Jurn De Cleyn
About Jurn De Cleyn
Jurn De Cleyn is the France Trib Product Optimizer at ExxonMobil with extensive experience in project management, hydrofining, catalytic cracking, and instrumentation and controls engineering.
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Jurn De Cleyn currently holds the position of France Trib Product Optimizer at ExxonMobil.
Professional Experience at ExxonMobil
Jurn De Cleyn has amassed extensive experience at ExxonMobil across various roles. Since 2021, he has served as the France Trib Product Optimizer. Before this, he worked as the Business Team Lead for Utilities, Networks, and Protection Service in Notre-Dame-de-Gravenchon, Normandie, France (2020-2021). He also held the role of Business Team Lead for Lubes & Utilities in Haute-Normandie, France (2019-2020). In 2018, he was the DCU Supply Plan Coordinator in Antwerp Area, Belgium. He spent two years as the Refinery Planning Coordinator (2016-2018) and one year as the Maintenance Supervisor Instrumentation Offsite (2014-2015). His earlier roles included Technical Coordinator Console 1, Project Field & Start-Up Engineer, Project Design Follow-Up Engineer, Process Design Engineer, Project Planning Engineer, Process Engineer, and Console 2 Engineer.
Education and Expertise
Jurn De Cleyn received his Master of Science (M.Sc.) degree in Chemical Engineering from Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, where he studied from 1999 to 2004. Prior to that, he completed his secondary education at Sint-Jan Berchmanscollege Westmalle from 1993 to 1999. He has expertise in integrated project execution, which involves managing complex projects from inception to completion, and possesses specialized skills in hydrofining and catalytic cracking, which are advanced processes in the oil refining industry.
Skills in HAZOP and Instrumentation
Jurn De Cleyn is experienced in HAZOP (Hazard and Operability Study), a structured and systematic examination of complex planned or existing processes or operations. He has a strong background in instrumentation and controls engineering, which involves designing and managing systems that control industrial processes.
Project Management
Jurn De Cleyn has demonstrated significant project management capabilities by leading projects with budgets reaching up to several billion dollars. His role as a Project Field & Start-Up Engineer at ExxonMobil involved coordinating complex and high-budget initiatives, showcasing his ability to manage substantial financial and operational responsibilities.