Experience

ZAP Engineering & Construction Services, Inc.

• United States
• Oil and Gas
• 100 - 200 Employee

• PSV Project Manager

  • Apr 2017 - Present

  ∙ Manage relief system compliance studies at a variety of facilities, including compressor stations, gas plants and well-pad facilities.∙ Generate proposals, define and manage scope, schedule & budget, coordinate project needs between client & project/process engineers, develop QA/QC tools & procedures, and review applicable code and industry standards & guidelines.∙ Modify in-house proprietary PSV sizing calculation tool utilizing visual basic for applications (VBA) in Excel, as well as other internal ZAP standards and calculations.

• Process Engineer

  • Apr 2012 - Apr 2017

  Relief System Studies:∙ Completed relief device sizing calculations, mitigations, and flare header/piping hydraulics for relief system compliance studies at a variety of facilities, including compressor stations, gas plants and well-pad facilities.∙ Constructed highly branched collection header networks, consisting of multiple relieving points (>100), within proprietary spreadsheets, Aspen Flare System Analyzer, and UniSim Flare and evaluated simulated hydraulics.∙ Evaluated flare and knockout vessel design per GPSA guidelines.∙ Specified replacement and/or modified relief devices, piping and equipment meeting API, OSHA, ASME, NFPA and client standards.∙ Developed and modified in-house proprietary PSV sizing calculation tool utilizing visual basic for applications (VBA) in Excel.∙ Involved in sizing or checking of >2,000 relief devices.Compressor Station/Process Plant∙ Provided engineering support for brownfield refrigeration gas plant upgrades (80 MMscfd) and multiple greenfield compressor stations (48 - 60 MMscfd).∙ Coordinated with ZAP project management and client to develop and modify piping & instrumentation and process flow diagrams.∙ Generated equipment datasheets &d specifications for quotation and/or purchase.∙ Completed detailed process modelling (Aspen HYSYS, Honeywell UniSim, Symmetry, ProMax) of refrigeration and cryogenic gas processing facilities and compressor stations.



Gevo, Inc.

• United States
• Renewables & Environment
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Process Engineer

  • May 2011 - Feb 2012

  ∙ Developed and optimized process simulation for corn ethanol facility (Aspen Plus).∙ Generated process and block flow diagrams (PFD/BFD) for ethanol and isobutanol process.∙ Supported pilot plant demonstration of isobutanol production from proprietary yeast. ∙ Developed and optimized process simulation for corn ethanol facility (Aspen Plus).∙ Generated process and block flow diagrams (PFD/BFD) for ethanol and isobutanol process.∙ Supported pilot plant demonstration of isobutanol production from proprietary yeast.



Chevron Phillips Chemical Company

• United States
• Chemical Manufacturing
• 700 & Above Employee

• Process Engineer

  • Nov 2008 - Mar 2011

  ∙ Responsible for production of racing fuels, reference fuels, specialty gasoline and jet fuels (bulk and bench scale).∙ Point of contact for product management, sales & customer service, technical services and a variety of customers to develop specialty made-to-order fuels blends.∙ Implemented large scale production of racing fuel (1.32 MMgal/year target)∙ Coordinated with regulatory agencies (EPA and CARB) by submitting reports and compliance documentation, particularly with regards to the RFG and RFS programs.

• Operations Engineer

  • Jul 2008 - Nov 2008

  ∙ Provided engineering support on HDPE extruder lines, especially following Hurricane Ike.

• Process Engineer

  • Jun 2007 - Jul 2008

  ∙ Supported unit production as lead engineer and maintenance and operations liaison, responsible for day-to-day unit operations, providing engineering expertise, technical content and recommendations.∙ Completed process modeling and economic analyses for developmental products.∙ Participated in safety management process, including management of change (MOC), incident investigation, PHA, and mandatory and voluntary audits (OSHA, VPP, and NEP).∙ Familiar with batch distillation and reactions.