1. 655 Clifton Drive; Bear, DE 19701 302-834-5363 bearuser@comcast.net
Richard E. Allen Jr.
OBJECTIVE
To provide chemical operator services in a batch or continuous chemical manufacturing facility.
Knowledge/Skills/Leadership:
Demonstratedleadershipinthe managementof operationspersonnel thatinvolved trainingandoverallsupervision.
Expertise inchemical productionbatchlogexecution,deviationsreporting,safetyinspectionof operationsarea,
respondingtoemergenciesandwritingstandardoperatingprocedures. Expertiseinthe applicationof distributive
control systeminchemical manufacturingoperations. Reliable anddependable employee. Awarded“A”operatorstatus
followingmyperformance duringthe DCScommissioningandsupervisionof the EtherPlant.
Certificate/Training:
 Self-ContainedBreathingApparatus
 RespiratorFitnessTesting
 Work PermitsTraining
 Completedthe Delaware Techchemical operatortrainingprogram(Fall 2011)
WORK EXPERIENCE
11/2012 to Present BJ’sWholesale Club - Cashier/FrontLine Supervisor
7/1994 to 8/2011 RefineryProcess“A”Operator Delaware CityRefiningCompany,LLC
Delaware City,DE
 Seventeenyearsworkinginthe oil movementsunit
 Blendingheatingoil,diesel fuel,andvariousgradesof gasoline
 Control roomdispatcherincharge of oil and gasoline receiptsandshipments,monitoringpipeline
shipments,marketingactivity,trackingtanklevel changes,monitoringvariousoil transferstoand
fromprocessunits
 Setup complicatedpipingtransfers,monitorandlubricate variouspumpsthroughoutunit,incharge
of propane refrigerationunit,setuptanktotank transfersandoutside blendingpits
 Team leaderandpointof contact
 Performedthe dutiesof achemical operatorduringthe productionof reformulatedgasoline which
was the firstof its kindinthe UnitedStates
 Instrumental inthe commissioningof the DCSupgradesforthe conversionfromreformulated
gasoline toreformulatedblendstockgasoline(ethanol additive)
 Instrumental inthe commissioningandimplementationof the tankinventorymanagementsystemfor
the site
4/1979 – 7/1994 RefineryProcess“A”Operator
 ShiftSupervisor: Supervisedoperatorsworkingonthe EtherPlant(critical operationforthe
productionof MTBE/TAME), facilitatedoperators’trainingduringthe commissioningof the process,
preparedshiftreports,communicatedshiftperformancetothe subsequentshiftandtosenior
management
 Wrote standard operatingprocedures (SOPs) andtrainedoperatorsonthe procedures.
 Twelve yearsatthe hydrodesulfurizationunitandthree yearsatthe naphthaleneunitswithexpertise
inpumps,compressors(centrifugal andreciprocating) exothermicandendothermicreactors,
distillationcolumns,gasfiredheaters,reboilersandboilers
 Proficientinoperatingdistributive andpneumaticcontrol systems
EDUCATION
1973-76 GlasgowHighSchool,Newark,DE HighSchool Diploma
2010 Chemical OperatorTraining Delaware Tech
References are available upon request.