Karan Gandhi

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Telephone (Home): 613-***-****

Email: aceqea@r.postjobfree.com

Objective

Seeking to contribute to the production or process design operations of a progressive chemical engineering firm or consultancy where quality design and management skills and ability to collaborate with cross-functional teams will provide opportunities for growth.

Professional Profile

Proactive and results oriented engineer with 2 years of experience in chemical and process engineering for primary resource production and extraction facilities in a variety of environments. Demonstrated operations management and design skills and commitment to delivering effective solutions to production challenges. Multidisciplinary collaboration experience in incorporating all aspects of design into project planning and development. Dedicated to ensuring compliance to quality and safety standards and delivering projects to specification on time and on budget. Effective communication, multitasking and stakeholder relationship management skills and experience working in international projects. Fast learner and able to quickly adapt to new work environments and teams. Fluent in English, Hindi and Gujarati.

Key Competencies

? Conducting technical feasibility studies and setting up operating parameters

? Improving chemical engineering processes, reactions and materials

? Evaluating chemical process technology and equipment and determining production specifications

? Designing and testing chemical processing and associated plants and equipment

? Executing rigorous trial runs and quality assessment programs to validate production models and processes

? Establishing and conducting quality control programs, operating procedures and control strategies to ensure consistency and adherence to standards for raw materials, products and downstream processing

? Supervising technicians, technologists and other engineers in the implementation of production processes and quality assurance testing

Key I.T. Skills

? Process Engineering Computer Simulators (ASPEN, HYSYS)

? Programming languages (JAVA, C)

? Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint), AutoCAD

Education and Qualifications

2014 Master of Engineering (Chemical Engineering) University of Ottawa

Project: Simulation of Packed Bed membrane reactor using JAVA

2010 Bachelor of Engineering (Chemical Engineering) Sardar Patel University

Project: Simulation of CO2 capture process by MEA solvent using ASPEN PLUS including sensitivity analysis

2007 Diploma in Engineering (Chemical Engineering), Nirma University

Project: Preparation of Bio-diesel on bench scale

Project: Size reduction of coal using various size reduction equipments and analysis of the reduced coal sample

Professional Development:

?Modeling and Simulation in Chemical Process Industries using HYSYS? Maharashtra Academy of Engineering, Pune, India

Career Summary

2013 - Present OPERATIONS MANAGER,

Cash Shop Financial Services, Ottawa, ON

? Supervising daily operations for 2 locations, account management and reconciliation and handling customer service enquiries professionally

? Providing regular training and coaching to Customer Service Associates on operational and financial procedures, customer service standards and fraud prevention

? Preparing regular financial updates, documentation and reports for senior management and governmental agencies as required

2011 - 2012 PRODUCTION ENGINEER IN-CHARGE,

PT Metal Refinery Asia, Cikampek, Indonesia

? Established production facility processes and improvements to operating capacity to achieve targeted daily processing of 50 tons/hr of Galena Ore for production of lead and zinc concentrate with 55-60% metal content

? Designed operating parameters and downstream processes and implemented standardized testing and monitoring procedures to validate production efficiency

? Managed a staff of 1 production supervisor, 3 departmental in-charges and 30 production staff to achieve daily production targets

2010 - 2011 GRADUATE ENGINEER TRAINEE,

Phillips Carbon Black Ltd, Gujarat, India

? Performed process analysis of Carbon Black manufacturing reactor and developed recommendations for process improvements to increase reactor output, production quality and downstream unit efficiency

Volunteer Activities

2008 - 2009 HEAD COORDINATOR, National Technical Engineering Festival

? Provided leadership and management to 7 event coordinators and 50 event volunteers to organize, plan and deliver events for a national engineering technical symposium

Awards

2007 - 2010 Honours for achieving top marks throughout university career

2007 Gold Medal for achieving an SPI of 10, 1st semester Engineering Studies

2003 Silver Medal for Academic Achievement, 1st year of Engineering Diploma Studies

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