Mechanical Engineer Engineering

Mohamed Boutazakhti 647-***-**** (M)

** ******** ****, ***. ***, Toronto, ON, M8V 0A5 ***********@*****.**

Objective: Work in a high energy team environment that fosters excellence and offers

challenges.

Keywords: About 19 years Engineering Experience, P.Eng. Ontario, Mechanical

Engineer, Mineral Processing, Process Improvement, Mass and Energy Balance,

Mechanical Packages, Inter-discipline Coordination, Process Modeling, Process

Equipment Sizing, Steelmaking Blast Furnace, Steelmaking Electric Arc Furnace,

Maintenance, Air Pollution Control, Heat Transfer, Fluid Mechanics, Combustion.

Work Experience

May 2012 – Present: Senior Mechanical Engineer

WorleyParsons, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

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Work on a variety of Engineering Projects in the M&M industry as

Senior / Lead Mechanical Engineer;

• Mechanical Discipline Lead: Small retrofit brown field sulphuric acid

plant project. Coordinate activity, budgeting and scope definition;…

• Mechanical Discipline Lead: Small hydrocarbon slurry handling

facility (pumping, dewatering, cycloning, ventilation involved in

design, procurement, erection and commissioning.

2011 – 2012: Mechanical Engineer (Mineral Processing Plant, Coal)

Teck Resources Ltd., Trail, British Columbia, Canada

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Work at different Teck Coal operations in the Elk Valley (near

Sparwood, BC). My tasks included operation efficiency improvement

at different coal preparation plants, troubleshooting, flotation banks

rebuilding,…;

2009 – 2011: Mechanical Engineer

Canmet Energy

Natural Resources Canada, Varennes, Canada

• Energy balance assessment for refrigeration and compression systems;

• Energy and mass balance modeling for process heating equipment;

• Training industrial partners to carry out overall preliminary energy

assessment of compression and refrigeration systems.

2007 – 2009: SENIOR TECHNICAL SPECIALIST (consulting steelmaking)

Blast Furnace Auxiliaries: Furnace off gas, slag granulation, cast house,….

Danieli Corus Inc., Burlington, Canada

• Design of Steelmaking Blast Furnace related installations (ventilation,

dedusting, cooling, gas cleaning, effluent treatment and slag

granulation

• Technical specification for different types of equipment;

• Process flow diagrams;

• Handling communications with client.

Aug. 2005 – Oct. 2007: FURNACE OPTIMIZATION ENGINEER (consulting steelmaking)

Furnace Modeling Optimization and Control

Techint, Mississauga, Canada

• Modeling of combustion in steelmaking Electric and Basic Oxygen

Furnaces (EAF and BOF);

• Building and deployment of SCADA systems for monitoring and

control of fuel and oxygen injection to these furnaces;

• Furnace optimization with the goal to achieve lower energy

consumption and higher yield and productivity;

• Handling communications with client.

1992 - 1997: MECHANICAL ENGINEERING MANAGER and later promoted

PRODUCTION MANAGER

Office Cherifien des Phosphates, Morocco (Mining Company)

Reorganized the maintenance and production departments to implant a culture of

Continuous Improvement (KAIZEN) in the organization and developed an

Information System as part of the internal structure needed for ISO 9000

certification.

Education

M.A.Sc., Mechanical Engineering, University of Toronto (November 2000)

Experimental Design of an Efficient Afterburner for an Electric Arc Furnace

B.Sc., Genie Mecanique (Mechanical Engineering), Ecole Mohammadia d’Ingenieurs,

Universite Mohammed V, Morocco (July 1992)

Major Awards

AIST Charles W. Briggs Award for Best Paper 2008: Maiolo, J., Boutazakhti, M., Cheng,

W.L., Williams, C. (2007) “Developments Towards an Intelligent Electric Arc Furnace at CMC

Texas Using Goodfellow EFSOP Technology”, AIST Conference.

Ontario Graduate Scholarship; $15, 000 per year: 2001 (declined), 2003 and 2004.

Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council Scholarship; $18,000 per year:

2001 and 2002.

University of Toronto Open Fellowship; $6,000 per year: 1999 and 2000

Industrial Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council Scholarship;

$18,000 per year: 1999 (declined).

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Professional Development

September 2011: ‘Coal Preparation’, Fernie, BC. Course given by the Coal Preparation Society

of Australia.

March 2010: ‘The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People’, FranklinCovey, Montreal, QC.

April 2010: ‘Development of Your Human Capital’, Alia Consulting, Montreal, QC.

May 2008: ‘Blast Furnace Course’ McMaster Steel Research Center, Hamilton, ON.

Nov. 2007: ‘Multivariate Methods for Process Analysis, Monitoring and Quality Improvement’,

ProSensus, Inc., McMaster Innovation Park, Hamilton.

Oct. 2006: ‘How to Start, Plan, Execute and Close a Project’, Humber Institute of

Technology & Advanced Learning.

Sept. 2005: ‘Simulink for Dynamic Systems Modeling’, The Mathworks Inc.

May 2005: ‘Team Based Project Management’, Queen's School of Business.

Professional Memberships and Hobbies

Professional Engineer (Professional Engineers Ontario);

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Member of the Experience Requirement Committee (ERC) of Professional Engineers Ontario

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(PEO).

Representative in the Natural Resources Canada’s “Visible Minority Advisory Council” for

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the Innovation and Energy Technology Sector.

Swimming, travelling, camping, cycling, reading.

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Other Skills

Interpersonal and leadership skills.

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Project management experience.

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Fluent in English, French, Spanish and Arabic.

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Microsoft Excel, MATLAB, SIMULINK and FORTRAN.

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