Tan Chun Chia is a 32-year-old Malaysian chemical engineer with over 7 years of experience. He currently works as a Senior Process, Project, and Service Engineer in Penang, Malaysia. He holds a Bachelor's degree in Chemical Engineering from University Putra Malaysia. His responsibilities include coordinating project planning and execution, leading service technicians, and consulting with clients. Some of his past projects include designing various water treatment systems and a scheduled waste recovery facility. He is proficient in English, Chinese, and Malay.

1. Name TAN CHUN CHIA
Age 32
Qualification Bachelor of Chemical Engineering
Year of Passing 2008
University / College University Putra Malaysia (UPM)
Current Position Senior Process, Project & Service Engineer
Total Experience 7.6 Years
Current Location Penang, Malaysia
Notice Period 1 month

2. Personal particulars
NAME Tan Chun Chia
D.O.B @ I/C 21-August-1984 @ 840821-07-5395
GENDER Male
RESIDENT
ADDRESS
2, Jalan Sri Bukit, 14000 Bukit Mertajam, Pulau Pinang, Malaysia.
CONTACT +6017-4474008 / +6012-4856212
EMAIL josephtan.chunchia84@gmail.com / joseph_tan84@hotmail.com
RACE Chinese
RELIGION Buddhist
NATIONALITY Malaysian
MARITAL
STATUS
Single
HIGHEST
ACHIEVEMENT
IN EDUCATION
 Degree in Chemical Engineering, University Putra Malaysia
(UPM)
 Last CGPA: 3.34, Second Class Upper Holder
 Graduation Year: 2008
LEAVING
REASON (s)
To pursue a career in a highly dynamic and competitive environment with
great opportunities for advancement, and to be a well-equipped senior
engineer and enroll to management level
PREFERABLE
POSITION (s)
 Process & Application / Project Engineer
EMPLOYMENT
HISTORY
FULL TIME POSITIONS
Senior Process, Project & Service Engineer, Engineered Products &
Services (M) Sdn Bhd, Simpang Empat, Penang (2011-present, 4.6 years)
Monthly Salary: RM 4,000 (basic) + RM 1,100 (allowances)
Responsibilities/Job Scopes:-
 Coordination in project planning and execution management
including process design and calculation, material balance, plant
instrumentation and control, equipment positioning & installation,
piping installation, testing and commissioning, staff training, etc.
 Lead, manage and coordinate service technicians by assist them to
perform their work tasks to achieve project objectives through
providing technical advice on system monitoring and maintenance,
troubleshooting of waste water treatment plant, RODI system,
carbonizer, evaporator, crushing plant, scheduled waste recovery
plant and precious metal recovery plant.
 Responsible to prepare proposal to client include project costing,
design specifications, general arrangement & layout, process &
instrumentation diagram for submission of project tender.
 Responsible to consult and advice client for parts/whole plant or
system improvement for the best practices to achieve project
operation requirements.
 Quick respond to attend for troubleshooting of system abnormality
to avoid any reoccurrence.
 Consult and propose ROI and cost saving projects to client for
utilities system and energy savings management.
 Write-up for submission and endorsement of Written Notification
of Environmental Quality (Industrial Effluent) Regulation 2009
and Permohonan Lesen Perlanggaran to Director General of
Department of Environment

3.  Write-up process design and description, general layout
arrangement and consult technically for submission and
endorsement of Environmental Impact Assessment of Scheduled
Waste Management to authority agencies e.g. DOE, DOSH,
BOMBA, municipal council, etc.
 Application for Written Permission Under Section 19 and Section
18 for Setting Up Off Site Scheduled Waste Recovery Facilities.
Project Involved:-
 Designing acid dissolution process for recovery of Aurum from
10MT/month of SW-204; cleaning process for recovery of Copper
& Aluminium fragment from 50MT/month of SW-422.
 Designing metal separation process for recovery of Zinc Oxide &
Iron Ingot from 2,000MT/month of SW-104.
 Designing, coordinating and leading a team to refurbish & modify
7.0m3/hr Chemical Treatment Plant for Industrial Plating Line
Effluent within budget RM190K and timeline 1.5 months
 Designing, coordinating and leading a team to implement 3.5m3/hr
Recycled & Reclamation DI Water System from Back Grinding &
Mechanical Sawing Machines within budget RM210K and
timeline 2.5 months
 Designing, coordinating and leading a team to implement 5m3/hr
RODI System for Wafer Front of Line Process within budget
RM245K and timeline 3 months
 Designing, coordinating and leading a team to implement 4m3/hr
Carbonated DI Water system and 2.5m3/hr Ultrapure DI Water
system upgrading project for Die Saw Process within budget
RM46K and timeline 3 weeks
 Designing, coordinating and leading a team to implement 1.5
m3/hr Ultrapure Water with ElectroDeinonization (EDI) System
for Industrial Moulding Parts Cleaning Process within budget
RM350K and timeline 3 months
 Coordinating and leading a team to implement 6m3/hr Fluoride
Treatment Plant for Industrial Moulding Parts Cleaning Process
within budget RM220K and timeline 2 months
 Coordinating and leading a team to implement 5m3/hr RODI
System for Industrial Moulding Parts Cleaning Process within
budget RM160K and timeline 2 months
 Designing, coordinating and leading a team to implement 0.4
m3/day Drum Evaporator System for Fluorescent Casing Process
Effluent within budget RM185K and timeline 2 months
 Coordinating and leading a team to implement 5m3/hr Chemical
Treatment Plant for Industrial Metal Parts Process Water Effluent
within budget RM155K and timeline 2 months
Accomplishments:-
 Technical Write-up
o Process design and description for Schedule Waste category
of SW-204, SW-409, SW-410, SW-411, SW-422 and SW-
325 inclusive plant layout, productivity capacity, pollution
control system for Environmental Impact Assessment.
o Process design and description for Schedule Waste category
of SW-110 for capacity of 100MT/month with acid
dissolution process for recovery of Aurum.

4.  Cost Savings
o Completed to culture new bacteria growth of aerobic process
for activated sludge biological process of 22m3/hr wastewater
treatment plant with saving of RM24K.
Chemical Engineer (Project), Soon Soon Oilmill Sdn Bhd, Prai, Penang
(2009-2011, 2 years)
Monthly Salary: RM 3,000 (basic)
Responsibilities/Job Scopes:-
 Coordinate planning and execution of projects including overall
economic analysis, mass and energy balance calculation, chemical
and mechanical design and fabrication, plant instrumentation and
control, equipment installation and commissioning.
 Support and consult technically for process troubleshooting and
improvement in oilmill, refinery, feedmill and flourmill plants.
Accomplishments:-
 Return of Investment Project
o Designing, coordinating and leading a team to implement
Lecithin Drying Plant project within budget RM1.2Million
and timeline 6 months with ROI of RM2.4Million.
 Cost Savings
o Completed replacement of ejector system by vacuum pump
with saving of RM15K.
o Design an air heater to reduce 3% moisture content of hull
with saving of RM40K.
Materials Engineer, Intel Products(M) Sdn Bhd, Kulim, Kedah (2008-
2009, 1 year) - Contract basis
Monthly Salary: RM 2,800 (basic)
Responsibilities/Job Scopes:-
 Support technically for high volume manufacturing substrates and
integrated heat spreaders for CPU products
 Drive quality/productivities improvement to support internal
factory and supplier validation
 Materials procurement specifications and white paper validation
Accomplishments:-
 Cost Savings
o Contributed a return of investment (ROI) of $360K ($0.284
reduction to $0.258 per each unit) validation activity for
supplier new panel utilization
o Contributed a project for avoiding the scrapping cost of $27K
materials to support the sealant shelf life extension project
 Excursion Management
o Coordinated inventory on-hold task force team to consolidate
weekly on-holds and drive for expedited disposition with
focus of high quantity impact materials. This project had
reduced the inventory throughput time effectively
o Implementation of Kaizen Lean manufacturing activity to
minimize the amount of time and resources of the excursion
process in terms of quality and costing
EDUCATIONAL
HISTORY
Higher Education: University Putra Malaysia (2004-2008)
 Degree in Chemical Engineering

5.  CGPA: 3.34, Second Class Upper Holder
 Graduated in 2008
High School: Jit Sin High School (2003)
 Sijil Tinggi Persekolahan Malaysia (STPM)
CO-
CURRICULUM
Co-curriculum
 Liaison Officer, FESPIC Games KL 06’, Voluntary UPM
 Project Manager, Chemical Engineering Students’ Society (ChESS
Club), 2004-2005
 Sub-Committee, activity of exploring Dark Cave, Chemical
Engineering Students’ Society (ChESS Club)
 Participant, National Chemical Engineering Symposium 06’ in
University Technology Petronas , Chemical Engineering Students’
Society (ChESS Club)
 Participant, Engineering Basketball Competition, Chemical
Engineering Students’ Society (ChESS Club)
 Committee member, Engineering Graduation Night, Engineering
Society
 Participant, ESOSS The 26th Engineering Society’s, Engineering
Society
 Study Scheme in University Malaya, Engineering Society
 Active member, Engineering Society
 Incoming student exchange committee member, AIESEC (UPM)
 Participant, National Leadership Development Seminar, AIESEC
(UPM)
LANGUAGES
Languages (Spoken & Written Proficiency : Best = 10 – Worst =1)
Language Spoken Written
Chinese 10 10
English 9 9
Bahasa Malaysia 9 9
SKILLS &
ABILITIES
Personal Behaviors
 Excellent leadership capability and handling well in project
management
 Good analytical and technical skills
 Responsibility and able to handle multiple critical assignments
simultaneously
 Advance computer proficiency and simulation technical software
 Active in many types of sports: football, basketball, jogging, etc
 License of Class B2 and D
Computer Skills
 Applications: Microsoft Office, Microsoft Project, Microsoft
Visio, SAP, JMP, CATTS, EATS
 Technical Drawing: AutoCAD, Google SketchUp
 Laboratory for Control Design: MatLab, Aspen Plus, CSMPro5
 Programming Languages: Turbo C++, Dev-C++

6. Professional Skills / Course Attended
 Board of Engineers Malaysia, BEM Road Show 2014/2015
“Staying Relevant”, 6 CPD Hour, 2014
 Institution of Chemical Engineers, IChemE “Get Chartered”, 2014
 Certified Environmental Professional in the Operation of Industrial
Effluent Treatment Systems - Biological Process (CePIETSO-BP),
Part I & II, 2013
 Department of Environmental Penang State, Seminar
“Environmental Quality Regulations (Industrial Effluent) 2009 and
(Clean Air) 1978”, 2012
 Fundamentals of Process Plant Layout and Piping Design, 15 CPD
Hours, 2010
OTHERS
RELEVANT
INFORMATION
Engineering Membership
 Institution of Chemical Engineers, IChemE with registration
number 8692
 Board of Engineers Malaysia, BEM with registration number GE-
83853A
 CIDB Green Card for Engineer, CIDB Malaysia 2013
 NIOSH Card for Engineer, NIOSH Malaysia 2014
Final Year Project
 Title: Plant design of 100 MW waste to energy power plant by
refuse derived fuel (RDF) through Integrated Gasification
Combined Cycle
 Objectives:
o To fabricate a definitive process route up to the industrial
standard that clearly outlines the conversion of RDF to energy
o To construct a flow sheet of the process route completed with
integrated mass and energy balances
o To design heat recovery steam generator as major equipment
in chemical and mechanical detailed design
 Software Applied:
o Aspen Plus is used to simulate the calculation of material and
energy balances
Projects Undertaken
 Produce a complete process design according to the industrial acts
and standards.
 Process flow diagram (PFD) of the plant and piping and
instrumentation diagram (PID)
 Chemical and mechanical designs of the equipments sizing
 HAZOP studies on the assigned equipments
 Evaluation of capital and operating cost of the plant
Subjects Undertaken
 Heat Transfer
 Mass Transfer
 Fluid Mechanics
 Thermodynamics 1 & 2
 Chemical Process Principles
 Polymer Engineering

7.  Material Science
 Organic Chemistry
 Physical Chemistry
 Engineering Mathematics 1 & 2
 Engineering Statistics
 Water and Wastewater Engineering
 Management and Utilization of Waste
 Principle of Economic
 Islamic Civilization
 Asian Civilization
 Malaysian Nationhood
 Interactive Speaking
 Final Year Academic Project
 Industrial Health and Safety
 Electrical and Electronic Technology
 Strength of Material
 Process Control and Instrumentation
 Project Development and Management
 Engineering and Society
 Oil and Gas Engineering
 Unit Operation 1 & 2
 Safety and Risk Assessment
 Process Optimization and Simulation
 Computer Programming C
 Process and Plant Design
 Reaction Kinetics and Reactor Design
 Engineering Drawing and Geometry Modeling
 Recovery Processes
 Engineer and Society
 Process Survey Project
 Chemical Engineering Laboratory 1, 2 & 3
REFERENCE
1. Prof. Dr. Luqman Chuah Abdullah
Department of Chemical and Environmental Engineering
Faculty of Engineering
University Putra Malaysia
43400 Serdang, Selangor Darul Ehsan
Tel.: 03 - 8946 6288
Fax: 03 – 86567120
E-mail: chuah@eng.upm.edu.my