Kyle Huss, Eit Email & Phone Number

Billings, Montana, US

Full service structural and forensic engineering firm consulting in the residential, commercial, and industrial sectors operating throughout Montana and Wyoming.

Houston, Texas, US

• Work with a small team of operators and engineers to provide technical support for the safe and reliable operation of rotating equipment within the refinery.
• Provide Technical support during in-plant and off-site repairs/rebuilds of refinery rotating equipment to API and industry standards on assigned equipment.
• Specify new equipment for purchase as needed in accordance with API, Phillips 66 Refining Engineering Practices (REP), and P66 Required Standards.
• Provide technical support for the vibration monitoring program and GE/Bently Nevada 3500 Protection/System1 Performance Monitoring systems.
• Actively involved with operations and maintenance planning groups in scheduling of equipment repairs within assigned process units.
• Develop, execute, and sustain an effective preventive/predictive maintenance program for rotating equipment.

US

• Provide mechanical engineering support for offsites complex consisting of pressure vessels, storage tanks, fire water systems, and pipelines
• Manage multiple large capital projects associated with pressure vessel risk reductions

US

• Title: Mechanical Field Engineer
• Provide mechanical engineering support for crude oil pipelines, rail facilities, and truck loading facilities in Montana, Texas, and California, as well as fuels marketing terminals in Billings, Bozeman, Helena, and.
• Monitor status of facilities, troubleshoot technical problems, recommend predictive maintenance, investigate equipment failures, engineer unique solutions, coach operators on proper equipment operation, and maintain.
• Apply principles of fluid dynamics, thermodynamics, and heat transfer to optimize flow of various clean and unrefined products, design pressure relief systems, model hydraulic surge, reduce pressure induced fatigue.
• Serve as a project manager on projects under $5M in value and act as extension of project managers and global technical leaders on larger capital projects

US

• Responsible for evaluating the integrity of pipelines through the use of in line inspection tools, hydrotests, and direct assessments
• Responsible for developing a strategy to modify, repair, or replace compromised pipelines

US

• Tasked to work as part of a team on projects in energy transport including liquid and natural gas pipelines, pump stations, meter stations and compressor stations. Integrate various engineering, scheduling.
• Responsible for coordinating the design, fabrication and installation of a project while maintaining the highest standards of safety and environmental integrity
• Develop the scope of engineering work, schedules, and budgets for the assigned project elements, monitors progress to maintain schedules and budgets; identifies and documents change scope

• Tasked to work as part of a team of engineers, professors, and students to design and implement cost saving measures by improving efficiency within the foundry and reducing wasted energy.
• Student project leader responsible for supervising two other student engineers and coordinating student tasks and responsibilities within the engineering team
• Designed an $80,000 facility upgrade, which will save $150,000 a year in energy costs. Currently finalizing bids from outside firms to construct facility improvements

Arlington, Virginia, US

• United States Army Corps of Engineers
• Gulf Region District, Iraq
• Supported a $7.7 billion reconstruction effort while forward deployed in Iraq
• Conducted operations and battle tracking
• Liaised with U.S. Forces, U.S. governmental agencies, ministries of the Iraqi Government, and various Non-Governmental Organizations to ensure the execution of current operations
• Maintained and tracked tactical movements within the theater of operations

Arlington, Virginia, US

• 2nd Special Troops
• 2nd Brigade Combat Team
• 4th Infantry Division
• Fort Carson, Colorado
• Tasked to support a battalion of more than 800 soldiers in conducting sustained, decisive, full spectrum operations in support of the Brigade Commander’s objectives
• Supported the Operations Officer in coordinating, planning, and overseeing the training and sustainment of the battalion

Arlington, Virginia, US

• 2nd Battalion 8th Infantry
• 2nd Brigade Combat Team
• 4th Infantry Division: Iraq and Fort Carson, Colorado
• Platoon Leader in command of a 23 soldier Combat Engineer Platoon in a forward deployed Brigade Combat Team in the 4th Infantry Division with a world-wide contingency mission
• Directly responsible for the maintenance and accountability of 11 combat vehicles, two robots, and engineering equipment valued in excess of $10 million
• Responsible for ensuring combat readiness through discipline, standards, mental and physical fitness, and Soldier and family readiness

Arlington, Virginia, US

• Headquarters Troop
• 2nd Brigade Combat Team
• 4th Infantry Division: Iraq and Fort Carson Colorado
• Platoon Leader in command of a 31 Soldier Personal Security Detachment in a forward deployed Brigade Combat Team in the 4th Infantry Division with a world-wide contingency mission
• Directly responsible for the maintenance and accountability of 11 combat vehicles and organizational equipment valued at $23 million
• Responsible for the safety and security of the Brigade Command Group and the morale, welfare, and discipline of the Brigade Commander's Security Detachment

Arlington, Virginia, US

• 555th Engineers
• Fort Lewis, Washington
• Fort Sill, Oklahoma
• Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri
• Completed Leadership Development and Assessment Course, Basic Officer Leadership Course, Engineer Basic Officer Leadership Course, and Explosive Ordnance Clearance Agent Course

• Maintained pipelines in the Houston ship channel and performed services at surrounding industrial facilities.

B.S., Mechanical Engineering

B.A., Political Science