Power Corp Contract Engineer

James M. Leger

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Thirty years of experience in rotating equipment maintenance, reliability, repairs and projects at refinery, chemical, power generation and repair facilities.

EDUCATION :

Graduate Bachelor of Science Degree, Industrial Technology, 1988

Southeastern Louisiana University, Hammond, La

EXPERIENCE:

Rotating Equipment, Maintenance/Reliability Manager, Dec. 2014 to June 2020.

Pasadena Refining System Inc. / Chevron, Pasadena Texas

• Lead the maintenance and reliability efforts for PRSI/Chevron’s rotating equipment,

managing 12 PRSI direct reports, 17 Full time contract, indirect reports, and up to 75

limited time “Turnaround” contractors.

• Responsible for a $12M to $14M yearly budget.

• Lead Improvements on rotating equipment that resulted in a KPI increase on

MTBR of 32% from Jan. 2015 to May 2019.

Rotating Equipment Engineer, Reliability/Maintenance, Feb. 2007 - December 2014

Pasadena Refining System Inc. Pasadena Texas

(Formally Crown Central Petroleum)

• Developed and maintain 16 Key Performance Indicators (KPI’s) for rotating and

reciprocating equipment in an effort to evaluate equipment ‘Life Cycle Cost’ as well

as maintenance department performance and the cost of deficient design on rotating

equipment and associated systems.

• Appointed the lead role in the reliability modifications, planning and

execution phase of the FCC Power Recovery Train / Wet Gas Compressor

overhaul and system upgrade. These items included from the PRT,

the overhaul of the hot gas expander, blower, steam turbine, gear box, and

motor/generator, and the steam turbine and compressor from the wet gas

compressor train. Installation of a CSI/Emerson condition monitoring system.

• Generated design specifications for the Dynamic Equipment on the new S-Zorb

Project and other projects plant wide.

• Lead development of PSM/MI (Process safety Management/Mechanical Integrity)

program for rotating equipment as a directive from parent company (Petrobras).

• Core Team member of Maximo (CMMS / Asset management software installation).

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Reliability Group Leader, July 1998 – January 2007

Crown Central Petroleum, Pasadena, Texas

Supervise three Reliability Specialists, responsible for data collection and evaluation of rotating equipment in the Crude unit, Fluid Cat Cracker, Coker, Sulfur Recover Unit, Reformer 3, Alkalization 1 & 2, Boiler House #2 & 3, MTBE, LPG, and Light oil units.

Designed and implemented the complete "CBM"system:

Generated repair and Inspection criteria for, Steam Turbines, Centrifugal and Reciprocating Compressors, A/C induction motors, Gearboxes, Pumps, etc.

Wrote equipment installation procedures, reports and quality reviews, (i.e. Thermal growth profiles, target alignment calculations, and installation report reviews).

Lead development of the reliability audit and resulting corrective measures for the1st

quarter 2006 FCC Turn Around, on the Power Recovery Train, the Wet Gas Compressor.

• Appointed the lead role in the reliability modifications, planning and

execution phase of the FCC Power Recovery Train / Wet Gas Compressor

overhaul and system upgrade. These items included from the PRT,

the overhaul of the hot gas expander, blower, steam turbine, gear box, and

motor/generator, and the steam turbine and compressor from the wet gas

compressor train. Installation of a CSI/Emerson condition monitoring system.

Evaluation of run-time data including Vibration, Temperature, Lubrication, Load and equipment compatibility parameters in an effort to specify corrective measures for equipment and or operating problems.

Perform vendor Quality Audits and Vendor Certifications.

Core Member of the Tabware™ Computerized Maintenance Management Software (CMMS) evaluation and selection team.

Tabware ™ CMMS Installation and startup team.

Maintenance efficiency achievement, "Performance Evaluation" using

MTBF, Failure cost projected vs. historic.

Reliability/Maintenance Engineer - Rotating Equipment, January 1997 - August 1998 Cytec, Westwego, Louisiana

Support of process units including, Acrylonitrile, Methyl Methacrylate, Melamine, Urea, Sulfuric Acid, Ammonia, Methanol and Utilities.

Portions of design and Implementation of the Mechanical Integrity Program, in an effort to comply with OSHA 1910.119, involving rotating equipment and fixed equipment.

Writing FMP's (Fortier Maintenance Practices) which are internally written maintenance procedures that work in conjunction with API standards.

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Root Cause Failure Analysis on Steam Turbines, Centrifugal pumps, Reciprocating pumps, Integral gear compressors, Gear boxes, Screw compressors and Electric motors.

Performed hydraulic studies on existing piping and vessels.

Involved in fixed equipment inspection and evaluation, including vessels and piping. Knowledge of specifying and interpreting NDT procedures including Visual

techniques, Magnetic Particle examination, Dye Penetrant testing and Ultra Sound testing.

Direct involvement in subcontract administration, vendor repair and maintenance quality audits. In-depth knowledge of modern technologies for rotating equipment evaluation including Vibration, Oil Ferrography, and Infrared programs.

Direct knowledge of standards provided by governing authorities, (i.e. API 610, 614, 672, 671, 673, 677, ANSI, AGMA, IEEE, EASA and ASTM as it relates to dynamic equipment).

Team Leader - Seal Failure Team,

Reduced seal failures by 45% in the Acrylonitrile plant by:

Formalizing a repair procedure including mandatory rotor balancing.

Gaining direct supervision of the predictive and preventive measures.

Changing from existing component double mechanical seals to cartridge type

Double mechanical seals. Instituting operational data collection and analysis for

the rotating equipment in question.

Reliability Specialist, 1993 - 1997

Enron Power Corp, Texas City, TX, Smith/Enron LP Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic

Designed Predictive Maintenance programs for Enron Power facilities.

Created and implemented a Predictive Maintenance Program for Enron's rotating equipment which reduced repair cost 27% and reduced unplanned failures 41%.

The condition monitoring process incorporated: development of alarm level specifications, collecting, trending, and analyzing data, with the addition of training personnel in the capabilities of the newly designed procedures.

Created problem solving formats utilizing root cause analysis for equipment that is operating or in the process of being repaired, that did not meet specified tolerances.

Responsibility also includes the quarterly reliability report to creditors.

Direct supervision of two field technicians for data collection task.

Process and equipment interface: Responsible for technical support, predictive/preventive maintenance and repair activities encompassing data evaluation, procedure/specification writing and quality of repair tracking on:

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Power Generation, Main component evaluation - Gas Turbine, Compressor section, Hot section, and Turbine section from 3 major inspections, 6 Hot gas path inspections, and numerous combuster inspections.

Lead generator inspection and repair. Discrete components including. clutch, gearbox, torque converter (i.e. Starting gear) anomalies, turbine blade failure and repair, and rotor balance. Burner basket failure, disc cavity temperature differential research. Wedge replacement of the Westinghouse 3600 rpm, hydrogen cooled 13. 8 KV generator portion and two exciter field rewinds.

Equipment :

Westinghouse W501-D gas turbine generators, GE Frame 7 gas turbine generator, Hitachi steam turbine generator.

Main Circulation Pumps - GE, 900 hp, 4160 volt, 600 rpm, Frame 6340

Byron Jackson - Centrifugal, vertical, Model 48 HXH.

Boiler Feed Water Pumps - Louis Allis, 1250 hp, 4160 volt, 3600 rpm, frame 7211 CS ~ Byron Jackson - Centrifugal, 10 stage, type 4 x 6 x 1OB-CMX

D.A. Feed Pumps - GE, 900 hp, 4160 volt, 1800 rpm, frame 8311 S motor

Allis Chalmers, Centrifugal, type 12 x 8 x 22L, Series 9000

Closed Loop Pumps - Siemens Allis, 500 hp, 4160 volt, 1800 rpm, frame 509U ~ Worthington, Centrifugal, type I2LNH - 17, 22940

Cooling Tower Fans - Reliance, 250 hp, 4160 volt, 1800 rpm, frame 23EBS010Z ~ Marley Gearbox, 11:1 reduction gear, 90", series 36

Reliability Specialist, 1989 - 1993

Mann & Associates, Houston, Texas

Contract Engineer involved in proactive maintenance planning at several sites. Created a quality documentation in-process procedure for the remanufacturing of electric motors through 6000 horsepower, 13.8 KV, 327 RPM, (60,000 Ibs.) which was the key factor in winning Union Carbide Corporation's "Quality Supplier of the Year" in 1992.

Developed specifications for upgrade projects. Responsibilities also included evaluations of drawings and specifications for job costing purposes.

Special Project:

Headed research team in electric motor infrared core testing, evaluating the industries standard test procedure and the higher capabilities of infrared imaging, utilizing Ageema hardware and software.

Lead research in magnetic vibration analysis, redirecting existing computer software and reformulating data collection parameters to quantitatively segregate magnetic vibration in a "No-load" test scenario.

Design and implementation of QA 100, documentation for repair process, machining, and testing procedures.

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Application of ISO 9000-4, and ASQC 9004-1 (ISO 9004-2) as directives with respect to technical services and repaired product reliability. Evaluation and application of new technologies, long term cost vs. profit projections with regards to annual maintenance budgeting.

Quality inspections, vendor surveys, implementation of customer specifications, mechanical and electrical design improvements including bearing reconfiguration, seal

upgrades and redesigns, experience in application engineering on numerous projects (Motors, pumps, compressors, gear boxes, etc.).

Integrated vibration, temperature, and lubrication data, with calendar maintenance (Preventive and process allowable) to form predictive maintenance tools for:

Union Carbide Corporation

Ethylene Unit - supply compressor

Propylene Unit - supply compressor

LPG Furnace Gas - compressor

COMPUTER EXPERIENCE:

Microsoft Word, Excel, Access, Entek's PMPower Minimonitor, International

Research & Developments IQ 2000, CSI Master Trend & RBMware and 4500, Bentley Nevada DM 2000. EASA's engineering program, MEMFIS, ELKY, Tabware and MAXIMO Computer maintenance management software, Crane companion & Pipe Flow.

PI™ Process Information database,

ADDITIONAL TRAINING:

• ASME Apollo (John Crane) seal seminar (2003)

• CSI RBMware training, system and database training (2002)

Drug and Alcohol awareness training (DOT 49 CFR 199.239 & 199.19) April, 1999.

ASME Apollo - Centrifugal Pump Seminar. (24 Hours), Mar – April 2000.

ASME Apollo - Reciprocating compressor Seminar. (24 hours), Mar - Apr 1999.

ASME Fitness for service, vessel evaluation. (21 Hour) Stress Engineering Service Inc 1998.

Mechanical Integrity seminar, Process Safety Institute, 1997.

Root Cause Failure Analysis Training, Apollo Associated services. (14 Hours)

1997.

Team building from management up, Teamwork seminar, Enron Corp. 1995.

Inverter Drive (Variable speed) seminar, Toshiba International 1993.

HAZWOPER Training ~40 Hour course) WS Management Consultants, Inc.

1992.

ASQC training (80 Hour session)- K.W. TunneIl Co. Inc. 1990.

Vibration Seminars, IRD (International Research and Development)

1990,1991,1992, 1994

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