Nilesh Chavada, *** Fir wood dr., apt: *, Dayton. OH. Mobile # 216-***-**** Email:brte9q@r.postjobfree.com
CHEMICAL ENGINEERING
Master’s in Chemical engineering, with overall 2 years of experience as commissioning engineer with Air Liquide India and 2 years’ experience in Research with University of Dayton Research Institute, looking for a full time/contract position in chemical and affiliated industries. Willing to travel 100 % and will available from January 25th 2012.
Summary:
• Masters in chemical engineering: course work of thermodynamics, mass transfer, heat transfer and strength of materials
• Two years of experience as commissioning engineer with Air Liquide, India in cryogenic air separation plants
• Capability to read and interpret the process flow diagrams (PFD) and piping and instrumentation diagrams (P&ID)
• Excellent understanding of heat and material balance in the plant and equipment such as heat exchangers, distillation columns and evaporators
• Experience in handling the plant from DCS/PLC panels: YOKOGOWA, SIEMENS, HONEYWELL
• Practice of preparing the equipment specifications and writing operating manual for each plant commissioned.
• Ability to work effectively under the stress of tight schedule and shift priorities
• Certified Six Sigma Green Belt holder
Process Engineer
Commissioning Engineer/ Process Engineer Hyderabad. India (07/2006 to 07/2008)
Serve as commissioning engineer with Air Liquide, India. Played the role of commissioning engineer in execution of 3 projects (2 national projects and 1 international project) in cryogenic process. Learned and implemented the techniques for optimization and improvement of plant. Pre-commissioning, commissioning, start-up and trouble shooting of plants is the primary responsibility of the commissioning engineer
Project executed
JINDAL STEEL AND POWER LTD, INDIA & AIR LIQUIDE NORTH INDIA, INDIA
• Acted as liaison between the customer and contractor
• Preparation of ‘As Builds’ P & ID’s of total process plant at particular sites.
• Checking of P & ID’s of Machines such as Compressors, Turbines, Blowers, Centrifugal pumps
• Pneumatic leak checking of Distillation columns, liquid-liquid extractions, Heat exchangers & Condensers
• Deriming of each Equipment, Machineries, and Distillation Columns.
• Commissioning of Cryogenic process plants, machines such as Compressors, Turbines and Blowers etc.
• Commissioning of Plant in Different type mode as per Guaranty.
• Development of Operating & Maintenance Manual of Air Separation plant.
QATAR GAS II PROJECT – CTJV (Chiyoda and Technip joint venture), Doha, QATAR
• First international project executed as commissioning engineer
• Acted as part time instrumentation engineer in completing of project
• Commissioning of ATLAS CAPCO compressor, pumps, turbines
• P&ID check up inside the COLD BOX and filling of wool inside cold box
• Commissioning of plant as per Air Liquide guarantied
• Seven days safety trained from Qatar gas – area such as confined space, ladder climbing, heights
Research Assistant
Research assistant Dayton, Ohio (05/2009 to 12/2009)
Responsible for designing and execution of experiments conducted on daily basis at University of Dayton research institute. Worked on 2 pilot scale reactors for growing of algae
• Research of different types of reactors, such as 100ml reactor (conical flask), 20liters (cylindrical bottle), 200 liters (cylindrical tanks), 3800 liters (PBR-Photo- bioreactor) for algae growth.
• Fixing the carbon-dioxide in algae.
• Tracking the growth of algae by measuring the absorbance using the spectrometer.
• Determine out the most economical method for Harvesting of algae, such as spin dryer, centrifuge.
Green Belt
Six Sigma Green Belt Chance for competitive success, university of Dayton Dayton, Ohio (01/2011 to 05/2011)
Working on the project on “Reduction of Calibration cost “with CAM manufactures, Dayton Ohio. This project is assigned after completion of completion of six sigma training
• Certified Six Sigma Green Belt holder
• Improved the sigma to 4.2 from 2.46 for the project by applying the six sigma tools
• Managed to reduce the calibration cost to 5400$/year to its original cost of 12700$/year
• Handled the project reduction of calibration cost of gauge
Education
UNIVERSITY OF DAYTON
08/2008 – 12/2011 DAYTON.OH
MASTER’s in CHEMICAL ENGINEERING– (3.33/4) HONORS: summer fellowship awards, 2010
OSMANIA UNIVERSITY
08/2002 – 06/2006 HYD, INDIA
BACHELOR’S in CHEMICAL ENGINEERING – (3.25/4)