Process Engineer, Project Manager, Process Modeling, Process Designer

JASON M. SOWARDS

Chemical Engineer, BS

*******************@*****.*** 651-***-****

**** ******** *** *, ***********, MN 55403

CAREER OBJECTIVE

Enjoy full-time engineering in a supportive team environment focusing on projects involving process design and optimization

PROFESSIONAL

Harriet Brewing, Minneapolis, MN

Process Engineer/Head Brewer/President/Owner Jan 2010 – Current

Conceived of, designed, wrote business plan for, acquired financing for, built, and commissioned Harriet Brewing, including: brewhouse, keg washing machine, walk-in cooler, electric steam boiler and process piping, water filtration, glycol system, tap lines, tap room HVAC and construction, electrical revamp, and general vibe

Designed and managed all major projects, including: natural gas steam boiler and piping installation, oil/water separator demolition, plumbing revamp, and tap room (sound, lighting, electrical, art, construction)

Head brewer and facility manager, including: process employee schedule, brewing schedule, QA/QC, recipe development, maintaining/repairing all equipment, managing all operations (brewing, filtering, transferring, CIP, kegging, bottling, tapping), driving all improvements, maintaining regulatory standards, communicating with government, and maintaining inner-company cleaning standards

Run day-to-day business including: tax reporting, permitting, daily cash flow analysis, budgeting, inventory, purchasing, accounts payable/receivable, scheduling, managing general staff, and event/community planning

AEC Engineering, Minneapolis, MN

Process Engineer/Contractor March 2015 – June 2015

Designed vent piping for second phase of LPG unit expansion including, demo drawings, isometrics, and P&ID’s

Designed ethanol blending and terminal truck loading piping including, demo drawings, isometrics, and P&ID’s

Designed a modified overflow for ethanol plant digester to prevent overflow mash from creating a vacuum upset

Evaluated the piping network of a petrochemical blending terminal and wrote a proposal for revamping the facility

Powder Process Solutions, Chanhassen, MN

Project Manager Sept 2014 – Feb 2015

Managed design, manufacture, and installation of the following projects:

Vibrating tube powder conveying system from sifter to bag filling station

Bag dump station with magnetic grates

Mixer outlet hopper and vacuum conveying system

Responsibilities included:

Managing all communication with client

Verifying, or developing, initial design

Managing P&ID development and transmittals to client

Creating and managing project schedules

Obtaining quotes and creating purchase orders for all equipment

Inspecting all fabricated equipment and verifying quality of manufacture and code compliance

Installation supervision and onsite support

Advanced Process Consulting, Minneapolis, MN

Process Engineer/Owner June 2009 – June 2010

Natural Gas Turbine Technologies:

Developed detailed design of, built, and operated natural gas turbine test station by developing testing method, ranges, and process parameters, specifying equipment, obtaining vendor quotes, creating class 1 cost estimate, ordering equipment, assembling and commissioning test station, and facilitating all data collection

Analyzed turbine test data and developed detailed turbine performance evaluation and process simulation

Delivered specific recommendations for optimization resulting in rotor redesign and performance increase

Inner Earth Energy:

Revised economic/financing model to cover conventional vs. geothermal cost difference and tax equity

Represented company at Cleantech 2009 in search of third party to carry out financing needs

Created and presented proposals for CPED and MPHA for geothermal installations in public housing developments

AEC Engineering, Minneapolis, MN

Process Technologies, Process Engineer May 2007 – June 2009

Evaluated SOx reducing/sulfur recovery measures for several oil refineries in LA (over 100 evaluations)

Project manager for designing butane vaporization system for offloading butane railcars, including: feasibility study, detailed process model, piping design, P&ID, isometrics, class 1 cost estimate

Lead engineer for LPG unit expansion, including: vertical pump hydraulic model, piping demolition/design, P&ID, plan, elevation, and isometric drawings, attending PHA/HAZOP meetings, class 1 cost estimate

Project manager for designing regenerative thermal oxidizer stack heat recovery via heat transfer medium by creating multiple detailed process models, class 3 cost estimates for each model, and economic analyses

Project manager for concept design and feasibility study of DDGS microwave dryer by creating a detailed process model for comparison with current drying processes and determining the potential cost, water, and carbon savings

Modeled supercritical biodiesel process to determine fluid properties for designing reactor pre-heater and flash vessel

Developed multi-million dollar class 1-3 cost estimates for crude and ethanol blending terminal expansions

Performed pressure relief studies at paper mill and ethanol plant by calculating worst case relief scenarios and specifying PRV adjustments and/or replacements for compliance with governing codes

Created process model for incinerating VOCs in thermal oxidizer for asphalt blowing to evaluate unit revamp

Supported preliminary design for food manufacturing plant expansion by developing utility gap analyses, corresponding expansion concept design, PFDs, plot plans, and class 3 cost estimates for each utility expansion

Marathon Petroleum Company, St. Paul Park, MN and Cattlesburg, KY

Technical Service Co-op and Energy Co-op March 2004 – March 2006

Optimized air dryer by replacing leaking valves, increasing desiccant diameter, and adjusting cycle timing

Revised propane/propylene accounting method by identifying faulty flow meters and merging department procedures

Designed multiple heat exchanger performance monitoring spreadsheets to track overall heat transfer coefficients

Built numerous HYSYS simulation models of process units

Developed glycol system cleaning procedure to remove hydrogen sulfide from glycol for equipment demolition

Evaluated instrument air system by diagramming the piping network and locating problematic areas for auditing

EDUCATION

Bachelor of Science in Chemical Engineering

Minor in Chemistry

University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH May 2007

GPA: 3.49 / 4.00

University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN Sept. 2006 – May 2007

GPA: 3.33 / 4.00

COMPUTER SKILLS

Proficient: MS (Excel, PowerPoint, Word)

Familiar: AutoCAD, HYSYS, Instrucalc, Lab View, Mathmatica, Matlab, MS (Project), Quickbooks, RSMeans, Visio

OTHER

EIT

Willing to travel

Open to relocation

References available upon request

Contact this candidate