Imani V. Sowell
Process Engineer, Refining
Baton Rouge, LA · (225) 555 0153 · name@example.com · linkedin.com/in/imanivsowell
Key Qualifications
EXPERIENCE
Nine years in petroleum refining and olefins process engineering
INDUSTRIES
Refining, petrochemicals, industrial gases
SPECIALTIES
Distillation, heat integration, relief system review, unit monitoring, turnaround scope
SYSTEMS
Aspen Plus, Aspen Energy Analyzer, AutoCAD, Minitab, process historian software
CREDENTIALS
Professional Engineer, Louisiana; Fundamentals of Engineering examination passed 2016
EDUCATION
Bachelor of Science in chemical engineering, Louisiana State University
Executive Summary
Process engineer with nine years in refining and olefins, licensed as a Professional Engineer in Louisiana. Works the unit rather than the model alone, then uses Aspen Plus to prove the case before capital is spent. Known for energy and yield projects that survive a full year of operating data.
Signature Achievements
- Raised recovery on a naphtha splitter by one point four percent through a reflux and feed tray change that cost nothing to implement.
- Cut fuel gas use on a crude preheat train by roughly nine percent after a heat integration study identified two exchangers to reroute.
- Wrote the relief case review for six vessels ahead of a turnaround and closed two findings that had been open for four years.
- Built a fouling monitor in the process historian that gave operations three weeks of warning before a cleaning was needed.
- Led the process scope for a twenty two million dollar unit revamp and delivered the package on schedule for the contractor bid.
Professional Experience
Process Engineer
Gulf Bayou Refining Company, Baton Rouge, LA 2020 to present
Crude and light ends units at a refinery running one hundred eighty thousand barrels a day.
- Own daily monitoring of two distillation units, including yield accounting and energy tracking.
- Develop and simulate revamp options in Aspen Plus and present them for capital funding.
- Write operating procedures and safe operating limits with the unit superintendent.
- Support turnaround planning by defining inspection and modification scope for exchangers and towers.
Process Engineer
Ascension Olefins, Geismar, LA 2017 to 2020
Ethylene plant cold section supporting a plant of three hundred forty employees.
- Tracked compressor and cold box performance and recommended cleaning intervals.
- Ran the plant test run each quarter and reconciled the mass balance.
- Participated in process hazard analysis reviews as the process representative.
Junior Process Engineer
Delta Ridge Engineering, Baton Rouge, LA 2016 to 2017
Engineering consultancy of sixty people serving Gulf Coast chemical clients.
- Sized pumps, exchangers and control valves for small capital projects.
- Prepared process flow diagrams and piping and instrumentation drawings for client review.
Licensure and Certification
Professional Engineer, State of Louisiana, license number 41287
Member, American Institute of Chemical Engineers
Occupational Safety and Health Administration thirty hour general industry card
Education
Bachelor of Science in chemical engineering, Louisiana State University, 2016
Core Skills
Aspen Plus modeling · Distillation · Heat integration · Relief system review · Yield accounting · Process hazard analysis · Turnaround scope · Operating procedures · Historian analysis · Contractor coordination