Alex Goulet, P.Eng
Nearly a decade of process engineering experience focused on commercial scale-up from pilot troubleshooting to billion-dollar project delivery.
Career history
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.
Coordinated a $35M scope through procurement and construction, finalizing pre-commissioning 1.5 years after project conception. Contributed to the fundamentals R&D program.
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.
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.
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.
Contributed to the development of a commercial PDP, including major process deliverables and practice guidelines. Built a commercial steady-state simulation in ASPEN Plus.
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.
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.
Troubleshot a pilot-sized slaker system, then designed, procured, installed, and commissioned a $30K upgrade — significantly increasing uptime and reliability.
Technical & professional skills
Technical
Unit Operations
Professional
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)