Experience

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  SIS-TECH

  • Houston, Texas, United States

  • Fellow

    • Oct 2020 - Present
    • Houston, Texas, United States

    Safety Instrumented SystemsManagement Consulting | Hazard and Risk Assessment | LOPA Facilitation | SIF DesignFSEng (TÜV Rheinland, #10987/ 15, Safety Instrumented Systems)

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  Enterprise Products

  • Houston, Texas

  • Senior Staff Control Engineer (Safety Systems)

    • Oct 2012 - Oct 2020
    • Houston, Texas

    LOPA Program Development for existing facilities and new projects. Safety Instrumented System (SIS) Standards for PSM covered facilities.Internal consulting on SIS Design, SIL Calculations and related safety requirements specification (SRS) activities. Facilities range from pipeline stations to propane storage and terminals to large integrated petrochemical plants processing a variety of light hydrocarbons.Interface with PSM department for Risk Analysis coordination. Development of risk based standards for Emergency Shutdown and Fire & Gas systems.Management of various contractors.Voting Member of the ISA-84 Safety Instrumented Systems standards committee.Functional Safety Engineer - FSEng (TÜV Rheinland, #10987 / 15, Safety Instrumented Systems)

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  SIS-TECH Solutions, LP

  • Houston, Texas

  • Sr. Consultant

    • Mar 2007 - Oct 2012
    • Houston, Texas

    Various OSHA Process Safety Management (PSM) compliance activities:-Auditing against OSHA PSM 1910.119.-ANSI/ISA S84.00.01 (IEC61511) Safety Instrumented Systems Standard.-Process risk identification, assessment, and mitigation.-PHA / HAZOP / LOPA meeting facilitation.-Consulting on safety related contols adequacy for blowdown, flare, and older PLC systems.-Safety Instrumented System design / commissioning.Refining, Gas, Plastics Monomers, and Specialty Chemical Manufacturing.Client locations across the US and Azerbaijan.

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  LyondellBasell

  • Baltimore, MD; Ashtabula, OH; Stallingborough & Crawley, UK, Bunbury, Australia

  • Sr. Process Control Engr. / Process Control Manager (Major Project) / I&E Maintenance Supv. / etc.

    • Mar 1984 - Feb 2007
    • Baltimore, MD; Ashtabula, OH; Stallingborough & Crawley, UK, Bunbury, Australia

    Leadership roles in Safety Instrumented System design, installation, commissioning, operations and maintenance. International projects (UK and Australia) installing control and safety systems in new plant construction. Retrofit of safety systems and DCS into existing plant sites in US. System and instrumentation selection and configuration. Also had positions as Reliability Manager, Energy Superintendent, and Instrument Engineer. Titanium Dioxide business was purchased by Cristal Global and subsequently split up between Tronox (international) and Ineos (USA).

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  Millennium Chemicals

  • Various

    • Mar 1984 - Feb 2007

    Previous name of Lyondell division at my locations.

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  SCM Chemicals

  • Various

    • Mar 1984 - Feb 2007

    Previous name of Lyondell division at my locations.

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  Stauffer Chemicals

  • Weston, MI

  • Production Engineer

    • Sep 1979 - Apr 1983
    • Weston, MI

    My first experience with Chemical Engineering, process control systems, and instrumentation.