Patrick White

About Patrick White

I am a Mechanical Engineer with over 10 years of experience in the downstream refining and petrochemical industry, specializing in pressure equipment and mechanical reliability. My career spans roles in static and rotating equipment engineering, supporting routine maintenance, turnarounds, small capital projects, and continuous improvement programs.Within Shell I hold a Mechanical Static Engineering TA3 certification and bring expertise in piping stress and flexibility analysis using Caesar II, as well as pressure vessel analysis with PVElite and SagePlus. I am proficient in API 579 Fitness-for-Service Level 1 and 2 assessments. My background includes risk-based inspection, root cause analysis, and bad actor elimination programs.Additionally, I have strong knowledge of general-purpose rotating equipment design, operability, and maintenance, supported by ISO Category 2 vibration analysis certification. I am passionate about driving reliability, safety, and compliance across complex operations.

Experience

1. Pressure Equipment Engineer

   Shell

   Nov 2025 — Present · Deer Park, TX, US

   Provides Pressure Equipment Engineering support to the unit support mechanical engineers on technical issues as needed.• Provides technical assurance on MOC’s for pressure equipment issues.• Provides input to the area Inspector on technical aspects during the scope development stage including repair or alteration plans for pressure vessels.• Provides technical input to pressure vessel design, fabrication, inspection, repair, alterations, rerating and testing requirements for new and existing in-service vessels and heat exchangers.• Provides technical input to process piping and tubing design, fabrication, inspection, repair, alteration, rerating, and testing requirements• Provides technical input to design, fabrication, installation, inspection and maintenance of atmospheric storage tanks• Performs Level 2 fitness for service assessments based on Shell guidelines and API inspection codes, including API-510, API-570, and API-653, in addition to API-579 Fitness for Service Evaluation.• Responsible for performing brittle fracture analysis and determining minimum safe operating temperatures for in-service equipment.

Education

• University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

  Bachelor of Science (BS), Mechanical Engineering

  2011 — 2015

Skills

• Maintenance Engineering
• Pvelite
• Caesar Ii
• Asme Section Viii Div 1
• Asme B31.3
• Api 510
• Api 530
• Api 570
• Api 579
• Fitness for Service
• Rbi
• Reliability Engineering
• Finite Element Analysis
• Machining
• Matlab
• Robotics
• Tig Welding
• Microsoft Office
• Cad/Cam
• Design for Manufacturing
• Design for Assembly
• Design of Experiments
• Ptc Creo
• Autodesk Inventor
• Pro Engineer
• Mechanical Engineering