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Add: **** W Walnut Hill Ln

Irving, Tx-75038 (Dallas) Email: acthaw@r.postjobfree.com Phone: 832-***-**** OBJECTIVE: Seeking a position as a Chemical Engineer with in a viable EPC, Chemical, Polyurethane, Oil & Gas Company where I can utilize my Chemical Engineering knowledge and Experience. Immigration Status - Permanent Resident (Green Card Holder) SUMMARY

- Nine + years of experience in Fine Chemical, Petrochemical, Bulk Drug Pharmaceutical & Polymer industries as Process, Design & Project Engineer

- Involve in Conceptual Design and FEED

- Develop P&ID, PFD and Review Fabrication Drawing and Plant Layout

- Hydraulic Load Calculation, Piping Design, Utility Design

- Perform Heat and Mass balance and Detail Engineering calculation

- Simulation of high purity Ethanol Distillation Process

- Participate in Hazop and PSM

- Develop project scopes for capital projects.

- Cost Estimation, Capex Preparation & Equipment Procurement

- Coordinates Project activities with Civil, Electrical, Process control and other Agencies

- Specification sheet preparation of Heat Exchanger, Distillation Column, Reactor, Pressure Vessel, pump etc.

- Knowledge of design standards such as API, ASME, ANSI and knowledge of OSHA and ISO

- Process Optimization, Troubleshooting, Debottlenecking & Cost Reduction

- Support R&D for Process Development and Scale up

- Statistical analysis using Lean and Six Sigma tool

- Excellent ability to work independently and with multidisciplinary teams.

- Highly organized, proactive and strong communicator in verbal & written

- Computer Skills:

SAP, Auto CAD, Aspen HYSYS, MS Word, MS Excel, MS Project, Power Point, Visio Professional Experience:

Process & Project Engineer May 2012– Present

Polycoat Products (POLYMER MANUFACTURING COMPANY) Bedford, TX-76021

- Execute Project of Polyurethane manufacturing capacity Expansion.

- Design Pure MDI storage and transfer facility

- Analyze yield and quality data, find route cause for the failure and take corrective action.

- Improve facility of handling MDI, TDI, Polyol, Propylene Carbonate and other chemical

- Preparation of P&ID, Techno commercial comparison for equipment like Reactor, storage tank, Pressure relief valve, Thermic Fluid System, pump, cooling & chilling tower etc

- Redesign utility piping network to improve efficiency and cycle time reduction Sr. Process Design & Project Engineer Sep 2009– March 2012 Zydus Cadila Ltd (Fine Chemical & Bulk Drug Pharmaceutical Company) Vadodara, INDIA

- Lead Project of Bulk Drug manufacturing plant Facility from Ground level, Project valued of US $10 million. o Conceptual Design, FEED, Process Mapping, PFD & P&ID preparation, Equipment sizing, Preparation of Plant layout, Cost estimation & Capex preparation, Scheduling, Specification sheet preparation, Equipment list preparation, Inquiry for quote, techno-commercial comparison, coordination with different agency, BOQ preparation, Ordering equipment, Execution of project, installation, commissioning, monitoring progress, start up.

- Plant capacity calculation and proposed capacity enhancement for future 5 years forecasting.

- Prepared and Present Project Proposal and weekly Project update Presentation.

- Process Suitability study and selection of Mass Flow meter, Temperature, Pressure and Level Transmitter, Flow control valve, Guided wave radar

- Initiate cost reduction project and implement idea and track accruals

- Manage multiple projects simultaneously, set priorities, identify and address problems and meet deadlines

- Sizing and Execute Project of 350 TR Chill water plant Vapor Absorption Machine steam based.

- Established solvent Recovery of 1-4 Dioxane & Acetone save $100K

- Upgrade the vacuum system by OTL pump in place of Steam Ejector & save operating cost by $ 0.2 million

& also Reduce High COD effluent load on ETP

- Execute project of MEE & Stripper 1500 Gal/Hr to Improve performance of Effluent treatment plant Process Engineer July 2004 – Aug 2009

Alembic Ltd (Fine Chemical & Bulk drug Company) Vadodara, INDIA

- Designed and Execute Continuous Distillation column for 85 % Ethanol Stream to get the 99.5 % purity, <0.2

% moisture @ 125 Gal/Hr output Capacity

- Improve Distillation column efficiency and reduce operating cost by effective utilization & packing up gradation

- Develop and Established Under vacuum Distillation process for separation of ternary mixture of DMSO, Toluene, water

- By Debottlenecking increase capacity of Venlafaxine from 1 TPM to 2TPM with small investment.

- Execute Project of 12000 pounds Boiler

- Execute Hydrogenation Plant Project for Atorvastatin

- Proposed continuous filter system (Mott filter) to recover product traces from solvent ML

- Design and Execute RO water system for Process water and Effluent Recycling

- Established catalyst recovery, minimized waste and reduce Product RMC

- Develop in depth expertise on process equipment used at the plants such as Reactors, Agitators, heat exchangers, pumps, filters, Dryers, Scrubber, Distillation Column

- Calculate plant utility load, study utility distribution network, find short fall and improve efficiency

- Audit existing cooling tower, chilling plant, compressor efficiency, compare with process peak load, improved utility by up gradation and add-on capacity.

- Design and Execute steam condensate recovery network project and reduce steam consumption by 15%

- Introduce PHE base hot water system and improve process controllability and reduce heat load

- Scale up and Technology transfer from R&D to Pilot plant and Commercial plant

- Process mapping and equipment suitability study

- Perform Hazop and PSM

- Handle Fermentation, Extraction and Precipitation Process Improvement Project. EDUCATION:

MBA IN MARKETING JULY 2009- SEP 2011

S M UNIVERSITY GUJARAT, INDIA

BACHELOR OF ENGINEERING IN CHEMICAL July 2000- June 2004 S P UNIVERSITY GUJARAT, INDIA

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