Experience

PBF Energy

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

• Corrosion and Materials Engineer

  • Jul 2023 - Present

  • Provide materials selection recommendations for new projects, maintenance work and T/As. • Review and approve project Material Selection Reports. • Reviewing and approving inspection strategies including cathodic protection, chemical additions for corrosion control, and Process Hazard Analysis. • Monitoring effectiveness of corrosion control programs ensuring they meet all regulatory requirements (Process Safety Management) and ensure that Integrity Operating Windows (IOWs) are appropriate under current and changing operating conditions. • Manage and lead the corrosion management program (Corrosion Control Documents/Damage Mechanism Review) and provide overall technical assurance for this program, including routine and during changes. • Provides review and approval of welding procedures for use on repairs and new construction, including filler metal, heat treatment and WPS/PQRs. • Reviews and audits to ensure compliance with specification of material identification, material handling, welder qualification, and welder conformance, identifying need for corrective action as necessary • Support PEI Inspectors to analyze corrosion defects and provide materials recommendations based on inspection findings. • Coordinate independent lab failure analysis work. • Revising (redlining changes & revalidations) corrosion control documents (CCDs) to reflect materials changes to equipment and piping. • Maintaining redline changes and working with drafting staff and PEI Inspectors to maintain updates of the Corrosion & Materials Diagrams (CMDs). Show less



Vysus Group (Formerly Lloyd's Register Energy Americas)

• United States

• Corrosion Engineer

  • Nov 2020 - Jun 2023

  Formerly known as Lloyd's Register Energy Americas: • Performing remaining life assessments using process corrosion, susceptible and identified damage mechanisms and inspection performed as basis for identifying likelihood of failure and recommending preventative maintenance to stretch the life of the asset and lower the risk as well• Identifying corrosion damage mechanisms and rates including risk assessments in refineries, gas plants and petrochemical units • Involved in conducting Independent Third-Party reviews in assessing material requirements for Deepwater Drilling programs and writing reports for Regulatory Approvals required by Clients • Perform Type Approval work for subsea and Deepwater components such as Flexible Pipe and reviewed work for HIC/SSC and fracture mechanics testing. • Conducting failure investigation on refinery and chemical plant related units for ferrous and non-ferrous material failures. • Very well familiar with operations, materials selection and corrosion aspects for various refinery and petrochemical units such as Crude Unit, Acid/Sour Gas removal, Ammonia Cooling, Coke/Coal Gasification, Gas Processing and Fractionation Units, Butamer, Light Ends Distillation, Hydro Dearomatization, Amine Unit, Merox Unit, and polypropylene synthesis. Show less



Lloyd's Register

• United Kingdom
• Public Safety
• 700 & Above Employee

• Corrosion Engineer

  • Jun 2016 - Nov 2020

  Corrosion Engineer with Duties of: • Performing remaining life assessments using process corrosion, susceptible and identified damage mechanisms and inspection performed as basis for identifying likelihood of failure and recommending preventative maintenance to stretch the life of the asset and lower the risk as well. • Identifying corrosion damage mechanisms and rates including risk assessments in refineries, gas plants and petrochemical units • Involved in conducting Independent Third-Party reviews in assessing material requirements for Deepwater Drilling programs and writing reports for Regulatory Approvals required by Clients • Perform Type Approval work for subsea and Deepwater components such as Flexible Pipe and reviewed work for HIC/SSC and fracture mechanics testing. • Conducting failure investigation on refinery and chemical plant related units for ferrous and non-ferrous material failures. • Very well familiar with operations, materials selection and corrosion aspects for various refinery and petrochemical units such as Crude Unit, Acid/Sour Gas removal, Ammonia Cooling, Coke/Coal Gasification, Gas Processing and Fractionation Units, Butamer, Light Ends Distillation, Hydro Dearomatization, Amine Unit, Merox Unit, and polypropylene synthesis Show less



SK E&C USA, Inc

• Houston, Texas.

• Materials Mechanical Engineer

  • Oct 2012 - May 2016

  • Materials engineer in-charge of preparation of Materials Selection Diagram (MSD) and Material Selection Report (MSR) for Refinery, Gasification, Ethylene Glycol synthesis and Gas Processing (LNG / LPG) based plants for treatment, purification, liquefaction and utilities units. • Relay the MSD and MSR to Process Engineering and Piping Departments for the MTO Requirement in conjunction with review of Piping Material Specification. • Responsible for specifying the ASME Section II A & B specifications in MST (Materials Selection Table) in order to assist responsible engineers in their datasheet creation for materials for their equipment. • Responsible for selection of non-metallic materials, equipment / piping requiring Cathodic Protection, determining the corrosion mitigation methodology for reinforcement corrosion protection, selection of appropriate paint specs for equipment and relaying it to responsible engineers via Material Selection Table. • Pressure Vessels design and calculations using COMPRESS and PV Elite 3D modelling to satisfy their Internal Pressure, External Pressure, Wind and Seismic requirements and base plate calculations. • Prepare Technical Requisitions for Inquiry and Purchase as required. • Perform Technical Bid Evaluations on equipment under bidding and participate in bid conditioning or kick-off meetings as necessary. • Involved with Vendor Document Review to ensure that critical quality and material performance related documents are in compliance prior to the approval for fabrication. These documents include but not limited to welding procedures, post weld stress relieve procedure, non-destructive testing procedures, material cleaning and surface passivation procedures, pressure testing procedure for pressure retaining components. Show less



Bechtel Corporation

• United States
• Construction
• 700 & Above Employee

• Materials Engineer

  • Apr 2012 - Oct 2012

  Job Responsibilities: •Review of Vendor Documents containing test procedures such as PMI, Hydrotest, Pneumatic testing, Material Traceability, Heat treatment/PWHT procedures. •Assignment of relevant codes to the documents to return to supplier after matching with appropriate applied industry and project specifications. •Review of supplier material specs including flanges, fitting and pipes of carbon and stainless steel for production of product as desired by Bechtel. •Review of Material Requisitions for piping. •Reviewing General Arrangement Drawings and matching Material of Construction information with Mechanical Data Sheets and Material Selection Diagrams. Show less



Steel Industries

• United States
• Aviation and Aerospace Component Manufacturing
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Plant Metallurgist

  • Jun 2007 - Apr 2012



Engg

• Research Assistant

  • Jun 2005 - May 2007

  Projects accomplished: - Fabrication, testing and property analysis of composite tube for sports application Evaluated Mode I, Mode II and Mixed Mode interlaminar fracture toughness enhancement due to toughened polymer-matrix material; Evaluated mechanical properties of newly developed braided composites sponsored by Bell Helicopter. Projects accomplished: - Fabrication, testing and property analysis of composite tube for sports application Evaluated Mode I, Mode II and Mixed Mode interlaminar fracture toughness enhancement due to toughened polymer-matrix material; Evaluated mechanical properties of newly developed braided composites sponsored by Bell Helicopter.



Freemans Measures Limited

• D Engineer

  • Jul 2001 - Dec 2002

  Coordinated with experienced team of engineers and designed polymer coating to enhance finish and durability of measuring tape. Coordinated with experienced team of engineers and designed polymer coating to enhance finish and durability of measuring tape.



Windsor Packaging Limited

• Intern

  • Jul 2000 - Dec 2000

  Modified existing boiler thereby saving fuel and bringing cost effectiveness in the process. Optimization in steam transportation for injection molding unit. Gained experience in process of injection molding of Expandable Poly-Styrene. Modified existing boiler thereby saving fuel and bringing cost effectiveness in the process. Optimization in steam transportation for injection molding unit. Gained experience in process of injection molding of Expandable Poly-Styrene.