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 Project manager for the design of VOC emissions abatement systems.  Product Manager and Lead Engineer responsible for the design and specification of a large lift station and two million gallon storage tanks for the storage of off specifications product. Project manager and process engineer for the design of the facility and the chemical storage, transfer and make-up processes for a glass etching operation. Project Manager for the initial development work to access site suitability for an Ethanol plant. Project manager for the design of light and asphalt terminal projects including storage, transfer, blending, unloading and loading of asphalt, petroleum distillate and biofuel based products. Program manager for four (4) plant projects in a program to upgrade a similar process located at different sites in the United States. An EPA mandate required a change in a major ingredient, which required major process changes and upgrades.  Lead engineer and Project manager for the design of catalyst additive systems upgrades for the FCC units. Lead engineer and Project manager for the design of catalyst additive systems upgrades for the FCC units

 Process Engineer responsible for the heat & material balance and sizing and specifications for the handling of high temperature NOx gases.  Process Engineer responsible for the revision of an electronics grade distillation. Process Engineer for the upgrade of plating system, including central system for addition of all chemicals, recirculation and filtration of solutions, and transfer system for spent solutions. Technical Coordinator and Department Manager responsible for a project to assist the refinery to comply with Benzene NESHAP regulations.  Process Engineer for a treatability study for oily heavy metal and phenol containing wastewater to meet metal molding industry discharge standards. Process Engineer for the design of an underground fuel storage & delivery system. Process Engineer for the design of the splash portion of a chip & splash testing facility, including the system for the delivery of brine water. Process Engineer responsible for the detailed design of a thick stock screening process. Process Engineer for the evaluation and upgrade study of a die casting wastewater treatment system. Provided conceptual study to upgrade cooling and chilled water requirements for the injection molding machines. Provided process design for the expansion & upgrading of the bake and graphitizing operations. Process Engineer responsible for finalizing development of P & IDs, construction cost estimate, equipment specification and detail design for an FCC catalyst process. Process Engineer responsible for conceptual study through design phase of an alumina catalyst process plant. Provided the engineering services to finalize the P&IDs and equipment selection to condition and compress 8.8 MMSCFD of landfill gas to 30 psig. Provided mechanical design services for the installation of 48MM CF per day compressor station.  Process engineer for the design of a bulk storage facility to store gasoline, fuel oil, kerosene and waste hydrocarbons.

Toledo, Oh And Bridgeton, Nj

Various assignments including corporate environmental control engineer, four year assignment in plant engineering at a New Jersey glass container and corrugated box plant, corporate energy engineer, facilities manager and risk management engineer. Established corporate policy on equipment maintenance and testing frequencies, implemented computerized maintenance management program for O-I and conducted black liquor recovery boiler operation safety and review audits in the pulp paper mills. Management of the operation and maintenance of the O-I, 1,000,000 sq. ft. world headquarters building. Developed and directed comprehensive energy, environmental, safety and maintenance programs. Also responsible for staffing and budgeting to achieve programs at O-I Technical Center. Responsible for the design, construction, and startup of waste heat recovery systems operating on the exhaust of a glass furnace for O-I.  Responsible for design, scheduling, economics, quality, materials and safety of engineering projects at an O-I glass container plant. Also assigned projects and directed project engineers. Engineer for all environmental pollution projects at an Owens-Illinois glass container plant. Designed and implemented oil spill protection program and also responsible for the operation and maintenance of four major water pollution control systems, which included control and amounts of chemicals used, selection of equipment and establishment of equipment maintenance program.  Provided environmental control services at Owens-Illinois including surveillance of environmental rules and regulations, ambient air surveys, stack sampling, development of computer simulated diffusion model and technical assistance to divisions. Project Engineer in charge of implementing glass container furnace re-builds. Project Engineer in charge of installation of standby propane system.

Bachelor'S Degree, Chemical Engineering

Master'S Degree, Engineering