Jacob Upchurch

*** ***** **** **** ****** ● Pinehurst, Texas 77362

Phone: 713-***-**** ● adplz5@r.postjobfree.com Commissioning Specialist

Commissioning experience in the petrochemical and power industries. Facility experience includes LNG, combined cycle power production plants, HDPE & LDPE. Positions held are Mechanical Commissioning Engineer, Operation and Maintenance Technician, Project Manager, Commissioning Specialist, Equipment experience includes GE A 10 Steam Turbines, GE D11 Steam Turbines, GE Frame 7 7FA.05 Gas Turbines, GE 7HA.02 Gas Turbines, GE D 600, Siemens SGTG-8000H dual fuel Gas Turbines, Atlas Copco HX Methane, Charge gas and refrigerant compressors. Feed gas systems, preheaters, coalescing filters, heat exchangers. Evpaco Air Cooled Condensers (ACC). SPX Air Cooled Condensers. Summary of Qualifications

• Ability to instill vision and achieve company goals to surpass production expectations while maintaining quality, safety, and customer service through total quality management.

• Successful in creating and implementing strategic plans, as well as, improving processes to meet short and long-term objectives.

• Interview potential employees, schedule staff, evaluate performance and make recommendations for promotions. Strong ability to establish a team-spirited environment through a positive and proactive leadership style.

• Oversee pre-commissioning operations, including steam blows, fuel gas line air blows, lube oil flushes and hydrostatic testing to ensure projects are completed on time and within budget.

• Successful completion of many pre-commissioning and startup services resulting in on time turnover.

• Aligning systems to prepare for pre-commissioning services prior to startup. Inspect valving and redline PNID’s to assist clients and engineering staff in reducing punch list items.

• Analyze cost planning working closely with the engineering professionals to ensure effective cost containment.

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Professional Experience

Technip/FMC 4/21/21-Current

Commissioning Engineer

• Commissioning and startup of ARB Bakersfield Renewable Fuels Project, Soy Bean Oil to diesel.

• Integrating all systems to be commissioned at BKRF into a master schedule.

• Reviewing P&ID’s to ensure latest revisions are available for preliminary mechanical walkdowns.

• Writing, revising and updating start-up procedures.

• Manage the ECL (Engineering Change Log)/MOC (Management Of Change) document control.

• Manage pre-commissioning and commissioning services, performance testing. McDermott 05/2020-12/2020

Commissioning Specialist/Technical Advisor (TA)

• Manage, advise, and assist with McDermott self-performance of HRSG hydrostatic testing.

• Advise subcontractor on degrease/chemical cleaning services of system piping.

• Performed air-blows and commissioned fuel gas piping and systems.

• Assist control room operators with establishing adequate flow rates (CFR) during steam blows.

• Commissioned various plant systems such as boiler feed pumps, service water system, condensation systems through to Operation and Performance Testing. Cogen Cleaning Technologies (CCT)(RIG) 08/2018-05/2020 Commissioning Specialist/Technical Advisor (TA)

• Manage and perform commissioning services, including steam blows, fuel line air blows, lube oil flushes, nitrogen purges and caps, hydrostatic testing on various equipment and systems.

• Walk down of systems, PNI&D review, punch list items prior to startup.

• Devise material takeoffs for temporary piping and machinery necessary to conduct pre- commissioning activities.

• Create schedules to ensure multiple pre-commissioning services ongoing simultaneously finish on time or ahead of schedule and within quoted budgets.

• Manage craft installing temporary piping and equipment utilizing all available resources to minimize downtime.

Projects Completed/Previous Assignments(CCT)

Commissioning Specialist/Contract Technical Advisor (TA) 05/2012-08/2018 Tesoro Andeavor Project; Anacortes, Washington

Air Products Kochi Project; Kochi (Kerala), India

Lyondell Basell OP2-Turnaround; Channelview, Texas Formosa Plastics Expansion Project; Point Comfort, Texas U.S. Navy

Hull Technician 06/1998-09/2015

Education/Certifications U.S. Navy 4955 Nuclear Welder, Commercial Diver (NDT), Basic Plus, OSHA- 40, TWIC, DISA, Ability to interpret blueprints, P&ID’s and ISO drawings, Bluebeam, GAIA, GEOS, M2M, PlanGrid.

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