Jinesh Vora has over 8 years of experience in risk management, project engineering, and process engineering roles related to petroleum refining, sulfur recovery, and chemical facilities. He has worked on projects for companies like BP, WorleyParsons, TOPCL, HPCL, Chevron, CNRL, and ENSR|AECOM. Vora holds an MS in Chemical Engineering from the University of Southern California and has extensive knowledge of process simulation and engineering software.
Jinesh Vora has over 8 years of experience in risk management, project engineering, and process engineering roles related to petroleum refining, sulfur recovery, and chemical facilities. He has worked on projects for companies like BP, WorleyParsons, TOPCL, HPCL, Chevron, CNRL, and ENSR|AECOM. Vora holds an MS in Chemical Engineering from the University of Southern California and has extensive knowledge of process simulation and engineering software.
Jinesh Vora has over 8 years of experience in risk management, project engineering, and process engineering roles related to petroleum refining, sulfur recovery, and chemical facilities. He has worked on projects for companies like BP, WorleyParsons, TOPCL, HPCL, Chevron, CNRL, and ENSR|AECOM. Vora holds an MS in Chemical Engineering from the University of Southern California and has extensive knowledge of process simulation and engineering software.
Eastvale, CA 91752 (909) 348-2278 jinesh.vora@hotmail.com
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Summary Valuable candidate with more than 8 years of combined experience as risk management analyst, project engineer and process engineer in design and operation support responsible for petroleum refining, sulfur recovery and chemical facilities
Experience Feb 2011 Present Risk Management Analyst / Project Engineer, WorleyParsons, Arcadia (WCO), USA
Northern Tier Program, BP, Alaska Oversees and aggregates risk management for all BPXA Projects. This includes all aspects of the projects (engineering, procurement, fabrication, construction, and start up), and sub-contractors (where WorleyParsons has primacy) Assists in creating program risk management plan and procedures, facilitates their implementation and ensures standardization among the projects Assists in arranging necessary risk management training for the program and projects staff and manages their access requirements for risk management tools Manages risk management communications on the program SharePoint Ensures proper functioning of the elements like reporting and escalation of risks within the program Facilitates Risk Management Workshops for projects and programs and assists leads with their risk management communications and issues Maintains program level risk register Trains new employees coming on board and provides ongoing support to them Created and maintains top risks report template so that it brings consistency in all reports, aligns with BP RAT (Risk Assurance Tool) reporting system and transforms smoothly to project control dashboards
Flow Station 1 Fire and Gas Renewal (FS-1 FGR), Gathering Center 2 Safety Systems Renewal (GC-2 SSR) and Synchronized Endicott Water Solutions (SEWS), BP, Alaska Assisted in arranging and managing risk assessment meetings and reports, conducting project meetings and capturing minutes of meetings and organizing project schedule meetings Assisted in preparing project plans and reports Assisted in preparing cost estimates of SELECT stage options using in-house computer applications Coordinated with engineering disciplines and clients Assisted in defining and managing project execution plans and procedures hierarchy at program level
Jan 2008 Feb 2011 Process Engineer, WorleyParsons, Monrovia (WCO), USA
Emission Improvement Project, Thai Oil Public Company Limited (TOPCL), Thailand: (270 MTPD Sulfur: Sour Recovery Unit (SRU) and Tail Gas Treating Unit (TGTU))
SRGW, Chevron El Segundo, USA: (235 LTPD Sulfur: Sour Water Stripper, One Claus SRU and one TGTU including utility systems)
Duties involved in the above listed projects (TOPCL, HPCL and Chevron) Developed Piping and Instrumentation Diagrams (P&IDs) Performed hydraulic calculations for pump head requirements, lines sizing, control valves, flow elements Sized and prepared process specifications for pumps, exchangers, equipments Prepared line summary Sized Pressure Safety Vales (PSVs) and performed flare header sizing calculations Assisted in preparation of responses to the HAZOP recommendations Involved in interdisciplinary and client discussions
CNRL Oxygen Enrichment Study, CNRL, Canada Assisted in study and preparation of report to determine maximum capacity of existing SRUs utilizing low and medium level oxygen enrichment Involved in interdisciplinary and client discussions
Jinesh Vora 6365 Caxton Street Eastvale, CA 91752 (909) 348-2278 jinesh.vora@hotmail.com
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Christina Lake Regional Project, CNRL, Canada Assisted in preparation of P&IDs Sized and prepared process specifications for equipments
Jun 2007 Nov 2007 Chemical Engineer (Intern), ENSR|AECOM, Long Beach, USA
BP, Carson Worked on P&IDs, prepared new work description and maintenance packages for FCC turn around Performed field checks of piping isometric packages Assisted in preparation of proposal for helping clients in reducing metal emissions
Chevron, El Segundo Assisted in preparation of site remediation Maximum Achievable Control Technology (MACT) analysis and report
Valero Refining Co., Wilmington Assisted in preparation of TRI-ME reports for EPA
Jul 2005 Mar 2006 Production Assistant, Clarion Casein Ltd., India
Major Responsibilities Monitored casein (a milk protein) production including quality control Performed process evaluation for quality upgrade Managed crew of 5-8 personnel for day to day activities
Jun 2005 Nov 2005 Chemical Engineer, Aavishkar Consultancy Services (B. I. Bhatt), India
Design Data Book (ISBN 8123913893) Assisted in preparation of manuscript of thermodynamic data collection relating to steam, selected refrigerants and brines
Dec 2003 Jan 2004 Chemical Engineer (Intern), Gujarat State Fertilizers & Chemicals Ltd., India
Sulfuric Acid Plants Performed studies of Sulfuric Acid plant process including operating training and prepared report
Education MS Chemical Engineering, University of Southern California, December 2007
BS Chemical Engineering, Gujarat University, June 2005
Certified Courses, Projects and Awards
Dale Carnegie Course: Effective Communications & Human Relations/Skills for Success Awarded Crashing Through Award by a vote of fellow class members
Northern Tier Program, BP, Alaska Awarded Certificate of Achievement in recognition of showing dedication and enthusiasm in the risk review process for all BP Projects and delivering solid results to new process in short period of time
CAD of multi-Component Condenser, Government Engineering College, Gujarat, India Preparing CAD of Multi-Component Condenser
Ethanolamines, Government Engineering College, Gujarat, India Prepared report for production of ethanolamines with the suitable process, material and energy balance, equipment design, plant layout, economic viability Awarded Best Chemical Engineering Graduate Student Award from Indian Institute of Chemical Engineers (IIChE) for this project
Jinesh Vora 6365 Caxton Street Eastvale, CA 91752 (909) 348-2278 jinesh.vora@hotmail.com
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Kinetics of Spray Reactor - Red Iron Oxide from Pickling Liquor, USC, CA, USA Prepared report on spray reactor, its kinetics and its application Showed how the technology of the spray reactor can be used to make useful product, red iron oxide, from the waste of iron industries with 3d plant demonstration
Reverse Osmosis Membranes for Water Purification - Fouling and Scaling Phenomenon, USC, CA, USA Prepared report on usage of membranes in reverse osmosis and various affecting factors for water clarification processes Demonstrated applications of reverse osmosis in industries including drinking water, wastewater, desalination, food and car wash
Specific Technical Expertise / Specialist Courses Knowledge and experience of computer software applications Engineering: PRO II, Super ProDesigner, ChemCAD, ANSI C, TRI-ME (EPA), Polymath, MathCAD, AutoCAD, INtools Microsoft Office: Word, PowerPoint, Excel, Publisher, Visio and Outlook including certified training of MS Office Project Other Software Applications and Languages: Adobe Illustrator, Photoshop, InDesign, Acrobat, Flash, Director, Dreamweaver, Fireworks, After Effects, Premiere, Soundbooth; Autodesk 3ds max; Website Development HTML, CSS, JavaScript, jQuery, PHP