Faraj Zaid

**** ***** ***, ********, ** ***** 573-***-**** ad3mnp@r.postjobfree.com

https://www.linkedin.com/pub/faraj-zaid/59/b3b/545 U.S. Citizen

PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY

Senior Engineer seeks to become an employee at your company. I have more than 15 years of experience as a Process, Planning, Quality, Marketing, and Project Engineer in different industrial and manufacturing fields. KEY SKILLS

• PhD and BSc degrees in Chemical Engineering and MSc Process Safety and Loss Prevention

• 15 years of experience in Engineering/Marketing.

• Process modeling, chemical reactors, kinetics reaction engineering, refinery operations and Process Operations and Controls Process Flow Diagrams (PFDs) and Piping and Instrumentation Diagrams

(P&IDs)

• Experienced with bench-lab scale and pilot-plant scale experimentation.

• Project Management, Planning and Scheduling

• Excellent Time Management Skills

• Experimentation and Data analysis experience.

• Lean six sigma, Kaizen, Process Improvement.

• Engineering Packages: MATLAB, MATHEMATICA, LABVIEW, CFD-ANSYS, POLYMATH, Aspen HYSYS, CHEMCAD, SAP and Experiment design, statistics and JMP PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Marketing Engineer (Technical Sales Engineer) – Hitachi Energy 12/21-Present

• Coordinating marketing departments to increase order accuracy.

• Product Marketing skills & knowledge of Distribution Transformers product line.

• Provide internal and external technical expertise and counsel to factory and Front-End Sales organization, relating to company products and their marketability.

• Participate in sales programs to sell company products and services and provide customers with engineering expertise relative to specific product lines.

• Provide research, analytical and promotional support for the Marketing Department in developing competitive information, product requirements and marketing strategies.

• Prepare proposals in response to requests for quotes and manage technical and commercial aspects of bids

– from quoting to shipping.

• Host customer visits for the purpose of training, order execution and promotion.

• Partner with Customer Success team and engineering to execute orders and designs in a timely manner. Planning Engineer-ABB Incorporated 02/2016-11/2021

• Professional with more than 5 years of experience in the energy sector, developing and managing projects for leading global company in the US, with +300 MUSD orders a year.

• Maintains production by assigning workload to the engineering team.

• Coordinating the engineering/marketing departments to increase order accuracy.

• Worked as an executive planner/scheduler for Engineers basing workflow on complexity of designs, customer needs, and anticipated completion dates.

• Super-user in engineering capacity project (SAP-ERP) for planning scheduling to meet customer deadlines.

• Creating, generating, and presenting technical reports and KPIs, including those related to workflow, efficiencies, and master scheduling.

Result: Achieved a 30% increase in production capacity, and dramatically increased process yield and Researcher 09/2013 – 01/2016

Lincoln University, Jefferson City, MO

• Conduct extensive experiments on nanoparticle, chemicals and materials, bioprocessing, biomass conversion, energy/bioenergy, and wastes treatment, biochar, soil organic matter, soil fertility & nutrient management; efficient use of fertilizers; and soil enzymology. This project was being supported by the USDA/NIFA to study:

• Long-term soil management methods affect soil physical, chemical and biological properties in a number of different ways, and therefore affect enzyme activities in soil.

• Supervising and systematic planning of experimental work on pyrolysis.

• Responsible for biochar laboratory.

• Collating and analysis data using statistical software packages.

• Training graduate and undergraduate student workers for using laboratory instrumentation.

• Employed and characterized analytical instrumentation (such as Gas Chromatography (GC) and High- performance liquid chromatography (HPLC)) and software Research Assistant 01/2009 – 05/2013

Missouri University of Science and Technology, Rolla, MO

• Research in the field of multi-phase fluid flow systems and reactors. Developed new mechanistic scale-up methodology based on hydrodynamic similarity for fluidized bed

• Employed advanced measurement techniques for reactor scale up and performance by using advanced optical probes and gamma ray densitometry

• Created different models to describe the multiphase flow for predicting the hydrodynamic characteristics of fluidized bed reactors

• Used advanced Gamma Ray Densitometry techniques to identify operating flow regimes in reactors that reactor hydrodynamics use it for on-line, continuous monitoring of fluidized bed reactor performance Evaluated the flow regime transitions with the help of statistical and chaotic analysis tools to validate with the gamma ray densitometry technique

• Identified and developed mathematical models for using in Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) simulations to determine the detailed hydrodynamics of fluidized bed

• Collating and analysis data using statistical software packages.

• Training my lab mates and undergraduate student workers as well. Process engineer Supervisor 2/2006 – 05/2008

National Oil Corporation

• Conducted performance risk assessment, analysis of projects, business planning, production forecasting and environmental surveys, hazardous substances, environmental contaminant fate and transport.

• Contributed to carrying out HAZOP study for petroleum companies and prepared detailed P&IDs for fire protection system and plant monitoring system.

• Lead, follow and control process engineering division engineers’ activities including Utilities, Refinery, Ethylene and Polyethylene units’ activities.

• Lead and conduct optimization, troubleshooting, HAZOP and feasibility studies related to process discipline either with internal or external resources.

• Participate in safety reviews/audits, safety case studies, safety investigations and technical audits. Senior Process Engineer 10/1999 – 01/2006

National Oil Corporation

• Responsibilities were designing, implementing, controlling and optimizing industrial processes, especially continuous ones within the plant (ammonia, methanol, and urea).

• Performs Heat and Material Balances, Process Flow Diagrams (PFDs) and Piping and Instrumentation Diagrams (P&IDs). Developed process engineering design packages including material and energy balances, detailed equipment designs, and supporting documentation for new and existing processes.

• Optimized continuous and batch distillation operations — a $100K / year benefit.

• Studied Request for Modifications (RFMs) submitted by the Operations/production team.

• Provided technical guidance on operating units within the plant.

• Implemented technology innovations that increased the manufacturing capacity of a specialty chemical plant by 20%, a $150K / year benefit.

• Managed the implementation of an improved environmental control system incorporating new technology that significantly reduced manufacturing downtime a $50K / year benefit.

• Fully automated a two-step batch reaction and distillation sequence a $30K / year benefit.

• Developed and implemented risk analysis programs for 2 areas in manufacturing plants

• Carried measurements of metering system and tanks system, identified measurement problems, and performed trouble shooting as necessary

• Team Leader of Hazard and Operability Team (HAZOP) including author of plant HAZOP Study Report and risk assessment.

• Provides technical and engineering support to company personnel as well as to subcontractors to ensure that the project will comply with all mandated engineering standards, codes, specifications, and design construction

Professional Development

• Lean Six Sigma (February 2018) ABB Inc.

• Independent Applying the QM Rubric (APPQMR): (Statewide Systems).

• Oil treatment from Int'l Institute from Petroleum Training.

• Professional Certification Industrial Safety, International Experts & Consultants Association.

• OHSAS 18001 Awareness course from Petroleum Center.

• Corrosion and corrosion control, Technical Development Center. NOC.

• Certification Cathodic protection, International Center for Training & Development, UAE.

• Environment Control in Oil Field, Technical Development Center. NOC. Professional Associations

• American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE), member since 2012

• HonorSociety.org, member since 2012

• Libyan Students Association at Missouri University of Science and Technology, member since 2009

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