Mechanical Engineer
The DOW Chemical Company
Total years of experience :11 years, 2 Months
Plastics Business, Low Density Polyethylene
- Manage maintenance team and equipment strategies for DOW’s adhesive polymer plant to ensure reliable production (>$60MM Annually)
- Planned and executed four $500M plant reactor overhauls and shutdowns
- Analyze equipment failure and conduct root cause investigations
- Added heat tracing to reactor lubrication lines which in turn extended reactor life and decreased downtime saving more than $1M
- Helped create a compressor equipment reliability strategy to improve its performance and long term reliability
- Continuously monitor live stream data using IP21 to predict equipment life and expected date of failure
- Develop and assist in the management of the unit’s yearly budget
- Use Meridium, Primavera and SAP programs to manage equipment spare parts
- Delivered a plant wide lubrication training to 20+ operators and staff
- Aid improvement engineering team with long term capital projects
- Create maintenance procedures for jobs that do not have them and routinely updates existing ones to incorporate safety precautions
- Troubleshoot, maintain, and upgrade rotating and fixed equipment including reactors, compressors, pumps, vessels, and seals
- Leader of a team responsible for ensuring that all of the equipment is routinely inspected in compliance with safety standards
- Designed heating, ventilation, and air conditioning systems for new buildings
- Reviewed and edited engineering drawings
- Provided clients with enhanced architectural solutions
Mechanical Engineering Program (BSME)
Calculus I through III, Economics, Statistics and Probability, Differential Equations, Linear Algebra, Circuits and Electrical Systems, Engineering Graphics Design, Engineering Programming (VBA, MathCAD, and Matlab), Statics and Dynamics, Thermodynamics, Mechanical Engineering Design and Fabrication, Usability Engineering, Heat Transfer, Fluid Mechanics, Finite Element Analysis