Engineer Process
Resume:
Marlton, NJ *****
David Land
Career An Environmental Engineer with many achievements and
successes at a petroleum refinery in the state of New
Jersey. A Process Engineer with Utility Plant
experience and Energy Conservation improvements that
generated significant savings.
Experience February 2004 - Current Valero Refinery
Paulsboro, NJ
Energy Conservation / Process Engineering
Managed energy conservation program at Refinery that
identified and banked energy savings of $13.5 million
including documentation and monitoring of continued
savings.
Preparation and submittal of reports to both
headquarters and regulatory agencies regarding energy
use. This includes Solomon Associates data, FERC data
and DOE reports.
Continual improvement of Refinery operating units
including the Utility Plant, Wastewater Treatment Plant
and Oil Movements.
Review of Environmental issues including permit
compliance for all process units under responsibility.
Maintain Refinery steam, power and fuel gas balances.
Modeling of systems for energy consumption and
conservation.
August 1988 - February 2004 Valero Refinery
Paulsboro, NJ
Environmental Supervisor / Environmental Manager
Supervised / Managed Refinery Environmental staff to
ensure compliance with all State and Federal
Environmental Regulations
Prepared and submitted a workable Title V Operating
Permit for the entire Refinery including the
preparation of the accompanying compliance plan.
Additionally, prepared several quarterly Title V
compliance assurance reports.
Responsible for all negotiations on permitting issues
and penalties for the Refinery. Reduced emission
limits on gas turbine generator that allowed plant to
operate more efficiently.
Developed leak detection and repair (LDAR) program
including report preparation and repair program.
Managed a $400,000 per year contract for LDAR
monitoring.
Participated in a due diligence program associated with
the purchase of the Refinery in 1998.
Amicably handled community complaints associated with
the operation of the Refinery. Conducted face-to-face
meetings with community to address concerns.
Active member of an industry group that was responsible
for negotiating environmental state of the art (SOTA)
standards for the operation of all the refineries in
the state that remain in use.
Reviewed new and pending regulations for impact to
Refinery operations. Also, identified possible
compliance strategy for these regulations.
Communicated limits, methods of compliance, stack
testing issues to both management and represented
employees. Preparation of documents to assist with
compliance. On-call for any environmental issues.
June 1979 - August 1998 Mobil Refinery
Paulsboro, NJ
Process / Economics and Planning Engineer
Process Engineer for various process units. Duties
include process improvement projects, unit monitoring
and optimization.
Short Range Planning Engineer responsible for the
scheduling of unit operation including product
movements and feed strategies.
Long Range Planning Engineer responsible for capital
project preparation and submittal of requests for
expenditures to corporate for project approval.
Responsible for economic evaluation of the projects.
Information Services Supervisor responsible for
Refinery computer systems including Accounting systems
and all Refinery personal computers.
Competencies Exceptional oral and written communication skills
demonstrated by quarterly Energy Newsletters,
"Captured" Energy items and general environmental
communications. Strong ability to communicate
effectively with both hourly and management employees.
Works very well with others and respects their ideas.
The effective management of the energy program requires
input from many sources for both new ideas and
completion of identified items. Worked with co-energy
coordinator in lowering excess O2 levels on heaters
through targets and review of pertinent issues on each
individual heater.
Active participant in volunteer activities associated
with the refinery. These include raising some $80,000
for a local Veteran's group that provides phone cards
to the troops. Conducted several career day events at
local high schools representing the refinery.
Education June 1979 Stevens Institute of Technology
Hoboken, NJ
Bachelor of Engineering - Chemical Engineering
3.2 / 4.0
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