Koh De Ping

BLK 518B TAMPINES CENTRAL 7 #06-66, SINGPORE 522518

HOME/HANDPHONE:67833217/97739560 E-MAIL:KOHDEPING@GMAIL.COM

OBJECTIVE
To seek a position which fully utilizes both my professional experience and education

EDUCATION
Bachelor of Engineering (Honours) in Chemical Engineering September 2011- September 2013
University of Newcastle Upon Tyne in collaboration with
Singapore Institute of Technology, graduated with 2nd upper
FYP: Design of Fixed Bed Gas Catalytic Reactor via Ethane Oxidation

Diploma in Chemical Engineering April 2004-April 2007

Temasek Polytechnic (Singapore)

PROFESSSIONAL EXPERIENCE
PES International (Singapore) October 2014-Present
Commissioning Process Engineer (Full-Time)
Commissioning and Qualification of 1x 1,400L seed bioreactor, 2x 10,000L
production bioreactor, 2x 3,500L feed vessel and 4x1,000L feed/base vessels for
Phase 1 mAb cell culture
SIP, Wet run and Process Simulation during PQ for bioreactors and feed vessels
DeltaV automation experience, OSI PI processbook and OPC WatchIt

Hitachi aqua-tech engineering Pte Ltd (Singapore) December 2013-October 2014

Proposal Engineer (Full-Time)
Preparation and development of Commercial proposal and detailed
design of water and waste treatment for power, oil and gas
Developed Technical specification sheets, PFD, water consumption
and electricity load sheet
Sourced for major equipment (piping, valves, instruments, vessels)

GlaxoSmithKline GMS (Quality Road) January 2010-June 2011

Production Technician (Full-Time)
Successfully collaborated in two major plant modifications as a
technician: (i) Process monitoring of solvent reduction and (ii)
Changeover of ejector jet pumps to vacuum pumps
Provided critical data from DeltaV (e.g. equipment downtime, critical
parameters or sequence) for PM-RCM/DOE/FMECA/SPC
Successfully collaborated as a first aider in safety meetings, external
audits and plants shutdown and startup to implement Hazop and Hazan
Carried out First Line Maintenance (FLM) of process critical equipments
in conjunction with electrical & mechanical technicians
 Ensured compliance of cGMP in various Amoxicillin manufacturing
stages: raw material charging, hydrolysis, crystallization and drying
Ability to operate PUW systems, screw conveyer, centrifuge filters,
spiral wound filtration, tray dryer, reactors, compressors, gas
scrubbers, blenders, crystallizers and ejector jet pumps
Attended to DeltaV prompts to perform specific sequence and module
in coordination with upstream & downstream processes to ensure
smooth production of 2475kg of powdered Amoxicillin per shift
Managed documentation of logbook, batch records, SOP & MSDS
Operating process using PID control loop via Allen-Bradley PLC panel

ExxonMobil Chemical (Jurong Island) June 2006-September 2006

Analyzer Technician (Internship)
Assisted in daily maintenance work of gas chromatography analyzers;
carrier gas tank, diaphragm valves and sampling probe; pH/O2/TOC analyzer

ADDITIONAL EXPERIENCE
PanalpinaWorld Tpt P/L Keppel FMO
Marshall Cavendish International Private Tuition Tutor

CO-CURRICULAR ACTIVITIES & ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENTS

Graded 1st class for FYP individual design of ethane oxidation reactor
Winner in Newcastle University CEAM Chemical Car Design Competition
WSQ Higher Certificate in Process Technology
Martial Arts Competition in 2006 & 2007
2nd Position in Secondary School Chinese Cross-Talk Competition

ADDITIONAL SKILLS
2D AutoCAD Emerson DeltaV
Visio Matlab
Certified in Occupational First Aid Word
Excel SAP

LANGUAGES
English (spoken and written) Chinese (spoken and written)

PROFESSIONAL & TECHNICAL EXPERTISE

WSQ industry approved competencies (GSK): (1) Operate Process Filter/ Filtration Equipment
, (2) Operate Dryer/ Purified Water Systems, (3) Operate Distributed Control System, (4) Apply
Safety/GMP/ Perform Emergency Shutdown, (5) Apply Process Quality Control Techniques,
(6) Apply Process Improvement Techniques