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Rio Grande Do Sul, Brazil

Porto Alegre, Rio Grande Do Sul, Brazil

In my current role as Process Engineer and Technical Leader, I specialize in leading furnace optimization projects. My primary objective is to enhance the performance of PID controllers by fine-tuning control loops within furnaces and adjusting the production processes to minimize gas consumption.My key responsibilities include:• Conducting critical analyses of process production,• Providing optimization suggestions• Analyzing and tuning PID controllers to ensure optimal furnace performance. • Developing and analyzing automated Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) using Power BI• Facilitating training sessions for operational and mechanical teams on process and control loop aspects• Leading technical meetings and project follow-ups• Schedule controlMy overarching goal in this role is to optimize furnace production by reducing combustible gas consumption and maintaining well-adjusted control loops, achieving an optimal and efficient furnace process.

Passo Fundo, Rio Grande Do Sul, Brazil

As a Process Engineer in the Engineering and R&D sector at Be8 Energy, my focus evolved projects to the establishment of new industrial units for the company. I played a crucial role in collaborating with international technology firms and construction contractors for the projects to the installation of industrial facilities.Key Responsibilities:• Process Analysis: Conducting analyses of processes.• Preliminary Designs: Creating initial process designs, including P&IDs and PFDs.• Balances: Elaborating mass and energy balances.• Risk Assessment: Performing risk assessments.• Simulations: Conducting simulations of simple processes to improve process studies.• Project Monitoring: Tracking CapEx and OpEx for ongoing projects.• Assessments: Conducting preliminary CapEx and OpEx assessments for new industrial units.• Support for Studies: Providing essential process-oriented support for environmental and social impact studies and carbon intensity calculation.• Contract Management: Crafting requisitions for service contracts and managing contractual aspects for services such as hot commissioning, owner's engineering, and operation and maintenance.My tenure at Be8 Energy has allowed me to apply and improve my process engineering expertise effectively, contributing significantly to project and the sustainable development of industrial units.

Passo Fundo, Rio Grande Do Sul, Brazil

In my role within the Advanced Biofuels sector at BSBIOS, I focused on the strategic engineering aspects of the company, particularly in the implementation of the OMEGA GREEN project, slated for installation in Paraguay for the production of renewable aviation fuel and diesel.My primary objective was to ensure the project's continuity and adherence to key assumptions. My key responsabilities:• Conducing technical evaluations of industrial process designs (P&ID and PFD)• Technically, commercially and contractual evaluating for operational, maintenance, and hot commissioning services for the future facility.• Participating of technical meetings with the technologist companies to discuss the future industrial process• Technical support to the company's socio-environmental efforts by providing technical information to ensure the project aligns with international environmental policies. My contributions aimed to guarantee the process success and environmental compliance of the OMEGA GREEN project, showcasing my commitment to sustainable practices within the biofuels industry.

São Paulo, Brazil

I served as a Junior Financial Analyst within Braskem's Risk and Business Analytics team at the São Paulo/SP office. In this role, my primary responsibilities centered around the control, analysis, and monitoring of risks associated with financial operations across Braskem's units in Brazil, Netherlands, United States, and Mexico.To streamline and enhance routine activities related to financial risk mitigation, I implemented automation solutions using Microsoft Excel, employing computer languages such as Office Visual Basic for Applications and Python. Additionally, I created interactive Dashboards in Power BI to facilitate the easy and visual monitoring of the historical data of operations.In addition to my technical contributions, I actively engaged in business analysis, employing statistical methods to identify strategic insights within various areas, including Treasury, Logistics, and Raw Materials. This experience allowed me to play a key role in fortifying risk management practices and contributing to informed decision-making within Braskem's dynamic financial landscape.

Rio Grande Do Sul, Brazil

I did an internship in the production engineering of the Eteno Verde plant, with support to the Olefins 1 and 2 plants, at Braskem, Triunfo / RS unit. During this period, I supported the engineering team, looking for solutions that add reliability and efficiency to processes. I was responsible for the monthly closing of production balances, process efficiency indicators, consumption of chemicals, generation of effluents, atmospheric emissions and alarm systems. I created the screens in Power BI for the management in sight of information relevant to production. I supported the study and implementation of a new cleaning process for a tower at the Eteno Verde plant, with a focus on reducing the risk of exposure to people and facilitating the cleaning of the equipment. I was support for the creation of the Corrosion Control Document (CCD), with information on the production of Olefins 2 and Green Ethene plants. Contributes to the monitoring of heat exchangers at the Olefinas 1 plant, with a focus on asset management and reliability. I developed a project to implement a performance indicator in the cooling water tower of the Eteno Verde plant, in order to identify possible operational disturbances in the equipment. The area also provided me with an interface with the areas of Operation, Process Engineering, Maintenance, Production Planning, Automation, Instrumentation, HSE (Health, Safety and Environment) and Industrial Performance Management.

Ijuí, Rio Grande Do Sul, Brasil

I did an internship during the academic vacation period at Cervejaria Ijuhy, which produces draft beer. In this experience, I was able to follow all the company's procedures, from brewing, care with fermentation, cleaning and homogenization, as well as labeling and bottling.

Santa Maria, Rio Grande Do Sul, Brazil

Responsible for organizing group meetings, as well as integrations, training and participation.

Santa Maria, Rio Grande Do Sul, Brasil

The Espaço CrEativo is a teaching project linked to the Chemical Engineering course at the Federal University of Santa Maria, which consists of a discussion space in order to connect the different parts of Chemical Engineering at the Federal University of Santa Maria (Faculty, Students, EPEQ and DAEQ) and his ideas to transform them into just one unit: Chemical Engineering. Thus, promoting the better understanding of students not linked in any of the groups about the reality of the institution, as well as assisting in the solution of general problems and communication between the segments involved.

Santa Maria, Rio Grande Do Sul, Brasil

Espaço CrEativo organized a project entitled "Prototyping heat exchangers through 3D printing: an innovation in teaching strategy in the chemical engineering course at UFSM". In this project, I was tutor of two groups, assisting them in the use of the SolidWorks tool, for the design of a heat exchanger, guiding as to the equipment sizing calculations and assisting with the project activities.

Santa Maria, Rio Grande Do Sul

During this period of scientific initiation, I participated in a project that aims to produce low-cost adsorbents from agro-industrial waste to remove pollutants in wastewater through the adsorption process.During this period, the following works were published:- Utilização do char da casca de noz pecã para a remoção de cromo VI am águas residuais. In: 32º Jornada Acadêmica Integrada, 2017.- Iron-based adsorbent prepared from Litchi peel biomass via pyrolysis process for the removal of pharmaceutical pollutant from synthetic aqueous solution. In: Environmental Science and Pollution Research International, 2017. - Utilização do char proveniente de resíduo de cama aviário como adsorvente na remoção de Cr (VI) em águas residuais. In: XXII Congresso Brasileiro de Engenharia Química, 2018.- PRODUÇÃO DE BIOCHAR A PARTIR DA PIRÓLISE DE BIOMASSAS E SUA APLICAÇÃO COMO ADSORVENTE. In: 12° Encontro Brasileiro de Adsorção, 2018.- BIOCHAR PECAN NUTSHELL VIA PYROLYSIS FOR USE AS AN ADSORBENT: AN APPLIED STUDY FOR THE REMOVAL OF HEXAVALENT CHROMIUM. In: LAAR - Latin American Applied Research, 2020.

Santa Maria, Rio Grande Do Sul

During this period, I worked in scientific initiation in the area of ​​use of solid waste by means of pyrolysis with the main objective of evaluating the potential of energy use of different samples of solid waste through pyrolysis reactions aiming at the production of char. During this period, the following works were presented:- CARACTERIZAÇÃO DO RESÍDUO AGROINDUSTRIAL CASCA DE NOZ PECÃ PARA FINS DE APROVEITAMENTO ENERGÉTICO. In: VIII CONGRESSO BRASILEIRO DE TERMODINÂMICA IV ESCOLA DE TERMODINÂMICA, 2015. - Estudo de caracterização e aproveitamento energético da casca de noz-pecã por conversão termoquímica. In: XXI Congresso Brasileiro de Engenharia Química, 2016. - ESTUDO DA CINÉTICA DE ADSORÇÃO DO CORANTE VERMELHO PROCION H-E7B NO CHAR.. In: XXI Congresso Brasileiro de Engenharia Química, 2016. - Produção de biochar a partir de pirólise de biomassas e sua aplicação como adsorvente. In: Congresso Brasileiro de Engenharia e Ciência dos Materiais, 2016. - ESTUDO CINÉTICO DA PIRÓLISE DE CASCA DE NOZ PECÃ. In: XXI Congresso Brasileiro de Engenharia Química, 2016. - Caracterização do char produzido via pirólise da cascas de amendoim. In: XXIII ENCONTRO DE QUÍMICA DA REGIÃO SUL, 2016. - Produção de adsorvente via pirólise da casca da castanha-do-pará. In: XXIII ENCONTRO DE QUÍMICA DA REGIÃO SUL, 2016. - Produção de biochar proveniente de resíduoes de MDF e sua aplicação como adsorvente. In: XXXI JORNADA ACADÊMICA INTEGRADA, 2016. - Aproveitamento de resíduos sólidos por meio de pirólise. In: XXX JORNADA ACADÊMICA INTEGRADA, 2016. - Avaliação do potencial de adsorção do biochar proveniente da pirólise de resíduos de placas de fibra de madeira de média densidade (MDF). In: XXI CONGRESSO REGIONAL DE ESTUDANTES DE ENGENHARIA, 2016.

Santa Maria, Rio Grande Do Sul

ITEP jr (Technological Innovations in Process Engineering) is a junior consulting company at UFSM, which conducts consultancy in the area of ​​production engineering. In this experience I had the opportunity to work in three consultancies, one referring to market research and the other two referring to process mapping. In addition, this experience brought me learnings related to management, teamwork and event organization.

Project Management

Graduação, Chemical Engineering