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Qualifications and Key Achievements• Over twenty plus (20+) years’ experience working as a consultant for upstream and downstream olefins cracking and liquefaction facilities, refineries, petrochemical, and oil & gas plants. Chemical and Environmental Engineering (Process Engineering, Water and Wastewater Treatment, and Project Management) Subject Matter Expert (SME). Overall and general experience includes working on Front End Engineering & Design (FEED) and EPC Phases of projects. • Experience in Process Engineering which includes preparing and reviewing Process Flow Diagrams (PFDs), Process & Instrumentation Diagrams (P&IDs), heat and material balances, process datasheets, equipment specifications, cause and effect diagrams, control philosophies, shutdown philosophies, HAZOP studies and reports, operation, and maintenance manuals, and providing necessary engineering inputs to the other disciplines and other departments. Experience in using process modeling software’s – Aspen HYSYS, PROII, UniSim, and HTRI (Heat Transfer Research, Inc).• Experience in Water and Wastewater Treatment which includes working with EPA, OSHA, TCEQ, NFPA, and NIOSH codes and regulations. Experience in air permitting, dispersion modeling, and wastewater permitting and design. Experience in using process modeling software – FLACS, PHAST, and LNGfire3. Experience in preparing and reviewing Hazard and Operability Study (HAZOP), Process Hazard Analysis (PHA) workshops, and Emergency De-Pressurization (EDP) Specifications. Experience in Quantitative Risk Assessment (QRA) studies for olefins and cracking facilities, high-pressure pipelines, and storage and importation sites, including Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) facilities.• Experience with Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) and Liquefied Natural Gas Facilities: Federal Safety Standards (49 CFR 193), Standard for the Production, Storage, and Handling of Liquefied Natural Gas (NFPA 59A).
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Shaun Kusek, Ph.D., P.E. (Tx, La) Work Experience Details
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Currently Seeking Opportunity As An Environmental Engineer Or Process EngineerPlease Call Or Email To Discuss New Opportunities. Feb 2023 - PresentLicensed Environmental and Chemical Engineer with a strong engineering design and project management skills seeking position that allows for the application of oil & gas engineering design, project management, and troubleshooting skills.Mobile - (713)726-4802Email - shaun_kusek@hotmail.comwww.linkedin.com/in/drkusek
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Senior Process EngineerAirswift (Contractor At Shell Deer Park) Oct 2021 - Feb 2023Responsibilities include support of multidiscipline projects specifying, developing, designing, and engineering systems as a Senior Process Engineering Projects & Studies (PEPS) Engineer. Facilitates Opportunity Framing Workshops (OFWs) meetings. Develops Process Flow Diagrams (PFDs), Process & Instrumentation Diagrams (P&IDs), heat and material balances, process datasheets, equipment specifications, cause & effect diagrams, control philosophies, and shutdown philosophies for the projects listed below. Leverages modeling software experience to design Olefin cracking, liquification processes, flares, thermal oxidizers, and water and wastewater treatment systems (Aspen HYSYS, Pro II, UniSim, FLACS, PHAST, and LNGfire3). Utilizes design experience in safeguarding, process safety systems, and Process Safety Valves (PSVs) to perform job duties. Prepares and reviews Process Engineering and Water and Wastewater deliverables. Performs Management and Change (MOC) and Pre-Startup Safety Review (PSSR) as part of the process safety management program (PSM). Develops Basis of Designs (BfDs) for Engineering Contractors. Recommends Shell’s Design and Engineering Practices (DEPs) as well as industry best practices for project disciplines. Prepares Material Safety Worksheet (MSWS) based on process operating and design temperatures and pressures. Provides multidiscipline support of project to support Corrective Action Inspection Requests (CAIRs). ***REFER TO RESUME FOR LIST OF PROJECTS***
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Project ManagerStephens Engineering Consultants, Inc. Feb 2021 - Oct 2021The Woodlands, Tx, UsResponsibilities include supervision/management of residential and commercial inspections as an c. Professional Engineering (PE) stamp required to perform insurance agency and carrier inspections and certifications of damaged residential and commercial properties. Projects:• Residential and Commercial Projects throughout (Texas and Louisiana, USA). Responsible for residential and commercial inspections. Traveled to locations, performed inspections, and composed reports based on the findings and engineering expertise in various areas. -
Project ManagerBei Engineers (Contractor At Vopak Deer Park Terminal) Jul 2019 - Feb 2021Responsibilities include supervision/management of the Wastewater Treatment Emission Abatement (WTEA) project as a Project Manager. BEI contractor working on behalf of Vopak. Project manager responsible for all aspects of the project as a Vopak representative.• Wastewater Treatment Emission Abatement (WTEA) Project for Vopak at (Deer Park Terminal, TX, USA). Responsible for Engineering, Procurement, Construction and Commissioning (EPCC) of the WTEA project in the Disposal Area/Unit. Develop schedule, process engineering deliverables and Total Installed Cost (TIC) for the project.
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Senior Process Engineer / Lead Process EngineerAerotech (Contractor At Mass Action Engineering) Mar 2019 - Jul 2019Responsibilities include developing process engineering deliverables as a Senior Process Engineer. Aerotek contractor working for Mass Action Engineering. Developed PFDs and P&IDs from scratch based on previous projects experience. • Polyvinylidene Fluoride (5 KTA PVDF) Project for Prime Star Technologies in (China). Responsible for developing engineering deliverables (i.e. Process Flow Diagrams (PFDs), Piping and Instrumentation Diagrams (P&IDs), Heat and Material Balances, Plot plans, Equipment Lists, Equipment Datasheets, Utility Summary, etc.).
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Senior Principal EngineerMonroe Environmental Corp Jun 2018 - Mar 2019Monroe, Michigan, UsResponsibilities include Business Development (BD) to uncover opportunities and make introductions for sales and engineers as a Senior Business Development Engineer. Networking with prospective clients as well as attending professional organizations meetings. Subject Matter Expert (SME) in water and wastewater treatment systems. Leverage previous experience and past relationships to bring in sales and promote the Monroe brand of water and wastewater systems as well as flares and thermal oxidizers. • VARIOUS Projects throughout the USA. Responsible for sales and marketing of air pollution control and water/wastewater treatment systems. Commissions based on sales of new air pollution control and water/wastewater treatment systems. -
Senior Process EngineerEnergy Resourcing Americas (Contractor At Samsung Engineering) Jan 2018 - Jun 2018Responsibilities include design of 400 KMTA MarTECH™ technology slurry polyethylene closed-loop unit as a Senior Process Engineer. Engineering activities includes preparation of various engineering deliverables such as Process Flow Diagrams (PFDs), Process & Instrumentation Diagrams (P&IDs), heat and material balances, process datasheets, equipment specifications, cause & effect diagrams, control philosophies, shutdown philosophies, and operation & maintenance manuals.Projects:• SIBUR Polyethylene Project (400 KMTA polyethylene) for Chevron Phillips Chemical at (Russia). Responsible for PFDs and P&IDs development, heat and material balances, equipment lists, equipment datasheets, and process equipment design.
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Senior Process EngineerStk Engineering Llc, (Self Employed Contractor) Jun 2016 - Jan 2018Responsibilities include business development to uncover new opportunities as well as working on various engineering projects as a Senior Process Environmental Engineer. Engineering activities includes air pollution control and water/wastewater treatment systems design as well as process equipment design.Projects:• VARIOUS Projects throughout the USA. Responsible for sizing and specifying process equipment (e.g. pumps, heat exchangers, flares/combustors. Process engineering tasks include (e.g. line sizing, equipment lists and datasheets). Subject Matter Expert (SME) sought after for technical solutions.
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Senior Process EngineerCb&I Oct 2015 - Jun 2016Houston, Texas, UsResponsibilities include design of LNG facilities to support large projects in FEED and EPC phases as a Senior Process Engineer. Assists with training of other engineers by providing instructions on new technologies and specializations. Engineering activities include P&IDs and PFDs development, heat and material balances, hydraulic calculations, relief valve sizing, line sizing, pump sizing, and process equipment designs. Depending on size and complexity of the scope of work may be the Lead Process Engineer.Projects:• Mozambique LNG Project (Four trains, capable of producing 20 million tons of LNG/year) for Anadarko at (Afungi LNG Park, Palma Bay, Cabo Delgado Province, Africa). Prepares and reviews emission estimates using AP 42 emission factors, vendor guarantees, and heat and material balances for input into Environmental Impact Statement (EIA).• LACC EP Project (1 million tons of ethylene per year) for Axiall Corporation and Lotte Chemical Corporation at (Lake Charles, LA, USA). Prepares and reviews Continuous Emission Monitoring System (CEMS) datasheets. Process engineer responsible for P&IDs and PFDs development, heat and material balances, hydraulic calculations, relief valve sizing, line sizing, pump sizing, and process equipment designs.• Lake Charles LNG Project (Three liquefaction trains, capable of producing 15 million tons of LNG/year) for BG Group at (Lake Charles, LA, USA). Prepares and reviews National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS) modeling reports and recommends improvements to keep the facility in NAAQS compliance. -
Senior Process EngineerJgc America, Inc. Aug 2014 - Oct 2015Houston, Tx, UsResponsibilities include discipline support on multiple projects specifying, developing, designing, and engineering systems as a Senior Process Engineer. Develops PFDs and P&IDs and utilizes modeling software to design processes (FLACS, PHAST, Aspen HYSYS, Pro II, UniSim, and HTRI). Prepares scope of work and man-hour estimates for new and proposed projects. Designs process safety systems and sizes Process Safety Valves (PSVs). Prepares and reviews heat and material balances and hydraulic calculations.Projects:• Mozambique LNG Project (Four trains, capable of producing 20 million tons of LNG/year) for Anadarko at (Afungi LNG Park, Palma Bay, Cabo Delgado Province, Africa). Prepares and reviews P&IDs and PFDs, heat and material balances, hydraulic calculations, relief valve sizing, line sizing, pump sizing, and process equipment designs.• Lake Charles LNG Project (Three liquefaction trains, capable of producing 15 million tons of LNG/year) for BG Group at (Lake Charles, LA, USA). Prepares and reviews alternative flare configurations and flare emissions estimates using AP 42 emission factors, vendor guarantees, and heat and material balances. -
Senior Process EngineerTrident Risk Management, Llc Jun 2013 - Aug 2014Responsibilities include support for company assigned projects and dispersion and consequence modeling as a Senior Process Engineer. Prepares and reviews Hazard and Operability Study (HAZOP), Process Hazard Analysis (PHA) workshops, and Emergency De-Pressurization (EDP) specifications. Develops project risk register and worst-case dispersion modeling analysis.Projects:• Dominion Cove Point LNG Project (0.77 billion standard cubic feet per day of LNG) for Dominion at (Lusby, Maryland, USA). Provides process engineering services on the new LNG facilities in Cove Point. Provides rating of process equipment and design. Develops PFDs and P&IDs. Sizes equipment and assists Environmental Assessment (EA) development. Preforms dispersion, fire, and explosion modeling scenarios.• Bronco and Franchise Natural Gas Dispersion Project (100 million scfd of natural gas) for Oneok Partners at (North Dakota and Wyoming, USA). Provided dispersion and consequence modeling of PSV releases to atmosphere. Performed heat and material balances and estimated downwind gas concentrations.• Trafigura EF90 LNG Project (Receives and stores over 1.75 million barrels of crude oil and LPG via truck and pipeline) for Trafigura LLC/Buckeye Partners at (Corpus Christi Ship Channel, TX, USA). Provided process support for LPG facilities. Provided fire and explosion modeling for LPG pipeline area and LPG truck unloading area.• Eastman Ethane Optimization Project (Increase overhead capacity of cracker feed to 19,500 BPD) for Eastman Chemical Company at (Longview, TX, USA). Provided process engineering services identifying equipment bottlenecks to increase ethane production flowrates from the Ethane-Propane (EP) Splitter column overhead (40% improvement from the 14,000 BPD baseline).***REFER TO RESUME FOR LIST OF ADDITIONAL PROJECTS***
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Senior Process EngineerMiswaco (Now A Schlumberger Company) Jul 2012 - Jun 2013Responsibilities include developing PFDs and P&IDs, line lists, equipment lists, and budgetary cost estimates as a Senior Process Engineer. Constructs and tests bench-scale testing apparatus, perform laboratory experiments, and analysis of data for incorporation into in-house modeling software. Prepares JSA, MOC, and Risk Assessments.Projects:• Crude Oil Tank Cleaning Project (3 gpm) for MI SWACO at (Houston, TX, USA). Develops PFDs and P&IDs, line lists, equipment lists, and budgetary cost estimates. Constructs bench-scale apparatus testing. Performs laboratory experiments and collects experimental data. Analyzes data and incorporates data into in-house (3D) modeling software. Performed Job Safety Analysis (JSA), Management of Change (MOC), and Risk Assessment (RA). • Supercritical Carbon Dioxide Oil Extraction Project (1 liter per hour) for MI SWACO at (Houston, TX, USA). Performs pilot-scale experiments and collected experimental data. Optimizes and analyzes data to maximize oil extraction from oil based muds. Modified apparatus to increase output based on super-critical fluid properties of CO2.• Oil Fracking Water Reuse Project (150 gpm) for MI SWACO at (Houston, TX, USA). Develops PFDs and P&IDs. Constructs pilot-scale fracking waters purification technologies using chlorine dioxide, aqueous hypochlorite, and mixed oxidants (oxidants include amongst others, chlorine, chlorine dioxide, hydrogen peroxide, ozone and hydroxyl radicals).
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Senior Process EngineerBasf Nov 2011 - Jul 2012Ludwigshafen, DeResponsibilities include developing PFDs and P&IDs as a Senior Process Engineer. Environmental, Health, and Safety (HSE) audits. Compliance with local air and wastewater emission standards. Prepares design basis and total installed cost estimates. Performs and Prepares P&IDs and PFDs, hydraulic calculations, estimates utility requirements, and determines safe work exposure levels. Compliance with air and wastewater emission standards.Projects:• High-pressure Boiler Project (Two-trains of 105,000 pounds per hour of steam) for BASF Corporation at (Palmyra, MO, USA). Develops PFDs and P&IDs with EPC contractors. Performs Environmental, Health, and Safety (HSE) audits and compliance with local air and wastewater emission standards. Environmental health and safety lists designs to implement proper compliance with environmental regulations. Creates design basis and assumptions for +/-30% total installed cost (TIC) efforts.• Ammonia Terminal Project (750,000 tons per year) for BASF Corporation at (Freeport Terminal, TX, USA). Performs hydraulic calculations on new and existing ammonia OSBL piping. Determines if current piping is adequate to support future loads. Estimates OSBL utilities requirements to support ISBL processes. Determines safe work exposure levels (personnel and environmental safety OSHA and NIOSH).• S-moipa Herbicide Project (2,500 tons per year) for BASF Corporation at (Geismar, LA, USA). Designs new and demo PFDs and P&IDs. Estimates total installed cost (TIC) of modifications, creates equipment lists, and collects vendor estimates. Completed Environmental Health and Safety (EH&S) steps (compliance with air and wastewater emission standards). -
Senior Process EngineerJacobs Engineering Aug 2007 - Nov 2011Dallas, Tx, UsResponsibilities include air dispersion modeling, permitting and wastewater permits and designs as a Senior Process / Environmental Engineer. Emission estimates using AP-42 design factors and more advanced air modeling tools. Determines personnel asphyxiation levels, toxicity, and radiation exposure levels. Estimates safe exposure levels for personnel and environment. Works with domestic and international environmental regulations. Responsibilities include developing thermal oxidizer models (air emission models), performs and prepares P&IDs and PFDs, conducts heat and material balances, and determines source emissions for permit applications. Contacts vendors to determine total destructive efficiencies of thermal oxidizers based on hydrocarbon compositions. Estimates Lower Explosive Limits (LEL) in piping and recommends safety measures to prevent explosions. Recommends wastewater design alterations that improves efficiency and prevents excursions. Estimates size of wastewater equipment, determines waste generation rates, and optimizes wastewater equipment costs. Responsibilities include performing wastewater characterization calculations (TOC, COD and TSS). Designs carbon bed adsorption systems for hydrocarbon removal. Sizes carbons beds, projects carbon consumption, sketches carbon PFDs, and estimates effluent concentrations to the atmosphere. Estimates Total Installed Cost (TIC) of wastewater and air systems. Scales equipment sizes and costs from past projects and vendor budget quotes. Recommends and performs Wastewater Treatment (WWT) debottlenecking, retrofits, and reinstatement projects to key clients. Develops several wastewater models that can be used for designing and rating of API separators, CAPIs, DNFs, aeration basins, and clarifiers.Projects:***REFER TO RESUME FOR LIST OF PROJECTS*** -
Environmental Process EngineerTexas A&M University-Kingsville Jan 2004 - Aug 2007Kingsville, Tx, UsMonitors Submarine Groundwater Discharge (SGD) samples used to determine water quality and quantity as a PhD Environmental Research Assistant. Data collected uses includes calibration and input into empirically based mathematical model used to predict SGD in Baffin Bay, TX, USA.Projects:• Submarine Groundwater Discharge (SGD) Project (pilot-scale submarine groundwater discharge collection apparatus) for Texas A&M University-Kingsville at (Baffin Bay, TX, USA). Monitors coastal submarine water samples to estimate SGD water quality & quantity. Goals of the SGD study include collecting SGD data that can be used to develop empirical SGD models for dissertation. -
Process EngineerW. H. Linder And Associates (Now A Jacobs Company) Jun 2002 - Jan 2004Performs ASME B31.3 and B31.4 engineering calculations and evaluates the size and weight vs. production handling capacity and cost as a Process Engineer.Projects:• Shell Oil Piping Project (40,000 BPD) for Shell Oil Exploration and Production at (Offshore Na Kika field). Performs ASME B31.3 and B31.4 engineering calculations used to size & design piping. Schedules contractors & procure piping for offshore deployment.• BHP Billiton Size and Weight Project (200,000 BPD) for BHP Billiton Petroleum at (Offshore Atlantis field). Evaluates size and weight vs. production handling capacity and cost using Capital Expenditure (CAPEX) software tools.
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Process EngineerBerwanger And Associates (Now A Siemens Company) Jul 2001 - Jun 2002Calculations of PSV relief rates using in-house Berwanger software based on API 520 and 521 design equations and estimates as a Process Engineer. Performed Pressure Safety Valves (PSVs) calculations and recommended in-house software modifications to correct software compile errors and bugs in the system.Projects:• Koch Refinery PSV Project (230,000 BPD) for Koch Industries at (Corpus Christi, TX, USA). Performs calculations of capacities vs. required relief rates on Process Safety Valves (PSV). Indicates to client’s deficiencies in overall systems.• CITGO Refinery PSV Project (157,000 BPD) for Citgo Refinery at (Corpus Christi, TX, USA). Performs calculations of capacities vs. required relief rates on Process Safety Valves (PSV). Indicates to client’s where they might have deficiencies.
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Process EngineerUnion Carbide (Now A Dow Company) Aug 2000 - Jul 2001Formulation modifications and additive reductions to polyethylene products as a Process Engineer.Projects:• Polyethylene Formulation Project (770,000 tons per year of polyethylene) for Union Carbide now a DOW Company at (Taft, LA, USA). Performs engineering calculations reducing the number of additives required to produce quality plastics. Reducing the number of additives estimated to save $2 million dollars per year based on proposed formulation modifications and additive reductions.
Shaun Kusek, Ph.D., P.E. (Tx, La) Education Details
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Texas A&M University-KingsvilleEnvironmental Engineering -
Texas A&M University-KingsvilleChemical Engineering
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Texas A&M University-KingsvilleChemical Engineering
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