Samantha Bonilla
Process Engineer at Irving Tissue- Claim this Profile
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Experience
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Irving Tissue
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Canada
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Paper and Forest Product Manufacturing
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300 - 400 Employee
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Process Engineer
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Apr 2022 - Present
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CEMEX USA
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United States
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Wholesale Building Materials
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700 & Above Employee
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Cement Superintendent
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Apr 2021 - Present
• Controls and leads all steps in the production process for cement milling area in a safe and professional manner in conformance with plant rules, operational instructions, environmental limits, quality standards, and company policies. o Assures training requirements are met for all personnel in their areas, identifies and creates plans for compliance, and delivers training where required. o Assigns, programs, and supervises activities for shift supervisors, establishing priorities for achieving objectives and solving issues or incidents. o In charge of assuring compliance of the correct housekeeping of areas, assigning, supervising, and assuring resources for its continuous improvement. o Leads area meetings, and participates and presents results in plant and other area meetings o Reviews work and vacation schedules. o Covers vacancies for shift supervisors as needed. • Coordinates with maintenance, shipping, and quality control personnel to drive production and optimization of cement products. o Reviews daily production and quality data and analyzes production and operation issues. o Assures operational continuity. o Analyzes, assigns resources, and solves identified problems in area equipment. o Assists key personnel in outage planning and operational scheduling. o Performs root causes analysis to development corrective action and writes technical reports for corporate review. Show less
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CEMEX USA
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United States
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Wholesale Building Materials
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700 & Above Employee
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Quality Coordinator
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Jul 2019 - Jul 2020
Quality lab supervisor. Responsibilities included: - Coordinating with quarry, procurement, and production departments for raw material inventory and chemistry control. - Maintaining, calibrating, and troubleshooting lab and chemistry control equipment (including cross belt and XRF analyzers, vacuums and compressors, pulverizers, etc) - Sampling and testing materials as necessary during normal operation and when performing new material trials. . Quality lab supervisor. Responsibilities included: - Coordinating with quarry, procurement, and production departments for raw material inventory and chemistry control. - Maintaining, calibrating, and troubleshooting lab and chemistry control equipment (including cross belt and XRF analyzers, vacuums and compressors, pulverizers, etc) - Sampling and testing materials as necessary during normal operation and when performing new material trials. .
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Energy Institute of Louisiana
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Lafayette, Louisiana Area
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Research Apprentice
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Aug 2017 - May 2019
● Collaborated with mentors in experimental design for optimized anaerobic digestion ● Communicated with vendors for equipment parts ● Performed microbial fuel cell experiment. This included: Procuring daily gas chromatography samples and troubleshooting as necessary Running liquid chromatography samples ● Collaborated with mentors in experimental design for optimized anaerobic digestion ● Communicated with vendors for equipment parts ● Performed microbial fuel cell experiment. This included: Procuring daily gas chromatography samples and troubleshooting as necessary Running liquid chromatography samples
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Cornerstone Chemical Company
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United States
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Chemical Manufacturing
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100 - 200 Employee
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Chemical Process Engineer Intern
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May 2018 - Dec 2018
● Designed centrifugal pumps by applying simulation and field study ● Revalidated sizes and pressure settings of Pressure Safety Valves (PSVs) on heat exchangers, headers, and pump outlets ● Assessed the heat exposure from the central scrubber flare ● Analyzed an ammonia line piping for pump work optimization ● Utilized Excel and Aspen to simulate material balance of the plant’s carbamate concentration system ● Designed centrifugal pumps by applying simulation and field study ● Revalidated sizes and pressure settings of Pressure Safety Valves (PSVs) on heat exchangers, headers, and pump outlets ● Assessed the heat exposure from the central scrubber flare ● Analyzed an ammonia line piping for pump work optimization ● Utilized Excel and Aspen to simulate material balance of the plant’s carbamate concentration system
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Education
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University of Louisiana at Lafayette
Bachelor’s Degree, Chemical Engineering -
Central Lafourche High School
GPA: 4.0