Manage group of maintenance engineers to establish day to day properties, as well as focus for long term reliability goals.

Modify existing designs as part of rapid response jobs for sand control products required for field tasks at Schlumberger locations across the worldComplete Pro Engineer models and drawings for new parts as requiredQuote, develop and test multiple sand control tools for various clients, from small pressure testing applications to new product developmentComplete feasibility studies for potential larger scale projects for major changes to existing sand control toolsAssist field locations with queries on aspects of tools when needed; help to troubleshoot field jobs when issues came upCurrent lead for the Quality Steering Team for Sand ControlDevelop product manuals for multiple Schlumberger Sand Control productsAssist with sustaining existing Schlumberger Sand Control products

Developed and maintain the mechanical integrity system for the plantLead the inspection department Determined top five bad acting pumps and established an implementation strategy to upgrade the pumpsImplement small projects including development of project details, design, planning and execution Complete root cause failure analysis on mechanical seals and canned motor pumpsSupervise maintenance and planning departments on a daily basis

Led the reliability improvement team for assigned unitManaged projects to improve MTBR on problematic rotating equipmentCompleted inspection analysis of distillation tower to prolong replacement avoiding capital costs of $500MDeveloped plan to increase exchanger run times by changing operating plans, leading to reduced maintenance costs of approximately $40M per quarterImplemented pump upgrade project to allow for bypass of storage tanks avoiding unit outage for prolonged tank inspection/repairsCompleted scope development for unit outagesMentored new engineers and co-op students to assist with their progression into the company

Provided routine assistance to the maintenance department for troubleshooting daily issues with rotating and fixed equipmentCompleted turbine repair scope that allowed for isolation and repair avoiding a unit outage costing $200M per dayLed reliability upgrade projects for rotating equipment throughout the facility, including metallurgy upgrades to multi-stage pumps and fugitive emission upgrades on Pacific pumpsLed project to implement lubrication protection on multi-stage compressors utilizing lube oil run-down tanksManaged furnace re-tube program to replace end of life tubes in furnaces in attempt to eliminate pre-mature failuresAssisted with scope definition for plant turnaround; lead mechanical engineer for portion of the plant during the turnaroundDeveloped alternate repair scope for fixed drum preventing purchase of new equipment potentially costing over $1MM

Provided day to day assistance to rotating equipment specialists as well as fixed equipment inspectors in resolving issuesContributed with scope input as well as coordinated the inspection and turnaround of all relief valves during major plant outageUpdated several plant specific procedures and generated a site leak tracking form to facilitate repairsFacilitated multiple plant projects to improve integrity on fixed equipment that was near failure; helped to complete equipment assessments to avoid unit shutdowns to make repairsChair for group safety team that was responsible for numerous safety improvements throughout the plant Participated in the company recruitment team to Lamar University

Led project to decrease use of plant diesel fire water pumps to eliminate unnecessary usage and overall diesel emissionsSpecified heat exchanger attributes for major exchanger replacement project

Assisted engineers in material specification and selection for various projectsResponsible for investigating right of way easement projects to ensure other companies were respecting TEPPCO’s specifications