Samir Davé, Refining & Petrochemical Industry Expert, Joins CH2M HILL
January 25, 2012
CH2M HILL is pleased to announce that Samir Davé, P.E. has joined CH2M HILL’s Water Business Group as a Market Sector Leader. Davé will lead strategic planning and business development efforts for CH2M HILL’s Industrial Water & Process group for the chemicals sector across the globe and serve as firm’s Client Portfolio Manager for oil and gas industry clients.
Davé brings over 20-years of professional experience in the refining and petrochemical industry focusing on project management for capital projects. He has extensive experience managing all phases of refinery/petrochemical water & wastewater plant design and upgrade projects, including investigations, treatability testing, process development, conceptual design, detailed engineering, and start-up assistance. He also has broad experience with project execution requirements for large design projects. As a Market Sector Leader for petrochemicals, Davé will be responsible for developing long-term opportunities within the market sector. He will set the firm’s market direction as well as develop the sector’s strategic plan for CH2M HILL.
“With Samir’s experience, industry knowledge and contacts, we are excited about the direction he will be able to take chemical market sector for CH2M HILL,” says Industrial Water & Process Group President Steve Gelman.” His leadership will help establish long-term opportunities within the entire market sector.”
Prior to joining CH2M HILL, Davé served as Industrial Wastewater Leader and Senior Project Manager with Parsons Corporation for over 20-years focusing on industrial wastewater and energy infrastructure projects. He has a B.S. in Civil Engineering, an M.S. in Environmental Engineering and an MBA from McCombs School of Business, University of Texas-Austin. He is based in CH2M HILL’s Houston, Texas office.
Headquartered near Denver, Colorado, USA, employee-owned CH2M HILL is a global leader in consulting, design, design-build, operations, and program management for government, civil, industrial and energy clients. The firm’s work is concentrated in the areas of water, transportation, environmental, energy, facilities and resources. With US$6.3 billion in revenue and 30,000 employees, CH2M HILL is an industry-leading program management, construction management and design firm, as ranked by Engineering News-Record
and named a leader in sustainable engineering by Verdantix. The firm has been named a FORTUNE 100 Best Companies to Work For five times. Visit us at www.ch2mhill.com, www.ch2mhillblogs.com/water, twitter.com/ch2mhill and facebook.com/ch2mhill.
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