Richard Ellis

About Richard Ellis

Reliability and maintenance professional with 34 years of experience spanning all stages of the plant lifecycle - from design to demo. Although my career has primarily been in the chemical industry, I have observed that the principles required to manage people, processes, technology, and data are ubiquitous.What I believe-\"There are no new fundamentals, only new employees that don\'t know the fundamentals.\"- I believe that every employee who comes to work wants to do a good job- I believe that desire, or internal drive, is more important than skills and knowledge - because I can teach skills and knowledge, but I can\'t teach desire- I believe that every process can be improved- I believe that structure brings efficiency and clarity and those benefits improve employee moral and job satisfaction- I believe that people are the key determinant in whether any strategy becomes a realityWhat I enjoy most- the success of collaborative teams- utilizing technology and information to empower people to be more effective at what they do- optimizing work processes to eliminate redundant work so teams can focus on tasks that add value to a companies bottom lineExpertise includes: reliability engineering, predictive/preventive maintenance programs, root cause analysis (RCA); business intelligence, computerized maintenance management systems (CMMS), Six Sigma, capital projects, digitalization of work, mobility/connected worker, commissioning & start-up planning and execution, work process development and optimization, reliability modeling & analytics, Design for Reliability and Maintainability (DFRAM), benchmarking, and performance measurement systems/KPI\'s, defining software requirements for new applications, application portfolio rationalization, proof of concept for software projects, as well as software configuration, implementation, and support.

Experience

1. Design for Reliability and Maintainability (Dfram) Improvement Leader

   Dow

   Mar 2018 — Present · Freeport, TX, US

   As a member of the corporate Maintenance Expertise Center, in my role as Design for Reliability & Maintainability Leader (DFRAM) I am responsible for the work process used by Maintenance Representatives on capital projects. I also facilitate Maintenance Strategy Value Improving Practice (VIP) workshops for all triggered projects >$10MM, coach maintenance C & SU teams, and approve scope and justification of asset life extension projects prior to approval by corporate finance.

Education

• University of Arizona

  B.S., Mechanical Engineering

  1983 — 1989

Skills

• Factory
• Root Cause Analysis
• Black Belt
• Engineering
• Manufacturing Operations Management
• Planned Preventative Maintenance
• Plant Maintenance
• Reliability Centered Maintenance
• Plant Operations
• Project Engineering
• Commissioning
• Capital Projects
• Failure Mode and Effects Analysis (Fmea)
• Process Safety
• Computerized Maintenance Management Systems
• Engineering Management
• Dmaic
• Operational Excellence
• Process Safety Management
• Process Engineering
• Ehs
• Petrochemical
• Predictive Maintenance
• Fmea
• P&Id
• Tpm
• Problem Solving
• Design of Experiments
• Manufacturing
• Six Sigma
• Rcm
• Rotating Equipment
• Pumps
• Equipment Maintenance
• Reliability Engineering
• Green Belt
• Maintenance & Repair
• Reliability
• Weibull Analysis
• Business Process Improvement