Donovan Jones
Orange,TX
Summary
Experienced Process Operator with a strong focus on safety compliance, industrial maintenance, and hazardous waste handling. Proven ability to train staff and implement process improvements to enhance operational efficiency. Highly Skilled in product transfer operations and emergency response protocols.
Overview
17
17
years of professional experience
Work History
Process Operator
Heritage Environmental Services
Orange, Texas
12.2024 - Current
- Maintain high-temperature waste incineration.
- Monitor combustion parameters, troubleshoot equipment issues, and maintain logs and reports.
- Proven ability to work in high risk environments while ensuring optimal performance of the incineration unit and adherence to EPA and OSHA standards.
- Equipment inspection and maintenance.
- Air emissions monitoring.
- Hazardous waste handling.
- Emergency response protocols.
- Monitor incinerator temperature, oxygen levels, feed rates, and stack emissions using SCADA systems.
- Supervised daily operations and ensured compliance with safety protocols.
- Trained and mentored new employees on operational procedures and best practices.
- Monitor inventory levels, and assist in ordering supplies as needed.
- Implemented process improvements to enhance efficiency in daily tasks.
Flatbed Owner Operator
Acme Trucking
Groves, Texas
12.2020 - 12.2024
- Experience in long-haul and short-haul deliveries.
- Operating manual transmissions.
- Maintain a TWIC card for entry to ports and military bases.
- I am proficient in loading and unloading cargo.
- Certified to transport hazardous materials.
- Experience in various types of loads and securement.
- Deliver freight within scheduled timeframes.
- Maintain accurate driving records to meet federal regulations and laws.
- Inspect the vehicle and trailer daily to make sure everything is properly functioning.
- Conduct daily pre-trip and post-trip inspections according to set checklists.
Shift Supervisor
DuPont
Orange, Texas
01.2016 - 01.2020
- Issue safe work permits.
- Issue confined space and hot work permits per procedure.
- Perform necessary SAP functions, such as work orders, notifications, and bills of lading, to sustain operations.
- Coordinated staff schedules to optimize workflow and resource allocation.
- Monitored inventory levels and assisted in ordering supplies as needed.
- Conducted performance evaluations on personnel to provide feedback and support development.
- Collaborate with management to develope training programs for staff development.
- Supervised daily operations and ensure compliance with production goals and safety protocols.
- Communicated clearly with employees regarding job duties, expectactions, and policies.
- Address and issues that arose during the shift in a proactive manner.
- Assigned tasks to team member based on there strenghts and skill sets.
Process Operator
DuPont
Orange, TX
04.2011 - 01.2020
- Perform routine operations of basic control systems to monitor levels, temperatures, pressures, flow rates, and transfer of products.
- Use Microsoft Word and Excel to upload daily shift logs.
- Switch and spot railcars to be loaded and unloaded.
- Operate compressors in excess of 30,000 PSI.
- Operate pumps, valves, cooling towers, chillers, and heat exchangers in the field and use of DCS Software.
- Performed preventative maintenance on critical industrial systems to minimize downtime.
- Applied lock-out tag-out procedures to maintain workplace safety during maintenance tasks.
- Train new hires on normal and new processes.
- Perform general house keeping duties.
Process Operator
Martin Gas
Beaumont, Texas
08.2008 - 04.2011
- Coordinated staff schedules to optimize workflow and resource allocation.
- Implemented process improvements to enhance efficiency in daily production goals.
- Provided on-the-job training to new staff members.
- Addressed any issues that arose during the shift in a proactive manner.
- Perform routine shift rounds throughout the shift.
- Perform multiple product transfer lineups.
- Load, unload ships, barges, railcars, and semi-trucks.
- Basic ammonia, sulfur, fertilizer, and H2S knowledge.
- DCS operations to monitor temperatures, flows, and pressures.
- Water treatment for high acidic levels.
- Use of pumps, valves, chillers, and cooling towers on a daily basis.
- Maintain and monitor boilers for plant steam.
Education
High School Diploma -
West Orange Stark High School
Orange, TX05-2002
Skills
- Product transfer lineup
- Operate pumps
- Operate valves
- Operate chillers
- Operate cooling towers
- Operate distillation towers
- Industrial fire knowledge
- ERT knowledge
- Hazmat knowledge
- Organization
- Preventive maintenance
- Writing confined space permits
- Writing safe work permits
- Writing hot work permits
- Lockout/tagout experience
- Industrial maintenance
- SAP
- Microsoft Word
- Microsoft Excel
- Forklift knowledge
- Process troubleshooting
- Daily rounds
- Shift rounds
- Knowledge of industrial PPE
- Use of industrial PPE
Timeline
Process Operator
Heritage Environmental Services
12.2024 - Current
Flatbed Owner Operator
Acme Trucking
12.2020 - 12.2024
Shift Supervisor
DuPont
01.2016 - 01.2020
Process Operator
DuPont
04.2011 - 01.2020
Process Operator
Martin Gas
08.2008 - 04.2011
High School Diploma -
West Orange Stark High School