EXPERIENCE SUMMARY
Over 20 years of industry and consulting experience involving many aspects of environmental, process, and instrument engineering and management. Responsibilities included hands-on experience in the operation of hazardous waste management, groundwater and wastewater treatment faculties as well as system development, design, and startup of environmental, chemical, and pharmaceutical processes.
ACCOMPLISMENTS
•Provided process and instrument engineering inputs and design reviews for a next generation drug manufacturing development lab. Duties included supporting all instrument validation, and qualification efforts.
•Provided process and instrument engineering inputs to a major drug manufacturing rejuvenation project. Duties included supporting all instrument installation, commissioning, validation, and qualification efforts.
•Process and instrument diagram review and update project for a major US refinery near Houston, Texas. The Information was used as part of a larger project to upgrade the refineries automation and instrumentation systems.
•Provided commissioning and start-up supervision and support of a large industrial sequencing batch reactor.
•Provided support and supervision of the day-to-day activities associated with
equipment and system commissioning and process start-up of a large (40 M Fixed Capital) multi-stage biological and physical/chemical treatment plant located on an outer island of Singapore
•Developed a biological nitrification/denitirifcation treatment system to treat
nylon intermediate wastewater from initial conceptualization through process
development, design, commissioning, and start-up.
•Commissioned and Started-up Two Superfund Groundwater Treatment Plants
Both superfund facilities were located within 20 miles of each other and the
commissioning and start-up activities were conducted sequentially from one
facility to the other.
EDUCATION
MS Environmental Engineering, Southern Illinois University
BS Chemical Engineering, Michigan Technological University
ADVANCED TECHNICAL EDUCATION
40 Hour Haz-Op Safety Training (29 CFR 1910.120),
Completed Pharmaceutical Computer System and GMP requirements Training,
Emerson DeltaV Operations Training, and
Completed Initial Emerson Safety Instrumented Systems (SIS) Training Course.
WORK HISTORY
Burns and McDonnell Engineering
Instrument and Controls Engineering, 10/10 to Present
On a contract basis, at Burns and McDonnell, responsibilities have included process and instrument diagram review and assistance, development of instrumentation packages including the design and specification of instruments and automated valves, as well as coordination with other disciplines to provide 3D modeling and construction packages for process and utility instrumentation.
CRB Engineering
Process, Instrument, and Controls Engineer, 3/08 to 10/10
As an employee of CRB Engineering I’ve provided instrument engineering support including process and instrument diagram review, instrument specification development, instrument layout drawing development, instrument bid package and vendor drawing review and approval, control panel design, as well as providing, commissioning and startup assistance for several projects.
In addition I have provided process engineering and process utility engineer support for several pharmaceutical and animal husbandry clients
T-Squared and Associates
Process Engineer, 3/07 to 3/08
On a contract basis, provided to CRB Engineering, instrument engineering support including process and instrument diagram review, instrument data sheet development, instrument layout drawing development and review, instrument bid package and vendor drawing review and approval, as well as trouble shooting and field installation support.
Process Systems Solutions of Continental Disc Corporation
Lead Process/Instrument Engineer, 3/06 to 3/07
Provided engineering support for the design and implementation of routine and emergency process and tank venting projects.
PC&E Inc/Emerson Electric. St Louis and Kansas City, Missouri
Engineering Consultant, 2/95 to 3/06
Provide project management as well as process development, design, and technology support for environmental control projects.
Experiences for the final six years with Emerson included process and instrument engineering project work for pharmaceutical, chemical and refinery operations. Other areas of responsibility included process safety management (PSM) reviews and training to prepare to work on SIS driven projects.
The ADVENT Group: Nashville, Tennessee and St Louis, Missouri
Project Manager 5/92 to 1/95
Responsibilities included providing technical input and project management for wastewater treatment projects including treatability studies, conceptual design, cost estimation, and development of integrat...
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