Davina Petersen
About Davina Petersen
Davina Petersen is the Operations Reliability Lead at ExxonMobil, overseeing a maintenance plan and budget exceeding $8 million and leading the development of a long-term reliability strategy.
Company
Davina Petersen currently works at ExxonMobil. She has held multiple roles within the company, starting as a Technology Engineer from 2017 to 2019. She then served as the C4/C5 Coordinator at the Baytown Chemical Plant from 2019 to 2021. She is currently the Operations Reliability Lead since 2021.
Title
Davina Petersen holds the title of Operations Reliability Lead at ExxonMobil. In this role, she is responsible for several critical tasks, including overseeing unit equipment risk and vulnerabilities, setting engineering support priorities, and providing work direction for the engineering department.
Education and Expertise
Davina Petersen earned her Bachelor of Science (B.S.) in Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering with a Minor in Economics from the Georgia Institute of Technology, where she studied from 2009 to 2013. Her educational background provides a strong foundation in both chemical engineering principles and economic analysis.
Professional Background
Before joining ExxonMobil, Davina Petersen worked at BP in various roles, including Process Engineer, Project Manager, and Process Optimization Engineer from 2013 to 2017 in the Houston, Texas area. She also gained early industry experience as a Process Engineering Intern at Johnson & Johnson in Jacksonville, Florida, and as an Undergraduate Research Student at Georgia Institute of Technology in Atlanta, Georgia.
Achievements
In her current role at ExxonMobil, Davina Petersen manages a maintenance plan and budget exceeding $8 million for the Polyethylene Unit and Utilities. She also leads the development of a long-term reliability strategy that has the potential to capture approximately $10 million in added value.