Alex Hamann
Kalamazoo,MI
Summary
Engaged and outgoing student seeking work experience in the pulp and paper industry with a background in both process engineering and sales.
Overview
3
3
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Technical Sales Intern
Nalco Water, an Ecolab Company
05.2024 - 08.2024
- Day-to-Day chemical inventory management for multi-million-dollar account at USG paper in Otsego, MI
- Trial preparation, execution, and analysis for multi-million-dollar chemical trials,
- Participation in pitch meetings for new products to mill executives and corporate executives
- Mill reliability testing to provide process engineering value
Process Engineering Intern
Billerud North America
06.2023 - 08.2023
- Day-to-day process and quality analysis in a mill site environment on a coated graphic paper machine.
- Trial planning and coordination including work with operations and maintenance on multiple areas of a paper machine.
- Multiple outage tasks, including analyzing headbox reliability and managing chemical inventories during power loss.
Process Engineering Co-Op
Billerud North America
01.2022 - 08.2022
- Day-to-day data collection, testing, and problem-solving in a mill site environment, frequently working with operators and mechanics.
- Long term project design and completion in multiple areas of the fiber line process, From woodyard, Recausticization, and Pulp Mill
- 37 Day Cold Mill Outage Replacing many different machines throughout the Pulp Mill.
Education
Bachelor of Science - Paper Engineering, Chemical Engineering
Western Michigan University
Kalamazoo, MI04-2025
Certification
- ELA953 SAChE® Certificate - An Introduction to Managing Process Safety Hazards
- ELA962 SAChE® Certificate Program - Chemical Reactivity Hazards
- ELA974 SAChE® Hazards and Risk Introduction to Hazard Identification and Risk Analysis
- ELA983 SAChE® Hazards and Risk: Hazard Identification and Risk Analysis
- ELA975 SAChE® Certificate Program - Process Safety Ethics – A Brief Introduction
- ELA984 SAChE® Certificate Program Inherently Safer Designs
- ELA985 SAChE® Certificate Program Practical Process Safety 1
Timeline
Technical Sales Intern
Nalco Water, an Ecolab Company
05.2024 - 08.2024
Process Engineering Intern
Billerud North America
06.2023 - 08.2023
Process Engineering Co-Op
Billerud North America
01.2022 - 08.2022
Bachelor of Science - Paper Engineering, Chemical Engineering
Western Michigan University