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Port Sulphur, La, Us

Houston, Texas, United States

• Oversee start-up and plant operations activities, ensuring equipment and system integrity.• Coordinate start-up operations, directing craft and managing activities such as flushing and chemical cleaning.• Conduct performance tests, calculates results, and provides engineering reports for design changes.• Function as a technical specialist, making authoritative decisions impacting extensive engineering activities.• Negotiate critical issues with top-level engineers and officers of other organizations.• Contribute directly to value creation through recognized expertise and advisory work.• Oversee & Coordinate Operator Training for Plaquemines LNG Venture Global Vendors• Oversee & Coordinate Budget for Plaquemines LNG Venture Global Vendor Training

Thailand

• Facilitate student learning by delivering assigned classes in accordance with Suanson Khon Kaen School policies and course objectives.• Utilize available technology to enhance instructional methods.• Develop and maintain course outlines, syllabi, lesson plans, assignments, tests, and materials.• Maintain accurate student records, grades, and other requirements.• Engage with students in a meaningful and productive way, creating a positive learning experience.• Implement active classroom teaching strategies focused on engaging students and ensuring their curricular understanding.• Ensure knowledge and implementation of emergency and safety procedures for classrooms, labs, and all learning environments.

Greater Chicago Area

Provide centralized oversight and administration of NiSource’s Natural Gas Division Operator Qualification Programs to ensure compliance with Federal OQ rule. Advise and provide consultation to internal and external stakeholders on OQ requirements and guidelines. Drive improvement of the current OQ programs by facilitating elements of the design and the implementation of the enhanced OQ tasks, tests, and skill evaluations. Provide strategic consultation on development of new NiSource OQ to Pipeline Safety & Compliance leadership, Technical Training, and Health, Safety & Environmental teams. Represent Pipeline Safety & Compliance as a subject matter expert in support of regulatory filings and proceedings at state and federal level. Collaborate with Pipeline Safety and Compliance Leaders, Training Leaders, peers, local operations, and construction partners to prepare preventative strategies to eliminate repeat offenses of non-compliance. Maintain awareness of decision making impacts to capital and Operations & Maintenance budgets and recommend best cost alternatives to meet budgetary constraints.

Greater Chicago Area

Facilitate student learning by delivering assigned classes in accordance with College policies and course objectives. Utilize available technology to enhance instructional methods. Develop and maintain course outlines, syllabi, lesson plans, assignments, tests, and materials. Maintain accurate student records, grades, and other requirements. Engage with students in meaningful and productive way that impacts student learning and leads to a positive experience with Ivy Tech Community College. Develop and implement active classroom teaching strategies focused on engaging students with their learning (curricular). Ensure the knowledge and the implementation of emergency and safety procedures for classrooms, labs and all learning environments.

Greater Chicago Area

Provide centralized oversight and administration of NIPSCO’s Natural Gas Division Operator Qualification Programs to ensure compliance with Federal OQ rule. Advise and provide consultation to internal and external stakeholders on OQ requirements and guidelines. Drive improvement of the current OQ programs by facilitating elements of the design and the implementation of the enhanced OQ tasks, tests, and skill evaluations. Provide strategic consultation on development of new NiSource OQ to Pipeline Safety & Compliance leadership, Technical Training, and Health, Safety & Environmental teams. Represent Pipeline Safety & Compliance as a subject matter expert in support of regulatory filings and proceedings at state and federal level. Collaborate with Pipeline Safety and Compliance Leaders, Training Leaders, peers, local operations, and construction partners to prepare preventative strategies to eliminate repeat offenses of non-compliance. Maintain awareness of decision making impacts to capital and Operations & Maintenance budgets and recommend best cost alternatives to meet budgetary constraints.

Greater Chicago Area

Lead and direct the Wheatfield, IN NIPSCO Operations Shift Team, whose primary objective is to deliver safe, environmentally sound, and optimum operation of assigned process units. Accountable for, and continually focus on, the development of the unit personnel's ability to safely operate and efficiently utilize process equipment, anticipate operational issues in advance, troubleshoot and respond to problems quickly.

Corpus Christi, Texas Area

Lead the Operations Shift Team, whose primary objective is to deliver safe, environmentally sound, and optimum operation of assigned process units. Accountable for, and continually focus on, the development of the unit personnel's ability to safely operate and efficiently utilize process equipment, anticipate operational issues in advance, troubleshoot and respond to problems quickly.

Greater Chicago Area

Lead/direct the Coker 2 Operations Shift Team, whose primary objective is to deliver safe, environmentally sound, and optimum operation of their assigned process units. Accountable for, and continually focus on, the development of the unit personnel's ability to safely operate and efficiently utilize process equipment, anticipate operational issues in advance, troubleshoot and respond to problems quickly.

Beaumont/Port Arthur, Texas Area

Running day to day operations of the Delayed Coker, CHD-2, SRU 1-3, Amine Regenerators 1-3, and Sour Water Stripper including but not limited to Unit sampling including High Pressure Hydrogen, Sour Amine, Loading sulfur tankers, drum switches, cutting, working distillation, troubleshooting, Safe Work Practice Team Member, Operations liaison for Unit Contractors, Safe Work Permitting, Gas Checks, Certified forklift and aerial lift operator. USW Represented Lead for Refinery Wellness Committee.

Freeport, Texas, United States

Running day to day operations including Control Center Operations and Outside Operations of Dow Chemical’s World Class Light Hydrocarbons 8 Flexi-cracker Ethylene Complex and Dow Haltermann Custom and Fine Chemicals Complex, D.O.T, HAZMAT, and Coast Guard certified on loading and offloading rail cars, tank trucks, ships, barges, member of Leadership Team, Proactively purchased and scheduled Propane, E/P, Butane, and Naphtha Shipments from Railcar, Tanker Truck, Barges, Ships, and Pipeline Operations. Unit Troubleshooting, Product Sampling, Safe Work Practice Team Leader, Operations liaison for Unit Contractors, Safe Work Permitting SME, Unit Hot-Work / Confined Space Entry Gas Checks.