Relief System Engineer Specialist - S&B Engineers and Constructors - Chocolate Bayou, Texas
(2022-06)
Client: INEOS Olefins & Polymers USA
- Directed RV engineering strategies as senior technical authority across three sites.
- Maintained centralized relief system database as authoritative source for RV PSI.
- Authored corporate technical guidance standards for relief system design.
- Collaborated with PSM to ensure relief systems satisfy PHA/LOPA requirements.
- Participated in Corporate Process Safety Audits to ensure PSM/RMP compliance.
- Performed QA/QC on third-party engineering firm relief system design packages.
Sr. Process Engineer - Valero - Port Arthur, Texas
(2018-03 - 2022-05)
Served as Relief Coordinator and Energy Coordinator
- Spearheaded a refinery-wide Relief System Excellence Program.
- Validated pressure relief analysis by third party contract engineering.
- Championed Energy Improvement Initiatives increasing refinery energy efficiency.
- Developed Pressure Relief Analysis Training for engineering personnel.
- Served as Subject Matter Expert for API 520, API 521, and API 2000.
Sr. Process Safety Engineer - Valero - Port Arthur, Texas
(2018-03 - 2022-05)
Served as PHA Program Coordinator and MOC Coordinator
- Facilitated HAZOP studies for capital improvement projects and process changes.
- Validated Risk Assessments to ensure consistency in high hazard scenario evaluation.
- Served as Investigation Team Leader to find root causes and contributing factors.
- Participated in Corporate Process Safety Audits to ensure PSM/RMP compliance.
- Developed Process Safety Training for operations and engineering personnel.
- Served as Subject Matter Expert for OSHA PSM Standard 29CFR 1910.119.
Sr. Process Safety Engineer - Huntsman Corporation - Conroe, Texas
(2012-06 - 2018-03)
Provided regional PSM support (Conroe, Dayton, and Freeport Plants)
- Facilitated HAZOP studies for capital improvement projects.
- Coordinated facility siting hazard analysis and remediation studies.
- Spearheaded RV mitigation projects for Conroe and Dayton Plants.
- Participated in Corporate Process Safety Audits to ensure PSM/RMP compliance.
- Awarded the prestigious Billy Forbes Award – Collaborated closely with Huntsman Advanced Technology Center to implement PSM safeguards to ethoxylation reactors to reduce time-at-risk of operating within EO decomposition regime at the Conroe Plant.
Sr. Process Engineer - Huntsman Corporation - Conroe, Texas
(2012-06 - 2018-03)
Provided technical expertise for Alkoxylation Kettle Reactors (batch operations)
- Tracked daily Overall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE) to improve plant performance.
- Optimized batch operations, troubleshooting product quality or equipment abnormalities.
- Championed MOCs to fulfill unit needs and commercialize new chemical manufacturing.
- Supported production improvement initiatives, TAR planning, and CAPEX projects.
- Six Sigma Green Belt Projects – Increased Reactor Capacity (annual savings $7.0MM)
Process Safety Consultant - Lloyd's Register (Celerity 3) - Houston, Texas
(2009-03 - 2012-05)
Projects: BP Whiting, BP North American Gas, INEOS Chocolate Bayou, TPC
- Evaluated over 1,000 RVs from gas plants, chemical plants, and refineries.
- Provided client with recommendations to mitigate relief system deficiencies.
- Identified overpressure scenarios and calculated relief load requirements.
- Field verified process equipment and developed piping isometrics.
- Conducted quality checks for less experienced process engineers.
Process Engineer - Jacobs Engineering Group - Houston, Texas
(2007-06 - 2009-01)
Project: Petro-Canada Oil Sands Inc. (PCOSI)
- Developed engineering deliverables for the Petro-Canada Oil Sands (PCOSI) project, including PFDs, P&IDs, and HMBs.
- Executed hydraulic calculations, effluent and emission summaries, preheat train optimizations, and technical specifications for unit operations and process equipment.
Technical Engineer (E-5, Sergeant) - United States Army
(1997-01 - 2003-12)
416th Engineer Command. Discharge: Honorable. Medals: Army Commendation Medal, Global War on Terrorism Expeditionary Medal. Tours of Duty: Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF) / Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF). Projects: M1 Abram Refueling Stations, AH-64 Apache Helipads, Patriot Missile Batteries
- Supervise site development with technical surveys, drafts, construction specifications, and lab tests on construction materials.
- Utilize GPS technology to draw topographic maps to prepare detailed plans for construction projects.
