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Maintenance Power Plant

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San Francisco, CA
Posted:
November 08, 2015

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KENNETH G. PENNELL II

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Tooele, Utah, 84074

Home: 435-***-****

Mobile: 435-***-****

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Summary

Maintenance Coach / Consultant, Maintenance Asset Management Consultant, Maintenance Support Specialist, Maintenance Supervisor, Maintenance Planner/Scheduler with 36 years in the maintenance field. Skilled in SAP, Maximo 7.5.1, Oracle / JD Edwards’s 9.1, JDE Business Process Owner, MIMS, Ellipse, Maximo, Creation of Capital Expenditures and Management of Change implementation. Facilitated daily Maintenance meetings and Annual Shutdown meetings as well as managing Kennecott employees and contract employees during annual shut downs at Kennecott Utah Copper Power Plant. Planning, scheduling and maintaining numerous Kennecott employees and contract employees on tasks, projects, work orders and staying involved throughout scheduled and un-scheduled work through completion. Skilled in Shutdown Planning, Scheduling and Budgeting for annual Kennecott Utah Power plant shutdowns. Served as Legionella Champion- Kennecott Utah Copper Power Plant. Skilled in various types of mechanical work- hydraulic, pneumatic, conveying systems, cooling systems, process equipment, crane repair, pump rebuilding, gearbox rebuilding, fan balancing, shaft alignment, machining, pipefitting, and welding. Thirteen years of experience as Lead man/Crew Lead of maintenance crew of eighteen maintenance employees, responsible for all maintenance decisions and repairs in the Flash Smelting and Flash Converting Furnaces on off shift at BHP Copper. Eight years as Advanced Craftsman/ Welder/ Pipefitter at Kennecott Utah Copper Smelter and Tailings Divisions. Eight and a half years in Salary positions, Contractor Orientation Trainer at Kennecott Utah Copper. Thirty Four Years of Mechanical/ Certified Welding experience, Certified Mobile Crane Operator.

Strengths

Maintenance Management Coach / Consultant

Maintenance Asset Management Consultant

Maximo Trainer – Maintenance Work Management & Supply Management Processes

Skilled in SAP, Maximo 7.5.1, Oracle - JD Edwards 9.1, MIMS, Ellipse

SAP Master Data Specialist / Maximo Data Specialist

JDE Business Process Owner

Maintenance Planning & Scheduling, Supervision, Execution & Coordination Specialist

Change Management Implementation

Capital Expenditure Creation and Implementation

Continuous Improvement Implementation

JDE Business Process Owner

Contractor Orientation / Safety Trainer

36 Years of Maintenance & Mechanical / welding experience, Maintenance Coaching / Consulting

Thirteen years of experience as Maintenance Lead running Maintenance crew of 18 employees

Reliability Centered Maintenance / Condition Based Maintenance Program Implementation

Skilled in Fan Balancing/IRD Mechanalysis

Skilled in Laser Alignment for precision machine alignment.

Skilled in welding: Mig, Tig, Stick, Air-arc, Plasma-arc, Pipe welding, and skilled with a cutting torch. Certified in Pipe / Plate Welding at Tooele Chemical Demilitarization Facility.

Skilled in Fabrication

Successfully completed computer training- Excel I & II & Advanced - PowerPoint - Visio

Procurement Management – Purchase Orders - Requisitions, Capital Expenditures, Assessment’s, & Hazard Assessment’s.

Successfully completed Certification Forklifts, Manlifts & JLG’s, Jib and Overhead cranes

Successfully completed training program in Professional Mobile Crane Operator given by ICRSS & Fluor Industrial Services Certified Mobile Crane Operator of 100 Ton, 70 Ton, 35 Ton, 20 Ton, & 8.5 Ton Cranes. Certification in Mobile Crane - Crane Safety Associates of America.

Proven ability to exercise good judgment and contribute to efficient operations

Certified Utah Water Operator / Certification #24068

Nationally Certified Backflow Preventer Tester / Certification #04060

Certified Cross Connection Backflow Technician / Certification #04060

Work History

June 2015 – Present

Nexus Global Business Solutions

Maintenance Execution / Integrity Coach@ Canadian Natural Resources

Key tasks and responsibilities:

Basic maintenance training

Maximo Implementation Project

Maximo Training – Maintenance Work Management/Supply Management Processes

Work management coaching & training

Leadership engagement and strategy planning

On-The-Job (OJT) coaching in maintenance, reliability & turnaround principals

On-The-Job (OJT) Training for schedulers & planners

CMMS reviews and development of optimizing strategies

Development of proper reporting metric

Process Optimization across maintenance and turnarounds

Competence assessments as required

Planner training in line with a defined work management process standard

Scheduling training in line with a defined work management process standard

Best Practices Sharing

Various training material development

Conduct site studies – meetings, supervisors and technicians

Develop strategy plan for improvement

April 2014 – June 2015

Nexus Global Business Solutions

Maintenance Planner / WPT@ Shell Oil Corporation Auger TLP Offshore Platform

Responsibilities for this position include:

Work closely with Operations and Third party Contractors for job priorities and requirements.

Plan and ensuring required materials, parts are available on site at Offshore Platform. Planning, Procurement, Logistics and delivery of required materials, parts, specialty tools and equipment to Auger Offshore Platform. Working through adverse weather conditions, Sea conditions and helicopter flight arrangements Develop, maintain and update maintenance plans, work orders, task lists within SAP.

Maintain, update and ensure availability of all requirements within the Maintenance Backlog in SAP.

Develop and maintain Maintenance PM’s in SAP. Incorporate Safety, Health and Environmental requirements into maintenance tasks in SAP. Create Functional Locations, Auger Equipment numbers and Bill of Materials in SAP. Support Maintenance and Operations during Off-Shifts as needed.

Identifying Cost Improvement opportunities.

May 2012 – April 2014

Graymont Western US

Maintenance Support Specialist

Maintenance Support at eighteen Graymont plants throughout North America - Implementation of MAPUS (Maintenance and Production Uptime Strategy) Program at all Graymont Facilities. Implementation of Planning / Scheduling Program, Planning / scheduling training with Maintenance, Operations and Management Personnel. JDEdwards (CMMS) Business Process Owner – JD Edwards training for all plant employees, Management, Supervisors, Mechanical, Electrical and operations employees. Setup Plant Equipment Hierarchy, Plant Maintenance Inventory Structure, Warehousing and Procurement Management. Implementation of Maintenance Planning and Scheduling Structure, Work Order Structure including training for all plant supervisors, maintenance, operational and administrative personnel. Implementation of Reliability Centered Maintenance / Condition Based Maintenance alongside of Reliability Engineers at Eighteen Graymont plants, including PM Work Order and Pd.M. training, interval based Equipment PM scheduling, vibration analysis, Infrared analysis and oil testing and analysis.

April 2011 – March 2012

Kennecott Utah Copper - Tailings & Water Services

Mechanical Maintenance Supervisor

Supervised Mechanical, Electrical and Instrumentation maintenance Crews. Responsible for Maintenance and Repairs in all departments of the Tailings & Water Services Division, Maintaining supply water to the KUCC concentrator as well as return tailings to the Tailings Dike and Pond. Responsible for supplying culinary/potable water to all divisions and departments at Kennecott Utah Copper Corporation. Maintaining operational readiness for all pumping stations, valve stations, and sedimentation ponds. Supplying culinary and process water to all operational cooling and facilitation needs at the Kennecott Smelter, refinery, power plant, South Area Water and Mine. Ensuring safe and timely repairs, breakdowns, rebuilds and installation of all mechanical equipment at all times, 365 days a year. Responsible for maintaining the highest safety standards and the health and safety of the maintenance crew of all Craftsmen, Mechanical, Electrical and Instrumentation employees.

April 2007 – April 2011

Kennecott Utah Copper, - Utah Power Plant, Magna Utah,

Mechanical Maintenance Planner

Relief Maintenance Coordinator

Planning and scheduling for Mechanical, Electrical and Instrumentation Crews. Facilitate daily maintenance meetings, weekly planning meetings and monthly shutdown meetings. Managed Kennecott employees and contractors throughout daily, weekly, monthly maintenance activities and for the annual shutdown. Planning, scheduling and maintaining numerous Kennecott employees and contractor tasks and project

Work orders continuing involvement with scheduled and un-scheduled work through completion. Skilled in shutdown planning, including scheduling and budgeting for annual shutdown. Prioritize daily, weekly, monthly and annual shutdown tasks. Perform various duties as maintenance planner, scheduler, numerous SAP tasks in planning, scheduling, budgeting, shutdown planning and forecasting. Contractor Orientation Training – trainer. Legionella standard custodian for KUCC Power Plant. Skilled in SAP, MIMS, Ellipse, creation of CEA’s and MOC’s. Relief maintenance supervisor. Facilitate daily and shutdown meetings, managing contractors during annual four month shutdown. Scheduling and maintaining numerous contractor work orders and staying involved throughout the work until completion. Shutdown planning, scheduling and budgeting for annual Power Plant shutdown. Legionella Custodian at KUCC Power Plant. Coordinate for smooth commissioning activities and provide technical inputs for activities consisting of commissioning Boiler, Boiler Auxiliaries Instruments, Turbine and auxiliaries. Maintain proper documentation of all manuals, files and regularly updating it. Responsible for oil flushing of equipment & consequent trial runs. Boiler, condensate system & critical piping hydro tests. Oil flushing & trial run of fans, mills & BFP. Air tightness test & unit light up. Chemical cleaning of boiler. Steam blow out.

Oil Synchronization. Clean air flow & total air flow test. Coal synchronization. Responsible for the Logic checking of Boiler Auxiliaries & Turbine Auxiliaries for commissioning and Trial purposes. Responsible for Maintenance Planning - Mechanical, Electrical & Instrumentation on Boiler & Turbine

Aug. 1999 – April 2007

Kennecott Utah Copper, Magna Utah

Advanced Craftsman/ Certified Welder / Pipefitter

Performs a variety of Advanced Craftsman / Maintenance Technician / Welder /Pipefitter duties at the Kennecott Utah Copper Tailings division. Pump repairs and replacement, alignment and preventative maintenance. Precision shaft alignment using Rotalign Laser Alignment system. Piping system repairs, replacement, fabrication and installation. Relief Maintenance Supervisor.

Sept. 2003 -Jan. 2004

E G & G Defense Materials Tooele Utah

Maintenance Technician/ TIG Welder

Performs a variety of Maintenance Mechanical trade functions for a 24 hour chemical demilitarization operation including the installation maintenance, or repair on facility mechanical equipment located in limited and chemical exclusion areas. Interprets designs, drawings, layouts, instructions, and specifications in compliance with the Tooele Chemical Demilitarization Facility specifications and industry standards. Certified TIG Welder.

Jan. 2002- Sept.2003 Fluor Industrial Services Corporation @ Kennecott Utah Copper Smelter Magna Utah / Leadman Mechanical Maintenance Technician / Certified Mobile Crane Operator / Welder / Relief Maintenance Supervisor

Responsible for mechanical, electrical and instrumentation crews, Responsible for maintenance and repairs on all production and process equipment, Maintaining, maintenance and repairs of all process and support equipment. Knowledge and use of equipment in main mechanical shop; shear, break, rolls, presses, iron worker, lathes, pipe machines, mills, drill press and radial drill press. Responsible for preventative maintenance on all processes and support equipment. Various duties as certified welder, pipe welder, pipefitter. Responsible for Precision Shaft Alignment on all equipment in the Hot Metals Furnace areas of the Kennecott Utah Copper Smelter. Certified Mobile Crane Operator for Fluor at the Kennecott Utah Copper Smelter.

1999-2002

Kennecott Utah Copper Corporation Magna Utah

Maintenance Mechanic Technician Welder.

Responsible for Maintenance and Repairs in all departments of the Smelter. Duties involved maintenance and repairs of all process and support equipment. Knowledge and use of equipment in main mechanical shop; shear, break, rolls, presses, iron worker, lathes, pipe machines, mills, drill press and radial drill press. Preventative maintenance on all processes and support equipment. Various duties as welder. Fabrication, installation, blueprint reading and repairs among others.

1991-1999

BHP Copper Corporation, San Manuel, Arizona

Leadman /Journeyman Maintenance Mechanic

Responsible for mechanical, electrical and instrumentation crews, Responsible for maintenance and repairs on all production and process equipment. To achieve and maintain safe and efficient copper production. To keep mechanical downtime to a minimum, when support equipment is down for repairs or daily maintenance. Maintaining and repairing the equipment to an operational state as quickly as possible in a safe manner. Responsible for all equipment in eight departments: Flash furnace, converters, anode-aisco, oxygen plants, cranes, lime and flux, powerhouse, and material handling. Responsible for ordering parts and writing work orders. MSHA & OSHA Trained.

1989-1991

BHP Copper Corporation San Manuel, Arizona

Journeyman Maintenance Mechanic

Responsible for maintenance and repairs in eight departments of the smelter.

Education

1972- 1975 Graduate, Coronado High School, Scottsdale, Arizona

June 1985 Millwright Training, Phelps Dodge Copper Corporation

May 1986 Welding Course, Phelps Dodge Copper Corporation

July 1987 Hydraulic Course By Sperry Vickers Corporation, Phelps Dodge Copper

Feb 1992 OSHA & MSHA Training Magma Copper Corporation

Jan 1995 Rolling Contact Bearing, Magma Copper Corporation

Jan 1995 Print Reading and use, Magma Copper Corporation

July 1995 Falk Gearbox Rebuilding Training, Magma Copper Corporation

April 1996 Vibration Technology, IRD Mechanalysis BHP Copper

Jan 1997 Computers-Windows I & II, Excel I & II, Word I & II, Powerpoint

Training, BHP Copper Corporation

Jan 1997 Emergency Planning 3.09, BHP Copper Corporation

Jan 1997 Environmental Awareness, BHP Copper Corporation

May 1997 Crosby Lifting Device Training, BHP Copper Corporation

Oct 1997 Rotalign Laser Alignment I & II, BHP Copper Corporation

Oct 1997 Self Contained Breathing Apparatus Training, BHP Copper Corporation

Feb 1998 Hilti Power Gun Training, BHP Copper Corporation

May 1998 IRD Model 245/ Fan Balancing, BHP Copper

June 1998 Completed Training Course with Landmark Education Services, BHP Copper

May 2000 Forklift Training, Kennecott Utah Copper

May 2000 Aeroquip Hydraulic Hose Training, Kennecott Utah Copper

May 2000 Isom Professional Crane and Rigging Services- Crane Operator and Rigging Training

100 Ton, 35 Ton, 18 Ton, & 6 Ton Mobile Cranes. Crane Certified.

MSHA & OSHA Trained.

June 2000 Rocky Mountain Wire Rope Rigging and Lifting Certification

Fall 2000 Machining I & II Salt Lake Community College, Kennecott Utah Copper

Fall 2001 Pipefitting I & II Salt Lake Community College, Kennecott Utah Copper

May 2001 MIMS Training Kennecott Utah Copper

Oct 2001 Scaffold Training- Scaffold Training Institute

July 2002 Supervisor Training

Sept 2002 Confined Space Training

Mar 2003 Electrostatic Precipitator Training

Dec 2003 Multi-Craft Demilitarization Maintenance Training Certification, Aberdeen Maryland - General Physics Corporation.

Dec 2003 Bulk Drain Station Maintenance Training Certification, Aberdeen Maryland, General Physics Corporation

Jan. 2004 Hydraulic Fundamentals & Hydraulic Systems Maintenance Training Certification, Aberdeen Maryland, General Physics Corporation.

April 2004 State of Utah, Water Mathematics Course, Utah Valley State College, Orem Utah, Kennecott Utah Copper Corporation

April 2004 State of Utah, Spring Water Operator Course, Utah Valley State College, Orem Utah, Kennecott Copper Corporation

April 2004 State of Utah, Water Operator Distribution Grade 1 Exam, Completed, Tooele County Health Department

April 2004 Utah Water System Operator Certification Utah Valley State College Orem Utah, Kennecott Utah Copper Corporation

Nov 2004 Cross Connection Backflow Technician Certification I & II, Utah Valley State College, Orem Utah, Kennecott Utah Copper Corporation

Jan. 2004 Advanced Craftsman Test, Davis Applied Technology College

May 2007 Contractor Management Training, KUCC

Mar 2009 Contractor Orientation Trainer – Training Daybreak, West Jordan Utah KUCC

Nov 2012 Excel 2010 – Intermediate – Executrain / Utah

Jan. 2013 Excel 2010 – Advance - Executrain / Utah

March 2013 Communicating with Diplomacy & Tact – Canadian Management Centre /Toronto

May 2013 Reliability Center Maintenance – Neil B. Bloom /Detroit

June 2013 Maintenance Planning & Scheduling - GP Allied

Oct 2013 Project Management Training - Calgary Alberta Canada

Nov 2013 Professional Development - Calgary Alberta Canada

May 2014 Work Package Technician Preparation Academy – Shell Oil Corporation

Mar 2015 First Aid / CPR Certification / AED

Awards Received

Excellence Initiative BHP Copper 1997

Safety Excellence Award KUCC Smelter 2003

Safety Excellence Award KUCC UPP 2011

References

Dan Towse 713-***-****

Paul Picknell 705-***-****

Dave Czank 403-***-****

Mike Wilkes 801-***-****

Danny Large 520-***-****

Scott Hubbard 801-***-****

Tony Bell 801-***-****

Ron Morfin 801-***-****

Robert Fitch 801-***-****



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