Background

• Shift Supervisor for Cogeneration plant. • Training material creator for new equipment/systems created from Capital Projects. Individually instructed division (50+) employees on new systems and ensured OSHA compliance. • Petroleum Refining Operator/Head Operator/Special Assignment projects. • Petroleum Refining Head Operator/Supervisor for all finished high value products. • Providing oversight on refinery fuel gas system with makeup supply coming from So. Cal Gas. • 20-year member of refinery Emergency (Fire) Response Team. • Primary head operator for the Valve/system automation project. This included reviewing one-lines and planning outages on transformers and sub-stations. • Water Systems source control and troubleshooting. Testing was performed every 4-hours to ensure environmental compliance. The goal was to locate and isolate drains that went into large separators, micro-bacteria basins and downstream treatment systems. The risk was contaminating the Santa Monica Bay. • Primary contact for the implementation of several critical programs. This includes: • The creation and implementation of a singular refinery (FileMaker) turnover database. • The creation and implementation of the Refinery handheld vibration monitoring system. • Product Mass Balance/Optimization.

Job experience

• July 1988 - December 2020
  Refinery Shift Supervisor/Head Operator
  Chevron
  

  El Segundo, CA, USA

  • Responsible for environmentally compliant, safe, reliable operation of the El Segundo Marine Terminal, Effluent Treatment Plant, Cogeneration Plant and all off-plant areas of a 1000-acre facility.
  • Management of 6 control buildings with over 16 operators and helpers. Managing OSHA refresher compliance.
  • Responsible for growing the capabilities of operating crews through mentoring, crew development hypotheticals, training and proficiency assessments.
  • Responsible for ensuring compliance of all health, safety and environmental regulations.
  • Responsible for ensuring refinery maintenance work is completed safely and efficiently using the correct prioritization.
  • The final phase of quality control for all high value products leaving the El Segundo Refinery.
  • Assist with trouble-shooting process problems.
  • Oversight of critical equipment to meet the energy needs of Southern California.
  • Blending and Shipping gasoline, jet and diesel fuels to terminals in California, Nevada and Arizona.
  • Providing oversight on all rail, truck and ship activity.
  • Partnered with Learning & Development to become a facilitator for training sessions.
  • I was the Primary contingency trainer for all management personnel in my area. This included certifying everyone in the event of a work interruption.
  • Engaged all employees to be active in performing lock out tag out audits and permit reviews.
  • Worked with the Oils Planning Group to correct and adjust undeliverable plans. As a result, I had my workgroup to start performing this task with outstanding results.
  • CARB-2 Gasoline Project- Reduction of the emissions in California Gasoline.
  • The initial construction of the LPG (liquified petroleum gas) Rack (1992).
  • Sphere construction (T-717) and decommissioning (T-715). Each were 30mbbls in capacity.
  • The Jet Debottleneck Project (NHT-3 Jet).
  • Primary operator for 10 Marine Terminal shutdowns.
  • Implementation teams including-
  o Implementation of Bacon Bomb sampling in ESR. Product Integrity Audits.
  • Corporate “Incident Injury Free Operation Team” (corporate video).
  • The corporate team that created ProMIS (Product mass balance).
  • A Refinery Diversity Core Team Member (10 years).
  • President of an Employee network (3-years).
  • ERT Team Member (20 Years).
  • Union Steward (25 years).
  • Section Trainer which was for ensuring compliance for over 64-individuals (SME).
  • Diversity Advocate-Facilitator for Corporate Inclusiveness Training.