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Guelph, On, Ca

Elora, Ontario, Canada

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Markham, Ontario, Canada

Kadawatha, Western Province, Sri Lanka

Kadawatha, Western Province, Sri Lanka

Key focused areas: Environmental and Occupational Health and Safety | Project Management | Process Development and Optimization• Led cross-functional safety team at Ethical Extracts (EE). Scheduled weekly safety meetings and annually reviewed and updated safety practices and procedures.• Maintained risk register, investigated accidents and near misses, followed up and implemented corrective actions.• Conducted Pre-Startup Safety Reviews (PSSR), Hazard and Operability studies (HazOp) and safety audits to identify possible accidents and implemented preventive actions.• Fostered positive safety culture at EE by organizing fire drills and brainstorming sessions for fire safety and personal safety, incorporating safety practices/ procedures into Standard operating procedures (SOP) and Good Manufacturing Procedures (GMPs).• Evaluated EE Capex projects (Pump seal water recirculation system, pneumatic material conveying system, sludge dewatering system using a multi-disk screw press, installation of commissioning of ultra-heat thermal sterilizer (UHT) and aseptic filling machines) in terms of technical, financial (Cost-benefit Analysis (CBA)) and safety (HazOps and LOPA to evaluate active and passive safety elements, proper placing of equipment as per safety standards, contractor/construction safety checklists) • Designed and commissioned pump seal water recirculation system, which reduces 12% of daily water consumption. • Decreased the CIP lag time of Ultra Filter (UF) by 2 hours by optimizing the CIP parameters, modifying SOP, and designing a new setup.• Increased wastewater treatment efficiency by activating the anaerobic digestion process and optimizing chemical injection through jar tests.

Western, Sri Lanka

Colombo District, Western Province, Sri Lanka

Key Focused Areas: Process Engineering and Process Optimization | Projects Planning | Occupational Health and Safety | Environmental Engineering• Successfully implemented active, passive, and procedural safety aspects to the wafer stick production line after completing a LOPA analysis.• Designed and commissioned rainwater harvesting and treated water recycling systems for gardening, which reduced 2% of overall water consumption.• Designed a system to utilize waste heat produced by compressors to produce hot water for the kitchen dishwasher.• Implementing 5S in the tool room and maintenance area, which highly impacted the reduction of accidents and maintenance time.• Evaluated the effectiveness of the LDAR (Leak Detection and Repair) program of the LPG storage vessels and distribution line through audits and technical reviews.• Design and assemble the Fire extinguishers for the new chocolate manufacturing building.

Postgraduate Degree, Occupational Health And Safety Management, 3.504

Bachelor'S Degree, Chemical And Process Engineering, 3.68/4.2 (Second Class Upper Division)

UoM Elle Team • Team player (2016 – 2019) in inter-university games in 2016 and 2017 and SLUG in 2019. • Organizing committee member.