Industrial operations.
Disciplined execution.
Animum rege · Disciplined minds. Disciplined execution.
For 22 years, Empyrean Solutions Group has advised energy, chemical, and industrial operators on turnarounds, capital programs, and Lean Six Sigma. We work alongside executive sponsors and deliver on the plant floor.
- $22M Under budget — Shell ethane cracker outage
- 40% Faster schedule on the same campaign
- +21 pts OEE lift — Bayer multi-site Lean
- 35% Turnaround schedule compression — Bayer
- $9M Inventory eliminated — Atlas Copco
- 0 Recordables — Shell outage campaign
Where we work Based in Austin, Texas, serving industrial clients across North America.
Expertise
Sectors we know
Operating experience across energy, refining, chemicals, and industrial Lean programs.
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Oil & Gas
Upstream and midstream STO, construction, procurement, and ops improvement for majors — including multi-site process improvement at BP and STO/turnover at Chevron Pascagoula.
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Refining & Chemicals
Turnaround closeout, scope freeze, and outage execution for refiners and chemical operators — LyondellBasell Channelview, CP Chemical Port Arthur, Shell cracker campaigns.
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Lean Six Sigma
Master Black Belt–led deployments: Kaizen systems, OEE recovery, inventory reduction, and BB certification — Bayer, Atlas Copco, NOV, Halliburton, and industrial clients.
Services
How we engage
Six practice areas built on hands-on turnaround, operational excellence, and Lean work for energy and industrial clients.
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STO / Turnaround & Outage Programs
- Scope freeze, work packaging, and readiness gates before the window opens
- Schedule integration and contractor interface through execution
- Closeout discipline that protects LPO and restart integrity
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Capital Project Delivery
- Stage-gate rigor from FEL through commissioning
- Construction, procurement, and ops interface management
- Cost and schedule control under owner–contractor pressure
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Operational Excellence
- Standard work, KPI systems, and shop-floor cadence
- Reliability and throughput recovery with measurable OEE lift
- Digital and process transformation that sticks after demobilization
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Lean Six Sigma (Master Black Belt)
- DMAIC and Kaizen deployments led by a Six Sigma Master Black Belt
- Belt certification and coaching for client capability build
- Inventory, defect, and cycle-time reduction with audited savings
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HSE-Minded Delivery
- Process safety and occupational risk treated as hard constraints
- Zero-recordable campaign design and field discipline
- Incident-rate improvement tied to reliability and Kaizen work
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Program Governance / RAID
- RAID logs, decision forums, and stakeholder maps that hold under pressure
- PMP-grade reporting cadence for owners and executives
- Clear RACI so field teams and the boardroom stay aligned
Featured work
Selected experience
Representative engagements led or supported by Jonathan Reeves. Client names are listed for reference and do not imply an ongoing relationship.
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12 Kaizen events; OEE from 72% to 93%; $1.2–1.5M annual savings; 30% fewer safety incidents; 25% higher throughput. Turnaround schedule compressed 35% with $2.4M savings and a three-year renewal.
OEE +21 pts · TA schedule −35%
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Outage delivered 40% ahead of schedule, $22M under budget, with zero recordables — schedule, cost, and HSE held together through execution.
$22M under budget · 0 recordables
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Pascagoula STO and turnover support. Separate TA engagement: turnaround cost reduced 25%; refinery TA overrun duration cut 91% with $3M+ lost-profit-opportunity recovery.
TA cost −25% · overrun duration −91%
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Advisory across process improvement, construction, procurement, and operations at two BP sites — integrated workstreams from field to procurement.
Multi-site integrated workstreams
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Channelview TA closeout discipline; Port Arthur scope freeze before the window — protecting cost and schedule integrity at the gate.
Closeout discipline · scope freeze
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$9M inventory eliminated; 20 Black Belts certified; 33% reduction in supplier defects — Lean system and talent left behind.
$9M inventory · 20 Black Belts
Approach
How engagements run
Four phases, clear ownership, and hands-on delivery.
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Diagnose
Baseline schedule health, scope creep, contractor readiness, governance gaps, and HSE exposure — in the boardroom and on the unit.
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Structure
Workstreams, RACI, decision rights, and RAID discipline. Milestones sized to what the plant and the leadership team can absorb.
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Execute
Drive forums, unblock interfaces, and keep reporting honest. Intervene early when variance threatens critical path or safety — from the field, not from a distance.
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Sustain
Hand back standard work, metrics, and ownership so gains survive demobilization. Capability stays with the client.
Leadership
Dr. Jonathan Reeves, Principal & Partner
Principal & Partner of Empyrean Solutions Group, LLC, supporting industrial operators from Austin, Texas.
Principal & Partner
Dr. Jonathan Reeves has more than 20 years of experience in turnarounds, capital project delivery, operational excellence, and Lean Six Sigma for energy, chemical, and industrial operators. He works directly with executive sponsors and stays close to the work in the field.
Credentials
- Doctor of Business Administration (DBA), Strategic Leadership — Carnegie Mellon University
- Six Sigma Master Black Belt (MBB)
- Project Management Professional (PMP)
- Certified Scrum Master (CSM)
- Lean Six Sigma Black Belt
- M.B.A., Management Consulting — Rice University
- B.S., Logistics Technology — University of Houston
jonathanreeves2020@gmail.com · (512) 431-0017 · Austin, Texas
About
Principal-led. Field-proven.
Empyrean Solutions Group, LLC is a consulting firm based in Austin, Texas, with 22 years of experience. We serve energy, chemical, and industrial operators, and every engagement is led directly by Dr. Jonathan Reeves, Principal & Partner.
Our approach is practical: clear direction for executives and disciplined execution in the field. Credentials include a DBA in Strategic Leadership from Carnegie Mellon University, Six Sigma Master Black Belt, PMP, and CSM, with an MBA from Rice University and a BS in Logistics Technology from the University of Houston.
Practice focus: turnaround programs, capital project delivery, operational excellence, and Lean Six Sigma. Our motto is Animum rege (“Rule thy mind”): disciplined minds and disciplined execution.
Contact
Start a conversation
Outline the program, the constraint, and the timeline. We respond directly.
- Phone
- (512) 431-0017
- Location
- Austin, Texas
- Entity
- Empyrean Solutions Group, LLC