Pipeline and Terminal Operations

Objective Seeking growth opportunity in the petroleum pipeline industry, foreign or domestic, refined products or crude oil.

Pipeline Maintenance Depot Supervisor
Member of an Operations Readiness Team for the largest oil and gas project to date
Key role in design of S.A.P equipment hierarchy for 800 kilometers of oil and gas pipelines
Recruitment and development of Russian Maintenance and Operational staff
Leadership role in the start up processes of new oil and gas pipelines
Supervision of Expatriate and Russian Maintenance/Operational staff in a 24 hour Pipeline Maintenance Depot.
Trainer and facilitator of Oil Spill Response activities
June 2005 – June 2006 Self-employed Grafton, Illinois
General Contractor
General contractor of residential construction
2003 – 2005 Shell Distribution St. Louis, MO
Maintenance and Operations Coordinator
Creation of SAP hierarchy for pipeline maintenance schedules/cost tracking.
Capital and Operational budget planning
Creation of Maintenance Work Orders
Organization and Procurement for Maintenance planning
1998 – 2003 Shell/Equilon Pipelines Wood River, IL
Project Coordinator
Plan and budget capital and expense projects
Procurement of services and materials for projects
Key role in the engineering and design of P/L projects
Projects included; line lowering, meter and sample facilities, tank strapping, and P/L bridge spans
Environmental projects such as terminal retirements, pipeline removal, NDT corrosion evaluations, leak repairs and underground tank removal



1996 – 1998 Shell Pipeline Wood River, IL
Pipeline Analyst
Provided “whole system” support for Michigan Crude and St. Louis products systems. Included maintenance/operation problem solving, special projects, system audits etc
Yearly budget process for capital and expense per system
Provided relief as Operation/Maintenance foreman

1985 – 1993 Shell Pipeline Michigan/Indiana
Pipeliner (Operations and Maintenance)
Maintenance experience with crude and products systems
Pipeline and tank release clean up of products and crude
Right-of-way inspector and crew chief
Relief pipeline controller Michigan crude system
Relief Pipeline Operator (crude gathering systems, crude tank farms, product tank farms and products pipelines)
Internal corrosion experience crude and products terminals and pipelines.
Extensive pipeline reconditioning experience
Supervision of numerous third party pipeline crossings

Wayne State University Detroit Michigan
Bachelor of Arts, Board of Governors Scholarship

Northwestern Michigan College Traverse City Michigan
Associate of Science (Petroleum Engineering)

All professional experience is in Pipeline Operations and Maintenance. "Pipeline Operations" or "Pipeline Maintenance" Is not a choice in the JOB FUNCTIONS box.