RAMESH PATEL.

401 Woodlands Ridge Road Columbia, SC 29229

Email: rampatel48@hotmail.com Tele: (803)-419-7841
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Objective: Chemical Process Engineer with solid experience in custom manufacturing plants looking for a suitable
opportunity requiring strong technical skill and sound technical judgment & decision ability with the good track of
experience in establishing new products, process development and process scale ups, cost economics, best process
design, process engineering & process chemistry, process improvement & optimization, plant trouble shootings, and
cost reductions.
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Summary:
o Degree in Chemistry and Chemical engineering.
o Experience in custom manufacturing plants producing Specialty chemicals for agrochemicals
pharmaceuticals, Intermediates for personal care products, dyes and pigments, plastic, rubber and food
industries.
o Experience in leading several projects as a team leader and as a team member. Able to work with multiple
projects at a time, Set and achieving goals.
o Experience in techno economical evaluations of chemical process chemistry, Cost economics, material &
Energy balance Process hezops, Air Emission calculations, Air permit applications, Process Improvement &
cost reduction
o Experience in process scale ups from bench scale to commercial production level through various chemical
unit operation.
o Experience in working out best process design and writing of plant procedures, Process monitoring and
Production support, Waste minimization.
o Ability in writing comprehensive technical reports, project status and campaign’s report with commenting on
yields and performing results, critical analysis and recommendations.
o Process improvement, optimization and implementation from concept, waste minimization, Improvement
measurements in terms of value.
o Expertise in several chemical reactions like Friedle Craft, Grignard, Brominations, Condesation Diazotization
- coupling reaction.
o Representing and participating in technical meeting at the customer/ toller’s site, new business development
project meeting, Group meeting with various technical departments.
o Computer proficient in Microsoft word, excel, Power point, Visio, CAIMS etc.
o Experience in Automatic Batch control – SIEMEN’S Simatic PCS-7 Automatic batch control.
o Process training including unit operation to plant operators and supervisors.
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Experience:
Weylchem US Inc. Formerly Clariant (Life Science Chemicals) Inc. Elgin, SC Aug’97- Oct’09
Sr. Process development Engineer
• Experience in custom synthesis- Scaled up and established various new products in Specialty chemicals,
Agrochemicals, Pharmaceutical Intermediates, and organic Chemicals.
• Evaluated process chemistry of several new projects to determine techno-economical feasibility. Designed
process Engineering and monitored project implementation and process scale ups.
• Designed best process with all available options to fit in existing equipments with least amount of new
capital. Prepared material balance, energy balance and process flow diagrams.
• Completed successfully TFMP Automation Project (Batch control Simatic PCS-7) and increased production
capacity from 200 MT per year to 400 MT per year as a team member.
• Lead and monitored plant trials and reviewed analytical results, established new processes on plant scales.
• Implemented various process improvement cost reduction program for existing products.
• Evaluated Batch results analysis, writing of comprehensive campaign performances report with
recommendation.
• Lead process hezops, recommended required safety features, interlocks to make safe procedure.
• Presented project status and process performing results and participated in technical discussion with
various leading chemical companies, various groups and new business development meetings.
 • Prepared air emission data on CAIMS and air permit package for EPA approval. Prepared process flow
diagram using Vision soft ware. Prepared relief device and corrosion rate calculations.

International Specialty Products Inc., New Jersey

Process Engineer/ Senior Plant chemist: Oct’88- Nov’96.
Accomplishments:
• Monitored batch processing of cosmetics ingredients- fatty acid esters, oils sunscreens, Surfactants,
emulsions, emulsifiers, conditioners, and others raw materials for cosmetics formulations and personal care
products.
• Developed and scaled up plant processes of Conditioners -Quartnium 22 and Moisturizer - Glyceracid
(Maleated Soybean Oil), from bench Scale to commercial production.
• Upgraded and optimized the manufacturing processes of sunscreens- Octyl Methoxy Cinnamate and Octyl
Para Dimethyl Amino Benzoate.
• Updated standard operating procedures and material flow diagrams for all 45 different products.
• Improved various manufacturing processes of fatty acid esters, emulsifiers and conditioners.
• Prepared material flow diagram standard time cycle, batch raw material consumption for accounting.

Kenrich Petrochemical Inc., New Jersey

Process Chemist- July ’87- Oct’88
Accomplishments:
• Responsible for process development to achieve desirable properties of elastomers, thermoplastic and
Thermosetting resins by modification in formulations.
• Prepared lab trials using various recipes for new formulations in various polymer products.
• Prepared plant procedures for the rework of off specs batches on the basis of bench work.
• Testing of raw material from the regular and alternate supplier in actual formulation.
• Performed high temperature reactions and batch distillations in one liter through 100 liters glass assembly
• and 100 gals glass lined reactor at pilot scale.

TRAINING:-
• Process Safety Work shop & Process Risk Analysis by Rob Freet & Paul Lieck Clariant (USA) Inc. Date:
November 17th,18th 2004.
• 2009 Process Safety Life Cycle work shop By Charles M Fialkowski. Date: 9th May 2009 SIEMENS.
• Writing of operating procedure for process safety management by “The center of Professional
Advancement”. Date: 10th November’ 1995.

Education:
• B. S. in Chemical Engineering GPA 3.6
• B. S. In Chemistry GPA 3.7
Award:
• President Award -Year 2004 Outstanding Achievement & Job Recognization at Clariant LSC USA Inc.
• President Award -Year 1995 ‘Process Improvement Team leader –Sunscreen – Escalol-557 at ISP Inc. New
Jersey.

Affiliations: Association of American Chemical Society and Association Institute of Chemical Engineering.