Thomas Quinn
Irvine,CA
Summary
Site Engineer with four years of experience in the process engineering field, specifically snack food manufacturing and primary/secondary wastewater treatment. Expertise in coordinating with outside vendors and clients. Adept at creating budget plans, technical packages, and solving complex engineering problems.
Overview
8
8
years of professional experience
Work History
Project Engineer
Barry-Wehmiller Design Group
Santa Ana, CA
05.2022 - Current
- Acted as process design lead for technical MEP projects inclusive of P&ID development, equipment sizing, and V&I selection
- Coordinated architectural, structural, electrical, mechanical, process, I&C, and fire protection teams for a complex solid phase synthesis bio-pharmaceutical process expansion project
- Developed LOD 300 / LOD 350 AEC models
- Prepared project proposals for a wide range of technical efforts including utilities expansion, process line installations, and greenfield process designs
- Managed financials and client expecations for multi-discipline AEC projects
Maintenance Manager / Site Reliability Engineer
PepsiCo, Frito-Lay
Rancho Cucamonga, CA & Jonesboro, AR
06.2017 - 05.2022
- Managed a team of 60 mechanics, planner schedulers, control specialists, boiler/wastewater technicians, and parts room attendants
- Oversaw implementation of daily work schedules
- Conducted maintenance mechanic interviews and vetted candidates for appropriate electro-mechanical skillsets
- Managed a budget of $4.2MM per year while utilizing capital dollars to cash flow amounts that could not be managed within the site financial infrastructure
- Coordinated with other engineers and construction professionals to manage various stages of construction projects, including a $10MM membrane bioreactor wastewater treatment facility, 450HP boiler revitalization project, and various smaller engineering projects around PLC upgrades and process improvements
- Managed preventative and predictive maintenance programs including vibrational analysis, ultrasonic, oil analysis, etc for 8 production lines, plant utility systems, and wastewater treatment
- Implemented improved training procedures to better develop new personnel, particularly a performance-based promotion process for hourly maintenance personnel
Education
Bachelor of Science - Chemical Engineering
Mississippi State University
Starkville, MS05.2017
Skills
- Hourly and salaried team member management
- Capability building and professional development
- Significant change management experience
- Technical and executive project management
- Preventative and predictive maintenance management
- High pressure steam generation and distribution
- Plant utilities
- Plant power distribution
- Biological wastewater wreatment
- Electro-mechanical troubleshooting
- Revit MEP & Autocad
- Inventor
- PipeFlow
- Excel, PowerBI
Timeline
Project Engineer
Barry-Wehmiller Design Group
05.2022 - Current
Maintenance Manager / Site Reliability Engineer
PepsiCo, Frito-Lay
06.2017 - 05.2022
Bachelor of Science - Chemical Engineering
Mississippi State University
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