Charles Tracy

Client: INEOS Olefins & Polymers USA

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.

B.S. - Chemical Engineering - University of Illinois at Chicago (2008)

A.S. - Electronics Engineering Technology - ITT Technical Institute, Mount Prospect (2001)