Neha Sonare
Chemical/process engineer
Dubai
Summary of Career
1. Leading the team of process engineers & operations team
2. Preparation of operating procedures, method statements, technical presentations, research and development activities
3. Handling Hazmat team for smooth operations
4. Review of PIDs,control philosophy, datasheets, equipment lists, logic diagrams, cause and effect diagram, alarm summary etc
5. Support the team in procurement activities for analytical labs
6. Preparation ond finalization of process block flow diagram
7. Technical support to the team
8. Simulation and mathematical modelling
9. Preparation of permit application packages, review of environmental impact assessment
10. Hazop, waste water treatment analysis
Experience as Simulation engineer
Yokogawa India Ltd
31 January 2011
04 April 2013
▪ Managing the development of functional and concept technical design specifications and provides technical leadership on phases of delivery.
▪ Responsible for making project specific standards
▪ Customer interaction for data collection, analysis, data requirement sheet, P & IDs with their latest
revisions and arranging the same on the file server on regular basis for the project.
▪ Ensures that the implementation of process engineers is reviewed with respect to project standards
and quality documents.
▪ Responsible for conducting project reviews with Sr. Engineer on a weekly basis and report the same
to the Team lead
▪ Interface with Engineering Manager / TL for Issue reporting and work progress.
▪ KOM meeting with the customers.
▪ Presentation on the Yokogawa’s OTS software to customers depending on the requirement.
▪ Defining the scope of the process under simulation, involved in the configuration of model Network
as per P & ID, Extracting the design input data for the model, tuning the model using Yokogawa Australia Pty Ltd. (Techcomm simulation) tools i.e. TICSS.
▪ Thorough analysis of recent biotechnological progress in the context of present technological challenges and future developmental opportunities aimed at bringing the enzyme costs down and improving the overall process economics towards large scale production of enzymatic biodiesel.
▪ Challengestoovercomeduringprocessdesignsuchasthoseofenergyconsumption,lipaselifespan, capital investment, inert solvent recovery and FFA reduction in the final product.
▪ Recent developments on the free fatty acid treatment.
▪ Involved in in-house development of power performance calculation software for the power plant basically involves the development of equations for major equipment’s like boiler, turbine, condenser, heaters etc. using ASME standards i.e. using performance test codes. (PTCs).
Projects handled:
• Worked on the 685MW Raipur supercritical thermal power plant under the supervision of Australian affiliates.
• Worked on 660 MW Jaypee Nigrie Supercritical Thermal Power Plant.
• Developed Power plant performance calculation software for the cogeneration plant using ASME
standards for the KEL Baheri project.
Experience as Research Analyst
01 March 2016
31 July 2016
Thorough analysis of recent biotechnological progress in the context of present technological challenges and future developmental opportunities aimed at bringing the enzyme costs down and improving the overall process economics towards large scale production of enzymatic biodiesel.
▪ Challengestoovercomeduringprocessdesignsuchasthoseofenergyconsumption,lipaselifespan, capital investment, inert solvent recovery and FFA reduction in the final product.
▪ Recent developments on the free fatty acid treatment.
Experience as Process engineer
01 August 2016
19 February 2020
▪ Monitoring HAZMAT and Operations at the GEMS sites in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
▪ Development of Facility designs, Facility operating methods, Technology review, selection and integration, Material handling methods and solutions, HAZMAT & HSE management systems, ERP management, Waste Characterization sheets, Risk Matrix, Method Statements, Project adaptations
and improvement.
▪ Document reviews and Project Management for the completion of Regulatory Documentation and
Reporting, Land Applications, Operating permits, Technical write-ups, Research Reports, Method Statements for waste management and environmental projects, MSDS library, Waste Operating and Policy Manuals.
▪ Alarm set point Calculations, Review of HAZOP, Logic diagrams, SIL reports.
▪ Preparation & technical reviews of operating methods and procedures, site operations & lab reports,
site documentation and development strategies.
▪ Persistent Research & development work for the Chief Technology Officer.
▪ Wide Research work in the field of Spent Caustic Technology, Red oil treatment in petrochemical
spent caustic, Red Mud, Sea disposal methods and criteria’s, Syn gas production using fly ash, Recovery of V & Ni (metals) from fly ash, Municipal Solid Sludge management, Dispersant characterization, Different soil remediation methods & its applications etc.
▪ Worked on proposal for handling the waste generated from the NEOM project (500 billion Saudi Government project)
▪ Technical support to the procurement team on the purchase of Analytical laboratory instruments at various GEMS site in KSA.
▪ Technical support to the laboratory team in the Kingdom.
Bachelor 01 July 2007
Chemical engineeringMaster 01 June 2009
Chemical engineering