Michael Hunold

Experience

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  PetroChem Inspection Services

  May 1998 - Jan 2000

  Autocad Draftsman and Field Technician

  PetroChem Inspection Services (The Inspection Group) 1998 - 2000AutoCAD Technician & Field TechnicianNGO (OxyChem) 1998-1999 Baytown, TXPhillips 66 1999-2000 Pasadena, TXWorking with Engineering, updating P&ID's and drawings for special projects, plant modifications and verification per an inspection walk down. Generated field sketches in the storage facility. Produced Cad drawings from field sketches provided by Inspectors for piping and equipment. Generated and updated Ultra-Pipe reports. Reviewed all reports and drawings for completeness and correctness (QC). Produced the final documents for the project files. Created “.pgp” files and batch files for AutoCAD 13 to present. Performed ultrasonic thickness readings (UT). Show less

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  Self Employed

  Jan 2000 - Apr 2000

  Autocad Draftsman

  Worked for several companies such as Glen Co., PSRG, Reliable Inspection, and Dryers Ice Cream generating AutoCAD isometric drawings and P&ID’s. Also did revisions on Isometric’s and P&ID’s as well as QC.

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  Materials Technology Group (MTG)

  Apr 2000 - May 2005

  Lead API inspector and AutoCAD

  Lyondell-Citgo - Performed external visual inspection on pipe and equipment to create\write condition reports. Generated field sketches for pipe racks, off-sites, and unit piping\equipment. Reviewed all reports and drawings for completeness and correctness (QC). Assisted in RBI taking temperatures, getting pressures, and identifying insulation on pipe. Became a lead in 2003 to oversee small crews. Observed N.D.E. crews for G.U.L., side-scan, Lixi, and E-MAT for above ground piping as well as soil-to-air interfaces. Worked with LCR operations generating reports for deadleg removals. Produced Cad isometric drawings in versions 2000 and 2002 from field sketches provided by Inspectors for piping and equipment department and in house transmittal of all completed drawings. Assisted in AutoCAD time saving techniques by creating lisp routines.Pro-Inspect - Deer Park, TX (281-470-7783) 2003Worked for Pro-inspect at Shell Refinery in Pasadena, TX for about 4 months generating field sketches from vendor drawings. Then the isometrics were later checked in the field and inspected. Show less

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  Pro-Inspect

  May 2005 - Apr 2012

  API Inspector

  Pro-Inspect - Deer Park, TX (281-470-7783) 05/16/2005 – 04/30/2012API-510/570/653 Kelley Jones \ Lee Sweeten-Senior Coordinator2009-2012Unit Assigned (Red Asset Team SRU, Lubes, Utilities) at LyondellBasell Houston Refining……Scope of work is to perform monthly externals, internals, PSV installations, review OSI reading reports (TML’s due monthly), and write recommendations filling out inspection requirements. Completed inspections on the run and maintain on units to assure no overdue inspections.Turnarounds / Outages:Benzene stripper 438 (Neshaps) quarterly outages436 (SRU) T/A 2009435 (SRU) T/A 2009Lubes T/A 2010 (533, 831, and 833)434 (SRU) outage 2010737F0001- Inspection of coker heater after fire destroyed heater and coker drum replacement of skirt due to it buckling (Coker Emergency Outage 2010)Fire Assessment for 536 Crude Unit732 Fluids (Cat. Jan-March 2011)434 SRU T/A 20112008Unit assigned (Orange Asset Team) dealing with tank, vessel , piping and cooling tower externals / internals. Routine inspections on PSV’s while keeping up with test reports.2005-2008DMT (Data Management Group) / IUP (Infrastructure upgrade program) department……………….External visual inspections on pipe and equipment while identifying accessibility, CUI, PMI, Supports, SBC’s, and unnecessary deadlegs (for removal in up-coming T/A’) during walkdowns. Performed RBI assessments on all piping for replacements / repairs to be performed and established a work list for unit T/A’s. Written and reviewed job notes, Recommendations, and condition reports. Witnessed hydrostatic testing on piping. Generated field sketches for unit piping\equipment. Reviewed all reports such as recommendations and drawings for completeness and correctness (QC). Show less

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  LyondellBasell

  Apr 2012 - now

  LyondellBasell Houston Refining (LBI) April 30, 2012 to PresentSr. Inspector Red Asset Team (SRU, Lubes, Utilities)2012-PresentASP SR. Inspector for Red Asset Team (SRU, Lubes, and Utilities)1. Attend daily morning meetings with Red Asset Team. 2. Complete 180-Day look-aheads each month for the ops specialist, engineering, and Asset manager. Look-aheads include what is due on a monthly basis as far as Recs, internal/external inspections, and PSV’s/rupture disk.3. Run and maintain inspections and repairs each month.4. Create notifications in SAP and / or deferrals each month for upcoming inspections, repairs, or replacements.5. Supply information to the turnaround group for upcoming turnarounds (Planning).6. Create PvM’s for equipment inspected on set dates such as PSV’s.7. Complete PRIDE Observations each month.Turnarounds / Outages433/435 SRU T/A 2012 – Co-lead inspector, created all repair plans for inspection JCO’s, and closed out all recommendations dealing with T/A.441 SRU Turnaround 2012 – Lead Inspector for outage.737 Coker Turnaround 2013 – Created all repair plans during outage for inspection JCO’s and closed out all recommendations dealing with T/A.439-440 SRU T/A 2013 – Lead inspector for outage. Turnaround received a Grade “A.”431 SRU T/A 2014 – Lead Inspector441 SRU 2014 – Tower section replacement, Lead Inspector436B / 442 SRU – Lead Inspector Show less

  • Principal Inspector

    Nov 2020 - now

  • Sr. API Inspector

    Apr 2012 - now