Chemical Engineering

Ehsan Sikandar

Address: **** ******* ****, *** **, Wilmington, DE 19810

Phone: 302-***-**** Email: *********@*****.***

Qualifications Summary

Highly motivated Chemical/Process Engineer with diverse operations and process simulation experience in the oil and gas industry. Has excellent communication skills, leadership ability, and problem solving technique. Relentless in achieving project related safety, budget and schedule targets. Demonstrated skills and abilities needed to coordinate, facilitate, and participate in a collaborative approach to the completion of assignments. Developed innovative ideas to both simplify and improve work processes. Proven leadership and teamwork skills, ability to adapt and remain flexible. Ability to train and provide career guidance to interns, new graduates and young professionals. Work Experience

SCR Process Engineer: Eneractive Solutions, Asbury Park, NJ September 2015-January 2016

Supervised onsite contractors and performed onsite equipment inspections in natural gas power plants

Specified and coordinated onsite performance testing, including thermography for Selective Catalytic Reduction (SCR) systems

Supported proposal development and prepared project implementation cost estimates for small capital projects

Developed Process Flow Diagrams (PFD) and equipment specifications

Prepared technical reports for client review

Technical Professional - Process: KBR Engineering, Newark, DE May 2010-May 2012, May 2014-February 2015 Process engineer with design experience for refineries (international and domestic) and biofuels

Process Unit Leader for the waste hydrogen recovery portion of a large refinery revamp involving Pressure Swing Adsorption (PSA), 2 single stage feed compressors and 1 multistage tailgas compressor ($26 MM CAPEX); early action engineering to meet schedule and budget

Grass roots refinery project ($13 bn CAPEX): Worked on the FEED for Naphtha Hydrotreating, Alkylation, Selective Hydrogenation Process, and Butamer units

Organized and led coordination meetings between various project disciplines

Developed, organized, and issued project deliverables using ISO 9000 compliant EMC Certified Program

Developed and updated Process Flow Diagrams (PFDs), Process Instrumentation Diagrams (P&IDs), and Material Section Diagrams (MSDs)

Participated in developing all deliverables for typical detailed design packages

Generated and updated datasheets for process and solids handling equipment

Performed overpressure protection analysis, specified relief valves, and sized lines for relief valves

Calculated two phase flows, flow regimes, pressure drops, and velocities using KBR’s In-house Software

Participated in HAZOP/pre-startup safety reviews Process Safety Consultant: Siemens Energy, Media, PA February 2013-May 2014

Process safety engineering experience on refineries and chemical plants

Field experience performing on-site data collection

Generated heat and material balance for a polypropylene purification unit using Aspen HYSYS

Performed overpressure protection analysis, specified relief valves, and updated existing relief failure cases Process Engineer: Jacobs Engineering, Mount Laurel, NJ August 2012-December 2012

Participated in developing all deliverables for typical FEED package for an international lubricant blending project ($100 MM CAPEX)

Developed and updated Process Instrumentation Diagrams (P&IDs) and generated datasheets for process equipment Product Development Manager: Whiteoptics, New Castle, DE January 2010-May 2010

Worked to increase efficiency in the lighting industry by reformulating light reflector coating material

Assisted with the procurement of supplies, chemicals, and equipment for a new pilot plant lab

Communicated directly with clients and vendors on a regular basis marketing the product and business growth

Hired, trained and mentored new interns to work in the lab Education

Bachelor of Chemical Engineering, University of Delaware, Newark, May 2008

Minors: Economics, Chemistry, Environmental Engineering & History

Member of the National Chemical Engineering Honors Society, Omega Chi Epsilon Activities and Interests

Fundamentals of Engineering (FE) Certified

Yellow Belt of Lean Six Sigma Methodology

Level II Thermographer

Member of American Institute of Chemical Engineering (AIChe) Present

At-Large Chair of KBR’s young professional group, IMPACT 2010-2011

Volunteered for the Junior Achievement of Delaware 2009-Present

Naturalized U.S. Citizen

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