Ryan Maxfield Email & Phone Number

Irving, Texas, Us

Irving, Texas, Us

Oversee rotating machinery and fixed equipment for a $800M plant with 97% availability. I am the senior principal engineer responsible for all Bently Nevada racks (19) and System1. Made multiple changes to design of equipment due to manufacturing engineering oversights (including pumps under/over size, individual components within equipment, and sometimes complete equipment change out). I do not have any direct reports right now, but give direction to both mechanics and operators on how to handle situations. I reviewed and corrected all standard operating procedures for all critical machinery to make sure the machines are started correctly (and so that they don't need me there every time they start anything). I also assist with troubleshooting major machinery problems with other sites within the Celanese corporation.

Irving, Texas, Us

Caretaker for all Rotating Machinery

Houston, Texas, Us

Machinery caretaker, oversaw 30 MW generator inspection, setup ADRE 408 system for data acquisition on major rotating equipment, and facilitated vibration system update that was a decade old.

Charlotte, North Carolina, Us

San Antonio, Tx, Us

Rotating Equipment Engineer, support refinery operations through rotating equipment reliabilitySuccessfully facilitated bringing an end to a curious string of failures on an un-spared I.D. fan on crude unit (co-wrote paper for Turbo Symposium about problem "Torsional Vibration Problem with Motor/ID Fan System Due to PWM Variable Frequency Drive"). Potential savings of $10+ million to date from 3 years ago.Analyzed delayed Coker operations and changed the process and has so far lead to a 10 fold increase in life of cutting heads and stabilization of the Jet water pump. Potential savings of $15+ million per year.Facilitated installation of strain gauged bolts on a reciprocating compressor that kept on breaking bolts, the bolts prevented two failures since their installation (saved >$250k).Led maintenance to install minimum flow line on bad-actor pump that was severely over-sized for application (vibration dropped 80% after pump was put back on line). Savings of $30k per year.Have lead several teams of mechanics (biggest group was 7 contractors) to repair various pieces of machinery (acting as maintenance supervisor

San Ramon, Ca, Us

Provided engineering support for maintenance of furnaces, piping, columns, heat exchangers, and pressure safety valves.

Charlotte, North Carolina, Us

Lead/managed a team of 6 student engineers for a research project to find a non-destructive test method for aluminum turbo charger compressors. Analyzed turbo charger using Algor finite element analysis software for highest stressed region of the turbo compressor.

from Gas (P.E.R.G.) Power PlantUpdate P&IDs for power plant systems and installed new pump for condensing skid. Power plant had P&IDs updated twice before, but updates were inaccurate. These P&IDs are currently being used and it was stated that these P&IDs are >95% accurate.