Chris Barkhordar
Chemical Engineer
Whittier,CA
Summary
Bilingual Process Engineer communicating project status and deliverables to key stakeholders. Offering B.S. in chemical engineering. Applying experience from more than 30 projects to augment corporate services and market share.
Overview
1
1
year of professional experience
7
7
years of post-secondary education
Work History
Process Engineer
Golden Bear Services
Santa Ana, CA
05.2022 - Current
- Established project schedules and monitored tasks to meet milestones during each phase.
- Provided technical assistance to production team when issues arose.
- Developed documentation, diagrams and specifications to meet project requirements and regulatory standards.
- Documented feasibility and implementation of third-party projects for review and future reference.
- Analyzed critical line data to make recommendations for improvement.
- Conducted root cause analysis to identify, prioritize and eliminate process losses.
- Visited client sites to troubleshoot issues and provide one-on-one training.
- Prepared scope of work documentation for use in project planning
- Participated in project reviews to enable ongoing status tracking and reporting.
- Managed third-party contractors, inspecting completed work and ongoing efforts to confirm quality and adherence to prescribed guidelines.
- Developed conceptual scope analyses of project objectives.
- Evaluated proposed project economics and identified alternative solutions and designs producing improved results.
- Solicited proposals from third-parties to provide holistic costing data in proposal documentation.
- Drove cost savings through improved productivity, material utilization improvements and by optimizing labor.
- Reviewed processes, identifying areas requiring improvement.
- Coached newly hired employees and interns while observing progress and delegating tasks.
- Collaborated with technologists to address operating issues and support rapid recovery.
- Created process simulations to test operational outcomes without causing service disruptions.
- Interfaced with area teams to verify application of technical details.
- Met weekly with team members to discuss project implementations and alleviate any issues.
Education
Bachelor of Science - Chemical Engineering
University of California, Riverside
Riverside, CA 09.2013 - 06.2020
Skills
Regulatory standards
Improvement tracking
Process flow analysis
Documents and reports
Relationship building
Project oversight
Cost estimates
Project coordination
Timeline
Process Engineer
Golden Bear Services
05.2022 - Current
Bachelor of Science - Chemical Engineering
University of California, Riverside
09.2013 - 06.2020