Focused Reliability Manager with 9 years chemical industry experience in process engineering, process control and instrumentation, and reliability.
Professional Experience
Reliability Manager May 2011 to CurrentCriterion Catalysts and Technologies － Dayton, OH
Managed team of 7 professionals including disciplines of Mechanical engineering, Process engineering, Instrumentation and Control Systems engineering, and Reliability Centered Maintenance
Oversaw implementation of Intelatrac for operational rounds leading to ~$2MM in saves in first 10 months.
Initiated ESP Alarm Review Teams which led to alarm reductions of ~ 400,000/wk (2011) to 3,700/wk (2012) with targets of 1,300/wk for 2013
Identified and mitigated bad actors increasing Technical Availability by 14.3% from 2011 to 2012
PACO Team Lead April 2009 to April 2011Shell Chemicals LP － Dayton, OH
Led a team of Control System Engineers, Instrument Inspectors, and an Analyzer Inspector in support of the Geismar Site.
Led this team in its move from a purely reactive response customer support to a proactive customer support model that proactively identifies availability threats, bad actors, obsolete equipment, control strategies that are not best practice, ineffective PM schedules, and controllers not meeting uptime.
Spearheaded resources in Process Engineering, Production, and PACO to deliver mitigation plans for each Instrumented Protective Function input to meet IPF DSM standard.
Coached Run & Maintain (R&M) team to utilize Mitigate Threats to Availability database for threat/bad actor documentation and work prioritization.
Guided R&M team to mitigate 23 automation bad actors in 2010.
Control Systems Engineer January 2007 to March 2009Shell Chemicals LP － Geismar, Louisiana
Provided control systems support to Utilities and Ethylene Oxide/Ethylene Glycol Modules.
Developed process control strategies that improved upon or aided in operating the process within targeted boundaries.
Maintained three generations of Honeywell Distributed Control Systems - Extended Controllers, High Performance Process Manager (TDC 3000), C200 (Experion)
Supported module alarm management teams through ensuring controllers operate within targeted ranges, consistent and proactive process alarm monitoring, and alarm change implementation.
Process Engineer/Site Maintenance Supervisor October 2005 to December 2006Albemarle Corporation － Dayton, OH
Implemented SAP v4.6 for utilization with plant and preventive maintenance
Initiated a pressure safety device and hoisting equipment inspection plan
Coordinated/scheduled plant maintenance repairs
Lead engineer for site's largest revenue process
Supervised three process technicians and three lab technicians.
Interacted daily with customer's Technical and Business personnel
Process Engineer August 2003 to September 2005Albemarle Corporation － Dayton, OH
Process engineer in commercial-scale batch production facility
Developed process procedures for new products
Process optimization for existing products
Focused unit adherence to Process Safety Management guidelines
Education
Bachelor of Science : Chemical Engineering, 2003Mississippi State University － Starkville, MS, USA
