Sutton Mechanical and Environmental | Mechanical & Energy Engineering Consulting

Services

HVAC & Mechanical Systems

HVAC design support, system troubleshooting, equipment specification, and mechanical engineering for commercial and industrial facilities.

Energy & Sustainability

Energy reduction studies, building energy modeling, GHG and water reduction initiatives, and renewable energy project support (solar commissioning, ITPM programs).

Utilities & Process Engineering

Engineering support for steam, chilled water, boilers, compressed air, and other critical utility systems, including reliability and preventative maintenance programs.

Facility & Project Engineering

Project and client leadership for multidisciplinary facility upgrades, proposal development, and capital project management from concept through commissioning.

About Mike Sutton, PE

Mike Sutton is a Professional Engineer (Montana, License #PEL-PE-LIC-71998) with nearly two decades of experience across mechanical, energy, and process engineering. His work spans Senior Mechanical Engineer roles at HDR Engineering, Senior Utilities and Pressurized Systems Engineering at GlaxoSmithKline's Hamilton, MT vaccine manufacturing site, Midstream Engineer at Anadarko Petroleum's gas plants and compressor stations in Colorado and Texas, Electrical Foreman for Anadarko Petroleum in Gillette, WY.

He holds a Master of Science in Environmental Engineering and a Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering, both from Montana State University, and has led major energy reduction projects, system optimization, solar implementation, high voltage electrical systems, HVAC, and process safety initiatives throughout his career.

His compression optimization work was featured in The American Oil and Gas Reporter: "Compression Optimization Improves Performance of Gathering Systems."

Credentials

Professional Engineer, State of Montana
$2M Professional Liability Insurance
M.S. Environmental Engineering, Montana State University
B.S. Mechanical Engineering, Montana State University (Honors)
Process Hazard Analysis (PHA) & LOPA — PrimaTech
Electrical Safety, OSHA 1910 & NFPA 70E

GMP & Pharmaceutical Manufacturing Experience

Years of hands-on engineering inside a cGMP vaccine manufacturing facility, as Senior Utilities and Pressurized Systems Engineer at GlaxoSmithKline's Hamilton, Montana site. That background means engineering deliverables built for regulated environments, not adapted to them after the fact.

Clean & Critical Utilities

Engineering ownership of clean and plant utilities supporting GMP production: WFI, purified water, clean steam, plant steam, compressed gases, and chilled water, with reliability programs to keep them qualified and running.

Compliance-Ready Engineering

Work executed under pharmaceutical quality systems: change control, deviation support, commissioning, qualification, and validation (IQ/OQ/PQ), and documentation practices that stand up to regulatory inspection.

Pressurized Systems & Process Safety

Pressure vessel and pressurized-system program management, relief system evaluation, and process hazard analysis (PHA/LOPA trained) applied to pharmaceutical utility and process equipment.

Process Safety Management

Direct engineering experience in OSHA PSM-covered facilities, from natural gas plants and compressor stations to pharmaceutical manufacturing. Qualified to lead Process Hazard Analyses, with PrimaTech training in PHA and LOPA methods.

PHA & LOPA Leadership

Qualified PHA leader for HAZOP and What-If studies, revalidations, and Layer of Protection Analysis. Facilitation that keeps operations, maintenance, and engineering engaged and produces actionable recommendations.

PSM-Covered Plant Experience

Hands-on engineering in facilities covered by OSHA 29 CFR 1910.119: gas processing plants, compressor stations, and pharmaceutical manufacturing with highly hazardous chemical processes, working inside the full PSM program rather than around it.

PSM Program Elements

Support across the elements that make a PSM program work: process safety information, mechanical integrity, relief system evaluation, management of change, and incident investigation follow-through.

System & Energy Optimization

Finding the money hiding in operating systems. Optimization work that has delivered up to $1.5MM per month in savings for a single operator, from gathering system compression to plant utilities.

Energy & Utility Systems

Energy reduction studies and optimization of chilled water, steam, compressed air, and HVAC systems. Identify the waste, quantify the savings, and rank the fixes by payback before any capital is spent.

Compression & Rotating Equipment

Gathering system and plant compression optimization: right-sizing units, cutting fuel and maintenance costs, and improving throughput. This work was featured in The American Oil and Gas Reporter.

Modeling Before Capital

Process and energy modeling to compare operating scenarios, equipment selections, and system configurations side by side, so the design decision is proven on paper before it is bought in steel.

Oil & Gas

Years in the field with Anadarko Petroleum across gas plants, compressor stations, and gathering systems in Colorado, Texas, and Wyoming, as both a midstream engineer and an electrical foreman. Engineering that has stood in the mud, not just at the desk.

Midstream Optimization

Compression and gathering system optimization that raises throughput and cuts fuel and maintenance spend. Published in The American Oil and Gas Reporter for compression optimization results on operating gathering systems.

Safety in Covered Facilities

PSM experience earned inside OSHA-covered gas plants and compressor stations: PHA and LOPA leadership, relief system evaluation, management of change, and high voltage electrical safety under OSHA 1910 and NFPA 70E.

Process & System Modeling

Flowsheet and hydraulic modeling of compression, processing, and gathering systems to test operating scenarios, size equipment, and prove out debottlenecking options before committing capital in the field.

Contact

Have a project in mind? Reach out directly.

Phone: 406-360-2508

Email: mike@sutton-eng.com

Location: Hamilton, Montana

Mechanical, Energy & Environmental Engineering Consulting