{"id":3410,"date":"2025-04-09T12:59:03","date_gmt":"2025-04-09T16:59:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mriomega.com\/?p=3410"},"modified":"2025-09-05T01:39:36","modified_gmt":"2025-09-05T05:39:36","slug":"engineering-operations-director-278575-mba-ms-bs-chemical-engineering-green-belt-biofuels-refinery-petrochemicals-pulp-paper-plastics-gas-specialty-chemicals-will-relo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mriomega.com\/index.php\/engineering\/engineering-operations-director-278575-mba-ms-bs-chemical-engineering-green-belt-biofuels-refinery-petrochemicals-pulp-paper-plastics-gas-specialty-chemicals-will-relo\/","title":{"rendered":"Engineering – Operations Director (278575) MBA, MS & BS Chemical Engineering, Green Belt \/ Biofuels, Refinery, Petrochemicals, Pulp-Paper, Plastics, Gas, Specialty Chemicals \/ Will relo"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

High-impact Engineering and Operations Leader with 20+ years of global experience in chemical, petrochemical, specialty chemical, and refining industries. Greg holds a Ph.D. in Business Administration (Operations & Finance), an MBA, and a Master\u2019s and Bachelor\u2019s in Chemical Engineering.<\/strong> He is known for transforming operational performance, He has managed capital budgets exceeding $1B and led projects from $1M to $80M<\/strong> through every phase from conceptual design to commissioning and startup. His proven ability to drive EH&S excellence, reliability, and cost reduction has earned him multiple awards and executive recognition. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

His leadership has consistently delivered high-value outcomes in process optimization, turnaround execution, grassroots plant development, and multi-site operations management, including responsibility for up to 10 sites across five countries.<\/strong> Previous leadership roles at Shell, Chemtura, Tessenderlo Kerley, and others highlight his deep experience in refinery operations, chemical plant expansions, and biofuel technology commercialization. His cross-functional capabilities span project finance, Lean\/Operational Excellence, EPC, and risk management, with deep technical knowledge across batch\/continuous systems, PSM\/GMP environments, and diverse process chemistries.
Availability: Based in Texas, open to national or global opportunities.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2022 Leadership for Defining and Completing Projects over $50M, Compliance and Strategic Growth Opportunities (8 major capital projects underway).<\/strong>
\u2022 Leader for successful $ 300 million HydroCracker Turnaround and Debottlenecking Projec<\/strong>t Execution Phase that increased capacity from 80K to 105K bbl\/day <\/strong>(Received Special Recognition Award)
\u2022 Directly Leading Projects to upgrade all Instruments, Analyzers, Control Connectivity and Controllers\/Distributed Control System across the Site (1000+ instruments, >$50M).
\u2022 Completed over 160 high refinery threat projects ($250K to $10M projects).
\u2022 Added over $453M in cost savings and profit margin improvements.<\/strong>
\u2022 Eliminated over $614M threat mitigation and loss avoidance in 9 months.<\/strong>
\u2022 Won President\u2019s Award for Superior Engineering Execution
\u2022 Brought Operations on line new bio-mass technology torrefaction\/briquetting plant <\/strong>($10M, 30 ton\/day).
\u2022 Optimized counter rotating tray high temperature torrefier to maximize wood energy value (20+MJ\/kg).
\u2022 Designed, rapidly constructed and started up Chemtura Tire Development Plant in 8 months<\/strong> ($7M).
\u2022 Developed Global Engineering Processes for proprietary urethane polymers and 70X Operations scale up.
\u2022 Controlled\/Mitigated Refinery Gas Operations (7M \u2013 16M scfm normal production and managing spikesto 21M scfm) without going to the Flare.
\u2022 Rebuilt Distillation Column Internals, Stripping Columns, Re-Boilers and Reflux Condensers
\u2022 Prepared Reboiler Specifications and Operation for Direct Fired and High Temperature Dowtherm
\u2022 Developed Pumps, Piping and Valves detailed specification (up to 30\u201d high pressure\/temperature applications)
\u2022 Helped optimize natural gas plant sweetening process (Marathon) (160M scfm per day rate)
\u2022 Debottlenecked Ethane Distillation Removal to eliminate carryover and capture as a By-Product.
\u2022 Completed successful emergency engineering evaluation, repair and recovery operation for a refinery offline for two weeks due to environmental emissions non-compliance.
\u2022 Implemented plant turnaround from -$500K to favorable +$860K monthly operating expense.
\u2022 Improved material processing variance from -$480K to favorable +$470K to plan.<\/strong>
\u2022 Rapidly improved First Time Quality from 87% to 98.2%, and On-time Shipments from 85% to 97%.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2022 Budget And Planning Strategies
\u2022 Capital Project Implementation
\u2022 Chemical Plant Operations Management
\u2022 Chemical Process Design
\u2022 Commissioning
\u2022 Construction Management
\u2022 Cost Reduction
\u2022 Creating Biddable Packages
\u2022 Design Of Experiments DOE
\u2022 Design\/Evaluation Of Process Unit Operations
\u2022 Detailed Engineering
\u2022 Developing Design Drawings
\u2022 Earned Value Mgmnt (EVMS)
\u2022 Engineering Team Management
\u2022 EPC Project Management
\u2022 Equipment Specification
\u2022 Equipment Upgrades
\u2022 ERP \u2013 Oracle
\u2022 Evaluating Bid Packages
\u2022 FAT
\u2022 FCC Process Engineering Or Operations
\u2022 FEED Studies
\u2022 Fluid Flow Dynamics
\u2022 Increasing Production Capacity
\u2022 Instrumentation \/ Controls
\u2022 Managing Contractors
\u2022 Managing Multiple Projects
\u2022 Managing Multiple Projects
\u2022 Mass Transfer Operations
\u2022 Monitoring Process Performance
\u2022 Negotiating Contracts
\u2022 Operating Indices
\u2022 Optimizing Processes
\u2022 P&ID\u2019s
\u2022 Pareto Analysis
\u2022 Performing Engineering Drawing Reviews
\u2022 Piping Design \/ Layout
\u2022 Plant Turnarounds
\u2022 Probablistic Risk \/PSA
\u2022 Process Engineering
\u2022 Process Flow Diagrams (PFDs)
\u2022 Process Optimization
\u2022 Process Safety Management
\u2022 Project Management
\u2022 Project Scope Development
\u2022 PS&Ds
\u2022 Pumping Head Calculations
\u2022 Reading Building Plans \/ Specs
\u2022 Reducing Operation Costs
\u2022 Reliability Engineering
\u2022 Researching \/ Specifying Equipment
\u2022 Review Processes
\u2022 Reviewing Equipment Drawings
\u2022 Reviewing Vendor Quotes
\u2022 Root Cause Analysis
\u2022 Solving Mechanical Problems
\u2022 Startup Operations
\u2022 Technical Document Review
\u2022 Technical Writing
\u2022 Troubleshooting Of Manufacturing Processes.
\u2022 Turnarounds
\u2022 Work Planning \/ Scheduling
\u2022 Alkylation
\u2022 Ammoniation
\u2022 Catalysis
\u2022 Coking Dealkylation
\u2022 Cracking
\u2022 Dehydration
\u2022 Dehydrogenation
\u2022 Distillation Process
\u2022 Esterification
\u2022 Gas Processing
\u2022 Halogenation
\u2022 Hydration
\u2022 Hydrogenation
\u2022 Hydrotreating
\u2022 Hydrolysis
\u2022 Oxidation
\u2022 Polymerization
\u2022 Reduction
\u2022 Separation
\u2022 Sulfonation
\u2022 Agrochemicals
\u2022 Biofuels
\u2022 Consumer Chemicals
\u2022 Elastomers
\u2022 Inorganic Chemicals
\u2022 Oil Refinery
\u2022 Gas Processing
\u2022 Pulp \/ Paper Mills
\u2022 Oleochemicals
\u2022 Organic Chemicals
\u2022 Paints
\u2022 Petrochemicals
\u2022 Pharmaceuticals
\u2022 Pigments
\u2022 Plastics
\u2022 Polymers
\u2022 Pulp\/ Paper
\u2022 Specialty Chemicals<\/p>\n\n\n\n

EDUCATION<\/strong>
Memphis State Univ.; Ph.D, Business Administration, Production & Operations Management, Economics & Finance
Memphis State Univ.; Master of Business Administration
Univ. of Kentucky; M.S. Chemical Engineering
Rose-Hulman Inst. of Technology; B.S. Chemical Engineering<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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