Engineer Project Manager
Resume:
Robert Z. Stepien
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Humble, Texas 77396
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OBJECTIVE: A rewarding and fulfilling position in chemical engineering in the areas of process
and/or applications engineering.
EDUCATION: B.S. in Chemical Engineering, Clarkson University, Potsdam, NY, May 1986
Dean’s List - Fall 1985 and Spring 1986
EXPERIENCE: Refinery Applications Engineer
Sulzer Chemtech USA, Inc., Humble, Texas
June 2008 - June 2009
- Process engineering, cost estimation, proposal generation, and aiding in the
sale of mass transfer and mist elimination equipment for oil refinery
applications.
Vapor Control Project Manager/Sr. Applications Engineer
John Zink LLC, Tulsa, Oklahoma
April 2007 - April 2008
- Managing and project engineering of vapor recovery and combustion
projects. Responsibilities included generating project schedules, finalizing
P&IDs, equipment sizing, generating equipment specification sheets,
overseeing purchasing of components, checking of drawings, system check-
out and start-up, customer liaison.
Senior Process Engineer
Delta-T Corporation, Williamsburg, Virginia. Bateman-Litwin now owns Delta-T.
January 2006 - April 2007
- Managing project assignments directed at engineering, designing, and
constructing ethanol production facilities. Primary duties include overseeing
the specification and purchasing of agitators, tanks and vessels, distillation
columns and their internals, heat exchangers, pumps, flares, dryers,
regenerative thermal oxidizers, and additional process equipment.
Applications Engineer
Busch, Inc., Virginia Beach, Virginia
December 1994 - January 2006
- Engineering of custom-designed vacuum systems. This involved receiving
initial inquiry, system sizing, cost estimation, equipment design and selection,
and overseeing fabrication and testing. Consistently sold projects that were
both successful and profitable.
Process Applications Engineer
APV Crepaco, Inc., Separation Technologies Group, Tonawanda, NY
February 1991 - December 1994
- Sales and engineering of custom-designed distillation and evaporation
systems throughout USA and overseas. This involved receiving initial
inquiry, process design, cost estimation, selling, equipment design and
selection, overseeing fabrication, and start-up. Consistently sold projects that
were both successful and profitable.
Research Engineer
National Gypsum Company, Gold Bond Building Products Division, Tonawanda,
NY
May 1989 - December 1990
- Studied and tested existing and developmental gypsum products. Assisted
in developing a superior sag-resistant wallboard.
- Conducted gypsum wallboard process audits across the country. Was
successful in analyzing process/quality problems in the following areas: rock
drying, calcining, and wallboard drying.
- Evaluated raw materials for cost savings and product improvement. Assisted
in converting one plant over to a superior water reducing agent which
improved select physical properties by 30% and made a production increase
of 5% possible.
Process Development Engineer
General Mills, Inc., O-Cel-O Sponge Division, Tonawanda, NY. 3M now owns O-
Cel-O Division.
June 1987- April 1989
- Studied process and quality problems which resulted in product yield loss.
Reduced surface defects on one sponge line by 65%.
- Investigated alternative methods of processing cellulose sponge in pilot
plant. Qualified and dismissed several new process possibilities.
- Made recommendations for process equipment improvement.
Process Shift Analyst
General Mills, Inc., O-Cel-O Sponge Division, Tonawanda, NY
September 1986 - May 1987
- Analyzed raw materials, intermediates, and finished products.
- Monitored process operating specifications on rotating shift basis.
Quality Control Analyst
E.I. DuPont de Nemours & Co., Niagara Falls, NY. Contracted through
Manpower and TAD Technical Services.
Summers of 1984 and 1985
- Performed analyses of polyether glycol, metallic sodium, THF, and salt
OTHER: Completed Philip Crosby’s Total Quality Management Course and ISO
9001 training.
REFERENCES: Available upon request.
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