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Alex Goulet, P.Eng

Nearly a decade of process engineering experience focused on commercial scale-up from pilot troubleshooting to billion-dollar project delivery.

experience

Career history

2026

Agent assisted dynamic model, unit operations simulation, and FEA analysis in Python. Coordinated with R&D on technology risk evaluation and preliminary demo plant process deliverables. Provided commissioning support for the commercial plant.

2025

Senior Process Engineer

Coordinated a $35M scope through procurement and construction, finalizing pre-commissioning 1.5 years after project conception. Contributed to the fundamentals R&D program.

2024

Staff Process Engineer

Managed $35M project scope. Debottlenecked the review workflow, reducing document turnaround time by 85%. Optimized a $20M CAPEX project into $24M OPEX savings. Standardized rebar sizes, saving six weeks of schedule.

2023

Acted as project engineer through detailed engineering for $130M across dozens of equipment packages. Contributed to plant controls documentation. Participated in multiple vendor SFATs, including plant-wide PCS. Oversaw a $150K centrifuge pilot test program. Reduced equipment scope for a pneumatic conveying system by $2M.

2022

Worked closely with the EPC through FEL engineering, contributing to major process deliverables, HAZOP, equipment specification, and vendor bid analysis. Managed a $120K solids properties R&D program. Coded an NPE build-up simulation resulting in $19M in savings.

2021

Process Engineer

Contributed to the development of a commercial PDP, including major process deliverables and practice guidelines. Built a commercial steady-state simulation in ASPEN Plus.

2020

Built a dynamic process model in Python that led to commercial equipment size reductions of up to 60%. Provided technical support and knowledge transfer through construction and commissioning of the demonstration facility.

2019

Acted as process lead for a $30M demonstration facility. Developed major process deliverables, including a process model in ASPEN Plus. Interacted closely with EPC process counterparts through FEED and detailed engineering.

2018

Engineer in Training

Troubleshot a pilot-sized slaker system, then designed, procured, installed, and commissioned a $30K upgrade — significantly increasing uptime and reliability.

skills

Technical & professional skills

Technical

  • Process Design
  • P&ID / PFD / BFD
  • Dynamic Simulation
  • Steady State Simulation
  • Python
  • ASPEN Plus
  • AutoCAD
  • Bluebeam
  • HAZOP & Risk Analysis
  • Process Controls

Unit Operations

  • Absorption / Gas-Liquid Contacting
  • Crystallization & Precipitation
  • Causticizing & Lime Slaking
  • Calcination
  • Centrifugation & Solid-Liquid Separation
  • Pneumatic Conveying
  • Fluidized Bed Systems
  • Bulk Solids Handling & Storage
  • Control Valves

Professional

  • Project Management
  • Technology Screening
  • Technical Communication
education

Education & continued learning

Bachelor's, Biotechnological Engineering

2013–2017

Université de Sherbrooke

Laboratory Techniques, Biotechnology

2010–2013

Cégep de l'Outaouais

Additional professional development

  • Generative AI Engineering Professional Certificate | EdX, Online (2026)
  • Fluidization Seminar | PSRI (2024)
  • Bulk Solids Handling | Jenike & Johanson (2023)
  • Pneumatic Conveying and Bulk Solids | AIChE (2023)
  • Crystallization Operations | AIChE (2021)
  • Introduction to Control Valves | Spartan Controls (2019)