Joseph Dennie, P.E.

PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY

39 years of diverse process safety management, operations, engineering, project management, maintenance/reliability, and materials management experience in the chemical, petroleum refining, pharmaceutical, pulp/paper, oil and gas midstream, and manufacturing industries

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

PSM Process Improvement LLC, Principal, Yorktown, VA, 2019 – 2021

ABSG Consulting Inc., Senior Risk/Reliability Engineer, Knoxville, TN, 2011 – 2019

  • Lead PHAs/hazard reviews using HAZOP/LOPA for clients in a wide range of industries

  • Developed operating procedures, training, mechanical integrity, maintenance, management of change, management of organizational change, PSSR, safe work practices, and related programs and procedures

  • Performed compliance audits for corporate and regulatory requirements

  • Provided technical review of reactive hazards analysis protocol

  • Reviewed operating facility compliance with electrical area classification standards

Western Refining, Yorktown, VA, 2007 - 2010

Prior ownership included Giant Industries – 2002 to 2007; BP – 1999 to 2002; Amoco Oil Company - prior to 1999

Superintendent, Operations - Oil Movements / Utilities / Marketing Terminal, 2009 – 2010

  • Managed 24/7 operations of the Oil Movements Division with staff of 6 salaried supervisors and 45 union-represented hourly employees, throughput of 65,000 barrels per day, $200M inventory of petroleum products, annual budget of $12M, multiple tank turnarounds

  • Operated 77 atmospheric storage tanks, 10 LPG bullets/spheres, extensive piping network, biological wastewater treatment facility, sour water stripper, marine docks, and truck rack

Commissioning Team Leader, “S-Zorb” Gasoline Desulfurization Unit, 2007 –2008

  • Commissioned $170M hydrogen process to reduce sulfur level in gasoline

  • Resolved technical issues and assured quality of complex engineered systems including process control systems

  • Assured safe and efficient start-up in advance of tight regulatory schedule

Optimization Engineer, FCC, Polymerization, Crude, and Coking Units, 2001 –2007

  • Implemented process improvements (28 MBD FCC – installed Y-bend design)

  • Developed operations personnel and optimized process catalyst/chemicals

Rotating Equipment Engineer / Long-term Reliability Engineer, 1998 –2001

  • Re-designed pumps and compressors for improved operations, planned turnaround work

  • Led cross-functional team developing Equipment Specific Maintenance Plans

  • Maintained and analyzed Key Performance Indicators (KPIs)

 Refinery Representative, Fixed Bed Alkylation Project, 1997 –1998

  • Represented business unit to ensure project constructability and operability

Coordinator, PSM, 1991 –1997

  • Developed management system to comply with OSHA PSM/EPA RMP regulations

  • Led process hazard analyses/revalidations and incident investigations using HAZOP/LOPA, FMEA, what-if/checklist, and RCFA

  • Conducted facility siting screening of operations control buildings

  • Established management of change system to ensure safe and efficient operations

  • Trained technical personnel on process safety requirements, including those to mitigate aphyxiation hazards associated with use of nitrogen in process systems

  • Supported relief system design team with review of design basis scenarios per API RP 520/521

Reliability Engineer, Project Engineer, and Supervisor of Materials Management 1982 – 1991

  • Designed and implemented projects including turnarounds to maintain and improve operations

  • Inspected operating systems, including pressure vessels, piping, and rotating equipment

  • Supervised purchasing, contracts administration, and warehousing operations

  • Reviewed hydrogen attack potential for reactors in hydrogen reforming process

REGISTRATION/MEMBERSHIP

Commonwealth of Virginia:  Licensed Professional Engineer (1987 - present)

Member - AIChE

 PROFESSIONAL TRAINING COURSES

Process Safety Management: Complying with the OSHA and EPA Regulations; 

Compliance Auditing for the OSHA PSM Regulation; Management of Change;

Mechanical Integrity; Understanding Codes and Standards; Operating and Maintenance Procedures;

Process Hazard Analysis Leader Training Using the HAZOP and What-If/Checklist Techniques;

Advanced PHA Leader; Updating and Revalidating Process Hazard Analyses

Corporate training classes and certifications including:

  • Amoco Principles of Project Management

  • Amoco Core II-A First Line Supervisor Training

  • Amoco School of Engineering Technology

  • ASME National Board of Boiler and Pressure Vessel Inspectors, Section VIII, Owner-User Commission (not active)

  • ASNT Recommended Practice SNT-TC-1A – Level I Inspector (UT, RT, PT, MT) (not active)

EDUCATION

M.B.A., Business Administration, Mason School of Business, The College of William and Mary, 1986

B.S., Mechanical Engineering, with High Distinction, University of Virginia, 1982

  • Tau Beta Pi (national engineering honor society)

  • Pi Tau Sigma (national mechanical engineering honor society