Engineering Sales

ED KULKARNI

**** ********* **., ****, ***** Rouge, LA 70820

732-***-**** (Cell), ***********@*****.***

Competent & Result Oriented Chemical Engineering Professional with

demonstrated success in Process Engineering Development, Equipment Design

and Project Engineering & Management.

Professional Experience

Jacobs Engineering (Baton Rouge, LA) April 2006

- Present

. Experienced in designing and rating of pumps, heat exchangers,

separator vessels, columns, flow meters, safety valves, control valves

and performing line sizing calculations.

. Performed basic materiel and energy balances and have been involved

with PFD development and P&ID Reviews for various Refineries,

Petrochemical complexes, and Chemical plant Projects.

. Familiar with process simulation software packages such as Hysys, PRO-

II, HTRI, FATHOM and Siemens / Berwanger Pressure Protection Manager

(PPM) and other proprietary software used for pump design, heat

exchanger design, ability to work with several vendor programs from

FISHER, FARRIS, SULZER, KOCH, etc. for design of safety systems and

columns.

. Possess good working knowledge of various API Codes (520, 521, 2000,

etc.), ASME Code(Sec. VIII, B31.3), GPSA Design data and requirements.

. Other assignments have included onsite client deputations at local

Refineries where, responsibilities included performing Scouting

Studies, preparing Premise Documents for Projects, reviewing Basis of

Design, and providing general Process Support to Projects through

Construction phase.

. Provided technical input into developing new operating procedures and

developed Training Manuals to educate the production teams.

Participated in pre start up processes and procedures like MOCs, PHAs,

LOPAs etc.

Responsibilities: Responsible for performing system analyses, providing

process data and support, performing Equipment design and pressure

protection analyses. General responsibilities included providing

justification, development, and implementation of projects to improve

safety and environmental performance, and for improving asset reliability

and profitability for projects.

Prestige Environmental, Inc. (Edison, NJ) November 2004 - March 2006

. Performed environmental assessments, hazardous waste screening,

implementing soil and groundwater investigations and remedial cleanup

activities, reviews of historical documents, identification of areas

of environmental concern, development of soil sampling plans,

installation of groundwater monitoring wells and analysis.

Responsibilities: included waste sampling and characterization, development

of remedial alternatives and corresponding cost estimates, waste disposal,

and preparing of project reports and interaction with state/federal

regulatory authorities.

Prince Plastics, (Mumbai, India.) August 2000 - April 2001

Generated record sales in the capacity of Sales Engineer for Materiel

Handling Systems and specialty blow molding products. Undergone training

for ISO Standards and requirements. Coordinated with Process Engineers for

Client requirements and feedbacks regarding product development and quality

control.

NIFE, (Mumbai, India.) January 1999

- August 2000

Taught the basics and the fundamentals of fire and safety engineering to

college level students. Evaluated student performance through a program of

theory and practical application. Responsible for preparing and

implementing unique and custom-made Fire & Safety Management Programs for

Petrochemical Industry

NOCIL, Mumbai, India India August

1997-July 1998

Primary functions as an Engineering Trainee at Poly Vinyl Chloride unit

included study and analyses of process cycle, unit operations and utilities

management .Understanding of related PFDs, P&IDs, Health & Safety Plan for

the entire petrochemical complex.

IPCL, Nagothane, India. September 1996 -

February 1997

Daily trainee responsibilities included a review and an in depth study of

the process cycle, polymerization process, utilities and plant components

of the Low Density Poly Ethylene unit. Exposure to various types of control

systems in the chemical industry was also included.

Education:

Master of Science in Natural Gas Engineering, June 2004

Texas A&M University-Kingsville

Bachelor of Science in Petrochemical Engineering, June 1998

Pune University, India

Additional Qualifications:

OSHA Training

TWIC Certification

Regulatory Training in UST Management certified by NJDEP at Rutgers

University, NJ.

ISRA Training certified by NJDEP at Rutgers University, NJ.

Site Remediation Basics (Clean up Star Program) -NJDEP at Rutgers

University, NJ

Additional Skills:

Languages: FORTRAN, and Basic.

Technical Software: MathCAD, Design II, Raptor, Bioscreen, AutoCAD,

ARCVIEW.

Platforms/Other Software: MSDOS, Windows 2000/NT/XP/Vista/7, Linux,

MSOffice

Awards and Activities:

Departmental Scholarship Texas A&M University - Kingsville, 2001-2002.

Treasurer, Texas A & M University, Kingsville

Represented Texas A & M, Kingsville at SPE paper contest held at Texas Tech

University, Lubbock, April 2004

Member, AICHE.

References: Available Upon Request.

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