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C-CAUSTIC TURNAROUND, WESTLAKE, LOUISIANA

Provide Safety Support to Company Employees on Turnaround.
Conduct regular safety inspections and audits of construction project to identify potential hazards and recommend corrective actions.
Perform Inspections of Safety Equipment on a regular basis.
Conduct Daily Turnaround Safety Meetings and ensure engagement of all crew members.

Provided onsite training sessions to New Hires regarding Client's safe work practices, hazardous materials handling and mandatory PPE requirements.

FIRESTONE POLYMERS,SULPHUR, LOUISIANA.

• Issued out and received Radio communication equipment from contractors on Turnaround projects.
• Maintained accurate records of all incoming and outgoing Turnaround Radio equipment.
• Provided Safety attendant duties on various units of the Plant facility.
• Assisted operations in Plant wide Environmental Clean up.

CITGO PETROLEUM REFINERY, LAKE CHARLES,LOUISIANA

Provided Field safety support to the site team and reviewed the Job Safety Plan and Permits to ensure all identified job hazards and mitigation strategies are noted and addressed therein.

Assisted Management to promote and implement the EHS initiatives and awareness campaigns to achieve continual improvement.

Performed Safety Audits and inspections on a regular basis and coached employees on Hazard recognition,assessment, mitigation and control.

Reported and documented all safety observations, injuries and Near Hits/Near misses into the Company's Integrated Management Systems.

WESTLAKE CHEMICAL ,WESTLAKE LOUISIANA

Assisted with outages and other high priority job assignments and ensure best practices.

Review Permits, JSA's and Equipment checklists to verify regulatory compliance.

Performed site safety audits of job activities and enforce PPE use in areas with hazardous conditions.

Conducted safety inspections of field equipment, tools and vehicles to ensure compliance with applicable standards.

SASOL NA AND WESLAKE CHEMICAL PLANTS, WESTLAKE,LOUISIANA

• Applied company safety policies consistently when performing daily tasks.
• Assisted Journeymen with equipment set up for Sandblasting and Painting of metal plates, Drums. Cell Liquor Tanks and Structures.
• Assisted the Road Crew to set up Vacuum Equipment, clean out vessels,repair internals. load catalyst, close Manway and torque.

PHILLIPS 66 REFINERY, WESTLAKE, LOUISIANA.

• Performed gas testing on equipment for Hot work and Confined Space entry activities.
• Assisted Operations to review and grant HSE approvals on safe work permits , Permit to Work (PTW) and Confined Space Entry Permits (CSEP).
• Performed site safety audits of work activities to ensure regulatory compliance.
• Coached contract Supervisors and craftsmen on hazard awareness and recognition.
• Assisted Engineers in Pre-Startup Safety Review( PSSR) before Commissioning and Startup (CSU).

CITGO PETROLEUM REFINERY, LAKE CHARLES, LOUISIANA

• Assigned to CITGO Refinery, Lake Charles to perform Confined Space Attendant and Fire Watch duties in the A-CAT Turnaround Project.
• Assisted Supervisors and Foremen to coach and guide New Hires on filling out Job Hazard Analysis.(JHA), Confined Space Entry Log, Hot work and Safety Attendant log.
  

CITGO, SASOL,ENTERGY AND W.R GRACE DAVIDSON PLANTS, LOUISIANA

Installed Spools, Valves. pulled pumps and bolt up Pipes.

• Cleaned Tanks, Drums, Heaters, Towers and replaced Demister Pads.
• Assisted the Client's Operations to pull and replace valves and gaskets on equipment.
• Helped Craft Journeymen to Pull Burners and exchanger tubes.

DELEK REFINERY, BIG SPRINGS,TEXAS

Responsible for writing and issuing Hot Work and Confined Space Entry Permits at Various job locations.
• Performed site safety audits of work activities to ensure regulatory compliance.
• Maintained proactive involvement in the pre-planning of work activities.
• Reviewed equipment Checklist and documented Job Hazard Analyses (JHA) in assigned areas of work/responsibility.

PHLLIPS 66 REFINERY, WESTLAKE LOUISIANA

Provided safety support to contractors in the Phillips 66 Refinery on various Outages, Unit Shutdowns,Capital and Turnaround maintenance Projects to ensure all safety Programs and procedures are implemented for the smooth running of the Projects.

• Maintained safety oversight of all contractors assigned to the FCCU, Alkylation unit SZORB, South Flare and Product Frac Turnaround maintenance projects.

• Worked closely with various unit operations and client’s safety specialists in project HSE Permitting services.

• Performed gas test on product equipment, vessels, Reactors and ReGens before granting HSE permit approvals on high intensity hot works and confined space Entry.

• Performed daily site inspections and compliance audits and consult with contractors’ Safety Representatives to assist effect corrective actions on issues of safety concerns.

• Assisted operations and process Engineers in Pre-start up safety Review (PSSR) on newly installed /modified equipment before they return to service.

• Performed roles of “competent persons” on projects.
• Assisted Engineers to conduct the Pre-Start Up Safety Review (PSSR) on Pumps and newly installed Turbines to ensure all Machines and Equipment meet designed specification and all Process Hazard
Analysis accomplished before the commissioning and start-up.

CITGO PETROLEUM REFINERY, LAKE CHARLES, LOUISIANA

Trained and coached employees on hazard recognition and effective JSA (Job Safety Analysis) writing.
Conducted HSE training, examined credentials and licenses to ensure employees comply with clients licensing requirements.

Investigated employee accidents and incidents to determine root causes and develop preventive measures.