Chemical Engineer Consultant: Pharmaceutical, Biotechnology and Polymer Facilities (1144)
Expertise
Chemical engineer and lead process engineer with experience in chemical, petrochemical, pharmaceutical and biotech industries.
Chemical engineering design and simulation software such as Aspen Plus, Simmsci, Hysis, HTRI, Chemcad, Qeustimate.
Design of relief systems for runaway reactions, two-phase and all vapor flow as per DIERS methods.
Air and water pollution control and engineered environmental systems.
Engineered facilities for waste minimization and hazardous waste treatment.
Process Safety management, Process Hazard Analysis.
Familiar with cGMP and validation.
Project experience with:
Acrylates (UCB)
Alkylates, Ethoxylates, Surfactants (GAF)
Antioxidants, Phenolic Resins (Sherwin Williams)
Biotech (Amgen), Biotech (Celltech)
Biotech (Vaccines, USP/WFI Water, Diagnostics – Amvax, Genzyme, Warner ~Lambert, Ciba Corning)
Bulk Pharmaceuticals (Sandoz, Pfizer)
Atochem
Fluorocarbons & Elastomers (DuPont)
Petroleum Additive (Mobil Chemicals)
Petroleum Condensate Recovery (Gulf)
Pigments (Ciba)
Printer Inks (DuPont)
PTFE (DuPont)
Refinery Projects (Mobil)
SMA Engineering Polymers
Solvents, Coatings, Hazardous Waste Treatment
Experience
Independent Consultant and Chemical Engineer, 2003 – Present
Amgen -- Senior Process Engineer. Commissioned equipment in the downstream purification section. Wrote test plans and tested equipment such as ultra filters and chromatography columns.
Jacobs -- Senior Process Engineer. Process engineering for the clean fuels project at the Conoco Philips refinery in Linden, NJ. Performed process engineering calculations for the various desulfurization units for diesel and gasoline.
Bechtel -- Senior Engineer. Engineering at the high level radioactive waste treatment plant at Richland, Wa. Developed PFD’s and heat and mass balance calculations for the vitrification plant. Checked simulation results.
Employment
BE&K Delaware 2000 - 2002
Lead process engineer for a pilot plant for printer inks at DuPont Marshall Labs, Philadelphia. Directed all process engineering work and the design of relief systems. Participated in process hazard analysis.
Lead process engineer for the PEA acrylate expansion project for UCB Chemicals, North Augusta, SC. Designed agitated jacketed vessels for batch heat transfer and the cooling water system. Designed safety relief systems for runaway reactions and two phase flow systems in large reactors using DIERS methodology using Aspen Plus. Provided detailed documentation.
Area lead process engineer for a DuPont Elastomer project. Handled process design and process simulation using Aspen Plus for the Compressor, monomer feed and recovery systems involving multiple monomers. Sized vaporizers and condensers for multicomponent systems. Developed process data sheets for all process equipment and instruments.
Fluor Daniel 1996 - 2000
Area lead process engineer for a biotech project for Amgen Colorado. Responsible for the centrifuging, chromatography and HCN treatment areas. Developed P&IDs and preliminary data sheets. Did heat transfer calculations for the fermenter.
Lead Process Engineer for a emulsions project for Eastman Kodak. Supervised all process engineering work and engineers. Developed scope of work. Designed the USP water system.
Area lead process engineer for the pigments project for Ciba Geigy. Was responsible for the process design of two reactors, Nutsch filtration system and two distillation columns. Used Aspen Plus for simulating batch distillation columns. Developed process flow diagrams and heat / material balances. Designed the hot oil system. Was responsible for P&IDs, estimating utility requirements, process calculations, data sheets/specs for process equipment. Performed detailed heat transfer calculations for agitated jacketed vessels. Used Questimate in conjunction with Simsci to develop cost estimate for a gulf based petroleum condensate project. Also used in-house software for generating equipment arrangement schemes.
BE&K Delaware 1997 -1996
Area lead process engineer for the polymerization section of PTFE project for DuPont. Developed process flow diagrams and heat/material balances, as well as all process engineering work. Supervised engineers. Prepared lead scope of work for CAC estimate. Prepared detailed heat transfer calculations for the polymerization reactor. Optimized steam/air ratio for the polymer dryer. Designed the polymerization reactor heating/cooling loop. Participated in process hazard, safety interlock, environmental and containment reviews. Did detailed production design including vendor data review and selection, quotation analysis, PDMS model reviews, instrument data sheets, pump and relief system analysis. Developed guidelines for process calculations including process and utility line sizing. Started up the process.
Lead process engineer with complete responsibility for the process design and engineering of a pilot plant for the manufacture of SMA based engineering polymers for Elf Atochem.
McClier Corporation 1994
Contract assignment as a senior process engineer for the detailed process design and engineering of a Biotech project for Celltech Biologicals in New Hampshire.
Developed P&IDs, data sheets and mechanical specs for process equipment such as fermenters, disk centrifuge, ultra filtration units, chromatography columns.
Designed USP / WFI water systems, CIP, Neutralization, Biokill and utility systems. Started up the system.
Quasar Engineering 1992 - 1993
Senior process engineer/area lead engineer. Conceptual, preliminary and/or detailed engineering for a number of Biotech projects for Amvax, Genzyme, Warner Lambert and Ciba Corning.
Work included the preparation of PFD’s, P&ID’s and equipment data sheets/specs for media and buffer preparation, fermentation, harvesting, centrifuging and ultrafiltration, downstream processing including chromatography, USP / WFI systems, CIP, Biokill and utility systems.
United Engineers & Contractors 1989 - 1992
Area lead engineer. Conceptual, preliminary and detailed engineering for biotech, bulk pharmaceutical, chemical and refinery projects for the following clients: Sandoz, Pfizer, Mobil Oil and Mobil Chemicals.
Designed two distillation columns for solvent recovery from multicomponent mixtures, a pervaporation system for separation of azeotropic mixtures containing water and mixed organics and utility systems involving chilled / tempered and hot glycol and Dowtherm for a $250 million pharmaceutical project.
Simulated a naphtha stabilizer and sour water stripper for H2S removal and a Dodecyl Phenol production unit. Used Simsci and Chemcad for the design and simulation of distillation columns.
GAF Corporation 1985 - 1989
Senior process/project engineer working on onceptual design through start up of a number of plant projects.
Prepared capital cost estimates using Questmate and prepared capital cost estimates for plant projects for authorization.
Supervised the work of outside contractors. Process design for alkylation and ethoxylation processes for surfactants.
Sized emergency relief valves using DIERS methods and developed a continuous process for making alkyl phenols.
Sherwin Williams 1981 - 1985
Group supervisor/production manager. responsible for the process/project engineering of the BHT expansion project including start up and trouble shooting.
Process engineering for the manufacture of phenol formaldehyde resins coatings and emulsion polymers. Managed the production of the antioxidant unit.
Recipient of a merit award for $4,000 for making a number of process improvements to increase yield, reduce cost and increasing the yield.
Barker Chemicals (McKesson Corporation) 1970 - 1981
Process engineer/senior process engineer and designed, installed and started up a number of projects for the production of solvents, recovery of solvents, production of coatings and hazardous waste treatment. The processes included distillation, recovery of solvents from waste streams, esterification, dehydration with molecular sieves, carbon adsorption, reduction reaction for color stabilization and fixation of wastes using silicates.
Education
M.S., Chemical Engineering, University of Cincinnati
M.S., Chemical Engineering Operations, Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay
B. S., Chemical Engineering/Chemistry, University of Bombay