Tamara Siskind Email & Phone Number | Support capital project development through process simulation of heat and material balances used in equipment design.Responsibilities: u2022 Developing Functional Specifications - Learning equipment technology based on company-specific Design Practices, existing legacy software modules, engineering calculation spreadsheets, Technical Reports, etc - Documenting calculation algorithms and specific calculation methodology -Creating first-pass input screens - Developing online Help text - Documenting Business Logic and Warnings/Messages - Obtaining technical expert support from appropriate level of resources (e.g. Technology Subject Matter Experts, user group representatives) - Collaborating with team to achieve consistency of application, adherence to standards e.g. screens, help, application flow - Leading User Story Session to kick off module development and to communicate functional requirements - Participating in subsequent story writing activity - Ensuring that all business requirements are captured in the detailed stories -Helping to set criteria of satisfaction and documenting constraints - Participating as a member of Agile Development team to provide timely feedback to software development team and application testers - Providing real-time clarification on user stories, business requirements, functionality, calcs, etc to the developer/project team u2022 Participating in Testing during development, as well as Epic Story Testing and User Readiness testing - Entering defects into TFS - Validating correction or appropriate resolution of defects - Participating in Epic Quality testing, including scenario definition, test case documentation, and test case execution u2022 Developing software training materials Training Material Preparation & Delivery: Maximized value provided to software end users through development of thorough documentation and training to facilitate a smooth transition to new software. Delivered in-person global rollout training to end users in the US, Canada, England, and France; delivered virtual training to end users in additional locations.Concurrent with the Software Development Business Lead role, Tamara also served as the Process Design Network administrator for the company's global Process Design Engineering community of practice. Responsibilities included: u2022 Working with Process Design Technical Leadership Team to set network meeting agendas (annual F2F and monthly teleconferences) u2022 Planning and organizing the global network's week-long face-to-face meetingu00a0 u2022 Developing surveys and collecting information to facilitate productive discussions u2022 Communicating and coordinating logistics with network members u2022 Coordinating network activities including annual work plan development & roll-out. Owned offshore commissioning progress measurement and reporting, including field verification of work in progress on a daily basis. Coordinated all required vendor support and call outs to ensure no risk to schedule based on vendor availability. Provided tracking of materials purchased and delivery ETAs to offshore; maintained constant communication with on-shore procurement team to expedite priority materials. Interfaced with Houston engineering team on issue resolution; led coordination of major technical issues offshore.Led planning and execution of Gas Dehydration System Flushing & Degreasing working with an international team of contractors. This reduced on-spec time by 1 month at $1M estimated diesel cost savings. Investigated local source options and procured back-up equipment to mitigate potential schedule delays from low-quality vendor-provided equipment during chemical flushing activities. Developed and managed remaining work register to support closure of outstanding work on 77 commissioned subsystems; oversaw closure of 13,100 manhours across HVAC, Electrical, Instrument, and Mechanical commissioning. Drove closure of open HVAC, Electrical, and Instrument commissioning activities by reviewing open items with leads and facilitating communication between disciplines and procurement. Coordinated with electrical construction team to pull forward mechanical completion handover on prioritized systems to allow for earlier static commissioning start of 500 commissioning manhours. Led team of 10 ENL/DSME colleagues during weekly field safety walks as Area safety lead on Production Deck of the platform; Led DSME tool box talk with commissioning/construction contractors. Provided recommendations for setpoint corrections and instrument recalibration values resulting in reduced Instrument General Query cycle time during commissioning and operations start-up; worked across time zones on the Houston-based team in support of Commissioning team based in Okpo, South Korea. Provided guidance to Site Engineering, Commissioning, and Operations through development of controller setpoint and controller action tables; completed review of P&IDs for detailed information in reference to 100 controllers/control valves/process variables Led team of 8 contractors in I&C gap assessment of engineering deliverable data to support identification of construction changes or commissioning delays from ~2400 total instrument and solenoid devices on 31 vendor packages. Collaborated with instrumentation subject matter experts and identify potential issues prior to commissioning.Provided daily technical support and downtime work planning to Operations organization; accurately stewarded plant reliability and identified root causes of rate reductions. Planned and managed execution of chemical cleaning of processing tower during unit turnaround (addressed $2.4 M annual production losses due to bottleneck caused by tower fouling) -Provided technical oversight of chemical cleaning process; monitored samples and provided guidance to contractor -Successfully prevented plant sewer upsets that had occurred during previous chemical cleanings effluent drainage by providing clear communication to Operations on appropriate wastewater drainage rates to plant sewer system Completed post-turnaround plant capacity studies to evaluate success of tower and heat exchanger cleanings/bundle swaps; selected and analyzed appropriate KPI to complete studies validating and quantifying improved performance post -T/A. Engineer (Intern), Sterile Processing Technology & Engineering Merck Manufacturing Division, West Point, PA u2022 Identified opportunities for an updated dose-check balance and software platform for use in a cGMP facility; evaluated and proposed new possibilities u2022 Investigated cool zone issues in a depyrogenation tunnel; gained familiarity with sterile filling operations in a CBER-monitored environment u2022 Confirmed the effectiveness of recent changes made to a vaccine filling line using Minitab statistical software; identified areas of further potential improvement in filling. Facilities Engineer (Intern) Chevron N.A. Exploration and Production, Lost Hills, CA u2022 Served as project manager for a pipeline upgrade project, a glycol dehydration system optimization, and an adjustable speed drive analysis for a pump u2022 Worked with Pipephase software to analyze opportunity in a piping system u2022 Produced cost estimates and business cases for projects.

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ExxonMobil

Process Design Engineer

2017-10-01 00:00:00 - Present

Exxonmobil Development Company

Commissioning Engineer

2014-08-01 00:00:00 - 2015-04-01 00:00:00

EXXONMOBIL CHEMICAL CO

Polymers Technical Support Engineer

2010-08-01 00:00:00 - 2012-09-01 00:00:00

Merck

Engineering Intern - Vaccine Manufacturing

2009-05-01 00:00:00 - 2009-08-01 00:00:00

Chevron

Facilities Engineering Intern

2007-06-01 00:00:00 - 2007-08-01 00:00:00

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Tamara Siskind is a Support capital project development through process simulation of heat and material balances used in equipment design.Responsibilities: u2022 Developing Functional Specifications - Learning equipment technology based on company-specific Design Practices, existing legacy software modules, engineering calculation spreadsheets, Technical Reports, etc - Documenting calculation algorithms and specific calculation methodology -Creating first-pass input screens - Developing online Help text - Documenting Business Logic and Warnings/Messages - Obtaining technical expert support from appropriate level of resources (e.g. Technology Subject Matter Experts, user group representatives) - Collaborating with team to achieve consistency of application, adherence to standards e.g. screens, help, application flow - Leading User Story Session to kick off module development and to communicate functional requirements - Participating in subsequent story writing activity - Ensuring that all business requirements are captured in the detailed stories -Helping to set criteria of satisfaction and documenting constraints - Participating as a member of Agile Development team to provide timely feedback to software development team and application testers - Providing real-time clarification on user stories, business requirements, functionality, calcs, etc to the developer/project team u2022 Participating in Testing during development, as well as Epic Story Testing and User Readiness testing - Entering defects into TFS - Validating correction or appropriate resolution of defects - Participating in Epic Quality testing, including scenario definition, test case documentation, and test case execution u2022 Developing software training materials Training Material Preparation & Delivery: Maximized value provided to software end users through development of thorough documentation and training to facilitate a smooth transition to new software. Delivered in-person global rollout training to end users in the US, Canada, England, and France; delivered virtual training to end users in additional locations.Concurrent with the Software Development Business Lead role, Tamara also served as the Process Design Network administrator for the company's global Process Design Engineering community of practice. Responsibilities included: u2022 Working with Process Design Technical Leadership Team to set network meeting agendas (annual F2F and monthly teleconferences) u2022 Planning and organizing the global network's week-long face-to-face meetingu00a0 u2022 Developing surveys and collecting information to facilitate productive discussions u2022 Communicating and coordinating logistics with network members u2022 Coordinating network activities including annual work plan development & roll-out. Owned offshore commissioning progress measurement and reporting, including field verification of work in progress on a daily basis. Coordinated all required vendor support and call outs to ensure no risk to schedule based on vendor availability. Provided tracking of materials purchased and delivery ETAs to offshore; maintained constant communication with on-shore procurement team to expedite priority materials. Interfaced with Houston engineering team on issue resolution; led coordination of major technical issues offshore.Led planning and execution of Gas Dehydration System Flushing & Degreasing working with an international team of contractors. This reduced on-spec time by 1 month at $1M estimated diesel cost savings. Investigated local source options and procured back-up equipment to mitigate potential schedule delays from low-quality vendor-provided equipment during chemical flushing activities. Developed and managed remaining work register to support closure of outstanding work on 77 commissioned subsystems; oversaw closure of 13,100 manhours across HVAC, Electrical, Instrument, and Mechanical commissioning. Drove closure of open HVAC, Electrical, and Instrument commissioning activities by reviewing open items with leads and facilitating communication between disciplines and procurement. Coordinated with electrical construction team to pull forward mechanical completion handover on prioritized systems to allow for earlier static commissioning start of 500 commissioning manhours. Led team of 10 ENL/DSME colleagues during weekly field safety walks as Area safety lead on Production Deck of the platform; Led DSME tool box talk with commissioning/construction contractors. Provided recommendations for setpoint corrections and instrument recalibration values resulting in reduced Instrument General Query cycle time during commissioning and operations start-up; worked across time zones on the Houston-based team in support of Commissioning team based in Okpo, South Korea. Provided guidance to Site Engineering, Commissioning, and Operations through development of controller setpoint and controller action tables; completed review of P&IDs for detailed information in reference to 100 controllers/control valves/process variables Led team of 8 contractors in I&C gap assessment of engineering deliverable data to support identification of construction changes or commissioning delays from ~2400 total instrument and solenoid devices on 31 vendor packages. Collaborated with instrumentation subject matter experts and identify potential issues prior to commissioning.Provided daily technical support and downtime work planning to Operations organization; accurately stewarded plant reliability and identified root causes of rate reductions. Planned and managed execution of chemical cleaning of processing tower during unit turnaround (addressed $2.4 M annual production losses due to bottleneck caused by tower fouling) -Provided technical oversight of chemical cleaning process; monitored samples and provided guidance to contractor -Successfully prevented plant sewer upsets that had occurred during previous chemical cleanings effluent drainage by providing clear communication to Operations on appropriate wastewater drainage rates to plant sewer system Completed post-turnaround plant capacity studies to evaluate success of tower and heat exchanger cleanings/bundle swaps; selected and analyzed appropriate KPI to complete studies validating and quantifying improved performance post -T/A. Engineer (Intern), Sterile Processing Technology & Engineering Merck Manufacturing Division, West Point, PA u2022 Identified opportunities for an updated dose-check balance and software platform for use in a cGMP facility; evaluated and proposed new possibilities u2022 Investigated cool zone issues in a depyrogenation tunnel; gained familiarity with sterile filling operations in a CBER-monitored environment u2022 Confirmed the effectiveness of recent changes made to a vaccine filling line using Minitab statistical software; identified areas of further potential improvement in filling. Facilities Engineer (Intern) Chevron N.A. Exploration and Production, Lost Hills, CA u2022 Served as project manager for a pipeline upgrade project, a glycol dehydration system optimization, and an adjustable speed drive analysis for a pump u2022 Worked with Pipephase software to analyze opportunity in a piping system u2022 Produced cost estimates and business cases for projects.