Material Specialist Steam Plant

Don Francis

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Email: aduqid@r.postjobfree.com

Turnaround Manager/Project Controls Manager/Site Lead FCC Turnaround Manager, Regional Director, General Manager, Maintenance Zone Manager, Turnaround Team Lead, Project Controls Cost Analysts, Planner Specialist, Fugitive Emissions Engineer, Maintenance Specialist, Procurement/Material Specialist

Semi-Retired

10/31/2021 to Current

Worked consulting and pro bono giving back to the Industry I worked in for 40 years for two years Ready to go back to work.

Hardgrove Engineering Company

Contract Consultant/Turnaround Manager for Air Products Carson California plant

11/1/19 to Job Completion 10/31/21

Responsibilities Included overall Manager of Turnaround Event, developing new processes, training, and bringing change to all teams associated with turnaround support. Also includes the development of KPI’s, Project controls and execution strategies, estimating, scheduling, planning, and execution planning methodologies. Oversight of existing processes that support turnarounds.

RLG International Consulting

10/04/2018 to Job Completion 10/31/19

Turnaround Consultant/Event Manager for Chevron/Phillips Chemical Company (CPChem)

Responsibilities Included overall Manager of Turnaround Event, developing new processes, training, and bringing change to all teams associated with turnaround support. Also includes the development of KPI’s, Project controls and execution strategies, estimating, scheduling, planning, and execution planning methodologies. Oversight of existing processes that support turnarounds.

Onpoint Turnaround Specialist Manager/Consultant 01/29/2017-10/04/2018

Manager of Turnaround Services

Responsibilities Included overall Manager of Turnaround Services overall creation of Turnaround processes and documentation for field support personnel, new business opportunities, Material Management including material planning and material logistics, consulting opportunities, Craft Tool Time Studies and many other turnaround related processes.

Pasadena Refinery (ITC) 01/07/2016-01/29/2017

Project Controls Lead / Site Manager / FCC TAR Turnaround Manager

Responsibilities Included overall management and planning for the FCC head off cyclone replacement event $35,000,000.

Developed estimates and contract strategies. Helped develop and implement essential foundation practices that are key to turnaround success.

EPCM Consulting (Turnaround services) 03/17/2013-08/15/2015

Senior Consulting Manager (Shell Scotford Ref.) (Shell Fort McMurray) (Alon Big Springs Refinery) (Sinclair Rawlins WY) Provided expertise to clients on building the necessary foundations for good turnaround planning and execution practices. Developed, scheduled, educated and tracked the progress of key initiatives for turnaround improvements. Developed baseline data points for process improvements and key performance indicators. Developed process to measure and control sustainability of process improvements.

BP: Carson Oil Refinery 03/15/2008-03/18/2013

North Area Turnaround Manager

BP Senior TAR Manager, North area STO operations consisting of 105K bpd FCC, Hydrocracker, H2 Plant, HDS, 1,2 and 3 Reformers, 1 & 2 LED, A and B Sulfur Recovery units, Gas Plant, Fractionation unit, 4 steam Plant, 1 and 2 DEA units, Light Hydro, Jet treater, and other area units. Responsible for 120 million Dollar annual spend, 8 planners, 10 Field Planners, 4 schedulers, 3 cost analysts, 4 material planning and procurement personal, 2 logistics planners and 1 safety planner.

Redefined General Plant Maintenance Planning and Execution Standards

Developed global Turnaround Standards for Craft Time on Tools, Material and Logistics planning Introduced Improved Standards for Contracting Readiness.

Firm fixed Price (FFP)

Fixed Price Incentive (FPI)

Cost Plus Incentive Fee (CPIF)

Cost Plus Fixed Fee (CPFF)

Reduced STO cost by 42% annually and overall duration by 18%

Archived a sustainable 65% actual Time on Tools (validated by 3rd party analyst)

BP: Carson Oil Refinery 01/12/2003-03/13/2008

North Area Team Lead

Turnaround Team Lead – 120K bpd FCCU/ 4 Steam Plant Complex Turnaround along with all shut down related to the Complex Units. Responsible for all turnaround planning, execution and capital projects Head Off Integration plan and activates within the FCCU/ 4 Steam Plant Units. Duties included planning first quartile Solomon (42 days) FCCU/4 Steam Plant major complex turnaround and four minor shutdowns within the Liquid Recovery Unit (LRU), CAT POLY Units and GAS Plant Debutanizer Tower, CT015/15A Cooling Towers. Responsible for $65,450,000 budget and peak head count of 725 per shift.

Additional duties including the training and mentoring of junior planners in the development TCP (Turnaround Common Practice) & newly implemented Global TAR Common Procedures, and the FEL process (Front End Loading) activities. Duties also included mentoring Junior Planners with their assigned Shut down and Routine TAR Planning and execution of these Turnarounds.

Assisted Long Range Planning for the above Units

New Global Maintenance Procedures- Introduced and Mentored the Team on applications

BP: Carson Oil Refinery 06/11/2000-01/18/2003

Senior planner

Senior Planner and Execution Lead for the 120K bpd FCCU/ 4 Steam Plant Complex Turnaround along with all shut down related to the Complex Units. Responsible for all turnaround planning, execution and capital projects activates within the FCCU/ 4 Steam Plant Units. FCCU/4 Steam Plant major complex turnaround and four minor shutdowns within the Liquid Recovery Unit (LRU), CAT POLY Units and GAS Plant Debutanizer Tower, CT015/15A Cooling Towers. Major work in both Regenerator and Disengager, with high potential for cyclone sigma phase embrittlement. Responsible for $41,000,000 budget with a peak head count of 675 per shift.

Additional duties included:

Created a Material and Logistics Planning group to improve poor performance and reduce impact to turnaround upcoming FCC turnaround events.

Developing processes and procedures for turnaround planning and execution.

Other position 05/02/1986-06/11/2000

Procurement/Warehouse Manager ($36 Million Inventory)

Turnaround Team Lead

Turnaround Cost Analysts

Turnaround Planner Specialist

Fugitive Emissions Engineer

Maintenance Reliability Specialist

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