Fawad Khan
PROCESS ENGINEER
Skellefteå
Summary
Results-driven Chemical Engineer with strong hands-on experience in clean & dry room operations, powder handling, powder mixing, and slurry mixing within advanced manufacturing environments. Skilled in scaling up processes, conducting FMEA, PPAP, and root cause analysis, and supporting hot commissioning for C-sample production. Deep understanding of VTS (Vacuum Transfer Systems), ensuring efficient and contamination-free material transfer. Proven ability to work collaboratively with cross-functional teams across quality, maintenance, and operations to drive continuous improvement, process stability, and high production yield. Passionate about sustainable manufacturing and contributing to next-generation energy and material solutions.
Overview
11
11
years of professional experience
7
7
years of post-secondary education
1
1
Certification
2
2
Languages
Work History
Cathode Electrode Engineer
Northvolt Ett AB
Skellefteå, Västerbotten County
10.2023 - Current
- Ensured safe and stable operation of production lines with a strong focus on risk awareness and preventive measures, contributing to a zero-incident environment.
- Operated within ISO-classified clean and dry rooms to ensure moisture-free handling of sensitive materials like NMC and conductive carbon.
- Led and participated in continuous improvement projects targeting process efficiency, material yield, and equipment reliability, resulting in a consistent 98% yield over 9+ months.
- Managed powder mixing operations including dosing, sequencing, and homogenization of metal oxides and carbon additives with high accuracy and consistency.
- Led Six Sigma projects and statistical analysis using JMP, contributing to process control improvements and alarm reduction.
- Conducted incident investigations and applied structured root cause analysis methods (5-Why, Fishbone, FMEA), implementing effective countermeasures and sharing learnings across teams.
- Acted as process owner for slurry mixing operations, identifying technical bottlenecks and initiating improvements to ensure long-term operational excellence.
- Conducted SPC and CpK analysis to monitor and enhance process stability and quality control.
- Coordinated storage system reconfiguration and traceability protocols for 28,800L slurry capacity across three production lines.
Process Quality Engineer
Northvolt Ett AB
Skellefteå, Västerbotten County
01.2022 - 10.2023
- Participate in 8D exercises and ensure the actions are implemented.
- Provide trainings to employees.
- Participate in and improve 5S methodology and actions together with production team.
- Ensure control checks are completed according to control plan.
- Interpret data and report data/results on yearly, monthly, and daily basis.
- Define product/process problems and non-conformities and recommend improvements.
- Ensure imminent containment activities and decision making in case of non-conformities and quality issues.
- Lead day-to-day quality assurance activities in production ensuring that production/product quality specifications are met.
Production Engineer
Tufail Chemical Industry
Karachi, Karachi
01.2014 - 01.2016
- Independently manage the day to day plant operation for production of formic acid, and sodium sulphate.
- Plant production activities in relation to production targets i.e. Maintaining safe inventory level, scheduling production plant execution and ensure its successful.
- Monitoring production process and maintaining process parameters accordingly.
- Prepare plant daily and monthly performance review reports for management review and identify key indicators for improvement.
Education
M.Sc - Innovative And Sustainable Chemical Engineering
Chalmers University Of Technology
01.2016 - 01.2019
Chemical Engineering - undefined
Dawood University
01.2010 - 01.2014
Skills
Battery Chemistry (Li-ion, NMC)
Process Optimization (Six Sigma, DMAIC)
Statistical Tools (JMP, Minitab, Excel)
Quality Systems: FMEA, PPAP, CAPA
Root Cause Analysis (RCA) & Corrective Actions
undefinedPersonal Information
Nationality: Swedish
Certification
Six Sigma Green Belt
Timeline
Six Sigma Green Belt
04-2025
Cathode Electrode Engineer
Northvolt Ett AB
10.2023 - Current
Process Quality Engineer
Northvolt Ett AB
01.2022 - 10.2023
M.Sc - Innovative And Sustainable Chemical Engineering
Chalmers University Of Technology
01.2016 - 01.2019
Production Engineer
Tufail Chemical Industry
01.2014 - 01.2016
Chemical Engineering - undefined
Dawood University
01.2010 - 01.2014
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