Project Engineering

RICARDO DUTRA DE CASTRO COSTA

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Summary: Engineering management with 6+ years of experience plus 13+ years as senior process engineer with strong background in process optimization, process safety and operations. Valuable international experience, with a deep understanding of diverse cultural and business practices. Demonstrated track record of successfully managing small to full scale multi-million dollar high profile projects from start to finish, while remaining on or under budget and schedule and delivering a state-of-the-art engineering design. Large field experience in commissioning and startup leadership of gas, LNG and power plants, always with zero-zero safety record. Expert in Unisim and process simulators. Green Belt.

Professional Experience

White Martins Industrial Gases – PRAXAIR INC. (Brazil)

Period: Mar/2011 – to date

Position: Engineering Manager – South America

Leader of Engineering Department in South America with a headcount of over 100 engineers

Project execution (budget up to U$ 160 MM), FEL-2, basic and detail design of Air Separation Units, CO2, Hydrogen and LNG Plants located all over South America

All projects are executed on an EPC basis

Over 80% win rate in bids for gas plants

Development of Product Line Air Separation Units, according to Business needs, process definition, equipment selection, design, construction strategy, commissioning and startup

Cost Reduction and Productivity targets consistently achieved in the last 4 years

Application of Lean and Six Sigma methodologies

Engineering team excellent performance tracked and measured by KPI s of cost, schedule, quality and safety

Projects executed as per PMI methodology

Commissioning and startup leadership of large plants with Zero-Zero incident

All projects developed in 3D Autoplant or PDMS, Smart P&ID.

PRAXAIR CHINA INVESTMENT Co. Ltd. (China)

Period: Jan/2009 – Mar/2011 International Assignment in Shanghai

Position: Process Engineering Manager and Project Coordinator

Responsible for many winning proposals and projects of Air Separation Units, around Asia, involving the following activities: Plant Selection, Technical Proposals, Plate and Fin Heat Exchangers design, plant simulation, P&I elaboration, HAZOP s facilitation, Process Safety Reviews, Control Valve Sizing, Operators Training.

Startup Leader of Air Separation Units (up to 3000 MTPD of O2) in China, Thailand and Korea.

Responsible for process engineers selection, mentoring and supervision.

Strong skill in process simulators (UniSim), heat exchangers, compressors and turbines.

HazOp certified facilitator

Project Coordinator of a 400 Tons per Day Oxygen Plant installed in Russia. Role as a facilitator and communication channel among Praxair Europe (project execution), detail design company (third party in Russia) and Praxair China (Functional Design executor and Fabrication of cold box and modules). Project budget around U$ 55 MM.

White Martins Industrial Gases – PRAXAIR INC. (Brazil)

Period: Sep/2003 – Jan/2009

Position: Process Skill Leader – Engineering Department

Management of Process Engineering Group with a headcount of 13 engineers

Responsible for many projects of Air Separation Units, around South America involving the following activities: Plant Selection, Technical Proposals, Plate and Fin Heat Exchangers designing, plant simulation (cryogenic process), P&I elaboration, HAZOP s, Process Safety Reviews, Control Valve Sizing, Operators Training.

Startup Leader of many Air Separation and CO2 units around South America.

Process leader of LNG Project, a joint venture between White Martins and Petrobras, in Replan, Sao Paulo. Specification of flares, boil-off compressors, MGR compressors, amine system, cold box, etc…

Technical Proposals of different technologies: Cryogenic, PSA, CO2 Plants, LNG, Utilities, SMR and Hydrogen Plants

PROMON ENGENHARIA LTDA. (Brazil)

Period : Sep/2001 – Sep/2003

Position: Process Supervisor

Project: Norte Fluminense Combined Cycle Power Plant – 780 MW – Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Responsible for process discipline, leading the group.

Elaboration of technical documents – specification, data-sheets, P&I, manual operation, heat and mass balance, etc...

Line sizing – steam, water, natural gas, waste water, compressed air.

Techinal Analysis of Water Treatment Station, Demin Water Station, Fire Water System, etc...

Participation in meetings with our client in Houston and Orlando, USA.

PLC Shop test in Siemens Facility (Atlanta, USA).

Participation in construction and commissioning.

White Martins Industrial Gases – PRAXAIR INC. (Brazil)

Period: Jul/98 – Sep/2001

Position: Senior Process Engineer

Process and startup leader for the following projects:

-PL4 (400 TPD) / Liquefier (300 TPD), Joinville Project, Brazil

-PL4 (400 TPD) / Liquefier (300 TPD), Americana Project, Brazil

-LNOA15, Manaus Project, Brazil

-T-1000 LP(1000 TPD) Cosipa Project, Sao Paulo, Brazil

Participation in many optimization projects in different plants like CSN T-2100 TPD, Usiminas T-1500 TPD, among others.

PL2 (200 TPD) Barquisimeto Project, Venezuela. Participation in startup, July 1999.

Nitrous Oxide Project, Brazil. Responsible for process discipline and start-up, in October 1999.

Education

Chemical Engineering – Catholic University PUC / Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Master in Economical Engineering – Federal University of Rio de Janeiro

Languages

Portuguese – native

English – fluent

Spanish – advanced

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