JULIA SOLIGO
Chemical Engineer
Date of birth: 03/13/1989
Address: *** ******* ** #***, ********, NY (11217) Phone: +1-646-***-****
E-mail: *****.******@*******.***
Marital Status: Married
Nationality: Argentina (US H4 visa)
WORK EXPERIENCE
06/2014 – 12/2016
Bahía Blanca, Argentina
IMPROVEMENT ENGINEER - Senior
DOW ARGENTINA - Polyethylene production
Development of activities in Site Logistics plant (includes raw materials, PE transfer and bagging). Project Manager for optimization projects, and Process Safety Focal Point in Site Logistics.
Main responsibilities:
• Detection of improvement opportunities regarding costs, reliability of equipment, safety, productivity, etc. through the execution of different optimization projects, using GPM and Lean Manufacturing methodologies.
• Presentation of different projects to local and global business leaders.
• Confection of projects basic engineering packages (includes Scope, P&IDs, Listings of equipment, instruments, etc.).
• Monitoring and control of the annual capital assigned to projects, through monthly forecast update.
• Daily interaction with plant operators, different Site Logistics roles, Engineering Solutions team, CH2 MHill, Contractors companies, local and global equipment and materials suppliers, Global improvement leader, Plastics Handling Tech Center, etc.
• Active participation in plants turnarounds.
• Maintenance and updating of process safety documents and tools. Assurance of the plant process safety, through daily audits.
• Delivery of Process Safety training for new personnel and plant operators.
05/2013 – 06/2014
Bahía Blanca, Argentina
SUPPLY CHAIN ENGINEER – Junior
DOW ARGENTINA - Polyethylene production
Development of activities in Logistics, Planning and Improvement areas. Main responsibilities:
• Official back-up of MOT role (Means of Transport Planification): Daily planning of local dispatches and exports. Interaction with different transportation companies and with the Site 3PL provider. 2
• Official Back-up of Raw Material Scheduler role: Consumption track and purchase management of all the raw materials used in the 4 polyethylene plants. Interaction with plants and raw materials suppliers.
• Development of new tools related to transport logistics and measures of business effectiveness. Work in conjunction with Dow USA.
• Resolution of logistics billing problems. Interaction between transportation companies and billing area (Brazil).
• Participation in the investigation and resolution of customer complaints.
• Daily participation in IPS (Integrated Performance System) meetings of the Logistics team, with the aim of maximizing daily shipments and reducing extra costs.
• Participation in Site Logistics plant optimization projects, giving support to the Project Manager.
07/2012 – 05/2013
Bahía Blanca, Argentina
INTERN
DOW ARGENTINA - Polyethylene production
Development of activities in the Environment, Health and Safety (EH&S) area. Main responsibilities:
• Review and update of the Environmental Audit Report of Bahía Blanca Site for the renewal request of the Environmental Aptitude Certificate. Interaction with the 4 polyethylene plants.
• Review and update of documentation corresponding to the Health, Safety and Environment management system of the maintenance area.
• Participation in the pre-work for the Site Integrated Health, Safety and Environment audit.
• Verification of Site compliance with the company's LPPs (Loss Prevention Principles), which detail the global requirements for design, construction, maintenance and operational discipline within Dow's plants, through field audits at the different plants of the Site. ACADEMIC
2007 - 2012
Bahía Blanca, Argentina
CHEMICAL ENGINEERING
8,50 Universidad Nacional del Sur.
2004 - 2006
Bahía Blanca, Argentina
BACHELOR’S DEGREE IN NATURAL SCIENCES
8,52 “Juan José Passo” School.
LANGUAGES
SPANISH
ENGLISH
Native language
Advanced level
3
2011
Bahía Blanca, Argentina
Four-month English course “How to survive in the real world”. Universidad Nacional del Sur.
2006
Bahía Blanca, Argentina
English Teacher Training Course.
8,91 “Juan José Passo” School.
1995 - 2006
Bahía Blanca, Argentina
Intermediate level of English (6th Seniors).
“Juan José Passo” School.
COMPUTER KNOWLEDGE
OFFICE TOOLS
Microsoft Word, Excel, Access, PowerPoint.
OTHERS
DOW INTERNAL
TOOLS
Aspen HYSYS, SAP (ECC), IBM Lotus Notes, Maple, AutoCAD. WebMOC, WebEDMS, E&ATool, IMTool, LOPA, RAST, AU, SPAMS, CPD, GAPTool, etc.
FURTHER TRAINING
2012
Bahía Blanca, Argentina
Four-month course “Introduction of the Engineer to the Process Industry”. Universidad Nacional del Sur.
“VIII Regional Conference for Students of Food Engineering, Chemical Engineering, Bachelor in Chemistry and Teaching in Chemistry”. Course: Aspen HYSYS Simulation (12 hours).
Universidad Nacional del Sur.
2011
Bahía Blanca, Argentina
“6th Petrochemical Update Conference”.
Universidad Nacional del Sur.
“VII Regional Conference for Students of Food Engineering, Chemical Engineering, Bachelor in Chemistry and Teaching in Chemistry”. Courses: Failures in the operation of industrial equipment (12 hours) - Advanced Process Control (9 hours).
Universidad Nacional del Sur.
2010
Córdoba, Argentina
“XV National Congress for Students of Chemical Engineering”. Course: Specific thermal treatments (12 hours).
Facultad Regional San Francisco.
“VI Regional Conference for Students of Food Engineering, Chemical Engineering, Bachelor in Chemistry and Teaching in Chemistry”. Courses: Design and development of curriculums (9 hours) - Renewable energies
(9 hours).
Universidad Nacional del Sur.
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REFERENCES
Darío Ruiz Site Logistics Leader
Dow Argentina, Bahía Blanca Site.
+54 9-029*-*********
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Tom Argue Global Supply Chain Improvement Leader
Dow, Houston.
******@***.***
Karla Sperati Plastics Handling Tech Center
Dow, Houston.
*********@***.***