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Houston, Texas, United States

Houston, Texas, United States

Acted as the lead process engineer with the Pembina PMT on the Jordan Cove LNG project. Duties included:• Developed the pre-FEED basic engineering design data document (BEDD) for the pre-FEED evaluation of three engineering contractors.• Ranked each contractor based on technical performance in pre-FEED for selection of two contractors for advancement to the FEED stage of the project.• Reviewed and commented on FEED package deliverables to ensure documents were on schedule, technically correct, of high engineering quality, and complied with all requirements of the contractual project basis of design.• Ensured applicable state and federal regulatory requirements, established codes, standards, and recognized and generally accepted good engineering practices were met.• Participated in PFD and P&ID line-by-line reviews, HAZID studies, HAZOP and LOPA studies.• Developed independent HYSYS models for each contractor design to validate contractor H&MBs and ensure technology selections met project requirements.• Ranked contractors based on technical performance in FEED for selection of one contractor for the limited notice to proceed phase of the project prior to engineering, procurement, and construction.• Worked with selected contractor and project consultants during LNTP phase to develop resource reports required for the FERC application.• Provided responses to agency questions and comments pertaining to draft FERC submittals prior to final submission of FERC application; assisting the Project Leadership team with responses to technical due diligence queries from LNG buyers.• Developed floating LNG concepts for other West Coast LNG opportunities• Performed technical due diligence on potential LNG partnership opportunities.• Innovated approaches to net-zero LNG production, including supercritical CO2 power generation cycles, hydrogen fuels production, and carbon capture and sequestration.

Houston, Texas Area

Lead Process Engineer with the Veresen Project Management Team (PMT) on the Jordan Cove LNG Project. Veresen was acquired by Pembina Pipeline Corporation on October 2, 2017. Continued as Lead Process Engineer on the Jordan Cove LNG Project with Pembina with the same duties and responsibilities.

Houston, Texas Area

Acted as a senior LNG process engineer with the Chevron/Apache joint venture on the Kitimat LNG project.• Developed engineering, procurement, and construction basis of design contractual documents for the project.• Performed greenhouse gas and criteria pollutant (SOx, NOx, and CO) emissions studies and comparison of emissions for various gas turbine drivers (Frame versus Aeroderivative) for the liquefaction refrigeration compressors and for the facility electrical power generation system.• Performed LNG production profile studies accounting for local ambient temperatures and various feed gas compositions.• Reviewed and commented on FEED package deliverables from the engineering contractors.• Participated in project P&ID line-by-line reviews, 3-D Model reviews, process safety information readiness reviews, HAZID studies, HAZOP studies, and process hazards analysis and safety objectives analysis studies.• Managed and closed out process hazards analysis and safety objectives analysis action items.• Interfaced with the Kitimat LNG project engineering disciplines, engineering contractor personnel, technology licensors (acid gas removal, dehydration, mercury removal, liquefaction, and utilities) and Pacific Trails Pipeline to ensure good communication amongst stakeholders while safeguarding project sensitive and confidential information.• Provided technical input for proposed engineering solutions to the technical challenges that surfaced as the project was advanced through the end of the FEED stage, completing Phase 3 of the Chevron project development and execution process.

Houston, Texas, United States

Acted as senior staff process engineer with ConocoPhillips E-Gas™ Gasification Technology Group.• Developed the technology design manual and design basis documents.• Processed engineering design tools employing VBA for Microsoft Excel automation.• Performed optimization studies to improve gasification technology (e.g., evaluated the application of ConocoPhillips S-Zorb™ technology for desulfurization of hot E-Gas™ synthesis gas) and provided process engineering support for technology development inventions for patent applications.• Developed PFDs P&IDs, process simulations using Aspen Plus E-Gas™ model, H&MBs, equipment sizing calculations, control loop narratives, cause and effect tables establishing safety integrity levels for the safety instrumented functions comprising the safety instrumented system and burner management system for process design package development efforts.

Bellevue, Washington, United States

Contract Process Engineering position with Ionics RCC, a subsidiary of GE Infrastructure specializing in wastewater treatment technologies featuring mechanical vapor recompression brine concentration and crystallization technologies. Responsible for the development of proposals and feasibility studies, PFDs, process simulations using in house simulator, H&MBs, P&ID’s, equipment sizing, material and equipment list (MEL), and operations manual. Other responsibilities included: providing support for new unit start-ups, providing troubleshooting and technology support to existing customers.

Richland, Washington, United States

Radioactive Liquid Waste Treatment Facility Upgrade Project, Los Alamos, NM:As a process engineer on the Radioactive Liquid Waste Treatment Facility (RLWTF) Upgrade project, was the lead engineer for development of the conceptual design P&IDs for the new facility. The design process involved dialogue with the client to ascertain client preferences, study of the client’s functional and operational requirements, engineering standards, studies and reports as well as communications with vendors to determine the best available technologies to incorporate into the conceptual design. Developed initial P&ID sketches using MS Visio to provide guidance to the drafting department for development of the production P&IDs and MEL using Bentley AutoPlant Software.

Richland, Washington, United States

Acted as CVDF Vital Safety Systems Design Authority at the Cold Vacuum Drying Facility (CVDF) on the spent nuclear fuels project.• Established and documented the configuration baseline for the systems, structures, and components (SSC) assigned.• Possessed knowledge of the system configuration basis and operating limits from the safety analysis report.• Oversaw configuration management of the SSCs in each of the respective phases of the facility life cycle (design, construction, operations, and decommissioning).• Maintained the configuration baseline consistent with the physical configuration of the SSCs, including review and approval of modifications to the existing configuration, and ensured that the configuration baseline was technically correct and met documented design requirements.

Bothell, Washington, United States

Acted as process engineer on engineering, procurement, and construction contract for a 2,200-MW natural gas fired combined cycle power generation facility.• Oversaw conceptual through detail design of the integrated water treatment and wastewater recovery system.• Developed equipment specifications for vendor requests for proposal, process descriptions, water ion and energy balances, PFDs, and P&IDs.• Ensured design complied with air and water permit requirements. The integrated water treatment and wastewater recovery systems featured a true zero liquid discharge system which comprised of two 475 gpm mechanical vapor recompression brine concentrators.• Performed bid analyses of the vendor packages and acted as liaison between project management, client, and vendors to facilitate meetings, presentations, and technical discussions.

Richland, Washington, United States

The river protection project, waste treatment plant was implemented to design and construct a first of a kind nuclear waste treatment plant to process, treat and immobilize approximately 54 million gallons of highly radioactive tank wastes stored in underground tanks at the Department of Energy’s Hanford Site near Richland, Washington.• As a process engineer on the river protection project, waste treatment plant, was primarily responsible for the detailed design, equipment specifications and data sheets, line sizing calculations, system descriptions, utilization studies, and PFD and P&ID development for the low-activity waste and high-level waste vitrification melter off gas systems.

Houston, Texas, United States

The Shell Maya II project was implemented to expand the Shell Deer Park refinery's crude handling capability by 22%.• As a process engineer on the Maya II project, was responsible for the development of H&MBs, PFDs, P&IDs, and equipment data sheets for the debottlenecking of the existing amine recovery system, the evaluation of the reboiler, overhead vapor condenser, pumps and piping for additional throughput, tank sizing, pressure relief valve sizing, control valve sizing, single and two-phase flow pressure drop calculations, field walk-downs, equipment verification, and process simulations using BR&E T-SWEET.

Pasadena, California, United States

Acted as process engineer working on detailed design for twin 300-metric-ton-per-day clause sulfur recovery units.• Developed the H&MBs, PFDs and P&IDs, line list, equipment data sheets for the sulfur recovery units, sulfur off-sites and tie-ins to existing facility.• Performed heat transfer calculations, hydraulic calculations, pump sizing, and blower sizing.• Wrote specifications for vendor requests for proposal for de-superheating stations, steam jacketing system, steam tracing and steam traps for the cross-country sulfur transfer lines and heating coils for the onsite sulfur pit, offsite storage tanks and truck loading stations.• Performed process simulations using HySim, ProII and Parson’s in-house process simulator.• Developed steam, water, and utility balances.