James Joseph

Background

About James Joseph

A dedicated Engineer with an illustrious decade of Engineering experience in the areas of Process Engineering, Process Instrumentation Control and Automation Engineering, Petroleum Engineering, and Engineering Commissioning. I have acquired quality experiences ranging across - Project Management (Engineering, Construction, Commissioning), Process operations, production control, Well Testing, Reservoir Sampling and Analyses, Raw water treatment, Captive Power generation, Gas Treatment, Cryogenics, Hydrogen Generation etc- Development and Review of FEED & EPC Documents, ICSS control philosophy, Safety Logic, Hardware Architecture, Cause & Effect Diagrams, Document markup, P & ID Diagrams- Technical Review of Project’s Constructability, Maintainability, Cost Management & Human Capital Skill requirement - Project’s Technical Design Reviews, FAT, SAT, Pre-commissioning-I/O loop checks, Commissioning, Exemption & Modification Orders, P & ID markup, Project documentation, Technical Reporting and parts procurement - Coordination of SIL/Risk Assessment (HAZOP), Incident Investigation and HSE Compliance towards safe job delivery- Implementation of maintenance philosophies for Preventive, Corrective, Scheduled and Turnaround maintenance - DCS and PLC Operations for Process control, Operation & Maintenance of Instruments, SIS design and implementation, Rotating Equipment, Sensors and Actuators, Control Valves, and Electrical Control Systems troubleshooting I am great at solving complex problems, I understand what it means to lead and to follow. Completed projects - Commissioned the Process Utilities Plant (STG, Water treatment, Steam generation, Air compression, N2, CW, BFW production units etc) at DFL 3 million tonnes plant- Process Commissioning Engineer for RFCC at the 650KBPSD Dangote Oil Refinery- Commissioned the BASF Chemcycling Pilot Plant - Commissioned BASF Mechanical recycling unit as Engineering Lead. My Top Knowledge Areas and Skills; 1. Process Engineering 2. Design expertise 3. Engineering standards ISO, ASME, API 4. Project Management 5. Operating procedures 6. Petroleum Refining 7. Process optimization 8. Engineering analysis 9. Process modeling 10. Heat & material balance 11. Material selection 12. P & ID development 13. Equipment sizing 14. Instrumentation specification 15. Simulations & calculations 16. Pilot Plant Operation 17. HAZOP Studies 18. PLC/DCS/SCADA operations 19. Chemical Engineering 20. Process design methods 21. Oil & Gas Processing 22. Ethylene/Petrochemicals Production 23. Nitrogen Production/Cryogenics