Ladan Sahafi

Ladan Sahafi

Technical Sales Director - Western USA

About

- 36 years of experience in process design, safety, plant/product inspections, quality control, and project management - Over $95 mil in sales of various infrastructure and Equipment sales for the Water, Waste Water, Process and Mining Industry - Experience involving Chemical & Petrochemical Plants, Refineries, Mining Facilities, Gas Plants, Re-refining Plants and Water Treatment Facilities - Several recognition awards including three MVP awards at Fluor - Performance Excellence Award for leadership capabilities at Fluor - Award winning Team Leader for the top fundraising team for a non-profit organization for 5 years - Exceptional analytical and problem solving capabilities and strong communication and management skills - Performing all aspects of process/project engineering including: o Front end design, detail engineering, engineering management and process safety. o Development of Block Flow Diagrams (BFD), Process Flow Diagrams (PFD), Heat and Material Balance Tables, Plant Layout, Piping and Instrumentation Diagram (P&ID), relief and fire protection system design, instrument/ equipment specifications, Standard Operating Procedures (SOP), Hazard and Operability Studies (HAZOP), and all other aspects of the Process Safety Management (PSM). o Managing/Coordinating projects with Detail Engineering firms abroad o Balancing project budget, scheduling, procurement, accounting, and logistics

Country

United States

City

Irvine

Industry

Environmental Services

Skill

HAZOP, Petrochemical, Process Safety, Aspen Plus, Oil/Gas, Refinery, Chemical Engineering, Aspen HYSYS, Leadership, P&ID, Management, Process Simulation, Petroleum, PFD, Engineering, Oil & Gas, Project Engineering, Energy Industry, Factory, HAZOP Study

Experience

AMERICORE INTERNATIONAL SALES & MARKETING, INC.

Technical Sales Director - Western USA

AMERICORE INTERNATIONAL SALES & MARKETING, INC.

2010-9 - Present · 16 yrs

Tustin, California

Representative for technical sales and marketing of various fiberglass and steel products serving the water and waste water industry. Products include, but are not limited to large-diameter non circular pipes, Manholes, Odor Control, Waste Water Recovery Technology, valves and couplings.

Axon Consulting, Inc.

SENIOR PROCESS ENGINEER / PROCESS SAFETY ENGINEER / PROJECT MANAGER

Axon Consulting, Inc.

2006-7 - Present · 20 yrs 2 mos

Irvine, CA

Responsibilities included providing project management, process design and process safety engineering, product QA and inspection services for various clients in the chemical, petrochemical, construction and mining industry: - Chevron North America, SJVBU and San Ardo Fields , CA (2013-2015) Responsibilities: As a fully vetted Chevron SIS/SOA Facilitator, performed Process Hazard Analysis and Safety Objective Analysis (HAZOP/LOPA) for the various processing facilities for the past 3 years. - Tesoro Refinery – Long Beach, CA (2014-2015) Responsibilities: Compliance Revalidation of the Process Hazard Analysis of the Alky Unit. - Southern California Gas Company – Chattsworth, CA (2015) Responsibilities: Process Hazard Analysis for the Aliso Canyon Turbine Replacement Project. - Freeport McMoRan Copper & Gold Company – Phoenix, AZ (2010-present) Responsibilities: General process and process safety engineering services for several plants throughout the world including facilities in Arizona, DRC, and Peru. Also, in charge of reviewing (as a third party consultant) the Piping and Instrumentation Diagrams (P&IDs), as well as the Functional Specification for different process areas within the Plant. All projects were managed within budget and schedule. - Jacobs Engineering – Denver, CO (2011) Responsibilities: HAZOP Facilitator for the Climax project (5 month study). The project was managed within budget and schedule. - Fluor Corporation – Total Petrochemicals USA, Inc. in Houston, Texas (2008) Responsibilities: HAZOP Facilitator performing Hazard and Operability Analysis for Coker Unit of their refinery in Port Arthur, Texas. - General Inspections- various regions within US, Responsibilities: Managing product inspections for multiple large scale production and construction companies, implementing quality assurance programs for manufacturing facilities, representing government agencies for quality assurance and inspection at the manufacturing plants.

Evergreen Oil Inc.

SENIOR PROCESS ENGINEER / PROJECT MANAGER

Evergreen Oil Inc.

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2004-4 - 2006-7 · 2 yrs 4 mos

Irvine, CA

Responsibilities included: - Modularize the design of the existing Re-refining plant in Northern California - Establish vendors (equipment, structural steel, instrumentation, etc. …) and engineering firms overseas - Write/review proposals for clients throughout the world - Perform front-end design, develop process flow diagrams/heat and material balance, and customize the plant design to each client’s desired flow rate and plant layout. - Perform, review design calculations (relief valves, equipment sizing, line sizing, etc. …) - Manage the P&ID development and equipment/structural procurement - Coordinate the logistics and scheduling of various projects

Fluor Corporation

SENIOR PROCESS ENGINEER

Fluor Corporation

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1997-1 - 2004-4 · 7 yrs 4 mos

Aliso Viejo, CA

Projects/responsibilities included: - Catalytic Gasoline Desulfurizer (SZorb), Phillips Petroleum Company, Ferndale, Washington (2002 -2004); Responsibilities: Process Lead Engineer for detail engineering of the Dynawave Scrubber system, Make-up Air Compressor and Regeneration Gas Compressor for the new Catalytic Gasoline Desulfurizer Unit at Phillips 66 Ferndale Refinery - Syncrude Plant 18-1 LGO Hydrotreater, Syncrude Canada, Mildred Lake, Alberta, Canada (2002); Responsibilities: Facilitation of the Hazard and Operability Analysis to evaluate the design of Plant 18-1 LGO Hydrotreater - Hamaca Crude Upgrader Project Petrolera Ameriven, Jose, Venezuela (2000-2001); Responsibilities: Detail engineering of the Hydroprocessing Unit and Hazard and Operability Analysis for various units including the Coker & Coke Handling Unit, Sulfur Recovery Unit, Tail Gas Treating Unit, Amine Regeneration Unit, Hydrogen Recovery Unit, Acid Gas Recovery Unit, and Sour Water Stripper Unit. - Refinery Revamp, Engen, Durban, South Africa (1999); Responsibilities: Process Lead Engineer for debottlenecking of a Vacuum/Crude Unit within the refinery. - Refinery Upgrade Project, Irving Oil Limited, Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada (1998 - 2000); Responsibilities: Process Lead Engineer for the design of a grassroots integrated Crude/Vacuum Distillation Unit and detailed engineering of the unsaturated gas plant of the RFCCU Project. - Ruwais Refinery Expansion, Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC), Ruwais, Abu Dhabi, UAE (1995 - 1997); Responsibilities: Facilitation of the Hazard and Operability Analysis for various units including the Sour Water Stripper, Amine Treating Unit, and the Sulfur Recovery Units - Sulcis IGCC Project, Texaco Development Corporation, Weisbaden, Germany (1997); Responsibilities: Performed as the Safety expert/consultant to oversee the Preliminary HAZOP review that was performed by ABB Lummus as part of the Preliminary Engineering Package

EQE International Inc.

Project Engineer

EQE International Inc.

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1993 - 1996 · 3 yrs

Irvine, CA

Responsibilities included: - Performing Process Hazard Analysis (PHA) and Hazard and Operability Studies (HAZOP) - Conducting Process Safety Audits and preparing reports - Developing Emergency Response Plans and Standard Operating Procedures - Building Siting Assessment as part of OSHA's Process Safety Management (PSM) requirement - Vapor Cloud Dispersion Modeling and Off-site Consequence Analysis - Implementation of Safety Programs - Compliance with OSHA's Process Safety Management rule and California Risk Management and Prevention Programs (RMPP)

S&B ENGINEERS & CONSTRUCTORS, LTD.

Process Engineer

S&B ENGINEERS & CONSTRUCTORS, LTD.

1990 - 1993 · 3 yrs

Houston, TX

Responsibilities included: - Preparation of Block Flow Diagrams (BFD), Process Flow Diagrams (PFD) and Heat & Material Balance tables - Preparation of Piping and Instrumentation Diagrams (P&ID) on new and modified processes - Performing hydraulic analysis and calculations to ensure proper operations - Design of fire and safety relief system - Performing detail design including equipment specification, line scheduling, and process specification for instruments - Producing Process Description and Standard Operating Procedures (SOP) - Conducting Hazard and Operability Studies (HAZOP) and P&ID Design Reviews - Waste Minimization and pre-startup review - Startup troubleshooting problems

Education

University of Washington

University of Washington

LinkedIn

Chemical Engineering

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