Ali Nafezi

**** ******** *** #**, *** Jose, CA **117

408-***-**** / acew5d@r.postjobfree.com / LinkedIn

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Objectives

Chemical/Process engineer with 7 years professional experience through wide spectrum of industries. Seeking opportunity to

obtain an active engineering-related position that would utilize my major in Chemical Engineering with my quantitative and

analytical skills by inclination towards advanced research and operations optimization

Key Skills

Experienced in water/oil chemical treatment in wide range of industries e.g. chemical, refinery, steel and copper

Proficient in chemical, refinery and petrochemical plants process engineering, commissioning and operation

Experienced in commissioning, start-up and operation of industrial chemical wastes incineration unit with the flue gas

Continues emission monitoring/controlling system based on environmental standards

Expertise in DCS and FCS (Emerson Delta V7.0 and YOKOGAWA) and familiar with PLC (SIEMENS) and SCADA

control system, for operation and process control

Experienced in PID, PFD, UFD, isometric drawings, heat and material balances calculation

Interact with other engineering disciplines, review vendor documents and perform technical bid evaluation.

Familiar with process scope of work for basic, FEED and detail engineering

Advanced knowledge in Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint) and experienced with HYSYS, ASPEN,

MATLAB

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

July 2006 – July 2013

Karoon Petrochemical Company (300 employees), Mahshahr, Iran

- Chemical/Process Engineer (Plant’s Shift Supervisor)

Responsible for field and control room operators to control the plant`s operation/production schedule

Responsible to report plant process problems, support troubleshooting and report daily shift tasks

Responsible to schedule the maintenance of systems including electrical, mechanical and instrumentations, and request

(cold/hot) work permits

Commissioned and operated several equipment (Rotary/Static) such as combustion chamber, Multi fuel Burner, Filter

press, Electro Static Precipitator (ESP), Columns (Distillation, Strippers, Scrubbers and etc.), Boilers, Heat Exchangers,

Analyzers, Miller (Pin type), Crasher, Pumps and Compressors (Magnetic, Centrifugal, Reciprocating), and

Instrumentation devices (temperature, level, flow controllers/indicators,etc.)

- Chemical/Process Engineer (Control Room Operator)

Worked closely with shift supervisor to operate and monitor plant production rate and schedule via Fieldbus control

system (Emerson Delta V7.0)

Experienced with PID, Cascade, Single loop controllers and control loops function in DCS and FCS

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Led Field operators for required tasks

- Chemical/Process Engineer (Field Operator)

Regular field checks, reported tasks to control room and shift supervisor. Carried out field operation based on schedules and

shift supervisors commands

Aug. 2006 – Jul. 2007

Amirkabir Petrochemical Company - Butadiene Plant (400 employees), Mahshahr, Iran

- Process Engineer and Control room Operator (DCS - YOKOGAWA)

Apr. 2004 – July. 2004

Tehran Oil Refinery - Atmospheric Distillation Plant (800 employees), Tehran, Iran

- Process Engineer (Internship)

EDUCATION

- B.S. in Chemical and Petrochemical Engineering 2005

Shiraz University - School of Chemical and Petroleum Engineering, Shiraz, Iran

Sep. 2004 – May. 2005

Research Assistant, Bachelor of Science Project

Shiraz University - School of Chemical and Petroleum Engineering, Shiraz, Iran

(1) Experimental study of solar energy effect on the cooling load of the residential dwellings based on different geographica l

orientations and the time of the day.

(2) Investigating the effect of roof mounted swimming pools in reducing the cooling load ( heat gain) of the residential

dwellings, using the latest analysis methods and building simulation.

Apr. 2004 – June 2004

Designing - Heat transfer course project

Shiraz University - School of Chemical and Petroleum Engineering, Shiraz, Iran

Computational modeling for temperature profile across an infinite dimension heat generation surface includes cooling/heating

elements. Using finite element analysis with "MATLAB" software

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT/AFFILIATIONS

ICDL 1&2 certification for Microsoft office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook) – Iran chapter

Certificated with CTU Co. for Incineration unit commissioning, startup and operation

Certificated with HOSOKAWA - ALPINE Co. for TAR Milling Unit commissioning, startup and operation

Trained with MAHLER Co. for Hydrogen purification Unit commissioning, startup and Operation included

Compressor (KOHO Co.) and “Pressure-Swing-Adsorption” process with PLC (SIEMENS) and SCADA system

control

Corrosion Association (Iran chapter) - "Corrosion Inhibitors" certification

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