James C. Brown
Magnolia
Summary
Industrial maintenance professional with hands-on experience in troubleshooting, repairing, and maintaining complex machinery and systems. Strong focus on team collaboration and achieving operational efficiency. Reliable, adaptable, and skilled in diagnostics, preventive maintenance, and safety protocols. Known for excellent mechanical aptitude and problem-solving abilities.
Overview
19
19
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Senior Industrial Maintenance Technician
Repsol Oil & Gas USA
Runge, TX
07.2017 - 06.2026
- Trained new technicians on safety protocols, equipment handling, and maintenance procedures to promote best practices.
- Conducted safety audits and ensured compliance with industry regulations and standards.
- Collaborated with engineering teams to implement process improvements that increased productivity.
- Developed and implemented inventory management of tools and supplies to optimize spare parts availability in order to reduce costs and downtime.
- Used problem-solving skills to alleviate and correct issues efficiently with minimal supervision.
- Troubleshot, diagnosed, repaired and replaced faulty equipment and control failures to maintain correct control of operations and ensuring minimal downtime in production equipment as well as identifying enhancement for future operations.
- Followed work orders and specifications for equipment replacement, repair, or maintenance using SAP.
- Operated various tools and equipment proficiently while maintaining a safe work environment at all times.
- Led preventive maintenance programs and maintained accurate documentation of service reports in order to facilitate better decision-making for future repairs or replacements.
Field Maintenance Technician
Wood Group PSN (Statoil)
01.2016 - 2017
- Installation, testing, inspection, maintenance, and repair of various instrumentation/equipment in the field including, but not limited to, ESDs, various pumps, compressor equipment, wellhead gate valves, control valves, actuators, regulators, transmitters, level controllers, dump valves and ball valves. Assisting I/E and Rotating Mechanic with troubleshooting, repair, or testing of equipment. Use of SAP to plan, coordinate and close work orders/jobs.
Lead Field Technician
Flow-Zone LLC. (Talisman)
01.2014 - 01.2016
- Installation, testing, inspection, maintenance, and repair of various instrumentation/equipment in the field including, but not limited to, PSVs, ESDs, controllers, control valves, actuators, regulators, transmitters, level controllers, dump valves, plunger control, and ball valves. Responsible for maintaining company truck, skid/tools, and keeping an inventory of replacement parts/equipment. Responsible for completion of paper-work in a timely manner such as test sheets, inspection forms, daily reports, VR Travelers for Relief valves, and Field Service Reports.
Electricians Apprentice
Abortion Electrical Service Company
01.2013 - 01.2014
- Reference blueprints for the installation of conduit, wiring, lights and receptacles in a commercial construction environment.
Floor Hand - Natural Gas Drilling Rig
Trinidad, LLC
01.2010 - 01.2011
- Installation, maintenance, and repair of diesel powered generators, hydraulic equipment, pumps, AC motors, variable speed drives, signal lines, process piping, and other various pieces of industrial process equipment. Fork lift operation. Received fork lift and man lift certifications.
Floor Hand - Natural Gas Drilling Rig
Nabors Drilling USA
01.2007 - 01.2008
- Same as above.
Education
Technical Diploma - Industrial Instrumentation Technology
Northwest Louisiana Technical College
Minden, Louisiana01-2013
Skills
- Prioritize safety on jobsites
- Troubleshooting, Tuning, repair and calibration of: automatic process controllers (pneumatic & digital), Burner Management Systems, control valves, pneumatic safety control systems (ESDs), solenoid valves, relays, motor controllers and variable frequency drives (VFD’s)
- Trouble shooting electrical equipment to find failure point(s)
- Installation of conduit and tubing systems
- interpretation of P&IDs
- Installation and repair of Pressure Relief Valves (PSV/PRV), ball valves, dump valves, Fisher EZH regulators, pneumatic and hydraulic actuators, flow meters, Kimrays, and digital process transmitters
- Able to work autonomously with minimal supervision, lead a team and works well in groups
- Strong troubleshooting skills for production equipment and controls
- Patience with new technicians; able to guide them while maintaining my own work load
- Eager to learn new things from seniority
- Adaptable to changing work environments and work loads
Certification
- NCCO Crane Certification - obtained in 2025.
- Standard Annual Veriforce Training
- Hazwoper 40
Timeline
Senior Industrial Maintenance Technician
Repsol Oil & Gas USA
07.2017 - 06.2026
Field Maintenance Technician
Wood Group PSN (Statoil)
01.2016 - 2017
Lead Field Technician
Flow-Zone LLC. (Talisman)
01.2014 - 01.2016
Electricians Apprentice
Abortion Electrical Service Company
01.2013 - 01.2014
Floor Hand - Natural Gas Drilling Rig
Trinidad, LLC
01.2010 - 01.2011
Floor Hand - Natural Gas Drilling Rig
Nabors Drilling USA
01.2007 - 01.2008
Technical Diploma - Industrial Instrumentation Technology
Northwest Louisiana Technical College