Kenneth D. Jones
1033 East 46th Street Unit #203 • Chicago, Illinois • 60653 • 773-860-7096 • kennethdjones@sbcglobal.net
Qualifications
 Managed collaboration of multi-functional teams creating sales and tools to improve project cost estimates.
 Experienced professional with diverse experiences in technical and social non-profit industries.
 Skilled in coaching team members and clients, implementing process improvements and creating internal
standard operating procedures to create behavioral changes.
 Experienced in safely designing, commissioning and optimizing industrial units to improve productivity and
decrease operating costs.
 Proficient in MS software including MS Project and Oracle. Transportation Worker Identification Credential
(TWIC) valid until June 2013.
Business and Technical Education
M.B.A. / M.S. Supply Chain Management Candidate, Loyola Univ. Quinlan School of Business
APICS The Association for Operations Management 2012 Scholar
GPA: 3.733 / 4.000
Bachelor of Science, Chemical Engineering, Texas A & M University
President’s Achievement Award Recipient, Worthing Scholarship Recipient,
Exxon Mobil (formerly Exxon) Scholarship Recipient and Summer Intern
Dow Chemical Summer Intern
Chicago, Illinois
2014
College Station, Texas
1995
Professional Experience
Valdes Engineering Company
Lombard, Illinois
Senior Process Engineer
2011 – Current
Duties entail process design for various chemical processes and providing onsite services to clients. 20% Domestic
travel.
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Established 10 conceptual process design bases and 5 technical solutions for Marathon Petroleum Company in
Detroit, MI.
Completed a crude storage study and assisted in the creation of safety instrumented system documents for BP
Whiting, IN on behalf of Jacobs Engineering.
Providing process department man-hours estimates used to generate sales proposals for projects.
Performing as part of the Quality Audit Team created to monitor internal work flow procedures.
Assisting Business Development group to create average hourly estimate for relief valve projects and capability
lists for multifunctional groups.
Chicago Jobs for Youth
Chicago, Illinois
Adult Education Transitions Counselor
2010 – 2011
Duties entailed assisting in the execution of policies of Illinois Community College Board (ICCB), Work Investment
Act (WIA) and Re-enrolled Student Project (RSP) contracts.
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Began as a volunteer.
Managed activities of the Adult Education Department for three months during manager maternity leave.
Collaborated with upper management to qualify JFY Adult Education and Career Services clients under
statewide contracts and establish group goals for fiscal year 2012.
Completed 18 hours career development units required by ICCB contracts to improve counselor skills.
Assisted Adult Education Instructor in preparing clients to pass Illinois state adult education standards. Class
size 30 – 46 students.
Conducted regular math tutoring sessions with clients twice a week. Class size 5 – 10 students.
Conducted college tours and supported clients’ interests in careers beyond obtaining high school equivalency by
assisting with college and career planning.
Merichem Company, Merichem Gas Technologies
Schaumburg, Illinois
Sales and Applications Senior Applications Engineer/ Applications Engineer
2005 – 2009
Duties entailed generating sales proposals, attending industry trade shows and conferences, co-authoring sales and
marketing articles, training and developing tools. 10% domestic and international travel to Indonesia, Germany, and
Austria
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Managed the collaboration with Drafting, Applications, and Engineering and Sales groups to produce
standardized process flow schemes. Standard PFDs reduced re-work and assisted in training new Engineers.
Collaborated with engineering department to re-vamp and align sales and engineering design guidelines.
Revamped sales heat and material balances and contributed to on-going revamp of sales spreadsheets to
decrease proposal production time.
Performed benchmark revision of the Basic Engineering Design Data Sheet to improve customer and client data
transfer throughout the sales and design phases.
Collaborated with various internal groups and vendors to produce sales project proposals that resulted in the
sale of $5+MM in projects. Produced in excess of $50+MM budgetary and firm proposals annually.
Worked as part of cross departmental team to standardize work process map and hours. Analyzed data through
various project management systems to capture and present project hours benchmark.
Co-wrote 3 published articles in Ethanol Producer, Hydrocarbon Processing and Hydrocarbon Engineering
periodicals.
UOP LLC, A Honeywell Company
Des Plaines, Illinois
Refining Technical Services Treating Process Specialist
1996 – 2005
Position involved continual customer and corporate support and maintaining proprietary software tools. 20%
domestic and international travel to India, Singapore, United Kingdom, Germany, Netherlands, Bahrain, UAE.
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Conducted ~10 – 1 week training courses and seminars, typically 30 – 40 trainees. Successfully conducted training
seminar in Bahrain attended by 50+ representatives from various companies in the region.
Provided technical service to clients through on-site audits and HAZOP reviews, remote data analysis and
consultations.
Assisted continuing sales and services in preparation for client visits, agreement preparation and proposal generation.
Coordinated and assisted in presentation of recent improvements to sales and services teams.
Clean Fuels Technology Treating Lead Design Engineer
Duties entailed project management and delivery of Schedule A Engineering designs and serving as an Engineering
Department Representative. Less than 10% domestic and international travel.
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Managed customer client relationship on multifunctional teams, conducted project kick-off, design review and
delivery meetings with clients. Designed and successfully delivered multiple process projects.
Field Operating Services Chief Technical Services Advisor
Duties involved assisting customers during precommissioning, start up, loading and catalyst regeneration
procedures. 90+% domestic and international travel to Canada, Saudi Arabia, China, Italy, France and Singapore.
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Notable International Projects: Reliance Industries Refinery and Aromatics Start Up 1999-2000 ( Jamnagar, India),
Sinopec Start Up 2000 (Luoyang, China), ÖMV FCC Revamp 2001 (Schwechat, Austria), YPF MOLEX Start Up
1998-1999 (La Plata, Argentina), ENOC Merox Units Start Up 1998 (Jebel Ali, Dubai, UAE)
Career Development Engineer I, II
Position involved conducting pilot plant testing and designing process units, process and project engineering.
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Designed LPG, Kerosene/Jet Fuel Merox units as part of Schedule A production.
Coordinated test schedules and analyzed semi and continuous regenerative Platforming research data from (5) pilot
plant processes.