Brian Lucas
Site Director (General Manager) at INEOS Styrolution America LLC- Claim this Profile
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English Native or bilingual proficiency
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Chinese Elementary proficiency
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Credentials
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Shell DCAF Engineering Technical Authority Level 1, Shell Canada Ltd., 2015
ShellDec, 2015- Oct, 2024 -
Professional Engineer
Professional Engineers OntarioJan, 2014- Oct, 2024 -
ICS-300 Intermediate Incident Command System
Emergency Management Services International, Inc.Sep, 2013- Oct, 2024 -
Welding Technology
CASTIMay, 2003- Oct, 2024 -
API RP 579 Fitness-For-Service
API - American Petroleum InstituteMay, 2001- Oct, 2024 -
Section VIII, Division 2 Pressure Vessels
ASME (The American Society of Mechanical Engineers)Mar, 2001- Oct, 2024 -
Shell and Tube Heat Exchangers - Mechanical Aspects
Center for Professional AdvancementAug, 1997- Oct, 2024 -
Professional Engineer
The Association of Professional Engineers and Geoscientists of Alberta (APEGA)Jun, 1999- Oct, 2024
Experience
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INEOS Styrolution America LLC
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United States
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Chemical Manufacturing
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300 - 400 Employee
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Site Director (General Manager)
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Jan 2018 - Present
Accountable for all aspects of plant operations; including SH&E (Safety, Health, Environment), regulatory compliance, quality, production, community outreach, budgets, reliability, engineering, capital projects, maintenance, turnaround, human resources, on site rail and trucking facilities. - Achieved record production, unit run length and reliability, North America SHE Excellence award. - Leadership for site strategy, identification of growth opportunities and continuous improvement in safety, sustainability, operations, cost, reliability, talent development. - Face of the company for community outreach, including with local First Nations. - Routinely delivered on the site strategy. Achieved challenging budgets, capital plans and projects.
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Shell
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United Kingdom
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Oil and Gas
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700 & Above Employee
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Projects & Turnaround Manager
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Sep 2016 - Apr 2017
Accountable for managing Turnaround, Capital Projects, and Major Maintenance.- Strategic improvement in Gross Refinery Margin by optimizing unit turnaround blocks, plant availability, run lengths and elimination of mid-run outages.- Improved capital portfolio to optimize production, profitability, process safety and reliability objectives. - Demonstrated continuous improvement in annual turnaround events, capital projects and major maintenance activities.
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Engineering Manager
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Jul 2013 - Sep 2016
Accountable for all pressure equipment integrity, civil, reliability and rotating equipment engineering. Assured compliance to industry and company standards, policies, and the Risk Based Inspection system. - Delivered key aspects of the site 5-year business plan in reliability, asset integrity, and major maintenance. - Established the site Reliability Strategy, Infrastructure Plan and core reliability programs.- Emergency Operations Center Manager
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HSEQ Manager
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Jan 2010 - Jun 2013
Assigned to this petrochemical joint venture by Shell. Accountable for all Health, Safety, Environment and Quality programs/policies/standards across the business.- Drove world class HSE culture, standards, and performance. - Implemented the innovative safety culture of “Goal 0” and “Golden Rules” (comply, intervene, respect).- Influenced company and government stakeholders/authorities through cultural and language barriers.- Managed corporate HSE and quality standards, ISO 9001 and ISO 14001 certification.- Recognized by government authorities for best in class for Emergency Response readiness.
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Brownfield Operations Manager
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Jan 2008 - Dec 2009
Accountable to facilitate $500M (4M hours) of construction on the existing site with no adverse impact to production operations and process safety.- Created an organization from scratch; including Engineering, Operations, HSE and Maintenance teams. - Ensured safe and effective operations permitting, design review, change management, procedure development, process tie-ins and commissioning of Brownfield scope for the Expansion 1 project
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Engineering Services Coordinator
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Apr 2007 - Dec 2007
Accountable to establish a multi-discipline team and integrity assurance processes of a megaproject.- Established a multi-discipline team and systems for integrity assurance of a new 100kbpd Oil Sands Upgrader- Acted as site focal point for key stationary equipment integrity and reliability issues. (I.e. development of severe service ball valve specifications, diluent tank hot taps)- Laid the foundation for Equipment Integrity processes- Ensured learnings from the original Upgrader were incorporated into project standards, designs, and quality control programs
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Inspection Engineering Lead, Senior Inspection Engineer
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Oct 2003 - Mar 2007
Accountable to coordinate Inspection Engineering technical support for safe and reliable production.- Responsible for inspection engineering duties for all areas of the Upgrader at various times- Provided unfired heat transfer technical support to operations and projects- Responsible for the work coordination, performance and career planning of Inspection Engineers to ensure asset integrity- Coordinated technical support to operations, maintenance and project-Turnaround focal point; acting Shutdown Prioritization Input Team representative. Perform screening, prioritization, and justification of turnaround scope for equipment reliability and legal requirements. - Acted as deputy for the Engineering Service Coordinator during normal operation and during the 2006 Upgrader turnaround
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Syncrude Canada Ltd.
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Canada
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Oil and Gas
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700 & Above Employee
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Reliability Engineer
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Jan 2002 - Oct 2003
- Responsible for development of inspection systems and technical support for key integrity issues and during unit turnarounds- Perform fitness for service assessments per API 579.
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Maintenance Engineer
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Jun 1996 - Jan 2002
- Provided day to day, shutdown, and long term mechanical engineering support for the operating site (265kbpd Upgrader). - Performed Fitness for Service and remnant life assessments for stationary equipment, piping, critical control valves, etc.- Implemented industry best practices for Wet H2S damage assessments.- Lead Maintenance Engineer on a 6 month unit turnaround. Included Corrosion Under Insulation inspection and evaluation of 2000m of piping (external chloride stress corrosion cracking).- Responsibilities included fluid cokers, L.C. Finer, coke silo, amine, sulphur recovery, sour water, flare, and sulphur blocking units
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Education
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1992 - 1996
University of Saskatchewan
Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.), Mechanical Engineering
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