Engineer Process

STEPHEN Z. MASOOMIAN, P.E.

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Email - **************@*****.***; Cell- 713-***-****; Website – http://www.water-treatment.us

PROCESS ENGINEER WATER/WASTEWATER TREATMENT

SUMMARY OF EXPERIENCE

• Extensive experience in all phases of engineering design, including the design of both open art and

licensed technologies on both grassroots and revamp projects that involve client interface, technical

oversight, technical risk analysis, and major equipment costing of water and wastewater treatment

in risk, schedule and/or budget driven projects for the Oilfield, Refinery, Gasification, Petrochemical

industries.

• Industry experience has included but not limited to: Engineering & Construction companies (30

years, last company CB&I), capital equipment manufacturing companies (11 years, last company

GE Energy), and field service companies (5 years, last company TRW).

CORE COMPETENCIES

Chemical Process Industries Petroleum, Petrochemical and Power plants, O/G, LNG

Process Design Zero Aqueous discharge, produced water treatment

Proprietary Process Development Pilot plant design and proof of concept testing

Process Engineering Mentoring Water and Wastewater Treatment Unit Operations

WORK HISTORY

2004-2014 Consulting Engineer

• CB&I As a Senior Engineering Advisor I resolved issues with standards to keep the Mozambique

LNG project on schedule. Process design of LNG plants water and wastewater treatment systems

• URS Principle Water/Wastewater Engineer involving Process Engineering and PM

• GE Energy for the wastewater treatment facilities for a grassroots IGCC plant. Job required

knowledge of coagulation, flocculation, clarification, steam stripping, microfiltration, RO.

• Jacobs Engineering Process design award from British Petroleum. Manage all the utilities

systems and water and wastewater treatment projects for the Houston office as well as process

design and mentoring. Job required knowledge of filtration, ion exchange, membrane separation,

flotation, neutralization, clarification, steam generation electrostatic deionization, photolysis,

• Fluor Daniel Wastewater treatment facilities for Total Petrochemicals USA, Port Arthur, TX refinery

inclusive of PFDs, P&IDs, DS, field measurement & hydraulic modeling of the activated sludge,

NESHAPS benzene, storm water plants. Job required a knowledge of precipitation,

demulsification, filtration, flotation, centrifugation, clarification, neutralization, mixing, and aerobic

oxidation.

• Marathon Water and wastewater treatment facilities for a gas recovery/LNG plant in Punta Europa,

Bioko Island, Equatorial Guinea, Africa – PFDs, P&IDs, and DS preparation including CVs and

PSVs for Offsite & Utility inclusive of nitrogen, air, process water, potable, flare, electricity, firewater,

cooling water, wastewater, steam gen, instrument air systems – FEED Package. Job required

knowledge of filtration, ion exchange, membrane separation, flotation, neutralization, clarification,

electrostatic deionization, photolysis, chlorination, and bio-oxidation.

• Dow Chemical Wastewater treatment facilities design ahead of schedule PFDs, P&IDs,

specifications, drawings, field measurement of Union Carbide, Texas City, TX wastewater treatment

facility inclusive of nitrogen, air, process water, potable, flare, electricity, firewater, cooling water,

wastewater, instrument air systems. Job required knowledge of filtration, bio-oxidation, clarification,

and chlorination.

1999 – 2003: Sr. Technical Consultant/Supervising Engineer I

Washington Group (Raytheon), Denver, CO.

Invented quench water recycling process for Burlington Resources' selexol plant. Responsible for heavy

metal removal as part of risk mitigation and chem. event analysis for 3 chemical warfare agent

demilitarization facilities. Responsible for water and wastewater treatment process engineering for

methanol plant in Equatorial Guinea, mining plants, single and combined cycle power and cogeneration

plants. These have included zero aqueous discharge systems. Responsible for aqueous stream recycle in

gas process plants (Selexol quench water, flue gas desulphurization wet electrostatic precipitator

blowdown) and for produced water treatment inclusive of nitrogen, air, process water, potable, flare,

electricity, firewater, cooling water, wastewater, instrument air systems. Job required knowledge of

precipitation, filtration, ion exchange, membrane separation, flotation, neutralization, adsorption, photolysis,

chlorination, electrostatic precipitation, bio-ox.

1997 – 1999: Principal Engineer I, Bechtel Corp., Houston, TX

Responsible for the water treatment units for both chemical warfare agent demilitarization facilities in

Aberdeen Proving Grounds, MD and Monsanto agrichemical plants in the preparation of Roundup.™ Job

required knowledge of filtration, demulsification, gravity separation, neutralization by hydrolysis, adsorption,

ozonation, and photolysis

1990 – 1997: Consulting Engineer, Stone & Webster Engineering Corp., Houston, TX

Two patents for spent caustic treatment. Co-inventor of nerve gas neutralization for Department of

Defense. Appointed to the Technical Transfer Committee of the Gulf Coast Hazardous Substance Research

Center. Chapter Co-author- Encyclopedia of Chemical Processing and Design, vol. 65, Waste, Process,

Minimization, pp.67-86. Responsible for the process design of water and wastewater treatment plants for

refineries and ethylene plants inclusive of nitrogen, air, process water, potable, flare, electricity, firewater,

cooling water, wastewater, instrument air systems steam plant and for process development and design ab

initio of spent caustic, arsenic, mercury, phenol, thiocyanate, quench water recovery systems for ethylene

plants and refineries as corporate intellectual property. Responsible for the process design of DOX unit

and of zero aqueous discharge system for ethylene plants, and for the thermal desorption of sludges for a

refinery.

Responsible for the process development ab initio for the chemical neutralization of chemical warfare

agents HD and VX. Job required knowledge of precipitation, filtration, ion exchange, membrane

separation, flotation, neutralization by hydrolysis, chemical neutralization, decarbonation, solidification, wet

air oxidation, ozonation, chlorination, potassium permanganation, evaporation, crystallization, stripping,

thermal desorption, anaerobic digestion, deodorization, and aerobic oxidation

1988 - 1990 Senior Process Manager, John Brown E&C, Inc., (Crawford & Russell) Houston, TX

Redesigned and recomissioned the Water Treatment Plant for Lyondell on time. Developed a proprietary

bioreactor for Texaco. Responsible as Lead Discipline Engineer for field investigations, demothballing,

bench and pilot scale testing, and process design for water and wastewater treatment systems inclusive of

nitrogen, air, process water, potable, flare, electricity, firewater, cooling water, wastewater, instrument air

systems in polymer and polymer precursor plants including waste minimization by recovery of ABS, PVA,

allyl alcohol. Job required knowledge of precipitation, filtration, membrane separation, chemical

neutralization, clarification, flotation, adsorption, absorption, photolysis, decarbonation,, wet air oxidation,

chlorination, ion exchange, and bio-oxidation

1986 - 1988 Senior Process Manager: TRW (Brandt Solids Control) Conroe, TX

Managed the demulsification lab and developed correct answers 100% of the time. Responsible for

process and mechanical design of mobile equipment inclusive of nitrogen, air, process water, potable,,

electricity, firewater, cooling water, wastewater, instrument air systems to recover fuel oil from hazardous

waste pits under Class B and Class C conditions. Process involved mastication, three-phase

centrifugation, dissolved air flotation, multi-media filtration. Sludges were either solidified or thermally

desorbed. Responsible for managing a lab for the chemical destruction of reverse emulsions (oily water)

and for conducting field investigations for waste characterization and equipment troubleshooting and

modification. Job required knowledge of demulsification, filtration, mastication, flotation, centrifugation,

solidification, thermal desorption, and spiral heat exchanger design.

Detailed list of Upstream and Downstream Projects Available Upon Request

Texas A&M University BSChE 1968

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