Greater Chicago Area
Areas of experience Hydrogen Plants, CO2 Plants, Waste Water Treatment Plant Operations, Co-Gen energy plant, steam turbines, steam boilers, gas turbine, vertical pumps, horizontal pumps, Reciprocating compressors, Centrifugal Compressors, Transformers, Breakers, DGA Sampling, 400 ton Kilns, Raymond 533,833 Bowl Mills & 736 Roller Mill, Baghouses, Coke Ovens, Blast Furnaces, Basic Oxygen Furnace, Hot Strip Mill, Temper Mills, Casters 1 & 2, 110” & 160” Plate Mill, Shops, Power Station and Coal Injection, Simpson Mixers, Bonnet Extruders, JC Steel Extruders, Pitch grinders, Scott Mixers, Torrit Dust Collectors, Steel material upgrades, bolting, welding, Machine shop manufacturing, Field engineering, bucket elevators Specialties: Accomplished Planner, Scheduler, field Technical Engineer with 20 years in the steel mill environment, three years in the lime manufacturing environment and three years in the power utilities industry. Supported preventative maintenance programs and maintenance reliability programs that would increase equipment run time and decrease equipment downtime. Supervised contractors and union employees on significant projects that were completed in a timely fashion.
•Plan for TAR’s & break- in’s by Use of Work Order Backlog (EAM CMMS Champion),TAR meetings with Safety, OPS, Maintenance, Purchasing & contractors. Work Orders converted & sorted on Excel spreadsheet in order of criticality, discipline & status. •Schedule TAR’s using Microsoft Projects, EAM, Interface with Safety, Ops, Maint, Purchasing- Generated detailed Job Packets which include- Identified critical safety needs, work orders, BOM, part lead times, resources ,critical paths, welding requirements, scaffolding needs & lift plans. •Monitor TAR & break-in’s –Provide: field supervision for 50 contractors, technical direction, TAR feedback, daily schedules for SWP’s, Schedule updates and look ahead, torque sheets, Identify scope creep, Chair update meetings & Verify lift plans. •Complete understanding of EDMS to research needed piping, mechanical, structural & P&ID documents/drawings for TAR’s & emergency break in’s. •Thorough understanding of SOP’s & SMP’s used for TAR’s and unplanned work-Identify needed pipe specs (B31.1 power piping), flange specs(B16.5 -.36),fittings(B16.9,.11), welding specs, gaskets for flanges & calculated torque specs. •Generate needed field sketches & design sketches for TAR’s & break- in’s requiring clear direction for mechanical, engineering and piping installations. •Interface with Safety, Operations, MI and Contractors to communicate all TAR needs. •Perform cost saving analysis for TAR’s & capital projects using technical background, technical experience, established journeyman input & Excel to save $650,00 over 3 years. •Execute Capital Project scopes during TAR’s accomplishing required time frame & budgetary goals
•Implement all safety procedures; non-standard work permits, risk assessment, hot permits, LTT, •Reduce repetitive delays using Root Cause Analysis, engineering material upgrades and designs. •Implement Preventative Maintenance Program; CMMS, Thermography, training, PM’s. •Back engineered equipment using field sketches for quick fabrication of parts having long lead time. •Supervise Maintenance team and contractors on capital engineering/maintenance & repair projects. •Interfaced with Operations, Quality, Shipping to support equipment reliability and plant profitability. •Identified and kept inventory control of all critical parts to reduce break down work. •Redesigned equipment parts to increase reliability, reduce long lead times & increase equipment run time. •Provide scheduled maintenance on TrackMobile. •Maintain and develop PM program for all mixers and bucket elevators, pumps, tanks and piping.
Operations/Mechanical Maintenance Manager Waste Water Treatment Plants/Utilities, Mechanical/Electrical Maintenance Planner/ Manager 52” Cold Mill, Mechanical Manager #1 Temper Mill, #2 Temper Mill, #1 Recoiler, #2 Recoiler •Investigate and implement all safety requirements prior to and during maintenance downturns, equipment upgrades and, outages for safe working environment for 25 union and 30 plus contractors. •Provide work orders generated by Oracle, JBSA’s, hot work permits and work permits for all maintenance downturns, outages, new construction an equipment upgrades which involved 25 union and 30 plus contractors. •Schedule all manpower and oversee all parts for weekly maintenance downturns and three to seven day outages. Manage.2 million monthly maintenance budget and 1.5 million outage budget. •Coordinate maintenance downturn, outages, new construction and equipment upgrades with Operations, outside contractors, Purchasing and other departments. •Manage all chemicals used to treat hazardous wastewater: polymers,surfactants,sulfuric acid,coagulants. •Develop up to date wastewater S.O.P’s., critical equipment lists and critical equipment PM routes for waste water treatment plants, Chrome Treatment plant, chemical facilities • Assist in obtaining ISO certification for wastewater plants. •Use of Wonderware to analyze wastewater plants equipment and processes. •Assist with technical support for structural, mechanical, Reliability Engineering, Six Sigma, and machining problems. Provide field sketches for back engineering projects. •Generate Excel and Microsoft Project charts for clear communication during maintenance downturns, outages, new construction and equipment upgrades.
•Investigate and implement all safety requirements prior to and during job construction for safe work flow. •Provide engineering field sketches and needed calculations to assist in smooth equipment installation. •Checked proposed installation and design drawings for errors to avoid cost overruns and late startups. •Perform Safety Audits and House Keeping Audits prior to and during project construction which eliminated costly accidents. Complete usage and implementation of OSHA 1910 and 1926. for construction.
Power Equipment Engineer2/Thermographer Level 1- Valparaiso, Gary, Munster, Hammond •Executed HSE and HAZMAT standards during equipment installation and testing •Prevented catastrophic equipment failure to high voltage transformers and breakers using the following maintenance tools: Dissolved Gas Analysis (DGA), Partial Discharge Testing, Meggering, Ductoring and Thermography. •Strengthened equipment reliability by Doble testing, Doble analyzing, Sweep Frequency Response Analysis testing (SFRA) and vacuum filling equipment. •Applied CMMS (Cascade), Root Cause Analysis & Kaizen methodology to perpetuate equipment reliability. •Administered the computerized procurement process to schedule needed testing equipment and services to meet on time requirements. •Directed up to five union and tecchnical forces on projects to achieve equipment reliability. •Familiar with Sarbanes Oxley requirements regarding sensitive company practices. •Collaborated with Engineering, Technical Services and union forces to expedite capital project equipment installation.