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Chesterfield, Gb

Sheffield, England, United Kingdom

• Chair multi-site Energy Steering & Energy Action Group meetings, focussing on delivering energy projects including: inverter installations, motor improvements, electrification and gas usage optimisation (kilns & heating) amongst others• Site champion for sustainability – covering global metrics across fuels, electricity, water, waste and scrap • Secured CAPEX for a £13k Acoustic Air Leak Detector – since heavily involved in delivering a Europe-wide (15+ sites) compressed air leak… Show more • Chair multi-site Energy Steering & Energy Action Group meetings, focussing on delivering energy projects including: inverter installations, motor improvements, electrification and gas usage optimisation (kilns & heating) amongst others• Site champion for sustainability – covering global metrics across fuels, electricity, water, waste and scrap • Secured CAPEX for a £13k Acoustic Air Leak Detector – since heavily involved in delivering a Europe-wide (15+ sites) compressed air leak strategy expected to deliver >£100k in savings within 12 months. 4 sites completed YTD• Primary EA Contact for the site’s UK ETS compliance, involving yearly verifications pertaining to securing and surrendering Carbon Credits (worth circa £350k in 2022)• Working with external bodies to deliver a government funded Hydrogen firing trial in a full scale kiln, involving HAZOP, Design and P&ID reviews• As the site’s lean & six sigma trained Continuous Improvement leader, deliver coaching on Statistical tools & techniques• Embrace a safety-first culture on a 12-Year LTI Free lower tier COMAH installation Show less

South Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom

Predominantly overseeing the performance of our Chromium metal and Chromium based alloy products, my role within AMG Chrome’s Technical Department is split between production support, product/process development and raw material qualification to ensure our end products meet the needs of our customers.Since recruiting a Junior Technical Development Engineer as a direct report (whose main focus is on the department’s data acquisition and interpretation) in Autumn 2021, my responsibilities… Show more Predominantly overseeing the performance of our Chromium metal and Chromium based alloy products, my role within AMG Chrome’s Technical Department is split between production support, product/process development and raw material qualification to ensure our end products meet the needs of our customers.Since recruiting a Junior Technical Development Engineer as a direct report (whose main focus is on the department’s data acquisition and interpretation) in Autumn 2021, my responsibilities now include: - Setting and delivering on key technical objectives in tandem with the Departmental Manager- Planning and actioning rolling process improvements alongside the Operations and Engineering departments, as well as with external contractors- Liaising with our Purchasing department to organise, monitor and file reports on full scale production trials with more cost-effective raw materials to limit Supply Chain exposure - of particular criticality during the COVID-19 Pandemic- Interpreting and acting upon laboratory analysis – including ICP, LECO, XRD, XRF and Malvern instrument data – to produce quality reports on finished product to Senior management/Company Directors on a daily basis- Improving plant efficiency by investigating and addressing bottlenecks in key production areas- Monitoring and appropriately utilising slow-moving stocks (SLOB) to minimise inventory levelsThrough 2022, my KPIs centre around improving product “Right First Time” and yield, while reducing our waste generation per tonne of finished product. I believe my broad skill set, eagerness to learn, appreciation of both the “Bottom Line” and collective effort required to thrive as a business has allowed me to be successful in my current role, and will stand me in good stead to achieve my career ambitions. Show less

Advise prospective students - looking to undertake an Engineering degree - on the benefits of enrolling onto one of the University of Nottingham's undergraduate programmes, as well as highlighting the benefits of the Year in Industry degree variant on offer.Roles include: - Explaining what studying (Chemical) Engineering involves, from week to week, and year on year - Relaying guidance/help offered by the university to find an industrial placement - Illustrating the… Show more Advise prospective students - looking to undertake an Engineering degree - on the benefits of enrolling onto one of the University of Nottingham's undergraduate programmes, as well as highlighting the benefits of the Year in Industry degree variant on offer.Roles include: - Explaining what studying (Chemical) Engineering involves, from week to week, and year on year - Relaying guidance/help offered by the university to find an industrial placement - Illustrating the recruitment processes companies use to hire interns - Sharing my own experience of working for an SME, and how that may differ from working for a larger corporation Show less

Undertook an eight week summer research placement at the University of Nottingham under the supervision of a PhD student, entitled: "Application of double layered hydroxides (LDHs) for waste water treatment", which involved researching, synthesising and then characterising novel nano-materials, before testing them at laboratory scale, to find out their applicability as adsorbents in a variety of industries - such as those concerning textiles, pharmaceutical and food - upon scale-up. A… Show more Undertook an eight week summer research placement at the University of Nottingham under the supervision of a PhD student, entitled: "Application of double layered hydroxides (LDHs) for waste water treatment", which involved researching, synthesising and then characterising novel nano-materials, before testing them at laboratory scale, to find out their applicability as adsorbents in a variety of industries - such as those concerning textiles, pharmaceutical and food - upon scale-up. A specific dye of varying concentrations was used as the adsorbate for the research carried out, a keen interest of which was to determine both the maximum, and rate of dye uptake by the synthesised adsorbents.Further research was carried out to investigate the re-usability of the adsorbents generated by using analytical techniques to look at the breakdown of the spent adsorbent structure, after reasonably short-term UV light exposure. Said investigations were made possible by generating a core-shell structure, whereby the adsorbent was grown onto a different material possessing photo-catalytic properties, and hence the ability to breakdown.Overall the research undertaken involved many characterisation methods, including: - X-Ray Diffraction (XRD) - BET Surface area analysis - Scanning & Transmission Electron Microscopy (SEM & TEM) - Thermo gravimetric analysis (TGA) - UV Vis spectroscopy (Both liquid & solid state)As well as various analysis and sample preparation methods, such as: - Freeze drying - Calcination - Centrifugation The results obtained from the research suggested there may be potential for economical, continuous wastewater treatment using the materials investigated. Show less

Nottingham, United Kingdom

Promethean Particles Ltd. are a specialist Chemicals Manufacturer based in Nottingham, England. As part of Promethean’s engineering production team, my main roles included the operation, maintenance and development of the reaction systems, and associated chemical synthesis routes.o Responsible for the commissioning of new operational equipment brought onto site, such as pumps, valves and control meters, as well as their maintenance. o Used SCADA control, to monitor and… Show more Promethean Particles Ltd. are a specialist Chemicals Manufacturer based in Nottingham, England. As part of Promethean’s engineering production team, my main roles included the operation, maintenance and development of the reaction systems, and associated chemical synthesis routes.o Responsible for the commissioning of new operational equipment brought onto site, such as pumps, valves and control meters, as well as their maintenance. o Used SCADA control, to monitor and change system set points, as well as to override automated control by manually opening/closing valves and altering the motor speed on pumps.o Used and maintained post processing filtration system by tweaking PID tuning of control valves, to achieve optimal filtration time while operating within the design limits of the filters themselves.Aside from a role within the production team, my personal responsibilities included: Data analysis and post processing of materials, as well as the refining and generation of spreadsheets to increase efficiency and productivity wherever possible. Data analysis & post processing:o One of my roles was to interpret data pertaining to pressure and temperature recordings, and see how they may have affected the samples taken, especially during the commissioning stages for new products.o Following production runs, I was often responsible for the post processing of material, prior to QA analysis.Spreadsheet generation & refining:o Redesigned the company’s reaction logging spreadsheet to include an interactive chemical risk assessment, rating the danger associated with all chemicals and conditions used, using various Microsoft Excel tools.o Produced timesheets/pivot table analyses for the reactor and post processing units, providing a time breakdown into how hours were spent in the production of each material. Show less

Master’S Degree With An Industrial Year, Chemical Engineering, First Class Meng (Hons)

Activities and Societies: - IChemE Member - Chemical and Environmental Engineering Society - Member of the Chemical and Environmental.

High School, A-Levels

Mathematics (A*) Chemistry (A) Physics (A) Economics AS (B)