Experience

PBF Energy

• United States
• Oil and Gas
• 700 & Above Employee

• Lead Process Engineer

  • Oct 2019 - Present

  o Managed 4 Junior engineers providing job and technology training, quality oversight, stewarding deliverables, staffing turnarounds, approving time off scheduleso Provided process support for Safety and Environmental groupso Stewarded process modeling improvement to aid Economics LP updateso Led a Best Practices Network for Sulfur Plants and Naphtha Reforming. Site rep for Hydroprocessing and Fluid Coking networks.

• Process Engineer

  • Aug 2013 - Oct 2019

  - Unit Process Engineer (Del City, 2017-2019)o Fluid Coker and Cansolv SO2 Flue Gas Scrubbingo Reviewed daily unit performance, troubleshooting, wrote monthly monitoring reports, CCR and fixed bed catalyst management, Optimized unit conditions and economicso Turnarounds scope development, inspection, meetings and report writing for the above units and FCC, Sulf Acid Alkyo Improved the rare hydrolancing procedure and equipment for online cyclone cleaningo Cost reduction for Cansolv amine salt removal by stewarding vendor’s rental dialysiso Participated in Guide Word HAZOP 5 year revalidation with LOPA- Unit Process Engineer (Paulsboro)o Naphtha Hydrotreater, CCR Reformer, Cracked Naphtha Hydroteater, Diesel Hydrotreater, Sulfur Plant and SCOT Tailgas, Sour Water Stripper, Amine Regenerationo Catalyst bid review, selection, loading, start up and performance monitoring.o Turnarounds scope development, inspection, meetings and report writing for the above units and FCC, Sulf Acid Alky Show less



ExxonMobil Research & Engineering

• Fairfax, VA

• Process Design Engineer

  • Aug 2001 - Aug 2013

  - Process Design Team Lead o Lubes Dewaxing Unit Revamp FEED (2012-2013 for a refinery in Texas) Roles: Defined schedule and roles for 6 member team, trained new team members, Heat & Material Balance simulation, equipment study and design, created P&IDs, wrote operating guide, interfaced with refinery team to resolve technical and cost revamp complexities, Knowledge Based Pre-HAZOP with existing facilities risk considerations. Scope: Modified/replaced reactor internals, catalyst change, internals and nozzle changes in vacuum stripper/dryer, 8 new exchangers, assessed 16 existing exchangers, 5 new pump services, assessed recip compressors, instrumentation control philosophy, sized new vessels, rated existing vessels, analyzed design temp and pressure, relief valve sizing, specified emergency shutdown systems with depressure calcs, set availability targets. Efforts for the following are similar to above: o Hydrogen Recovery and Compression Grassroots (2010-2011 for a Saudi Arabia refinery o Naphtha Fractionation Revamp (2009 for a Saudi Arabia refinery) o Fluid Cat Cracker Fractionator Revamp (2007-2008 for a Thailand refinery) o Sour Water Stripper Revamp (2007-2008 for a Thailand refinery) - Process Safety Engineer o Liquid Overfill Guide and Gap Assessment (2007) o Condensable Blowdown System Study (2007) - Process Designer o Gas To Liquids Lubes Reaction Process FEL (2005-2007) for a proposed facility in Qatar o Lubes Vacuum Distillation Unit FEED (2004-2005 for a refinery in Taiwan) o Process Designer for NOx Reduction in FCC flue gas (2002-2003 for a refinery in Texas) o Delayed Coker Commission and StartUp (2001 for a refinery in Texas) Show less



Powder Coatings Company

• Reading, Pennsylvania, United States

• R&D Intern

  • 1999 - 2000

  Small batch mixing, extruding, and testing to improve silicone coatings performance. Small batch mixing, extruding, and testing to improve silicone coatings performance.