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Oscar Chavez

Reliability Engineer

Summary

To obtain Senior Engineer position in which I can apply and expand my knowledge/skills in Engineering and Management. While leading diverse groups, contribute plant uptime through capital and expense projects, promote proper maintenance practices and operational success through equipment reliability. While adhering to the company's highest safety and engineering standards.

Profile

• Self-Driven individual that strives for both peer and personal growth.

• Team player dedicated to the tasks at hand and the well-being of team members.

• Interested in the use and implementation of technology in the work place.

• Ability to work and make conscious decisions in pressure sensitive environments.

Overview

6
6
years of professional experience
4
4
years of post-secondary education

Work History

Reliability Engineer II

FREEPORT-MCMORAN COPPER & GOLD EL PASO OPERATIONS
08.2019 - Current
  • Provide support to maintenance, operations and management, with unclassified downtime and equipment breakdown.
  • Process review that include revisions of SOP, Predictive maintenance procedures , Preventative maintenance procedures and Operation effectiveness.
  • Manage RCFA's from equipment breakdown to major safety incidents with TapRoot process, with focus of reducing (human error outcomes and additional training required) in investigations.
  • Action item tracker to ensure all action items related to downtime and RCFA's are tracked and performed within appropriate window.
  • Develop and track KPI (Asset efficiency, physical availability, use of availability and MTBF) to ensure equipment performing to its designed standards.
  • Follow OEE (Overall Equipment Effectiveness) practices to monitor equipment.
  • Follow EMS (Equipment Management System) procedures to increase and monitor equipment reliability
  • Create and foment communication between maintenance, operations, management and RCM. (Downtime Reviews, RCFA's,KPI's)
  • Assist plant with equipment inspection and certifications, to adhere with company's equipment standards, safety, environmental policies and industries best practices. (SPCC, API-653 inspection, NFPA)

Reliability Centered Maintenance Sr. Supervisor

FREEPORT-MCMORAN COPPER & GOLD EL PASO OPERATIONS, RCM
08.2019 - Current
    • Create and manage conditioned based activities for fixed, rotating equipment and electrical equipment at rod mill and refinery
    • Actively manage lead supervisor and 5 specialized technicians that perform predictive maintenance (Infrared, Vibration, Ultrasonic/ Phased array, Baker motor testing, Non Destructive testing, Tribology)
    • Create and review predictive maintenance routes, to effectively predict equipment condition, and avoid unplanned downtime
    • In conjunction with maintenance and operations assign criticality to equipment in plant and ensured predictive monitoring plan was implemented critical pieces.
    • Increased employee development of 5 technicians, thought constant feed back, training opportunities and certifications.

Project Engineer I/Project Manager

FREEPORT-MCMORAN COPPER & GOLD EL PASO OPERATIONS
01.2018 - 04.2019
  • Active support group member for maintenance, planning and operations
  • Planned, coordinated and managed contractors during scheduled maintenance shut downs and emergency shut downs
  • Reviewed progress controls for project quality assurance.
  • Manage SAP Front Log where all maintenance and preventative maintenance orders are submitted, reviewed and distributed to proper contractor
  • Coordinated and engaged with different departments, Safety, GSC, Environmental, Accounting, Maintenance and Operations
  • Determine and write scopes of work for stake holder needs
  • Supervise contractors to make sure safety policies and regulations are followed
  • Engaged with stake holders on daily based to inform of any updates or changes to ongoing work or projects
  • Recommended improvements for design, construction means and materials based on field or changing conditions.
  • Planned, engineered, executed and delivered critical control improvement projects
  • Coordinated Multi-disciplinary small to mid size capital projects (Electrical, Civil, Structural, Mechanical)
  • Determined and scheduled priorities as required to progress engineering work.
  • Reviewed contractor proposals to determine favorable partnerships for on-time and under-budget project completion.

Education

Bachelor of Science - Mechanical Engineering

The University of Texas At El Paso
El Paso, TX
08.2013 - 12.2017

Skills

    -Proficient with Solid Works and Auto Cad

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Timeline

Reliability Engineer II

FREEPORT-MCMORAN COPPER & GOLD EL PASO OPERATIONS
08.2019 - Current

Reliability Centered Maintenance Sr. Supervisor

FREEPORT-MCMORAN COPPER & GOLD EL PASO OPERATIONS, RCM
08.2019 - Current

Project Engineer I/Project Manager

FREEPORT-MCMORAN COPPER & GOLD EL PASO OPERATIONS
01.2018 - 04.2019

Bachelor of Science - Mechanical Engineering

The University of Texas At El Paso
08.2013 - 12.2017
Oscar ChavezReliability Engineer