Reliability and Maintenance Leader

RONALD CHAUMONT

**** ******** ***** **. ****: 713-***-****

Friendswood, TX 77546 Home: 281-***-****

Mobile: 713-***-****

E-mail: ***********@***.***

EDUCATION/CERTIFICATIONS

Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering

Texas A&M University, College Station, TX

May 2002

Lean Six Sigma Green Belt Certified (Dr. Habib Siddiqui, Lean Master) March 2014

LEADERSHIP AND PRACTICAL EXPERIENCE

BASF Corporation

Pasadena Catalysts Plant (G-CCP/N)

Site Reliability Engineer May 2011 – Present

Relevant Technologies: Batch and continuous operations, Polyolefin Catalysts

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Member of BASF NA Reliability CoE, led several Responsible for the supervision and development of

initiatives and goal teams PDP engineers and co-ops

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Successfully led 3 site TARs as TAR core team lead for Called on to lead difficult Root Cause Investigation

the site outside my plant

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Responsible for budget and supervision of API Set up training for area Reliability engineers and site

inspectors, technicians, and vibration technician maintenance department

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Conceptualized and executed plan for OpEx Step-in supervision of maintenance and engineering

Improvements in Maintenance and Reliability Pillar departments

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Member of BASF North American CUI Guideline and Led development of charter and goals for CC Reliability

Mitigation Task Force CoP team

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Lead site Bad Actor team Led task forces on AFPD and Title V reductions

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Reduced fixed cost spending in maintenance and Increased asset effectiveness and OEE by reduced

decreased emergency work orders by 40% through unexpected equipment downtime (11%) and First Time

reliability and maintenance improvements Pass Rate improvements (5-10% per unit)

Braskem Americas

Neal, WV and LaPorte, TX May 2008 – April 2011

Mechanical Reliability Engineer

Relevant Technologies: Continuous operations, Polypropylene, Polyproylene Co-polymers, Spheripol Bulk Loop

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Lead operator for Finishing Area of plant during strike Responsible for the supervision and development of new hire

support, developed new hire temporary workers engineers and interns

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Responsible for supervision and development of two Responsible for budget and supervision of API inspectors,

Maintenance/Reliability Engineers (salaried) technicians, and vibration contractor

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Step-in supervision of maintenance department Lead mechanical Engineer for Ohio Valley (two facilities)

• Led Reliability Improvement Efforts at site

LyondellBasell

Channelview, TX and Pasadena, TX (Bayport Plant) May 2002 - May 2008

Mechanical Maintenance, Reliability, Operations Engineer

Relevant Technologies: Continuous operations, Polypropylene, Polyethylene, Ethylene Oxide, Glycols and Derivatives,

Propylene Oxide and Derivatives/Co-Products, Utilities, Olefins and Aromatics

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Operations engineer for Utilities area of large integrated Responsible for the supervision and development of new hire

complex engineers and interns

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Lead engineering recruiter for Texas A&M for the Technical liaison for Utilities and Derivatives departments on

company (all disciplines) major site Turnaround

• Led site Reliability Improvement Efforts and Projects

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Step-in supervision of maintenance and operations Technical liaison for NOx Reduction Project ($60MM+)

departments

HONORS ACHEIVEMENTS AND AWARDS

• Lean Six Sigma Green Belt certification 2014

• Presented on behalf of BASF at Reliability Summit Austin TX October 29, 2014

• Talent Spotlight for BASF Catalysts Division and Emerging Talent within the company

• BASF OpEx Maintenance and Reliability Pillar Community best practice recognized (pace setter within the company for

maintenance best practices, wrench time productivity analysis, KPI improvement)

• Nominated for Catalyst Division Culture of Excellence Award for CD unit reliability improvement 2014

• Nominated and awarded for Operational Excellence at previous employers

ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH SAFETY AND PROCESS SAFETY

• Presented at BASF Reliability Knowledge Sharing Event in Pt. Arthur on Reliability and EHS Relationship

• Successfully led 3 Turnarounds with no Safety Incidents and No RQs (2012 and 2013). TAR in 2014 had no Title V incidents

or process safety incidents as well.

• Organized and promoted Global Safety Days 2013 and 2014 at the Pasadena Catalysts site

• Champion the use of Root Cause Analysis for our site and participate and facilitate many EHS related incidents

(illness/injury, lost time accident, FERs, RQs, AFPDs, A/B incidents)

• Led a Title V reduction team for the Pasadena Catalysts site and scope development of capital project (Komm S) to correct

issues

• Leader of AFPD reduction effort at the Pasadena Catalysts plant, including initiating $600k capital project for purchase and

installation of new rupture disks – reduced dangerous (passive) and active AFMD failures

• Asked to present by BASF Process Safety CoE to PSV training classes on our AFPD team improvements, recognized as a

best practice champion within NA

• Represented the Maintenance and Reliability Organization for a large facility on a plant wide Behavior Based Safety and

Employee Safety main steering committee

• Participated in OSHA Star site VPP Recertification Team

• In previous organizations recognized multiple times for contributions to observation/behavioral safety

• Training Completed for a variety of Behavior Based Safety programs (STOP - Dupont, BST, SafeStart)

SPECIAL TRAINING AND SKILLS

Mechanical, Reliability and Maintenance Operations and Chemistry Other

FMEA training and application to Familiar with API 510, 570, Water and Wastewater Training Microsoft Office applications

functional systems and equipment 579, 653, and ASME Program – Operation of Activated (proficient in all)

B31.3, B16.5, Section VIII Sludge Plants

B&PV Code

Maintenance KPI reporting and Reciprocating and Rotating New hire operator course Leading from the Front Training,

analysis, improvements Machinery years 1 and 2

(Leadership essentials,

Situational Leadership)

Berringer Reliability Engineering Extrusion Finishing Process Safety Fundamentals Time management strategies

Principles Equipment and Solids and Risk Based Decision Making and organizational skills training

transport

Operator driven reliability programs John Crane Sealing Control of Exothermic Reactions Apollo Root Cause analysis and

and TPM Systems Course TapRooT Root Cause Analysis

training

BASF Risk Based Maintenance Heat Exchangers design, Aspen IP21 and Process Behavioral Interviewing Training

Application inspection Simulation

Weibull Analysis and Crow AMSAA Meridium OSI Soft PI System BASF Project Management

training ORBE Process and SAP

Reliability Centered Maintenance BASF Planner Bootcamp PSV Calc program Lean Manufacturing tools and

techniques

UltraPipe VCE Sage Statistical Process Control Charts

(Six Sigma)

CMMS programs including Tabware CAESAR II

and SAP

COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT

Participated in BASF “Be the Match Foundation” Be the One Run 2012, 2014

Toys for Tots Drive 2011-2014

Led site United Way Campaign 2003

Participant in LyondellBasell’s Global Care Day, 2003, 2006, 2007

Milby High School Career Day, 2003

Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation Walk to Cure, 2004

Literary Advance Houston volunteer 2004, 2005

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