Chemical Engineer Expertise

Thorough Project/Process Engineer who thrives on undertaking complex assignments, meeting tight deadlines and delivering superior performance. Maintains practical knowledge in Chemical Plant Design, Procurement, and Plant Operation. Strategically applies strong financial skills, analytical skills, and technical skills to inform senior management of key developments and reduce company expenditures by more than $1,000,000. Maneuvers with a strong sense of urgency and succeeds in fast-paced and stressful settings.

Areas of Expertise include:

Project Management • Strategic Planning • Process Engineering • Process Simulation • Process Design • Contractor & Vendor Procurement • P&ID Development • Procedure Development • Chemical/Process Safety • Equipment Installation • Process Control • Vendor Relations • Project Estimation• Physical Solvent Units • Polymer Engineering • Rubber Mills • Polymer Extrusion, Dryers

Education/Certifications

Tennessee Technological University, Cookeville, TN

University of Tennessee Knoxville, Knoxville, TN

Bachelor of Science, Chemical Engineering, August 2011

Bachelor of Science, Bio-Molecular Engineering August 2011

Overall GPA: 3.35/4.0 Minor: Math, Chemistry, Biology

University of Arkansas

Pursuing Masters of Science in Chemical Engineering

OSHA 30 Hours construction card certification

Corporate Leadership Certification

Project Management Professional Certification

Fundamentals of Engineering Exam, June 2011

Work Experience/Educational Experience

3M Decatur, Al (open ended contract through Southern Synergy Engineering Solutions.) Corporate Resident Engineer, August 2014-Current

Developed project objectives by reviewing project proposals and plans; conferring with management.

Determined project responsibilities by identifying project phases and elements; assigning personnel to phases and elements; reviewing bids from contractors.

Determined project schedule by studying project plan and specifications; calculating time requirements; sequencing project elements.

Maintained project schedule by monitoring project progress; coordinating activities; resolving problems.

Controlled project plan by reviewing design, specifications, and plan and schedule changes; recommending actions.

Controlled project costs by approving expenditures; administering contractor contracts.

Designed plant and equipment configuration so that they can be readily adapted to suit the product range and the process technologies involved, taking environmental and economic aspects into account;

Instituted scale-up and scale-down processes including appropriate changes to equipment design and configuration;

Assessed options for plant expansion or reconfiguration by developing and testing process simulation models;

Designed installed and commissioned new production processes, including monitoring developments and troubleshooting;

Optimized production by analyzing processes and compiling de-bottleneck studies;

Cargill Inc. Project/Design Engineer II April 2013 - July 2014

Overall capital project management and engineering of maintenance and reliability projects in the industry with budgets from $100 K to $2.3 MM each.

Manage all project activities from scope Current development to commissioning and start up.

Responsibility for executing/managing up to 3-5 projects.

Coordinate all project activities with plant personnel and on-site contractors.

Planned with vendors the development of tooling from 3D CAD databases to support product development.

Managed & controlled: (a) component design, (b) modeling, (c) detail part drawing.

Played a key role investigating new processes and materials to optimize product design.

Coordinated cross-functional deliverables with acoustic, RF, sourcing, reliability, project management and development engineers.

Work with multiple departments to perform product or process failure investigation and root cause analysis.

Designed plant and equipment configuration so that they can be readily adapted to suit the product range and the process technologies involved, taking environmental and economic aspects into account;

Instituted scale-up and scale-down processes including appropriate changes to equipment design and configuration;

Assessed options for plant expansion or reconfiguration by developing and testing process simulation models;

Designed installing and commissioning new production plants, including monitoring developments and troubleshooting;

Optimized production by analyzing processes and compiling de-bottleneck studies;

Roquette America, Inc., Production Team Leader/Process Engineer: November 2011- March 2013

Managerial Responsibility

Ensure that health and safety guidelines and regulations are enforced and followed by operations.

Overseeing the production process, drawing up, communicating and implementing production plans based on customer orders.

Make sure that products are produced on time and are of good quality according to customer specifications

Evaluating production targets and achieving them within time and cost parameters

Make sure that the monthly production targets are met.

Ensure complete compliance with GMP's regulations

Manage and approve vacation for operations.

Write and prioritize maintenance work orders and POs weekly.

Mentoring, motivating team members towards achieving defined goals and objectives for different project.

Technical Responsibilities

Analyzed and prepared production budget and required timescale to complete expense projects

Planned, organized, supervised and implemented manufacturing procedures in accordance with Quality Assurance methods, new technologies, organization strategies and quarterly/annual budgets.

Prepare process simulation drawings and sizing for pumps, heat exchangers, piplines etc.

Held production optimization meetings with departmental engineers to discuss current and future optimization projects.

Collect lab analysis data of newly introduced products

Ensure the process works at the optimum level, to the right rate and quality of output, in order to meet supply needs.

Prepare risk assessment, including hazard and operability (HAZOP) studies.

Made sure the production does not exceeds the sales budget and is cost effective for the refinery

Mike’s Farm Tobacco Processing (Process Engineering Co-op): January 2011 – August 2011

Treated the tobacco in batch reactors with several chemicals in order to extract nicotine

Measured the amount of nicotine and tar in tobacco leaves and extracted to reach regulation amount

Used several chemicals on tobacco in order to enhance taste

Merck (Research Internship): May 2010 – August 2010

Responsible for duties in research activities to develop and test new products.

Responsible for quality control.

Assisted to produce efficient products and for this I modernized the manufacturing process and production.

Used various ways in research of biochemical products using biotechnology

equipment.

Computing Skills

Microsoft Office Suite Comsol Multiphysics

Mathcad

Matlab

Visio

Simulink

GET (Global Engineering Tools)

Aspen Hysys

Aspen plus, Aspen one

Autocad

Mini-tab

Bilingual (English and Arabic)

PeopleSoft

Contact this candidate