Project Engineer Manager

Benjamin A. Smith

Cell Phone: 713-***-****

Spring TX. 77373

E-mail: ********.*.*****.****@*****.***

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Field Support Project Engineer/Manager November 13, 2023-Aug 1, 2025 Insight Global(Contract Employment)

• Serve as an Electrical Capital Project Engineer/Manager for Chevron/Phillips Pasadena Facility.

• Manage Electrical, Instrumentation projects including the Procurement, Installation, Commissioning

& Upgrading of Capital & Expense Equipment.

• Manage Electrical & Instrumentation components of Plant Turn Arounds including the management of Third Party Contractors.

• Manage Mechanical & Piping Projects including the procurement, Installation, Commissioning& Upgrading of Capital & Expense Equipment.

• Formulate proposals for the Engineering, Procurement and Construction of Capital & Expense Projects.

• Advise on Maintenance needs when requested for all new Capital and Expense Equipment.

• Manage vendor’s support all new Capital and Expense Equipment. Industrial Maintenance/Aviation Maintenance Instructor, July. 15, 2021-November 10, 2023 UTI/MIAT, Houston, TX

• Instruct new and returning students in all facets of Industrial Electrical Maintenance/Aviation Electrical Maintenance up to and including FAA Part 147 requirements.

• Specialty Instruction of Advanced Aviation Electrical Systems Maintenance & Troubleshooting.

• Specialty Instruction of Advanced Industrial Electrical Systems Maintenance & Troubleshooting.

• Specialty Instruction of Boiler Maintenance and Operations.

• Specialty Instruction in Steam & Gas Turbine Maintenance and Operations.

• Specialty Instruction of Advanced Hydro/Pneumatic/Mechanical Systems Maintenance.

• Specialty Instruction of NFPA70E

• Certified Red Cross First Aid/CPR/AED Instructor.

• Certified in OSHA 30

Instrumentation & Electrical Engineer, Nov. 05, 2018-Feb 08, 2021 Sekisui Specialty Chemicals, Pasadena, TX

• Assistant Maintenance Leader.

• Instrumentation and Electrical Engineering Leader.

• Serve as Plant Project Engineer/Project Manager for all plant related Electrical Engineering. modifications, upgrades and improvements.

• Resource for all Plant Electrical & Instrumentation Plant Modernization initiatives.

• Trained as an Internal Auditor for ISO 2015-9001 compliance.

• Created and Updated CMMS systems

• User & Update SAP Data System

• Skilled in writing and completing Management Of Change (MOC) actions.

• Skilled in the Installation, Commissioning, Troubleshooting & Repair of the Toshiba G9 & VF-AS3 VFDs.

• Attended training NFPA70E Arc Flash Training.

• Maintain the Electrical Integrity of the facility’s 480 VAC 3- ph, 4160 VAC 3 ph and 13.8kV 3 ph power systems.

• Serve as Commissioning Manager for all newly installed and modified equipment Electrical, Mechanical Equipment, Fluid Power and Analyzers.

• Serve as Facility Engineer.

• Maintain the Instrumentation Integrity of the facility.

• Point of Contact for all Electric Heat Tracing Issues.

• Point of Contact for Electrical & Instrumentation Issues.

• Promoter and Facilitator of Preventive Maintenance Projects.

• Manage Electrical and Instrumentation projects as they are assigned.

• Experience with Honeywell DCS operation.

• Experience with Allen-Bradley PLC’s

• Experience with ABB and Eaton UPS Systems

• Experienced in Boiler and Flare Maintenance Management.

• Trained as Radiation Safety Officer (RSO).

• Conducted Safety Instrument System (SIS) check out as required.

• Systems troubleshooter of last resort for all Electrical/Instrumentation/Mechanical/Fluid Power issues.

• Manage third party vendor work assignments and contract compliance.

• Served as Project Manager for Plant initiated Capital Projects (CAPX). Manufacturing & Commissioning Engineer-Electrical, Dec. 19, 2016-June 22, 2018 Neo-Rig, Conroe, TX

CCSM Operator/Instrument Technician (Contract Employment), Aug. 01, 2016-Dec.16,2016 Total Safety, Houston, TX

Sr. Rig Equipment Service Supervisor (Service Manager), May 13, 2013- Dec. 1, 2015 Cameron, Houston, TX

Electrical Engineer, Power Distribution September 12, 2011- May 11, 2013 Thermon Manufacturing Company, Houston, TX

EDUCATION

• MBA Aug. 2015

Prairie View A & M University, Prairie View, TX.

• Bachelor of Science, Electrical Engineering

Technology May 2006

Prairie View A & M University, Prairie View, TX.

• Associates Degree, Aircraft Systems and Maintenance Technology Community College of the Air Force, Okinawa, Japan CERTIFICATIONS

FAA: Airframe & Power plant Mechanic Certificate

Fluid Power Society: Certified Fluid Power Industrial Hydraulic Mechanic TWIC

Test Equipment Competency: Oscilloscope, Multi-meter, Fiber Optic TDR, Electrical TDR, Mego-meter, HI Pot, Amp Clamp, Strain Gage and Fluid Power flow & pressure meter Software Competency: MS Office (Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Project, Publisher) AutoCAD, Autodesk CAD, Multi-Sim electronic simulation, Trace CALC (Tyco) & SAP. Some experience w/ MicroStation Volunteer Work: Engineering, operating, and upgrading my house of worship’s Audio/Visual system

& Digitizing the Audio/Visual system and the church’s duplication operation. PVAMU Engineering Technology Industrial Advisory Council. Work involved is to keep the dept. elective education program up to date with industry needs. Small Business Incubator. Note: Before enrolling in Engineering School, I was employed as a Subsea Intervention Specialist/ROV Supervisor. One of my main duties was to assist the assigned Rig Subsea Specialist in integrating the ROV with his BOP and maintaining the Electrical/Electronic/Hydraulic/Mechanical integrity of the ROV and the ROV related equipment.

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