Project Manager Engineer
Resume:
Barry Dewayne Marchant, Sr.
Atlanta, GA 30319
********.*****@*****.***
EDUCATION
Bachelor of Science, 1988 - Chemical Engineering
Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida
Secret Government Clearance
EXPERIENCE:
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2009-
2010
Chemical Weapons Elimination Branch
Chemical Engineer
Provided safety and health oversight to the US Army Chemical Weapons
Demilitarization Program. Evaluated safety and health management
systems by monitoring site program metrics to determine that plans,
procedures, best practices, and indicators reflect a comprehensive
safety management system. Conducted OSHA 1910 PSM related tasks for
compliance in the demilitarization sites.
Conducted process hazard analysis on chemical processes used in
destroying chemical warfare
agent such as munitions demilitarization machines to remove fuzes and
burster
wells and drain agent and energetic, incinerators and/or NaOH
neutralization equipment,
pollution abatements systems such as quench vessels, pH adjustment
columns, carbon injection
systems for mercury control, baghouses, NOx abatement systems, and
carbon and HEPA filters
for particulate matter control. Using Layers of Protection Analysis,
evaluated hazards by
determining severity and failure frequency to establish risk assessment
codes and assess
safeguards used to mitigate hazards to acceptable risks.
Participated in operational readiness reviews prior to the beginning of
munitions
demilitarization campaigns to determine that criteria for process
equipment, personnel, standard
operating procedures, safeguards, EMT, etc., are fully developed and
ready for production.
Also, evaluated integrated operations demonstrations to assess the
completeness, thoroughness,
and preparedness of operations and support functions involved in the
planned demilitarization
campaigns.
Participated in chemical incident investigations to determine the
effectiveness in fact finding of
the events leading to the hazardous incident, recommendations to
prevent reoccurance of such
incidents, and thoroughness and completeness of corrective actions to
mitigate the hazard.
Monitored communication of the hazards in the workplace associated with
chemical weapons
demilitarization.
Fluor Corporation 2008 - 2009
Process Engineer II, Sugarland, TX
Checked the accuracy of the physical properties and relevant safety
relief documentation for the hydrogenation, silane distillation, metal
chloride reactors, and silane storage areas of the polysilicon 3.0 and
4.0 Moses Lake Expansion. Safety relief calculations, and "as built"
P.&I.D.s were reviewed to determine if any discrepancies were present on
safety relief specification sheets used for safety relief selection,
procurement, and process safety management.
Worked on front end engineering design of a fractionation system to
separate light oil from synthetic fuel from coal gas liquefaction.
Conducted feasibility studies, generating heat and material balances.
The goal was to replicate Sasol South Africa refinery baseline balances
to determine the appropriate thermo package in ASPEN Plus and the optimum
stabilizer and fractionation column sequence to achieve light oil
separation that matched existing operating parameters. Developed process
flow sheets and preliminary P. &I.D. Evaluated the Boiler Feed Water
System for expansion to accommodate additional fischer-tropsch reactor
heat recovery for steam production.
Advanced Environmental Technologies, LLC, Pensacola, FL
2007- 2008
Associate Engineer
Designed remedial processes to abate petroleum contaminants of
concern (COC) in contaminated soil and groundwater. Designed air
sparging/soil vapor extraction systems, multiphase extraction and
chemical oxidation processes, along with excavation source removal
projects. Designed pilot test plans to evaluate effectiveness of these
technologies under site specific geologic and hydro geologic conditions.
Conducted maintenance, optimization, and troubleshooting on commissioned
systems.
Developed a directional boring process to apply chemical and biological
reagents used in abating soil and groundwater petroleum COC. Sought
Florida FDEP regulator support for using directional boring techniques to
disperse bacteria to degrade COC. The process uses a boring rig to
disperse a consortium of petroleum degrading bacteria horizontally
through the plume, saving time and labor cost. Improved distribution of
the microbes in the plume is anticipated. The process will be used to
abate COC at the Graceville Mini Storage Site in Graceville, FL. In
addition, the process holds promise for chemical oxidant applications as
well.
State of Florida, Department of Environmental Protection, Pensacola, FL
2002- 2006
Project Manager
Performed project manager responsibilities for the Soil and
Groundwater Remediation Subsection, reviewing Remedial Action Plan and
Natural Attenuation Monitoring Reports to assure remedial compliance with
Florida Statues. Written correspondences was sent to the consultant or
corporation conducting remediation, providing the state's interpretation
of remedial data and what additional actions were necessary for progress
toward a Site Rehabilitation Completion Order based on Florida Statues.
Cold called upon large quantity waste generators offering technical
assistance to help reduce waste. The concept of "Value Creation" through
waste reduction was also marketed to show the potential return of
investment through energy and waste reducing projects.
Coordinated the 2003 Florida Pollution Prevention Conference held in
Orlando. The theme of the conference was "Practicing Pollution
Prevention in Our Everyday Lives." Twenty one sessions where held
covering topics such as the United Nations Perspective on Sustainable
Growth, Global Sprawling, Urban Renewal and Planning, Pollution
Prevention Goals, Alternative Energy Sources, and Project Green Shores to
name a few.
International Paper, Mobile, AL (mill closed in 2001)
2001
Pulp Plant Process Engineer
Defined and planned process improvement projects within the Pulp
Mill. Worked with existing heat and material balances, equipment layout
diagrams, P. & I.D., equipment specification sheets, and real time
process operating data to determine bottlenecks and inefficiencies in the
pulp process to scope out, plan, engineer, procure, oversee construction,
and start-up of improvement projects. Conducted maintenance,
optimization, and troubleshooting on commissioned systems.
Examples of the projects include modifying the instrument air
compressor/knock-out drum system to prevent water carryover, negatively
affecting instrument controls. Also, adding a pressure indicator
feedback loop on the debarking drum bearing lubrication system to detect
a pressure drop if a lubrication oil delivery line was cut, preventing
oil discharges on the ground, resulting in fires.
Tracked various QA/QC variables identified in the pulp process to ensure
quality pulp delivery to the paper machines, which produced white ream
paper.
Degussa Corporation, Mobile, AL
1997-2000
Technical Service Engineer, Various Clients throughout North America
Conducted peroxygen business development, process and project
engineering, procurement, construction management services for Degussa's
clients. Responded to Request for Proposals for chemical dosing systems
in various industries such as pulp and paper, cosmetics, textiles, waste
treatment, and aerospace. Start-up assistance and continuous process
support services, including troubleshooting and optimization were also
provided.
Recognized as the key team member for value creation when Clorox awarded
Degussa with an exclusive multi-million hydrogen peroxide supply contract
for production of Clorox end user products. The Clorox contract
represented the second largest account for the Peroxygen Business of
Degussa in 1998.
The Dow Chemical Company
1988 - 1997
Senior Purchasing Agent, Plaquemine, LA
Responsible for the procurement and contract management of Labor
Services totaling $110 million per year and the purchase of 30 million
per year in fabricated equipment, raw materials, and supplies for Dow's
Louisiana Division. Negotiated, administered, and maintained contracts
for the purchase of needed commodities. Represented Louisiana Operations
on global purchasing initiatives.
Pursued Value Added Procurement as a leader, working with Dow's
operations, engineering, and maintenance to standardize equipment
specifications, aggregate volume to leverage the best value and price for
purchased commodities with the goal of making Dow the low cost chemical
producer. Market basket studies were conducted on commodities to drive
cost competitiveness with suppliers in targeted areas. Business
Financial Analyses to benchmark Dow's internal business services with
outsourced opportunities that lead to optimized Dow work processes,
increased productivity and reduced costs.
Senior Process Engineer, Plaquemine, LA
Conducted process engineering tasks, simulating chemical processes using
ASPEN Plus to generate heat and material balances, design vessels, size
pumps and pipes, and develop piping and instrumentation diagrams for
various projects in the twenty plus chemical processing plants of
Louisiana Operations. Examples include replacing R-12 refrigerant with
chlorine as the refrigerant. This required replacement of coolant
compressors, heat exchangers and flash drums. Alice Chambers compressors
where specified with improvements to the stage seals.
Designed, engineered, and constructed a distillation system that polished
a once through, spent polyethylene carrier solvent, Isopar C, for reuse,
which was generated from two high density polyethylene production plants,
saving Dow $1 million per year.
Developed and coordinated a Plant Asset Utilization Engineering Plan for
Dow's Louisiana Operations General Manager, benchmarking product yields,
energy usage, and waste generation at each production facility to develop
a list of process engineering solutions. Yield increasing, energy
reduction and waste minimization projects were designed for each plant.
Savings gained from the effort contributed to the division's $75 MM per
year Asset Utilization Goal for 1996.
Technical Service Engineer, Freeport, TX
Performed process design services for Dow's Gas/Spec Technology
Group, generating heat and material balances, process flow sheets, P. &
I.D., and equipment sizing to abate carbon dioxide and hydrogen sulfide
from natural gas using blended amine solutions. Absorber/Stripper
process systems were simulated to meet client's gas specifications.
Process packages were developed for grass root systems, unit expansions
and retrofits. Projects were followed from process engineering to start
up, followed by optimization and any necessary troubleshooting.
Participated in a commercial scale demonstration of Dow's NOx abatement
technology which used chelated chemical solutions to scrub NOx and SOx
from boiler flue gas.
RECENT TRAINING:
Change Impact Assessment Training Heat Exchanger
Training
ASPEN HYSIS for Crude Processing, Better
Business Writing
Starting Experienced Process Engineering Training (17 week course)
PUBLICATIONS:
"Decontamination Reagent Hazard Assessment and Mitigation during
Closure," 2010
International Chemical Weapons Demilitarization Conference, Prague,
2010
DuPart, M. S., and B. D. Marchant, "Natural Gas Liquid Treating
Options and Experiences,"
Laurance Reid Gas Conditioning Conference, Norman, Oklahoma, 1989
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