1. Kadeem Clarke
Professional Summary of Qualifications
I am a young enterprising and conscientious and resilient entry-level chemical
engineer with experience in pulp and paper, food manufacturing, and structural
adhesives. I will apply engineering principles and technical knowledge with
ingenuity and creativity to provide cost saving alternatives during project initiatives
and make quality recommendations. I am a results-oriented professional who builds
credibility and can effectively engage in multicultural and multidisciplinary
environments. I can organize and lead in high-pressure situations and I heavily rely
on my strategic and analytical thinking skills to solve difficult problems. I am an
innovative team player who will lead with excellent communication and client
facing skills. I am committed to achieving results and demonstrating that I
understand how my decisions will affect the company’s bottom line. I will work
within budgeted time and cost constraints. Some more of my major strengths
include; my ability to work on various unique assignments simultaneously,
influential, self-motivated, decisive, flexible, and I look forward to having
opportunities where I can create meaningful presentations, actively participate in
company meetings, and demonstrate my ability to take on new projects and
company challenges.
Technical skills and prior focuses
 Providing support to operations of fixed equipment like pressure vessels,
piping, pumps, heat exchangers, relief devices, storage tanks, reactors, etc.
 Design and sizing of the process equipment mentioned above
 Some experience with RCFA investigations and troubleshooting
 Knowledge of PSM ( Process Safety Management) regulations
 Bottleneck studies to explore places where optimization is possible
 Experience with running trials (Scaling up and scaling down processes)
 Experience with training operators on lab equipment
 Implementing lean manufacturing practices and six sigma to push process
improvement utilizing quality tools such as MINITAB, and initiate and
maintain lean activates (like 5S)
 Extensive hands on project work involving efficiency, design and
measurement, and industrial costs
 Experience with plant economics. This includes costing equipment,
determining capital investments, manufacturing costs, net presents values,
return on investments, etc.
 Experience with process controls like calibrations of equipment, using
correlations to mathematically model processes and model optimization,
working with computer programs to monitor and manipulate processes, and
controller tuning