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Midland, Michigan, United States

Develop new business with chemical manufacturers that require experienced engineering services. Over see Independent Contractors working at various plants and design offices. Manage and maintain effective client relationships.

Saginaw, Michigan Area

Currently working on a long term assignment at Corteva AgriScience as a piping engineer, and a valve application and supply chain consultant.

Midland, Mi

Oversee the manual valve technology for The Dow Chemical Company. Lead a global team to set strategic direction, maintain written technology practices to reflect current industry trends, and resolve manufacturer quality issues. Leverage volume spending to achieve cost savings. This role consistently delivered pricing well below benchmark industry costs through the valve integrator business model.Also, during this time, Dow set an industry record for the fastest completion of an Enhanced LDAR Program (ELP) which had a major focus on installation of low emission valve technology.

Midland, Michigan

Responsible for the piping and valve applications, alternate designs analysis, and ASME B31.3 code compliance for a large Dow Site (Michigan Operations) plus various remote Sites in North America. Support large and small projects, maintenance, and create new specifications for business as needed. Mentor new engineers. Earned Six Sigma certifications in MAIC and DSFF. Intense focus on proper flange assembly training and safe pneumatic testing of piping systems. Drove unexpected leaks during start ups from piping and flange assembly to zero.

Midland Michigan

Lead both piping and mechanical engineering design for projects up to $40 MM in cost. Handled multiple large projects simultaneously. Write and evaluate bid books for construction phase of projects, and analyze equipment bids for operational trade-offs and compliance.

Institute, West Virginia

Institute Site Pressure Vessel Engineer, and API 650 Tank SME. Responsible for new pressure vessel design, writing repair procedures for a large installed base of heat exchangers, reactors, storage tanks, and flat bottom tanks due to corrosion and wear. Worked close with vessel inspectors and welders to determine most efficient and practical repair method. Perform RBI analysis for all the vessels at this location that were owned by Union Carbide.

Institute, Wv

Mechanical Engineer, Piping Engineer for small and large projects. Work closely with piping designers to ensure safe and complaint piping. Responsible for pipe fabrication issues and creating piping test schedules. Specify and purchase all mechanical equipment for the project, ensure proper installation and operability of this equipment.

Institute, West Virginia

Responsible for the safe loading and unloading of +400 MM lbs./year of hazardous chemicals. Resolve customer complaints, lead a Quality Improvement Team of production, lab, and distribution personnel, focus was to reduce non-compliance with manufacturer requirements. Participated on a team that reduced non-compliances for tanker truck shipments from approximately one a day to zero during the course of one year. Won a Chairman's Award, the highest award at UCC for this highly successful team work.

Clinton, Iowa

Liquid and solids handling production experience requiring safe handling of pesticides. Wrote Standard Operating Procedures for production processes, also worked on cleaning and moth balling the entire plant after it was sold.