Engineer Water Treatment
Resume:
Mark S. Kelly
Metamora, IL *****
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Chemical Engineer Environmental Engineer Process Engineer MBA
Senior Project Manager and “go-to” expert in water treatment, chemical systems engineering, EPA and government compliance relating to the energy sector. Effectively evaluated and consistently improved operational efficiencies. Proposed, organized, budgeted, and planned multi-million dollar project implementations. Contemplative and deliberative attributes leading to thoughtful executions of projects in process. Superior troubleshooting skills, proven success as independent contributor, management collaborator and team advisor. Seeking career advancement in project management or environmental engineering position. Adept in Microsoft Office, SAP, and Plant Information (PI). Class K Wastewater License and NACE Basic Corrosion certified. Presenter at various Utility Workshops.
EXPERIENCE
NRG / NRG Midwest Generation, Pekin, IL 1991 - 2018
NRG is the leading integrated power company in the U.S., generating electricity for nearly 3 million residential and commercial customers. Ranked 291 in 2018 of the Fortune 500, it has two headquarters: Princeton, N.J., and Houston and employs over 4,800 workers. Its generation fleet is comprised of 43% gas in 15 plants; 34% in 7 coal plants 2% renewables in 3 plants and 5% at one nuclear power plant.
Chemical Systems Engineer, 1995-2018
Managed planning, budgeting, and monitoring of water treatment and wastewater projects. Provided daily operations oversight.
Served as a subject matter expert (SME) on compliance with Federal EPA Coal Combustion Residue (CCR) legislation and Effluent Limit Guidelines (ELG)
Developed bid proposal for $5 million dollar condenser replacement project. Served as company liaison with technical contractor before implementation
Supervised contractors and provided technical support to remove rubber lining from demineralizer vessels and replace with an epoxy coating, thereby improving equipment reliability
Justified and supervised the installation of reverse osmosis water system project; significantly reduced operating expenses
Co-developed pumping skid controls and oversaw installation for Anodamine injection into multiple boilers
Developed plans with engineering firm to bring all drain lines in demineralizer area above ground
Managed critical elements of $450,000 project for new condensate polisher controls and two sets of demineralizer controls staged over three years and multiple plant outages
Reduced outage and equipment downtime by using nitrogen sparger to blanket boiler for earlier hydrostatic testing
Reduced equipment downtime and increased chemical savings by coordinating efforts between station personnel and contractors to perform boiler chemical cleanings and to convert boiler chemistry from All Volatile Treatment to Oxygenated Treatment
Compiled and submitted NPDES permit renewals
Developed and implemented daily chemistry readings sheet, consolidating all three shifts’ readings
Trained operators to take samples for NPDES permit sampling; trained shift supervisors on start-up chemistry on boilers
Chemistry Supervisor, 1992-1995
Responsible for daily activities of water treatment, wastewater, budgeting, and tracking long and short-term projects; supervised four employees.
•Supervised the assignments and productivity of water treatment and wastewater employees
•Produced a savings of $100,000 and reduced outage by one week by managing a simultaneous chemically cleaning of multiple boiler instead of sequentially at end of 10 to 12 week outage
•Efficiently budgeted for projects, chemicals, and resins
•Reduced costs and improved reliability after initiated feeding polyacrylic acid to circulating water for condenser chemistry; resulted in using less carbon dioxide for scale control
•Researched and specified continuous analyzers for all boiler water samples and installed with instrument technician as partner
Fossil Tech Service Engineer, 1991-1992
Assigned to work on continuous analyzer installation projects at Will County and Fisk Generating Stations in Illinois.
•Assisted with chemical cleanings at Will County and Fisk Stations
•Performed preliminary set-up for service water pipe chemical cleaning at Powerton Station
EDUCATION
Master of Business Administration (MBA), Bradley University, Peoria, IL
Bachelor of Science (BS) in Chemical Engineering, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN
Bachelor of Science (BS) in Chemistry, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN
PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES
Presented paper: “Macroreticular versus Gel Ion Exchange Resin” at Electric Utility Workshop,
Presented paper: “Oxygenated Treatment Comparisons” at Electric Utility Workshop,
Presented paper: “Weak Base Anion Resin Comparisons” at Electric Utility Workshop,
Served on Committee for consolidating blanket work order for boiler chemical cleanings at fossil stations
Served on committee to study how to improve circulating water chemistry
Workshop on Reverse Osmosis Water Treatment
Turbine Performance Analysis Seminar
Boiler Tube Failure Mechanism Analysis Seminar
Training classes on Ladder Logic, PLC5 programming, Hazmat and Transportation of Hazardous Materials
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