Ryan Fillmore
Tupman
Summary
Dedicated and motivated team player with extensive experience in industrial manufacturing. Skilled at identifying issues promptly and executing effective maintenance and repair solutions. Proven track record as a reliable support professional, consistently taking on diverse and progressively greater responsibilities.
Overview
21
21
years of professional experience
Work History
Operations Manager
ERNST Manufacturing
12.2024 - Current
- Overseeing and managing the daily operations of the manufacturing process at the production facility. Ensuring efficient production of high-quality equipment while maintaining operational excellence, cost control and adherence to safety. Lead team across production inventory management, quality control, and logistics. Working closely with engineering and sales to meet organizational goals.
Building/Maintenance Technician & Safety Manager
Cognito Motorsports
12.2019 - 12.2024
- Responsible for overseeing the daily operations of manufacturing off-road parts across two facilities. This includes managing processes from raw material handling through welding, fabrication, CNC machining, sandblasting, powder coating, assembly, packaging, and shipping. Tasks involve updating KPIs, developing tracking systems for preventive maintenance schedules, and ensuring all equipment remains in optimal working condition. Highly experienced in troubleshooting equipment issues and qualified to perform most preventive maintenance tasks.
- Additionally, manage building-related systems, including security, fire safety, lighting, plumbing, HVAC, and solar energy systems. As a Safety Manager, I hold all required certifications, including forklift operation, regularly update CERS and EPA documentation, and conduct routine safety meetings to ensure compliance and maintain a safe work environment.
Control Room/Facility Operator
Capco Worldwide Taft, CA
06.2018 - 09.2019
- Assisted building first of its kind facility making high quality asphalt binding material. Task during building of facility includes: installation of stainless steel tubing needed for air lines to solenoids & heat tracing line, installation of electrical pressure/temperature transmitters, installing & troubleshooting pumps and motors, working with vendors/contractors to ensure parts are either ordered or stocked in warehouse, writing procedures on all equipment in facility, performing audits to ensure all regulations are being followed and in compliance and miscellaneous housekeeping throughout plant/facility. Task after facility was placed into service included; using Human Machine Interface (HMI) to control pumps, valves, pressures etc., maintaining a working asphalt plant, coordinating inbound/outbound shipments of asphalt, crude oil and diluent, monitor all equipment for any abnormal running issues, scheduling preventive maintenance (creating work orders as needed if unable to repair), starting up/shutting down support systems i.e cooling systems, heaters etc., taking and testing asphalt samples, spinning cuts to determine water content of feed stock, testing gravity of crude oil, developing/updating operating procedures, creating log sheets and keeping daily, weekly and monthly logs, issuing work/hot work permits to contractors, experience using Dearman, Accuload, and Scully Loading systems.
Lead Production/Facilities Technician
Occidental Petroleum Long Beach, CA
10.2010 - 04.2018
- Operating all production rod pumps, ESP wells (with VSD), and all water injection wells & troubleshooting any discrepancies. Overlooking facility to ensure proper oil, water, and gas separation. Monitoring levels on HMI (Human Machine Interface) making adjustments to all tanks/vessels in the facility (FWKOs, Clarifiers, Surge Tanks, Slime Basins, Receiving Tank, etc). Checking water quality to track wastewater, water treatment plant, optimize water injection and ensuring low oil in water ratios, good throughputs (no solids in water). Taking oil/water cuts, as well as getting pH readings from wells ensuring well does not have high acid readings before returning it to production. Shooting fluid levels on ESP, and making adjustments to well as need, to ensure well is producing proper amount of fluid over the pump. Monitoring well test and troubleshooting any low production test results. Working with all rigs, mechanics, and maintenance crews to help resolve all problems. The programs I use daily are; Microsoft office, Excel, Access, Outlook, PowerPoint, and Work. Programs also used to input well data are; Shift Plan and Fodis. It is a major priority to keep great communication with supervisors, well surveillance team, engineers, and others involved in the task at hand.
Production Operator
NTS, INC.
04.2009 - 10.2010
- Operation, monitoring and troubleshooting any problems of low production on pumping units, electric submersible pump, gas lifts, gas jacks, and other oil recovery methods. Watching over 6-10 different tank settings used for oil/water/gas separation. Inside each tank setting I would check over all air lines (needed for proper valve operation), monitoring all tanks on site (included storage tanks, pool separators, and test separators either automated, 3-faze, or 2-faze). Validating and imputing production and injection data, well testing, operation and maintenance of oilfield equipment and facilities, preventive maintenance, and minor repairs on equipment. Reporting spills and leaks, coordinating with contract service providers. The programs I used daily included: Lowis, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Word, and WEB-PST (used for monitoring tank levels, production lost, pressures, and alarms).
Production Operator
Production Services Network, Tupman, CA
04.2006 - 04.2009
Crew Leader/Roustabout
Gene Watson Construction
10.2004 - 04.2006
- Responsible for operation of A-Frame leading a two-man crew, working with a backhoe and welder performing various tasks pertaining to the operation and production of oil and gas. Installing gas lift equipment, flowlines, lcl’s for new installation.
Education
Diploma -
Taft Union High School
Skills
- Problem-solving
- Team leadership
- Operations management
- Customer service
- Decision-making
- Planning and implementation
Timeline
Operations Manager
ERNST Manufacturing
12.2024 - Current
Building/Maintenance Technician & Safety Manager
Cognito Motorsports
12.2019 - 12.2024
Control Room/Facility Operator
Capco Worldwide Taft, CA
06.2018 - 09.2019
Lead Production/Facilities Technician
Occidental Petroleum Long Beach, CA
10.2010 - 04.2018
Production Operator
NTS, INC.
04.2009 - 10.2010
Production Operator
Production Services Network, Tupman, CA
04.2006 - 04.2009
Crew Leader/Roustabout
Gene Watson Construction
10.2004 - 04.2006
Diploma -
Taft Union High School
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