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Calgary, AB, CA

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Dubai, United Arab Emirates

• Managed Capital Projects on-site with drafting scope documents, engineering, and Procurement - from initiation until commissioning of the project, in adherence with Dow's Global Project Methodology.
• Collaborated in Layers of Protection Analysis with focal points to identify likely initiating events with their frequency of occurrence and implemented supplementary control systems to close all process safety gaps.
• Identified asset utilization losses in collaboration with operations team and ensured improvement opportunities are recorded, prioritized and included in department project plan

Dubai, United Arab Emirates

• Updated Key Performance Indicators including: daily production, process time losses and waste generation to ensure plant’s optimum performance.
• Troubleshot out of specification batches using Batch Query and ASPEN Process Analyzer: to generate a wide variety of data, ultimately identifying the source of error.
• Created and maintained a comprehensive list of critical and Safety Instrumented Systems in conjunction with updating Piping & Instrumentation Diagrams.

Bradford, United Kingdom

• Collaborated with staff members across various course disciplines to inform students of the wide variety of degrees offered at the university.
• Motivated prospective students to consider the higher education by highlighting the benefits and job opportunities in demand.
• Arranged and delivered campus tours on Open Days for students from various ethnic backgrounds and handled queries as requested.

Bradford, United Kingdom

• Undertook a large volume of calls, both locally and internationally, as part of the university’s Open Day outbound calling campaign.
• Engaged in conversations with prospective students about the university and answered inquiries regarding: courses offered, accommodation, scholarships and social life in Bradford.
• Scheduled bookings for open days and applicant experience days in accordance with the spaces available and amended bookings accordingly.

Manchester, United Kingdom

• Supported R&D chemists in a variety of projects including the production of polyurathene rice rollers and PIG discs.
• Devised and implemented the caging of a 200kg high-speed stirrer, along with the installation of an appropriate ventilation system to extinguish the residual gasses and interlocks to prevent inadvertent opening of the.
• Casted a wide range of polyurethane samples such as sheets, din abrasions, compression buttons to test for its stiffness and hardness.
• Conducted a wide variety of tests on polyurethane samples using Instrons, din abraders, shore meters and compression sets to verify the theoretical properties of given samples.

Master Of Engineering - Meng, Chemical Engineering

Beng Chemical Engineering, Chemical Process Technology, 1St Class Honors

Final Year Design Project: Lead a group of 7 members to review the technologies and processes available for the removal of water contents.

A-Levels, Maths, Physics, Chemistry

Activities and Societies: Environment and Sustainability Club