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Volume 20, Issue 3, FALL 2015
a saluTe to our road
warriors & their families
When companies choose PSC, they
benefit from our decades of experience
and the best practices we’ve developed
working at some of the industry’s most
complex facilities. This expertise really
comes in to play with new operations,
when we pull some of our best and
brightest from other areas and send
them out on temporary assignments to
lend support to the startup efforts.
These “road warriors” play a critical
role in getting new jobs off and running
smoothly. As detailed in our cover story,
they are often away from home for long
stretches of time. Their work begins
months before the startup and usually
doesn't wrap up until weeks after the
first railcars, trucks, and ships roll in.
The absence of these traveling
consultants is also felt in other areas
within PSC. However, as other
employees are called to step up and
fill the void, valuable learning and
development opportunities are created.
GREAT START FOR NEW
TERMINAL OPerations
We planted the PSC flag in two more states this year with the startup of operations at
new crude-by-rail terminals located in Joliet, Illinois, and East Fairview, North Dakota.
While that alone is worth celebrating, the bigger story is how our startup teams and new
employees rose to the occasion and laid a strong foundation for success at both sites.
“A big share of the credit goes to Senior Operations Manager Ron Owens and Louisiana
Operations Manager Wilson Bower. They provided leadership and hands-on support
throughout both projects and pulled together a top-notch team to support the startups,”
said VP of Plant Operations John Leerkes.
Ron and Wilson began working on the Joliet (JBBR) terminal project last November,
while the facility was still under construction. The company that was developing the
terminal, Centerpoint Properties, had built intermodal terminals and other transportationrelated facilities, but they were new to the crude-by-rail industry and were looking for the
kind of expertise that PSC could offer in this arena.
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We’d like to take this opportunity to say
“thanks” to all the dedicated employees
who have made sacrifices to support
our new operations. You ARE the best at
what you do!
We’d also like to express our sincere
appreciation to the families of those
involved in the startups, for their
patience and support on the home front.
Thanks for all you do, too!
Pictured in front of the truck loading area at the NorthStar Terminal in East Fairview, North Dakota, are some
of our new PSC employees at the site: (l. to r.) Dalton Guilbeau, Mark Tribe, Kaleb Malcom, Gerry Hazen, James
Hubbard, Jantz Payette, and Assistant Terminal Manager Shawn Gallo. Other NorthStar team members not
pictured are Epuli Abie, Chris Alarcon, Ken Brown, Colt Heemann, Logan Hump, Rocky Karst, Bryan Norcutt, and
Terminal Manager Travis Nellermoe.
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AS I SEE IT. . .
By Brian Haymon, CEO
In my last column I discussed the value
of summer jobs. I reminisced about my
own experiences, including the several
summers I spent working at PSC while I
was a student.
I wasn’t conscious of it at the time, but I
was very inspired working alongside our
employees in the field. They were then,
as they are today, honest, dedicated,
and hard working. The PSC work groups
I came to know were tightly knit, bound
together by a certain brand of humor
that included nicknames and occasional
teasing, but also a shared commitment
to excellence and a deep sense of mutual
support, a.k.a. “I got your back.”
It was during those summer days that
I was also introduced to our industry. I
worked alongside employees of refining
and chemical companies, barge lines, and
other industrial contractors. I met lots of
great people and learned valuable lessons
I carry to this day.
Sometimes I would hear employees
complain about the companies they
worked for. Usually the complaints were
about management. They felt their
bosses didn’t understand the challenges
they faced and didn’t know or care about
them. I came to the realization then that I
never wanted to work for a company like
that — where workers just go through the
motions each day, with no real passion
for what they do, and no belief that
management will listen and respond.
As I enter my 25th year at PSC, I know
that our management and I have done our
best to avoid being that kind of company.
But I also know that it is easy to fall into
traps that can cause employees to feel
frustrated or disenfranchised. That’s why
we aim to be excellent in all we do. It's
also why we strive to maintain the “family
feel” for which PSC has always been
known — where every employee feels
genuinely valued, looks out for his coworkers, and hopefully expects to retire
here. (sam triplette)
To sustain this culture, particularly as we
become larger and more geographically
diverse, we have to do many things
exceptionally well. We have to hire
good people and train them so they can
perform at the highest level. We have to
develop strong leaders who represent our
PSC values and pass them on to the next
generation. We must also listen to each
other, recognize when things aren’t as
they should be, and address issues before
they turn into problems.
Many of our most important company
values are integrated into our safety
process. These include, for example,
a commitment to service excellence,
integrity (“do the right thing, even when
no one is looking”), and caring for others
(“be your brother’s keeper”).
Keeping yourself and those around you
safe rests on the choices you make in
the workplace. If you think there might
be a problem but are unsure, it is best
to simply stop. This is called STOP
WORK AUTHORITY. It is a power vested
in every PSC employee to halt any
activity any time you think it is wrong or
unsafe. There are many examples where
PSC employees have used stop work
authority, sometimes over the objections
of co-workers and even customers.
Our management fully supports these
decisions, as well as those where
employees simply call a “time out” to
double check that everything is ok.
The decision to stop work requires the
ability and willingness to recognize a risk
before it turns into an incident. Often
this requires courage to see things for
what they are, and courage to point
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out a “Truth” even when it may be
uncomfortable to do so. Too often Truth
is revealed only after something goes
wrong: procedures that are inadequate
or not followed; training that looks good
on paper, but doesn’t translate to real
understanding or the right behaviors in
the field; or equipment that was known to
be inadequate or in need of repair.
At our mid-year management meeting in
Baton Rouge in July, PSC leaders spent a
half day discussing two questions:
What are “Truths” in PSC that our
management should know but may not?
A list of these was developed for further
discussion and follow up.
What can each manager do within his or
her sphere of influence to help PSC be
excellent?
The message here is that every PSC
leader, whether in the field or office, has
to take responsibility to ensure that the
people and processes around them are
operating at the highest level. Following
the meeting, each manager sent an
email to our COO Joel Dickerson and me
committing to specific actions he or she
will take “within their sphere of influence”
to improve our organization.
I encourage every PSC work group to try
some version of this exercise. Identify
Truths in your workplace that need to be
told. If there is a gap between how things
are supposed to be and how they truly
are, then we need to close those gaps.
Next, answer this question: “Within
your personal sphere of influence, what
can you do to help PSC be excellent?”
If you feel comfortable, write down
your response and share it with your
supervisor and co-workers.
Once you have done these things, go
out into your workplace. Look with fresh
eyes, see what needs to be improved,
and then take steps to make it better.
Utilize your Stop Work Authority. Only if
everyone takes personal responsibility
can we achieve our PSC Mission “to be
the best at what we do.”
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ORACLE/ADP LAUNCH celebration
Following the official launch of the new
Oracle and ADP systems on July 1st,
the Core Conversion Team members
got together for a celebratory dinner at
the home of Jacquelyne Janneck, VP of
Administration.
“We wanted to express our appreciation
to those who served on the core team,
especially our Oracle and ADP conversion
guides, Rick Wilkes and Menno Ponsen,”
said Jacquelyne. “They have provided
invaluable guidance to us over the past 10
months in helping us convert our payroll,
invoicing, and HR policies and processes
into formats that could be handled by
Oracle and ADP.”
Miller He of SGS Canada also played a key
role as the leader of our Oracle team. She
had already returned to Canada and was
unable to attend the dinner celebration.
Pictured at the Oracle/ADP launch celebration are (left side, front to back) VP of Finance Philip McMasters, Payroll
Supervisor Cindy Haisty, Oracle Super User Kiki Lane, VP of Administration Jacquelyne Janneck, and ADP Consultant Rick Wilkes; (right side, front to back) HR Project Specialist Keisha Tassin, Invoice Supervisor Amanda Seale,
IT Manager Don Richardson, and SGS IT/Oracle Development Specialist Menno Ponsen. Oracle conversion team
members not pictured are Accounting Manager Charlotte Henriquez and HR Director Sosha McDonald.
WANT TO ACCESS your
PAYroll info ONLINE?
With the launch of our new ADP payroll
system, we're pleased to announce that
PSC employees now have the option to
access their payroll information online. The
steps to use the ADP iPayStatements app
are listed below.
Please read through all the instructions
before you begin.
Go to https://paystatements.adp.com.
Click “Register Now.” You will then be
asked for your registration code. Enter
SGSnorth-SGSP (not case sensitive), and
then click the “Next” button.
Enter the information requested in the
subsequent steps (seven steps in all).
Please make sure to enter your name
exactly as it appears on your pay check. If
there is any variance, the system will not
recognize you, and you will not be able to
complete the registration process.
In Step 3, you will be assigned a new
User ID and asked to select a password.
Please write down your new User ID and
password and store it in a secure place.
Once you have completed the registration
process, you will receive a confirmation
of registration from SecurityServices_
NoReply@adp.com.
IMPORTANT! After completing the
registration process, log-in using the
iPayStatements url listed on your
confirmation:
https://paystatements.adp.com/
If you try to use the Self Service account
management url that is also listed on
the confirmation, you will receive an
error message indicating that you are an
“Unauthorized User.” Please note that it
can take up to 24 hours from the time you
successfully register before all your payroll
information is linked to your account.
If you would like to “Go Paperless” and
discontinue having your check stub mailed
to your home, you will have an opportunity
to select that option after logging in to
the system following completion of the
registration process.
If you have any questions or encounter
problems in registering, please contact
the Payroll Department at our Baton
Rouge Office by calling (225) 343-8262 or
(800) 264-8222.
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NEW TERMINAL OPS
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“We were able to provide some practical
input to make sure the facility was built
with a first-class operation in mind,” said
John. “Ron and Wilson did a good job
of interfacing with the whole build-out
team, from the general contractor to the
instrumentation team and equipment
people. Ron also wrote several of the
regulatory procedures and helped the
developer secure the necessary permits.”
The Joliet terminal features a 120-car
unit train rack with capacity for unloading
85,000 barrels per day of crude oil coming
in from Canada, with an on-site storage
capacity of approximately 300,000
barrels. The facility is located within a few
miles of three major refinery complexes
in the Chicago area and has direct pipeline
access to one of these refineries.
Terminal Manager Sean Youngquist leads
our crew of 23 employees at the facility,
now called Arc Terminals following an
ownership change in May. Prior to joining
PSC in February, Sean managed a marine
terminal on the Illinois River for a privately
held chemical distributor.
“I knew the facility was being built, and
I was very interested in the operation
in and of itself, but what really sold me
was what I learned about PSC and how
the company takes good care of their
employees,” said Sean. “It’s been very
exciting for me to have this opportunity to
come in on the ground floor and help set
the tone and establish the culture here for
the new employees coming in.”
In addition to the support provided by Ron
and Wilson, Sean also gave a big shout
out to the “Louisiana boys” who came
in and helped get all the pieces in place
before the first train rolled in on April
23rd. This startup team included Josh
Anderson, Safety & Training Coordinator
at NuStar in St. James; Jan Cressionie,
Day Supervisor at NuStar St. James; Ryan
Laurent, Leadman at NuStar St. James;
and Mike Tregre, Site Supervisor at Gulf
Gateway Terminal in New Orleans.
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Rounding out the team were Cody Gray
and Derek Toups. Cody served as the
Site Leader during the startup of our
crude-by-rail operation at Alon in Krotz
Springs. Derek served as a Leadman for
our Diamond Green crude oil operation at
Valero St. Charles in Norco. Over the past
year, they have traveled to a number of
sites to provide operations support.
“We could not have done it without the
support of all these guys. They have
contributed to our success in ways that
aren’t measurable,” said Sean. “They
didn’t just bring their knowledge and
experience. They brought the whole PSC
culture and team atmosphere with them.”
“They really helped pull us all together
here,” said Operator Adrian Ramirez. “I’m
very appreciative of the time they took
to show us how things are done, answer
all our questions, and make sure we’re all
doing a safe job.”
That emphasis on safety is one of the
things that Operator Zach Huvila says he
likes most about his new job at the Joliet
terminal. “I was a firefighter and EMT for
five years, so I’ve heard a lot of talk about
safety through the years,” he said. “To
see how that knowledge has been applied
out in the field has just been fantastic.”
PSC Operator Brian Dilcher is shown checking
inspection dates on railcars that have arrived at Arc
Terminals in Joliet, Illinois.
ON TO NORTH DAKOTA
most drilling activity and production in the
Bakken Shale play. The terminal allows
for unit and manifest train switching and
loading services.
As preparations were being made for the
startup in Joliet, the NorthStar terminal
in North Dakota was nearing completion.
“We ended up working on both projects
around the same time,” said Wilson. “We
had the same startup team, with one
addition. We also brought in Josh Lucas
to help us at NorthStar.”
“This work represents another milestone
for PSC in that it is our first crude loading
operation. We can load up to 20 railcars at
a time to ship out to multiple sites,” said
Wilson. “Other than that, it is very similar
to the operation at Joliet. There are 12
truck offloading stations and five storage
tanks, with three in operation now.”
Like Cody and Derek, Josh has also
been working on special assignments
over the past several months, providing
operations support at various sites. He
previously served as the Safety & Training
Coordinator for our Marathon work group
in Garyville, Louisiana.
Our NorthStar crew includes a total of
15 employees led by Terminal Manager
Travis Nellermoe and Assistant Manager/
Operations Manager Shawn Gallo. They
both joined the PSC family in mid-March.
Travis is a former rig manager with more
than 10 years of oil and gas experience
working in the Bakken region. Shawn was
a regional manager for a company that
provided saltwater disposal services for
oil and gas companies.
The NorthStar facility is located near
the Montana/North Dakota border in a
region that continues to experience the
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TACKLING NEW CHALLENGES
Slowdowns in the industry created
some challenges with both startups.
“When these terminals started up, the
price of crude oil was dropping, so the
work has been a bit slow. To date, we’ve
only had three trains in Joliet, and two
in North Dakota,” said Wilson. “So, it
has been tough to get everyone trained
and qualified and to keep our crews
motivated,” said Wilson.
“Everyone was chomping at the bit to get
going, and then everything got pushed
back a few months. We didn’t start
loading our first train at NorthStar until
June 26th,” said Travis. “We’ve also had
to adapt to a lot of changes going on with
regulations related to loading and shipping
crude oil.”
Staffing for these operations in new
territories where PSC didn’t have as much
name recognition also took some extra
effort. HR Team Leader Andy Merrett
from our Baton Rouge Office led the
recruitment efforts for both sites, making
numerous trips to and from Joliet and
East Fairview.
In Joliet, we had a huge response to our
initial job postings, with more than 400
applications received. Recruiters Tabitha
Desormeaux and Natalie Kliebert assisted
in screening and interviewing candidates.
Andy conducted New Employee
Orientation (NEO) for the Joliet crew,
while Natalie and Recruiter Brett Murray
pitched in to lead NEO for the NorthStar
team members. HR Assistant Lauren
Grundy-Byrd handled all the background
checks, pre-employment screenings, and
other required paperwork.
“The HR staff gave us a group of
spectacular prospects. They helped us
select pretty much the cream-of-thecrop from what was available,” said Sean
Youngquist.
In North Dakota, the somewhat remote
location of the terminal made finding
employees a bit more challenging. “It’s
a tough labor market here because
everything is so spread out, but the HR
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team did a great job helping us find good
people,” said Travis.
level of focus and dedication that I have
never seen before,” said Sean.
For Mark Tribe and Dalton Guilbeau, the
opportunity at NorthStar came along at
just the right time. They had both been
furloughed by BNSF where they worked
as locomotive engineers. Since coming
on board in May, they have contributed
valuable experience to the rail switching
operations at the terminal while also doing
some loading work in between trains.
Joel Butsma echoed those sentiments.
He serves as a Leadman in our Joliet
work group. He came to PSC after the
paper mill where he had worked for 21
years shut down.
Having no previous oil field experience,
Mark said he is still getting used to
loading railcars (instead of moving them),
and learning new terminology. In that
regard, he said he’s had some interesting
conversations with his Louisiana trainers.
“I’m from England, and since coming to
the U.S., I’ve had to become accustomed
to a lot of new accents. But nothing really
comes close to the Louisiana accents,” he
said with a laugh.
There were also a lot of conversations
about the weather conditions among
the Southerners on the startup teams
who weren’t accustomed to working (or
traveling) through snowstorms. “With
winter temperatures here dropping to
40 or 50 below, the NorthStar terminal
is probably the coldest site that PSC
operates,” said Dalton.
KUDOS TO THE CREWS
Even the best laid startup plans can fail if
you don’t have good support from those
with their “boots on the ground.” So, with
that in mind, we’d like to give a big round
of applause to our employees at the Joliet
and NorthStar terminals for all their hard
work, and for the great strides they’ve
made in learning a new industry.
“Our employees here in Joliet have a
wide range of backgrounds, and nobody
really knew what they were getting into,
even those of us with oil and gas industry
experience, because this particular type
of operation is so new. So, it has been
great to see how they’ve come together
as a team. They go at the work with a
“I’ve had people from Exxon tell me that
the work we’ve done has been the best
they’ve ever seen. That’s a credit to the
good training we’ve received, but it’s also
a credit to everyone on this crew. I’ve
been around for a long time, and this is
by far the best group of people and the
hardest working group I’ve worked with
through the years,” said Joel.
“I’m very proud of their efforts,” said
Shawn Gallo, of how the NorthStar crew
has handled the first two unit trains that
have come through the terminal. “In both
cases, our crew stepped right up and did
what needed to be done, no matter how
many hours it took. This is a very solid
team with good people who are willing to
go the extra mile.”
From his “front row seat” as Senior
Operations Manager, Ron Owens has
also enjoyed watching how everyone has
come together in these new operations.
“I am so impressed with not only the
leadership we have at the sites, but
also with the level of engagement and
confidence that our employees have
demonstrated,” said Ron. “It has been
great to see how quickly our employees
have picked up on a new profession.
They've all been very eager and dedicated
to learning the processes and skills they
need to be successful in this industry.”
They’re definitely off to great start in
fulfulling our mission “to be the best at
what we do.” We are pleased to welcome
them to our family and wish them much
success in their new careers with PSC!
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Promotions and Supervisory Changes
As part of our push toward the goal of
zero incidents, we have recently created a
Quality Assurance group within our Marine
Division. Roman Firmin has been selected
to lead this new group as the Marine
Quality Assurance Manager. Roman began
his career with PSC more than 16 years
ago as a tankerman trainee. He had been
serving as the Operations Manager for our
Louisiana Tankerman Group.
With Roman’s transition comes the
opportunity for the promotion of Josh
Juneau into the Louisiana Tankerman
Operations Manager role. Josh came
to PSC in 2006 as a deckhand on the
M/V Helen G. He had been serving as a
Louisiana Tankerman Group Supervisor
and TCA instructor.
Michael Bordelon has been promoted to
the Site Operations Manager role for our
Dow group in Seadrift, Texas. He had been
serving as the Site Leader for our Dow
group in Freeport, Texas. Michael joined
PSC in 2012, starting out as a Safety &
Training Supervisor.
Also at our Dow Seadrift location, Rudy
Morales has been promoted from Team
Leader to Safety & Training Supervisor.
Rudy began his career with PSC in 2012.
Ronald McAfee has been promoted to
Unit 8 Leader. Ronald joined PSC as a
Loader in 2012. Jacob Reynolds has been
promoted from Railroad Switchman to
Leadman. He joined PSC in April 2014,
working as a Loader for our BHP group in
Point Comfort.
Glenn Gillaspia III has been promoted to
the Site Leader role for our Dow group
in Freeport. Glenn joined PSC in 2011,
starting out as a loader at Total in La Porte,
Texas. He has been at the Freeport site
since 2013, serving as a Safety & Training
Supervisor and most recently as the Epoxy
and Polyglycol Supervisor.
Also at Dow Freeport, Virgel Parker
has been promoted from Foreman to
Supervisor for the Polyglycol operations.
Virgel joined PSC in 2012 as a Warehouse
Tech. Melvin Myers and Ronald McAfee
have been promoted from Loader to
Leadman roles. They have both worked for
PSC for three years.
Chris Garon is now the Operations
Coordinator for our Occidental group
in Convent, Louisiana. Chris previously
served as a Supervisor and Safety &
Training Coordinator for our ExxonMobil
BRCP group in Baton Rouge. Chris joined
PSC in 2001, starting out as a loader at
ExxonMobil BRPO. Also at Oxy, Adam
Reynolds has been promoted from Loader
to Leadman. Adam joined PSC in 2012.
Mike Clawson has been promoted from
Team Leader to HFU Supervisor at
ExxonMobil BRCP. Mike joined PSC in April
after retiring as a Chief Petty Officer in the
U.S. Navy. Also at ExxonMobil BRCP, Chad
Templeton has accepted the role of Safety
Leader. Chad was a regional supervisor for
UTLX before joining the PSC team at Dow
in Plaquemine, Louisiana, one year ago.
David Morrison II has been promoted to
the Site Supervisor position for our work
groups at LBC in Houston and Targa in
Mont Belvieu, Texas. David joined PSC in
2006 and was serving as a Supervisor in
our Dow Houston Hub group at the time
of this promotion.
Allen Derossett recently returned to
PSC to become the Supervisor for our
Bayer group in Baytown, Texas. Allen had
previously worked for PSC in a number of
plant operation roles. Working alongside
Allen is John Swann, who has taken on
the Safety & Training Coordinator role.
John has been with PSC since 2007. Also
at Bayer, Todd Jones has been promoted
from Switchman to Leadman. Todd joined
PSC in 2008.
Marshall Rollins joined the PSC team in
June to take on the Supervisor role for our
Shintech work group in Freeport. Prior to
joining PSC, he was a Senior Operations
Manager for BNSF Railroad.
Steven Major, Brandon Head, and Jessie
Lewis have been promoted from Loaders
to Team Leaders for our Dow Hub
operation in Houston. Steven joined PSC
in 2011, Brandon came on board this past
April, and Jessie has worked for us since
May 2013.
Jonathan Bennett has been promoted
from Railroad Leadman to Safety &
Training Coordinator for our Dow group
in Plaquemine. Jonathan joined PSC as a
Truck/Railcar Inspector in February 2013.
Also at Dow, Jyrell Thymes has been
promoted from Switchman to Foreman.
Jyrell came on board this past March.
Ivan Gusman has been promoted from
Board Operator to Safety & Training
Supervisor for our Total group in La Porte,
Texas. He joined PSC four years ago.
Joel Bultsma has been promoted from
Loader to Leadman for our JBBR/Arc
Terminals work group in Joliet, Illinois. Joel
joined the PSC team in April of this year.
Tracy Alexander has been promoted from
Switchman to Leadman for our Louisiana
Sugar Refining work group in Gramercy,
Louisiana. Tracy joined PSC last December.
Michael Hearne has been promoted to
Tankerman Leadman for the Memphis
Tankerman Group. He joined PSC in
February of this year.
Bryan Norcutt and James Hubbard have
been promoted to Leadman roles at
NorthStar in East Fairfield, North Dakota.
They both joined PSC this past spring,
starting out as Loaders.
Frank Minniti, Kevin Krawchuk, and
Damien Taylor have been promoted from
Dock Operator to Leadman roles for
our Paulsboro Refining work group in
Paulsboro, New Jersey. Frank and Kevin
joined PSC in 2012, and Damien came on
board in 2011.
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ANNIVERSARIES
35 Years
5 years (cont‘d)
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Sherie Faulkinberry – Baton Rouge
Office
25 years
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Robert Neuman – Pasadena Office
20 years
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Jeffrey Dunaway – Dispatch
Bruce Julius – St. Louis Tankerman
Group
15 years
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Earnest Ligons – Houston Dock
Group
Dustin Pirtle – Baton Rouge Office
10 years
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Dan LaPrairie – Pasadena Office
Albert Reeves – Louisiana Dock
Group
Jesse Ruiz – South Texas Dock Group
Rozel Stewart – Honeywell, Geismar,
LA
5 years
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Ryan Ayars – Paulsboro Refining,
Paulsboro, NJ
Michael Boutain – Dow, Plaquemine,
LA
Brandon Breaux – Axiall, Plaquemine,
LA
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Calvin Carrington – Total, La Porte, TX
Stefanie Gonzalez – Valero, Corpus
Christi, TX
Corey Gooch – Valero, Corpus Christi,
TX
Eric Guerra – Flint Hills Resources,
Corpus Christi, TX
Rodney Gutierrez – Dow Houston
Hub
Jose Henriquez – Dow Houston Hub
Ronnie Johnson – ExxonMobil,
Baytown, TX
Alvin Jones – ExxonMobil BRCP,
Baton Rouge, LA
Joseph Kallus – Dow Houston Hub
Tellis Mangum – Dow Houston Hub
Rhett Ratcliff – Valero St. Charles,
Norco, LA
Eric Rawls – Dow St. Charles,
Hahnville, LA
Shannon Richard – Dow St. Charles,
Hahnville, LA
Felix Salazar – Dow Houston Hub
Colton Speed – INEOS, Greenlake,
TX
Billy Stiles – Louisiana Dock Group
Christopher Thibodeaux – CPChem,
Orange, TX
Toby Tucker – Rubicon, Geismar, LA
Kenneth Whiting – Dow Houston Hub
Promotions and Supervisory Changes (cont‘d)
Patrick Brown has been promoted from
Loader to Leadman for our Shintech group
in Plaquemine. He has worked for PSC for
more than two years.
Stephen Tomlinson has been promoted
from Loader to Leadman for our TPC work
group in Houston. He has been with PSC
for five years.
Wayne Barr has been promoted from
Loader to Leadman for our Rubicon work
group in Geismar, Louisiana. Wayne joined
the PSC team three years ago.
CORRECTION: In our last newsletter,
William Shankle was erroneously listed as
a member of our Gulf Gateway Terminal
work group. He serves as a Leadman
for our four CPChem work groups in
Texas. William has worked for PSC since
December 2013.
Huck Clayton, a member of our ExxonMobil BRCP
work group, was recently presented with a watch
in recognition of 35 years of service to PSC. He
is pictured here (2nd from right) with Operations
Manager Thomas Ard, VP of Plant Operations John
Leerkes, and COO Joel Dickerson.
Chris Holmes from our Axiall work group in
Plaquemine was recently presented with a watch in
recognition of his 20th anniversary with PSC. He is
pictured here with Axiall Supervisor Ryan Landry.
Susan Hildreth recently retired from PSC after more
than 10 years of service, including two years as the
receptionist for our Pasadena Office. She is pictured
(center) with some of the Pasadena Office staff at a
retirement party held for her on July 2nd.
IT‘S AWARD
NOMINATION TIME!
It's that time of year again — when we
search for the “best of the best” in the
PSC family for our D.H. Haymon and
Cecil Johnson Awards Program. Watch
for nomination forms to arrive in your
mailbox in the next few weeks, and
take the time to nominate one or more
of your outstanding co-workers!
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Employee
Close-up
which is now called Arc Terminals, and
NorthStar in North Dakota. The terminal
in Joliet was still under construction, and
it was quite an experience to watch it
get built. When I first got there, it was
five below zero with snow everywhere.
Walking around trying to measure tracks
in the snow was very interesting.
The Connection: We heard you also had a
few interesting travel adventures.
Meet Cody Gray, one of the more
than 2,400 employees who make
up the SGS Petroleum Service
family. Cody is an Operations
Specialist based out of our Baton
Rouge Office.
The Connection: How long have you
worked for PSC?
CG: It will be 8 years in January. I had just
moved to Baton Rouge about six months
before that, after getting engaged. My
wife Lauren, plus the cooking, lured me
from Oklahoma to south Louisiana.
CG: Yes, there was a funny story from
my first trip to Illinois. Derrick Toups and I
had been there for 12 days, and we were
really ready to get home. It was an early
flight, and Derrick was sleeping while I
drove. I did a Google search to find the
airport. The first one that popped up
was O'Hare, about 30 minutes away, so
I headed that way. When we got there,
they told me that I was at the wrong
airport — that we were flying out of
Midway. We jumped back in the rental
car, raced over there and just barely made
the flight.
Coming from a small town, I didn't think
about the possibility of there being two
airports in a city. But now I know all about
those three-digit airport codes. I've also
racked up quite a lot of frequent flyer
miles along the way. In fact, I just made
A-list status on Southwest Airlines.
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The Connection: How has your family
adapted to your travel schedule?
CG: Well, it takes a good woman to put up
with two small children with me gone so
much. Our son Gabriel is four years old,
and our daughter Hannah is 18 months
old. Lauren works 40 hours a week, and
it has definitely been strenuous for her.
So, I very much want to thank my wife for
being so supportive.
The Connection: What do you enjoy doing
when you're not working?
CG: I mostly just enjoy spending time
with my family — taking the kids to
football games, baseball games, and
getting to church with the family as often
as I can. As for me personally, I also like
hunting, fishing, and playing golf. That's
my big three right there.
The Connection: Is there anything else
you'd like to share with your co-workers?
CG: I played junior college baseball at
a school in Kansas, and baseball is still
one of my favorite sports. During one of
my trips to Illinois, I got to go to Wrigley
Field and watch a Cubs game. That was
something I had on my “bucket list,” so it
was pretty exciting to go there.
Editor's note: Cody's “Close-Up” photo
was taken during that Cubs game!
I started out as a dock operator in the
on-call dock group. I did that for two
years before going to work at NuStar
in St. James for the startup of the rail
operations there. I stayed at NuStar until
2013, working as a Leadman and then as
the Safety & Training Coordinator.
In 2013, I transferred to Alon in Krotz
Springs to take the site leader role for the
startup of a new crude railcar unloading
operation there. I left Alon in August 2014
and have been on the road since then.
The Connection: So, what does your job
involve now?
CG: Since March, I've been going back
and forth between JBBR in Joliet, Illinois,
CELEBRATING TWO YEARS INCIDENT FREE!
Our Alon work group in Krotz Springs, Louisiana, recently marked two years of operations with zero recordables,
zero spills, and zero derailments. Pictured at a dinner held in celebration of that achievement are (l. to r.) Senior
Operations Manager Joel Prejean, LPG Truck Loader David Marks, Dock Operator Brock Ardoin, Operations
Manager Craig Domingue, Safety Administrator Melissa Charlet, Alon Manager Randy Krantz, Site Leader Stonie
Beard, and Operations Manager Thomas Ard. Congratulations to all our employees at Alon for this outstanding
safety track record!
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SGS update: SUSTAINABILITY GOALS
Over the past several years, SGS has
worked to develop and implement
new global management and reporting
processes related to “sustainability.” So,
what exactly is sustainability, and what
does it mean to PSC and our employees?
Sustainability is generally defined as
efforts to “meet the needs of the present
generation without compromising the
ability of future generations to meet their
own needs.” In other words, it means
that we want to operate our business
in a responsible way that reflects the
SGS corporate values of Integrity,
Entrepreneurship, Passion, Innovative
Spirit, and Trust.
2. PEOPLE
The SGS sustainability goals are built
around four focus areas:
Our people are our most important asset.
We must ensure that our employees are
safe and healthy at work, treated fairly
and with respect, and are able to fulfill
their potential.
1. PROFESSIONAL EXCELLENCE
3. ENVIRONMENT
Trust lies at the heart of the value we
deliver to our customers and society.
We have a responsibility to maintain the
highest levels of professional integrity.
We are committed to achieving
sustainable growth while managing
our impact on the environment, under
our aim to “Do More With Less.” We
also recognize our role in supporting
our customers to improve their own
environmental performance.
our new tca graduates
The newest graduates of our Tankerman Career Academy were recently honored at a
dinner celebrating the completion of their four-month training program. Shown below are
some photos taken during the event which was held on June 24th in Houston, Texas.
Additional photos can be found on our website at PSCjobs.com. We wish these new
tankermen much success in their careers with PSC!
4. COMMUNITY
We welcome local talent and knowledge
to our business. We want to give back to
the communities in which we operate and
live.
Visit sgs.com to learn more about how
you can contribute to a more sustainable
society.
Congrats to our new Tankerman Career Academy graduates: (front row, l. to r.) Christopher Bohanan, Ira
Emmanuel, Earl Jones, John Balderach, Bryan Edwards, and Roy Davies; (back row, l. to r.) Tyler Suttle, Chris
LeBlanc, Keith Carter, Jeromy Giles, Krista Huckaby, Michael Todman, and Chris Lucas.
KEEPING BATON ROUGE GREEN
To help reduce carbon emissions in
the communities where we work,
PSC recently teamed up with Baton
Rouge Green to support efforts to
plant and maintain trees along major
thoroughfares in the area. Shown here
with our “Tree Sponsor” sign are staff
from our ExxonMobil BRPO work group:
(l. to r.) Site Leader Shawn Richardson,
Administrative Assistant Shelly Hill, Baton
Rouge Office Administrative Assistant
Rachel Burke, and Safety & Training
Coordinator Daniel Jenkins.
Safety
Corner
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“ONE MISSISSIPPI...”
One second. Sometimes that’s all it takes.
What happens in one second can change
your life forever.
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Walking down a set of stairs or
a ladder and you misstep…One
Mississippi
Entering a Red Zone without alerting
the engineer…One Mississippi
Using a gangway to access a vessel
with a ship passing in the river…One
Mississippi
Get the point? There is a way to prevent
one second from negatively impacting
your life, and it’s called AWARENESS.
Just a few minutes of pre-planning will
help you identify, correct, and report
hazards as you go through your day.
Pre-planning your work can mean the
difference in one second being negative
or positive.
There are many enemies of awareness
all around the workplace. Some of these
include:
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Repetitive tasks
Lack of focus
Diverted attention
Activities not viewed as work
Rushing to complete a task
While we are working, we should take the
time to do some simple pre-planning, use
your “Tell Me” authority, and watch over
your co-workers. These are a few of the
ways we can all go home to our families
safely each and every day. Several ways
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we can ensure we work safely all 43,200
seconds in a 12-hour shift are things we
should be practicing everyday:
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Be accountable for yourself
Look out for those working around
you
Report all hazards that you cannot
mitigate yourself
Follow established procedures
Stop any activity that does not appear
safe and take a time-out to discuss
Use your PPE correctly
DO NOT TAKE SHORTCUTS
Lead by example
In my opinion, our work groups are made
up entirely of safety people. Along with
our regular duties, we all take turns being
safety leaders as well. With every incident
or accident we can usually look back
and say, “if only I would have done this
differently in that one second, then the
situation could have had a very different
outcome.”
We are all stewards of our seconds at
work and at home, and we must remain
aware of the actions that we take and
how they could negatively or positively
affect our lives.
BE SAFE AND ENJOY LIFE — EVERY
SECOND OF IT!
“By failing to prepare, you are
preparing to fail.”
– Benjamin Franklin
take THE STOP WORK AUTHORITY PLEDGE
I have the responsibility to perform every task safely.
I will never allow production pressure to compromise my ability to work safely.
By Josh Perkins
Safety & Training Coordinator
CITGO - Lake Charles, LA
I have the authority to stop any job and request assistance to mitigate any
hazard.
My highest priority is Safety. Safety of myself, my co-workers, the environment,
and the equipment placed in my care.
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HAZARD RECOGNITION
PROGRAM WINNERS
We’re pleased to shine the spotlight on the most recent “Gold” and “Silver” winners of
our Quarterly Hazard Recognition Program, listed below. The quarterly Gold winners each
received a $500 award. The monthly Silver winners each received a $150 award. Thanks to
all the employees who have participated in this safety initiative.
2nd Quarter 2015
Gold Winners ($500 each)
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Danny Cantu – Dow, Seadrift, TX
Joshua Cody – ExxonMobil BRCP,
Baton Rouge, LA
Jeffrey Harris – JBBR/Arc Terminals,
Joliet, IL
Dustin Kolkman – Valero, Corpus
Christi, TX
Virgel Parker – Dow, Freeport, TX
2ND quarter 2015
Monthly Silver Winners ($150 each)
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Eduardo Andrade – Stolthaven,
Channelview, TX
Nikki Blake – LyondellBassell,
Channelview, TX
Victor Calzada – Dow, Seadrift, TX
Danny Cantu – Dow, Seadrift, TX
Sherman Carter – ExxonMobil BRPO,
Baton Rouge, LA
George Cleaver – Chevron Cedar
Bayou, Baytown, TX
Tyler Clouatre – Dow, Plaquemine, LA
Joshua Cody – ExxonMobil BRCP,
Baton Rouge, LA
Eric Coupel – CF Industries,
Donaldsonville, LA
Khalon Dennie – Louisiana Tankerman
Group
Brent Diebel – INVISTA, Victoria, TX
Monthly Silver Winners (cont‘d)
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Gregory Dunnaway – Rubicon,
Geismar, LA
Jeffrey Harris – JBBR/Arc Terminals,
Joliet, IL
Gregory Hawkins – Shell, Geismar,
LA
Christian Hernandez – Chevron Cedar
Bayou, Baytown, TX
Tony Hoskins – TPC, Houston, TX
Kenny Kocian – Dow, Seadrift, TX
Dustin Kolkman – Valero, Corpus
Christi, TX
Drew Landry – INEOS, Plaquemine,
LA
Keith Magee – TPC, Houston, TX
David McLemore – Shell, Geismar,
LA
Douglas Nixon – Dow St. Charles,
Norco, LA
Virgel Parker – Dow, Freeport, TX
Kevin Saia – Axiall, Plaquemine, LA
Arthur Soma – Dow, Plaquemine, LA
Patrick Sons – CF Industries,
Donaldsonville, LA
John Taylor – Dow, Freeport, TX
Marcus Torres – Dow, Seadrift, TX
Anthony Trontl – BP, Decatur, AL
Tom Wilkinson – Axiall, Aberdeen,
MS
IT'S pecan RECIPE TIME!
Got a good recipe that calls for pecans? If so, we need it! In keeping with a long-standing
PSC tradition, south Louisiana pecans will be distributed during the upcoming holiday
season as gifts for our employees, customers, and friends, just in time for holiday baking.
If you or a family member has a recipe you're willing share in our next newsletter, please
send it via email to Lisa Comeaux (lisa.comeaux@sgs.com) or mail to Lisa’s attention at
the Baton Rouge Office, PO Box 3517, Baton Rouge, LA 70821. The deadline for recipe
submissions is Friday, November 6th.
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Recent Safety
Milestones
No Recordables
Yrs
Shell – Geismar, LA
17
Marathon – Garyville, LA
16
Dow – Texas City, TX
11
ExxonMobil – Beaumont, TX
11
Louisiana Dock Group
11
Corpus Christi Tankerman Group
10
Dow St. Charles – Norco, LA
9
MS/AL Tankerman Group
9
Chevron – Orange, TX
7
TPC – Houston, TX
6
Dow – Deer Park, TX
5
Dow – La Porte, TX
5
Dow West Virginia Operations
3
Alon – Krotz Springs, LA
2
Axiall – Aberdeen, MS
2
Bayer – Baytown, TX
2
DuPont – Burnside, LA
2
OxyVinyls – Deer Park, TX
2
CF Industries – Donaldsonville,
LA
1
Flint Hills Resources – Corpus
Christi, TX
1
No TANKERMAN spills
Yrs
St. Louis Tankerman Group
20
Kentucky Tankerman Group
18
No Dock spills
Yrs
Shell – Geismar, LA
17
INVISTA – Victoria, TX
12
ExxonMobil – Beaumont, TX
11
Houston Dock Group
6
TPC – Houston, TX
6
Valero St. Charles – Norco, LA
5
Louisiana Dock Group
3
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From our Customers
I would like to recognize these two SGS
employees, Francisco Gonzales and Ralph
Walker, that work at our Plaquemine
facility for their response during a safety
near miss on June 18th. Thanks to their
response, a serious injury was avoided.
They demonstrated one of Axiall’s cultural
beliefs to decide it, and made a timely
decision to achieve our Key Results – Drive
to Zero.
Francisco and Ralph responded when the
fall protection of another project contractor
was caught in a piece of rotating
equipment that was powered by a work
truck PTO. They turned off the truck engine
and helped to release the worker from the
rotating equipment. Thankfully, injury was
avoided.
One day recently, we had several changes
to the loading plans for our ethylene oxide
railcars. Under the SGS leadership of Andy
Kliebert and Neil Hoover, they recognized
GEAR #6 and huddled three different
times with our SGS team to ensure
everyone was aligned and focused on the
tasks in front of them. The loading of the
ethylene oxide railcars was completed
safely, and while SGS does this work
flawlessly every day, the potential risk is
always present. With our Shell Geismar
SGS Leadership having the awareness and
understanding to stop work and huddle for
alignment, it prompted us to highlight SGS
in our “Process Safety Spotlight” email
newsletter as modeling the way for our
GEAR #6.
We are very proud of these workers
owning their own safety and the safety of
others. And this, again, demonstrates the
safety focus of these groups on our site.
Please join me in saying thanks to both
Francisco and Ralph.
Thanks to Andy and Neil for their
leadership and for the strong partnership
we have with our SGS team. We value
each and every one of them for their
contributions and hard work towards
making our Shell Geismar site safe.
Hillary Garner
EHS&S Manager
Axiall, LLC
Plaquemine, LA
Jason P. Amato
Production Excellence Manager
Shell Chemical
Geismar, LA
Here at Shell Geismar, we implemented
a personal/process safety program
called GEARs (Get Everyone Aligned
Relentlessly) that Operations and SGS
strive every shift to adhere to. It contains
six (6) GEARs with Beliefs and Behaviors
to support them. Our GEAR #6 states:
We proactively identify threats by having
a “What Could Go Wrong” mindset with
a belief that “something bad can happen
at any moment in any place without
warning,” and the behavior we exhibit
being to “stay engaged throughout the
shift and huddle as a team to address
abnormal situations and changes to a
plan; all potential risks will be discussed,
understood and documented.”
DOW EH&S EXCELLENCE AWARD WINNERS
I just wanted to pass along a quick note
to let you know that Melissa Florek
did an awesome job covering the Dock
Scheduling while I was out recently. I
threw a lot at her in a short amount of
time, and she picked it up very well.
Remember she has NO background in any
of this.
The initiative she took to put the schedule
together and send it out while I was in
meetings (sort of as a practice run) was
great. I didn’t ask her to do that. She saw
I was jammed up and took the bull by the
horns, got with CPQ, ran it by me, and
sent it out.
Really makes me feel good about the
decision you guys made to move her over
to the demurrage specialist position, and
it gives me hope that she’ll do more great
things moving forward.
Tony Henry
Marine Superintendent
Chalmette Refining, LLC
Chalmette, LA
Our Dow Freeport team recently received the EH&S Excellence Award for 1,000 days of “Triple Zero” performance
with zero OSHA recordables, zero spills, and zero PSIs. Shown with the award are (l. to r.) Supervisor Randy
Garmon, Lean Implementation Leader Todd Whittington, Supervisor Virgel Parker, Foreman Sean Myers, Training
Supervisor Trevor Taylor, Site Leader Glenn Gillespia III, VP of Operational Excellence Adam Gilmore, Foreman
Raymond Patterson, and HR Recruiter Sarah Oliver. Congrats to all our Freeport employees for a job well done!
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get SCREENED by oct 15th
and save SOME $$$
Reduce your UnitedHealthcare (UHC) medical premium in 2016 up to $500 by participating
in the Health Rewards incentive program. If your spouse/domestic partner is also covered
by UHC, he/she can earn an additional $500 discount for 2016. That’s up to $1,000 in
savings on your insurance premiums for next year. What’s not to like about that? Just
follow ALL of the steps listed below to earn your rewards.
Download a Health Provider Screening Form.
•• Go to https://register.wellness-inc.com/sgs and fill in blanks.
•• Select “Continue” and “Health Provider Screening form.”
•• Choose program: SGS North America Individual Program.
•• Select “Sign up for Health Provider Screening form.”
•• Enter your email address.
•• Download the Health Provider Screening form and print it.
•• If you don‘t have access to a computer, contact Linda Thibodeaux or Melissa Charlet
at our Baton Rouge office at (225) 343-8262 or (800) 264-8222 to get a form.
SCHEDULE A “wellness physical” with your personal physician.
•• The wellness physical must be completed by October 15th to earn rewards.
•• If you don’t have a personal physician, you may contact Melissa Charlet at the Baton
Rouge Office for assistance finding an occupational clinic near you where you can
go for a physical.
•• Bring your Health Provider Screening form and your UHC ID card.
•• Ask for a biometric screening and have the doctor complete the Health Provider
Screening form. The doctor will measure your blood pressure, cholesterol, glucose,
BMI, and note whether you use tobacco.
•• Be sure to sign the Health Provider Screening form. Then you or your doctor will
need to fax the form to UHC at the number listed on the bottom of the form. The
form must be received by UHC before November 30th.
Complete the ONLINE Health Risk Assessment by OCTOBER 15TH.
•• The online assessment should take about 20 minutes to complete.
•• Go to www.myuhc.com and log-in, or register to log-in for the first time.
•• Select “Health Assessment” on the right side of page.
•• Select the red button called “Take the Health Assessment.” Answer the questions
using the health information you received from the doctor.
•• If you do not have access to a computer, you can visit one of our offices to use a
PSC computer to complete the online assessment.
If your spouse/domestic partner is covered by UHC, he/she can also earn up to $500 by
performing all of the above steps (using his/her own Health Provider Screening form). He/
she must also complete the online Health Risk Assessment using his/her own log-in.
Check how much you’ve earned.
•• Log-in to www.myuhc.com and select “Health Assessment” on right side of page.
•• Select “I Get” and “My Rewards” at top of page and then click the red “Earn
Rewards” button to see how much reward money you’ve earned to date. You can
also learn about other ways to earn rewards if you haven’t already reached the
maximum of $500.
•• Your Health Rewards discount will appear on your 2016 pay stubs.
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FINd your name &
win a prize!
The “hidden” name in our last issue
did not get found, so our $100
Walmart gift card is still waiting to be
claimed!
Another name is hidden in this
issue. If you find YOUR name
printed in lowercase italic letters (in
parentheses), please claim your prize
by contacting HR Administrative
Assistant Claire McCrary at
(225) 343-8262, ext. 287 or via email
to Claire.McCrary@sgs.com.
MORE 2015 GRADS
We want to extend our congratulations
to these additional 2015 grads who are
family members of our employees. They
will each receive a $150 gift from PSC
in recognition of their hard work and
achievement.
Efren Martinez
Sweeny High School
Son of Chris Alaniz
Dow – Freeport, TX
Darreisha Peebles
Austin High School
Daughter of Quincy &
Chikena Crittendon
BP – Decatur, AL
Justice Puryear
Calhoun College
Associate Degree in
General Studies
Daughter of Julian
Puryear & Elizabeth
Stevenson
BP – Decatur, AL
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THE PSC SPORTS SECTION
If you have a photo and/or brief story that you’d like to share regarding your athletic achievements or those of any of
your family members, please contact Lisa.Comeaux@sgs.com.
TAKE ME OUT TO THE BALL GAME!
Over the past couple of months, we've expanded our services at Dow in Louisville,
Kentucky, adding 10 new warehouse operators and a Site Logistics Coordinator to
our crew at the site. Some of our warehouse startup team members recently got an
opportunity to attend a Louisville Bats Triple-A baseball game. Shown below is a photo
taken during their ballpark outing.
living life to the fullest
Anna Olinde, the hunting superstar shown
above, was featured in the August edition
of Louisiana Sportsman magazine. She is
the 10-year-old daughter of Joey Olinde
from our Axiall work group in Plaquemine,
Louisiana. Anna is also the granddaughter
of Procurement Specialist Cindy Hill from
our Baton Rouge Office.
When Anna was four years old, she
was diagnosed with an aggressive form
of leukemia. She endured numerous
surgeries and years of chemotherapy and
other treatments. As Anna fought for her
life, her parents discovered that being
outdoors always seemed to lift her spirits,
so they began taking her on hunting and
fishing trips.
Anna is now cancer free and making a big
name for herself in the outdoor world. She
is shown above with a prized wild turkey
she took on a hunting trip to Kansas two
years ago with her mom, Kristen. The
magazine article also included a photo
of Anna taken after a successful dove
hunting trip. She also enjoys competing in
skeet shooting events to raise money for
St. Jude Children's Research Hospital.
Enjoying the Louisville Bats baseball game are (l. to r.) Micah Huff, PSC Site Logistics Coordinator at Dow
Louisville; Steven LeBlanc, PSC Safety and Training Coordinator at Dow in Plaquemine, Louisiana; Buddy, the
Louisville Bats Mascot; Fabian Hebert, PSC Training Specialist from our Baton Rouge Office; and Lincoln Fields,
Dow Louisville's Site Logistics Leader.
HITTING THE GREENS IN DECATUR
Two teams sponsored by PSC participated in the Decatur Morgan Hospital Foundation’s
12th Annual Golf Classic held on June 13th at the Point Mallard Golf Course in Decatur,
Alabama. Proceeds from the event will be used to purchase needed medical equipment
and fund scholarships to help hospital employees further their professional education.
Team 1 members shown (l. to r.) are BP Logistics
Superintendent Ike Gibson, PSC HSE Manager Jimmy
Stockton, BP Procurement Manager Ira Jones, and
PSC VP of Plant Operations John Leerkes. These
golfers took 2nd place in the tourney.
Team 2 members shown (l. to r.) are BP Laboratory
Foreman Les Edney, PSC Safety & Training
Coordinator Ian Jones, BP Equipment Engineer Roy
Lightle, and Todd Osborne.
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SUPPORTING UNITED WAY IN LA
For many years now, our Louisiana
employees and PSC leaders have been
very supportive of United Way programs
around the state through their financial
contributions and volunteer service.
That level of outstanding support was
recognized recently at the Capital Area
United Way's annual meeting and banquet
where PSC was presented with an “Award
of Excellence” for our 2015 employee
pledge campaign. Brian Haymon was also
recognized as an outgoing board member.
Our 2016 employee pledge campaign in
Louisiana will kick off in early October.
Watch for more details to come soon!
Pictured at the recent United Way awards banquet are (l. to r.) Safety Administrator Melissa Charlet, Executive
Assistant Twana Pulliam, CEO Brian Haymon, HR Assistant Lauren Grundy-Byrd, and HR Recruiting Team Leader
Meagan Anderson. Photo courtesy of Christopher Palmer Photography.
OUR UW DAY OF ACTION TEAM
An enthusiastic group of volunteers from our Baton Rouge Office participated in the
Capital Area United Way’s 2015 Day of Action on June 19th. The beneficiary of their
services was the Arc of Iberville, a non-profit agency providing services and vocational
opportunities for individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities.
Meagan Anderson, Shelley Delapasse, Lauren Grundy-Byrd, Jonosha Jackson, Kevin
Martin, Kayla Murphy, and Brett Murray worked together to construct a shed ramp and
some outdoor planters, and hang an assortment of photo frames in an inside corridor. Lisa
Comeaux and Claire McCrary helped create a new Arc brochure detailing and agency’s
mission and services offered. Shown below are some photos of our volunteers in action.
HOW DO WE RATE?
Before making a purchase, visiting
a restaurant, or booking a hotel
reservation, odds are you've probably
looked at some online reviews to help
with your decision-making process.
Many job seekers today are also
relying on online reviews to learn
more about the companies they are
considering in their search for good
career opportunities.
We currently post information
regarding our job openings on a
number of third-party career websites,
including Indeed.com and Glassdoor.
com. These and other “job boards”
allow current and former employees
to post company reviews.
If you've got an Indeed or Glassdoor
user account, we invite you to
take a few moments to log-in and
anonymously post a review about your
experiences working for PSC. We
actively monitor these sites and share
the positive and negative feedback
with our HR staff and managers
as part of our ongoing quality
improvement efforts.
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Volume 20, Issue 3, FALL 2015
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SPRING/SUMMER LEADERSHIP training
Our June 4th “Stepping Up” class in Houston, Texas.
Our June 5th “Stepping Up” class in Houston, Texas.
Our June 12th “Stepping Up” class in Gonzales, Louisiana.
No photo was available from our June 11th “Stepping Up” class in Gonzales, Louisiana. Participants were Richard
Adams, Barry Ambeau, Mark Aucoin, Andrew Baldwin, Brian Banks, Ryan Beaumont, Zorick Beverly, Daniel Biggs,
James Brady, Ray Breaux, Edward Cadow, Jean Capdeboscq, Steven Carson, Jamison Carter, Vaccaro Collins,
Jamie Cortez, Robert Dabbs, Christopher Delasalle, Daniel Edwards, Anthony Fletcher, Ricky Green, Jonathan
Harris, Gregory Hayes, James Higginbotham, Neil Hoover, Daniel Jenkins, Derrick Jones, Todd Jones, Dustin
Layne, Josh Lucas, Thomas McCollough, Kenny Morvant, Alexander Mosby, Brett Payne, Bryan Plaisance, Joby
Plaisance, Cleveland Populis, Jeffery Reulet, Kendale Rogers, Brandon Segura, Garrett Smith, Theron Stein, Chad
Templeton, Wallace Vicknair, Jean Waguespack, Kelvin Walker, and Alonzo Watkins.
Our June 9th “Supervisor Manual Training Series”
graduates in Houston, Texas.
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Our July 21st “Stepping Up” class in Victoria, Texas.
A few more from our “Stepping Up” class in Victoria.
baby boom in bR
There were lots of baby gifts floating
around the Baton Rouge Office this
summer as staff members prepared to
welcome new additions, but no boy toys
could be found at these baby showers!
Our August 12th “Stepping Up” class in Cross Lanes, West Virginia.
Precious Cargo Arrivals
A surprise baby shower for Staff Accountant Colette
Plauche was held on May 27th. She is pictured with
hostesses Rachel Atwood and Rhonda Gourgues.
It’s a Boy! Kelli Chapa (Pasadena Office) and her fiancé Bobby Zilliox are pleased to
announce the birth of their son, Parker Thomas, on May 29th.
It’s a Girl! Patrick Briscoe (Exxon Mobil – Beaumont, TX) and his wife Kerstee are
pleased to announce the birth of their daughter, Emma Rosalie, on May 31st.
It’s a Girl! Adam Runyan (Dow West Virginia Operations) and his wife Jenna are
pleased to announce the birth of their daughter, Piper Runyan, on June 9th.
It’s a Girl! Sampre Landry (Dow – Plaquemine, LA) and his fiancée Colette Plauche
(Baton Rouge Office) are pleased to announce the birth of their daughter, Logan Paige,
on June 18th.
It’s a Boy! Cody McEarl (NuStar – St. James, LA) and Chelsea Sloan are pleased to
announce the birth of their son, Cole Matthew, on June 30th.
HR Recruiter Tabitha Desormeaux was honored at a
baby shower hosted by her co-workers on June 3rd.
It’s a Girl! Tabitha Desormeaux (Baton Rouge Office) and her husband James are
pleased to announce the birth of their daughter, Evelyn Claire, on July 6th.
It’s a Boy! Brogan Parsons (Dow West Virginia Operations) and his wife Chalcie are
pleased to announce the birth of their son, Mason Wyatt, on July 7th.
It’s a Girl! Daniel Hill (Rubicon – Geismar, LA) and his wife Demaria are pleased to
announce the birth of their daughter, Isabel Anna Marie, on July 12th.
A shower for HR Recuiting Team Leader Andy Merrett
and his wife Molllie was held on July 1st. They were
anxiously awaiting the arrival of their first child as we
went to press with this edition of the newsletter.
It’s Twins! Keith Schexnydre (NuStar – St. James, LA) and his wife Jolyn are pleased
to announce the birth of their daughter, Journey Simoné, and their son, Grant Sidney,
on July 27th.
It’s a Girl! Juan Luna (Corpus Christi Tankerman Group) and Nastassi Cortinas are
pleased to announce the birth of their daughter, Stassi Zen, born on August 10th.
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Volume 20, Issue 3, FALL 2015
P. 18
SNAPSHOT GALLERY
Shown below are some photos taken at a recognition dinner for employees in our Shintech work group in
Plaquemine, Louisiana; a dinner with some of our West Virginia and Kentucky leaders; and a safety picnic for our
employees at BP in Decatur, Alabama. Check the “Event Gallery” on PSCjobs.com for additional snapshots.
This VIP from our leadership team at BP in Decatur,
Alabama, was off-site at a training event when the
photos were taken for the story on our BP work group
that appeared in our last issue. Dedric Stevenson is a
Foreman in the PTA/Loading area. He has worked at
the BP site for more than 20 years.
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Volume 20, Issue 3, Fall 2015
WELCOME NEW EMPLOYEES
We are pleased to welcome the following
employees hired between May 19th and
August 18th, 2015:
Epuli Abie
Dillon Adams
Ruben Aguirre-Rodriguez
Zachary Agurcia
Andre Allen
Kenneth Allen
Richard Ausbie
Jesse Avitia
Marco Balandran-Romero
Colby Bankston
Gregory Batalin
Christopher Baudin
Candido Bautista
Daniel Beltran
Nicholas Berthelot
Raynell Blair
Brian Bolton
Braxton Bordelon
Tremaine Breland
Ryan Broussard
Alex Brown
Paula Bush
Brandon Butler
Joshua Calvin
James Carrier
Cody Casey
Jason Catalanotto
Peter Catalanotto
Felipe Cavazos
Tyler Cazelot
Adam Champagne
Tony Chapa
David Chatman
Brian Claffey
Corey Clouatre
Glenn Colby
Lance Coleman
Justan Comeaux
Joel Corpus
Macky Cortez
Paul Coulter
Jarvis Crofton
Rico Darensbourg
Wayne Davis
Bouzid Delaa
Shawn DeLaune
Desean Detiege
Justin Douglas
Titus Drexler
Kyle Duhon
Joshua Edenfield
Jonathan Edwards
Kyle Ellis
Cory Ellison
Louis Escalona
Joaina Estes
Daniel Everly
Andrew Farris
Jonathan Fauria
Micheal Fernandez
Adrian Fiechter
Chase Fletcher
Thomas Forney
Bradley Franklin
Luke Gallardo
Brandon Garcia
Beau Gaspard
Britton Gaudin
Lane Gendron
Austin Gilmore
Anthony Gonzales
Jamal Gorrell
Hase Gray
Zrn Green
Dakota Groah
Kyle Guidry
Wesley Guidry
Heath Gutierrez
Travis Hamilton
Jeffrey Hammonds
Justin Hargraves
Brandon Harris
Lajuan Harts
Christopher Hatch
Roger Hebert
Matthew Heltz
Ernest Hernandez
Joe Hernandez
Norma Hernandez
Joshua Hicks
Jeffery Higdon
Daniel Hill
Houston Hill
Justin Hinkle
Christopher Holden
Terry Holmes
Warrick Holmes
Josh Holt
Larry Houston
Windell Huggins
Beau Hughes
Oristes Hughes
Michael Jack
Myron Jack
Jonosha Jackson
Joshua Jackson
Joseph Jedwabny
DaVonte Johnson
Roderick Johnson
Tracey Jones
Tyler Joseph
Steven Keenright
Devin Kiper
Karl Kirsch
Dylan Klibert
Kevin Knight
Jerry Knox
Blake Laiche
Bruce Landry
Willard Landry
Nathanael Lara
Pedro Lara
Brett Larpenter
Hayze LeLlanc
Patrick Lewis
David Llamas
Roque Longoria
Ramiro Lopez
Robert Lopez
Byron Lowery
Walter Lyles
Nicholas Madere
Kaleb Malcom
Tanner Marriott
Derrick Martin
Jamerio Martin
Amado Mata
Dantrell Matthews
Oscar Maya
Sean McCann
Collin McCulloch
Nathan McIntyre
Tamari McNeil
Charles Meyer
Grady Miles
Eric Miller
Jarrett Morris
Sean Morris
Jonathan Muller
Cesar Munoz-Troche
Kayla Murphy
Matthew Murphy
Nolan Obey
Raoul Ochoa
Clint O'Neal
Jordan Ortiz
Daniel Ovalle
Sean Parker
Jared Parsley
Brian Patterson
Jantz Payette
Logan Perron
Kenneth Peterside
Joel Picou
Ronnie Pierre
Thaddeus Plummer
Reginald Ponds
Tyrone Poray
Evan Powell
Wilbert Pryer
Twana Pulliam
Guadalupe Ramirez
Ryan Reyna
JonTrelle Reynolds
Harold Richard
Derrin Richardson
Austin Riggins
Dakota Risinger
Chad Risner
Timothy Rohan
Marshall Rollins
Dottie Root
Cassandra Sanchez
Domingo Sanchez
Miguel Saucedo
Kendell Scott
Reginald Sharpe
June Shepard
David Silva
Denise Simmons
Lemuel Slaughter
Chaddrick Smith
Hamilton Smith
Jack Smith
Robert Smith
Stefano Smith
Tearle Sowell
Bryson St Pierre
Justin Stevens
Andrew Stillinger
Landon Thibodeaux
Eric Thomas
Dylan Tibbetts
Michael Tramonte
Tycee Tyler
Jimmy Vargas
Charlie Vedros
Jacob Velasquez
Ludovic Vitan
Thomas Wagner
Keith Walker
Russell Walker
Sean Walker
Christopher Walls
Leslie Walter
Cody Warner
Gregory Washington
Louis Webster
Ryan Westmoreland
Michael Wild
Anthony Williams
Brandon Williams
Charlie Williams
Don Williams
Jazmon Williams
Justin Wilson
Michael Withrow
David Wright
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Promotions page 6
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SAFETY CORNER
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from our customerspage 12
PSC SPORTS SECTIONpage 14
PRECIOUS CARGO PAGE 17
SNAPSHOT GALLERY
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cowboy round-up in south texas
Shown below are some snapshots taken at a recognition event for members of our South Texas work groups and
their families. More than 100 people participated in the event held on Saturday, August 6th at the Falcon Point Lodge
in Seadrift, Texas. Additional photos can be found in the “Event Gallery” on our website at www.pscjobs.com.