Alex Raffier
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MECHANICAL/PROCESS ENGINEER
Excellent process design skills and mechanical knowledge. Working to strict deadlines within technically demanding environments. Major projects have included process design and pricing for oil&gas / petrochemical industry, hazardous areas, onshore & offshore such as industrial refrigeration package, dew point control, gas compression and vapour recovery. All aspects of design, selection, pricing of compressors, drives, gas engine, pumps, pressure vessels, heat exchangers, PLCs, skids and piping as well as whole process package design.
ADVANCES SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE
Industrial refrigeration Dew point control Gas compression Vapour recovery Hazardous area Computer model Design automation Proposal compilation Package pricing Engineering marketing Exhibition worldwide Sales follow up
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE AND SIGNIFICANT ACHIEVEMENT
DESIGN PROPOSALS ENGINEER Refrigeration Engineering Pty Ltd, Unanderra, NSW, Australia Oct 2009-present time
Responsibilities: Bidding and sale stage management, business development role, technology marketing, process design. Designing and pricing industrial refrigeration/compression systems. Communicating with clients and vendors about technical and commercial issues. Travelling to Europe, Middle East and Asia for exhibitions, developing company markets. P ROJECT /R&D ENGINEER Refrigeration Engineering Pty Ltd, Unanderra, NSW, Australia Oct 2008-Oct 2009
Responsibilities: Design of gas compression, refrigerated vapour recovery, dew point control and industrial mechanical refrigeration packages. Refrigerated type vapour recovery research and development. Design of mixed refrigerant refrigeration cycle using hydrocarbons. Developed an integrated cost estimating for industrial refrigeration package, reducing proposal compilation from a few days to a few hours. Mar 2008 - June 2008 M ASTER S THESIS Sweco Theorells AB, Gvle, Sweden Subject: Wallpaper low-temperature drying system design. Feasibility stage. Awarded Excellent mention Mar 2007 - June 2007 M ASTER S THESIS Refrigeration Engineering Pty Ltd, Unanderra, NSW, Australia Subjects: Vapour recovery cascade refrigeration system design. Component re-rating, selection.
EDUCATION M ASTERS DEGREE SPECIALISED IN SCIENCE OF ENERGY SYSTEMS
University of Gvle, Sweden Main subjects: optimisation, sustainability, exergy, renewable energy. M ASTER S DEGREE SPECIALISED IN S CIENCE OF ENERGY MANAGEMENT Universit de Pau et des Pays de lAdour (UPPA), France Main subjects: heat transfer, thermodynamics, power generation. B ACHELOR DEGREE SPECIALIZED IN S CIENCE OF ENERGY MANAGEMENT Universit de Pau et des Pays de lAdour (UPPA), France Main subjects: fluid mechanics, heat transfer, thermodynamics. TECHNICAL DIPLOMA SPECIALISED IN FLUIDS , ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENT Anglet High School, France Main subjects: heat management, maintenance & safety procedures. 2006-2007 2007-2008
2005-2006
2001-2003
FURTHER TRAINING
X LIST & X ACE W ORKSHOP 2009 Heat Transfer Research Inc, Sydney Modelisation of air cooled and shell & tube heat exchanger using HTRI modelling software MILLER HEIMAN S TRATEGIC & C ONCEPTUAL S ELLING Miller Heiman E XPORT /I MPORT I NCOTERMS 2010 Australian Institute of Export COST E FFECTIVE REFRIGERATION Massey University, New Zealand P ROCESS S IMULATION I N G AS C ONDITIONING & P ROCESSING Uni Strategic, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia 2010
2010
2010
2012
LANGUAGE AND SKILLS
COMPUTING SKILLS Microsoft Office suite MODEST Linear programming French English Spanish Mandarin Visual basic HTRI Hysys VMGSIM
L ANGUAGE SKILLS
mother tongue fluent (IELTS Test: 8.5) scholar little (learning)
REFERENCES
References available upon request