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P.E.
Sr. Process Engineer
10-year track record of innovation and success in chemical engineering
Highly skilled, results-driven senior chemical/process engineer with a highly successful background in the design and development of highly sophisticated engineering processes. Extensive experience working as a Process Design/ Process Simulation Engineer. Excellent project management talents, with a proven talent for creating and monitoring progress of project schedules for major engineering projects. Able to build, lead and mentor teams of high-performing engineers. Outstanding client relationship and management talents.
Process Simulation & Development / Project Planning & Execution / Project Management / System Start-up, Commissioning, Integration & Troubleshooting
Professional Experience
Sr. Process Engineer, Polyplant Project Inc. (PPP), Burbank, California (2008 – Present)
Principal engineer responsible for process simulation, mechanical process design & development, and project management activities for clients in China, and S. Korea.
Key Achievements:
Performed Project management and coordination with internationally located clients and service providers for engineering project planning such as scope-clarification, kick-off meeting, front end/ detailed engineering proposals including project costing & scheduling, and execution of plant start-up, commissioning, integration and troubleshooting services
Managed multi-disciplinary meetings to negotiate contracts and services for front end engineering design. Project management work included evaluating contracts, cash flows, project reporting, initiation, organization, schedule development, budget development and control, and project closeout.
Wrote proposals, quality management, and schedule management plans for Greenfield petrochemical plants located in China
Performed steady-state, rate-based, and dynamic modeling in ChemCAD and Aspen to prepare heat and mass balances of various unit operations and to size and design multi-component distillation towers, turbo-expansion systems, absorption columns, hydrogen recovery units, strippers, flares, knock-out drums, heat-exchangers, vessels, ASME coded tanks, fluidized bed reactors, line sizing, waste discharge estimation.
Developed Process Flow Diagrams (PFDs), and Piping & Instrumentation diagram (P&IDs).
Evaluated various control loops and instrumentation options for automation of the processes.
Performed pressure vessel, relief valve design, and vessel depressuring using codes such as ASME Section VIII, API 520/521, API 526, API 2000, and OSHA 1910.
Performed preliminary engineering estimates for production of solar grade and electronic grade polysilicon.
Applied knowledge of various other codes and industry standards such as API's, PIP, OSHA, ASME, BS, AS, CS, NFPA 30.
Team Lead/Project Manager, Parsons Corporation, Pasadena, California (2006 – 2008)
Directed operations of Process Design and Mechanical Process Group. Provided supervision and mentoring to a team of ten engineers. Created process flow and piping/instrumentation diagrams. Developed project schedules and allocated resources. Developed and estimate budgets, and tracked Earned Value reporting. Interfaced with clients in gathering requirements and conducting technical assessments.
Key Achievements:
Spearheaded process development, implementation and debottlenecking using steady-state, dynamic and batch simulation software such as Aspen Plus, HYSIS, ChemCAD and Aspen Batch-plus.
Perform dynamic simulation to evaluate various control strategies.
Developed Process Flow Diagrams (PFDs), Piping & Instrumentation diagram (P&IDs), and estimated line sizing and pressure drop calculations.
Designed and developed unit operations such as vacuum distillation towers, absorbers, strippers, pumps, high pressure vessels and storage tanks.
Performed regression analysis for binary interaction parameters for various thermodynamic methods such as NRTL and UNIFAC.
Conducted Failure Mode & Effects Analysis (FMEA), Hazard Operation Analysis (HazOP) and system detailed description (SDD).
Equipment selection and design such as bag house, pulse jet filters, heat exchangers, cooling towers, compressors, and knock-out drums. etc.
Managed operations of Thermox fired heaters for vapor relief discharge at petroleum tank farm facility.
Reviewed basic order agreements and contracts, negotiated costs with service providers, interacted with client
Wrote project preliminary and detailed engineering proposals
Performed cost estimate and resource requirements for process engineering group
Managed process design group for front end and detailed engineering
Sr. Project Engineer, ECM, Costa Mesa, California (2003 – 2006)
Oversaw a team of multidisciplinary engineers. Trained, mentored and monitored performance of team members. Created automation and control functions for extraction systems. Performed analyses to determine process control and instrumentation requirements. Conducted hydraulic calculations and evaluated motor performance curves to finalize systems design.
Key Achievements:
Performed steady-state simulations in Aspen to improve yield, throughput and quality of systems pertaining to petroleum tank farm facilities
Designed and installed temperature-swing adsorption(TSA) units.
Developed Process Flow Diagrams (PFDs), Piping & Instrumentation diagram (P&IDs), As-builts, and estimated line sizing and pressure drop calculations.
Steered automation of systems through the installation of a variety of instrumentation and utilization of Programmable Logic Controllers (PLCs)
Steered design and development of several new processes that led to a significant increase in productivity.
Orchestrated setup of OPC servers & clients, to retrieve real-time system data.
Staff Engineer, ARCADIS, Fullerton, California (2001 – 2003)
Coordinated the design and development of a wide array of complex products. Performed pipe sizing calculations, mass and energy balance, and operated/maintained extraction systems for vapor relief systems. Created detailed technical documentation. Prepared and delivered reports on project progress for management.
Key Achievements:
Played key role in a significant increase of success rate for guaranteed implementation programs.
Performed line size calculations, hydraulic calculations, and mass flow calculations for biochemical processes.
Developed standard operating and start-up procedures for temperature-swing(TSA) and pressure-wing adsorption(PSA) units.
Prepared basis-of-design documents for preliminary and front end engineering.
Conducted design of demister tanks and knock-out tanks for gas liquid separation.
Research Engineer/Associate (1998 – 2001)
Performed chemical process optimizations and auditing for various industries; conducted experiments to develop new biochemical processes;
Key Achievements:
Evaluated treatment of wastewater from Textile and Brewery Industry, and treatment of mixed industrial and municipal wastewater treatment plants.
Conducted Environmental Auditing of Industrial Wastewater in conjunction with the regional water quality control board.
Conducted Performance evaluation of effluent treatment plants, sampled and analyzed wastewater samples, and interacted with client to evaluate industrial waste generation.
Education and Credentials
Master of Science (2001)
University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa
Bachelor of Engineering, Chemical Engineering (1998)
Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar Technological University, Maharashtra, India
Professional Engineering License, Chemical Engineering
State of California (CH 6208)
TRAINING
40-Hour OSHA Hazardous Waste Training (29 CFR 1910.120)
Certificate in Safety, Health, and Risk Program (SHARP) Management
PUBLICATIONS
Gandhi S., Oh B-y, J.L. Schnoor, P.J.J. Alvarez (2001). Iron-enhanced bioremediation of TCE, Cr(VI), sulfate and nitrate mixtures in flow-through columns. Water Research, 36(8) (2002) pp. 1973-1982.
P.J.J. Alvarez, Scherer. M., G.F. Parkin, Gandhi S., Gregory K (2001) Iron-Enhanced Bioremediation of Aquifers contaminated with Chlorinated Solvents, Hexavalent Chromium, and Nitrate. Proc. HSRC Project No 98-1. Kansas City, May 22-2001.
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
National Society of Professional Engineers (NSPE)
American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AICHE)
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