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| Desired Industry: Manufacturing |
SpiderID: 10280 |
| Desired Job Location: Greenville, South Carolina |
Date Posted: 12/10/2006 |
| Type of Position: Full-Time Permanent |
Availability Date: 1/2007 |
| Desired Wage: 65000 |
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U.S. Work Authorization: Yes |
| Job Level: Experienced with over 2 years experience |
Willing to Travel: Yes, Less Than 25% |
| Highest Degree Attained: Masters |
Willing to Relocate: Yes |
Objective:
To obtain a job that can utilize my chemical engineering background and education.
Experience:
Oct’06 to now FLUOR DANIEL ENGINEERING Greenville, SC
Process Engineer II (on contract) – Frito-Lay Pepsico Group
• Supervise draftsmen on P&ID, GA’s and Process Flow Diagrams with AutoCAD 2007 for line expansions for Pepsico Frito-Lay Plants including “Sunchips” and Baked Potato Chips in Perry, GA and Frankfort, IN. Review and develop equipment specification & lists (MS Access), scope of work, and process documentation.
Feb’06 to Sep’06 AMEC ENGINEERING Greenville, SC
Process Engineer (on contract)
• Build P&ID, GA’s and Process Flow Diagrams with AutoCAD 2006 for a 1.5 million gal/yr Ethanol Demonstration Plant (Biorefinery). Develop equipment specification and process documentation.
• Support design, procurement & expediting for an $8.8 million line expansion at Cytec Carbon Fibers. Led bid studies for cooling towers, engines, heat exchangers, pumps and process equipment.
Aug’05 to Dec’05 JACOBS ENGINEERING GROUP Greenville, SC
Chemical Process Engineer - Engineering Office
• Investigated two production lines to be replaced with new equipment for higher production demand of fiberglass insulation. Researched current equipment in use and utility requirements (compressors, cooling water, pumping systems, raw material handling).
Nov’99 to Mar’05 KRAFT FOODS INC East Hanover, NJ
Project Engineer II – (Corporate) R&D Technical Center
• Led the process development work on area funded projects for the 9 Northeast Plants in the Cheese & Yogurt, Beverages & Desserts, and Confectionary Sectors. Specific responsibilities include documenting the Executive Summary (scope, justification, estimate), Capital Appropriation Request, and FEL (front-end loading) forms.
• Researched an on-line heating process for Yogurt fill cups to keep product warm enough as per Quality specs and prevent product wastage in case of Filler downtime. Improved OEE for Filling and Packaging equipment.
• Support project budgeting by inputting cashflow, priority level, capital approval date, scope, status data into the SQL Database to support funding and approval timeline for new & future projects.
• Led a cost reduction to retrofit an idle boiler to be used as primary for saturated steam supply at lower pressure to meet winter production requirements. Researched cost of refractory & convection tubes, removal of superheater, set up of refractory, and modifications to make-up & feedwater pumping system.
• Documented the packing film for yogurt cups at the North Lawrence, NY facility to reduce downtime and improve sealing onto cups for proper labeling.
• Six months as an Area Buyer for material handling; worked with vendors, supported US and Canada Plants using ARIBA, approved purchase requisitions, developed lease vs buy analysis, purchase orders, bid reviews.
• Researched a new RO (reverse osmosis) pilot test for Capri-Sun and Kool-Aid waste sludge that reduced disposal cost. Investigated membranes & maintenance costs to concentrate scrap juice to 25% solids.
• Worked on installing Labellaire printing equipment for Now-n-Later confectionary facility in Brooklyn, NY, and worked with various printing vendors to run demo work on-site.
Jul’98 to Feb’99 SGL CARBON GROUP INC. Valencia, CA
Plant Line Engineer – Carbon Composites Plant
• Optimized production process through monitoring line improvements & defects, analyzing process data and using Statistical Process Control (SPC) data techniques (SAS).
• Researched a lab scale washing-drying test on carbon fabric that helped reduce defect count, and generated higher productivity after an on-line washing modification.
Nov’96 to Apr’98 MOBIL OIL CORPORATION Karachi, Pakistan
Project Engineer – Technical Sales, Corporate Office
• Analyzed demand data for lubricants and OEM requirements. Researched new oil testing procedures and product quality standards that supported a used oil preventive maintenance program.
Nov’93 to Apr’95 CALTEX PETROLEUM CORPORATION Karachi, Pakistan
Technical Marketing Manager (promoted) – Corporate Operations
• Performed economic evaluations of new & current industrial & automotive lubricants using EXCEL, Word.
• Monitored inventory of additives, base oils, and equipment to keep ongoing production, and communicated with vendors to stock adequate raw material and equipment for production runs.
PROCTER & GAMBLE COMPANY Cincinnati, OH
Summer 1990 R & D Intern – US Foods Technical Center
• Led a process flow study (shearing rates, viscosity, PSD) on peanut butter & developed prototypes for “Jif” and “Jif Light” in pilot plant. Conducted sensory panel evaluation and presented findings to R&D.
Spring 1988 R & D Intern – International Technical Center Cincinnati, OH
• Developed new skin cream formulations, researched in-vitro testing & affects of active ingredients on product quality (pH, color, viscosity, stability). Presented findings to US and Japanese R&D counterparts.
Education:
CORNELL UNIVERSITY Ithaca, NY
• Master of Chemical Engineering - Aug 1992
Researched and developed a spray drying process to recover sellable calcium chloride from a waste sludge for Kodak Environmental. Research succeeded in reducing BOD to permit levels for wastewater effluent.
• Graduate Dean Certificate in Engineering Management
Statistical Analysis, Data Modeling, Risk Assessment, Polymer Research
• Bachelor of Chemical Engineering – Aug 1991
• GPA 3.1 / 4.0
Honors: Graduate Chemical Engineering Scholarship, English Scholarship, Magna Cum Laude, Dean’s List
Skills:
• LotusNotes, EXCEL, AutoCAD 2007, Aspen-Plus (Icarus) simulation, MS Project, MS Access, ASP 2.0 web development, plan on PE registration ’06, speak some Spanish, & French, avid golfer, weightlifting, soccer & jogging.
Reference:
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