Microsoft Excel
Jerold Looney
Sterling,CO
Summary
Talented Operations Supervisor well-versed in multifaceted business and employee management to achieve targeted results. Decisive leader and strategic problem solver with exceptional communication and foresight. Organized and personnel-focused strategic problem-solver with innovative solutions to uncharted problems.
Overview
33
33
years of professional experience
Work History
Tallgrass Energy
10.2021 - Current
Operations Supervisor
Northeast Colorado Gas Operations/Tallgrass Energy, LP
03.2018 - 10.2021
Operations Supervisor
Tallgrass Energy, LP
Bainbridge, Indiana
11.2012 - 03.2018
- Ensure that work is completed in accordance with internal standards following approved policies, procedures, safety rules, budgets and in a manner that promotes customer satisfaction
- Plan, schedule, assign, and direct work of Operations personnel
- Manage all regulatory requirements and be prepared to assist during any inspections or audits for the area of responsibility
- Monitor and implement company procedures, standards, and best practices
- Directly responsible for the safety program, environmental compliance, governmental compliance, employee training and development, facility security, and all personnel functions
- Identify, report and correct safety and environmental concerns
- Provide leadership and manage the planning and direction of activities at multiple locations within the area
- Supervise contract personnel engaged in testing and operations of facilities
- Plan and forecast the Capital, 9840, and O&M Budgets for the area of responsibility
- Participate in the development and approval of O&M procedures, site specific procedures, project scopes, and work plans
- Responsible for cash flow management, cost monitoring and control
- Assist with AFE project preparation, scheduling, monitoring projects costs, and project completion
- Conduct performance evaluations of direct reports
- Work with the Operations Manager to develop short- and long-range plans, goals and objectives for compressor and pipeline operations
- Provide support to project management and business development, as needed
- Organize work for timely completion
- Complete all applicable documentation and record keeping
- Perform all work in compliance with Company standards, procedures, regulatory, and Company tariff requirements
- Respond to emergency situations at any hour of the day or night
- Foster a positive open work environment, systems approach, and disciplined execution of all assigned tasks
- Manage personnel related matters, including providing performance-based feedback, providing support, and completing administrative paperwork as needed
- Demonstrate and enforce the highest professional integrity, ethics, and safety discipline
- Demonstrate and reinforce a culture of regulatory compliance
- Deal with a wide variety of people with tact, courtesy, and professionalism
- Maintain a high regard for personal safety, for the safety of company assets and employees, and the public
- Additional:
- Member of the Oracle Mountaineers transition team
- Member of the Salesforce testing team
- Member of the Maximo work group for the maximo development and transition
- Lead on the conversion of O&M form 200-32 to electronic submission through ARC GIS
- Kinder Morgan (bought out by Tallgrass Energy, LP on November 13, 2012)
Operations Specialist
Arlington, WY
03.2007 - 11.2012
- Writing and implementing Lock out/Tag out procedures for various systems
- Supervise contractor activities and make sure they follow safety policies
- Maintain DOT and OSHA files keeping them updated and ensuring requirements are met and documented
- Writing safety procedures and implementing procedures for the new compressor station
- Assist with one-calls and mark pipeline
- Perform valve maintenance on station valves
- Write operating procedures
- Conduct contractor initial safety training and site-specific training
- Maintain safety records
- Ensure OSHA regulations are followed locally
- Conduct root cause analysis for incident investigations
- Assist in maintaining engines and compressors
- Troubleshoot and do minor repairs on engines when needed to maintain reliability
- Change suction and discharge valves on compressors when needed
- Conduct pre-start up safety reviews
- Write and review Workplace Hazard Assessment
- Facilitate fit testing for respirators when required
- Calibrate gas detectors and perform needed maintenance
- Inspect and maintain emergency response kit
- Wrote, annually reviewed, and maintain emergency response book
- Write mock emergency drills for annual training
- Do annual DEQ greenhouse gas measurements
- Coordinate annual and semiannual DEQ emissions test and maintain records
- Conduct field safety reviews
- Conduct noise survey
- Review ergonomic requirements i.e.: safe lifting practices with contractors.
Operations Technician
Colorado Interstate Gas
Laramie, WY.
09.2003 - 03.2007
- Monitored reciprocating engines and turbine compressors to maintain line pressures and flows as directed by gas control
- Disposed of hazardous waste
- Scheduled maintenance on units as well as calibrate transmitters, test shutdowns, perform various preventative maintenance tasks, and trouble shoot problems when they arise
- Changed compressor valves and performed other maintenance on equipment as needed
- Supervised and monitored contractors when they were working in Colorado Interstate
- Gas areas and on its equipment
- Area Safety Committee chairman
- Duties included communicating to all committee members and area employees on any safety topics and issues that may arise
- Provided training to employees at area meetings on safety topics each month
- Developed agendas for committee and area meetings and followed up on action Items
- Performed field safety reviews as well as pre-start up safety checks
- Responsible for contractor safety orientation and enforcement of safety policies and procedures
- Sample suspected asbestos containing materials and submit for testing
- Qualified for scaffold building
- Manlift and forklift operator trained and certified
- Ensured all area employees stayed current on annual OSHA and DOT requirements
- Developed power point, training materials, and other visual aids for training
- Sampled drinking water for quality concerns per OSHA regulations.
Plant Operator
Coastal Chem
Cheyenne, WY.
10.1999 - 09.2003
- Sampled and tested products and adjusted valves and regulators as necessary
- Trained new crew members in plant operations
- Loaded product and operated a loader
- Certified forklift operator
- Took pressure and temperature readings in the nitric acid plants and ammonium nitrate
- Plants and maintained the records
- Adjusted as needed to keep the plants running
- Operated nitric acid plants
- Performed maintenance on valves
- Troubleshoot valves, transmitters, controllers, and any other problems when they arose
- Member of the Emergency Services Medical team as an Emergency Medical Technician
- Safety representative for crew
- Performed and maintained records on pre-start up safety reviews and process hazard analysis.
Platoon Leader and TAC Officer
Wyoming Army National Guard
Guernsey, WY
04.1986 - 06.1997
- Instructed classes in Office Candidate School and Non-commissioned Officer Schools
- Planned maintenance activities for the platoon
- Trained the platoon on many different tasks from basic soldier skills to specific job skills
- Answered technical questions as needed
- Evaluated subordinates
- Prioritized work orders coming into the shop
Education
Bachelor of Science - Health Science, Occupational Health and Safety
Kaplan University
Associates of Applied Arts - Music
Central Wyoming College
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Wind River High School
College
Skills
Effective leader
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- Certifications:
- HAZWOPER certification current
- Certified forklift operator
- Man lift certified
- Confined Space annual certification current
- SPCC certified competent and qualified person
- Scaffolding certified and competent person
- CPR and First Aid certified
- Qualified person for fall protection inspection
Software
Microsoft Word
TEAMS
Power Point
Power BI
Timeline
Tallgrass Energy
10.2021 - Current
Operations Supervisor
Northeast Colorado Gas Operations/Tallgrass Energy, LP
03.2018 - 10.2021
Operations Supervisor
Tallgrass Energy, LP
11.2012 - 03.2018
Operations Specialist
03.2007 - 11.2012
Operations Technician
Colorado Interstate Gas
09.2003 - 03.2007
Plant Operator
Coastal Chem
10.1999 - 09.2003
Platoon Leader and TAC Officer
Wyoming Army National Guard
04.1986 - 06.1997
Bachelor of Science - Health Science, Occupational Health and Safety
Kaplan University
Associates of Applied Arts - Music
Central Wyoming College
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Wind River High School
College
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