George Hogg

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Denham Springs, La 70726

Mobile 870-***-****

Email: acn0wv@r.postjobfree.com

OBJECTIVE

A strategic management role that utilizes my extensive experience with a broad knowledge of the

power and petrochemical industries, which enables me to work in and lead specific project teams and

to provide a depth of knowledge over a wide range of engineering skills.

PROFESSIONAL PROFILE

A BS in mechanical engineering with over 25 years of progressive experience managing construction,

engineering, planning, site management, design, start-up, operations, maintenance, budgets, project

management, creative problem solving and accomplished team leader with the following skills:

Power Generation Cost Savings Management of Contractors

Failure Analysis Turbines /Rotating Equip Construction Management

Project Management Piping and Equipment Welding Procedures & Inspect

SELECTED ACHIEVEMENTS

PROJECT MANAGER – CO-GENERATION – BORDEN CHEMICALS

>Total project including:

- Three GE frame V gas turbines - Generators

- Three steam turbines - Piping & associated equipment

- Boilers - Controls / Electrical / Instrumentation

>Hired and/or Managed

- Engineering Contractor - Inspectors

- Construction Contractors - Budgets / Planning / Standards

>Project Completion

- Training technicians - PSM Compliance

- Start up - Performance Demonstration

PROJECT MANAGER – AMMONIA REBUILD – BORDEN CHEMICALS

>Total project including:

- 36,000 hp steam turbine - Multistage centrifugal compressor

- 5 waste heat boilers - Gas Reformer

- Ammonia Converter (800 ton weight) - Start up heater

- Refrigeration turbines / compressors - Piping

- Numerous Process Equipment - Controls / Electrical / Instrumentation

- Refrigerated Storage Tank - River Dock Loading Facilities

>Hired and/or Managed

- Engineering Contractor - Inspectors

- Construction Contractors - Budgets / Planning / Standards

>Project Completion

- Training technicians - PSM Compliance

- Start up - Performance Demonstration

NITRIC ACID PLANT REBUILD – SITE MANAGER – EL DORADO CHEMICALS

>DM Weatherly 350 ton/day Nitric Acid Plant

- 26,000 hp gas expander / Steam Turbine / Compressor – single train – 10,000 RPM

- 600 / 300 / 150 psi boilers

- High temperature and high pressure piping systems

- Reactor and related equipment

>As site manager – Supervised all aspects of the rebuild.

CONSTRUCTION SUPERVISOR / TRAINER – BARNARD & BURK, INC

>Developed construction standards and procedures for major capital projects.

>Trained construction superintendents, engineers and support technicians for procedures.

>Set up staffing and site systems for every major construction project.

TRANSFORMATION OF PROCESS UNIT (Borden Chemicals Inc) Using creative engineering and

management brought a vinyl chloride monomer (VCM) plant from over a $500,000 annual loss to over

$2 million annual profit. Solved major safety and environmental problems for the plant by training

engineers and technicians to take control of the plant. Received national recognition as the best

environmental operation of any VCM plant in the United States.

OPTIMIZATION OF RESOURCES (El Dorado Chemicals) As manager of 9 process units at El

Dorado Chemicals implemented a cost savings program. Developed teams to initiate energy and raw

materials optimization resulting in significantly out performing over 40 other similar plants in the US

that ceased production in a 10 year period. Maintenance cost reduced from over $12 million to less

than $8 million annually and saving over $3 million annually through reduced energy and raw

materials optimization.

SKILLS SUMMARY

- Manager - Proven manager of teams of engineers, technicians, contractors, major projects,

construction, and technical processes.

- Piping – Written piping specifications, designed, did stress analysis, installed, welded standards,

isometric drawings, support systems, codes, and standards.

- Rotating Equipment – Turbines, pumps, compressors, centrifuges, blowers, and fans.

- Process Equipment – Heat exchangers, distillation towers, separators, dryers, absorption beds,

tanks, pressure vessels, reactors, reformers,

- Power Generation – Boilers, generators, electrical distribution, turbines, water treatment, cooling

towers, and refractory systems.

CAREER HISTORY

Classic Marble and Granite – President of Operations - Jan 2006 to June 2008 A commercial and

residential natural stone fabricator. Increased sales by over 40% and was responsible for sales, client

relationships, quality control, fabrication, installation, safety and environmental. Improved profits and

did all proposals, reviewed and helped make drawings for fabrication and trained craftsmen to do all

of the jobs. Supervised all work activities in the shop and field, helped install cranes, computer

automated equipment and new high tech gantry saws and equipment.

El Dorado Chemicals – Produced concentrated nitric acid, regular nitric acid, sulphuric acid,

ammonium nitrate fertilizer and blasting grades in El Dorado, Ar.

Production Manager - 1996 to 2000 – Managed 84 production operating technicians over all process

units.

Operations Manager – 2000 to 2003 – Managed production and maintenance for all process units –

130 technicians.

Site (Plant) Manager – 2003 to 2006 – Managed all production, maintenance, health, safety,

environmental, capitol projects, budgets, cost control, shipments of over 2000 tons a day, raw

materials, quality control labs, personnel, compliance with all federal, state and local codes. Managed

200 people.

Great Lakes Chemicals – Plant Manager – Sept 1989 to April 1996 - Managed a small bromine

plant producing over 130,000 pounds a day of high purity elemental bromine. Produced the highest

quality bromine at the lowest unit cost of 4 Great Lakes plants. Had the best safety record of any of

the plants going over 5 years without an OSHA recordable accident. Implemented a process safety

management (PSM) system for the plant. Drilled the first Halston deep well injection well for Great

Lakes Chemicals.

Borden Chemicals – Geismar, La – Ammonia, methanol, VCM, acetylene, vinyl acetate,

formaldehyde, urea, oxygen, hydrogen, argon, acetic acid, and HCl.

Project Manager – Sept 1979 to Oct 1981 Managed numerous capital projects in a petrochemical

plant.

Plant Engineer – Utilities – Oct 1981 to Jan 1982 Assigned to utilities for entire site including water

treatment, cooling towers, boilers, and related equipment.

Superintendent – VCM plant – Jan 1982 to Mar 1986 Supervised production technicians for a vinyl

chloride monomer (VCM) plant. Responsible for production, safety, environmental and budgets.

Production Manager – Mar 1986 to Mar 1987 - Responsible for production over ammonia,

methanol, urea, formaldehyde and cold box.

Maintenance Manager – Mar 1987 to Mar 1988 – Responsible for maintenance of ammonia,

Methanol, formaldehyde, and cold boxes.

Operations Manager – Mar 1988 to Sept 1989 – Responsible for maintenance and production of

ammonia, methanol, formaldehyde, co-generation units, cold boxes, urea and acetic acid.

Barnard and Burk - (Consulting firm) (Sept 1974 to Sept 1979) - Mechanical engineer in the

mechanical department and later project engineer and then construction specialist. While working

there helped develop a stress analysis program for analyzing piping systems and for reduction of

loads on nozzles for rotating equipment. Ran the program for all the major refineries and

petrochemical plants from Houston, Tx. to New Orleans, La., and did failure analysis for equipment

and piping system failures throughout the country.

EDUCATION

Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering from University of Louisiana at Lafayette

HAZOP Leader and Incident Commander

Member of ASME

Completed numerous management courses given by employers.

Completed various correspondence courses while licensed registered engineer.

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