Casey Dickey

Experienced Corrosion Technician with 18 years in the Natural Gas Pipeline Industry, including 16 years focused on Corrosion and Cathodic Protection. Demonstrates leadership among peers and excels in independent work, ensuring timely and compliant project completion. Committed to continuous learning and adapting to evolving industry standards.

• Corrosion Technician level 4 for Kinder Morgan Division 4 North. Operate and maintain the Cathodic Protection assets for ~700 miles of EPNG/CIG Natural Gas Pipelines and four Compressor Stations. Interstate pipeline regulated under 49 CFR Part 192
• Maintain and Operate 73 Cathodic Protection Rectifiers. Take compliance readings every 2 months not to exceed 75 days, troubleshoot problems, complete annual inspections, complete routine maintenance and upload readings into PCS database.
• Maintain and Operate 2,665 Cathodic Protection Test Stations, Repair and Troubleshoot faulty Test Stations, upload all compliance readings captured into PCS database.
• Maintain and Operate 9 bonds (2 Positive, 7 Negative), conduct all interference testing with foreign operators, install bonds when appropriate, read all positive bonds every 2 months not to exceed 75 days, read negative bonds once every calendar year to exceed 15 months.
• Maintain and inspect ~822 Atmospheric Inspections per year. Track all the "Poor" Atmospheric Inspections, budget for repairs, bid out repairs, schedule repairs and inspect contractors on all repairs. Upload and update all compliance readings in PCS database.
• Maintain and Operate 6 Internal Corrosion Coupons. Coupons are rotated every 6 months, field testing done when required, update inspections in company database (TSIMS) and monitor gas quality inputs with local Measurement Department.
• Prepared for all DOT PHMSA Audits, conduct rigorous pre-audit inspections with supervision, present data to DOT auditors and answer any questions with professionalism and respect. Involved in ~10 audits in 18-year career.
• Designed multiple Cathodic Protection systems, which includes: current requirement tests, designing groundbeds (Deep/Conventional/Distributed), preparing bid packages (job scopes, specifications, bid invitations), evaluate all received bids thoroughly, awarding jobs, scheduling work in a timely manner with supervision, completing all regulatory/environmental/ROW documentation, MOCs, completing work before compliance dates and inspecting projects from start to finish. Over seen/managed a total of 36 Groundbed projects since 2012.
• Coordinate and track all Close Interval Surveys. Update and complete spreadsheets for a budgeting tool with supervision to accurately budget work. Send bid packages out to contractors and evaluate all received bids. Award work and inspect the projects from start to finish. Complete Action and Closure plans and generate any Maximo Tickets for follow up items. Over seen/managed ~2300 miles of CIS since 2012.