Plant Operator Operations, 40 hour HAZWOPER,and OQ training.
Resume:
John Meeks
Gas & Chemical Plant Operator
Andrews, TX 79714
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I am an accomplished professional with experience in the Oil & Gas, and Chemical Plant Operations. I have solid
experience in control room operations, as well as natural gas related experience. I also have experience with
different SCADA systems (Wonderware, ClearSCADA, Siemens). I am a solid communicator, with excellent
technical and problem solving skills, and therefore be an asset to any organization. Willing to relocate: Anywhere
Authorized to work in the US for any employer
Work Experience
Gas Plant Operator
Vanguard Prcessing Solutions - Carlsbad, NM
May 2018 to Present
Startup and shutdown gas driven and electric drive compressors. Operate and troubleshoot a 200 MMSCFD cryogenic gas plant. Have experience with propane refrigeration, Ethane rejection and recovery phases of demethanizer process. NGL production, and board operation. Board/ Lead operator
CANYON MIDSTREAM - Goldsmith, TX
May 2017 to May 2018
Operate outside areas of a 100 mmscfd sour gas plant. Make adjustments and operate amine systems. Start up and shut down Caterpillar and Waukesha compressors. Graduated up to board/lead operator from outside operations and control plant operations through SCADA. Operate cryogenic expanders and NGL tower systems.
Physical Plant Operator
Aramark/ SMU Facility Services - Dallas, TX
November 2014 to April 2017
Responsibilities
Monitor, and operate the plant chill water system, and boiler steam systems. Troubleshoot abnormalities, and solve problems with the above systems, and test cooling tower water quality. Operate reverse osmosis systems, and grey water systems to the university campus. Start up, and shut down plant operations when maintenance is needed. Operated building VAV, and AHU controls for the various building A/C & Heat environments Accomplishments
Qualified with SMU plant operator testing. Suggest different methods of plant operations for this plant, and trained new operator trainees. Passed water treating training from Chem-Aqua. Promoted a safe, and positive attitude toward the work related atmosphere. Skills Used
Use of Microsoft software(EXCEL, WORD, and adapting to other SCADA software such as Siemens, I/NET. Read PI &D charts, and traced lines for valve identification. Trouble shooting skills that deal with YORK YK & OM chillers, and water tube steam boilers.
Gas Pipeline Controller
TGGT Midstream - Dallas, TX
September 2010 to January 2014
Responsibilities
Monitored, and controlled natural gas pipeline operations, flows, temperatures, and pressures. I generated various daily gas data reports, and directed plant, and pipeline personnel to the various abnormalities, problems, and goals of the pipeline operations. Accomplishments
OQ-PHMSA certified for a six years.
Plant Operations/Manager
Toro Operating - Odessa, TX
June 2007 to February 2010
Responsibilities
Managed and operated a crude oil blending plant where off spec crude oil would be treated for BS&W content, then blended from high sulfur content oil down to low sulfur content oil. Supervised four trucks
& truck drivers in the daily operation of loading, and unloading crude oil. Accomplishments
Supervised the installation and operation of a new 125 HP fire tube boiler, and increased oil production by 33 percent.
Plant Maintenance
ORREX Plastics - Odessa, TX
May 2006 to April 2007
Plant Maintenance, and repairs to plastic molding extruders, and the various conveyors scales, augers, and other equipment involved in plastic extruder process. Head Operator/Control Room Operations
Illinois Methane - Marion, IL
October 2002 to October 2005
Responsibilities
Startup, and debugging of a 12mmcfd methane gas plant, and supervised 4 operators, and operated the dehydrators, amine operation, and one 2 stage, and one 5 stage Ariel gas compressors. Controlled a cryogenic nitrogen removal process that increased the BTU quality of the methane gas. Relief Head Operator
Ameripol-Synpol/General Tire & Rubber - Odessa, TX August 1984 to May 2002
Responsibilities
I was a relief head operator over a 30 men shift that produced SBR rubber. I had worked in all areas of the rubber process(Packaging, balers, dryers, coagulation, reactors & recovery areas and tank farm). I have expertise in Styrene/butadiene rubber process, which involved steam compressors, reactors, blowdowns, stripper columns, flash tanks, various centrifugal pumps, dryers, PH requirements in coagulation, conversion, & re slurry operations. Also I have experience with 30,000 to 60,000 lbs per hour boilers, and chiller/condenser systems.
Accomplishments
Started from a trainee classification, and progress to A operator in 4 years, and then promoted to vacation relief for 10 years, and finally made relief head operator for the next 4 years, and was preparing for the next head operator position inline.
Skills Used
Fire fighting skills, and 40 hour HAZWOPER certification for 6 years Forklift training Trained operators in the various areas of the rubber process.
Education
college in Petroleum technology
Odessa College - Odessa, TX
1984
Angelo State University - San Angelo, TX
1981 to 1983
Andrews High School - Andrews, TX
1981
Skills
• Software troubleshooting
• Debugging
• Caterpillar
• Maintenance
• Packaging
• Plastics extrusion
• Customer service
• Operating systems
• Boiler
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