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Amsterdam, NH, NL

The Hague, South Holland, Netherlands

Process Engineer developing and supporting world-scale Green Hydrogen technologies and projects.

Amsterdam Area, Netherlands

• Process Engineer developing and supporting gasification technologies through the Air Products-Shell Residue Gasification Alliance.
• Delivered project bids and executed global projects for residue gasification technologies, including process simulation, P&ID development and process control engineering.
• Developed technical specifications for Key Gasification Equipment (KGE), including performance criteria, design criteria, construction criteria and commissioning requirements.
• Performed pre-commissioning and commissioning activities of gasification systems in the field, including Jazan IGCC, Saudi Arabia.
• Led and developed patent applications for gasification technologies.

Hersham, United Kingdom

• Proposal Engineer bidding large ASUs across the EMEA&I region and supporting Customer Plant Support activities.
• Proposal Engineer for several bid opportunities including oxygen, nitrogen and argon producing plants. Assessed Aspen simulations, adsorber design, distillation column design and overall process cycle selection.
• Performed sensitivity analysis at bid level to minimize Technical Risk.
• Delivered Customer Studies into feasibility of increased production targets against current plant capacity. Proposed several plant investment opportunities to achieve production targets making changes to equipment.

Jazan, Saudi Arabia

• Pre-commissioning Engineer working to deliver the full mechanical completion of the Jazan IGCC ASU Facility, part of the world’s largest industrial gases complex.
• Lead engineer for field walk-downs including adsorption systems, cooling water systems, steam systems, analyser systems and the storage, vaporisation and distribution area.
• Reviewer and co-ordinator of engineering checks including pre-commissioning inspections of in-line items and relief valve systems.

Hersham, United Kingdom

• Process Engineer working on the design of new large ASUs across the EMEA&I region including the Jazan IGCC project.
• Author and reviewer of Jazan IGCC ASU facility Site Work Instruction Manuals detailing the start-up, shutdown, defrost and operation of process pumps, compressors and cryogenic distillation column systems.
• Created the entire design basis for an ASU’s cryogenic storage, vaporisation and distribution area including the specification of storage vessels, pressure relief safety systems and product vaporisers.
• Appraised vendor design for a plate-and-fin Main Heat Exchanger including assessment of maldistribution, performance margins, fin/passage arrangement and oxygen safety requirements.
• Created work process maps for the design of cold flare systems, featuring an assessment of thermal radiation, dispersion and LOPA methodologies.
• Performed critical pressure drop, line sizing, liquid transfer, and heat & mass balance calculations. Specified several equipment items including distillation columns, compressors, expanders, adsorbers, cooling towers.

Hersham, United Kingdom

• Project Manager for the OLEV (Office of Low Emission Vehicle) Project; working to upgrade the capacity and usability of Air Products Hydrogen Refuelling Stations.
• Managed project finances, forecasting and hours; achieved all project objectives under $500k budget.
• Defined and executed decommissioning, commissioning and pressure testing procedures for a 1000 barg hydrogen storage system.
• Managed several contractors on-site through mechanical and civil works, enforcing safety standards, work permit systems and LOTO (Lock Out Tag Out) activities.
• Developed and installed an ATEX/DSEAR rated RFID (Radio Frequency IDentification) system, featuring the implementation of galvanic isolation and intrinsically safe circuits.
• Produced a Notified Body Design Appraisal report detailing a plant equipment. Illustrated the design philosophy and calculations to PED 2014/68/EU and ASME B31.3 2014.

Hersham, United Kingdom

• Process Engineer predominantly supporting the Carrington Phase 5 project in addition to several LASUs (Large Air Separation Units) across the UK and Europe.
• Lead plant support for on-site shutdown and start-up activities, including an unaccompanied defrost 600 MT/day liquefier defrost.
• Conducted an on-site plant performance assessment and RCA (Root Cause Analysis) investigating malperformance issues.
• Issued several plant changes through MOC (Management Of Change) processes featuring modifications to plant process, plant control and safety circuits.
• Carried out a pre-site plant OPHR (Operating Plant Hazard Review) and closed 100+ actions around safety and compliance to AP standards.
• Developed plant models to benchmark and monitor plant performance against power and production targets.

Hersham, United Kingdom

• Commercial Asset Manager focused on non-cryogenic plant asset redeployment and the improvement of customer plant performance monitoring.
• Awarded the Generated Gases Newcomer Award 2014 for outstanding contribution to the Generated Gases Business.
• Project Manager for a telemetry upgrade project involving 53 sites across 8 countries (managing purchasing to installation).
• Responsible for a $3m idle asset pool and successfully redeployed $1m+ of idle assets including storage vessels and plant.
• Built and developed several tools to assess fleet-wide plant performance and provide information to support plant bidding activities.
• Delivered over $300k of saving through a review of asset GBV and depreciation.

Manchester, United Kingdom

Worked as a paid demonstrator for second year chemical engineering students specialising in solid fluid systems.

Manchester, United Kingdom

• On-site plant engineer developing sampling methods to monitor the process throughput and quality for polymer processing.
• Coordinated several material processing trials, leading a team of operators and technicians.
• Identified a major source of inefficiency through the development of a new sampling solution leading to significant savings.