Ittre, Walloon Region, Belgium
Supervises a group of Cracking Furnace Specialists that provides support to TOTAL Petrochemicals and TOTAL Petrochemicals joint venture sites worldwide. Provides specialist support to troubleshoot site problems with operation of cracking furnaces. Technical bid evaluation and technical supervision of work undertaken by licensors and engineering contractors. Develops Best Practices to be used on all TOTAL Petrochemical sites. Participates in Furnace Network Meetings. Undertakes studies. Develops innovations in design and operation of cracking furnaces.
Leads efforts to progress development of the use of radically new materials and novel geometries in cracking furnaces Establishes new principles for testing and specifying burners: attends burner tests Supervises combustion CFD simulation undertaken by partner (REI) Provides overview and QC for furnace process design calculations Establishes furnace process performance guarantees (technical and commercial) Heads efforts to sell USC® furnace technology worldwide (e.g
Established the new, multi-disciplined group and oversaw it's growth from 20 to 50+ staff (at maximum). Prepared written guidelines and procedures. Radically changed fundamental design concepts. Established S&W's reputation as having the world's leading ethylene furnace technology.
Directly supervised all furnace projects undertaken in the UK office. Assisted in the management of a Department of 100 Process and Fluid Systems Engineers.
Formed the new group and expanded it to 10 Process Engineers.
Was responsible for Primary Fractionation Area of BP Chemicals/ICI (now SABIC Europe) JVO6 plant Supervised 4 Shifts of 5 Operators and Foremen
Carried out joint development projects to improve plant operations Evaluated new technologies