Mechanical Engineer

chris Bonnin

Email: **********@********.***

Address: **** **********

City: Mont Belvieu

State: TX

Zip: 77523

Country: USA

Phone: 832-***-****

Skill Level: Experienced

Salary Range: $90,000

Willing to Relocate

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Chris L. Bonnin

9619 Tanglewood

Mont Belvieu,Tx 77523

Cell: 832-***-**** E-Mail: *********@********.***

SUMMARY OF QUALIFICATIONS

Mechanical Seal Specialist in Oil Refinery Industries that upgrades Mechanical Seals and System. Also functioned as an Application Engineer for Mechanical Seal Alliance. Trained Machinist, Operator, and Engineers on the proper functions, applications, and troubleshooting for pump and mechanical seal problems and solutions. Wrote reports and SAP notification findings and made recommendations for improvements. Career originated from drawing pump parts for a pump company and selling Mechanical Seal and Pumps to the Chemical Process Industries.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Celanese Chemical Plant Clearlake Texas

A.W. Chesterton- Field Technician 2011-2013

Upgraded Mechanical Seals and worked to solve Bad Actors with proper training for Millwright and Operators

Sasol Chemical Plant Lake Charles,Louisiana

Flowserve Corporation Application Engineer 2003-2009

Upgraded Mechanical Seals and Seal Systems that improved Mean Time between Failures for rotating equipment from 23 months to 50 months contribution to cost savings.

Trained Maintenance Workers and Operator on proper installation and troubleshooting American

Petroleum Institute Seal flush plans and problems related to seal and pump failures that contributed to the achievement of MTBF increased improvements.

Saved the Chemical Plant $1 million dollars over a five-year period by changing processes that include the inventory ownership impact to taxes, eliminating the shipping costs and payment of purchase orders (converting to a fixed fee agreement).

CITGO Petroleum Corporation Mechanical Seal Specialist Lake Charles, Louisiana 1986-2003

Upgraded the Refinerys Mechanical Seal population that increased the longevity and run time of the equipment and saved money on maintenance and replacement parts.

Trained Machinist, Operators, and Engineers on the proper function of Mechanical seals.

Supervised 68 Machinists repairing Mechanical seals and Compressor valves.

Filled in as the Reliability Engineer for the Oil Transfer area specialized in troubleshooting and

recommended solutions to problems that included purchasing replacement and more efficient

Wrote notifications in CITGOs SAP program that corrected problems related to all API 610 and 682

Pump and Mechanical Seal issues.

Increased the Refinerys MTBF from 20 months to 55 months on Pumps. CITGO approved all the

Mechanical Seal upgrades that were recommended.

Recognized for success on improvements and sent to other CITGO sites to recommend improvements

on their Bad Actor Pumps with seal related issues. One facility in New Jersey reported costs

maintenance reductions of 50%.

Durametallic and Automatic Pump & Equipment Lake Charles, Louisiana, and Beaumont, Texas

Sales Representative 1978 1986

EDUCATION

McNeese State University B.A. Lake Charles, Louisiana

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