Experience

INEOS Styrolution America LLC

• United States
• Chemical Manufacturing
• 300 - 400 Employee

• Process Engineer

  • Jun 2019 - Present

  Emulsion ABS (2020 - Present)• Supported day to day unit/problem troubleshooting• Prioritized and designed projects to address largest opportunity loss items• Participated in PHA/HAZOP for units to improve and maintain safety standards• Managed commissioning and start-up of various engineering projects• Conducted trials on new materials and materials from new suppliers to improve cost efficiency of product• Planned and executed various MOC's to support operations and improve reliabilityMulti-Unit support (2019 - 2020)• Developed scope and participated in design of 2-Phase Preheater (mABS) • Lead scoping and installation of TDM pump replacement (mABS)• Created scope and basis for new treated water system for site (Utilities) • Performed mass an energy balance on unit to develop % solids predictor (mABS)• Developed Monomer delivery system (Emulsion) • Designed Transition Matrices to track product transitions and identify areas of improvement• Project identification via REL, AVAIL, or OG Opp losses • Maintained SOP review tracking to help ensure procedures were in compliance• Assisted various unit/problem troubleshooting support with unit engineers



BASF

• Germany
• Chemical Manufacturing
• 700 & Above Employee

• Operations Engineer I

  • Oct 2017 - Jun 2019

  Resin R1A, R1B, and Tank Farm Operations Engineer• Led field commissioning and start up of $30MM unit expansion/upgrade• Implemented desired logic in ABB Composer, Control Builder, and batch recipes (Symbatch)• Trained operations personnel on new ABB DCS system (Control Builder) and graphics• Managed commissioning and start-up of various engineering projects• Developed semi-automatic monitoring/recording of system critical time cycle• Supported unit Process Hazard Analyses and Hazard and Operability Studies• Directed day-to-day system and maintenance troubleshooting/improvement activities



The Lubrizol Corporation

• United States
• Chemical Manufacturing
• 700 & Above Employee

• Section Engineer

  • Jun 2015 - Sep 2017

  2016 - 2017: Process 2/3 Section Engineer• Led commissioning and start up of key systems of $65MM unit expansion • Directed Lean Manufacturing Projects• Led scoping of plant nitrogen header and expansion tank• Supported unit Process Hazard Analyses and system Layers of Protection Analyses • Coordinated raw material purchasing and tolling of process through vendor• Organized plant trials of new raw materials and products• Saved $40k annually via energy savings on abatement equipment• Led daily technical and chemical problem solving of system issues• Determined updates for system Material and Energy Balances and capacities• Performed daily walkthroughs to evaluate the safety and ergonomics of operator tasks2015 - 2016: Participated in inaugural Engineering Development Program class and helped plan subsequent classes.



Bosch USA

• United States
• Software Development
• 700 & Above Employee

• Forschungs und Entwicklung Praktikant (Research and Development Co-op)

  • Jan 2014 - Aug 2014

  • Performed both practical and literature research on the many processes associated with lithium ion batteries• Carried out extensive experimental and analytical measurements of lithium ion batteries in laboratory setting• Analyzed, prepared, and interpreted measurements with the aim of developing a model of conduction processes in the electrode



Toyota Motor Corporation

• Motor Vehicle Manufacturing
• 700 & Above Employee

• Customer Quality Services Anti Corrosion Co-op

  • May 2013 - Jul 2013

  • Conducted North American Corrosion Survey which required traveling each week to different Toyota facilities to evaluate field part corrosion• Established and managed database to record and analyze all North American Corrosion Survey information• Led Failure Analyses of field parts and trained other Team Members on Failure Analysis Problem Solving procedure



Toyota Motor Corporation

• Motor Vehicle Manufacturing
• 700 & Above Employee

• Chemical Material Quality Anti Corrosion and Paint Co-op

  • Aug 2012 - Dec 2012

  • Led Failure Analysis of Field Parts to determine root causes of corrosion (First co-op to have report submitted to Japan for design consideration)• Developed Oil & Fluids Material Outline to use as instructional tool and reference document for future Team Members and co-op students• Evaluated Material Test Methods and introduced procedures that produced accurate and precise data



Toyota Motor Corporation

• Motor Vehicle Manufacturing
• 700 & Above Employee

• Chemical Laboratory Operations - Chemical and Metals Co-op

  • Mar 2012 - Jun 2012

  • Led Baseline Materials Study to develop a virtual library used to match materials found in contaminations• Created X-Ray Fluorescence Methods to be used as correlation curves when evaluating phosphate coating weights on cold/hot rolled or galvanized steels• Designed Steel Panel Corrosion Comparison to determine the appearance of different steel types at different time intervals during the corrosion process