Engineer Project Manager

H. Michael Low

P.O. Box ****, Christiansted, St. Croix, VI 00823

Email: *****************@*****.***

Cell: 340-***-**** Office: 340-***-**** Home: 340-***-****

CAREER OVERVIEW

Chemical engineer with 25+ years of experience in regulatory compliance, process engineering and project development in refinery industry

+ PSM program leader, compliance systems manager, subject matter & incident investigation expert

+ Process engineering leader, project development, refinery troubleshooting & profit-focused analysis

+ Workflow continuous improvement leader, cross-functional collaboration & mentoring

+ Written & verbal communication at all levels within the organization

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

HOVENSA LLC & HESS OIL VIRGIN ISLANDS CORP, U.S. Virgin Islands (1990-Present)

Prior to 2011, a 525,000 barrel per day oil refinery, with a 150,000 barrel per day FCC and over 2,500 employees.

Senior Staff Engineer (2009-present)

o Led project development, and complex incident investigations,

o Led and facilitated continuous improvement of compliance management systems, relief system management, Flare Optimization Program,

o Applied/interpreted engineering standards (API, ASME, Shell EGGS/DEP, PIP).

o Interfaced directly with HOVENSA Leadership Team.

Accomplishments:

• Identified $6 million savings on $7 million Hydrogen treatment capital project.

• Eliminated $10 million Utilities capital project.

• Enabled 1,000-fold scale-up of process monitoring via inexpensive flow measurement process.

• Reduced resource requirement 100-fold via upgrade to Incident Investigation procedure.

• Reduced operating costs and business risks via refinery-wide Flare Optimization program.

• Eliminated IT infrastructure requirement via cloud-based Inspection Records Management System.

• Identified upgrade to Delayed Coker

PSM Supervisor & Other PSM/RMP/PRI Compliance Roles (1994-2009)

o Led development and support of PSM and HSE compliance systems,

o Promoted ownership of PSM by front-line employees, and facilitated accountability through detailed and timely reports to management on key metrics of system health.

o Applied/interpreted regulations (PSM, RMP, Consent Decree, NESHAPS).

o Mentored process safety professionals, engineers & IT specialists.

Accomplishments:

• Upgraded equipment, interlocks and management systems to prevent $64 million FCC failure.

• Upgraded start-up procedures and PLC power supply to prevent $60 million FCC failure.

• Improved Main Air Blower design and maintenance procedure to prevent $6 million FCC failure.

• Identified new separation equipment and pumps to prevent $6 million amine/sulfur plant failures.

• Led design and implementation of PSM/RMP compliance management systems, including release scenario computer modeling, process simulation, relief systems analysis & management, P&IDs, H&MBs, Instruments database, facility siting, procedures, safe upper/lower limits, management of change, incident investigation, PHA, LOPA, PSSR.

• Implemented Key Performance Indicators (KPI) management system to facilitate accountability.

• Communicated with and influenced HOVENSA Leadership Team, Managers, Supervisors and shift teams to make PSM a crucial part of day-to-day operation as well as long range planning.

• Developed front-line personnel to independently perform PSM tasks such as incident investigation, contractor & safe work practices audits, MOC coordination.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE Cont.

Planning & Performance Monitoring Superintendent & Coordinator (1998-2002)

o Led day-to-day planning of fuels blending as well as strategic analysis of blending and oil movements systems.

o Supervised shift teams that monitored and coordinated oil movements and ship activity.

Accomplishments:

• Formulated new gasoline blends, worth additional $500,000+ per cargo in new sales.

• Designed and implemented automated tools for day-to-day planning & blending.

• Developed wireless Vessel Positioning System to reduce vessel demurrage & improve oil movements reliability.

Technical Services Group Leader (1990-1994)

o Led chemical engineers and technicians in process engineering, troubleshooting, computer simulation and project development at two Caribbean locations.

Accomplishments:

• Lead engineer on Waste Water Treatment, Marine Vapor Recovery & Amine Gas Treating projects.

• Project manager on $7 million propane loading facility.

JACOBS ENGINEERING & PARAMOUNT OIL REFINERY, California (1989-1990)

Senior/Chief Process Engineer

o Engineering leadership/consultant and front end engineering on refinery, metals and chemical processing projects.

POWERINE & CHEVRON EL SEGUNDO OIL REFINERY, California (1982-1989)

Process Engineer (2/1/1987-2/1/1989)

o Process troubleshooting, computer simulation and project development.

Accomplishments:

• De-bottlenecked oil refinery by proposing and executing sulfur plant capacity expansion project.

• Saved $5 million in capital costs by negotiating equipment & technology for commodity supply contract.

• Identified and implemented over $1 million/year Hydrocracker improvements.

EDUCATION

University of California, Berkeley, CA, USA

B.Sc. in Chemical Engineering

Highest Honors, Tau Beta Pi, Phi Beta Kappa

M.A. Harvard University, Cambridge,

Biological Chemistry

University of California, Berkeley, CA, USA

A.B. in Biochemistry

SKILLS

PHA/LOPA leader, incident investigation leader, root cause analysis facilitator, HSE compliance auditor, HSE compliance program manager, workflow re-engineering, refinery process engineering design, refinery process operations troubleshooting, process simulation, electronic document management & database systems (Livelink, MS Access, Quickbase), MS Project, MS Visio, Visual Basic, oil refinery firefighter with hands-on firefighting experience & training (14+ years), rescue squad, powerboat captain (17 years) & marine mechanic

Other languages: Chinese, Malay, German

TRAINING

Cause Mapping I&II, Think Reliability (2011) Project Management (stage-gate process), Hess & HOVENSA (2008-2011)

Process Consulting, Kepner Tregoe (2007-2008)

Facilitation Skills for Incident Investigators, Herrington Group (2007)

Change Acceleration Process, GE (2007)

Achieving a World Class EHS Culture, Culture Change Consultants (2007)

Deposition Training- Rule 30(b)(6), HOVENSA Attorneys (2004, 2006) Safety Instrumented Systems, ISA EC50C (2006)

OpenText Livelink 9.5 Sessions 101, 120, 221, 224 (2006) Layer of Protection Analysis, RRS Engineering (2005)

Performance Coaching, Allenbaugh Associates (2005, 2007), Behavior Justification Process Quality Management, Bobby Jones (2004, 2006)

PHAST Advanced Modeling and Quantitative Risk Assessment, DNV (1996) PHA Revalidation & PHA/HAZOP Leadership, JBF Associates (1994, 1995)

Compliance Auditing for Process Safety, JBF Associates (1995) Incident Investigation/Root Cause Analysis Leadership, JBF Associates (1994)

Process Safety Management, JBF Associates (1994)

Process Engineering Troubleshooting, Norm Lieberman (1994)

Simsci PRO II process simulation (1992)

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