Engineer Maintenance

Samuel Pickens Primary Phone: 386-***-****

P.O. Box 285 Millwood, WV 25262 *************@*****.***

SUMMARY

Reliability engineer with extensive experience and progressive responsibility in reliability centered maintenance. Just recently left Rio Tinto as Maintenance Manager/PdM supervisor/chief analyst and spec-out equipment. Now working as a consultant to: oil refineries, power plants, paper plants and water authorities. Successfully implemented PM/PdM and lubrication programs in paper plants, oil refineries and water authorities writing manuals and providing complete point per point PM routes. Consulted to Georgia Power and provided training. I have worked with and consulted to paper plants since 1983. Duties as project engineer for plant shut down & turn around for various plants and with ARAMCO in Saudi Arabia (develop budget, plan & schedule, vendor and contractor interaction). Project engineer for ARAMCO. Adept in machinery rebuild, design, modification and setup. Authored two books, many technical publications in maintenance magazines plus many writings on the Internet for magazines. Work with maintenance technicians to assist and train. I have been teaching machinery alignment for twenty-five years. I have a traceable track record of success with field proven results in preventive maintenance and predictive maintenance that have greatly reduced cost in maintenance and increased profit margins. I’m happy to supply names of numbers of such references. I, through teamwork, have taken plants to planned, scheduled maintenance with 100% availability and 100% reliability.

EDUCATION

East Tennessee State University, majoring in math. Four-year maintenance program with Eastman Kodak. Night school through the University of Tennessee (various courses and management courses through UT at Kingsport & certified to teach). Shell Oil Company’s management course. Seminars for alignment, balancing & maintenance (FAG, SKF, IRD, Kyowa, Ono Sokki, Gates, Bentley Nevada). Plus training in infrared and acoustics.

EXPERIENCE

Senior Reliability Engineer, March 2005 to June 2009

Rio Tinto Alcan Aluminum – Casting, Hot Line, Plating, Cold Mills, Utilities (all PdM/PM reliability functions). PdM Technologies & Training, Alignment & Training, Balancing and Infrared and ultrasound.

I am over predictive maintenance and technical advisors to all departments. I have direct responsibility for personnel under me (7employees) and also function as chief vibration analyst and run the predictive maintenance program. Also, provide lube PM.

Senior Reliability Engineer, 1983 to 2005

Consulting/contract engineer for plants as reliability engineer performing RCA, RCM & TPM specializing in rotating equipment and machinery reliability programs: PdM (provide predictive maintenance services for paper machine and auxiliary equipment, coal-fired boiler, refinery, power plants, water plants and sewer plants). Also provided alignment seminars to Boeing, Georgia Power, ARAMCO, Englehard, Water Authorities and held at local Holiday Inns. Performed hands on alignment, balancing and lubrication programs; (Wrote lubrication manuals/programs for International Paper and Macon Water Authority). Contract duties to include - oversee project shutdowns for refineries, chemical plants, utilities plants and paper plants ensuring all equipment conforms to specifications and coordinate all work efforts of the various contractors. I provide vibration analyses services, balancing and alignment services as well as training. Hands-on when necessary and rebuilding equipment in conjunction with training both Union and non-Union. I also recommend or make equipment modification so that equipment will conform to operating specifications and demands

Specify pumps and applications and make appropriate operational calculation. Specified pumps for Crompton Corporations slurry operating system increasing life by eight fold. Make design modifications and engineering calculations.

Implemented PdM programs in paper plants (in one: two paper machines, line shafts & utilities coal fired boiler) and within two years we operated on planned scheduled maintenance eliminating maintenance overtime due to equipment problems and extended machinery life and maintenance intervals. Within five years maintenance personnel were reduced by 30%. I was reliability engineer and chief analyst providing maintenance engineering, scheduling, direction and training. Used real time analyzers, and various computer based programs (PdM Engineering, Entek, CSI, etc…).

I teach shaft-to-shaft machinery alignment training seminars covering Indicator Reverse, Long Spacer Coupling and Rim & Face methods along with laser and ‘hot’ alignment techniques for Georgia Power, chemical plants, paper plants and petroleum. Plus teach at Macon Technical Institute for special programs and alignment training.

Possess good communication skills, both written and verbal. Relate well to people of diverse backgrounds at all levels. Utilize Lotus, MS Office and Corel. Experienced in training and supervising personnel, including nationals and expiates. Capability includes implementing training programs, writing technical papers (have many) and speaking before groups.

Project/Reliability Engineer, 1979 to 1983; and in Saudi in 1996

ARAMCO, Ras Tanura, Saudi Arabia

I was a project engineer working in the Test & Inspection Division. I was responsible for gas turbines budgeting, planning, developing contracts with various vendors and overseeing plant shutdowns (water injection plant, water/oil separation and gas/oil separation plant) with all personnel (vendors and ARAMCO maintenance) reporting to me.

Due to my reputation as rotating equipment specialists I was given a project of a long-standing maintenance problem on an offshore facility to increase production. After given the project, I made equipment corrections and modifications increasing production eighteen percent (18%) within three months. I made pump design changes to shipper pumps to decrease hydraulic impacting or vane passing vibration. After correcting long-standing equipment problems I was given my own division to implement a predictive maintenance (PdM) program for the Northern Area. I administered a budget for equipment, vehicles and manpower.

I interfaced with the electric motor shop in Dhahran to ensure mechanical and electrical integrity of motors for our Department and assisted with shop procedures for motor rebuild.

Also provided alignment training for division maintenance personnel (Nationals, TCN’s and expatriates) Solved pump and driver problems relating to foundations and piping systems.

Oak Ridge National Laboratories

Worked in maintenance for new projects, equipment setup and modifications, technical advisor.

Eastman Kodak

Began my career with Kodak in maintenance working in the machine shop and metal fabrication shops (heavy and light). Completing four-year apprenticeship schooling and moving to the millwright trade to finalize the program in 1971. Worked in Shops & Maintenance, Acid div., Polymer div, Power & Services div., acetate div., and Research & Development.

TRAINING

Vibration analysis courses by Bentley Nevada, International Research & Development, Breul & Keajr, Kyowa and Scientific Atlanta.

Bearing and lubrication programs given by FAG & SKF.

Management courses at the University of Tennessee, plus management courses furnished by various employers including Shell Oil’s management course.

CERTIFICATION: Presently conduct an alignment seminar I developed that is certified by the State of Georgia and has continuing education units (6) assigned to it. Certified to teach Job Instructional Training.

BOOKS/PAPERS/PRESENTATIONS

Author of the book: MACHINERY ALIGNMENT Back to Basics. A must have book for technical schools, apprenticeships programs concerned craftsmen (millwrights, pipe fitters and electricians) and engineers.

BP has my textbook as part of their training program.

Written handbook; Vibration Identification Field Hand Book http://www.reliabilityweb.com.

Written computer programs to assist in performing machinery alignment (indicator reverse, long spacer coupling and rim & face), plus instruction manuals. Written papers on balancing techniques of industrial machinery using modern real time instrumentation.

Personal activities: Bicycling, canoe/boating, and camping. Mountain man rendezvous and Indian pow-wows.

Contact this candidate