Kenneth West
Summary
Well Established leader in petrochemical and fluorochemical operations within PSM regulated facilities. Effective communicator that is tenacious in optimization and passionate in the safety of chemical manufacturing.
Overview
8
8
years of professional experience
Work History
Process Safety Management Coordinator
Indorama Ventures Xylenes & Pta LLC
01.2022 - Current
- Leads unit operations in a world scale Xylene, Purified Terapthalic/Isopthalic Acid, and Napthalene Dicarboxylate site.
- Acts as relief Unit Operations Foreman.
- New employee training and documentation of certifications.
- Conducts pre-startup safety reviews(PSSR) of all newly installed or modified equipment.
- Establishes and implements written procedures managing change to process chemicals, technology, equipment and facilities.
- Investigates every incident that results in or could have resulted in a major accident in the workplace, and implementing corrective actions.
- Conducts Management of Change(MOC), Hazard and Operability Analysis(HAZOP), and compliance audits.
- Skilled in troubleshooting control system malfunctions and creating plans for repair.
- Competent in Safe practice permitting including LOTO, JSA, Hot-Work, Line-Break, and Confined Space work.
- Cross functional collaborations with leadership, operations, maintenance, logistics, and planning.
- Project leadership in TAR / outage activities which includes planning, permitting, KPI, and effective communication / documentation.
Chemical Operator
Daikin America Inc
08.2017 - 01.2022
- Safely operated chemical manufacturing equipment, within set SOCL’s, such as distillation towers, reactors, pumps, compressors, blowers, condensers, and other refinery and recovery equipment through Yokogawa Distributed Control System.
- Manually charged catalyst and chain transfer agent chemicals to reactors, and also recovered such chemicals from reactors by procedure.
- Unclogged polymerized chemicals in piping and transfer lines.
- Daily checks on equipment and thorough knowledge of maintenance on chemical manufacturing equipment.
- Used SAP and Gainseeker software to input data into batch ticketing systems and sample data information interfaces.
- Collected and analyzed samples of in-process products and chemicals to check for purity and batch specific properties.
- Followed safety processes and protocols while moving hazardous chemicals and operating heavy machinery to avoid and accidents.
- Diagnosed issues quickly and contacted Shift/Area Supervisor to warn of potential safety or process problems.
- Strictly adhered to safety expectations, SOCL, PSM, and ISO procedures.
- Enthusiastically gained important knowledge on SDS information on all chemicals used in entire plant.
- Daily completion of complex LOTO using PID's for thorough isolation of all process hazards.
- Participated in selective and volunteer safety and environmental stewardship programs.
Maintenance Mechanic
Primetals Technologies
01.2016 - 08.2017
- Reviewed technical documentation to complete equipment maintenance and repair.
- Completed partial or full dismantling of equipment to quickly repair or replace defective components and restore functionality.
- Basic arc welding for structural steel
- Mechanical maintenance for Metallurgical Industry equipment.
- Used and familiarized with FARO laser tracking system for precise digital measuring and mapping of equipment through AUTOCAD software.
- Used precision measuring equipment such as calipers, micrometers, bore gauges, etc. daily along with a basic understanding of CNC and manual machining.
Education
Bachelor of Science - Advanced Manufacturing Management
Athens State University
Athens, AL05.2022
High School Diploma -
Decatur High School
Decatur, AL05.2017
Skills
- Distributed Control System
- Mechanical Maintenance / Repair
- ISO / Process Safety Management
- Title V / Environmental
- SAP, Gainseeker, Microsoft Office Software
- PID / Blueprints
- LOTO, JSA, Line Break, Safe work permiting
- Process Technology
- Precision Measuring / Metrology
- Safety Program Development
- Incident Investigation
- Emergency Response
Emergency Response
5+ Years of experience with emergency response teams. Proven training in Industrial Fire Fighting, HAZMAT, and First-Aid. CPR and first aid certified. Comfortable performing in level A hazmat ppe, turnout gear, and SCOTT scba.
Timeline
Process Safety Management Coordinator
Indorama Ventures Xylenes & Pta LLC
01.2022 - Current
Chemical Operator
Daikin America Inc
08.2017 - 01.2022
Maintenance Mechanic
Primetals Technologies
01.2016 - 08.2017
Bachelor of Science - Advanced Manufacturing Management
Athens State University
High School Diploma -
Decatur High School
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