Alex Hoffmaster Email & Phone Number

Houston, Tx, Us

Kongens Lyngby, Hovedstaden, Dk

Spring, Texas, Us

Became company PRD maintenance and reliability subject matter expert Increased production opportunity by $10,000,000 per year and reduced maintenance costs by $690,000 annually after identifying and leading ethylene recycle compressor PRD upgrade to pilot designs Established and led site bad actor program for PRDs; $1,500,000 per year in savings related to design improvements, workflow optimization, asset management, and testing improvements Cut cost of new purchase PRD jobs for 2022 turnaround by $1,100,000 (74% of original quote) working with multiple vendors for competitive bids, receiving corporate award Reduced ethylene unit PRD related discovery costs in 2022 turnaround by $500,000 and improved shop time duration by average of 6 days vs. 2016 turnaround due to proactive planning improvements from lessons learned Slashed manhours needed on PRD related changes by 2800 hours per year by writing procedure for managing common changes and vetting with process safety, operations, reliability, and maintenance groups Reduced cost spent on transport of PRDs by $60,000 by establishing and implementing guidelines and requirements for after hours shipping Created asset strategy for specialized PRDs in linear low density polyethylene (LLDPE) unit resulting in reduction of average repair times from 6 months to 1 month Responsible for improving or maintaining reliability of over 5000 pressure relief assets Led and closed over 300 investigations related to failed tests of PRDs Improved site PRD work deferral process by requiring various approvals based on risk and available data rather than site management being required for every approval Developed FAQ documents for piping specifications, testing devices, investigations, and PRD design and workflow practicesLed bad actor program for fixed equipment in 4 different operating units from 2020 to 2021Oversaw and facilitated execution of over 4500 PRD jobsAuthored overhaul of site Relief Systems Inspection Standard

Spring, Texas, Us

Returned boilers to mechanical working condition two weeks ahead of original forecast (expected to be critical path) during Hurricane Harvey recovery by effective coordination of various crafts Completed repairs on over 1700 inspection recommendations at 70% of anticipated cost in 1.5 years by streamlining craft execution and onboarding efforts; responsible for managing over 40 contractors Recognized for 2016 ethylene unit turnaround PRD scope management and communication for over 300 job plans over two month period Improved piping thickness deficiency mitigation implementation on petrochemical side of plant by 17 days on average due to optimizing meeting structure, ownership assignment, and communication protocols; practices and tools developed were adopted site wide Created foundation of site bad actor program for petrochemical side of the plant Reduced past compliance relief devices from over 75 to 0 within six months of coming into maintenance group and maintained 0 beyond compliance for duration of time in the group Field coordinated all Utilities unit work in 2015 shutdown; work completed on schedule and did not end up as critical path

Spring, Texas, Us

Assessed condition 400# and 600# steam headers at facility, developed report, and presented to management that led to entire replacement of headersDeveloped 2015 expense budget for unitCompleted monthly environmental and cost reporting metric reports for unitLed environmental reportable and process safety tier 1 incident investigation for caustic LOPC

Spring, Texas, Us

Authored site steam turbine overspeed trip test policy and procedureLed efforts to reduce costs associated with plant air compressors, analyzing comparative options of maintain and repair, replace, or manage via third party rentals Led repairs of cooling tower cells and basin in 2013 turnaround

Charlotte, North Carolina, Us

Managed steam turbine work and 20" attemperator pipe replacement during shutdown.

Charlotte, North Carolina, Us

Worked with plant technicians to perform weekly tests for the purpose of assessing plant performance and troubleshooting issues as they came up.

Charlotte, North Carolina, Us

Worked on boiler inspection team and steam turbine condenser inspection team during outage.