Senior Process Engineer

To obtain a senior or supervising level position in process engineering utilizing my strong technical skills

Experience
2008 - Present Intecsa/Dragados Industrial (Spain)
- Area Process Lead (Detailed Engineering). “REPSOL Cartagena Refinery Upgrading Project” (Sulfur Units)

2005 - 2008 Tecnicas Reunidas (Spain)
- Area Process Lead (Basic Engineering). “GALP Sines Refinery Upgrading Project” (Vacuum Distillation Units)
- Area Process Lead (Detailed Engineering). “Aramco Rabigh Refinery Expansion Project” (Hydrotreating/ Crude Distillation/Interfaces)

2003 - 2005 Consortium Foster Wheeler/Tecnoconsult (Venezuela)
Area Process Lead (Detailed Engineering and Start-up) “Sincor Heavy Oil Upgrader Debottlenecking Project (Hydrotreating/Hydrocracking/Amines/Sulfur/Sour Water)
1986 - 2003 PDVSA (Oil Refining)-Venezuela- Plant Troubleshooting and Conceptual, Basic and Detailed Engineering
Cardon Refinery. Principal Process Engineer. (Delayed Coking, Naphtha Hydrotreating and Catalytic Reforming)
In Company Special Assignment: Process Coordinator (Basic and Detailed Engineering and Start-up) of Cardon Refinery Delayed Coking Unit Expansion
El Palito Refinery. Process Engineer/Process Eng. Supervisor (Crude and Vacuum Distillation/Naphtha Hydrotreating/Catalytic Reforming/BTX)
Abroad Special Assignment: Resident Process Engineer (Basic Engineering) for a MTBE/TAME plant project. Fluor Daniel- Houston-Texas-USA
In Company Special Assignment: Process Coordinator (Conceptual, Basic and Detailed Engineering and Start-up) of Crude/Vacuum Distillation Expansion Project
Amuay Refinery. Process Engineer (Hydrotreating/Sulfur/ Amines/ Sour Water)
Abroad Special Assignments:
- Resident Process Engineer (Basic Engineering) for a Sulfur Recovery Plant Project. R.M. Parsons- Pasadena-California-USA
- Resident Process Engineer (Conceptual Engineering) for an Olefin/Hydrogen Recovery Plant Project. C.F. Braun- Alhambra-California-USA

BSChE, Universidad de Los Andes- Venezuela
Relevant Professional Courses
-HTRI heat transfer simulation package- INTECSA
-Process Design Fundamentals- EXXON
-Building Safety into Plant Design- EXXON
-Distillation Design and Operation Oil- SHELL
-Platforming Process Technology- UOP
-Practical Refinery Distillation- Refining Process Services
-Hydrocarbon Process Troubleshooting- N. Liberman
-Practical Distillation Technology- H. Kister
-Projects Economic Evaluation- Corpoven (PDVSA)
-Refinery Economics- Corpoven (PDVSA)
-Major Risks Evaluations-Lagoven (PDVSA)

Refinery Process Engineer with 21 years of experience in technical support for refinery units operations (Day-to-day monitoring, troubleshooting, optimisation, shut-down/start-up); conceptual, basic and detailed engineering (Process simulations, equipment sizing, hydraulics, P&ID’s/PFD’s, HAZOP). He has held positions of Process Engineer, Principal Process Engineer and Process Engineering Supervisor