Process Engineer with Commissioning, Design and Manufacturing experience. Has a reputation for being hard working and for having a positive and enthusiastic outlook. Is an organised and logical thinker with proven analytical skills who can communicate successfully at all levels. Is motivated by challenge and is pursuing a career where skills, combined with sound technical knowledge, can be used effectively.

EMPLOYMENT HISTORY

Contract Process Engineer June 2006 - Nov 2007

Woodgroup Engineering, Glasgow

▪ BP - Process support for various onshore projects.

▪ Sigma 3 - Hysis dynamic modelling to reduce blowdown times.

- Desalination unit.

▪ Talisman - Ensuring minimum isolation standards and updating of P&ID's for shutdown modifications.

▪ ISG - Individual train and full plant isolation procedures for REG, TEG, Krechba & Hassi R'Mel production facilities.

▪ Total - Safety report for topsides reconfiguration project.

Contract Process Engineer March 2003 - June 2006

GlaxoSmithKline, Ayrshire

▪ Lead engineer during the design and commissioning of an expansion project.

▪ Involved in the validation of the site transfer (IQ, OQ, PQ and change control) of an existing product.

▪ Specification and Factory Acceptance Testing (FAT) of software for plant production.

▪ Sizing of new process equipment and confirming existing equipment duties.

▪ Successfully managed pilot scale trials, equipment specification and plant commissioning for an intermediate product isolation.

▪ Amended Standard Operating Procedures and Batch Production Sheets to accommodate plant upgrade

▪ Compiled training presentations to communicate changes on plant to both operational and support staff

Contract Process Engineer November 2003 - December 2003

Jacobs Engineering, Grimsby

▪ Commissioned new plant for project with Novartis. This included equipment ranging from head tanks to reactors with ancillaries

▪ Validation of design specification (IQ verification and OQ) of plant, software and documentation, all subject to FDA approval

Assistant Technical Manager April 2000 - October 2003

Vesuvius, Ayrshire

▪ Standardising production by commissioning new processes and completed technical audits of production sites including Belgium, Czech Republic, Sardinia, America, Mexico, India and China.

▪ Management of quality team consisting of 3 shift technical facilitators and 3 quality control operators.

▪ Lead an environmental project from design/approval to commissioning/training for resolution of a Lloyds audit non-conformance.

▪ Lead the startup commissioning team for a £500,000 process automation project.

▪ Reduced production failures by half through various plant improvements.

▪ Rationalised standard operating procedures in preparation for ISO9000:2000 accreditation.

Process Engineer June 1997 - April 2000

Zeneca, Grangemouth

▪ Commissioning a plant expansion project, which increased production capacity from 700 to 950 T/yr.

▪ Involved in a plant focus team to consolidate production with improvements and debottlenecking.

▪ Project process engineer for a further capacity increase to 1250 T/yr. Involved with design, HAZOP/HAZAN studies, Environmental Impact Assessment and planning to minimise process downtime during the combined commissioning/maintenance shutdown.

▪ Lead engineer for the installation of a dedicated chilled glycol system for a crystallisation vessel.

▪ Design and commissioning a cyclone separator.

▪ Optimised centrifuge performance to ensure final product separation within parameters.

▪ Part of a process engineering team for the support on established products across several plants.

Process Operator January 1997 - June 1997

Nutrasweet Kelco, Girvan

▪ Working as part of a team of plant operators manufacturing a thickening agent for the food industry.

Process Technologist June 1994 - September 1995

Tate & Lyle Sugars, Greenock

▪ Worked in a team to commission a large-scale CAPEX project for energy efficiency.

▪ Managed the installation and commissioning of a contact heat exchanger and ancillary equipment. The new process utilised flash steam from various high-pressure condensate lines.

▪ Identified and quantified yield losses at the front end of the process and achieved a reduction in losses through the introduction of a reprocessing stage.

▪ An extension to my contract led me to the engineering dept where I became involved in a project to upgrade the process utilities. My main role was rationalising the plant utility process diagrams.

EDUCATION

University of Paisley September 1991 - July 1996

B. Eng. (Hons) Chemical Engineering 2:1 Classification

Final Year Design Project: The Production of Acetic Acid

Final Year Elective: Biochemical Engineering