source:** [https://matrixservicecompany.com/project/plains-all-american-pipeline-turnkey-epfc-terminal-expansion/](https://matrixservicecompany.com/project/plains-all-american-pipeline-turnkey-epfc-terminal-expansion/)

### America First Refining tank farm FEED
- **Capacity / scope:** Front-end engineering and design for a proposed tank farm; refinery concept approximately 60 million barrels per year
- **Country:** United States | **Client:** America First Refining
- **Description:** America First Refining awarded Matrix FEED for the tank farm supporting a proposed Brownsville refinery. The award is an engineering package ahead of final investment decision; it is not the construction of the tank farm or refinery.
- **Technologies:** Front-end engineering and design, Crude and product storage
- **Original source:** [https://matrixservicecompany.gcs-web.com/news-releases/news-release-details/matrix-announces-award-front-end-engineering-and-design-america](https://matrixservicecompany.gcs-web.com/news-releases/news-release-details/matrix-announces-award-front-end-engineering-and-design-america)

### AEP Cardinal Energy Center
- **Capacity / scope:** Matrix NAC construction subcontract to Black & Veatch: retrofit of Units 1 and 2, FGD ductwork, support steel, buildings, utility racks and equipment setting
- **Country:** United States | **Client:** AEP
- **Description:** Matrix NAC served as Black & Veatch Corporation’s subcontractor and general contractor for construction at AEP’s Cardinal Energy Center in Ohio. Its documented work retrofitted Units 1 and 2 with flue-gas-desulfurization ductwork and supports, erected structural steel buildings and utility racks, and set process equipment. The profile reports 3,670 tons of steel and more than 160,000 work hours; it does not assign Matrix the engineering role.
- **Technologies:** FGD ductwork and support steel, Structural steel buildings and utility racks, Rough setting of process equipment
- **Original source:** [https://matrixservicecompany.com/project/aep-cardinal-energy-center-construction/](https://matrixservicecompany.com/project/aep-cardinal-energy-center-construction/)

## Technical services

- **FEED through EPC and maintenance:** Matrix companies undertake FEED, detail engineering, procurement, fabrication, construction, commissioning and lifecycle maintenance, with exact package responsibility defined by award.
- **Project and program management:** Coordinates technical scope, schedule, cost, procurement and interfaces where included in the appointment.
- **Construction-phase services:** Field construction, self-perform trades or construction management are delivered only within the awarded scope; joint-venture responsibilities and contract value are project-specific.
- **Asset lifecycle and maintenance:** Operations, maintenance, renewal or turnaround support is offered where relevant and contracted; it is not assumed for every project.

## Standards and certifications



## Official contacts

- **Address:** Houston, Texas, United States
- **Official website:** https://matrixservicecompany.com/contact/

## Reference statistics

- **Founded:** 1984
- **Fiscal second-quarter 2026 revenue:** US$210.5 million
- **Headquarters:** Houston, Texas, United States

## Company and energy news

- [Matrix wins FEED for America First Refining tank farm](https://voltformer.com/news/matrix-america-first-feed-2026) — 2026-09-02 · [Markdown](https://voltformer.com/news/matrix-america-first-feed-2026.md)
- [Matrix reports FY2026 fourth-quarter results](https://voltformer.com/news/matrix-fy26-q4-results-2026) — 2026-09-02 · [Markdown](https://voltformer.com/news/matrix-fy26-q4-results-2026.md)
- [Matrix schedules FY2026 results release](https://voltformer.com/news/matrix-q4-release-date-2026) — 2026-08-18 · [Markdown](https://voltformer.com/news/matrix-q4-release-date-2026.md)
- [Matrix reports third-quarter FY2026 results](https://voltformer.com/news/matrix-q3-fy26-results-2026) — 2026-05-06 · [Markdown](https://voltformer.com/news/matrix-q3-fy26-results-2026.md)
- [Matrix announces chief financial officer transition](https://voltformer.com/news/matrix-cfo-transition-2026) — 2026-04-30 · [Markdown](https://voltformer.com/news/matrix-cfo-transition-2026.md)
- [Matrix appoints Shawn Payne as incoming CEO](https://voltformer.com/news/matrix-ceo-transition-2026) — 2026-02-04 · [Markdown](https://voltformer.com/news/matrix-ceo-transition-2026.md)
- [Matrix reports second-quarter FY2026 results](https://voltformer.com/news/matrix-q2-fy26-results-2026) — 2026-02-04 · [Markdown](https://voltformer.com/news/matrix-q2-fy26-results-2026.md)

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