Maintenance Technician Gas Turbine
Resume:
PATRICK L. POWELL
**** **** **** **** *******, TX 77048 Ph.: 713-***-**** Cell: 713-***-**** ********@*****.***
Boilermaker Foreman:
Supervised members of my crew in their daily tasks as mechanical boilermakers.
Walked down jobs with operations to ensure that equipment was properly locked out and contained
zero energy
Filled out permits and JSAs.
Explained and ensured members of my crew had a thorough understanding of the permit and the task to be completed in a safe manner.
Read and reviewed job packages to ensure proper materials were used for the job to be completed.
Walked down jobs with my relief to ensure there was a thorough understanding of what was done on
my shift and what he/she could expect on their shift.
Worked to ensure the next shift was set up for success: scaffolds modified and materials on hand for
tasks to be completed on their shift.
Boilermaker/Maintenance Technician: (NCCER – PLUS CERTIFIED)
Tore down and rebuilt heat and crude oil exchangers.
Performed shell-side and tube-side hydro-tests on exchangers.
Changed out and installed various types of valves: control, butterfly, ball, and gate valves.
Removed and installed piping, plugs on fin fan banks. Installed and removed isolation blinds
Rigged up equipment to be hoisted by cranes. Cleaned pump suction screens.
Removed and installed cooling tower suction screens.
Removed associated piping and equipment from vessels to be flown out by crane.
Removed pumps and piping from acid tanks for maintenance and cleaning.
Tore down and rebuilt condensers. Participated in numerous unit start-ups.
Interacted with plant operations and job representatives.
Filled out job safety analysis forms on a daily basis.
Worked safely, maintained housekeeping, and practiced teamwork.
Chemical Laboratory Technician
Calibrated and set up test equipment. Performed standards on test equipment.
Analyzed specialty gas cylinders using gas chromatography.
Performed wet chemistry and titrations (automatic and manual).
Analyzed chemical solutions for moisture content using Karl Fisher analytical equipment.
Used atomic absorption to determine aluminum, zinc, and magnesium content in chemicals.
Used FTIR to determine the additive and ethylene content in polymers.
Performed in-line process chemical and physical tests on polyethylene and polypropylene: melt flow, pellet size, color, bulk density, xylene-solubles, viscosity, flashpoint, and decaline solubles.
Analyzed water and chemical solutions for ph and conductivity.
Operated Autoclave and tubular reactors in pilot plants for research and development.
Chemical Process Batch Technician
Monitored the safe and continuous operation of high pressure gas loop reactors.
Transferred hazardous chemicals from vessel to vessel or railcar when required.
Charged catalyst to reactors.
Conducted hourly rounds of the plant and logged readings to ensure the plant was operating under safe conditions.
Switched product silos when required.
Loaded and unloaded railcars and tank trucks.
Gas-freed vessels and rotating equipment and locked them out in accordance with a safety LOTO.
Operated and monitored process support equipment: recycle gas compressors, pumps, distillation towers, cooling towers, heaters, and gas treaters.
Gas Turbine Systems Technician
Operated LM 2500 Gas Turbine Engines and Allison Gas Turbine generators while in the U.S. Navy.
Performed maintenance on LM 2500 Gas Turbine Engines and Allison Gas Turbine generators.
Assemble and disassembled LM6000 gas turbine engines. Visually inspected incoming and outgoing engines. Performed borescope inspections on internals (blades and vanes).
Entered visual findings into a computer for engineers to review.
Operated a computerized balancing machine. Assembled and disassembled h/l pressure compressors.
Followed detailed instructions in assembling new production LM6000 gas turbine engines.
Cleaned and inspected mechanical parts
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EMPLOYMENT HISTORY
UPS Industrial Services Boilermaker/BM Foreman Deer Park, 06/15-Present
Elite Turnaround Specialists Boilermaker LA Porte, TX. 02/15-04/15
USI Industrial Boilermaker Marksville, LA 10/13-02/15
P2S Material Coordinator Deer Park, TX. 07/14-03/14
Turner Industries Boilermaker Foreman Baton Rouge, LA. 04/11-11/13
JV Industrial Boilermaker (Shutdowns) Deer Park, TX 02/06-04/12
Starcon INTL Boilermaker / Labor Foreman Deer Park, TX 02/06-03/09
Turner Industries Foreman (HW,FW, Labor) Gonzalez, LA. 07/08-12/08
Plant Performance Services Boilermaker /Foreman Deer Park, TX. 08/03-02/11
Aerotek Energy (GE) Gas Turbine Tech Houston, TX. 08/01-04/02
International Catalyst Corp. Boilermaker Houston, TX. 11/99-06/02
Meador Staffing Chemical Lab Tech Houston, TX. 09/98-11/99
Kelly Scientific Chemical Research Tech Houston, TX. 12/97-07/98
MILITARY EXPERIENCE
United States Navy Honorable Discharge
Gas Turbine Systems Technician Jacksonville, Florida 02/92-05/97
EDUCATION AND TRAINING
United States Navy Great Lakes, IL
Boilerwater and Feedwater Chemistry
Firefighting
Gas Turbine Systems (maintenance and repair)
University of Houston
Business Computer and Information Systems Houston, Texas
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