Avishek Kar, P.Eng Email & Phone Number

Toronto, Canada Area

Toronto, Canada Area

• Lead department initiative by creating and implementing preventative maintenance program for assigned categories such as HVAC, roof, lighting, and major equipment such as generator, forklifts, and docking stations.
• Perform cost analysis and implement cost reduction strategies to reduce maintenance cost by $750,000 per year.
• Manage Home Depot’s PLC program to centrally control and manage HVAC, refrigeration, and lighting systems.

100 King St W, Toronto, ON M5X 1A9

· Performed energy audits and created feasibility studies for customers to upgrade to energy efficient equipment(s) such as HVAC, lighting systems, refrigeration, chillers, and compressed air systems.· Provided technical knowledge and support to inside sales team, field outreach staff, and customers to reduce energy usage and obtain energy savings.

Toronto, Canada Area

• Part of ERCO Worldwide’s 3-year New Graduate Program. This 3-year program included two temporary assignments to ERCO’s production facilities:2013-2014: Process Engineering Department, Corporate Engineering2014-2015.
• Created technical documents such as Process Flow Diagram(s), Process & Instrumentation Drawing(s), interlock drawing(s), instrumentation specification, and equipment specification(s).
• Participated and facilitated in Pre-Startup Safety Review (PSSR), what-if analysis, Process Hazard Analysis (PHAs), and Layer of Protection Analysis (LOPA).
• Reduced production down-time by providing technical support to operations.
• Improved plant efficiency by assisting operators on troubleshooting process problems on an ad-hoc basis.
• Improved plant safety by incorporating Human Factors when creating and revising Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs).

Toronto, Canada Area

• Created specification sheets for the replacement of a NaCl Flash Tower. Specification sheets were created for Flash Tower, Tower Support, Liquid Distributor, and Packing.
• Developed a VBA Excel Spreadsheet that calculated pressure drop across a pipe for compressible and incompressible fluids. The spreadsheet accounted for fluid properties, pipe length and size, Reynolds Number, Fanning.
• Developed a detailed technical report on the treatment of effluent in their Saskatchewan Plant. The assessment included P&IDs, PFD, cost analysis, and operation manuals for the development of a “Carbon Filtration.

Cold Lake, Alberta, Canada

• Generated $150 000 annual savings by improving the cooling of mechanical seals in boiler feed pumps.
• Identified potential safety risks to steam facilities by conducting quarterly safety relief valve and boiler audits and implementing recommendations from the audits.
• Created technical documents to support process calculations and prepared equipment specifications such as heat exchangers, pumps, orifice plate, flow/pressure/temperature control valves, and safety relief valves.

Bachelor Of Applied Science, Chemical Engineering And Applied Science, 3.68 Out Of 4.0

Certificate In Project Management

Activities and Societies: Project Management Institute (PMI)Skills Learned: Project Lifecycle/Phases, Developing/Managing Scope, Budget.

Diploma, Science And Mathematics

Activities and Societies: Environmental Club, Peer Tutoring