Specialty Phosphates, Fluorochemicals and Pharmaceutical Intermediates Chemical Engineering Consultant: (1591)
Expertise
- 25 years of chemical engineering experience focused on phosphate chemicals, fine chemicals, pharmaceutical intermediates and fluorochemical manufacturing.
- Experienced commissioning new plants, utility work projects, plant engineering, process development and engineering research and development.
- Prepared feasibility studies for new and modified facilities for producing purified phosphoric acid with a global scope with emphasis on phosphate plant combined heat, power and energy optimization.
- Conducted laboratory programs for PWA plants and high purity phosphoric acid plants for the electronics sector in Asia.
- Provide M&A support in Europe.
- Cost and investment analysis for specialty phosphates chemical production including operating and capital cost estimates and value engineering.
- Carried out the process engineering design for three different sodium phosphate (STP, FP, SHMP) plants in China, prepared bids for a phosphorus byproduct gas clean up, and various site utility and energy optimization studies.
- Carried out the process engineering design of a pharma/dentifrice calcium phosphates plant.
- Served as expert witness in the $300 million FMC case in America.
Experience
Independent Consultant, 2003 - Present
Project Manager - Strategic Projects
- Business development, consultancy, project management and process engineering work.
- Carried out various studies, designs and projects in the U.K., Europe, U.S. and Far East.
- Expert witness work in the U.S.
- Process engineering in China.
Project Manager - Strategic Projects
- Technology and intellectual property aspects of diversity various phosphates businesses including a comprehensive study of phosphates production and technology.
- Advised management members on technology issues of specific M & A projects.
- Phosphate plant closure project.
- Engineering responsibility for plant site decommissioning, demolition and delivery of various supporting projects in Liverpool, Widnes, U.K. and Huelva, Spain.
- Responsible for all capital projects in the global Phosphates Manufacturing Enterprise.
- Carried out feasibility studies for utility optimization and CHP projects in Chicago and Mexico, leading the pre feasibility team for an $80 million purified phosphoric acid project and joint venture in Morocco.
- Responsible for all major projects within A&W Rhodia.
- Manager for the Sahara program, a major change initiative at A&W's largest phosphate production site.
- Responsibilities included: Setting up and working with small operations and process technical teams, on site and working with the water company, compliance with industrial regulations and working with members of government and the environment agency.
- Senior company project manager for all capital projects worldwide.
- Plant Engineer responsible for all engineering aspects of 200k MT/yr vinyl chloride and ethylene dichloride plant, including process engineering, process and energy efficiency improvement and development, plant maintenance capital and special maintenance projects.
- Fluorochemicals, Project Manager, Research and Development, responsible for delivering laboratory, pilot plant and market development scale projects ($100 thousands to several million) to support the Klea business.
- Project Manager, Huddersfield Works, project engineering to develop to fine chemicals, agrochemicals and pharmaceutical intermediates.
Honors & Publications
Academic and Professional Affiliations
- Institute of Mechanical Engineers (MIMechE)
- Chartered Engineer, England
- Engineering Council Diploma in Engineering Management
Education
- M.A. Engineering Science University of Oxford, St Anne's College, U.K.