Joseph Medve

• Works closely with Maintenance Technician and Operations Coach to schedule systems and specific equipment for periodic maintenance and inspection.
• ·Works closely with maintenance Technicians and Operations Coach to ensure that all periodic government regulatory and corporate governance requirements are properly scheduled and maintained.
• Generates work requests for all identified periodic maintenance and government regulatory and corporate governance activity.
• Confirms that all scheduled work has been completed and meets regulatory and governance requirements. Collects and maintains all necessary records for confirmation of compliance of all associated plant systems.
• Works closely with department EH&S resources to understand future corporate governance and government regulatory requirements and impacts on plant systems and work processes.
• Works with Project Specialist, Operations Coach, and Run Plant Engineers to support capital activity associated with corporate governance, government regulatory, process improvements, and new technology installations.
• Works closely with Run Plant Engineer, Operations Coach, and Maintenance Technician to properly prepare for plant shutdown.
• Reports daily work activity and progress to plant staff to inform and enable adjustments as needed.
• Responsible for maintaining all PPM work processes in the plant and improving them. Coaches all plant resources on expectations associated with PPM work processes.
• Performs visual inspections of all process containing equipment

• Shift Lead / Technologist

This role is expected to be an influential leader of the EH&S culture at the pilot plants. To this end, they will promote a positive and constructive environment where everyone feels comfortable raising and addressing a safety concern. They should also be very knowledgeable of Life Critical Standards (LCSs) and Loss Prevention Principles (LPPs) and should encourage everyone at the pilot plants to strive for perfection in these with as much efficiency as possible.

The Pilot Plant Technologist Shift Lead at B-3800 pilot plant provides an on-schedule coach/mentor with strong process knowledge, interpersonal, teamwork, and leadership skills to assist the plants schedule in aligning activities with business/functional objectives and the teams’ achievement of goals. The person fulfilling this role must see himself/herself as a service provider to his/her schedule and is looked upon as a resource by team members. The Pilot Plant Technologist (Shift Lead) should be trusted by team members and lead from a position of influence versus a position of authority.

• Immediate Response Leader -. Key responsibilities include:

o Proactively develops, leads, and assigns personnel in responding to Immediate Response Situations.

o Leads immediate response drills to prepare personnel utilizing defined and developed scenarios to cover a wide variety of potential scenarios.

o Ensures that the Immediate Response work process is followed during an Immediate Response situation and Immediate Response Drills

o Conducts preliminary root cause investigations on shift at the time of an incident, documents in Logbook, and communicates to staff for formal RCI completion.

o Works with Technical Advisor to develop yearly IRL drill scenarios.

· Shift People Systems Focal Point - The intent of this role is to provide a coach/mentor on shift to assist members of the shift team with Dow's People Systems. Key responsibilities include:

o Facilitates conflict resolution between people/shifts. Any conflict that cannot be resolved will be escalated to the Operations Leader.

o Coaches shift team members on People Systems and policies that apply to them

o Evaluates and contributes to balancing experience between shifts.

o Facilitates team feedback on performance appraisals.

o Coaches and develops Process Technicians for Sr. Tech role.

o Ensures area technicians know the right way to do the work (as defined by department policy, job procedures, standards, and work processes).

o Acts as a role model by exhibiting personal leadership and accountability.

o Creates optimism and trust on schedule

o Works with Operation Leader on developing their shifts personal skills.

· Shift Activity Coordinator - In this role, Shift leads will work as on-shift activity coordinators. Key responsibilities include:

o Coordinates activities for the team, and instructing other team members on the use of the Master Task List database (inputting and extracting tasks)

o Helps the team make daily assignments to limit confusion and clarify expectations.

o Work with Operations Leader, Technical Advisor and the maintenance team during shutdowns to coordinate the operation shutdown schedule and follow large projects.

· Shift Trainer - In this role, Shift Leads will ensure technicians are successfully trained on their shift. Key responsibilities include:

o Leading on-shift training, either by acting as the on-shift trainer or delegating to experienced technicians on shift.

o Tracking process technician’s training progression and escalating any concerns to the Training Coordinator.

o Contributing to identifying additional training needs for their shift.

Initiative - Ensures that plant is conducting research to plan and if not, in develops and documents plan to close gaps

· Ensure all work that needs to get done for the day is being addressed in a timely manner

· Stimulates others to accept new ideas and process improvements

· Encourages plant personnel to develop tools or process improvements which streamline work flow and improve efficiency

· Understands Unplanned Event or Immediate Response trigger criteria and initiates/facilitates the process when triggers are met

Leadership - Acts as the first-line Technical Advisor and Operations Leader on-shift

· Acts as the communication focal point for their respective schedule

· Appropriately represents their schedule's perspective concerning plant issues

· Understands, communicates and supports business, site and PSPH R&D Pilot plant goals and objectives, and works with their schedule to stay aligned to them

· Challenges behaviors contrary to Dow's vision

· Helps their schedule resolve personnel issues within team

· Understands when personnel issues are at the point where the Operations Leader needs to engage (i.e. performance, policy infractions, etc)

Learning - Coaches and trains other Technicians in plant operations

· Coaches others in effective communication methods

· Ensures the shift maintains a balanced skill set and technicians are growing and learning in the area desired via EDP

Teamwork - Networks with other Pilot Plant Technologists to ensure that best practices and consistent Operating Discipline are employed

· Utilizes the knowledge of and input from all available resources to make appropriate decisions

EH&S Excellence - Leads by example through a personal commitment to improving EH&S performance

· Promotes an environment/culture where EH&S is the top priority

· Ensures EH&S considerations are included in all aspects of team and production activities and decision making.

· Coaches others on the application and utilization of Life Critical Standards and Texas Operations EH&S Policies

Participates and encourages other’s participation in Observation and Intervention Programs like SHIELD and safety suggestions

Value Creation - Attends daily morning meeting and leads shift to meet plant research goals safely and reliably

· Ensures shift maintains a high standard of quality with respect to the cleanliness and organization of the facility (housekeeping)

· Works with their schedule to ensure adequate troubleshooting has been performed before handing tasks off to other work groups

· Works with their schedule to identify and eliminate low or non value-added tasks

Work Process Discipline - · Ensures that the appropriate work processes are followed including the use of eSWP and Manage Production Tools (OPD, Aspen Explorer)

· Ensures that their schedule follows and improves the plant's operating discipline, including Procedure use, detailed rounds, Process Automation policy, and active review of Active Alarms/Instruments in Manual.

· Ensures processes for Attendance / Schedule Mgmt / Coverage are followed and escalate issues as necessary

· Provides feedback and coaching to plant personnel when the appropriate work processes are not followed

• Uses the Operating systems (e.g. MOD V or Delta V) and Operating Discipline principles, procedures, policies and practices to ensure safe and efficient operation of all pilot plant areas such as, but not limited to; raw material receiving (loading and offloading), purification, catalyst, feeds, reactors, separations and finishing systems along with auxiliary systems such as vent destruction and cooling towers.
• Responsible for ensuring effective communication of plant status through verbal shift change and logbook documentation.
• Monitor process conditions, equipment and control systems.
• Uses trouble shooting skills to resolve process related deviations and problems.
• Orchestrates outside technicians activities based on plant priorities, schedules, commitments and start-up/shutdown needs.
• Performs tasks assigned to operations as per Log Book, Master Task List, Run Sheets and Type Change documents. E.g. administrative activities such as electronic and hard copy documentation.
• Supports outside Technicians with writing SWP’s or other LCS if the need arises. (e.g. RTM’s).
• Manages labels for polymer such as prime, scrap, and off-grade.
• As required, initiates and participates in Root Cause Investigations.
• Coaches and train others on plant operations.
• Performs process upset/crisis response activities as they arise or are assigned by leadership.
• Uses process knowledge and skills to make improvements in plant performance and Operating discipline. Includes creating and improving job procedures.

• Follows Operating Discipline principles, procedures, policies and practices to ensure safe and efficient operation of all pilot plant areas such as, but not limited to; raw material receiving (loading and offloading), purification, catalyst, feeds, reactors, separations and finishing systems along with auxiliary systems such as vent destruction and cooling towers.
• Responsible for ensuring effective communication of plant status through verbal shift change, field walk-through and logbook documentation.
• Communicates with the Inside Technician on the status of jobs or activities that need to be completed to operate the plant.
• Operates and field checks process equipment. Monitor process conditions, equipment and control systems.
• Writes permits to enable plant support activities to take place. Does not include high energy hot work permits.
• Performs tasks assigned to operations as per Master Task List. E.g. Field checks, equipment preparation, samples, etc.
• Clears and prepares systems for maintenance; shutting equipment down, draining, purging and isolating per Isolation of Energy Standard, hangs red tags.
• Completes RTO of systems after maintenance is complete.
• Uses trouble shooting skills to resolve process related deviations and problems.
• As required, initiates and participates in Root Cause Investigations.
• Coaches and train others on plant operations.
• Performs process upset/crisis response activities as they arise or are assigned by leadership.
• Uses process knowledge and skills to make improvements in plant performance and Operating discipline. Includes creating and improving job procedures.
• Perform process equipment troubleshooting, minor repairs, improvements and preventative maintenance, utilizing appropriate processes and disciplines

• Operate heavy equipment for laying new pipelines and to expose existing pipelines
• Construction of new pipelines
• Maintenance on existing pipelines
• Hydro Testing pipelines
• Zonal Isolation of pipelines
• Pigging of pipelines including uses of smart pigs
• LOTO practices for servicing and changing valves and other pieces associated with the line including blinding off lines and flanges
• Coordinating a crew to carry out tasks requested by the customer (DOW Chemical/Phillips 66/Spectra/etc)
• Reading and understanding blueprints
• Working with engineers and project managers to come up with pipeline designs and routing solutions

• Led multiple crews in providing exceptional service quality
• Helped implement new technologies
• Applied the highest level of leadership in Health, Safety and Environmental standards
• Assisted University Affairs in recruiting new employees
• Performed assessments for Competency Development Program
• Communicated effectively with customers on job issues to ensure Halliburton standards were achieved
• Examined caliper logs in order to calculate cement volumes
• Coordinated equipment, materials and personnel to well site
• Utilized SAP in conjunction with Halliburton’s systems
• Conducted JSA forms on multiple tasks throughout each job
• Worked as a Relief Service Coordinator

• Coordinated cementing service line work at the well site
• Performed calculations related to pipe capacities, differential and head pressures, and absolute volume
• Completed documents, reports and forms related to the cementing service performed
• Directed the preparation, clean up, and repair of equipment for each job
• Assisted and trained employees on equipment operation and maintenance

• Operated cement pumping and mixing equipment, including blenders, batch mixers and compressors
• Drove various commercial vehicles to location
• Maintained cement mixing equipment such as centrifugal and positive displacement pumps