Vincent Fouchi
Mechanical Engineer
Shreveport,LA
Summary
Mr. Fouchi has four (4) years of experience in the chemical and refining industry after beginning as a mechanical equipment engineer. He has experience designing facilities and equipment for fluid and solid materials handling equipment as well as API and ANSI rotating equipment. This work includes equipment specification, equipment list, requisition, and datasheet management. Other responsibilities include procurement, piping design and layout, scheduling, hydraulic and pneumatic design, as well as material and equipment specification and selection by design. Mr. Fouchi has collaborated with, driven, and coordinated small and large teams, as well as worked with team members between domestic and global engineering offices.
Overview
4
4
Years of experience
Work History
Mechanical Engineer
Hunt, Guillot & Associates, LLC
Shreveport, LA
05.2024 - 05.2026
- LANXESS - Southwest AR: PHA - Technical Design engineer. The purpose of this project was to design solutions for capital improvements using the results of a client-provided process hazard analysis. This project involved routing a new phthalic anhydride line to a facility building, which required 3D modelling and design, pipe stress analysis, isometric drawings, PID drafting, pipe support design, and multi-disciplinary collaboration. This project also required liaising closely with the client to provide frequent updates on deliverable status.
- JHC RAM - Olive, MI: ASHCOR - Equipment Engineer and Technical Design Engineer. The purpose of this project was to propose, design, and construct a greenfield fly ash milling and processing facility over the course of 2 FEL phases, while also handling management and procurement tasks, such as scheduling, budget management, vendor procurement, and acting as a client-contractor liaison. The equipment utilized in this project involved conveyor chains and belts, rotary valves, attritor mills, dilute and dense phase pneumatic conveyors, baghouses, silos, electrostatic separators, and powder truck loading equipment.
- Standard Lithium - Southwest AR: SWA Well Field FEED - Lead Equipment and Technical Design Engineer. The purpose of this project was to develop several greenfield lithium brine extraction well pads from conceptual design to TIC estimate - project conceptualization, process design, equipment and vendor selection, technical and commercial bid tab evaluations, pipeline design, HAZOP and, material selection and evaluation.
- Full Cycle Waste Solutions - Pratt, KS: ASR Pyrolysis Value - Process design, consult, and TIC evaluation of in place upgrade for the separation unit of a pyrolysis recycling facility. The purpose of this project was to research, design, and optioneer a solution with Full Cycle Waste Solutions to optimize their recycle fluff separation system. This was done by implementing a series of separation equipment such as grinders, shaking screeners, magnetic and air-blade separators, quoted by various vendors, and combined into a TIC estimate for the client.
- Domtar - Ashdown, AR: #2 Fiberline Screenroom & Knotters - Onsite assessment of existing piping and P&ID walkdown. The purpose of this project was to walkdown the piping onsite for the paper mill's fiberline screenroom equipment, develop datasheets for ancillary equipment, piping and pump flow analysis, perform piping stress analysis, and develop tie-in, specialty item, and piping line lists. These and other deliverables were used to develop a mechanical construction package to be passed on to a contractor.
- Domtar - Ashdown, AR: Power Boiler #3 Superheater Replacement: Coordinated with the mill to plan process, selection of equipment, and scope of work to replace a power boiler superheater. The purpose of this project was to replace equipment, including the superheater itself, ancillary piping, superheater pendants and thermocouples, as well as attemperator piping. Additionally, involving the installation of a pyrometer for furnace temperature measurement.
- Calumet Specialty Products - Princeton, LA: Princeton Feedstock Separation - 3D scanning and construction package to separate overhead cut and side draw diesel/naphtha product and tie in new tank and separate line for naphtha feedstock product.
- Aethon Energy - Bland Lake, TX: Bland Lake Momentum Interconnect - Supported the design of new slug catchers and tank outflow restriction orifices within piping.
- Calumet Specialty Products - Shreveport, LA: LOHT HPWW Pumps Upgrade - Sized positive displacement pumps and piping for a high-pressure wash water service.
- Hunt Forest Products - Pollock, LA: Secondary Boiler Feedwater Supply - Development of construction package and operator deliverables of valve operation for secondary boiler feedwater supply pumps.
- Domtar - Ashdown, AR: Chip Meter Drive Upgrade - Diagnostic support of an existing double screw chip meter, and liaison between vendor and client to facilitate upgrade of the equipment.
Mechanical Engineer
Worley Inc.
Baton Rouge, LA
05.2022 - 02.2024
- Shell A05 'Jaguar' - Geismar, LA: Alpha Olefin (AO) Expansion Project - Lead Pump Requisition Engineer. The purpose of this project is to expand the Shell Geismar liquid AO production plant to increase throughput process and product output, as well as to generate hydrocarbon and wax products. Responsibilities included specification, detail design, and procurement of over 174 total API (API 610 BB/OH2/VS1/VS6, API 674, API 675, API 676, and API MagDrive) and ANSI pumps within the scope of hydrocarbon and oil environments, as well as their seal plans, lubrication, and bulk oil storage systems. This project involved equipment list management, working closely with, and mentoring under rotating equipment and turbomachinery subject matter experts, coordination with a workshare team, process, civil, instrumentation, and electrical teams, and acting as liaison between customers and vendors. Other responsibilities included measuring and utilizing knowledge of hydraulics to size pumps, piping, suction and discharge dampeners, valves, both IEEE 841 and API motors, recirculation systems to meet pre-existing flow conditions, and selection of mechanical seals (including matching API seal plans) and instrumentation. This project required working with a large team consisting of multiple disciplines.
- Shell PAO - Geismar, LA: Poly-Alpha Olefin Production Plant Project - Rotating Equipment Requisition Engineer. The purpose of this project was to design, procure, and construct a plant capable of producing separate grades of poly-alpha olefins for use in other production facilities. Responsibilities included specification, detail design, and procurement of pumps and compressors within the scope of hydrogen and oil vapor environments, as well as their respective lubrication and bulk oil storage systems. Other responsibilities included equipment list management, coordination with process, civil, instrumentation, piping, and electrical teams, and weekly coordination with customers and vendors.
- Alkegen SiFAB - New Carlisle, IN: Silicon Fiber Anode Battery Material Project - Mechanical Requisition Engineer. This project's objective was to scale up a pilot plant to a full production line for silicon fiber anode material from 20MT/year to 800 MT/year. Equipment included ovens and kilns, superheaters, heat trains, fiber spinners, mills, boilers, towers, pumps, scrubbers, wet dust collectors, filters, argon inerting systems, vibratory screeners, compressors, mixers, acid washers, and packaging or bagging stations. Responsibilities included acquiring, recruiting, and coordinating with vendors capable of providing equipment for the design of the project, and working with them to design equipment capable of following process design parameters. Additional responsibilities included coordination with process and electrical departments to finalize design and selection of equipment, as well as the procurement of vendors to satisfy design conditions for equipment, such as argon vendors for a gas inerting system.
- Syrah - Vidalia, LA: Battery Anode Material Project - Mechanical Requisition Engineer. The purpose of this project was to expand the ability of the Vidalia facility from producing 5ktpa of unpurified spherical graphite to 10 ktpa. Equipment included hoppers, mills, conveyors, motorized rotary valves and pneumatic slide gate and knife valves, pneumatic conveying systems, drag chains, vessels, tanks, API and ANSI pumps, compressors, ductwork, filter presses, furnaces, piping and isometrics, and bagging stations. Responsibilities included mechanical equipment list management, coordination and collaboration with workshare offices and counterparts in both engineering and design, as well as review of vendor data documents, P&IDs, datasheets, requisitions, and model designs. Duties included coordinating with mechanical, process, and electrical team members to design, specify, and purchase mechanical equipment, and assist with model design.
Education
B.S. - Mechanical Engineering, Mathematics
05-2022
Skills
- Advanced Microsoft Office
- Project
- Excel
- BlueBeam Revu
- C
- Python
- Material & Composite Analysis
- ANSYS FEA
- AFT Fathom
- Pipe-FLO
- AFT Arrow
- Compress
- AutoCAD
- Navisworks
- MathCAD
- Solidworks
- CREO
- Aspen Project
- Estimating
- REVIT
- API 610
- API 674
- ANSI
- IEEE 841
Certification
- Engineer in Training (EIT), Louisiana, 2022-Present
- LES, Louisiana Engineering Society
- ASME, American Society of Mechanical Engineers
- SAE International, Society of Automotive Engineers, 6159715363
Timeline
Mechanical Engineer - Hunt, Guillot & Associates, LLC
05.2024 - 05.2026
Mechanical Engineer - Worley Inc.
05.2022 - 02.2024
University of New Orleans - B.S., Mechanical Engineering, Mathematics