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RESUME OF BOB ANDREW: EXPERIENCE & SKILL
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SUMMARY
Strong track record as a persuasive, eloquent, change agent who gets results for
companies and improves performance
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Extensive experience in leading scoping studies,
performing design of refineries, petrochem. plants, oil & gas, storage
facilities
• Has great depth in process safety, process &
utility environmental design, HSE Management Systems & wastewater treatment
• Experienced in
refinery revamps using “design-to-capacity”, “value improving
practices” and "stage-gated design” methodologies
• Initiated corporate standards for
third-party contract HSE services in Process Hazard Analysis, Quantitative Risk
and Reliability
• Skilled in doing Process
Scoping studies, FEED packages, detailed engineering FEL-3 phase of Process and
HSE engineering
• Supervisory
experience includes plant unit engineers, CAD and database developers, advanced
process optimization specialists
• Construction phase roles include logistics, equipment checkout,
commissioning units &
systems, startup control room support
• Taught chemical
and materials engineering process analysis and design, plus has been a faculty
advisor at several universities
• Implemented / customized
operator simulator training, mentored control room staff during startup & advised University faculties
• Mentoring roles include summer interns, co-op students, unit engineers on
rotational assignment & developing EPC engineers
KELLOGG, BROWN & ROOT, INC.
Process Technical Advisor (2008 – 2009)
Gasoline Benzene Reduction Project
– ConocoPhillips, Borger TX
• Project revamp scope
encompassed distillation heat integration plus hydrogenation of aromatics to
reduce benzene percentage
• Assigned mid-way
into detailed design, took over getting P&IDs “Issued for Design” through to
closure of all PHA Action Items
• Ensured SIL
recommendations for redundant equipment and / or administrative controls were
implemented into all final designs
• Appointed Systems
lead of the “Issue for Construction” phase for distillation area, naphtha
hydrodesulphurization and tankfarm
• Resolved
inter-disciplinary design data conflicts for thermosiphons between vessels,
piping, structural, equipment and controls
• Responsible for Management
of Change, quality assurance of calculations, inter-discipline consistencies
and project closeout
Ras Tanura Integrated Project
– $25 billion Dow/Aramco, Saudi
Arabia JV
• Assigned as “Interface
Coordinator” between licensed process technology units and project supporting
infrastructure areas
• Defined all physical
interfaces: steel, pipe, cable, roads between unit areas and utilities ,
infrastructure, power and off-sites
• Overlaid interface needs with unit scoping Visio
diagrams to identify and quantify all utilities and additives needed per unit
• Participated in reviews of licensed petrochemical
processing technologies, provided technical input into vendor selections
• Developed smart
software tools to validate, filter and auto-summarize date entry for interfaces
between RTIP and licensors
FLUOR ENTERPRISES
HSE Design Principal (2007 -2008)
• Established global corporate sub-contract standards on daily services
for expert staff from 3rd-party HSE services companies
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Developed template Scopes for HAZID, QRA, HSE Impact Assessment, RAM, SIL, HAZOP
to access services upon request
Odoptu First Stage
Processing Project – ExxonMobil, Sakhalin, Russia
• Led the HSE team for emergency shutdown, fire and gas detection,
fire protection, reliability, process area access and egress
• Wrote multiple HSE studies during pre-FEED Optimization then ensured choices
made went in project specifications, RFQs
• Ensured fast-track procurement - ahead of design readiness - was followed up via
HAZOP updates of P&IDs and HSE specs
• Integrated fast-track decisions into bi-weekly update of EPC schedule
dependencies, revised design & delivery forecast dates
• Signed off for HSE on vendor document review and red-lining, to achieve prompt
turnaround of feedback for design updates
• Used knowledge of international codes to review Russian standards
& codes, ensured project alternative designs got approval
• Managed third-party subcontracts for HAZOP, Reliability/Availability/Maintainability,
blast and noise prediction/mitigation
• RAM evaluations used to determine compressor sparing, N+1 configuration for
power generation, redundant water reinjection
• Oversight of HSE Design & HSE Construction; wrote site-specific
management plans for safety, medical, waste, noise, evac’n
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Made design decisions on choices over
revamping temporary modules, building new enclosures, upgrading HVAC reliability
• Mentored
foreign staff brought in from other offices, interfaced with Russian HSE code
specialists on e.g. site spacing criteria
Habshan Alpha Platform Project - ADMA-Opco,
Umm Schaif Field
• Took over as HSE lead on FEED package for a processing platform
needing a major design change from three levels to four
• Evaluated safety aspects of the revised 3D model, developed HSE design
path for equipment, structure & personnel protection
• Advised owners of updates to international & US
standards where they conflict with decade-old, inherited, company standards
• Set up and managed third-party contracts for
consequence modeling & HSE impact assessments with firms in the UK & USA
• Managed sizing and specs for deluge & monitors, fireproofing,
gas & flame detection, emergency shelters and escape systems
• Presented results of full Safety Case to
independent evaluators and PMC retained by Umm Schaif field’s development
partners
• Managed sizing and specs for equipment deluge, remote
swivel monitors, fireproofing, detection of hydrogen sulfide and flame
• Extended electrical substation to be emergency
shelter-in-place, provided torpedo escape from top, lifeboat from bottom level
SHAW, STONE & WEBSTER
Sr. Process Systems Engineer (2006 – 2007 contract)
Refinery Major Expansion - Marathon,
Garyville LA
• Responsible for validating Fluor’s FEED package, then managed Q.A
of detailed P&IDs in Hydrocracker and Hydrotreater units
• Developed 3D geometry of gravity process water / rain sewers and
firewater mains, ensured no conflict with lines or foundations
• Specified systems conditions for “Specialty Engineered Items”
data sheets within Hydrocracker and Kerosene Hydrotreater units
• Ensured equipment data was consistent with P&IDs and Data
Sheets, for all compressors, exchangers, heaters, pumps & vessels
• Provided HSE expertise in 3D model reviews of equipment plan, personnel
access, location of safety sensors and fire protection
Gasoline
Desulphurization Project - Giant Industries, Yorktown VA
• Performed design & procurement technical review for systems
outside process unit: SO2 scrubber/oxidation and cooling water
• Prepared data sheets and requirements in materials selection,
performance, commissioning and warranties for package systems
• Developed process control strategies, storage sizing &
transfer requirements for gasoline desulphurization unit feed & products
• Facilitated HAZOP workshops of detailed P&IDs for “S-Zorb” technology
for process unit plus supporting offsites and utilities
ANVIL CORPORATION
Senior Process Engineer (2005-2006 contract)
Canadian eXtra Heavy Oil Study - BP, Cherry
Point WA
• Developed technology selection and equipment sizes for FEL2
“Select” phase on crude oils alternative to Alaskan North Slope
• Analyzed options for sustaining Coker and Calciner throughput,
while still meeting constraints on metals in anode-grade coke
• Developed complete specifications and licensing requirements for
a new Merchant Hydrogen unit to be collocated on-site at BP
• Fully implemented remote access to BP’s online process and
laboratory data, used to establish current baseline for case studies
COMPUTER SCIENCES CORP
Technical Consultant (1988-2005)
EPA Emergency Operations Center Upgrade
(2004)
• Managed technology upgrade of EOC videoconferencing, data
communication mapping visualization & decision support tools
• Met mandated schedule for upgrade/remodel installation during a
two-week shut-down window between Presidential primaries
• Expanded capability to view real-time video, satellite
surveillance, automated aerial imagery updates, interagency info. sharing
• Tested and proved EOC capability to do ten-way video-conferencing,
supported by electronic white-boarding in breakout rooms
EPA Oil Program Support (2002-2005)
• Developed mapping database intranet system of major fuel storage tanks in
US for use in oil spill containment, DHS response
• Principal reviewer of the responsibilities of a P.E. in EPA’s update
of Spill, Prevention, Control and Countermeasure program
DOE Long-Terms Stewardship (2002)
• Consolidated CAD and GIS spatial information on 137
former nuclear weapons sites for the LTS “Report to U.S. Congress”,
• Resulting maps were posted online (but after terrorist
events of 9/11/2001 are now only on CD-ROM by authorized request).
DOJ Redistricting Software (2000-2001)
• System Architect of geospatial analysis tools for Voting Rights redistricting
analysis using Census 2000 race data percentages
• Presented key features of capability to minimize
gerrymandering with docked windows presenting map, race data and graphs
State Dept Nuclear
Non-Proliferation (2000)
• In Moscow and Kiev met with Science & Technology Centres
devoted to non-weapons work by ~ 30,000 former weapon makers
• Persuaded both
centres to transmit progress and spending reports via clear ASCII text to avoid
concerns on data being "bugged"
• CSC specialists
then put this data into an SQL database on a server in the DMZ between external
internet and State's intranet
Superfund Program Support (1998-2000)
• Managed Lotus Notes, Web and Oracle application development staff
for Superfund, Brownfields and Oil Spill assignments.
• Provided Subject Matter guidance to CSC Work Assignment Managers
for EPA contracts; developed OSHA Expert Systems.
MOBIL CORPORATION (1990-1998)
Mobil Global Professional Services, Fairfax VA
(1995-1998)
Environment, Health & Safety
• Defined EHS Management System framework across E&P,
Transportation, Refining, Petrochemical, Chemical, Oil and Gas
• Project Manager of GENIE “Global EHS Network
Information Enabler” best practices network with global specialist teams
• Supervised nine-person team of developers, two paralegals for
daily content update and deployed GENIE on four continents
• Chosen as a global best for ROI savings by
Benchmarking Partners, and presented at international LotusSphere conference
• Prototyped expansion to “BestNet” for Mobil’s Best
Practices for over 100 subject matter areas e.g. corrosion, turnarounds
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Trained Korea Gas engineers to better understand use of API, ASME, ASTM
standards to do safe design of LNG facilities
• Participated in multi-media corporate HSE audits for major U.S. refineries &
petrochem using process data historian skills
Mobil R&D Corp, Princeton NJ (1992-1995)
Environmental Research & Engineering
• Co-managed $20 million/year R&D budget for process measures
to reduce pollution; co-wrote Refinery Water Reuse manual
• Led Mobil’s role at quarterly P.E.R.F. meetings in collaborating
with oil and power companies on shared cost R&D for HSE
• Active in field trials to reduce desalter emulsions,
quantify refinery unit emissions, and improve fugitives monitoring systems
• Co-authored API Publication 4630 “Electronic Exchange
of Environmental Compliance Information: A Proposed Approach”
• Served on API committees for Refinery MACT regulations and wrote
MACT compliance training manual together with EPA
• Trained 60 Pertamina staff every six months in risk
assessment tools, under MRDC contract through Indonesian government
Refining “Process Advisory” Systems (1990-1992)
• Led team of process engineers developing optimization correlations
for Mobil-licensed technologies, using global refinery data
• Process architect implementing PROMIS “Process Management
Information Systems” for three of Mobil’s European refineries.
• Validated which of Mobil’s software for predicting
yields from spars crude assays was sustainable, then trained staff globally
N Z SYNFUELS, Motonui, N.Z.
Process Systems Lead (1987-1990)
• Led experienced team of
Engineers, IT, CAD & Library staff in automation of process graphical
diagnostics on mainframe
• Installed HP-based Laboratory
Information Management System. Achieved “InterLoan” accreditation for company
library
• Participated in annual HSE
performance reviews for wastewater discharge & noise with local enforcement
regulatory bodies
Process Debottlenecking (1985-1986)
• Achieved 9% capacity increase
in methanol production, using ASPEN to model change to reformer and synthesis by
mixing
new pipeline high-CO2 content natural gas with
conventional composition natural gas to control at optimum stoichiometry
• Implemented advanced controls and diagnostic in
gas pipeline system, as well as modeling process control changes needed
• Replaced burners in reformers
preceded by field trials at Zink in Tulsa. Implemented advanced controls and
diagnostic in gas
pipeline system, as well as modeling process
control changes needed using ACSL.(Advanced Control Simulation Language)
• Analyzed root cause of steam
reformer tube failures during startup, presented findings at AIChE Loss
Prevention Symposium
Project Commissioning (1984-1985)
• Ensured modules brought in from Asian shipyards had
their DCS instruments all connected and all process alarm values set
• Met weekly with Bechtel supervisors and Mobil
specialists to close-out project construction punch-lists for commissioning
• Trained nine new graduate engineers on all aspects of
project design, preparing them for a “unit engineer” role after startup
• Ran acceptance tests from
Bechtel of all offsites units, subject to 10% retention fee if the unit did not
meet performance
UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND
Senior Lecturer (1983-1985)
• Taught “Process Analysis &
Synthesis” course to Junior year students: focus on process selection,
optimization economics
• Mentored “Design Project” with
48 students working in teams of four. Each group was assigned an industry
relevant to NZ
• Each team prepared PFDs,
material and heat balance, control schema, utilities needed, equipment layout,
safety screening
• Built a Computer-Based Training
six-workstation Lab for student use, along with on-line access to textbooks and
journals
• Taught introductory materials
engineering to all engineering disciplines: Civil, Mech, Electrical, ChemE,
Eng’rg Science
• Brought in commercial process
control vendors to implement PLC and small conventional controllers in Senior
year labs.
Prior to 1983, Bob did process design plus commissioning & startup for
refinery upgrades & petrochemical storage facilities.
As a consultant he did quantification for environmental permits plus developed
software tools for environmental compliance
EDUCATION AND TRAINING
• B.E. (Honours) in
Chemical and Materials Engineering, University of Auckland, N.Z.
• Two years towards
Ph.D. on “Expert Systems in Steelmaking” University of Auckland
• Completed courses in Process Simulation,
Computer-Aided Design and GIS software
PROFESSIONAL LICENSES
• Registered
Professional Engineer, Texas (1983)
• Member, Institute
of Professional Engineers, NZ
FACULTY ADJUNCT
• Advisor to Rice University’s Chemical Engineering department for
re-accreditation of Process Design course
• Co-developed a complete two-year curriculum for new Professional
MS at American University, 2002 - 2004
• Trained in ArcGIS, taught “Introduction to Planning” &
“Advanced GIS” at Western Washington U. in 2006
ASSOCIATIONS
• Member of NFPA, the National Fire Protection Association
• Invited member of "Society of Industrial Leaders" refining
• Member of AIChE from 1977–1983, then 1990 up to now
• IChemE member from 1983–1990 while working in N.Z.
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