Engineer Engineering

Jerome M. Taylor

***** ********* *** #*** ***** Rouge, LA 70817

619-***-**** acp6eo@r.postjobfree.com

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Praxair Inc.,

Project/Reliability Engineer, Geismar/ St. Charles, LA November 2014-Present

Lead capital projects to ensure design, specification, and commissioning are completed to deliver >98.5% reliability of new and modified assets

Manage multiple projects that include reliability and productivity improvement projects that exceed $1MM in capital investment

Continued Reliability Engineer support while serving as Project Engineer

Reliability Engineer, Geismar/ St. Charles, LA June 2012-November 2014

Provide technical support to maintenance and operations daily during troubleshooting and repair of rotating/ fixed/ refractory lined equipment and systems for 5 Steam Methane Reformers (SMRs), 3 Cryogenic Distillation Columns (Cold Boxes), Methanol and Formaldehyde production

Develop, document, evaluate, and maintain facility and equipment maintenance strategies for 7 sites

Championed FMEA effort of 2 newly commissioned 135MMSCFD H2 SMR used for spare parts identification and asset creation into CMMS system

Exceeded $1MM in productivity savings with reliability improvement projects, 2014 goal of $250K

Increased reporting of RCAs throughout organization by training ~25 engineers as RCA Facilitators

Sponsored developmental program responsible for training junior engineers

Plant Engineer, Garland/ Hawkins, TX July 2011- May 2012

Increased runtime from ~35% reliability to ~70% of air separation facility powered by Aero-derivative gas turbine coupled to power train and product compressors by implementing solutions:

oCold box casing purge modification to ensure safe and reliable operations

oUpgraded fire suppression system for GE LM2500 with nitrogen/ water based system

oImproved water quality and equipment reliability by implementing Sand Filter Media

Provided engineering support for newly commissioned air separation facility in Hawkins, TX

LTOP Engineer, Deer Park/ La Porte, TX July 2010- June 2011

Graduate of Praxair’s Leadership Technical Orientation Program (LTOP) Program Class of 2011

oAssisted with numerous plant start ups and shut downs, maintenance execution, project planning and execution, problem solving, and efficiency monitoring of four air separation units

Developed database used to establish and maintain mechanical integrity program of over 400 miles of (N2, O2, & H2) pipelines

Designed dryer system that led to a 33% increase in liquid production (Payback 2 months)

EDUCATION

University of Tennessee Knoxville, TN

Bachelor of Science: Mechanical Engineering 2008

SKILLS & INTERESTS

Languages: Conversational Proficiency in German

Trainings: Certified Level I Thermography (FLIR), Certified Level I RCA Facilitator (Sologic)

Interests: Reliability Engineering and Project Engineering

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