Charles Smith
Senior Engineer – Mechanical
EDUCATION & QUALIFICATIONS
University of Houston,
Houston, TX
B.S. Mechanical Engineering, Magna cum Laude
+1 832-895-6023
3139 W. Holcombe Blvd. # 45024
Houston, TX 77025
Houston, TX 77025
BIOGRAPHY
Charles Smith is a mechanical engineer with 45+ years of maintenance and engineering experience in petrochemical facilities. Charles was the Rotating Equipment Engineer for the BASF-TOTAL Petrochemicals LLC 2 BT/Yr ethylene steam cracker in Port Arthur, Texas. He has a BS in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Houston. Additionally, he was with BASF Corporation for 27 years in Freeport, TX; Kuantan, Malaysia; Antwerp, Belgium; Geismar, LA; Port Arthur, TX. Charles supports OCI-USA with consulting services for the insurance carriers, adjusters, and their legal counsel.
RELEVANT INDUSTRY EXPERIENCE
- BASF-Total Limited Partnership – (Various Engineering Roles)
- Rotating Equipment Specialist for BASF North America
- Research and directed capital projects for Heavy Duty Rotating Equipment
- Performed Staff Engineer duties
- Shared responsibility for Reliability Department and Technicians
- Mechanical Rotating Lead for 2019 $100MM Port Arthur De Bottlenecking Project
- Mechanical Lead for new Mitsubishi 96 kHp (71.5 MW) condensing steam turbine engineering and installation.
- Kuantan, Malaysia Site rotating equipment engineer
- Managed overhaul of acrylic acid plant gas turbines to eliminate performance problems
- Supported major oxo-alcohol plant turnaround on rotating and static equipment inspection and repair
- Assisted with QA/QC efforts in equipment and piping installation
- Analyzed/solved maintenance/equipment problems and issues: pumps, reciprocating compressors, boiler, extractor/contactors
- Led Risk Based Inspection Programs (API-581) of Acrylic Acid and Oxo-Alcohol units
- Mechanical Design Engineer, Lockheed Corporation @ NASA
- Maintained pressure vessel records
- Designed pressure vessels, test fixtures, flight component mockups, tools
- Acted as interface between project engineers and shop/fabrication personnel
- Various Engineering Roles, Millwright, Brown & Root
- Performed all maintenance activities on plant rotating equipment: axial & reciprocating compressors, pumps, extruders, mixers, gearboxes, blowers
EXPERTISE
- Mechanical Engineering
- Oil & Gas Refining
- Rotating Equipment:
- Boilers/Boiler Extractors/Contactors
- Pumps
- Reciprocating Compressors
- Extruders
- Mixers
- Gearboxes
- Certifications:
- APi-510,
- API-570,
- API-653
- Vibration Analysis – ISO Level I
