Maintenance and Reliability Engineering Professional - Risk Management

Raphael Suarez

Engineering professional with **+ years of multinational and multi-site experience in systems optimization and risk management sciences applied to the operations, projects, maintenance and reliability functions within process and oil & gas industries.

6026 Brunson Grove Dr. Katy, TX 77494 adj3vz@r.postjobfree.com Cell 281-***-****

Demonstrated success in safety and environmental undesired events reduction and assets performance improvement by applying strategic planning, predictive maintenance technologies and systems’ statistical and parametric modeling.

Formal education, training and expertise in selecting, implementing and controlling systematic continuous improvement processes and methodologies (Root Cause Analysis, Failure Mode Effect Analysis, Reliability Centered Maintenance, Probabilistic Risk Assessment and Lean - Six Sigma).

High performance achiever in projects planning and execution by controlling budget, safety, operational and quality requirements.

Asset life cycle management

Risk Assessment Engineering

Prognosis (Data Analytics)

Systems optimization

Decision making systems modeling

Maintenance budget estimation and control

Sparing for repairable and non-repairable systems

Project management

Reliability Engineering Technical Superintendent / Seadrill

2019-Present time / Houston, TX

Assure in a systematic manner the preservation and the required performance for 30 oil mobile offshore drilling units.

Develop strategies for the implementation of reliability engineering (RE) tools and continuous improvement (CI) methodologies.

Apply statistical analysis and systems modeling in order to identify, analyze and mitigate risks associated to failure events.

Lead the Failure Reporting Analysis and Corrective Action System (FRACAS) implementation and control.

Coordinate the Safety Instrumented Function (SFI) program

Optimize spare parts inventory.

Generate and manage informative dashboards related to the reliability program.

Reliability Engineering Manager / Nalco Champion - Ecolab

2018- 2019 / Sugar Land, TX

Managed the Engineering & Maintenance Department (Projects, Maintenance and Utilities)

Developed, coordinated and controlled the reliability program

Led the mechanical integrity program

Coordinated the CMMS SAP module upgrade

Senior Site Reliability Engineer / Haldor Topsoe

2013 – 2018 / Pasadena, TX

Generated policies and guidelines for the reliability engineering program development

Provided, planned and controlled the implementation of continuous improvement initiatives

Coordinated the mechanical integrity program

Led the predictive maintenance function

Served as Subject Matter Expert for bad actor analysis and elimination

Maintenance & Reliability Leader / Cargill

2009 – 2013 / Houston, TX

Provided, evaluated and controlled operational strategies based on continuous improvement methodologies in order to optimize the maintenance and reliability function performance

Evaluated, planned, executed and controlled capital investments in order to optimize production systems and meet with safety and environmental regulation standards

Continuous Improvement Manager / Conagra Foods

2008 – 2009 / Omaha, NE

Provided reliability engineering methodologies to assigned facilities across the United States in order to improve the uptime of critical production processes.

Developed the corporate lubrication program

Contributed with the implementation of the corporate TPM planned maintenance pillar

Reliability Engineering Supervisor / Cargill

2007-2008 / Blair, NE

Coordinated the reliability engineering program.

Provided and evaluated preventative and predictive maintenance plans for new equipment (Ethanol Refinery Expansion Project).

Collaborated with turnarounds planning by performing risks’ assessment

Master of Engineering in Reliability Engineering

University of Maryland – College Park, MD

Master of Science in Engineering Management

University of South Florida – Tampa, FL

Graduate Certificate in Systems Engineering

University of South Florida – Tampa, FL

Specialization in Operation Management

IESA - Venezuela

Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering

Universidad Simón Bolívar - Venezuela

Certified Reliability Engineer, American Society for Quality

Certified Maintenance and Reliability Professional, Society for Maintenance and Reliability Professionals

Certified Vibration Analyst – ISO Category IV, Technical Associates of Charlotte

Certified Six Sigma Black Belt, American Society for Quality

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