Compressor /Mechanical Superintendent

Charles A. Lenau

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United States V.I. 00820 Cell: 340-***-**** - *******.*****@**.***

Career Summary

Highly effective and energetic Maintenance Services Team Leader with over twenty years of supervisory experience. Specializes in trouble shooting, work scope development and repair / overhaul of large process compressors. Adept in leading new construction installations, start-ups, turnarounds, outages, maintenance, and repair of all oil refinery compressors, pumps, mixers, conveyers, ball mills and their electric, and steam turbine drivers. Recognized as a proud member of the leadership team to achieve a world class OSHA recordable rate of (.38) with a target rate of (.50).

Accomplishments

• Lead Hovensa’s in-house machinery crews to overhaul equipment historically given to contractors because of the large size and complexity during the 2010 T/A’s. The cost savings were $950.000.

DeMag Axial Flow Main Air Blowers 36,000 HP, General Electric Hot Gas Expender Generator Set 35,000 HP. with a composite crew of contractors and Hovensa personal.

Post T/A, overhauled Gas Con, Wet gas Compressors 13,500 HP

• Built two world class machinery organizations; sourced millwright candidates, hired, and trained, for refinery machinist millwright work. Mentored, and trained machinery specialist, and mechanical engineers to support the refinery process mechanical equipment.

• Developed and supported machinery predictive, preventive, surveillance, and repair programs.

• Machinery Team Leader on the construction of two $100 million Belco Flue Gas scrubber units

Professional Experience

Compressor Superintendent, Hovensa, St. Croix, US VI 550,000 BPD2009-Present

Handle superintendent responsibilities that include: developing annual budgets of up to $4.5 million dollars, turnaround/outage machinery work scopes; managing off island overhauls of major rotating equipment; identify, analyze all work request, provide judgment on the repair versus replacement of equipment, procure and maintain specialty tools as needed, hold toolbox safety meetings. Work with the support crews, PFW, BM, I&E, Riggers, Carpenters, Facility Engineering, and the planning departments, (Normal Maintenance / Turn Around)

• Reviews inspection reports and develop bid packages of up to $1.6 million, awarding work and managing the repairs.

• Manages turnarounds, long term equipment rejuvenation projects, backlog and daily field and shop work execution.

• Administers the work rules and union contracts, contractor agreements and contractors.

• Administers contractor agreements, and contractors.

• Volunteer member of the Rapid Intervention Team (RIT) for fire and refinery emergencies. Driver of 3,500 gallons per minute fire trucks.

Refinery Power Plant Maintenance Coordinator / Supervisor, Valero, Delaware City, DE 180,000 BPD 2007-2009

Coordinated and executed the necessary maintenance for Refinery Power Plant, machinery and rotating equipment including:

• Two combustion turbines, four steam turbines (total generating capacity of 300MW), ball mills, twin drum Coke gasification plant (total tonnage 1,800 tons-per-day), and largest air separation plant in the U.S.

Rotating Equipment Field Construction Coordinator, Valero, Delaware City, DE 2005-2007

Participated as the Machinery Team Leader in the Project Group for the start and completion of two $100 million scrubber unit projects. Sent to Valero Aruba Refinery for the following projects: replaced two Coker drum support skirts; installed Coker drum nozzles and Delta valves; and rerated Coker fuel gas compressor & steam turbine driver.

Refinery Shop Manager, Shell Oil Products/Motiva Enterprises/Premcor, Delaware City, DE 2002- 2005

Built a world class machinery organization tasked with improving the performance of a facility that had a primary

contract work force in place providing 90% of all maintenance activities.

• Evaluated existing contract and small in-house machinist/millwright and machinery specialist crews

• Evaluated existing Machine/Fabrication Shops, equipment and infrastructure for safety, capabilities, and reliability

• Sourced/staffed first class machinist and taught them millwright skills along with enhancing the abilities of the small in-house mechanic, and our machinery specialist work forces.

• Built safety, industrial hygiene, and environmental compliance training into all aspects of millwright training.

• Replaced/added and repaired equipment as needed and upgraded the infrastructure of the shops to support new equipment and a capable workforce.

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Machinery Specialist for FCC and Crude oil unit, Sun Oil Refining and Marketing, Philadelphia, PA, 350,000 BPD1998 -2002

Responsibilities included giving direction on long term machinery strategies, turnaround planning, machinery upgrades, and normal machinery maintenance. Re-rated the FCC Hot Gas Expander (IR-2E38) Power Recovery Train

• Turnaround field machinery execution responsibilities included: Power Recovery Trains, Main FCC Blowers, Centrifugal & Reciprocating Compressors, and their drivers and support equipment.

Field Execution Machinery Supervisor, Sun Oil Refining and Marketing, Philadelphia, PA 1996 – 1998

Supervised the field machinery execution for the newly acquired refinery, and helped to drive a new field repair mindset of safety, reliability and excellence

Machine / Fabrication Shop Supervisor, Sun Oil Refining and Marketing, Philadelphia, PA 1993 - 1996

Supervised the improvement process for the in-house maintenance team for newly acquired refinery and developed strategies to consolidate two maintenance organizations into one successful team with the acquisition of second Philadelphia refinery,

• Hired new people and trained both existing and new personnel. Set shop repair expectations. Realigned the workflow, thus became a high second quartile refinery(machinery MTBR).

• Delivered on mission for two refineries each having their own maintenance organization to be married within one year. All fabrication was moved to one refinery and all machine repair work was moved to the other refinery. Each discipline had sufficient room to do what they do best in an excellent environment to support a 330,000 BPD refinery.

Early work experience included: Machine / Pump Shop Supervisor, Shop and Field Machinist/Millwright at Sun Oil Refining and Marketing, and Machinery Inspector, Machinist/Millwright a Chevron Oil Refinery, Perth Amboy NJ,

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U.S. Merchant Marine Officer, Huber’s Launch, Marcus Hook,PA.1986-1993

• Master’s License 100 Ton

• TWIC BADGE (Transportation Workers Identification Card)

Education

Refinery training: Safety, Fire Brigade, Root Cause Failure Analysis, Leadership Training

Associate in Business and Personal Management Salem Community College, Carneys Point, NJ

Refinery machinist millwright apprenticeship Chevron Oil

Journeymen Machinist Papers State of New Jersey

Analytical Troubleshooting Kepner Tregoe, INC.

Machine Shop Best in Class Perth Amboy NJ. Vocational and Technical High School

Pump Life Cycle Extension Texas A&M University System

Professional Membership

Society of Manufacturing Engineers Association for Manufacturing Excellence

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