Yousif Diza
Overview
4
4
years of professional experience
7
7
years of post-secondary education
Work History
Process Engineering Intern - Product Solutions
Imperial Oil Ltd.
Edmonton, AB
01.2025 - 08.2025
- Implemented a Global Reliability System for the Offsites Department and led comprehensive risk assessments across all refinery product systems, identifying critical failure modes and mitigation strategies to reduce operational risk and enhance system reliability.
- Re-evaluated and updated storage tank operating envelopes (pressure, level, and temperature limits) for the first time since 2012 by analyzing historical performance data, process trends, and safety standards, enhancing process safety, ensuring regulatory compliance, and improving long-term equipment reliability.
- Designed and implemented a real-time sour water balance in SEEQ to monitor refinery disposal well inputs, enabling early detection of equipment issues and mitigating downtime, maintenance costs, and production losses.
- Supported Offsites operations by managing oil movement and pipelines exiting the refinery, troubleshooting tanks, pumps, and blending processes, and collaborating with operations teams to optimize product quality, improve transportation efficiency, and ensure consistent, reliable delivery.
Chemical/Process Engineering Intern - Hydroprocessing
Suncor Energy Inc.
Fort McMurray, AB
01.2024 - 04.2024
- Applied principles of fluid mechanics, thermodynamics, and process optimization to conduct a hydraulic model analysis of a stripping column's bottoms outlet, optimizing flow and equipment performance to enhance efficiency, increase production, and reduce maintenance requirements.
- Collaborated daily with engineers and plant operators to troubleshoot and resolve issues such as low yield, equipment failures, and parameter fluctuations, while addressing additional challenges and proposing solutions to ensure optimal efficiency and uninterrupted production of premium crude oil.
- Conducted engineering inspections during a month-long shutdown (Turnaround Event), assessing plant equipment components, and providing detailed reports with actionable recommendations to enhance equipment efficiency and increase production yield during startup.
- Assisted the conversion team in developing an automated internal pressure drop indicator for a distillation column, which accurately compared inlet and outlet pressures with external unit pressures, improving monitoring and data reliability for future unit calibrations and enhancing operational efficiency
Technical Service Representative Co-op
Buckman Laboratories International Inc.
Whitby, ON
05.2023 - 09.2023
- Executed rebuilding and troubleshooting tasks on chemical pipelines and systems, applying industry-standard practices and safety protocols to ensure uninterrupted operations and a safe work environment.
- Providing on-site client assistance, addressing questions about chemicals and interpreting test outcomes.
- Integrated products into systems to optimize equipment and chemical performance, utilizing (ParcView) and (MES) for detailed process monitoring and efficient chemical introduction, enhancing overall operational efficiency.
- Conducted data analysis on chemical product quality, successfully identifying various results between consecutive days, proactively suggested the introduction of new chemical products as a strategic measure to reduce process downtime, resulting in sustained high-quality output.
- Developed and validated Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) for operators, ensuring clear and standardized guidelines for task execution, ultimately improving operational efficiency and consistency.
- Conducted daily assessments at different sampling points, encompassing ORPs, biological plate counts, pH, conductivity, ATPs, chlorine concentrations, hardness, and particle charge.
Manufacturing/Process Engineering Intern
Cascades Inc.
Mississauga, ON
09.2022 - 12.2022
- Launched an Air Leak Management Program using the PROSARIS OL1 device to resolve air leaks and enhance plant efficiency. Reported quarterly results to the LCL team and the mill manager, yielding savings of approximately $75,000 in the first year and establishing a sustainable approach for ongoing improvements.
- Implemented mass balance principles in a centrifugal cleaner’s optimization project to enhance pulp capture efficiency and minimize resource waste. Proficiently utilized (Aspen Plus) and (Microsoft Excel) to develop precise input-output equations, leading to the strategic installation of a "Sedimator" based on my recommendation. This strategic decision resulted in an impressive 5% increase in pulp capture while reducing OCC/DLC wastage (Raw materials).
- Evaluated newly manufactured refiner plates' performance in reducing pulp per roll percentage during production. Conducted comprehensive data analysis using (Minitab) and developed a (VBA) code for systematic data organization, improving data presentation and facilitating more informed manufacturing decisions.
- Conducted daily quality control tests for pulp freeness, consistency, and water TSS, ensuring the process operated within desired limits by promptly troubleshooting and resolving any deviations.
Manufacturing/Process Engineering Intern
Cascades Inc.
01.2022 - 04.2022
- Launched an Air Leak Management Program using the PROSARIS OL1 device to resolve air leaks and enhance plant efficiency. Reported quarterly results to the LCL team and the mill manager, yielding savings of approximately $75,000 in the first year and establishing a sustainable approach for ongoing improvements.
- Implemented mass balance principles in a centrifugal cleaner’s optimization project to enhance pulp capture efficiency and minimize resource waste. Proficiently utilized (Aspen Plus) and (Microsoft Excel) to develop precise input-output equations, leading to the strategic installation of a "Sedimator" based on my recommendation. This strategic decision resulted in an impressive 5% increase in pulp capture while reducing OCC/DLC wastage (Raw materials).
- Evaluated newly manufactured refiner plates' performance in reducing pulp per roll percentage during production. Conducted comprehensive data analysis using (Minitab) and developed a (VBA) code for systematic data organization, improving data presentation and facilitating more informed manufacturing decisions.
- Conducted daily quality control tests for pulp freeness, consistency, and water TSS, ensuring the process operated within desired limits by promptly troubleshooting and resolving any deviations.
Education
Bachelor of Science - Honours Chemical Engineering
University of Waterloo
Waterloo, ON 09.2021 - Current
Advanced Diploma - 3 Year Diploma - Chemical Engineering Technology
Sheridan College
Brampton, ON 09.2016 - 08.2019
Skills
- Microsoft Office
- Minitab
- VBA
- ParcView
- MES
- SAP
- SEEQ
- PRO2
- SolidWorks
- AutoCAD
- Python
- PLC
- Aspen Plus
Websites
Timeline
Process Engineering Intern - Product Solutions
Imperial Oil Ltd.
01.2025 - 08.2025
Chemical/Process Engineering Intern - Hydroprocessing
Suncor Energy Inc.
01.2024 - 04.2024
Technical Service Representative Co-op
Buckman Laboratories International Inc.
05.2023 - 09.2023
Manufacturing/Process Engineering Intern
Cascades Inc.
09.2022 - 12.2022
Manufacturing/Process Engineering Intern
Cascades Inc.
01.2022 - 04.2022
Bachelor of Science - Honours Chemical Engineering
University of Waterloo
09.2021 - Current
Advanced Diploma - 3 Year Diploma - Chemical Engineering Technology
Sheridan College
09.2016 - 08.2019