- Industry experience
- 35 years
- With Purple since
- 2022
- Qualification
- Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering
Purple Engineering About Ron
Ronald Patron, known as Ron, is a Senior Engineer in Purple Engineering's estimating and quoting team, which prepares quotes for Pipe Stand Australia's equipment alongside the wider Purple range. He is a mechanical engineer with 35 years in industry.
Ron's career spans manufacturing, mining, chemical processing and oil and gas, with senior roles in reliability, maintenance and project management. He was Reliability, Maintenance and Project Manager at Orica Nitrates, Senior Reliability Engineer at copper smelter and refinery PASAR, and Project Manager and Business Development Manager at BTSMC Managing Solutions.
His project work includes greenfield project management for an FMCG printing plant, a rehabilitation assessment of an ammonium nitrate plant, and managing the transition of an oil refinery into an oil depot hub.
Having spent much of his career responsible for keeping plants running, Ron understands what equipment has to do once it is installed. On a pipe stand or turning roll quote, that means looking past the part number to the pipe sizes, loads and site conditions the equipment will actually face. He holds a Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering from Mapua Institute of Technology and joined Purple Engineering in 2022.
Purple Engineering Experience & expertise
Career
- Project Manager and Business Development ManagerBTSMC Managing Solutions
- Senior Reliability EngineerPASAR (copper smelting and refining)
- Reliability, Maintenance and Project ManagerOrica Nitrates
Qualifications
- Bachelor of Science in Mechanical EngineeringMapua Institute of Technology
Areas of expertise
- Estimating and quoting for pipeline and process equipment
- Reliability and maintenance engineering
- Project management
- Plant assessment and rehabilitation
Notable projects
- Greenfield project management for an FMCG printing plant
- Rehabilitation assessment of an ammonium nitrate plant
- Transition of an oil refinery into an oil depot hub
Works across
Part of the Purple Engineering group
One team behind Pipe Stand Australia and Purple Engineering
Pipe Stand Australia is part of Purple Engineering Pty Ltd, an Australian supplier of pipe welding equipment, strainers and industrial filtration. The same team looks after pipe stands and pipeline equipment, strainers and filtration across the group, so every enquiry is handled by people who know the equipment.
