Engineer Maintenance

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Phoenixville, PA

Cell: (**0) 316 – 9841

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

Charles A. Kropewnicki

Seeking employment as a Reliability, Maintenance, Project or Rotating Equipment Engineer with the opportunity for continued professional growth.

Article Published: “Beware Of Minimum Loads in Spherical Roller Bearings” Publication: Reliability Web 3/11/2010

Article Published: “The Bearing Minimum” Publication: Uptime Magazine August 2010

Education 2009 CODEWARE Sarasota, FL

• Mechanical Design of heat exchangers - received certificate CEU’s 2.2

2007 SKF College

• Profitable Distribution course - received certificate

• Seals Basics course – received certificate

200 2004 SKF College Netherlands

• Application Technology course – Covered all basic knowledge of SKF bearings, theory and applications. Received certificate

1996 – 1998 Widener University Chester, PA

Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering

Work Experience

March 2012 – Current MPC Detroit, Mi

Rotating Equipment Engineer

• Define, develop and monitor the preventive/predictive maintenance practices.

• Utilized vibration technology as part of the predictive maintenance program to help identify failure modes. Monitored the performance of bad actors, worked with reliability team to provide solutions and monitor results.

• Performed root cause analysis on equipment failures to identify failure modes and develop solutions. Visually Inspected disassembled equipment in the shop and had measurements taken of critical dimensions on shafts/housings.

• Serve as technical liaison for capital projects to ensure reliability, maintainability and operability of installed equipment.

• Ensure equipment is maintained in compliance with all safety, environmental, and quality requirements.

May 2011 – Dec 2011 Sunoco Marcus Hook, PA

Project Engineer Temp Contract, Plant Shutdown

• Working as a project engineer managing capital projects and maintaining integrity programs and compliance of tanks and other stationary equipment utilizing API standards.

• Provide engineering support and coordinate efforts between maintenance, management, contractors and vendors through all phases of projects.

July 2008 – Oct. 2010 Western Refining Gallup, NM

Reliability/Project Engineer

• Identify opportunities to improve asset operating and maintenance cost, utilized reliability centered maintenance methodologies (RCM) for improved predictive and preventative maintenance strategies.

• Provided engineering support on capital projects and coordinated efforts between operations, maintenance, contractors and vendors during equipment installation. Managed small capital projects.

• Perform Root Cause Analysis (RCA) on rotating equipment and provided recommendations in a report.

• Analyze existing equipment, rerated or specked in new equipment to provide the necessary performance, worked with equipment manufacturers/venders.

• Provided PM lubrication recommendations and maintenance schedules, utilized vibration technology as part of the predictive maintenance program.

• Researched available material selections to meet design requirements and provide the necessary service life. Utilized ASME codes for vessel and pipe specifications and API and ANSI codes for pumps.

June 2002 – July 2008 SKF Kulpsville, PA

Applications Engineer - Service Division / Aftermarket

• Supported customers in the petrochemical, refinery, steel, mining and paper industries with bearing performance related issues with rotating equipment.

• Provided training presentations for customers on bearing failure analysis, maintenance, lubrication PM practices, bearing basics and theory.

• Performed bearing failure analysis and provided written reports with possible failure mechanisms and made recommendations.

• Assisted customers on handling, installation, provided lubrication recommendations and maintenance schedules.

• Evaluate customer drawing designs and perform bearing life calculations with recommendations on bearing selection.

April 2000 – May 2002 KNF Neuberger Trenton, NJ

Project/Design Engineer

• Participated in designing of gas/liquid diaphragm pumps to customer specifications used for pharmaceutical, Hospitals, automotive, and various types of gas testing applications.

• Created parts and assemblies in 3-D with the use of Pro-Engineer.

• Created detailed drawings of pumps and motor assemblies with tight tolerancing, attention to fit and finish performance, cost, and functionality.

June 1998 – April 2000 Conmec, Inc Bethlehem, PA

0 Project Engineer, Bladed Group (Judge Tech. Services)

• Assisting in the refurbishing of turbo machinery equipment, such as, axial compressors used in oil refineries to run cat crackers. Inspected components in the shop to determine which ones get refurbished or reused, assisted with mechanic supervisor to complete the assembly process.

• Worked as a project engineer along with the design team to recondition, rerate, or reverse engineer existing OEM axial compressors to customer specs.

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• Checked Cad drawings for accuracy and correct tolerances, assisted with balancing of bladed rotors.

Professional Organizations ASME

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