Experience

Limetree Bay Energy

• Instrument Supervisor

  • Jul 2019 - Present

  Responsible for the routine maintenance and troubleshooting programs throughout the refinery’s Instrumentation systems and crafts including the Valve Shop, Analyzer Department & ESD / ASD / SIS Safety System Group. Coordinates and performs field management assessments and audits/surveillance. Provides technical direction, serves as a point of contact or business liaison, prepares briefings for senior management and assists in problem resolution specific to the program/project. Participates in project teams and all activities related to the development of new products. Provide technical support to sales and marketing for bids and proposals. Assists in the review and approval of contractor plans, including goals and objectives, work breakdown structure, detailed scope descriptions, detailed schedules, risk management approach, milestone descriptions, budgets and staffing requirements. Show less



Phillips 66

• United States
• Oil and Gas
• 700 & Above Employee

• Instrument Superintendent

  • Apr 2017 - Jul 2019

  Support the refinery's routine business with technical expertise. Supporting the Safety, Environmental, Routine Maintenance, Turnarounds, Operations, Projects and business departments as needed. Champion the refinery's Safety Instrumented Systems (SIS) Functional Safety Plan. Implement and manage Instrumentation equipment maintenance strategies to support routine maintenance activities and effectively execute reliability improvements. Support various reliability teams as needed to drive root cause identification and defect elimination. Provide daily oversight to remain on budget for all controllable costs. Provide expert resources to support commissioning activities and flawless start-ups of capital projects. Effectively manage unit outages and maintenance slow down activities to minimize durations and economic impact. Supervising and coaching direct reports and provide general leadership and guidance to the department. Complete timely root cause investigations for equipment failures for large LPO events and ensure corrective actions are implemented. Show less



SNF Holding Company

• United States
• Chemical Manufacturing
• 700 & Above Employee

• Instrument & Electrical Manager

  • Sep 2013 - Apr 2017

  Assembled a multi-disciplined Instrument and Controls group for plant maintenance and projects. Conduct project and materials overview meetings with multiple vendors for small and large cap projects. Mentored maintenance apprentices while developing training guidelines and concise objectives. Established plant wide preventive and predictive maintenance program. Responsible for the over site of all Instrument & Electrical Emergency Shutdown and Critical Instrument tests performed on site Assist in the development and modifications of new and existing maintenance and preventive maintenance procedures. Establish and provide leadership to functional work teams (Projects and Maintenance). Promote, enforce and establish safety as a priority as part of the SNF Holding management philosophy. Initiate, establish and maintain working relationships with, engineers, vendors, suppliers, contractors and sub-contractors to facilitate construction (projects) and run & maintain activities. Assume overall responsibility for a profitable, safe and well constructed facility. Show less



Phillips 66 WRR

• Senior Engineering Instrument Technician (SET), Aromatics East & West

  • Aug 2012 - Sep 2013

  Provide Instrument and Shutdown System technical support and expertise to production areas within the refinery. Serve as the primary point contact to troubleshoot, analyze and provide direction to safely resolve instrument and shutdown system problems within assigned production areas. Create or revise routine and preventive maintenance procedures for instruments and shutdown systems Work with instrument engineers, control system engineers, maintenance supervisors, instrument technicians, and operations to establish priorities for instrument and shutdown system work. Assist in the development and implementation of instrument safe work practices, instrument procedures, and instrument engineering standards and specifications. Show less



ae Solutions

• Honduras
• IT Services and IT Consulting
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Senior Principal Field Specialist (Onsite Project Manager)

  • Jun 2012 - Aug 2012

  Validate field instrumentation and test plan procedures. Support systems that include DCS and PLC (Siemens, Honeywell, Yokogawa, Foxboro, Emerson, Rockwell) and other Safety Instrumented Systems (SIS) such as Siemens, Honeywell and Triconex. Validate field instrumentation and test plan procedures. Support systems that include DCS and PLC (Siemens, Honeywell, Yokogawa, Foxboro, Emerson, Rockwell) and other Safety Instrumented Systems (SIS) such as Siemens, Honeywell and Triconex.



Hovensa

• Virgin Islands, U.S.
• Oil and Gas
• 100 - 200 Employee

• ESD / SIS and Critical Instrument Supervisor

  • Jan 2005 - Jan 2012

  Electrical & Instrumentation Maintenance * Quality Control * Project Management * Resource Management * Instrumentation & Control Works * Petroleum Unit Upgrades * Automatic / Emergency Shutdown and Safety Instrumented Systems (ASD / ESD & SIS) * Validation of SIS, ASD and ESD Shutdown Procedures * Incident Analysis and Troubleshooting * Maintenance and Preventive Maintenance of Critical Instruments * Instrument Upgrades * Safety Audits * Minimizing Downtime * Scheduled Maintenance Functional Units/Plans Exposure: Advanced Wastewater Facility * Benzene Recovery Units * Sulfur Recovery Units * Crude, Vacuum, Distillate and Desulfurizer Units * Acid Plants * Fluid Catalytic Cracking Facility and Associated Units * Low Sulfur Gasoline Unit * Delayed Coker Facility * Platformer and Vacuum Units * Nitrogen Generation Plants * Water Desalination Plants Show less



Turner St. Croix Maintenance Inc.

• ASD Supervisor

  • Mar 2002 - Jun 2005

  Instrument Supervisor, specializing in Safety Instrumented Systems and Emergency Shutdown Devices. Spearheaded functions as an 'A' maintenance instrument technician for Platformer and Vacuum units. Performed turnarounds and maintenance of two nitrogen generation plants. Key contributor in performing an upgrade project worth $2.5 million. The project involved hot cut over of several petroleum units, replacement of Foxboro pneumatic (Spec 200) series instrumentation with advanced Honeywell TDC 3000 (electronic) instruments and Allen Bradley PLC upgrades. Show less



Jacobs Engineering

• Instrument Technician "A"

  • Apr 1999 - Jul 2002

  •Performed turnarounds and maintenance of two nitrogen generation plants. •Part of a 5-technician team involved in the hot cut overs of several petroleum units on an upgrade project. This project had a budget of approximately $2.5 million dollars and we replaced Foxboro pneumatic (Spec 200) series instrumentation to the more advanced Honeywell TDC 3000 (electronic) instruments. Allen Bradley PLC upgrades were also included. •Performed turnarounds and maintenance of two nitrogen generation plants. •Part of a 5-technician team involved in the hot cut overs of several petroleum units on an upgrade project. This project had a budget of approximately $2.5 million dollars and we replaced Foxboro pneumatic (Spec 200) series instrumentation to the more advanced Honeywell TDC 3000 (electronic) instruments. Allen Bradley PLC upgrades were also included.



C&C Construction

• United Kingdom
• Construction

• Instrument Foreman

  • Aug 1995 - Sep 1999

  •In charge of a 6 instrument technicians who maintained an FCCU and it's supporting units. All units were controlled by Honeywell TDC 300 instruments and DCS with and advanced DMC. •Maintained the hardware in the satellite buildings as well as the PLC controls. •In charge of a 6 instrument technicians who maintained an FCCU and it's supporting units. All units were controlled by Honeywell TDC 300 instruments and DCS with and advanced DMC. •Maintained the hardware in the satellite buildings as well as the PLC controls.



Triad Electric & Controls

• United States
• Construction
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Instrument Technician "A"

  • Feb 1992 - Apr 1995

  •Maintenance instrument technician. My responsibilities included the repairs and calibration of a Foxboro Spec 100 & 200 pneumatic instruments system for two Crudes, one Amine Recovery, and a Platformer unit. •Maintenance instrument technician. My responsibilities included the repairs and calibration of a Foxboro Spec 100 & 200 pneumatic instruments system for two Crudes, one Amine Recovery, and a Platformer unit.