Chemical Engineer
Resume:
KRISHNA PRANAMI
RINGWOOD, NJ ****6
Home Phone : 862-***-****
Cell : 862-***-****
Email : ********@*****.***
SENIOR LEVEL CHEMICAL PROCESS ENGINEERING PROFESSIONAL
HIGHLIGHTS OF QUALIFICATIONS
. Experienced Chemical Process Engineer with 20+ years of experience.
. Served in Refinery, Petrochemical, Chemical, Air Separation and Energy
Management industries.
. Supervisory experience.
. Simulation, H&M Balance, PFD, PID, Equipment Layout, Front End
Packages Preparation, Equipment Design and Procurement, Field Trouble
Shooting and start up support, Operating Manual and Operator Training.
. Familiar with unit operations such as Distillation, Heat Exchange,
Drying, Pumping, Compressing, Fluid Flow, Filters, Reactors etc.
. Very good programming skills in C and Visual Basic.
. Proficient in the use of computers.
. Effective communicator with all levels of organization, contract
engineers, contractors, vendors, customers and government agencies.
STATUS
Citizen of USA residing in New Jersey for the last about 12 years.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Hankin Environmental Systems Inc., Hillsborough, NJ March 2013 -
July 2014
Title - Sr. Systems and Process Engineer ( Direct Hire)
Job Responsibilities -
. Supervising system engineer for preparation of PFD, PID, H & M balance
. Procurement of equipments like pumps, fans, blowers, gears and
couplings, burners and control panels
. Procurement of instruments like control valves, relief valves,
pressure switches, pressure regulators, level instruments, flow
instruments.
. Supervision in preparation of Operations and Maintenance Manual
. Supervision in preparation of Training Manual
. Assistance in erection, commissioning and testing
. Conducting test runs and handing over the project to the operations
group
. Preparation of proposals, operating and capital cost estimates for
future projects for new clients.
. Coordinating with Vendors, Contractors and Clients
. Project handled - Molybdenum Roaster for MOLYB in Chile, South America
Lummus Technology Inc., Bloomfield, NJ December 2011 -
May 2012
Title - Senior Process Engineer ( Contract Position )
Job Responsibilities -
. Simulation using PRO II
. H and M balance calculation
. Preparation of PFD, P&ID and Equipment Layout
. Customer discussion and coordination
. Design of valve trays and distillation columns
. Preparation of equipment data sheet.
. Preparation of Basic Engineering Package and sales proposals.
. Projects handled are for petrochemical and refinery expansion and
debottlenecking.
. Technology worked on - Propane Dehydrogenation to manufacture
propylene and polypropylene on large scale
Ar Cryo Inc, Marlboro, NJ January
2006 - December 2010
Title - Senior Process Engineer ( Direct Hire Position ).
Job Responsibilities -
. Worked as a lead engineer supervising junior process engineers,
draughts men and procurement staff for the projects in Air Separation
Plant design and supply.
. Simulation using Aspen - HYSIS to optimize process configuration.
. Responsible for process calculation and Heat and Mass balance.
. Development of PFD, P&ID, Equipment Data Sheets and Equipment layouts.
. Responsible for Equipment procurements like Compressors, Heat
Exchangers, Air Dryers, Expanders etc.
. Communication with vendors and clients.
. Design of Distillation Columns with sieve trays.
. Design and Procurement of Control Valves, Safety Valves and Control
Loops.
. Preparation of Sales proposals including cost and utility estimates,
simulation and client consultations.
. Working with erection and commissioning groups in plant erection,
commissioning and trouble shooting.
. Developed software programs for design of Sieve Trays, searching and
sorting of sales proposals and searching and sorting equipment
specification for the past projects.
. Projects handled were for cryogenic separation of air.
Annotate.net, Allentown, NJ
January 2003 - July 2005
Title - Intern
Job Responsibilities -
. Programming in C and Visual Basics for search components.
. Assisting the project manager in searching the web for developing
search engine components.
Stevens Institute of Technology, Hoboken, NJ
2001 - 2004
Graduate Studies in Information Systems.
EI Associates, East Orange, NJ
December 1998 - July 2001
Title - Process Engineer ( Direct Hire Position ).
Job Responsibilities -
. Development of PFD, P&ID, Equipment Data Sheets, H & M balance
calculation
. Equipment procurements, Plant erection and commissioning
ABB Lummus Global, Houston, TX April 1997 -
December 1998
Title - Process Engineer ( Contract Position )
Job Responsibilities -
. Development of PFD, P&ID, Equipment Data Sheets suitable for FEED
package.
. Process Calculations, Heat and Mass Balance. Simulation using PROII
pacakage
. Projects handled were for Hydrocarbon industries relating to Hydro
Desulfurization of Crude Oil Product Streams such as Kerosene and
Diesel.
Chemtex Engineering of India Ltd, Bombay, India January 1995 -
January 1997.
Title - Senior Process Engineer ( Direct Hire Position )
Job Responsibilities -
. Development and auditing of PFD, P&ID, Equipment Data Sheets
. Projects handled were Nylon and PET manufacturing plants in Indonesia,
China
Econ Consultants Ltd, Bombay, India October 1989 -
December 1994
Title - Project Manager ( Direct Hire Position )
Job Responsibilities -
. Project management and sales of Energy Management projects
. Management and Supervision of project team in successful execution of
energy management projects.
. Project handled were for energy conservation in Chemical, Pulp and
Paper, Steel, Soaps and Detergents, Food, Pharmaceuticals and Steel
Foundries
Hindustan Petroleum Corp. Limited, Bombay, India October 1980 -
October 1989
Title - Senior Project Engineer (Process Engineering) (
Direct Hire )
Job Responsibilities -
. Process engineering and design of petroleum refinery projects.
. Preparation of heat and mass balance, process design calculations
. Equipment design, equipment data sheet preparations, Equipment
Procurement
. Plant troubleshooting and commissioning.
EDUCATION
. BE in chemical engineering from Bombay University, Bombay, India
. Diploma in operations management from Bombay University, India
. MS in Information Systems from Stevens Institute of Technology, NJ
SKILLS
. Excellent programming skill in C and Visual Basics.
. Good knowledge of Aspen - Hysis simulation packages.
. Fluent in spoken and written English.
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