Quality Control Engineer

Sean Finnegan

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Swedesboro, NJ 08085 ********@*******.***

Summary

Versatile Chemical Engineer with broad experience in refining and chemicals

manufacturing environments. Progressive supervisory experience in technical

support, operations, and start up management. Expertise in technical

troubleshooting, climate change, unit operations, quality control, customer

satisfaction, and project management. Reputation of being safety conscious,

passionate, decisive, forward thinking, and results driven while improving

company performance.

Professional Experience

Sunoco, Philadelphia, PA 1997-2010

Senior Environmental Consultant, Professional Services (2009-2010)

Responsible for corporate compliance on climate change and the EPA Green

House Gas Mandatory Reporting Rule (GHG MRR).

Integrated the GHG MRR regulations across all business units (14 sites)

under extremely limited time frame.

Authored corporate-level standards for the EPA GHG Reporting Rule.

Designed, developed and implemented compliance strategy for five coke

facilities, three poly-propylene plants, two phenol plants and four

refineries.

Created and coordinated cross-site teams in the development of monitoring

plans and source identification.

Achieved increased effectiveness and efficiency through streamlined GHG

reporting implementing the SANGEA model.

Contributed subject matter expertise to successful EPA Energy Star Partner

of the Year Awards (2009 and 2010).

Technical Manager, Chemicals, Epsilon Facility (2006-2009)

Managed the poly-propylene plant technical groups (Process, Process

Control, Project Engineering and Quality Control Laboratory) to assure safe

facilities and efficient operations.

Served as member of the Core Leadership Team that set strategic direction

and achieved a quartile benchmark improvement.

Explored alternate process technologies, recommended a catalyst replacement

which improved reliability by 10%.

Implemented a key nitrogen reduction strategy, reducing facility expenses

$1MM annually.

Established a monomer efficiency team that saved over $2MM in propylene

flare losses annually.

Performed human factors analysis, rationalized control room alarms and

reduced total alarms by over 70%.

Served as key interface for plant with outside technical resources

including research and development which successfully approved and

completed approximately ten trials.

Managed and supervised quality control lab and quality control program,

developed new internal audit program which led to successful third party

audits.

Integrated and managed the customer complaint system transition into SAP,

established a 40% reduction year to year because of renewed focus at the

plant level.

Startup Manager, Refining and Supply, Marcus Hook (2003-2006)

Oversight for all aspects of a Low Sulfur Gasoline (LSG) unit start up

including: Design, Construction, Turnover, Commissioning, and Start up.

Successfully completed start up of a $125MM LSG Unit. Unit was brought

online with the best safety performance and most efficiently of the four

identical units.

Developed all training packages and plans for refinery workforce. Qualified

twelve operators prior to start up, including control room qualification.

Steered key process changes from the design phase through to construction.

Operations interface (as the customer) with the project and construction

workforce.

Served as the refinery coordinator with focus on clear communication which

included the Management of Change (MOC) process of fifty refinery tie-ins.

Optimized unit start up by implementing a unique construction turnover

process which enabled efficient custody transfer to operations.

Area Superintendent, Refining and Supply, Marcus Hook (2002-2003)

Responsible for managing day-to-day operations, a $20MM expense budget,

supervising, training and development of 20 hourly (union) and 5 salaried

employees.

Led Area Business Team to ensure safe, environmentally compliant,

profitable and efficient operation of a Fluid Catalytic Cracking Unit

(FCCU), Crude Distillation Unit, and Hydrogen Desulfurization Unit.

Reduced yearly expenses $5MM by mothballing a vacuum distillation unit and

modifying unit operations to accommodate changes.

Performed a human factors analysis on existing control room alarms. Plant

saw an alarm reduction of over 60%.

Operations Technical Specialist, Refining and Supply, Marcus Hook (2001-

2002)

Provided technical support for multi-refinery operational areas including

fluid catalytic cracking unit (FCCU), crude distillation unit, alkylation

unit, MTBE unit, and light end treating units.

Managed overall refinery expense budget spending totaling $12MM.

Promoted into a developmental assignment as an area superintendent

supervising five salaried and 15 union represented employees.

Developed condensate mass balance which aided in the design of a

cogeneration plant.

Unit Supervisor, Refining and Supply, Philadelphia (2001)

Responsible for the safe, reliable and environmentally sound operation of

three unit processes including a reformer desulfurizer, a low sulfur diesel

desulfurizer and a catalytic feed pretreater.

Supervised five union operators on a rotating shift schedule.

Completed three successful turnarounds in a 90 day period.

Senior Process Engineer, Refining and Supply, Philadelphia (1997-2000)

Responsible for process engineering, optimization, troubleshooting,

improvement studies, and project development duties for various refinery

process units including: CCR platforming, naphtha hydrodesulfurization,

fluid catalytic cracking (FCCU), amine fuel gas treatment, sour water

stripping, sulfur plant and tail gas treatment.

Developed first TSWEET simulation for a downsized sulfur plant, aiding

process changes and elimination of equipment no longer required.

Revamped all data acquisition screens, which improved clarity and enabled

faster troubleshooting.

Recommended pressure reduction in HPN unit, reduced hydrogen usage and

saved $500k annually.

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3 Education

Bachelor of Science, Chemical Engineering, Penn State University, State

College, PA

Received the 1997 Lee and Mary Eagleton Award for Excellence in Chemical

Engineering Design

4 Professional Development

Completed TTS Training for "Operator of the Future". Trained 100 operators

on the process.

ISO 9001 certified Management Representative.

Internal audit certification.

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