Experience

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  Mississippi Power

  • United States
  • Utilities
  • 500 - 600 Employee

  • Distribution Engineer

    • Aug 2017 - Present

  • PSM Specialist

    • Jun 2015 - Aug 2017

    • Organized and facilitated the Pre-Startup Safety Reviews (PSSR), with representation of all site workgroups, for all the Process Safety Management (PSM) covered areas.• Managed the site Management of Change (MOC) process including training those employees involved.• Performed Process Hazard Analysis (PHA) updates with PHA Pro to keep the system up-to-date.• Facilitated hazard reviews for Incident Investigations (II) and all critical MOCs.• Managed all PHA and PSSR recommendations and action items.• Member of the PSM and Safety Committees for the site.

  • System Owner (Maintenance Engineer)

    • Mar 2014 - Jun 2015

    • Setup the Maintenance Management System (Maximo) hierarchy, locations, assets, maintenance strategies for the Gas Cleanup and Acid Gas areas.• Identified and ordered required spare parts.• Participated in Sour Water, Ammonia Refrigeration, and AGR PHAs.• Identified and worked with construction group to correct over a hundred design or fabrication issues.

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  SNF Holding Company

  • Bay St Louis, MS

  • Mechanical Engineer

    • Sep 2010 - Mar 2014
    • Bay St Louis, MS

    • Managed from conception, specification, construction and operations ~$4M in capital projects each year.• Managed engineering companies to perform relief valve calculations and facility siting study, and managed all the recommendations from these.• Participated in the development of an electronic MOC system and managed over 300 MOCs including updating the affected Process Safety Information (PSI).• Updated the Piping & Instrumentation Diagrams (P&ID), Managed the Mechanical Integrity (MI) program, and created equipment files.

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  DuPont

  • LaPlace, LA

  • Mechanical Engineer

    • Aug 2006 - Sep 2010
    • LaPlace, LA

    • Reduced operating costs by performing a compressed air study and making targeted improvements to the system.• Assisted operations and maintenance by troubleshooting equipment/system problems, updating operating and maintenance procedures, and managing small projects.• Participated in the utility area PHA and led a mini-PHA to install a hydrogen compressor.

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  Exxon Chemical

  • Baytown, TX

  • Cost Estimator

    • Jan 2006 - Aug 2006
    • Baytown, TX

    • Estimated projects for Butyl, PolyPropylene, and PET plants, ranging from $85M to $4.5B.• Worked on detailed estimate for a Bromobutyl plant expansion in Baytown.