Daniel Thomas

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Terminal Manager with 25 years’ experience in overseeing training and development of cross-functional teams for daily asphalt production and clean fuels receipts and delivery. Directly responsible for daily work assignments, scheduling, and purchasing. Provided critical review and feedback on the design of new installations and key upgrades to existing production lines and processes at two multi-million-dollar terminals. Provided safe, stable, reliable, production and construction with predictable outcomes on budget and on time.

● Dedicated and determined

● Safety driven and experienced

● Product handling training

● Created teams with high self-worth

● Inspections with proper corrections

● Results-oriented and self-motivated

● Explained the goal to achieve the goal

● Implemented and designed procedures

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Terminal Manager: Asphalt Terminal

NuStar Energy, Pittsburg, CA 2015 - 2019

Supplied molten asphalt to state and private sector paving jobs and Polymer Modified Asphalt (PMA) for the taxiways of major area airports including Oakland, San Francisco, and Sacramento.

● On time delivery of asphalt with no interruptions to hot plants. Shipped Terminal record 885 truckloads which is seven million gallons of asphalt. Normal throughput is 2.5 million a month.

● Secured our customers annual renewal with 100% customer satisfaction.

● Fostered an open-door policy for employees, creating ownership of our Terminal.

● Trained operations to safely modify, transfer, and receive asphalt by railcars and trucks, and top load into tanker trucks.

● Relentless focus on safety with 14 years since the last OSHA recordable injury. Terminal Manager: Clean Fuels Terminal

NuStar Energy, Stockton, CA 2007 - 2015

Responsible for delivery and receipt of gasoline, diesel, ethanol, and avgas/aviation fuel by railcar and pipeline. Products were dispensed to the entire San Joaquin Valley, Bay Area, and far south as Bakersfield and east to Nevada to support our customers Valero, Shell, and Chevron.

● Facilitated and built rapport with regulators SJVAPCD, CUPA, local Hazardous Materials Division, Stockton Fire Department, and the Port of Stockton.

● Installed new Vapor Combustion Unit to minimize downtime and increase profitability.

● Built, then developed procedures for six railcar diesel loading rack with 20% increase throughput.

● Trained and built personal relationships with terminal operators, contractors, carriers and customers to ensure that our company expectations were followed and realized.

● Achieved VPP Star status with OSHA: 7 years since last OSHA recordable injury.

● Trained our Operations Manager to become the Terminal Manager for succession planning. Taught him how to manage the terminal budget, drive safety initiatives, and work seamlessly with operators, contractors, regulators, engineers, and senior staff.

Assistant Manager: Asphalt Terminal

Valero LP, Pittsburg, CA 2001 - 2007

Directed the entire terminal production of operations and led daily shift of four operators.

● Integrated our Terminal with new corporate standards when Pittsburg Asphalt Terminal was sold to Valero Energy.

● Mastered multiple new databases to track all terminal inventory, safety, HR, regulatory, and process safety management programs. Provided related training to all Terminal Personnel.

● Prepared and coordinated correspondence with our corporate offices in San Antonio, Texas on accounting, financials, and balanced our daily inventory. Operator / Assistant Manager

Telfer/Sheldon Oil Co., Pittsburg, CA 1993 - 2001

First job out of college with no knowledge about the petroleum industry. Promoted to Assistant Manager within first year of employment.

● Delivered onsite training and guidance to all operators and seasonal workers. Provided clear and concise verbal communication to our employees to safely and effectively handle 350-degree asphalt.

● Helped build, design, and operate new asphalt polymer modification mill system and assisted in building three additional 5000 bbl. tanks, one 200,000 bbl. tank, and the associated piping.

EDUCATION

St. Mary’s College, Moraga, CA. 1990 - 1993

Bachelor of Arts, Psychology, Minor in Business Financial Mgt. Accounting, Marketing, Business Law, Economics

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS

Port of Stockton Fire Foam Consortium 2007 - 2015

Member of voluntary group of professionals who pulled resources together to protect the Port of Stockton in coordination with the City of Stockton Fire Department.