Objective: A challenging position related to Project/Process Engineering, Plant Engineering (Design-Installation-Commissioning), Plant / Equipment Design or related activities

HIGHLIGHTS OF QUALIFICATIONS

Active experience in project engineering and organizing the teams for developing new product/equipment/process and setting up industrial plants

Working knowledge of PC computers and softwares (AutoCad-14, Office-97, MS-Project, Windows, NT)

Completed projects related to equipment/process improvement and plant layout

Coordinated teams for design, installation and start-up of factories

Prepared technical reports for planning and control of projects

Prepared tender documents for procurement of machinery and equipment

Familiar with the 'Agriculture Canada' codes for equipment / plant (comparable with the 'USDA' codes)

Performed time and motion studies, value engineering and ‘knowledge based’ & ‘activity based’ cost/benefit analysis

Studied and prepared the technical sections of feasibility reports

Prepared preliminary flow-diagrams and lay-out

Coordinated teams for preparing techno-economic feasibility reports

Applied new procedures for technological analysis of industrial projects, which can be used in conjunction with conventional economic/financial evaluations

Provided industrial and advisory services on selection and improvement of technology and methods of production, management of innovation, as well as on improving efficiency, based on needs assessment and information analysis.

Extensive studies and hands-on experience in developing and re-organizing design / engineering capabilities related to plant design and process / project engineering.

Introduced TQM, SPC (Statistical Process Control), MRP, preventive maintenance and ISO-9000 in a number of factories

Have experiences in equipment design for food industry

Creative, flexible, enjoy challenge, team-oriented and problem solver

Some recent projects are described as follows:

"Company Name" Fine Foods, Scarboroguh, Ontario: Time / process study and trouble shooting in a plant, with 150 employees, which produces frozen meat pie (for President Choice) and frozen apple pie (for McDonalds.)

"Company Name", Hamilton, Ontario: Time study / process improvement for a production / packaging of wiener and bacon in 12 lines. Area: + 100,000 Sq. Ft, 250 employees.

Plant Process Design - PPD, *****, Ontario: (an engineering firm specializing in food industry): Provided services on process engineering, facilities planning, plant lay-out and time and motion study.

"Company Name", *****, Ontario: Engineering services related to development / relocation to a new facility. The project, performed in a very tight time frame, covered: process engineering, plant-layout, plant design, facilities planning, installation, start up and re-operation. Total area: + 40,000 Sq. Ft. Total personnel: + 100. Total budget for relocation: + $300,0000

Some relevant positions are described as follows:

Project Engineering

Setting up Industrial Plants Projects: Dairy and food plants. Product/Process Development Projects:Fabrication of stainless steel equipment based on a technology transfer agreement

Feasibility Studies and Technological Analysis of Projects

Projects: A wide variety of industrial projects, including food industries and process plants.

Process Improvement: Meat processing and packing plants. Facilities Projects: Dairy, frozen food and pharmaceutical plants. Plant Design/Installation Projects: Pasteurized milk and milk powder plants. Sheep and poultry slaughterhouses. Bakery, candy and flour plants.

EDUCATION

1997 NT4 Program, Caricom Institute of Technology, Toronto, Canada

1995 Industrial Engineering, Master of Engineering program, University of Toronto, Canada

1976 Mechanical Engineering, Master of Science degree from the Engineering School of Tehran University

1974 Mechanical Engineering, Bachelor of Science degree from the Engineering School of Tehran University, Iran

1991-Present Industrial Consultant, "Company Name"., Toronto, Canada

1987-1991 Industrial Consultant, "Company Name", Tehran, Iran

1986-1987 Engineering Manager, "Company Name", Tehran

1977-1986 Project Engineer & Project Manager, "Company Name", Tehran

AFFILIATION

Professional Engineers Ontario

Institute of Industrial Engineers

International Association for Management of Technology

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Objective

Full time employment for an engineering firm.

Education

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*****, Florida

B.S. Ocean Engineering - specialty: fluid mechanics, naval architecture (1991-96)

M.S. Ocean Engineering - specialty: materials (1996-1998)

E.I.T. certificate (1998)

Recent Achievements

Co-authored paper with Dr. William Hartt on non-destructive testing of prestressed concrete piles. (To be presented at NACE ’99)

Design, development, and testing of new technology used for internal testing of prestressed concrete pipe.

UNIX

Mac OS

Software experience includes Pro/ENGINEER, AUTOCAD, MATLAB, Microsoft Office, Micrografix Designer, Adobe Photoshop.

"COMPANY NAME" (June 1998 - March 1999)

Fallbrook, California

Title: Corrosion Engineer

Duties: Duties included data analysis and writing of technical reports. Achievements include the design, development, and testing of a new technology used to perform internal inspections of Prestressed Concrete Pipe. Experience includes in field corrosion testing and assessment, interaction with machinists, and project cost estimation.

********* Atlantic University (1994-1998)

******, Florida

Center for Marine Materials and Corrosion (1996-1998)

Title: Graduate Assistant

Duties: Assistance in experimental procedures including tensile and flexural testing of materials, data analysis, and scaled simulations of field conditions at Gumbo Limbo Research Facility.

Experienced in Scanning Electron Microscopy, as well as Energy Dispersive X-Ray Spectroscopy.

Experience with several types of data acquisition equipment.

"COMPANY NAME" (1995-1996)

Title: Engineer Technician

Duties: Design and production of control surfaces, shafts, and maintenance of the tail sections of Autonomous Underwater Vehicles.

"COMPANY NAME" (1994-1995)

Title: Technical Diver

Duties: Burial and retrieval of acoustic transducers, construction of submerged acoustic arrays, and boat operation.

Languages

Polish, English

Special Skills

PADI certified diver with 13 years experience.

Comfortable in the ocean environment and skilled in handling small craft.

Self-motivated individual with strong problem solving skills who is capable of working independently as well as in a team oriented environment.

References available upon request.

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SCIENTIFIC ILLUSTRATOR AND RESEARCHER
Strong Computer Skills

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EDUCATION
Candidate for Bachelor of Arts, expected major in Biological Anthropology, Environmental Studies concentrator. Swarthmore College, Swarthmore, PA.

Graduate of Amherst Regional High School, ranked 20 in class of 340, National Honors Society. Amherst Regional High School, Amherst, MA.

FIELD ECOLOGY EXPERIENCE
Conducted a study on invasive Norway maple trees for an ecology course, Scott Arboretum (Swarthmore, PA.)

Conducted a study on invasive woody plants in a  meadow of native grasses for a Biodiversity seminar, Tyler Arboretum (Media, PA)

Completed an independent study project: ìComparison of Four Methods Determining the Grazing Offtake by Impala in Receeding Floodplainsî in the Okavango Delta (Botswana, Africa)

Completed an independent study project: ìOrchidology at Eye Levelî in Las Cusingas Botanical Garden (Guapiles, Costa Rica)

SCIENTIFIC ILLUSTRATION EXPERIENCE
Attended the Guild of  Natural Science Illustrators Master Class in Scientific Illustration: taught by Frank Ippolito, an illustrator for the American Museum of  Natural History in New York City (Steuben, Maine)

Completed a summer internship as a freelance administrative assistant for J/B Woolsey Associates, a scientific illustration and design consultant company: duties included cataloging finished text figures into a Filemaker Pro database, filing reference art, and becoming familiar with Adobe Illustrator 7.0 and Photoshop 5.0. (Philadelphia, PA.)

SKILLS
Apple and PC proficient including StatView 5.0, KaleidaGraphTM, DataDesk, Filemaker Pro, and Excel; familiar with Adobe Photoshop 5.0, Adobe Illustrator 7.0, and Scantastic software programs; Internet and Netscape proficient; HTML literate.
References Available Upon Request

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