Ashwin Garg, P.Eng., M.Eng. Email & Phone Number

Joffre, Alberta, Canada

Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada

1. Provide effects of process parameters on production and provide ongoing support to operations such as trouble shooting during process upsets, startups or shutdowns as needed.2. Identify sources of plant (Urea) issues and recommend solutions to maintain safe operations and support operations personnel in areas requiring technical assistance.3. Monitor key performance indicators (KPIs) of boilers and parameters such as compressor efficiencies, cooling water surveys, catalyst surveys, DCS trends and laboratory results to identify problems and opportunities to continuously improve production, efficiency, cost and environmental performance.4. Work directly with operations, maintenance and project departments to determine what can be done while on-stream and what must be deferred to a shutdown period. Develop alternatives and recommend design solutions, define scope and develop preliminary cost estimates and project economics.5. Provide detailed engineering support and organize bi-weekly meetings to monitor and support the progress of Management of Change process including engineering work requests and pre-startup safety review (PSSR).6. Monitor balances and correct site production, inventory and shipping data. Work with accounting and operations to perform month-end reporting of production, electricity accounting, inventory and shipping. Identify issues with site metering and ensure they are corrected in a timely manner.

Greater Edmonton Metropolitan Area

1. Worked as a consultant for Heartland Petrochemical Complex - Inter Pipeline Limited and performed detailed engineering calculations and simulations by using isometrics and PIDs for reference.2. Minimized the costs of operation by optimizing design scenarios and ensuring all parameters are meeting the required specifications and design standards.3. Developed detailed job specific procedures including marked up PIDs, flow loops, layout plans along with data log sheets.4. Organized pre-job safety meetings and daily tool box talk to address project risk along with control measures and safe working practices in field.5. Assigned and supervised tasks of the crew along with performing field operation activities and adjusting the process parameters if required.6. Compiled shift summary reports and project related documentation including weekly and monthly project cost estimation in regards to labor, equipment and material being used on site.

Bharuch, Gujarat, India

1. Managed field and panel operations of Vinyl Chloride Monomer (VCM) and Ethylene Di Chloride (EDC) production plant along with playing a key role in major turnaround 2018.2. Organized bi-weekly meetings to support management of change (MOC) activities followed by pre-startup safety review (PSSR) field walks.3. Conducted quantitative risk assessment on each activity (on and off field) to ensure safe compliance and process safety as well as coordinated with different maintenance planner groups based upon requirement.4. Maintained safe plant operations by performing HAZOP and LOPA on each activity as well asperforming root cause analysis in case of any incident.5. Maintained safe work culture by ensuring all Standard Operating Procedures and Conditions, Job Cycle Check and Emergency Response Control Procedures were followed along with identifying and initiating any Online Leak Sealing in the field.

Bharuch, Gujarat, India

1. Initiated a project to increase the run length of an incinerator and was successful in increasing the average run length by 15 days.2. Monitored smooth compliance of advanced process control (APC) system along with analyzing sampling data and taking necessary actions when required.

Dehra Dun, Uttarakhand, India

1. Computed Techno-Commercial Feasibility Study on projects such as Hydro-Processing of Jatropha Oil and Conversion of DCPD to exo - THDCPD.2. Optimized equipment sizing and cost, capital investment, variable cost, catalyst cost, fuel gas cost, fixed operating cost and observed discounted cash flow analysis, payback period calculations, annual depreciation calculations and net present worth calculations.3. Analyzed all the projects through economic sensitivity analysis and was awarded 'A' grade for reducing the payback period by 1.5 years.

Talwandi Sabo, Punjab, India

This training involved academic approach of study. Oversaw processes involved in refining/separationof petroleum/crude oil into different fractions and conversion of same into useful products such asgasoline, diesel, naphtha etc. and received 'A' grade in the academic evaluation.

Master Of Engineering - Meng, Chemical Engineering, 3.5/4

Activities and Societies: Relevant Coursework: Quantitative Risk Assessment, Energy Auditing and Management, Fundamentals of Oil Sands.

Bachelor Of Engineering - Be, Chemical Engineering, 8.4/10

Key Elective: Petroleum Technology