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Overview
24
24
years of professional experience
Work History
Senior Process Safety Engineer – Process Safety and Risk Management
FHR: Corpus Christi Refinery
Corpus Christi, TX
09.2024 - 02.2025
- Participated in the Refinery Leadership Team meeting and highlighted important side-wide evaluation on protecting the integrity of the existing shutdown systems.
- Attended the Safety Design Reviews (SDRs) for the capital projects and assisted the Project team in inherent safer design using the Corporations Engineering Practices and Industry Standards.
- Provided feedback to the Site Process Safety Manager (PSM) and Corporate PSM Leaders on improvement opportunities on the existing PHA Work Process with focus on using other hazard identification and risk discovery methodologies.
- Developed presentation package on the previous process safety events at the industry that was shared with the refinery personnel during the first global process safety week with focus on lessons learned, hazard recognition and incident prevention.
Senior Process Safety Consultant – Process Safety and Risk Management
Phillips 66: Los Angeles Refinery
Wilmington/Carson, CA
04.2022 - 05.2023
- Led Process Safety and Risk Management Initiatives at both Los Angeles Refineries at Wilmington, CA and Carson, CA.
- Led process safety roles for the Layers of Protection (LOPA) Projects as part of the improvements to the Safety Critical Instrumentations and Systems.
- Provided support on preventing major process safety events and Loss of Primary Containment (LOPC) including process improvements.
- Updated facility siting evaluations for both refineries including siting of portable and permanent buildings throughout the plants.
- Developed training modules for the less experienced engineers on facility siting including evaluation of Vapor Cloud Explosions (VCEs.)
Advanced Associate Engineer – Process Safety and Risk Management
ExxonMobil Research & Engineering (EMRE) - Central Engineering Office
Springs, TX
01.2018 - 07.2021
- Participated at the American Petroleum Institute (API) Committee Meeting as a member and provided feedback and comments on the updates of the industry standard on siting of portable buildings and tents at manufacturing sites.
- Led facility siting studies for the US Gulf Coast manufacturing sites including Baton Rouge, Baytown and Beaumont Chemicals and Refineries and Gulf Coast Growth Venture (GCGV). This included evaluation of the existing facilities and protection against major process safety events.
- Developed gas detection methodology and philosophy for Liquified Petroleum Gas (LPG) storage areas, became the single point of contact for the number of locations of point and line of sight detection systems.
- Developed more than 40 bowties for the major process safety events including BLEVE and other major hazards as part of the Enhancement of Process Safety.
- Led updating the Company Design Practices on Toxic and Flammable Gas Detection that is used globally by all downstream manufacturing sites.
- Mentored and trained less experienced process safety engineers with the facility siting specifically on detailed evaluation of vapor cloud explosions.
Advanced Associate Engineer – Process Safety and Risk Group Lead
ExxonMobil Asia Pacific Pte Limited (EMAPPL) - Engineering Office
11.2014 - 01.2018
- Started an expatriate assignment to the ExxonMobil Engineering Office in Singapore as Process Safety and Risk Lead and supported ExxonMobil Jurong & PAC Refineries and Chemicals Plant (SCP) in Jurong Island.
- Led various grassroots and revamp projects including consulting role at the EPC contractors’ offices in Singapore and Milan, Italy. This included leading HAZAOP Reviews, Risk Assessments and Engineering Surveillance, Support ES3 Supports.
- Mentored and trained less experience Process Safety and Risk engineers in the areas of hazards identification, risk assessment and management, facility siting, emergency isolation and fundamentals of safety engineering.
- Provided supports for three major sites in Singapore including existing facilities HAZOPs, Facility Siting Evaluations, Scenario Based Operating Areas Risk Assessments (SBOARAs) and Ad-hoc Risk Assessments as part of the lead role in the region.
- Became a member of the Safe Operating Committee (SOC) for the Chemicals and Refineries (Jurong and PAC) as the process safety and risk specialist.
Advanced Associate Engineer – Process Safety and Risk Management
ExxonMobil Research & Engineering (EMRE) - Central Engineering Office
Fairfax, VA
09.2011 - 11.2014
- Returned to the Central Engineering Office after 4 years of international assignment as Loss Prevention leader on major capital projects for the overseas refineries including Europe, Asia-Pacific and Middle East.
- Continued consulting and leading role on the Non-Process-Quality Control (NPQC) Activities for major capital projects at the Engineering, Procurement and Construction (EPC) Contractors' offices.
- Instructed various process safety training courses in the area of loss prevention including the Fundamentals of Safety Engineering, Risk Assessment, ExxonMobil Blast Technology, HAZOPs, Inherent Safety, Health and Environmental (ISHE) Methodology.
- Developed Global Manufacturing Training Modules for Knowledge-Based HAZOP, ExxonMobil Blast Technology and Fundamentals of Safety Engineering as part of the corporation initiative on centralization of all training courses for global use.
- Led and trained less experienced engineers in the Central Engineering Office based on previous work assignments in both US and European Area Engineering Offices.
Associate Engineer – Process Safety and Risk Management
ExxonMobil Research & Engineering (EMRE) - Area Engineering Office Antwerp
Antwerp
09.2007 - 09.2011
- Started an expatriate assignment to the Area Engineering Office as the Lead Process Safety and Risk Specialist for the European Manufacturing sites (Refining) with the main focusing on SHE leadership and consulting role on the existing facilities and grassroots projects.
- Led more that 40 Knowledge-Based HAZOPs on existing process units and projects, 15 Risk Assessments, 3 refinery-wide Vapor Cloud Explosion (VCE) Studies and 2 Fire Protection Surveys for the Esso refineries in UK, Belgium, France, Italy, Norway and Netherlands.
- Oriented and trained less experienced Safety Engineers at the European Refineries on major SHE works processes, guidelines and procedures to ensure continuity and knowledge transfer based on the demographic in the region.
- Led SHE related activities including Detailed Engineering Knowledge based and Guide-word HAZOPs, 3D-CAD Model Reviews at the EPC contractors' offices.
- Continued consulting role in the Fire Protection, Equipment Layout and Spacing, Emergency Isolation, ExxonMobil Blast Technology on several projects and provided adequate training for the contractors' lead engineers and clarified and rationalized ExxonMobil SHE requirements.
- Instructed the Human Factors in Plant Design Training courses at the EPC Contractors' offices for the EPC contractors’ lead engineers.
- Led several Pre-Startup-Safety Reviews (PSSRs) for various ongoing projects at the European Refineries.
- Led several Knowledge-Based HAZOPs Reviews on Offsites facilities including Atmospheric (Fixed and floating roofs) and Pressurized (Spheres and Spheroids) Storage facilities.
Senior Engineer – Process Safety and Loss Prevention
ExxonMobil Research and Engineering Company - Central Engineering Office
Fairfax, VA
08.2003 - 09.2007
- Got transferred to the Safety and Risk Group of the Equipment Division at the Central Engineering Office with the main responsibilities of development of Tools and becoming specialist in several areas in the Loss Prevention including Overpressure Protection, Emergency Isolation and Response, Flare Systems sizing and Design, Fire Protection and Toxic & Flammable Gas Detection Application.
- Developed ExxonMobil HAZOP Reference List Access Database that is used globally and could be tailored based on the specific process unit and/or equipment.
- Led a multi-discipline team and updated the Corporation Risk Assessment and Management (RAM) Guide and interacted with the other stakeholders and senior management in the corporation at other business functions including the Upstream and Downstream Companies.
- Led Inherent, Safety, Health and Environmental Reviews (ISHERs) and Non-Process Quality Control (NPQC) including Human Factors in Plant Design for the Low Sulfur Mogas (LSM) Projects for 4 Japanese refineries including Detailed Engineering HAZOPs and consulting role at the EPC Contractors' offices in Tokyo.
- Became qualified and led various Knowledge Based HAZOP Reviews and Risk Assessments for the existing facilities and projects at Baytown, Baton Rouge and Torrance Refineries.
- Became qualified and led Vapor Cloud Explosion (VCE) Studies for the protection of the occupied Buildings at the ExxonMobil Beaumont and Joliet Refineries.
- Became qualified and led various Fire Protection Surveys and Fire Protection Evaluations (Firefighting and Fireproofing) for facilities in the US and Overseas.
- Led the Knowledge-Based and Guide-word HAZOP Reviews for the Fujian Grassroots Project in China for Atmospheric and Vacuum Distillation Units and utilities.
- Led various teams for the review and update of the ExxonMobil Design and Global Practices for the process safety and risk requirements.
Advanced Engineer - Process Designer
ExxonMobil Research and Engineering Company - Americas Regional Engineering Office
Baytown, TX
06.2001 - 08.2003
- Joined the Project Development Division of the Americas Area Engineering Office (AREO) as Process Design Engineer and developed Early Screening, Feed Packages, Heat- Material Balances and Design Specifications (PDS) for various revamps and grassroots projects for the ExxonMobil US Refineries.
- Participated at various Knowledge-Based HAZOP, Overpressure Protection Surveys and Safety Facilities Studies (SFS) for different process units at ExxonMobil US Gulf Coast Refineries including Baytown and Baton Rouge Refineries.
- Participated as one of team members in the development of the Existing Facilities Risk Considerations (EFRC) that was used by the manufacturing sites in the US for risk assessments of deficiencies in the overpressure protection.
- Completed contingency analysis and designed (size, number and location) various overpressure protection devices in compliance with both ExxonMobil Design and Global Practices, American Petroleum Institute (API) Guidelines and Design Institute of Emergency Release Systems (DIERS).
- Completed the Fuels North and South Flare Systems Analysis using Safety Analysis and Flare Evaluation (SAFE) Software for the Baytown Refinery and provided guidance on resolving the sizing deficiencies.
Timeline
Senior Process Safety Engineer – Process Safety and Risk Management
FHR: Corpus Christi Refinery
09.2024 - 02.2025
Senior Process Safety Consultant – Process Safety and Risk Management
Phillips 66: Los Angeles Refinery
04.2022 - 05.2023
Advanced Associate Engineer – Process Safety and Risk Management
ExxonMobil Research & Engineering (EMRE) - Central Engineering Office
01.2018 - 07.2021
Advanced Associate Engineer – Process Safety and Risk Group Lead
ExxonMobil Asia Pacific Pte Limited (EMAPPL) - Engineering Office
11.2014 - 01.2018
Advanced Associate Engineer – Process Safety and Risk Management
ExxonMobil Research & Engineering (EMRE) - Central Engineering Office
09.2011 - 11.2014
Associate Engineer – Process Safety and Risk Management
ExxonMobil Research & Engineering (EMRE) - Area Engineering Office Antwerp
09.2007 - 09.2011
Senior Engineer – Process Safety and Loss Prevention
ExxonMobil Research and Engineering Company - Central Engineering Office
08.2003 - 09.2007
Advanced Engineer - Process Designer
ExxonMobil Research and Engineering Company - Americas Regional Engineering Office
06.2001 - 08.2003