Ellen Buback Email & Phone Number

Cincinnati, Oh, Us

Cincinnati, Oh, Us

Atlanta, Ga, Us

•Discipline lead responsible for process design and execution on projects ranging in engineering budget from $5K-$15M•Advised multiple food and beverage, consumer product, and pulp and paper clients from proposal development through start up•Managed a team interfacing across disciplines to drive schedule and deliver projects under budget•Collaborated on proposal development and cost optimization •Performed material balance and process calculations for plant and equipment design •Developed process flow diagrams (PFDs), piping and instrumentation diagrams (P&IDs), equipment sizing, specification, and analysis, material selection, engineering design basis and engineering instructions•Prepared requests for proposals and worked with vendors to compile technical bid evaluations and cost summaries •Maintained vendor relationships, completed vendor acceptance tests, and evaluated project-wide equipment status •Communicated with client teams for project kickoff, Q&A, presentation/walkthrough, construction support, and startup•Supported end users to achieve desired process results•Acted as Jedson representative on site and mediated between Jedson, construction, and client project teams•Assessed action items and gathered requests for project needs and issues lists•Served as mentor to many new employees, Cincinnati office chair of Future Leaders program, social committee lead

•Lead process engineer on domestic multimillion dollar flue gas desulphurization (FGD) proposals, for several major energy utility companies, as well as multiple budgetary efforts•Support engineer on multiple domestic and international multimillion dollar flue gas desulphurization proposals and one contract followed from the proposal initiation through installation•Managed a team of process engineers as lead proposal engineer, as well as interfacing across disciplines•Trained in various technologies for acid gas, particulate, and mercury mitigation•Performed material balance and process calculations for plant and equipment design •Assisted technology and commercial group experts with performance guarantee risk assessment and wording by acting as backup guarantee expert•Developed process flow diagrams, equipment sizing (absorbers, baghouses, pumps, piping, valves, fans, flues, dampers, etc), material selection, system descriptions, instrumentation, and controls. •Created and maintained Piping and Instrumentation Diagrams and Process Diagrams using SmartPlant software and Adobe •Prepared Request for Quote (RFQ) packages and worked with vendors to compile technical bid evaluations and cost summaries •Assisted management with proposal development •Revised and maintained New Employee Training Manual, as well as mentored process engineers new to the company, department, and area•Conducted onsite data collection and testing of environmental equipment

Dallas, Tx, Us

•Managed and maintained changes to project-wide equipment list•Assisted with RFQ preparation, technical bid evaluations, and cost summaries for equipment packages•Verification of asset management utilizing Excel.•Content owner for drawing and data requirements (DDRs) utilizing an Access RDBMS. Utilized this data to create vendor pages within the RFQs.•Audited, changed and entered data into Excel for tag and specification numbers for specific equipment to be used in the plant.•Created and maintained Piping and Instrumentation Diagrams•Performed material balances for plant design•Modified data sheets for process equipment•Received an Excellent rating on end of work term performance evaluation