Ronald "Ronnie" Barnes Ii Email & Phone Number

Houston, Texas, Us

Coordinate, conduct and support pipeline safety inspections and audits. Ensure compliance with federal, state, and municipal pipeline safety regulatory requirements associated with operations throughout the United States.Coordinate and participate in applicable DOT, and State Agency pipeline safety audits/inspections.Coordinate written responses to regulatory agencies pipeline safety audit/inspection.Responsible for reviewing proposed federal, state, and municipal pipeline safety legislation and regulations and providing feedback to management as to the impact that new law/regulations will have on the company's compliance requirements, standards, and procedures.Recommend changes to applicable procedures through the MOC/ADC process to remain in compliance with regulatory requirements.Conduct annual Business Unit procedure reviews.Assist in collection and review of data associated with KM’s annual report filing to the applicable federal, and state pipeline safety programs.Participate in Business Unit Emergency Release Notification Team – on call 24/7.Participate in Business Unit Emergency Response when requested - liaison with federal, state, and municipal pipeline safety agencies.

Houston, Texas, Us

Managed class location special permit applications that allow the company to perform increased integrity management practices to reduce public disruption and environmental effect of construction activities and greenhouse gas emissions associated with pipe replacement. Prepared annual reports and other required notifications to PHMSA for 80+ miles of special permit pipeline segments.Coordinated data gathering from Engineering, Operations, Project Management, Gas Control and Planning. Developed procedures, training programs, and reporting and compliance tools for internal company use.Engaged extensively with Operations to ensure special permit compliance and created Maximo tasks for tracking and auditability.Communicated timelines and permit requirements between Operations and Engineering departments. Forecasted special permit program implementation costs and savings.Supported PHMSA/DOT and other regulatory inspections.Coordinated special permit compliance activities across 29 operating areas companywide. Negotiated the conditions for new class location special permits with PHMSA.

King Of Prussia, Pennsylvania, Us

Managed class location special permit applications that allow the company to perform increased integrity management practices to reduce public disruption and environmental effect of construction activities and greenhouse gas emissions associated with pipe replacement. Prepared annual reports and other required notifications to PHMSA for 80+ miles of special permit pipeline segments.Coordinated data gathering from Engineering, Operations, Project Management, Gas Control and Planning. Developed procedures, training programs, and reporting and compliance tools for internal company use.Engaged extensively with Operations to ensure special permit compliance and created Maximo tasks for tracking and auditability.Communicated timelines and permit requirements between Operations and Engineering departments. Forecasted special permit program implementation costs and savings.Supported PHMSA/DOT and other regulatory inspections.Coordinated special permit compliance activities across 29 operating areas companywide. Negotiated the conditions for new class location special permits with PHMSA.

Windsor, Ct, Us

Facilitated process safety and critical event reviews, successfully completing renewable natural gas project one month ahead of schedule Executed Failure Modes and Effects Analysis and Process Hazard Analysis on renewable natural gas projectDeveloped procedures and technical writing assistance for Risk Management ProgramsResponsible for recommendations to clients to prevent EPA compliance deficiencies Improved procedures to prevent accidents and minimize hazardous consequencesConducted walkthroughs for process safety start up reviews, facility siting, and human factors checklists on renewable natural gas project

Windsor, Ct, Us

Project engineer responsible for horizontal directional drills (HDD), open cut, and boring pipeline projects for multiple clients, managed 3-4 projects at any given timeCoordinated required engineering disciplines for HDD projectsLead small engineering execution of schedule, budget ($200k/project) and quality of designsDeveloped project work scopes, requests for information, and design changesTracked milestones and tasks throughout design and as-built phases of projectResponsible for cost on projects that included estimated discipline rates and man hours to complete projects

Midland, Michigan, Us

Managed and led projects <$3M and served as project engineer for those $30M+Responsible for projects that achieved goal of safety with 0 injuries, 0 events and 0 exposuresProject Engineer on the design, construction, and start up of 78-mile pipeline, 5-mile pipeline, ethane metering skids and pumps, and conversion of methane storage cavern to ethaneSubject matter expert for pipeline routing, outage scheduling and flaring for tie points into ethane systemsDeveloped P&IDs, plot plans, process designs/flowsheets and plant layoutsDeveloped and directed technician training, wrote startup/shutdown, commissioning procedures, and scheduled commissioning and startup activities for new major equipment

Midland, Michigan, Us

Performed as as improvement and facility engineer/manufacturing representative for the drilling of multiple brine mining wells while using Global Project Methodology structureConducted plant operations though shut downs, initial operations and normal operationsProvided plant improvement project support, such as Global Project Methodology and Six SigmaAnalyzed process data for technology gaps, improvement opportunities, and project definitionsLed multi-year ethylene and propylene environmental remediation which involved a seismic study of hundreds of acres, performing cone penetration testing, finalized with the drilling and workover of two monitor wells

Boston, Ma, Us

International and domestic travel to nuclear utilities across the US, Japan, and Mexico as a part of GE's outage teamsPlanned and scheduled projects to achieve success by staying 28% ahead of scheduled by directing up to 20 technicians for both under vessel and refuel floor outage activitiesPerformed field assignments at nuclear boiling water reactors, directing the work of other field engineers and craft labor as requiredDeveloped preventative maintenance and modification projects on nuclear boiling water reactorsOversaw disassembly/reassembly of reactors, refueling of uranium, and inspecting of nuclear and safety-related componentsDirected outage planning which included customer punchlists, equipment preparation, and procedure writing related to the refuel floor and under vessel

Assigned to work in the Materials, Processes and Manufacturing Department's Nonmetallic Materials and Processes Group (ED34) which focused on characterization and qualification of materials; research and development, qualifications of advanced processes for composites, ablatives, polymers, thermal, cryogenic insulation systems, structural adhesives, elastomeric seals, ceramics, coatings and fabrication of prototype/flight hardware. Conducted research that tests and analyzes the feasibility, design, operation and performance of equipment, components and systems.

Assigned to work in the Contract Manufacturing, Laborgistics, Quality Assurance, and Customs Departments. Created and maintained bill of materials, shipping, and US/Mexico customs database