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Thousand Oaks, California, United States

Support Amgen biopharmaceuticals with integrated facilities maintenance and capital projects for critical infrastructure.

Goleta, California

• Lead overseeing all site engineering activities across disciplines. Provided regional support.
• Collaborated with site engineers and operators to yield cost reductions of over $5M/yr in reduced energy consumption and maintenance tasks
• Spearheaded investigation on a consequence 1 (near fatality) at Wyoming affiliate. Devised short term and long-term mitigations
• Led investigation team on $500K/day compressor failure at Alaskan affiliate. Worked with affiliate to develop revised… Show more Lead overseeing all site engineering activities across disciplines. Provided regional.
• Led investigation team on $500K/day compressor failure at Alaskan affiliate. Worked with affiliate to develop revised operational strategy
• Initiated internal network with machinery engineers at 3 other US facilities for sharing best practices Show less

Torrance Refining Company

• Leader and individual contributor at high complexity manufacturing site.
• Achieved 95+% availability by resolving operational and reliability issues on complex machinery
• Recognized at Vice President/Regional level for reaching pump reliability highest amongst 5 sites
• Managed 5 engineers providing operational and maintenance guidance
• Delivered one-time startup/no rework post overhaul on 4 critical compressor trains

Torrance California

• ALeader and individual contributor at high complexity manufacturing site.
• Reached <0.2 shutdowns per year across all critical compressor trains. Amongst highest in company
• Recognized at Vice President level for raising compressor reliability from bottom quartile to top quartile
• Managed 14 engineers and technicians with various specialists and experience level
• Oversaw equipment strategies used in State Approved Risk Based Inspection (RBI) Program. Drove ownership of task… Show more ALeader and individual contributor at high complexity manufacturing site.
• Oversaw equipment strategies used in State Approved Risk Based Inspection (RBI) Program. Drove ownership of task compliance to save >$10M of dollars in deferred inspections

Torrance, California

• Provide field support for various rotating equipment and associated electrical and instrumentation.
• Led root cause failure analysis for machinery across 50 large trains and 1200 centrifugal pumps
• Assembled risk-based turnaround work scopes for 5 critical compression trains
• Installed on reliability to upgrade to API 618 reciprocating compressors
• Compiled operator rounds, operator training and visual cues top 5 critical compressor trains

Fairfax, VA

Coordinator for development and maintenance of consolidated corporate wide engineering practices used throughout corporate. Negotiated with multiple business sectors to aligned on technical content, delivery platform and format for updating and maintenance that would meet business need. Identified cost saving of over $500K/year though consolidation efforts.

Baytown, TX

Plant support role focus on reliability improvement to rotating equipment.

Florham Park, NJ

Central engineering support role focus on project work. Conducted detailed analysis on compressor modeling. Cold Eyes design review and development of new analysis tools.