Chemical & Process Engineer · Systems thinker · Problem solver

Kevin Muleya.MIET AMICHEME.

I work across complex engineering systems connecting process safety, operations, reliability, data and project delivery to find the real constraint, structure the problem and turn it into a practical route forward.

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BOC UK & IrelandEngineering systems + operational deliveryPhotography alongside engineering

How I work

Systems thinkingProblem framingEngineering judgementDelivery

Greatest achievements

£150k to £200kidentified productivity opportunity

30EMOCs progressed across two sites

£7kverified reliability saving

91 → 25maintenance learning structure

Systems thinking · interfaces · constraintsEngineering · process safety · operations · reliabilityDigital · SAP · Power BI · HistorianDelivery · EMOC · CAPEX · contractorsPhotography · composition · documentary detailSystems thinking · interfaces · constraintsEngineering · process safety · operations · reliabilityDigital · SAP · Power BI · HistorianDelivery · EMOC · CAPEX · contractorsPhotography · composition · documentary detail

Career progression

Different roles. One way of thinking: understand the whole system before changing a part.

Project coordination taught delivery discipline. Process safety taught structured risk thinking. Operations added real plant context. Reliability and maintenance improvement now brings those perspectives together across technical detail, people, data, controls, cost and implementation.

Graduate R&M Improvement Engineer

BOC UK & Ireland
2025 Present

Cross site reliability and improvement work spanning automation feasibility, maintenance intelligence, failure investigation, safety critical competence, engineering documentation and change. The focus is increasingly on ambiguous problems where the technical issue sits inside a wider operational system.

Systems lens: Connect asset behaviour, maintenance demand, human interaction, data quality, risk controls and business value before selecting a solution.

SAPPower BIAutomationReliabilityMoCTechnical assurance

Graduate Operations Engineer

BOC UK & Ireland
2024 2025

Project and change delivery across Motherwell and Grangemouth, combining EMOC governance, contractor control, CARA, COSHH, Mechanical WSE actions, TAR support and Historian improvement.

Operational lens: Translate risk and engineering intent into work that can actually be executed safely on a live site with real constraints.

EMOCCARAContractor controlHistorianCAPEXSHEQ

Graduate Process Safety Engineer

BOC UK & Ireland
2023 2024

Hazard studies, Process Safety Information, P&ID assurance, PSPI reporting and technical document control across UK & Ireland assets. The role built a structured approach to evidence, uncertainty, safeguards, interfaces and the consequences of getting assumptions wrong.

Safety lens: Break complex systems into hazards, causes, safeguards, actions and evidence, then reconnect them to the operating context.

HAZOPLOPAALARPPSI / PSPIPHAWorksPHAST

Project Coordinator

OJ Solutions Ltd
2022 2023

Technology deployment across EPOS, hardware refresh, access points and office moves. Planned resources for up to 40 engineers across multiple UK regions while maintaining roadmaps, RAID and RACI controls and stakeholder updates.

Delivery lens: Make scope, ownership, dependencies, risks and communication visible so work can move.

Project planningRAIDRACIStakeholdersTechnology rollout

Projects

Engineering projects with measurable operational impact.

A selection of work across automation, reliability, process safety, asset integrity, digital systems and delivery. Each project reflects the same approach: understand the system, identify the constraint and translate technical analysis into practical improvement.

01 · Automation, human factors & value

Wolverhampton test shop automation

Observed the real workflow, mapped interventions and hand offs, converted technician activity into requirements and progressed an approved URS into contractor engagement.

£150k to £200k identified productivity opportunity

02 · Maintenance intelligence

From fragmented SAP data to decision support

Connected maintenance workflow, source data understanding and branch needs into Power BI views covering defects, overdue work, recovered hours, backlog and workload pressure.

SAP → Power BI → clearer maintenance decisions

03 · Knowledge systems & competence

Safety critical maintenance learning architecture

Turned standards, manuals and legacy learning into task ready competence material while preserving traceability and surfacing data quality gaps.

91 descriptions organised into 25 parent groups

04 · Change, asset integrity & operations

Motherwell & Grangemouth improvement system

Connected EMOC close out, contractor control, CARA risk reviews, WSE actions and TAR/site work into a practical delivery model.

30 EMOCs progressed · CARA 100% complete

05 · Failure elimination

Crawley hose reliability investigation

Moved from symptom to mechanism: reviewed handling and failure modes, tested a revised solution and checked the result after implementation.

£7k verified saving · no further failure

06 · Process safety information systems

PSI, hazard study and assurance improvement

Connected consultations, gap analysis, P&IDs, HAZOP structures, PSPI reporting and document control to make safety information more usable.

Leader → PHAWorks · PSI heat map · PSPI redesign

07 · Operating information

Historian mimic improvement

Worked with ROC and site teams to define information needs, analyse trends and translate them into clearer real time plant visualisation.

Operations data → actionable visual interface

08 · Cross site engineering workstreams

Engineering change, obsolescence & assurance

Brinsworth CO₂ bench, Sureserve Glasgow, cooling tower removal, chiller P&IDs, E STOP data, Hamilton phase out and critical spares.

Multiple sites · one controlled delivery approach

09 · Project delivery foundation

Technology deployment at OJ Solutions

EPOS, hardware refresh, access point and office move programmes with resource planning, RAID/RACI and stakeholder control.

Resource planning for up to 40 engineers

Capabilities

Applied systems thinking & problem solving where technical depth demands it.

I am strongest when the answer is not contained in one discipline: finding the interfaces between process, equipment, people, data, controls, risk, maintenance and delivery, then deciding what actually needs to change.

Systems thinking & problem framing

Current state mapping, interface analysis, constraint identification, cause and effect thinking, stakeholder perspectives, data quality checks, requirements definition and iterative validation.

Process safety, operations & asset integrity

HAZOP, LOPA, ALARP, HRA, QRA, OBRA, PSI/PSPI, ASU/PGP operations, EMOC/MoC, CARA, WSE actions, RAMS, permits, contractor control, COSHH and TAR support.

Reliability, data & digital interfaces

Maintenance KPIs, backlog and defect analysis, RCA, critical spares, Historian visualisation, SAP interpretation, Power BI reporting and workflow integration thinking.

Engineering & project delivery

P&ID verification, PSV sizing replication, REFPROP supported analysis, URS development, technical reviews, CAPEX support, contractor engagement and workstream planning.

Technical profile

Technical applications and interfaces

Engineering, analysis, data, document and delivery applications used across project work.

SAPPower BIExcelPowerPointWordMicrosoft 365SharePointPower AutomatePower AppsGDMSHistorianPHAWorksLeaderPHASTREFPROPAspenMATLABImageJGraphPad PrismArticulate / Rise 360LiDAP / ElevateEMOC / MoC systems

Education

MSc Advanced Engineering Materials Merit

University of Manchester · Au/Pd particle formation and size evolution using in situ STEM and image analysis.

BEng Chemical & Process Engineering

University of Strathclyde · net zero lactic acid and anaerobic digestion / biogas design projects.

Kevin, outside engineering

Photography keeps me looking closely.

Composition, people, places and documentary detail approached with the same preference for observation before interpretation.

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