Senior Process Control Engineer (135967) Contract / Chemical Engineer / Oil-Gas, Chemical, Refinery, LNG, Metal Processing, Fertilizer / Optimization, Safety & Reliability/ ExxonMobil, ConocoPhillips, ARAMCO, ARCO, LyondellBasell, Honeywell, Alcoa, BP, Marathon, Dow, and more

Senior Process Control and Reliability Engineer with Phenomenal experience in fixing broken process control systems in Chemical, Refinery, and Oil/Gas Operations. To say that this ChemE is a “Game Changer” would be an understatement of his abilities! He summarizes his experience as a passion to make things better than they were yesterday, I identify the problems no one else sees or is willing to admit to and willingly “I get his hands dirty” to solve the problems no one else can. His
process design experience includes P&ID development, heat, material & pressure balances, hydraulics, steady state & dynamic process modeling, and equipment evaluation and troubleshooting. He possesses advanced expertise in advanced regulatory controls, including sequence/batch and model-predictive control (APC/MPC).

He brings a HUGE TOOL BOX of FIX IT, versatile technical skills, and equipment experience to the table. His client base is a Who’s Who of the Chemical and Oil/Gas World! And his accomplishments in the field are in a word, IMPRESSIVE! This means BIG DOLLAR Savings for his employers. He collaborates and co-authors papers with Operational Excellence & Safety Culture Experts to promote a real and lasting cultural shift in the Process Industries to help make ZERO Incidents a reality. He is “Gun for Hire” and is looking for new contract opportunities in the US or International Markets. Single, renting and ready to go where needed! Put an end to your process problems/challenges now and save TONS of MONEY in the process! Call us now for an introduction before he is booked up! His experience includes:

• Completely rewrote batch sequence controls for two (2) thermal reactor systems in less than six (6) weeks.
• Resolved numerous DCS controls’ configuration & tuning deficiencies and equipment mechanical issues to recommission three (3) separate online reactor models and associated controls that had been out-of-service for 3 years.
• Redesigned multi-fuel heater firing and load balancing controls in a matter of days that had stumped a project team for over 2 years.
• Led multinational expatriate team in a challenging overseas Operations & Maintenance (O&M) project with ZERO on-the-job accidents & injuries.
• Completely reworked an EPC Contractor’s process design basis on an expansion for two Crude Units in less than 6 months. Identified faulty basis for loss-of-revenue insurance claim.
• Completely rewrote someone else’s chemical injection system application, tested & shipped it to the customer site in less than two (2) weeks. Expatriate – International Projects
• Recognized for taking on troubled projects and making them financial and technical successes.
• Identified deficiency in shutdown and safety systems utilization to end-user and EPC Contractor on a new poly-olefins unit project.
• Turned-around a troubled project on time to meet aggressive client schedule.
• Reverse-engineered a macro-assembly language equipment sequencing application to new DCS platform that remains unchanged and in service to-date.
• Due to the continued occurrence of individual injuries & fatalities as well as large-scale industrial incidents, I
• I use a collaborative & mentoring management style with geographically and culturally diverse teams to identify root causes and develop cost-effective solutions for complex socio-technical issues.
• Communicates with management, colleagues and subordinates and I network and collaborate with multiple industrial and academic experts and organizations.
• Co-authors numerous academic and industrial papers and presentations addressing the topics of robust process & controls design, operational excellence & reliability and safety culture development.
• Develops educational presentations to address the inter-dependent and practical aspects of process, equipment and controls design (for batch & continuous processes), safety systems design & integration, alarm rationalization & management and operator-interface design.
• I am a regular contributor to Greg McMillan’s “Ask the Automation Pros Q&A” blog (https://blog.isa.org/tag/ask-the-automation-pros) and is a co-author of the book “A Real-Time Approach to Distillation Process Control” (Wiley, February 2023).

• Chemical Plant Operations
• Refinery Operations
• Oil / Gas Operations
• Continuous Process Operations
• Mixing/Blending Operations
• Batch Operations
• Retrofit, Hot-Cutover Refining, Petrochemical
• NGL Fractionation Light Ends
• Poly-Olefin
• Methane Reforming Extractive Distillation
• Inline Blending
• UOP CCR, Gas Plant
• Polar Solvent Distillation
• Fischer-Tropsch
• Midstream: LPG, LNG
• Sequence/Batch Control
• Biodiesel, Ethanol, Biomass Crude Distillation
• Process Safety Management
• Using Statistical Process Control
• Analyzing Plant Data
• Optimizing Production Processes Through Improved Instrumentation
• Addressing I&C System Obsolescence Issues
• Increase Plant Efficiency, Performance and Reliability
• Troubleshooting Unit Processes
• Troubleshooting Plant Automation
• Working With Instrument Techs
• Improving System Reliability
• Provide Technical Expertise
• Supporting Maintenance Outages
• Equipment Performance Evaluations.
• Achieving OEE improvements
• Optimizing Operating Unit/Processes
• Process Control Equipment Sizing
• Process Economics
• Process Design/ Modeling
• Implementing System Upgrades
• Increasing Production Capacity
• Increasing Yield
• Developing CAPEX Projects
• Managing Multiple Projects
• Developing PMs with Maintenance
• Doc Review / Technical Writing
• Design of Experiments DOE
• Leading Manufacturing Teams
• Troubleshoot Field Instruments
• Implementing System Upgrades and Modifications
• Field Process Control Loops / Instrumentation
• Programming DCS, PLCs and HMI
• Control Panels
• Transmitters, Elements, Sensors
• Valve Positioners
• Digital Instrumentation
• Performing Field Inspections
• Turbomachinery Controls
• Writing Sequence of Operations And Logic Diagrams
• Reviewing Drawings / Schematics
• Process Hazard Assessment PHA
• Project Engineering
• Continuous Gas Analyzers
• Liquid Analyzers / Chromatographs
• Instrument Air Dryers
• Pneumatic Instrumentation
• PSM Instrumented Shut-down Systems
• P&IDs
• Analyzing Equipment Data
• Troubleshoot Process Control Loops

Education:
Education – B.S. Chemical Engineering, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas