Stefano Mania

Enabling the energy transition by developing revolutionary Heat Transfer technologies

Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands

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Experience

  • Shell ()
    • Senior Heat Transfer Engineer (Fired & Electrical Heaters)
      May 2022 - Present · 4 yrs 3 mos

      As part of this new role, more focus is added on energy transition and R&D including Hydrogen firing and Electrical process Heaters

    • Heat Transfer Engineer (Fired Equipment)
      Mar 2020 - May 2022 · 2 yrs 3 mos

      Heat Transfer Engineer (Fired Equipment) at Shell Global Solutions International B.V. (Energy Transition Campus Amsterdam). Providing technical support to Shell Downstream assets, Third parties, Licensing and NOV. Global Subject Matter Expert (SME) for process Heaters and Burners. Committee member of NEN/CEN/ISO and IOGP/ISO 5133 Protective System Requirements for Fired Equipment in Refinery & Petrochemical. Large group attendee of API535, API560 and API556 revision team.

  • Energy plant A. Operations Manager at Kronospan
    Jun 2019 - Mar 2020 · 10 mos

    Biomass wood-based and recycled wood fluidized-bed-CHP powerplant Energy plant A. Operations Manager. Kronospan Energy SA is the biggest renewable energy (heat and electricity) private supplier in Luxembourg (200MW of heat and 60MW of electricity) contributing to rise the national total green energy production, reducing the CO2 footprint in a circular economic system.

  • Senior Process & Test Engineer at John Zink Hamworthy Combustion
    Jan 2019 - Jun 2019 · 6 mos

    Senior process engineer in the Process Burner team. Burner design, development, prototyping and testing at Luxemburg Test facility

  • Fired Equipment Engineer (Combustion Engineer) at Sonatrach Raffineria Italiana
    Dec 2018 - Jan 2019 · 2 mos

    Sonatrach bought ExxonMobil Augusta refinery including myself and all the employees. I kept my previous role of Fired Equipment SME with the exception that I was now supporting only one refinery (Augusta)

  • ExxonMobil (13 yrs 2 mos)
    • Fired Equipment Engineer (Combustion Engineer)
      Jan 2015 - Dec 2018 · 4 yrs

      Fired equipment (Furnace, Boiler, Flare and combustors) technologist and refinery technical focal point. Mainly supporting Augusta refinery. Being also regional Fired Equipment Network member, I supported all the EMEAP refineries as well (peer assist, experience/opinion sharing, etc.).

    • Front End Development Engineer
      Jun 2013 - Jan 2015 · 1 yr 8 mos

      Process design & project development responsible for all refinery CAPEX small projects (up to 3.5 M$) from the feasibility study until FID. Follow-up engineer for the execution/detailed engineering, construction and commissioning phases

    • Process Technologist support Engineer
      Jun 2010 - Jun 2013 · 3 yrs 1 mo

      Providing technical support to the Process Technical Assistance group for Atmospheric Distillation Unit, Powerformers (Reforming/platformers), Hydrofiners, Sulfur plant and MEROX unit. Double hatting with production (process) refinery operations.