Ryan Putnam

Experience

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  Flint Hills Resources

  Jun 2008 - Sept 2008

  Finished Products Summer Internship
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  United States Army Reserve

  May 2009 - Nov 2017

  • Director - Higher Headquarters Company and Vertical Construction Company

    May 2014 - Nov 2017

  • Assistant Operations Manager

    Jan 2014 - May 2014

  • Engineer Staff Officer

    Jan 2012 - Jan 2014

  • Operations Manager

    Apr 2011 - Jan 2012

  • Deputy Director

    Nov 2010 - Apr 2011

  • Assistant Operations Officer

    May 2009 - Nov 2010
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  Flint Hills Resources

  Nov 2009 - Dec 2018

  ★ Directed 15 day-shift process lead console operators and trainees, as well as a Learning & Performance specialist.★ Took all necessary steps to optimize the economic performance of a facility processing over 330 thousand barrels of crude oil per day. Reviewed economic data in order to adjust operating strategies and communicate daily production targets to the team.★ Set new production records for overall refinery utilization, light products distribution (gasoline and diesel), as well as crude, coker, gasoil hydrotreater, hydrocracker, fluid catalytic cracking (FCC), sulfur plant, and naphtha hydrotreater rates.★ Recognized for ensuring compliance with all Environmental Health and Safety laws and regulations, safeguarding the health and welfare of all employees.☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲ABOUT FLINT HILLS RESOURCESFlint Hills Resources, LLC, through its subsidiaries, produces and markets fuels, base oils, asphalt, and chemicals. Show less ★ Responsible for supporting capital projects outside of the scope of refinery operations, with individual budgets ranging from $60M to $100M. ★ Led process engineering for a $100M+ capital project to upgrade Refinery Grade Propylene (RGP) to Polymer Grade Propylene (PGP).★ Created project commissioning and start-up process plans for a cooling tower project, as well as a $75MM+ Refinery Grade Propylene (RGP) storage and rail loading project.★ Led process engineering support on a second $60MM+ cooling tower project, engaging in detailed project engineering and design responsibilities.☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲ABOUT FLINT HILL RESOURCESFlint Hills Resources, LLC, through its subsidiaries, produces and markets fuels, base oils, asphalt, and chemicals. Show less ★ Supervised 25% of the plant’s employees, with indirect authority over 20 professionals on a rotating 12-hour day and night shift schedule.★ Provided guidance on safety practices, supported console operators, and led the examination of work permits and audits of jobs.★ Supported turnarounds and unplanned events, ensuring the timely and safe return to operations.☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲ABOUT FLINT HILLS RESOURCESFlint Hills Resources, LLC, through its subsidiaries, produces and markets fuels, base oils, asphalt, and chemicals. Show less ★ Executed engineering functions in support of four steam-methane hydrogen plants as well as refinery utilities systems.★ Standardized and improved operating envelopes for hydrogen plant and utility systems through analysis of operating performance and the establishment of limits on process variables.☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲ABOUT FLINT HILLS RESOURCESFlint Hills Resources, LLC, through its subsidiaries, produces and markets fuels, base oils, asphalt, and chemicals. Show less

  • Manager, Economics and Planning

    Jul 2018 - Dec 2018

  • Refinery Optimizer

    Mar 2016 - Jul 2018

  • Senior Process Engineer - Ventures

    Jul 2014 - Mar 2016

  • Refinery Shift Manager

    Jan 2013 - Jul 2014

  • Operations Engineer

    Nov 2009 - Jan 2013
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  Wunderlich-Malec Engineering, Inc.

  Jan 2019 - Jul 2020

  Project Manager II

  ★ Oversees projects focusing on mechanical engineering, process engineering, electrical engineering, architecture, and consulting engagements for major client companies in the Pharmaceutical and other industries.★ Achieved a reputation for meeting project milestones and deliverables on-time and within budget across multiple initiatives.★ Coordinated engineering feasibility studies to identify methods to reduce annual water consumption by up to 1.7 billion gallons per plant location.★ Created a 30-page proposal for a heat and power project outlining a strategy to transform waste heat at a project site into a heat and electricity resource.☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲ABOUT WUNDERLICH-MALEC ENGINEERINGWunderlich-Malec Engineering, Inc. provides engineering solutions. It offers consulting engineering support on projects for third-party clients across the United States for a multitude of disciplines, including mechanical, chemical/process, electrical, structural, controls and instrumentation engineering, as well as architecture. Show less

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  Limetree Bay Energy

  Jul 2020 - Sept 2021

  Engineer, Economics and Planning
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  DBA Ryan Putnam

  Sept 2021 - now

  Engineering Project Consultant
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  Par Pacific Holdings, Inc.

  Jan 2023 - now

  Optimization Planning Engineer