Engineer Chemical Engineering

Kwadwo Nketia

PROFESSIONAL PROFILE

Process Engineer with 3 years of engineering experience implementing, managing, and improving production processes for Fortune 500 companies in the specialty chemicals industry. I have managed and worked on improvement projects up to $2,000,000 and managed the production of polymers worth $6,000,000.

Core Competencies include Process Improvement, Project Design, Project Scoping, Project Management, Project Tracking, Assembling Authorization for Capital Expenditure (ACT), Team Management, Quality Assurance, Lean Six Sigma Experience, Computer Aided Drawing (Drawing), and Process Safety Management (PSM)

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

PPG Industries

Manufacturing Development Program

Senior Engineer, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, April 2019 – October 2019

Product development engineer in a commercial polymer development center

Managed the commercial production of polymers and maintained 100% quality assurance

Provided 24 hr. technical assistance for process upsets and review QC analysis of polymer batches

Perform financial and technical analysis for pilot scaling of newly developed batches

Provide consultation to commercial plants globally for problem solving and process improvement

Accumulated over 200 hrs. annually of reduced cycle time improving batch processes

PPG Industries

Process Improvement Engineer, Reno, Nevada, June 2017 - April 2019

Process improvement engineer in an architectural paint manufacturing facility

Managed and supported process improvement projects as well as generate daily production reports

Accumulated over 300 hrs. annually of reduced cycle time improving procedures on a paint fill station

Implemented waste water reduction measures that reduced disposal cost by $40,000 annually

Supervised operators and contractors to perform various production and project tasks

Repaired, replaced, and reconstructed valves, pumps, and pipe fittings for process pipelines

Covestro

Process Analysis Technology Engineering Intern, Baytown, Texas, May 2016 - August 2016

Process analyzer engineer in a polymer manufacturing plant

Re-calibrated in-process analyzer equipment to improve reliability of measurements

Worked with multiple business units to update the facility’s process analyzer inventory list

Updated P&IDs for process analyzers that did not match manufacturing plant layout

Estimated annual savings from improvements made during internship was $20,000

EDUCATION

Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Texas Graduation Date: May 2017

Bachelor of Science in Chemical Engineering GPA: 3.5

Graduated Cum Laude with honors

SKILLS AND CERTIFICATIONS

Lean Six Sigma Green Belt Certified April 2020

Experience with SAP, Oracle, PI Process Book, Visio, Aspen Hysis and Ariba

Proficient with Microsoft Office

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