Overview
Work History
Education
Skills
References
Timeline
Duane W. Malcolm

Duane W. Malcolm

East Palestine,Ohio

Overview

36
36
years of professional experience

Work History

Control Room Air Separation Plant

Messer Gases of North America
Newell, WV
02.2023 - Current
  • Operations, control room board operator Air separation facility
  • Liquefaction of Nitrogen, Oxygen, Argon, Krypton, Xenon, Neon gases/liquids
  • In addition to these skill sets I also learned the education, insight, and understanding of liquid helium filling, and the use of the MRI machine which is used to perform in depth magnetic resonance imaging of the anatomy of the human body.

Remote Operations Control Center

Airgas/Air Liquide ROCC Operations
Cleveland, Ohio
05.2022 - 12.2022
  • ROCC is the lead operation center for the entire USA Air Separation plants
  • My position was to help assist Air Separation plants during normal operations, plant upsets, troubleshooting plant equipment including transmitters, try to maximize production, efficiency, and plant outages for warm up or cool down conditions
  • Assist in logistics for tank storage levels

Shift Lead, Control Room/Outside

Williams Companies/Momentum Midstream
Hanoverton, OH
03.2013 - 05.2022
  • Operating and commissioned 3 Cryo trains, Amine system, Low- and High-Pressure stabilizers, truck unload/load out terminal, and propane Refrigeration system
  • Operated 3 train Cryo plant
  • Purpose of Cryo plant is to clean up incoming gas and liquefy Ethane, Propane, Butane, Pentane, and Hexane by pressure drop
  • These cryo liquids are called Y-Grade NGLs
  • Only the Methane is kept in gas form and often referred to as natural gas
  • Monitored and operated the Amine system which helps assist in Carbon Dioxide and Hydrogen sulfide removal
  • Delta V engineering control systems
  • During the early development of our Midstream plant the Board operations were responsible for Pipeline Control and Gas Control
  • Goals Committee Lead for Operations, Williams 2020, 2021

Hydrogen/ CO Plant Operations

Praxair N.A.I.G
Barberton, OH
09.2005 - 01.2013
  • Operations HyCO division, Barberton Ohio 330-825-4449
  • Operate carbon monoxide manufacturing plant to supply PPG Industries CO for their chloroformate eye glass lens manufacturing business
  • Monitor and maintain correct p.h
  • And dissolved solids in our boiler water treatment department
  • Access samples of mono ethanol amines (MEA) from our carbon dioxide (CO2) section of the plant, also called MEA towers, Absorber and Stripper columns
  • OSHA HAZWOPER 40 hour and current, training on yearly basis
  • Also operated 2 hydrogen facilities, one in Butte, Montana and the other in Leechburg, Pennsylvania
  • The operations technician would log into the Hydrogen plant therefore taking control of the facility remotely
  • Very familiar with Piping and Instrumentation drawings (P& ID) and symbols, functions, and properties
  • Operate with a Foxboro and Allen Bradley Programmable Logic Controller (PLC)
  • First Aid and CPR certified
  • Maintained a monthly calibration/bump test report on all CO monitors, LEL monitors, and MSA Altair personal monitors
  • Participated in process safety management (PSM), Process safety analysis (PSA) and root cause analysis RCA’s
  • Filled Carbon Monoxide trailers via liquid pump thru ambient vaporizers into high pressure gas
  • Confined space entrant and entry signer and reviewer

Assistant Shipping Manager

200 West, Tow Motor
Walnut Wadsworth, Ohio
11.2001 - 09.2005
  • Shipping and Receiving department, managed all incoming and outgoing freight
  • Operated large mixing blenders for plumbing glues, gasket lubes, hand cleaners, and athletic field paint
  • Performed lab analysis such as viscosity, and color matching on finished products ready for shipment
  • Unloaded raw chemicals in our tank farm such as Acetone, Dibasic Ester, Tetrahydrofuran, Methyl Ethyl Ketone, and IPA alcohols

High Pressure Cylinder Plant Operator

Praxair
Akron, Ohio
07.1989 - 11.2001
  • Performed hydrostatic testing on high pressure cylinders in accordance with DOT (Dept
  • Of Transportation)
  • Worked in the high-pressure cylinder filling department
  • Filled cryogenic liquid containers
  • Operated Acetylene generator
  • Calcium carbide hopper filled with water creates acetylene
  • Facilitator of USP medical grade gases, which included periodic routine internal auditing
  • Tow motor operator for loading distribution trucks, trailers.

Education

The All-Hazards Training Center -

University of Findlay
2014

OSHA Regulatory and NFPA 70E Electrical Safety -

2014

graduate - studies

Norton High School
1989

Some College (No Degree) - Undetermined

Akron University, Akron, OH

Ward Rosen Cryogenic training 40-hour program course Atlas Copco Mafia Trench Expander/Compressor refresher courses PSM/PHA/P&ID Red-Line participant -

Skills

  • Computer Skills
  • Lotus Notes, Microsoft Word and Excel, Pi Vision, Kronos, WonderWare, PCS-7
  • Foxboro and Allen Bradley PLC, Delta V, Ignition, Microsoft Teams, Microsoft WorkDay
  • Interests
  • Science, Oil and Gas, Athletics

References

Christopher Carroll, LNG Dominion Hub, Lusby Maryland - 330-383-5763

Joseph Weeks, Summit Midstream - Cheyenne WY 970-379-6792

Joseph Giles - Natural Gas Cryo Consultants - 1-575-746-7046

Grant Hammer DTE Instrumentation Supervisor 234-575-1262

Jacob Townsend Royal Dutch Shell, Monaca, Pa 330-397-6911

Cody Berish Day Lead, Midstream Operators NM 330-347-9041

 Dave Corley Praxair HyCo Plant Superintendent 330-686-2782

Timeline

Control Room Air Separation Plant - Messer Gases of North America
02.2023 - Current
Remote Operations Control Center - Airgas/Air Liquide ROCC Operations
05.2022 - 12.2022
Shift Lead, Control Room/Outside - Williams Companies/Momentum Midstream
03.2013 - 05.2022
Hydrogen/ CO Plant Operations - Praxair N.A.I.G
09.2005 - 01.2013
Assistant Shipping Manager - 200 West, Tow Motor
11.2001 - 09.2005
High Pressure Cylinder Plant Operator - Praxair
07.1989 - 11.2001
University of Findlay - The All-Hazards Training Center,
- OSHA Regulatory and NFPA 70E Electrical Safety,
Norton High School - graduate, studies
Akron University - Some College (No Degree), Undetermined
- Ward Rosen Cryogenic training 40-hour program course Atlas Copco Mafia Trench Expander/Compressor refresher courses PSM/PHA/P&ID Red-Line participant,

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