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Bakersfield, Ca, Us

Bakersfield, Ca, Us

Bakersfield, California, Us

Bakersfield, Ca, Us

- Manage a diverse and highly qualified staff of Mechanical Integrity, Rotating Equipment, Chemical, and Electrical Engineers.- Develop and implement strategic long and short term priorities for equipment and process reliability company-wide. - Review technical work and monitor engineering productivity to ensure applicable codes, standards, policies, and procedures are followed. - Review and communicate staff performance, including setting and execution of goals and training plans through coaching and mentoring. - Assess, prioritize, and promote capital projects and develop long term capital project business plans. - Led team through both an organizational restructure and merger while maintaining team focus, engagement, and productivity.- Maximized team value through execution of transformational concepts delivering $7MM+ in recurring annual savings including operations improvements, profitability initiatives, and energy optimizations.

Bakersfield, Ca, Us

- Oversaw mechanical integrity and reliability programs for all static and rotating equipment, achieving a 10% reduction in inspection cost while also realizing a 40% reduction in piping leaks.- Designed and executed tank, vessel, and pipeline installations, repairs, and modifications to applicable codes, standards, and regulations, including API, ASME, and PIP.- Executed multiple centrifugal pump energy optimization projects to save >$1MM/year in electricity spend. - Increased reliability of- pumping unit fleet utilizing innovative non-destructive examination techniques, failure mechanism analysis, and effective execution of both reactive and proactive mitigation strategies.

Bakersfield, Ca, Us

- Performed facilities surveillance and process improvements for all oil field surface processes including oil dehydration, gas processing, steam generation and injection, and water filtration, softening, and disposal.- Optimized facility capacity, treatment effectiveness, and process reliability through process modeling, hydraulic assessments, and other engineering evaluations. - Facilitated RCFA, PHA, and operability, construction, and engineering design reviews. - Implemented Lean Methodology, Six Sigma, Systematic Daily Improvement, and Kaizen to continuously improve processes and eliminate waste.

Bakersfield, Ca, Us

- Successfully scoped, designed, planned, and executed $35MM in multidisciplinary mechanical integrity and oil-field improvement projects from concept through construction. - Managed budgets, schedules, and scope changes ensuring all projects were delivered on time, within budget, and with no safety incidents.- Projects included installations of pipelines, tanks, pumps, and vessels including all associated civil/structural, instrumentation, controls, and electrical work. - Reduced flowline installation costs by 15% through application of Lean Methodology and Daily Kaizen.

San Luis Obispo, Ca, Us

- Designed, built, and tested photobioreactors to treat nitrogen oxides using algae. - Successfully achieved a 97% removal efficiency using available materials and minimizing cost.

* Acted as a liaison between student run service project teams and administration* Provided project assistance and guidance to teams* Greatly improved verbal and written communication skills through constant interaction with advisors and students

South San Francisco, California, Us

- Executed a risk management project to reduce and prevent human error in the manufacturing operations of a biotech process.- Identified potential operational hazards and the harms associated with them through SOP review and observation of operator interaction with the process.- Assessed risks and established mitigation strategies.

Irving, Texas, Us

- Performed chemical composition and material balance calculations.- Created Microsoft Visio sketches of chemical processes.- Reviewed and back-checked Process Flow Diagrams and Piping and Instrument Diagrams.

Master Of Science - Ms, Environmental Engineering

Bachelor Of Science - Bs, Chemical Engineering