Wayne Heaton Email & Phone Number

London, United Kingdom

Wrexham/Chester

Director of a Process Engineering consultancy operating predominantly within the Process and Allied Industries.The company delivers Process Engineering technical services ( detailed process design, EPR assessments, Hazop, LOPA, Basis of Safety, Thermochemistry Analysis, New Product Introduction, Technology Transfer, Hazardous Area Classification, DSEAR risk assessment, Major Accident Hazard Assessment etc ), debottlenecking and concept/front end studies.

Stockport, United Kingdom

Responsible for the delivery and development of Process Engineering resources to the PharmaChem division of WS Atkins Process ( part of WS Atkins Consultants ).The division provided a range of engineering services to the Chemical and Pharmaceutical sectors including process consultancy, concept/front end studies and EPC projects ( up to £30 million ). The department comprised twelve degree qualified chemical engineers ranging from graduates through to principals.In addition to the management of the department the role also required hands on Process Engineering tasks such as Project Management of studies, Lead Process Engineer on studies and projects and Process Consultancy.

Widnes

Responsible for all engineering activity associated with new product introduction at all of the Specialty Chemical manufacturing sites in Europe ( Widnes, UK ; Holywell, North Wales ; Konstanz, Germany ). The department employed four degree qualified chemical engineers and three degree/PhD qualified chemists.A summary of the main responsibilities included :• Managing the resources of the department to provide an efficient, effective process design and engineering service to the sites with respect to new product introduction.• Guide, review and approve the activities of company and agency process engineers ensuring the consideration of all health, safety, operability and environmental standards, policies and practices at all sites with respect to new product introduction.• Provide preliminary plant fit assessments for new opportunities including plant location, new capital required, product throughput and product costings.• Liaise with and guide, from an engineering perspective, the fine chemicals group research and development teams in the UK, Germany and USA during the laboratory development stages of new product introduction.• Provide all engineering input during the piloting activity of new product introduction.• Provide all engineering activity to move a new product project forward to a +/- 30% capital cost estimate stage including preliminary Hazop and Basis of Safety studies.• Provide engineering support to each of the sites during the commissioning of new products.• Manage all engineering aspects of the group new product introduction system which assessed in excess of 200 opportunities per year.

Widnes

Responsible for all process engineering activity on site.The site manufactured a wide range of fine chemicals for the pharmaceutical and agrochemical sectors requiring the processing of a large number and wide variety of highly toxic, reactive and flammable materials.A summary of the main responsibilities included :• Manage the resources of the department.• Guide, review and approve the activities of company and agency process engineers.• Develop and monitor formal procedures covering the activities of the department.• Provide the process engineering focal point for advice and support of site activities.• Maintain and develop process engineering expertise within the department via courses, seminars and relevant technical literature.• Member of the team to implement OSHA PSM at GLCC UK sites.• Provide process engineering input to audits performed on the site by external regulators/clients and internal corporate auditors.• Performing external audits on suppliers and third party manufacturers from a technical perspective.Areas of departmental activity included :• Capital projects totalling approx. £3-4 million/annum.• New product introduction.• Minor plant and process modification through management of change systems.• Long term plant problem investigation and problem solving.• Day to day technical support to operations department.• Technical and loss prevention support to compliance department.• IPC applications and existing Authorisation modifications.• Interpretation of thermochemistry experimental data and subsequent use.• Various risk assessments including Design and Operability Studies, Basis of Safety studies, Hazop etc.• Performing compliance audits on other global sites within the corporation.• Commissioning of plant modifications, capital projects and new product introductions.

Widnes

Actively involved in the hands-on delivery of those activities listed above involving detailed process design and the generation of the following documentation :• Process Flow Sheets.• Heat and mass balances.• Scope of works.• Preliminary Gantt charts.• Process Block Schemes.• P+ID’s.• Equipment, pipework, ancillary data sheets.• Risk assessments ( DOP’s, Basis of Safety, Hazop etc ).• Hazardous Area Classification drawings.

Castleford

In this role I performed a very similar function to that covered as a process engineer at Great Lakes. The site manufactured a wide range of organic products on both a batchwise and continuous basis.Additional aspects of chemical engineering which have not been detailed above included planning and leading ( on a shift basis ) the commissioning of a new process plant, performing COSHH and manual handling assessments and preparing and delivering operator training.

Coventry, United Kingdom

I worked on a number of different capital projects predominantly within the food, fine chemical and pharmaceutical industries including a continuous process waste recovery plant for Ciba Geigy, a bulk Nitric Acid facility for Norsk-Hydro, a capacity expansion project for Eastman Kodak, a filter tow manufacturing facility for Courtaulds and a capacity expansion project for British Sugar. During these projects, with direction from a Lead Process Engineer, I was responsible for the process design aspects from front end studies through to detailed design including P+ID’s, Hazops, heat and mass balances and process equipment sizing and selection.