Project Manager Engineer
Resume:
Kenneth J. Cox
Boone County, Kentucky
**************@*****.*** September 2015
SUMMARY OF EXPERIENCE
Senior level Reliability Engineer with more than 10 years’ solid experience in the Reliability field along with eight years CMRP certification. Significant experience as Technical Leader, Project Engineer and Project Manager in the design, build, installation, commissioning and maintenance of manufacturing systems and equipment in the Oil & Gas, Chemical, and LNG industries. This includes extensive experience in the fields of Operations Readiness, Asset Management, Maintenance and Reliability including consulting, and maintenance system design and implementation services. Significant experience in Operations Readiness services for new LNG terminal startup including maintenance program design, implementation of CMMS (both Maximo and SAP), and helping meet RFSU (Ready for Startup) and OSHA's PSM requirements. Reliability work includes the implementation of RCM and TPM principles (CMRP) including extensive experience with Ram Analysis and RBI Studies, written operating and maintenance procedures, MEL, Criticality Analysis (CA), FMEA, RCFA, PdM, Mechanical Integrity and MOC. I am a well-qualified SME for Rotating Equipment and have good experience with pumps and compressors. I have good experience with Mechanical Integrity programs and the creation of inspection procedures for static equipment such as tanks, piping and vessels. In addition, I have logged an extensive amount of time, early in my career, as a plant and equipment designer and CAD operator, in both 2D and 3D work including SmartPlant and am adept at the creation and validation of P&ID’s, PFD’s and electrical single line drawings.
SIGNIFICANT EXPERIENCE
Jacobs Engineering (April 2014 to August 1, 2015)
Senior Maintenance and Reliability Engineer, Capstone Pinto Valley Mine, Miami Az
I initially performed in-depth assessments for their Maintenance and Reliability programs. As a result of these assessments we were awarded follow on work including further analysis and improvements for plant subjects such as the plant drawing set, the MEL, the maintenance management program, CMMS (SAP), planning and scheduling, Work Order control, Master Schedule, Reliability, criticality analysis, FMEA, maintenance procedures, asset hierarchy, work processes, spares and warehousing, document control and MOC. In addition I led a six man crew in an effort to complete a complete walk down and tagging of the plant equipment drawing set and P&ID’s.
Project Manager and Senior Reliability Engineer- (April 204 to August1, 2015)
I led a “Maintenance Optimization” project at Central Illinois specialty chemical plant that produces nitriles and acids. This project was to improve the plants maintenance and reliability performance with the ultimate goal being to reduce operating costs. I recruited and lead an eight man team of Reliability engineers and specialists for the implementation of RCM and Reliability services including the creation of an MEL, Criticality Analysis, FMEA work, PdM techniques, MRO work, job plans and planner training. One of our goals was to implement TPM practices that better used the plant operators to assist the maintenance routes. We helped this chemical producer better utilize their SAP CMMS module and develop their basic maintenance system tools. Ultimately they were better able to plan and track their maintenance work and issues like downtime and wrench time.
Fluor Corporation, (April 2002 to April 2014)
Senior Reliability Engineer and Project Manager for their Reliability and Operations Readiness Group
Major projects while at Fluor included:
Fluor Corp, Chevron, Houston Texas / TCO, Tengiz, Chevroil, Kazakhstan (August 2013 to April 2014)
I served as Senior Reliability Engineer and Project Coordinator for a six month effort to create RAM models to help Chevron/TCO make critical decisions regarding the purchase of $2B worth of Gas Turbine Generator (GTG) equipment for their “islanded” Kazakhstan operations. The project involved creating and administration of a complex contract with the Client and chief vendor DNV and their London office. The project centered around creating complex RAM models that included GTG performance histories from the Chevron fleet as well as a great deal of other supporting data and considerations. These complex models were created using the DNV Maros and Taro softwares in conjunction with Excel spreadsheets to accurately reflect year round temperature variations. The project culminated in a final report document, along with companion basis document, that consumed nearly 7000 man-hours and the efforts of more than a dozen people. Ultimately this client was able to make informed decisions that had the potential to save tens of millions of dollars.
Fluor Corp, Singapore Liquefied Natural Gas (SLNG), Singapore (June 2011 to Aug 2013)
Originally technical leader and later Project Manager for a large scale Operations Readiness project to assist in the startup of one of the world’s largest merchant LNG re-gas terminals located in Singapore
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Creation of the Plant Operations Manual and Plant Maintenance Manual with included hundreds of custom written procedures. This includes detailed operating procedures and some assistance with operating practices.
Technical leader and Project Manager for FEED program and Detailed Engineering phase.
Creation and management of complete plant startup activities schedule
Designed all written procedure deliverables and trained staff to implement.
Recruited and lead a 30 person team of engineers and specialists. (70,000 total man hours)
Responsible for project controls, finance and schedule, project execution plan, PSR, staffing, design of deliverables,
Lead development and construction of various iterations of RAM analysis and RBI study in conjunction with DNV. Models were created for various operating scenario alternatives.
Design and creation of operating procedures for all plant equipment and systems.
Design and creation of maintenance procedures for all plant rotating equipment, controls and instrumentation.
Design and creation of plant MEL, criticality analysis and maintenance strategies.
Consultant for MOC, Mechanical Integrity and MRO work.
Creation of all Mechanical integrity inspection procedures for primary static equipment as per API 510, 570, 653.
Fluor, Citgo, Lemont Refinery, Lemont, Illinois (March 2011 to June 2011) Senior Reliability Engineer
I provided assessment and consulting services to the Citgo management team for the analysis of their Management of Change (MOC) program. I also performed an inspection and evaluation of the plant PSM and document control system. Ultimately we delivered full reports on our findings along with comparisons to other Fluor clients in the industry and recommendations for improvements.
Fluor, Conoco Phillips, Surmont, Alberta, Canada (March 2010 to March 2011)
Senior Reliability Engineer and part of a Fluor Reliability team.
Startup project for a new SAGD plant used to extract Bitumen from Canadian Oil Sands.
SME for Rotating Equipment
Technical leader and SME for the implementation of RCM principles including creation of the MEL, criticality analysis and all maintenance procedures.
Created written FMEA’s for all mechanical and rotating equipment. (pumps, agitators, fans, blowers, compressors, etc)
Created written, illustrated maintenance procedures for all mechanical and rotating equipment.
Identified nearly 20 significant problem issues with plant equipment that were deemed to be “Bad Actors”. These “value add” items were estimated by the client to be worth more than $2 mil.
Fluor, BP Pipeline, Houston, Texas (August 2009 to March 2010)
I served as a Reliability Engineer on a Fluor reliability team.
Creation of written operating procedures and P&ID’s for pipeline systems. In all, 56 sites were visited over a one year period.
Existing P&ID’s for all sites were checked and improved to reflect actual “as built” conditions.
Procedures included start up, shut down, emergency stop and abnormal operating conditions for metering skids, booster pump systems, and valve stations.
Created inspection procedures for all pipeline components for Mechanical Integrity program for piping and tanks.
Fluor, Gulf Chemical, Freeport, Texas (July 2008 to August 2009)
Served as a reliability engineer on a Fluor team. I primarily worked as a draftsman. I lead a team that walked down all of the plant equipment for purposes of creating new P&ID’s and tagging equipment.
Work involved creating detailed P&ID’s for all of this chemical and acid producing plant’s processes. In total I created 36 separate P&ID’s, the plant PFD, and a variety of piping and electrical “single line” drawings.
Fluor, Phelps Dodge Corp. Morenci, Arizona (March 2007 to June 2008)
Served as a reliability engineer on a Fluor team. I worked primarily as a designer and illustrator
Work involved creating detailed isometric drawings of the equipment and processes contained in the two main portions of this large copper mine for the purpose of creating training materials and process control manuals.
Designed several pieces of equipment and machine installations and several detailed piping diagrams.
Performed root cause failure analysis (RCFA) for several problem applications.
Fluor, Cognis Chemical Corp. – Cincinnati, Ohio. (November 2005 to March 2007)
Reliability engineer on Fluor team. Served primarily as the SME for rotating equipment for acid and oleo-chemical production.
Created a pump and rotating equipment survey for the entire plant (approx 500 pumps), identifying at least 18 of the worst “bad actors.
Performed detailed RCFA work for all bad actors, including reports and action plans for solutions to resolve the problem issues.
Created isometric images of entire plant and detailed illustrations of bad actor applications.
Toyota Motor Manufacturing, Georgetown, Kentucky (November 1999 to April 2005)
Served as a Project Manager and Technical Writer
Originally served as a consultant and Project Manager for corporate Y2K program. I recruited a staff of 22 people (40,000 manhours) and executed the Y2K preparedness effort for seven Toyota plants.
Later performed production line and manufacturing equipment installation and project work including Commissioning and qualification of production line equipment.
Served as a project engineer for the installation and commissioning of the “shell body” line for the 2002 Toyota Camry.
Helped adapt to North American codes and standards such as ANSI, NFPA, AWS, IEEE, NEMA, OSHA.
Performed major re-write, and subsequent revisions, of Toyota NA-AMS machinery standard.
Fluor Daniel Corp., Greenville, South Carolina (January 1994 through November 1999)
Project Engineer and Lean Manufacturing consultant specializing in plant layout and process design.
Manufacturing process analysis and the implementation of Lean principles including continuous improvement, 5S, Kaizen, SMED and others.
Analysis of older equipment and manufacturing processes, conceptual plant layout, recommendations for new equipment and processes, and installation supervision of manufacturing equipment.
Clients included Hoke valve, General Motors, Delphi, and Milliken Textiles.
EDUCATION
Highly skilled user of most Microsoft Office software, including Windows, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Access, and Project. Highly experienced with CAD systems including AutoCAD. ProE, and Intergraph.
Good proficiency with Maximo and SAP CMMS software.
University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio, College of Engineering and Evening College (9-88 to present) Possess approximately 75% of credits required to fulfill the BSME program.
CMRP, Certified Maintenance and Reliability Professional, since 2007
Extensive training with Allen-Bradley P.L.C.'s.
Veteran Ohio National Guard, 383rd Medical Company, Cincinnati Ohio
Garfield Sr High School, Hamilton, Ohio. Ranked fifth in class of 360.
9 years as Volunteer “Big Brother” with Catholic Social Services
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