Joseph Prejean
Houston,Tx
Summary
Experienced Dow Tech with strong leadership and relationship-building skills. Enthusiastic worker who successfully applies vast knowledge of lockout/tagout, process monitoring, troubleshooting, and procedure use/modifications.
Overview
12
12
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Senior Pilot Plant Tech (R&D Plant B)
Dow Chemical Company
11.2022 - Current
- Collaborate with technical teams to execute R&D and scale-up activities.
- Operate and monitor pilot plant and lab equipment for safe, reliable performance.
- Adjust and troubleshoot process controls and instrumentation.
- Perform routine operations including sampling, calibration, and maintenance per SOPs.
- Support validation runs for catalyst sales and customer trials.
- Document operations through logs, batch records, and lab notebooks.
- Analyze plant metrics to identify and implement optimization opportunities.
- Ensure safety compliance through active participation in hazard management programs.
- Contribute to SOPs and training material development.
- Provides technical support to engineers and scientists in the execution of R&D and scale-up activities.
- Acts as a pilot plant team to ensure safe and reliable operation of reactors and associated process equipment.
- Supports catalyst validation and customer trials through execution of experimental runs and process monitoring.
- Applies role-specific expertise to troubleshoot process deviations and maintain accurate operational documentation.
- Cylinder transfers, product sampling via gloxbox or inertly, offload charging of solvent drums to storage vessels
- Assisted TC with training structure for new employees
- Assist with GMISS
Senior Production Tech for Lone Star
Dow Chemical Company
11.2018 - 11.2022
- Inside/Outside Board Operator on Batch Monomers process, Monitored process conditions using Delta V Op Stations, Responded to alarms and responded properly to process conditions according to limits/operator discipline, Start-up/Shut down equipment/units per procedure, Clearing and tagging equipment per procedure, Procedure use/updating/creating/ Trained new operators, Red Tag Master System user printing/updating/creating tag lists High/Low impact SWP issuer, Shift Procedure User, Focal Point for operations for Turnarounds Shut down, cleared, and tagged units and issued permits on for maintenance on a regular basis.
- Assist in prepping job scopes and organizing of paperwork and common communicator between contractors and shutdown coordinator Assisted in LOPA projects EH&S team member.
- Responsible for achieving production requirements.
- Set and monitored product standards, examining samples of raw products and processing tests, to ensure the quality of all finished products.
- At times assisted logistics with loading and unloading trailers and railcars.
- Unofficial shift leader
Chemical Process Operator (Plant A)
Dow Chemical Company
07.2013 - 11.2018
- Inside/Outside Board Operator on Batch/Continuous Distillation/Wastewater systems Monitor process conditions using Mod V Op Stations Answer alarms and respond properly to process conditions according to limits/operator discipline Read Dowtran for alarms and stepping/term step in sequences Navigate through Op stations Start-up/Shut down equipment/units per procedure Clearing and tagging equipment/units per procedure Procedure use/updating/creating Training new operators on batch and continuous systems Red Tag Master System use printing/updating/creating tag lists High/Low impact SWP issuer Shift Procedure User Focal Point Focal Point for operations for Turnarounds 2014-Present: Shut down, cleared, and tagged units and issued permits on for maintenance.
- Assist in prepping job scopes and organizing of paperwork and common communicator between contractors and shutdown coordinator Assisted in LOPA projects EH&S team member.
- Monitor and change rates on Ammonia Recovery distillation tower,as well as trouble shooting, clearing ammonia pumps and tanks
- Responsible for achieving production requirements.
- Set and monitored product standards, examining samples of raw products and processing tests, to ensure the quality of all finished products.
Education
Associate's Degree - Process Technology
ITI Technical College
Baton Rouge, LAHigh School Diploma - undefined
Acadiana High School
Lafayette, LASkills
- Self Directed
- Great Interpersonal skills
- Self-motivated
- Strong verbal communication
- Team liaison
- Team leadership
- Organized
- Works well under pressure
- Lab experience
- Procedures Team Member
- Environmental Health and Safety Team member
- Team leader for labeling the process of the plant out in the field
- Assisted in modifying P&ID's
- Knowledge of industrial pump applications, operations, maintenance and troubleshooting
- Moderate OSHA knowledge
- Shift Procedure user Focal Point
- Operator trainer Train new and experienced operators on new systems for batch and continuous process
- Moderate in SAP
- Proficient in Lockout/tagout and life critical standards
- Moderate in Mod V and Delta V
- Proficient in High/Low Impact safe work permitting and Lockout/tagout
- Moderate in Microsoft Office and Adobe
Accomplishments
- Safety Audit
- Led monthly safety audits to monitor employee behavior and ensure safe compliance with company policies and safety regulations.
- Bronze Medal for successfully training my first trainee on continuous process system
- Bronze Medal for showing trouble shooting leadership during hurricane duty in the plant
- Spotlight award for assisting with foam trial in distillation tower to increase Ammonia recovery
- Participated in a EH&S project installing a Automatic rodout into a reactor
- Focal Point leader for Turnarounds
- Over 20 spotlight, bronze, silver and gold rewards through accelerate great throughout career that's not listed
Certification
- Forklift Certified
- Aerial lift Certified
- Respiratory Fit certified
- Confined Space Certified
Timeline
Senior Pilot Plant Tech (R&D Plant B)
Dow Chemical Company
11.2022 - Current
Senior Production Tech for Lone Star
Dow Chemical Company
11.2018 - 11.2022
Chemical Process Operator (Plant A)
Dow Chemical Company
07.2013 - 11.2018
High School Diploma - undefined
Acadiana High School
Associate's Degree - Process Technology
ITI Technical College