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2004-Current Green Diamond Sand Products, Riddle, Oregon
Project Manager
At the site of the only nickel mine existing in the US, I am currently involved in the design, engineering, and installation of a novel concept for materials handling using water as a screening mechanism for sand. After installation, this plant will be the first plant in the US using this technology.
As the sole engineer on the project, responsibility included all process work, equipment selection and purchase, drawings, schedule, vendor coordination, purchasing, and design/engineering.
2003 – 2004 Aimcor (Applied Industrial Materials Corp), Houston, Texas
Manager of Maintenance, USA, Caribbean and Latin America
As Manager of Maintenance, responsibility included the specification and implementation of a corporation wide Preventive-Predictive-CMMS program for equipment in an intensive, on line manufacturing process. AIMCOR is a materials handling company, and as such, many off the shelf systems are not applicable to a type of operation which includes equipment such as rotating equipment, conveyors, pumps, rollers, feeder-breakers, crushers, large overhead cranes, ship loaders, rolling stock and both pneumatic and hydraulic equipment and controls. Specialized knowledge of equipment and how TPM, CMMS, Six Sigma, Lean Manufacturing and other systems can all be combined into one world class maintenance system.
Site Project Manager
Complete site responsibility for the installation of a multi million dollar materials handling system for Valero Refinery Delayed Coker unit. System consisted of overhead cranes, hoppers, crushers, conveyors and a Shiploader. Responsibility included drawing review and approval, contractor selection, construction management, change approval and final testing and acceptance. After completion of the project, I was promoted to Manager of Maintenance.
2001 – 2003 Alstom Power Inc., Industrial Turbine Division, Houston, Texas
Project Manager
Project Manager for the local Division of Alstom Power. Alstom Power builds and services a wide variety of Turbines from 3MW to 300MW. Turbines could be Gas, Dual Fuel, Combined Cycle or Steam. Project responsibility includes client relations, coordination of purchasing, engineering and design, financial positioning for positive cash flow, project reporting, scheduling and coordination with fabrication for on time delivery. All projects included the responsibility of defining work scope, procedures for execution of work and project execution procedures.
Projects included: Two 13.9 MW Cyclone gensets for MATEP in Boston Massachusetts.
Two 18,000 BHP Cyclone Turbo compressor sets for Iroquois Gas Transmission in New York state.
Three 7.9 MW Tempest Mobile Units for Alstom Power Rentals. This configuration has extensive custom design to allow the filter house, cooling, ventilation, and etc., to be mounted in a container module, which sets on top of the Turbine genset enclosure. A separate container contains the electrical high voltage switchgear and MCC's. The exhaust silencer is vertically mounted in a container frame, which stands up vertically and attaches to the turbine package at site. This unit is designed to be a total mobile unit, consisting of three 40 foot containers and one 20 foot container, all of which can be shipped anywhere in the world and erected for power generation in about one days time.
1999 - 2001 Merichem Chemicals and Refinery Services Houston, Texas
Senior Project Manager
Complete Project responsibility in an ISO 9001 firm for projects involving proprietary equipment utilizing Fiber Film ContactorsTM fabricated by Merichem. Projects include both proprietary equipment and/or complete skid mounted units containing API Above Ground Storage Tanks or ASME Pressure Vessels, associated pumps and piping, and Merichem's proprietary process. Projects range in value from $200,000 to $10,000,000. All systems are associated with in line treatment of LNG, LPG gas and/or oil treatment. Merichem equipment extracts sulfur and H2S compounds and treats the oil or gas stream with recoverable and treatable Caustic Soda. Each skid mounted system included all utilities, gas or oil stream tie ins, API and ASME tanks, pumps, equipment, piping, controls and instrumentation.
One year on site in India with complete project responsibility for the fabrication of 10 skid mounted units with off skid auxiliary equipment. Scope of work included project execution strategy, work instructions, job and project procedures, daily scheduling and monitoring, cash flow, vendor inspections, third party inspection scheduling and monitoring, monitoring and approving expenditures.
Projects consisted of 29.6 m3/hr (4,469 BPSD) FCC LPG and 37.4 m3/hr (5,646 BPSD) FCC Gasoline Unit for Indian Oil Corporation, Haldia Refinery.
51m3/hr (7,700 BPSD) FCC and Coker LPG and (AMINEXSM/THIOLEXSM/REGENSM) 59 m3/hr (8,907 BPSD) FCC Gasoline (MERICATSM) for Indian Oil Corporation, Barauni Refinery. Responsibility included Project Management, control of finances, invoice approval, engineering, design, purchasing, scheduling, fabrication and delivery.
11,000 BPSD LPG ThiolexSM Regeneration; 52,000 BPSD Jet Fuel/Kerosene NapfiningSM/Mericat IISM/ AquafiningSM for ADNOC Ruwais Refinery Expansion, Abu Dhabi, U.A.E.
Optimizacion y Adecuacion de la Planta de Soda, (Relocation of Caustic Treating Plant) Including 35,000 BPSD and 50,000 BPSD Virgin Naphtha NapfiningSM Retrofit, 28,800 BPSD FCC Gasoline MericatSM Revamp, 25,000 BPSD Jet Fuel NapfiningSM AquafiningSM. Salt/Clay Modular Plant for Ecopetrol in Barrancabermeja, Colombia.
6,038 BPSD LPG ThiolexSM/RegenSM system for Tupras Refinery in Kirrikale, Turkey. 20,000 BPSD NapfiningSM/Mericat IISM/ AquafiningSM system for Tesoro Refinery in Anacortes, Washington.
51,425 BPSD ThiolexSM/AquafiningSM system for Tosco Refinery in Linden, New Jersey. 8,000 kg/hr (2,300 BPSD) LPG One Stage ThiolexSM.
16,000 kg/hr (3,340 BPSD) Naphtha, One Stage MerifiningSM systems for AMOC in Alexandria, Egypt.
1991-1999 Kvaerner John Brown, Houston, Texas
(also as Davy Mckee and John Brown)
Various Positions
Engineering/Design Manager
Engineering/Design Manager for all Alcoa capital projects in Jamaica. Included actual design/implementation of, or supervision of all scoping activities, front end loading, specification development, estimating, RFA (request for authorization) development, detailed P&ID and design documentation, equipment and material sizing, specifying and requisitioning, technical bid evaluation, construction scopes/specification writing, work procedures, job instructions, specification writing and evaluation, contract bidding, evaluation and issuing, and construction management. Projects included: Co-generation, Secondary Thickeners, Compressors, Gravity Settlers, i.e. all in house projects and construction
Piping Department Manager
Piping Department Manager for Louisville, Kentucky office.
Project Engineer
Project Engineer and Lead Piping Designer on Infrastructure Projects: Phases I, IV and V for Bayer in Pasadena, Texas.
Project Engineer and Lead Piping Designer for Air Products Utilities Upgrade project. Included writing project procedures, writing and development of the mechanical sub-contract package.
Marine Systems Supervisor and Process Engineer
Marine Systems Supervisor and Process Engineer for a 300 million-dollar revamp of an existing Semi-Submersible for Amoco's Liuhua 11-1 field in the South China Sea. Included development and design of all Marine Systems P&ID's, writing and developing all Marine Systems piping specifications and detailed installation scopes of work, project execution procedures, job instructions and procedures, all Marine Systems equipment selection, sizing, requisitioning and technical bid evaluations.
Lead Piping Designer/Piping Design Coordinator/Piping Designer
CD/ACR Neovent, and DFE Reflux Column Condenser for DuPont in Louisville, Kentucky.
Acrylic Sheet Unit for Aristech in Florence, Kentucky.
Infrastructure Projects Phases I, IV, and V for Bayer in Pasadena, Texas. (Part of a 2 billion-dollar expansion).
Chlor-Alkali plant upgrade for Ashta Chemicals in Ashtabula, Ohio.
Demineralizer installation and boiler upgrade for Air Products in Pasadena, Texas.
Hydrogen Peroxide plant expansion for Solvay Industries in Longview, Washington.
Revamp of an existing Semi-Submersible for Amoco in Houston, Texas.
160,000 bbl/day oil dehydration/desalination plant for Al Furat in Syria.
Secondary recovery treated water injection system for Al Furat in Syria.
Gas separation and gathering plant for Al Furat in Syria.
4,000 gpm Boiler Feedwater/Demineralized water system for Texas Petrochemicals in Pasadena, Texas.
MTBE plant for Texas Petrochemicals in Pasadena, Texas.
Ultra pure Deionized and Reverse Osmosis water system for Uncle Ben's Rice in Houston, Texas.
Food production, materials handling and foods packaging system for Uncle Ben's Rice in Houston, Texas.
1989-1991 Pope and Talbot Plant Engineering
Project Management/Project Engineering
Recovery boiler modifications including multiple effect evaporation and fuel injection systems.
Boiler Feedwater treatment system.
Hydrogen Peroxide injection and Oxygen delignification systems for pulp dioxin reduction.
10,000 SCFM (Worlds Largest)Heat of Compression air dryer and centrifugal compressor installation.
Pulp hydraulic digester drives and DCS interface.
Chlorine injection system for pulp dioxin reduction and DCS interface.
Secondary knotter installation for complete pulp recovery.
Development of safety procedures for Hydrogen Sulfide, Hydrogen Peroxide, Hydrochloric acid, Chlorine and Caustic Safety Instruction program.
Caustic slaking and fume scrubbing system
Lime kiln/Caustic system modifications.
Materials handling, Fines recovery and pneumatic conveying system
Chemical treatment system for boiler Feedwater for International Paper.
1986-1989 IDC (Industrial Design Corp)
Design/Drafting
Cleanroom, Wastewater treatment and acid waste collection facility for Sematech in Austin, Texas. Plant was designed as the worlds fastest "Fast Track" project. Construction and Engineering were parallel efforts in the same time frame. As drawings or sketches were created, construction was installing them.
Chelate treatment system for Alcoa in Oregon.
Chemical plant modifications for Kalama in Washington.
Acid Wastewater, cleanroom and RO/DI system for Hughes B-1 in California.
Metals plating line and scrubbed exhaust system for Corcoran in California.
Wastewater treatment/metals reduction for Corcoran in California.
RO/DI system for Texas Instruments in Texas.
Cleanroom and Wastewater treatment for VLSI in San Antonio, Texas.
TMAH bulk distribution center for Intel in California.
Acid/Alkali scrubbed exhaust system for Intel in New Mexico.
Cleanroom for Intel in Oregon.
Layout and design for NEC in Oregon.
1980-1985 Baroid Offshore Services (NL Industries)
Engineering Squad Leader
ADT (Applied Drilling Technology) engineer and unit captain for many offshore platform modifications and engineering services for ARCO, Chevron, Exxon, Gulf, Mobil, Marathon, Pennzoil, The Sun Oil Co., Texaco, Tenneco, and Shell. Projects were located domestically, North Slope, Alaska, and Central America. Responsibilities included H2S Safety Instruction, drilling recommendations, contingency development and filing for hazardous well conditions.
MWD modifications and installations for Baroid in Houston, Texas.
Drilling mud handling facilities for Baroid in Houston, Texas.
Wellhead stack modifications for Baroid in Houston, Texas.
1976-1980 Cooper and Associates Environmental Engineering
Design/Drafting
Chemical plant modification (Chlorine unit) for Dow in Texas.
Pipeline and Wastewater treatment for City of Bend, Oregon.
Electrostatic Precipitator and Scrubber installation for James River in Washington.
Fines handling and pneumatic conveying system for Weyerhauser in Oregon.
Plant modifications for Longview Fibre in Washington.
Paper machine and materials handling for Mead Paper in Alabama.
Pipeline and Wastewater treatment facility for Longview, Washington.
1973-1976 School
1971-1973 Oregon Mill Technology
Design/Drafting
Various oil-fired pollution control and exhaust scrubbing systems for waste fuel burners in Oregon and Washington
Education
B.Sc. Environmental Science
B.Sc. (equivalent by testing, Oregon State Civil Service) Environmental Engineering.
Accepted for PE testing by the State of Oregon
ME in Mining Engineering in progress.
Training NICET Level IV (Senior Engineering Technician) Process Plant Piping and Design
U.S.G.S. Wild Well Control, Baroid Schools.
Applied Drilling Technology (ADT), Baroid Schools.
Monitoring While Drilling (MWD), Baroid Schools.
Hydrogen Sulfide Safety Engineering, Baroid Schools.
Affiliations 2/1976 - Present Mensa Member
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