Oil Refining Process Engineer
Resume:
Allister Honeywell
Apt.*, **** *C Street, Ar Rakah Ash Shamaliyah District, Dammam 34225 - 7695, Saudi Arabia
***********@*****.***
Profile
Chemical Engineer with over 17 years of progressive experience and knowledge in process engineering, operations, project management, commissioning and start-up. Strong leadership and technical skills with a drive to continuously learn and improve. Excellent reputation for resolving process challenges and contributing to organization success.
Skills
• Process Safety and Hazard Analysis
• Process Optimization
• Process Analysis and Improvement
• Root Cause Analysis
• Problem Solving and Troubleshooting
• Training and Development
• Interpersonal Communication
• Leadership
• Operating Procedure
• CHEMCAD/SYSCAD/HYSIS
Experience
2021/07 – PRESENT: LEAD PROCESS ENGINEER, REDSIDE
Ma’aden Aluminum Company, Saudi Arabia
• Provide process engineering services for the Red Side of the alumina refinery.
• Lead a team of 4 Process Engineers that monitors key process indicators and implements strategies to sustain and improve quality, production efficiency, energy utilization and raw materials consumption efficiency.
• Advise and support Shift Superintendents on managing and resolving technical process issues.
• Implement short-term technical strategies to resolve and manage process issues.
• Develop and deliver process training for Process Engineers and Shift Supervisors. 2018/12 – 2021/06: SUPERINTENDENT, PROCESS ENGINEERING Ma’aden Aluminum Company, Saudi Arabia
• Provided technical leadership and process engineering services for the Boiler-house, Utilities and Red Side of the alumina refinery.
• Direct a team of 6 Process Engineers in implementing process strategies to operate safely, maximized production efficiency, energy utilization and raw materials consumption efficiency.
• Developed medium-term technical strategies to improve processing operations.
• Collaborated with other departments to improve process safety and environmental compliance by leading process hazard analysis and risk assessment of different operating strategies. 2
2017/07 – 2018/11: SUPERINTENDENT, CENTRAL CONTROL ROOM 2018/09 – 2018/11: Ma’aden Aluminum Company, Saudi Arabia 2017/07 – 2018/08: Alcoa Corporation, Saudi Arabia
• Supervised 6 Shift Superintendents directly and 7 Control Room Operators indirectly.
• Investigated root cause of all major process instability that significantly impacted production or quality and implemented corrective actions in order to resolve and prevent reoccurrence.
• Coordinated process plans with planned and/or unplanned maintenance to ensure maximum production and optimum quality.
• Prepared and reported on daily, monthly and yearly production losses.
• Improved work processes of the Shift Superintendents and Control Room Operators by creating standard operating procedures and problem-solving guides for all process areas. 2014/10 – 2017/06: PROCESS ENGINEER
Alcoa Corporation, Saudi Arabia
• Provided process engineering support for the commissioning, start-up and operation of the Red Side of the alumina refinery.
• Commissioned the SAG mills and developed the Standard Operating Procedures for operations in the grinding area.
• Led the troubleshooting and debottlenecking of various operating units.
• Investigated and resolved low vacuum issue on the evaporation unit that resulted in increased evaporation rate from 85 to 110 ton/hr.
• Implemented a weekly performance management system for the digestion and evaporation heat exchangers that considered heat transfer coefficient decay and increased resistance.
• Developed a Microsoft Excel spreadsheet model to determine quality of the bauxite blended on the stockpile that feeds into the process.
2013/08 – 2014/10: PROCESS ENGINEER
Petrojam Ltd, Jamaica
• Reviewed daily operating conditions and identified technical changes needed to sustain or improve processing efficiency of the Light Ends and Cooling Water Systems while providing support for Vacuum Distillation Unit and Wastewater Systems Upgrade Project.
• Provided process engineering calculations for the “LPG Supply Flexibility Project” that delivered HD-5 grade propane to the domestic market and secured a contract worth over $2 million dollars per year.
• Simulated and evaluated the Propane/Butane Splitter capability to produce HD-5 propane in order to consolidate the LPG Supply Flexibility Project.
• Led a multi-discipline team on the “Biodiesel Treatment Project” that eliminated microbial activity in biodiesel storage tanks.
• Conducted performance evaluation of the cooling tower, heat exchangers and pumps
• Completed a handbook for Contact Engineers on the Light Ends operation and control.
• Successfully updated the Light Ends P&IDs that were outdated for over 20 years. 2010/08 – 2013/07: SENIOR PROCESS ENGINEER
West Indies Alumina Company (Windalco), Jamaica
• Developed safety procedure to reduce the risk while determining the pressure drop across heat exchangers.
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• Designed and implemented the “Run-off-water Neutralization Project” to reduce storage pond level which minimized the threat to surrounding surface water.
• Established quality control strategies to ensure consistency and adherence to targets for processing operations, raw material usage, product quality and waste products or emissions.
• Implemented the “Regenerative Condensate Return Project” that returned flashed-steam as condensate to the boiler-house leading to reduced energy consumption by over 30%.
• Generated savings of $2.5 million dollars in 2012 after introducing a scale inhibitor to reduce heat exchanger fouling that was affecting heat transfer.
• Developed operating Standard Practice Instruments as part of the ISO Quality Management System implemented in the refinery.
2003/04 – 2010/06: PROCESS ENGINEER
West Indies Alumina Company (Windalco), Jamaica
• Supervised 104 maintenance contractor employees to successfully completed equipment cleaning and descaling on time to meet refinery start-up.
• Assessed and evaluated operating conditions to ensure that control procedures were pertinent, effectively understood and followed by the operations team.
• Saved $4.5 million whilst leading a cross-functional team of employees from 2006 to 2008 that reduced caustic soda consumption efficiency from 129 to 106 kg/ton hydrate produced.
• Reduced vessel spillages by over 40% due to inadequate flow transfer through the Mud Washing Circuit by carrying out pump evaluations that led to the identification and repairs of poor performing centrifugal pumps.
• Tracked and closed environmental non-conformances and assisted the environmental team with the preparation of regulatory reports as per ISO Environment Management System.
• Reduced production loss by over 3,200 tons yearly after implementing chemical and manual cleaning of filtration screens.
• Increased the quality compliance of alumina specific surface area from 39 to 60% between 2004 and 2006.
• Commissioned the “Vacuum System and Filtrate Pump Projects” for the hydrate pan filters that led to a reduction in soda impurity from 0.38 to 0.3% in the alumina product. Education
1998/09 – 2003/07: BACHELOR’S DEGREE IN CHEMICAL ENGINEERING University of Matanzas, Cuba
Training and Development Courses
12/2013: Process Hazard Analysis for Team Leaders
11/2007: Lean Six Sigma Manufacturing
09/2007: Operations Administration
11/2006: Process Management Analysis and
Improvement
08/2006: Operations Administration
04/2006: Principles and Techniques of
Project Management
09/2005: Statistical Process Control
Application in the Laboratory
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