Blake Haygood
Dickinson,TX
Summary
Technical-minded Plant Engineer proficient at discerning and eliminating costly performance bottlenecks. Constantly analyzes operational weaknesses and designs enhanced best practices. Guaranteed to positively influence all aspects of plant operations. Dedicated to creating cohesive teams of impactful plant employees. Talented at deriving exceptional performance while maintaining staff morale.
Overview
4
4
years of professional experience
Work History
Plant Engineer - Bayou Cogen & Utilities
Air Liquide Large Industries, ALLIUS
06.2022 - Current
- Lead operations and maintenance tasks for solids contacting clarifiers, disc filtration, multimedia filtration, reverse osmosis (traditional and CCRO), electrodeionization (EDI), ion exchange demineralizers, deaerators, boiler feedwater pumps, auxiliary gas fired boilers, steam turbines, GE frame 7EA heavy duty gas turbines, and heat recovery steam generators
- Organized and managed maintenance staff to fulfill requirements via scheduling and delegation.
- Drafted preventive maintenance schedules around avoiding service disruptions and equipment breakdowns.
- Served as point of contact during plant emergencies, overseeing disaster recovery and expediting restoration efforts.
- Calculated overall production costs by evaluating material, labor and other expenditures.
- Work with commercial group to schedule outages with ERCOT for HRSG maintenance and all (borescope, hot gas path, major) gas turbine inspections
- Report all gas turbine events and performance for GADS
- Cooperate with HSE to ensure air permit compliance by scheduling RATA testing of CEMS as well as auxiliary boiler and gas turbine emissions tuning
- Execute MOC and PSSR processes for design and procedural changes to new and existing water treatment, steam, condensate recovery, and high voltage systems
TGCM Operations Specialist DMOS5, DMOS6
Air Liquide Electronics – ALEUS, Texas Instruments
12.2019 - 06.2022
- Project Management Coordinated with the customer to install and commission new equipment in the most efficient way to avoid production downtime on new and existing wet chemical and specialty gas distribution systems
- Led and executed MOC/ECN process for design and procedural changes to existing wet chemical and specialty gas distribution systems to increase efficiency, safety, and reliability based on customer input
- Represented the Air Liquide TGCM team and ensured operations and maintenance tasks were carried out safely and reliably in coordination with the customer
- Proactively presented cost savings and cost avoidance projects to the customer
- Conducted troubleshooting and root cause analysis for any equipment or product issues
Engineering Intern
Air Liquide Electronics – ALEUS, Texas Instruments
06.2019 - 08.2019
- Implemented Texas Instruments’ Parts Tracking System (PTS) online application into Air
- Liquide’s DMOS6 gas and chemical spare parts inventory
- Assisted TGCM Operations and Maintenance with daily tasks such as slurry flushes, gas bottle change outs, slurry filter change outs, etc.
Education
Bachelor of Science - Mechanical Engineering, Minor in Mathematics
Texas Tech University
Lubbock, TX08.2019
Skills
- SCADA
- MATLAB
- CAD
- ANSYS CFD and FEA
- MS Office
- Google Suite
- GE Mark 6 DCS
- WonderWare DCS
- Emerson DeltaV DCS
- Technical Investigations
- Task Prioritization
- Employee Mentoring
- Manufacturing Performance Reports
- Daily Facility Operations
- Plant Safety
- Operational Efficiency
- Improve Processes
- Customer Support
- Environmental Compliance
- Emergency Maintenance
- Social Perceptiveness
- Plant Operations Support
- Equipment Troubleshooting
Timeline
Plant Engineer - Bayou Cogen & Utilities
Air Liquide Large Industries, ALLIUS
06.2022 - Current
TGCM Operations Specialist DMOS5, DMOS6
Air Liquide Electronics – ALEUS, Texas Instruments
12.2019 - 06.2022
Engineering Intern
Air Liquide Electronics – ALEUS, Texas Instruments
06.2019 - 08.2019
Bachelor of Science - Mechanical Engineering, Minor in Mathematics
Texas Tech University
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