SUMMARY:
Mr. Joseph has over thirty years experience in the system engineering, construction and operations industries working as a program manager, principal engineer, project manager, construction superintendent, quality assurance engineer, materials control supervisor, lead control systems engineer and electrical & instrument project engineer and sales. Mr. Joseph has worked in various industries including but not limited to chemical, refinery, pipeline, waste treatment, semiconductor, power production, water transmission, distribution, and treatment, agriculture, electrical power distribution, and electro-chemical. Mr. Joseph’s interpersonal, business, and technical skills are just as varied, also including but not limited to business development and opportunity conceptualization, system engineering, negotiation, scope identification and management, estimate planning, process design, HAZOP study, FEED and BEP packages, SIS engineering and design, detailed design, contract administration, construction management, commissioning and startup, equipment specifications, and bid conditioning. These experiences include onshore/offshore, in-plant owner/operator facilities, EPC offices, and construction sites. Mr. Joseph has coordinated multiple disciplines in multi-cultural environments establishing work procedures and developing workflows to assure efficient integration of discipline activities and fulfillment of stakeholder requirements.
Mr. Joseph’s adeptness in the application of technical skills and team mentoring has facilitated the execution of many innovations furthering safety and quality as drivers to higher efficiency and profitability.
EXPERIENCE:
CDI
2003 – Present
* Principal Engineer. Lead technical activities in multiple projects under a program to coordinate resources (personnel in administration, engineering, operations and maintenance) across 27 chemical plants in the southeastern United States. Rolled out procedures to coordinate personnel across multiple plant sites and the regional engineering office. These procedures included the coordination of engineering, procurement, construction, maintenance, regulatory compliance, and third party auditing. Designed procedures to achieve continuous quality assurance. Designed tools and procedures to optimally allocate resources across multiple sites. Coordinated the development of a catalogue of process and control enhancements for silane and polysilicon production facilities. Developed optimization frameworks to evaluate enhancement scenarios across multiple operating environments. Lead projects for proposals, front end engineering (conceptual to basic engineering), and detailed design engineering. Developed and deployed work process practices in alignment with corporate, program and project goals including quality control tests. Coordinated the development of work flow diagrams for all disciplines and the associated interface integrations. Assessed and coordinated stakeholder requirements to identify and report key process indicators (KPI). Developed processes using model based design to assure standards compliance for the design of safety instrumented systems (SIS). Expanded the safety design methods to include a framework to coordinate safety and plant availability. Met the goals of integrated information flow for the development, design, validation, installation, operation and maintenance of the SIS. Developed conceptual engineering packages, front end engineering, basic engineering packages, and detailed designs in control systems and electrical for multiple projects. Produced and delivered business development presentations resulting in approved programs and projects in unique engineering applications.
Aarden Engineering
2002 - 2003
* Integration Consultant. Performed specification analysis and detailed designs to process requests for quotes into priced designs for proposals. Negotiated pricing, terms and conditions. Provided detailed designs for electrical/mechanical water treatment packages for FPSOs and offshore rigs for a wide variety of clients across the world - from equatorial to sub-arctic locations. Coordinated the sales, engineering, manufacturing, and quality control departments to identify requirements and write specifications for workflow automation in support of ISO9001/2000 certification. Developed mathematical models for electrochemical systems. Developed electrochemical cell technologies to optimize chemical conversion power efficiencies.
1998 - 2002
* Program Manager. Reporting directly to the CEO for the development and deployment of systems for multivariable predictive control systems for water treatment, transmission and distribution systems. Preformed modeling and simulation for design, analysis and optimization in process areas such as industrial, chemical, electrical, commercial, business operations, financial and environmental. Negotiated pricing, terms and conditions for services, equipment and shared savings contracts. Developed methods to integrate building services such as HVAC and lighting with campus wide energy management for long term energy contract development. Managed the development of applications for the identification of system dynamics. Developed enterprise operations models for resource planning optimization. Coordinated business planning, marketing plans, and product planning. Developed business plans and asset assessment for 'Balanced Scorecard' and key process indicator (KPI) implementations. Managed the development and deployment of automated, optimal capital infrastructure design of transmission and distribution network systems. Managed the development of applications for web based product deployment and data management. Analyzed client communication networks and designed modifications to perform remote, automated database synchronization over the Internet. Instituted procedures for quality control. Generated proposals for engineering design and mechanical equipment installations. Developed contracts and closed sales for engineering services. Administered outsourcing contracts. Introduced structured analysis using universal modeling language (UML) to a corporate culture to facilitate the management of business and engineering solutions and for the negotiation of win-win solutions with outside suppliers and clients. Defined and implemented work practices for engineering, design, programming, quality control, documentation and accounting to assure integrated operations.
1996 - 1998
* Lead Engineer (contract to Fluor Corp.) Mobil Jose Project, Venezuela ($2.5 billion project). Lead the EICS (enterprise integration and communication systems) group for the overall plant including utilities, ethylene glycol, polyethylene, and administration areas. Provided conceptual engineering, general specifications development, cost estimate, and EPC bid package. Identified, modeled and integrated business operational requirements for multiple systems including voice and data networks, radio, HVAC, CCTV, access control and security, interfaces to DCS, enterprise integration, equipment health monitoring, asset management, enterprise resource management (SAP), supply chain management, and transportation management. Defined and specified quality assurance requirements for the detailed design and construction of EICS facilities. Performed detailed design engineering for fiber optic, copper, microwave, and satellite networks.
1994 - 1996
* Principal Engineer (contract to Fluor Corp.) Mobil Yanpet Expansion, Yanbu, Saudi Arabia ($1.5 billion). EICS Principal Engineer. Provided conceptual design, contract development and field support for network systems for telecommunications, DCS, PLC and enterprise solutions. Identified new business requirements, generated business models, and provided interfaces between components of the new systems and to the existing systems. Designed fiber optic, copper and microwave networks. Lead the Control Systems Engineer Group (18 engineers and 10 designers) for the polyethylene and polypropylene reaction facilities, heat transfer, extruders, material handling facilities, and catalyst preparatory areas. Provided conceptual engineering, general specifications development, and EPC bid packages. Supervised the design of the multivariable control system for the reaction gas cycles. Specified and designed automated chemical and physical analysis systems for remote areas and the associated monitoring networks. Developed requirements for SAP interfacing to process data systems for enterprise integration.
1993 - 1994
* Principal Engineer. Provided project management and engineering design services for electrical and control systems to petrochemical, chemical, semiconductor, water treatment, water transmission, water distribution, and agricultural clients. Lead engineering and design groups of up to 16 people. Projects included design and construction of fuel transportation facilities, waste treatment, HVAC and building services, bulk handling, machine control, sequential process optimization, data systems interfacing, and database management. Designed computer networks including fiber optics, copper, microwave, and radio frequency. Developed atomic force microscopy (AFM) techniques for the identification of macro-molecules and DNA sequences. Developed mathematical models of the electromechanical manipulation of AFM probes and resultant imaging software. Developed nanostructured multilayered composites for specimen support for AFM analysis. Performed analyses of automation integration tools for semiconductor fabrication facilities to assuring coordination of sales and production across all fabrication and storage assets. Developed multiple chemical processes patents. Developed mathematical models for electrochemical systems.
Brown&Root
1988 – 1993
* Senior Control Systems Project Engineer ($2.5 billion project). Lead development of multi-variable control strategies for a polyethylene reactor specified by Union Carbide. Supervised 36 engineers and 27 designers. Organized the development of the Advanced Process Controls Group. Coordinated engineering and lead the Control Systems group on the U.S. DOE Rocky Flats project for nuclear waste and mixed waste remediation. Defined the simulation methods and procedures to model the material processes and the encasement process. Trained engineers to build and simulate unit operations used to design the chemical processes, mechanical systems and the instrumentation and control systems. Utilized 'design of experiment' methods to specify measurement methods, sampling methods, data acquisition, and model formulations to characterize dynamics of thermal, chemical, nuclear, and mechanical processes. Performed thermal modeling and associated chemical reaction dynamics of individual blocks and block stacking strategies. Performed engineering quality assurance audits for the design of Exxon (Mobile Bay) offshore platforms and an FPSO. Developed outlines and details for procedure development to meet ISO 9000 certification requirements. Lead the engineering design of an Exxon (Santa Ynez) on-shore/offshore complex including production rigs and an FPSO. This multibillion-dollar project included various analyzers, cogeneration, heat transfer, process integrated electrical load management, sub sea oil and gas pipelines, scraper facilities, overland oil and gas transmission lines, process water treatment and waste water treatment. Specified and designed automated chemical and physical analysis systems for remote areas and remote emissions monitoring computerized networks. Provided quality control procedures and construction support services.
1984 - 1988
* Project Manager, Senior Electrical and Process Control Systems Engineer. Work multiple, simultaneous projects in a variety of isocyanate facilities and waste water treatment facilities. Developed personnel computer standards for allocation, hardware specification, software loads, and engineering use guidelines for the plant. Process projects included the design of single loop controllers, PCs, PLCs and DCS, including optimal loop tuning, complex control strategies, multivariable controls, power distribution, cogeneration, and lighting systems. Specified and designed automated chemical and physical analysis systems for remote areas and a utility monitoring system network. Managed projects from conceptualization through startup. Coordinated the design and construction personnel procedures for obtaining field work permits including job safety activity plans. Performed construction quality assurance and inspection, material receiving operations, and other construction service activities. Developed nuclear safety procedures for nuclear instruments. Wrote the corporate nuclear safety officer requirements specification.
Fluor
1983 - 1984
* Construction superintendent in Jubail, Saudi Arabia. Lead crews as large as 27 construction hands and 2 engineers. Installed control systems including DCS, PLC, single loop, and turbine and compressor advanced controls. Implemented nuclear safety procedures for nuclear instruments and trained third party personnel. Developed procedures for work permits and peer reviewed job safety assessments. Coordinated requirements from operations to plan and schedule commissioning and startup activities. Developed reports to status progress and concerns.
1982 - 1983
* Construction inspector in Jubail, Saudi Arabia. Develop and audit quality assurance and inspection procedures and practices for the managing contractor and subcontractors. Specified the design of an interactive welding procedure tracking system.
1977 - 1982
* Control systems engineer for a variety of clients in oil and gas production, treatment and refining, and in waste water treatment. Specified and deployed computer systems for the transition from punch card based systems to interactive video based systems instrument data management. Designed process measurement systems based on nuclear instrumentation. Designed control system for special problems such as complex control, control valves and temperature detection devices in extremely harsh environments.
Electrical engineer for a variety of clients in oil and gas production, treatment and refining.
Materials Control Supervisor for Aramco projects. Specified and deployed computer systems for the transition from punch card based systems to interactive video based systems for material tracking. Procurement of spare parts. Coordinated international logistics.
Personally Contracted Services
1973 - 1977
* Developed database management programs to run on mainframe computers. Operated mainframe computers. Programmed a variety of scientific and engineering applications. Trained medical students in pharmacology labs. Trained mechanical engineering students in electronic networks.
1971 - 1973
* Performed general farm and ranch work including irrigation, fencing, animal handling, and transportation and feeding.
1968 - 1971
* Performed construction craft work as an insulator, boiler-maker, surveyor, and laborer on many construction sites across North America.
EDUCATION:
* Graduate program in Control Systems, Texas Tech University
* B.S. Electrical Engineering, Texas Tech University
* B.A. Chemistry, Texas Tech University
* Systems Engineering
* OSHA 1910 (HAZMAT)
* Engineering Supervision
* Project Management
* Specific hardware application
* Specific software use
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS:
* Registered Professional Engineer, TX. NO. 70595
PUBLICATIONS:
* System design and simulation tools
Ray Joseph, PE
System Engineering
832 586-5854
ray[at]aarden.us
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