Engineer Chemical Engineering

Nina Taylor

713-***-**** ******@*********.***

LEAD PROCESS ENGINEER

Ensure high quality of product and delivery while maintaining compliance to quality standards and processes

SUMMARY OF QUALIFICATIONS

Solution-focused chemical process engineer and quality control expert with extensive experience developing systems, processes and procedures in oil & gas and petrochemical environments.

Efficiently provide solutions to complex technical challenges leading to the optimization of improved performance, significant cost savings, and safer processes.

Excellent communicator, building and strengthening relationships with clients, coworkers, vendors, and management.

Adept in on-time and on-budget project delivery while meeting and exceeding customer expectations.

BS in Chemical Engineering (Rice University) - With an engineering background, able to focus on the technical details of client and project needs.

Six Sigma (green belt) · E.I.T. Certified · HAZOP Certified · ASPEN / PROII / HYSYS · Hydraulic Calculations

Apollo Root Cause Analysis · Integrity Protection Layer (IPL) Analysis · Fault Tree Analysis

Olefins / Paraxylene / Styrene / Ethylbenzene · Planning & Scheduling · Technical Writer

Continuous Improvement / Optimization · Customer Relationship Management · Budget Controls

Excellent Communicator · Team Development · Critical Thinking

CAREER HIGHLIGHTS AND ACHIEVEMENTS

CONTINUOUS PROCESS IMPROVEMENT

Implemented design and startup of process equipment and process controls to store co-product and receive returned heavy ends product (flux oil) for use in styrene unit for viscosity control.

Generated a profit of $60,000/month for the plant and reduced cost of purchasing chemical to reduce styrene viscosity.

COST REDUCTION

Debottlenecked above ground ethylene treating facilities utilizing novel process design to remove contaminants from ethylene stored in underground salt caverns. Recommended a fixed bed catalyst product vs. caustic solution that was safer and less capital intensive.

Saved $7 million dollars in capital cost using a safer process.

INCREASE PRODUCTION

Key member of team that increased olefin unit capacity by 25% and increased plant revenue.

Increased plant revenue by $0.05/lb from additional ethylene product.

TECHNICAL DESIGN (LEAD PROCESS ENGINEER)

Served as lead process engineer for redesign of three hydrotreater units for new feed conditions. Worked with catalyst vendor and client personnel to complete P&IDs and final HAZOP which was used to build and install new equipment.

New P&IDs and process data sheets to buy and make recommended changes.

MANAGEMENT SKILLS

Served on committee to interview and provide feedback on hiring of new process engineers. Feedback was instrumental in hiring of two new process engineers to work on company projects. Became an interviewer for process engineers to help Human Resources department staff projects.

New engineers hired and assigned to delayed projects which resulted in on-time completions.

Nina Taylor

713-***-**** ******@*********.***

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CHEMICAL PROCESS ENGINEER

Ensure high quality of product and delivery while maintaining compliance to quality standards and processes

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Exterran, Houston, TX 2014-Present

Senior Applications Engineer

Sized line heaters, stabilizers, and heat exchangers for gas treating facilities and developed proposals to customers for equipment sale. As part of engineering work which included HYSYS simulation of a gas facility, sold a Stabilizer skid for $375,000.

Technip (Shaw), Houston, TX 2010-2013

Lead Process Engineer

Sized vessels for utility areas for Mild Hydrocracker unit for Manabi, Ecuador grassroots refinery as part of FEED package. Also developed process data for pumps, block flow diagram of Hydrocracker unit, utility summary, catalyst and chemical summary, MSDS package and vessel data sheets and calculation files. Updated process flow diagrams from UOP vendor with utility equipment size and conditions.

Dow Chemical, Houston, TX 2010-2011

Process Engineer

Sized two centrifugal pumps (350 hP) operating in parallel and associated piping for transfer of ethylene dichloride (EDC) to ship loading using SiNET simulation software. Developed heat and material balances, process flow sheets, P&IDs, and equipment specifications to purchase new equipment and process control instrumentation. Developed process scenarios for relief valves to allow proper sizing. Also sized pipeline surge suppressor vessel for long run of transfer piping (~1-1/2 miles) routed to a marine loading arm for ship loading.

UOP Honeywell, Houston, TX 2008 – 2009

Lead Process Engineer

Led the revamp of a fixed bed Rheniformer platformer unit to maximize throughput capacity. Developed heat and material balances to determine required equipment modifications. Developed and tracked project schedule to meet revamp scope of work requirements. Communicated with client company on progress of revamp study and potential scope of work modifications as a result of equipment analyses.

Jacobs Engineers, Houston, TX 2006 – 2008

Process Engineer

Led the development of process deliverables for revamp of existing hydrotreater units. Responsible for creating process deliverables (heat and material balance, PFDs, P&IDs, equipment data sheets, instrument data sheets, hydraulic calculations and process design basis). Developed process simulations for hydrotreater units to make heat and material balances for each unit. Worked with catalyst vendor to create scope of work for reactors. Supervised three junior process engineers who assisted with work effort.

S&B Engineers, Houston, TX 2005 – 2006

Process specialist

Led the process design of a temporary flare and associated equipment to allow early startup of West Plant process units. Responsible for identifying relief scenarios for each process unit and analyzing the impact on flare header and flare sizing. Developed relief valve calculations and documentation for flare header and equipment size. Supervised subcontracted technical writers to write process design basis documentation for submittal to client.

Training & Development Systems – Houston, Texas 2000-2005

Technical Writer

Used plant and engineering design experience to write training manuals for operators for a continuous catalyst regeneration (CCR) unit for Koch refinery. This is one of many training manuals ($4 MM project) to be written for all the units located in the refinery.

Also visited refinery to consult with team leaders on operation of various facilities to incorporate knowledge into manual text.

Huntsman Chemical Co., Pasadena, TX 1997 – 2000

Lead Process Engineer

Responsible for safe and efficient operation of the ethylbenzene unit. Provided day to day technical support for efficient operation of the unit, lead engineer for capital projects, trained operators on process improvements, updated Operations manuals, resolved process upsets. Monitored daily operation of unit and optimized process variables to increase production, monitored feed and product rates for unit, and met daily with plant management on unit performance.

Amoco Chemical Co., Houston, TX 1991 – 1997

Lead Process Engineer

Lead process engineer for major capital projects (over $1MM) at Amoco production facilities. Member of team that increased ethylene capacity by 50% by debottlenecking above ground treating facilities that saved $7MM in capital costs. Worked with vendor to pilot test and install new catalyst to remove contaminants from ethylene product. Also worked with vendors to size new process equipment.

EDUCATION

B.S. in Chemical Engineering

Rice University, Houston, TX

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