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- Determining pipeline class locations in high consequence area (HCA) and potential impact radius (PIR)/potential impact area (PIA) along pipeline.
- Identifing pipeline routes/reroutes, railroad, river and road crossings.
- Preparing Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) resource reports for FERC filing. Reviewing contractor bid submittals, scope of work plans, alignment sheets and design drawings for accuracy and completeness.
- Developing porject spread sheets utilizing this information in the preparation for project material take-offs and procurement for 353.2 miles of 42” inch natrual gas pipeline.
Gas Pipeline Controller 2/2004 – 1/2006
- Monitored and controlled natural gas pipeline systems, pumps, pressures, volumes, temperature flows and gas schedule nominations.
- Utilizing the Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) system to monitor and maintain operating parameters and pipeline integrity within safety, regulatory, contractual and commercial requirements and to trouble-shoot upset conditions.
- Accurately followed established procedures and processes as it related to pipeline operation, control and pipeline integrity.
- Interpreted real time data and responds to operational events and emergencies.
- Planned, coordinated and directed the field interaction required to maintaining scheduled operations.
- Effectively communicated with gas schedulers, customers, and supervisors at various functional and managerial levels.
Gas Pipeline Controller 6/2002 – 2/2004
- Monitored, controlled and managed the natural gas pipeline systems, pumps, pressures, volumes, temperature, flows and gas nominations to the electrical power plant generators.
- Utilized the Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) system to monitor and maintain operating parameters and pipeline integrity within safety, regulatory, contractual and commercial requirements and to trouble-shoot upset conditions.
- Followed established procedures and processes as it related to pipeline operation and control and pipeline integrity.
- Interpreted real time data and responds to operational events and emergencies.
- Planned, coordinated and directed the field interaction required to maintaining scheduled operations.
- Effectively communicated with customers, supervisors and others at various functional levels. Coordinated gas availability and usage with ERCOT power generation dispatchers, gas fuels group, and transmission pipeline operations and power plants to maximize pipeline throughput.
- Coordinated gas usage between the groups during plant, equipment, pipeline or power outages and/or startups.
- Confirmed gas nominations with gas traders, gas schedulers and third party pipeline transmission providers during normal and after hour operations.
Associate Project Scientist 12/1993 – 4/1997
- Provided environmental engineering supervision and management oversight of gas pipelines, plant construction and operation.
- Monitored and investigated all regulated activities to ensure compliance with federal, state, and local municipal laws.
- Provided contract administration oversight of contractors and subcontractors to ensure that all environmental compliance, design specifications and standard operating procedures in accordance with Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA) and Texas Natural Resource Commission (TNRCC) federal, state and local agencies were followed.
Environmental Inspector 10/1991 – 12/1993
- Provided environmental engineering supervision and management oversight of gas pipelines, plant construction and operation.
- Monitored and investigated all regulated activities to ensure compliance with federal, state, and local municipal laws.
- Provided contract administration oversight of contractors and subcontractors to ensure that all environmental compliance, design specifications and standard operating procedures in accordance with Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA) and Texas Natural Resource Commission (TNRCC) federal, state and local agencies were followed.
Plant Process Technician 7/1986 – 4/1991
- Monitored, controlled and managed continuous and batch processing units, equipment and instrumentation by utilizing Honeywell computer systems to control and manage plant pipeline, pumps, pressure, temperature, valves, flows and volumes to chemical storage facilities.
- Utilized Pipeline and Instrumentation Design (P&ID’s) drawings to aid in plant trouble- shooting of plant up-set conditions and/or instrumentation malfunction.
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