Damone Brignac
Waggaman,La
Summary
Experienced in maintaining efficiency and safety in manufacturing operations with a results-driven focus. Extensive expertise in pre-commissioning and commissioning activities, health, safety, and environmental practices. Deep understanding of safety gear and emergency response protocols.
Overview
24
24
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Process Operator
Shell Chemical
05.2013 - Current
- Monitoring and analyzing the performance of process flow operations.
- Monitoring, testing, and keeping process flow shutdown & control devices.
- Operating multiple fluid process separating equipment.
- Applying lockout/tag-out procedures.
- The start-up, shutdown and operation of gas compressors as needed.
- The start-up, shutdown and operation of electrical power generating equipment as needed.
- The start-up, shutdown, and operation of fluid pump transfer systems.
- Operating emergency shut-down systems.
- Performing routine repairs on pneumatic and/or electronic control panels.
- Operating, testing, supporting, and repairing safety shut-down devices.
- Operating, servicing, and supporting oil and gas production produced-water systems.
- Interpreting fluid measurement equipment.
- Engaging in major start-up and turn-around activities in a process flow facility.
- Ensuring strict compliance with Shell's safety policies and procedures, taking immediate corrective action in the event, a potential issue or unsafe behavior is seen.
- Ensure proper turn-over by providing effective written and oral communications to the relieving shift and technician that cover routine and non-routine issues, problems faced, unit operating conditions, etc.
- Monitoring and accurately recording temperatures, pressures, and rates of flow for upward or downward trends.
- Maintain good communications with other team members and with other facility teams (Utilities, Logistics, etc.).
- Actively take part in the development and performance of assigned group tasks.
- Perform required unit production quality control checks and analysis.
- Ensure that operations are within environmental permitting requirements.
- Perform required preventative maintenance and aid in troubleshooting potential issues and give aid to others when unit problems occur.
- Making sure to document efforts following policies and procedures.
- Communicate with engineers, maintenance technicians and other team members to aid in finding maintenance issues and planning and scheduling maintenance activities.
- Safely use personal computers for meeting daily performance expectations and accessing plant and unit information and procedures.
- Actively assume personal accountability for meeting Shell's standards of continuous personal and professional development.
- Participate in training and respond to emergency situations as needed.
- Actively following all operating policies and procedures.
- Ensuring that workstations and the work location is clean and free of hazards.
Utility Operator
Nalco Chemical Company
02.2012 - 05.2013
- Responsible for loading/ unloading of tank trucks and rail cars.
- Climb ladders, storage tanks, rail cars, and lift 50 pounds on a regular basis.
- Work 12 hour rotating shifts, work outdoors, wear respirator, and personal protective equipment as needed.
- Operate pumps, forklifts, scales, hoses, pipe manifolds and level gauges.
- Perform safety training daily on bulk shipped products.
- Responsible for packaging and transferring finished products.
- 40 Hr Hazcom training.
- Fire Brigade training.
- Sap training on all chemical shipments.
Warehouse Clerk
07.2011 - 02.2012
- Inspects supplies& equipment & accept or reject items.
- Transportation, designation & locations most suitable for pickup.
- Count, sort incoming material to verify receipt of items on requisition or invoices.
- Examine stock to verify quantity or conformance to specifications.
- Store material in bins, on the floor, on shelves, or in containers according to finding information.
- Fill orders or issue supplies from stock.
- Prepare periodic, special, or perpetual inventory of stock.
- Requisition material to fill incoming orders.
- Compile reports on use of stock handling equipment, adjustments of inventory counts and stock records, damage, or shelf life to stock, location changes, and denial of shipments.
- Mark finding codes, figures, or letters on articles, using labeling equipment.
- Move or transports material or supplies to other departments, using Pallet Jack, Forklift, or industrial truck.
- Maintain inventory and other stock records, using computer terminal.
- Appointed according to material, equipment, or product stored, i.e. Retail or wholesale items.
- SAP trained to track and find all materials.
UID Marking Technician
United States Air Force
04.2011 - 07.2011
- Qualified to handle sensitive information.
- Experience with Air Force or military equipment and coordination processes.
- Responsible for the integrity of the resulting database and will be involved in reconciling the inventory system, find missing elements and making needed corrections.
- Apply UID labels to equipment in adherence to labeling instructions.
- Scan the items' new UID labels.
- Experience in the taking of fixed asset physical inventories.
- Experience with hand-held computer.
- Use of bar code or automated identification technologies.
- Ability to work well within a team.
Fuel Distributions Systems Foreman
Danos and Curole
11.2004 - 09.2010
- Maintain strict security and accountability of all products, equipment, tools, and materials.
- Performs usage calculations and requests service time and amount for tank filling.
- Complete daily and monthly fuel reporting, distribute sitreps to chain of command daily.
- Specializes in employee relations dealing with 15-30 employees' hourly payroll, promotions, flight manifests, benefits, identification cards, passports, visas, contractor orders and Red Cross issues.
- Complete material requisitions as needed for site supplies, tracking, and reporting disposition.
- Visually inspects samples of fuel, and checks gravity and flashpoint.
- Gauges tanks for water, temperature, and fuel levels.
- Prepared and checking receiving documents; connecting lines; grounding wires; loading and off-loading hoses; and visually inspecting samples of fuel.
- Performing preventive maintenance and repairs on terminal systems; performing general housekeeping and grounds maintenance for terminal and pipeline areas; performing daily operator preventive maintenance; completing forms, reports, and discrepancies.
- Receives, stores, transfers, and issues fuel through pipelines at the main or terminal stations.
- Receives fuel tanker, ships fuel by pipeline, tank car, tank truck and barge.
- Prepares and checks receiving and issue documents.
- Connects lines, grounding wires and loading and offloading arms or hoses to pipelines and visually inspects samples of fuel.
- Gauges tanks for water, temperature, checks pumping systems for correct operating pressure and unusual noise.
Petroleum Supply Specialists
United States Army
01.2001 - 01.2004
- Received and stored bulk and package petroleum, oils, and lubricants products.
- Reviewed, combined, and prepared technical, personnel, and administrative reports associated with POL and water activities in assigned unit.
- Estimated requirements for personnel, equipment, user/organizational maintenance, and repair of petroleum distribution facilities.
- Aircraft refueling and defueling operations.
- Stored, handled, and ship petroleum products, such as oil, fuel, compressed gas, and lubricants.
- Test oils and fuels for pollutants with Aqua-Glow equipment.
- Repaired pipeline systems, hoses, valves, and pumps.
- Check the volume and temperature of petroleum and gases in tankers, barges, and storage tanks.
- Connected hoses and valves and run pumps to load petroleum products into tanker trucks, airplanes, ships, and railroad cars.
- Followed all safety regulations and procedures for handling dangerous materials.
- Operated Laboratory equipment.
- Calibrated equipment prior to testing fuels for water and sediments.
- Operated Aviation Fuel Lab while deployed in Iraq Kellogg Brown & Root H3 Q-West, Iraq/ Camp Echo G-6.
Education
Petroleum Supply Specialists -
United States Army
Fort Bragg, NC01.2004
Skills
- Microsoft applications
- SAP
- Word
- Excel
- Outlook
- Maintain inventory
- Leadership skills
- Planning
- Payroll
- Quality inspection
Certification
- Twic Card
- Petroleum Supply Specialist Course, U.S. Army, 9 weeks
- Certificate of Completion for the Fuels Operator Course
- Certificate of Completion for the Fuels Manager Course
Timeline
Process Operator
Shell Chemical
05.2013 - Current
Utility Operator
Nalco Chemical Company
02.2012 - 05.2013
Warehouse Clerk
07.2011 - 02.2012
UID Marking Technician
United States Air Force
04.2011 - 07.2011
Fuel Distributions Systems Foreman
Danos and Curole
11.2004 - 09.2010
Petroleum Supply Specialists
United States Army
01.2001 - 01.2004
Petroleum Supply Specialists -
United States Army