Olugbenga Bakare
About Olugbenga Bakare
Olugbenga Bakare is the Inspection Execution First Line Supervisor at ExxonMobil in Baytown, Texas, with extensive experience in maintenance, reliability engineering, and non-destructive testing.
Company
Olugbenga Bakare is currently employed at ExxonMobil. He has been working at the company since 2017 as an Inspection Execution First Line Supervisor (FLS) in Baytown, Texas, United States. Before ExxonMobil, he accumulated varied experience at several other companies including The Dow Chemical Company, MISTRAS Group, Inc., Petro-Drill Corporation, Acuren, Sercel, and Kew Metal Steel Rolling Mill.
Title
Olugbenga Bakare holds the position of Inspection Execution First Line Supervisor (FLS) at ExxonMobil. He has been in this role since 2017, operating from Baytown, Texas. In this capacity, he leads maintenance and inspection activities, ensuring the operational integrity and safety of assets.
Education and Expertise
Olugbenga Bakare holds a Master's Degree in Mechanical Engineering from Prairie View A&M University and a Bachelor's Degree in Mechanical/Production Engineering from The Polytechnic, Ibadan. His technical expertise spans optimizing planned preventative maintenance to improve mechanical integrity, interpreting engineering schematics and isometric drawings, and advocating safety programs to enhance plant efficiency and safety. Additionally, Bakare excels in non-destructive testing (NDT) and inspection techniques vital for ensuring equipment reliability.
Career Background
Olugbenga Bakare has a diverse background in the engineering and maintenance fields. He previously worked as a Maintenance & Reliability Engineer at The Dow Chemical Company (2014-2017) in Seadrift, Texas. At MISTRAS Group, Inc., he served as an NDE/API Inspector from 2012 to 2014 in Texas City, Texas. Before that, Bakare was an Assistant Driller/Floorhand at Petro-Drill Corporation for one month in 2012. He began his career as a NDT Technician at Acuren from 2008 to 2012 in Griffith and served as a Molding Technician at Sercel from 2006 to 2008 in the Houston area. Kew Metal Steel Rolling Mill in Lagos, Nigeria, is where he spent eight years (1998-2006) as a Production & Mechanical Engineer.
Technical Skills
Olugbenga Bakare is proficient in interpreting engineering schematics and isometric drawings, vital for effective maintenance and reliability engineering. His expertise includes optimizing planned preventative maintenance systems to enhance the mechanical integrity of assets and equipment. Bakare is also skilled in utilizing non-destructive testing (NDT) and inspection techniques, crucial for ensuring the reliability and safety of equipment. He has proven analytical skills needed for root cause identification, leveraging equipment history and design for accurate analysis.