Michael Richards
About Michael Richards
Michael Richards is a Project Engineer at ExxonMobil in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, with a background in Chemical Engineering from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign.
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Michael Richards is currently employed as a Project Engineer at ExxonMobil, based in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, United States. He has held this position since 2019.
Previous Positions
Michael Richards served as a Facilities Planner at the ExxonMobil Baton Rouge Refinery from 2015 to 2019. Before that, he held the role of Process Operations Intern at BP in the Gulf of Mexico in 2014. Additionally, he was a Project Technical Intern at Sage Environmental Consulting, L.P. from 2012 to 2013. From 2012 to 2014, Richards was a Partner at OTCR Consulting in Houston, Texas. In 2012, he worked as a Research Intern at PPG Industries in Cheswick, PA. Earlier in his career, he was a Youth Philanthropy Intern at The Heinz Endowments and United Way of Allegheny County in Pittsburgh, PA.
Education and Expertise
Michael Richards holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Chemical Engineering from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, earned between 2011 and 2015. He also participated in the Shell Drilling and Production Camp in 2012. He completed his high school education at Gateway Senior High School, where he studied from 2007 to 2011.
Early Career
Michael Richards began his career as a Sales Employee at Harvest Valley Farms in Monroeville, PA, where he worked from 2010 to 2011. He gained early exposure to leadership and project management through various internships and roles, which include positions at The Heinz Endowments and United Way of Allegheny County and Sage Environmental Consulting, L.P.