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Borger, Tx

Work involves identification of high cost maintenance areas, root cause failure analysis, project scope, budget preparation, equipment specifications for process, reliability, and environmental compliance projects. Manage several equipment improvement projects including improvements to Hydrogen and H2S compressors, implement Equipment Repair Preparation Facility, Rotating Equipment Craft Team Leader, responsible for SMP development and training. Implementing Reliability metrics for plant. Review and implement condition based PM system, including vibration analysis, lubrication analysis and infra-red thermography. Reports for Maintenance Cost trends, Plant on-stream time and Equipment availability are developed and published. Establish reciprocating compressor performance enhancements

Trona, Ca

Prepare equipment repair specifications and modifications for reliability improvement including excessive wear in coal handlers and large fan and blower resonance. Results were significantly improved reliability of the equipment, reduced energy consumption.Initiated employee empowerment in root cause failure analysis and management to correct equipment defects. Initiated vibration analysis program in the plants. As a result of the Reliability efforts, Maintenance Expense was reduced from $40MM /year to $25MM /year in 3 years. The plant on-stream time was increased from 93% to 98% in this same period.