SUMMARY
Managed the execution of capital projects, contracts, design, engineering, procurement, construction, and cost tracking with focus on safety, quality, schedule, and costs. Rotating, mechanical, process equipment and engineered systems and projects for the chemical, petrochemical, power generation, ethanol, cane/beet sugar factories, water and wastewater, and air pollution control industries. Monitoring, troubleshooting, process upgrades, quality improvement, de-bottlenecking, and root cause analysis. Allen Bradley PLCs/Rockwell. Automation of central processing control floor. Management skills include: management of a staff of 65, a support group of 5, and area production supervision of chemical processing plant with a staff of 40. P&L responsibility. Budgets and capital project expenditures. Bid evaluation. Supervision of capital projects, contractors, and consulting engineering firms. Modification and modernization of equipment for efficiency improvement. Technical specifications. Plant and equipment start-up. Pilot plant, process development, and optimization. R&D. Contract negotiation. Logistics. Implementation and enforcement of site safety regulations. Compliance with environmental agencies. Training and development of personnel. Team management. Organizational, managerial, interpersonal, communication, analytical, and problem solving skills.
PROJECT ENGINEERING / PROJECT MANAGEMENT
• Managed the execution of capital projects, contracts, design, engineering, procurement, construction, and cost tracking with focus on safety, quality, schedule, and costs.
• Participated with management establishing most economical project plan, organization and goals, contract interpretation, and scope discussion.
• Developed project specifications. Executed projects on time within budget and specifications. Supervised the activities of subcontractors and consulting engineering firms. Negotiated subcontract agreements, purchase orders and general contracts. Multi-project planning, development, and project management.
• Conducted pre-bid and pre-award meetings. Selected and awarded contracts. Resolved design conflicts. Monitored, updated, and reported progress. Technical meetings and negotiations with equipment suppliers.
• Monitored construction quality and compliance with job specifications. Instrumentation, control, automation, and maintenance guidelines. Directed engineering personnel in formulating plans, cost estimates, and specifications. Implemented and enforced site safety regulations.
• Prepared annual departmental operating budgets. Initiated operational improvements and prepared forecast.
PROCESS ENGINEERING
• Conducted R&D for special applications. Pilot plant and process development.
• Directed procedures for obtaining proper operating conditions (process, testing, monitoring).
• Optimized plant efficiency by retrofitting and upgrading existing equipment. Developed technical specifications. Coordinated and supervised projects. Worked with engineering in the design of new products.
• Sized, selected and recommended, rotating, mechanical and process equipment and systems and assured compliance with design criteria and performance guarantees.
• Performed troubleshooting. Started up equipment and systems. Trained maintenance and operations personnel.
• Assisted engineering in the design and development of mechanical and processing equipment and the adaptation of electronic systems to enhance efficiencies, energy consumption, and operational simplicity.
• Provided technical, operational, and monitoring assistance to a Reverse Osmosis water treatment plant for compliance with water quality standards, process parameters, and reporting to environmental agencies. Analyzed process data and design parameters.
• Incorporated environmental considerations into equipment design and complied with respective regulations.
• Conferred with consulting engineers for local environmental quality standards, industrial practices, and new development in pollution abatements.
PRODUCTION MANAGEMENT
• Supervised a staff of 40 in three production divisions. Responsible for all production and maintenance functions, scheduling and assignments, shift performance, safety, environmental considerations.
• Assessed production/projects requirements as related to cost-effectiveness, efficiency, and productivity. Implemented procedures for optimum utilization of equipment, facilities, staff, and materials. Determined personnel needs in accordance with production levels, project objectives, and divisional budgets.
• Assisted in the operations of an Experimental Computerized Division.
• Supervised maintenance and calibration of computerized metering devices. Suggested changes to the engineering department and solved automatic start-up, mechanical problems and union grievances.
• Maintained plant's manufacturing equipment in sanitary condition according to Company's GMPs policies/procedures.
PROJECTS / APPLICATIONS ENGINEERING
Overview of selected projects and applications
Chemical / Petrochemical / Power Generation /Ethanol / Sugar Factories and Refineries / Water and Wastewater / Air pollution
Oil Refinery Pipeline Project. Humble Oil Refinery, Louisiana.
Air Compressors Projects.
Flo-Sun Refinery Expansion Project.
Raw Sugar Mill: Rio Grande Valley Sugar Growers, Texas.
Ethanol- Renewable Feedstock plants: Including enzyme liquefaction and saccharification systems.
Design-Build Spot Cooling Project: Four floors. Refinery project including pipe, valves, instrumentation, chillers, pumps, and controls.
Pumps, evaporators, condensers, heat exchangers, crystallizers, centrifugals, vacuum filters.....
Boiler feed water pumps and steam turbines packages.
Cogeneration: 28-valve isolation project (refinery from mill to utilize steam from cogeneration plant).
Fluidized Bed Combustors utilizing waste products as fuel. Modular systems for power generation.
Dryers: Utilizing stack gas from bagasse boilers.
Boiler pond sedimentation and recirculation project: centrifugal pumps for boiler fly ash.
Preheater and trim heater liquid/liquid plate heat exchanger system.
Power Generation Air Pollution Control: wet scrubbers, baghouses, electrostatic precipitators, multiclone collectors, tipping dust and rotary valves.
42-unit Boiler Wet Scrubbers for SO2 and Fly Ash air pollution control project (6 sugar mills). Pilot plant, Scale-up, application engineering, and startup.
Rubber lined and Ni-Hard boiler scrubber fly ash recirculating slurry pumps.
20-MGD water treatment plant project: Complete plant pump and electric motors package.
17,000 GPM vertical pumps for industrial cooling tower application (special engineered design).
Boiler internal treatment: Chemical feed metering pump skid-engineered systems.
Variable speed pumping systems (VFDs).
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