10 Bechtel process engineering leaders
Global Chief Process Engineer, Global Process Chief Mining & Metals, Chief Engineer - Process & Systems Engg and Manager of Process Technology are among the titles held today by these Bechtel process engineering leaders. A reader can learn how process engineering leaders work at Bechtel from people who have held the role.
Professionals to explore
Daniela Muñoz Cartes
LinkedInExperience: Global Chief Process Engineer · Bechtel Corporation
Daniela Muñoz Cartes has been Global Chief Process Engineer at Bechtel Corporation since August 2026, based in Chile, and also lists a Project Engineer row at Bechtel Corporation open since June 2025. Daniela Muñoz Cartes was Senior Process Engineer at Bechtel Corporation from 2021 to 2025.
David Chaplin
LinkedInExperience: Manager of Process Technology · Bechtel Corporation
David Chaplin has been Manager of Process Technology at Bechtel Corporation since March 2012, based in London. David Chaplin was a Process Manager at Bechtel Corporation from 1990 to 2009, including Process Manager - Reliance Jamnagar Export Refinery Project, and Technology Manager at Shaw Energy & Chemicals from 2009 to 2012.
Dr Andrew Schroder
LinkedInExperience: Former Chief of Process (Mining & Metals) · Bechtel Corporation
Andrew Schroder is a former Bechtel process engineering leader who was Chief of Process (Mining & Metals) at Bechtel Corporation from May 2023 to January 2025 and Yanacocha Sulfides Project - Area Manager (Hydromet) there from 2019 to 2023. Andrew Schroder has been Principal Process Engineer at Pitch Black Group since May 2025, based in Brisbane, Queensland.
Drake Thege, P.E.
LinkedInExperience: Chief Process Engineer · Bechtel Corporation
Drake Thege has been Chief Process Engineer at Bechtel Corporation since November 2023, with a headline reading Chief Process Engineer for Bechtel Manufacturing and Technology, based in Phoenix, Arizona. Drake Thege was Process Engineer Manager at Exyte from 2019 to 2023.
Fernando Javier Santander Gonzalez
LinkedInExperience: Process Technology Manager Copper Center of Excellence · Bechtel Corporation
Fernando Javier Santander Gonzalez has been Process Technology Manager Copper Center of Excellence at Bechtel Corporation since June 2023, based in Chile. Fernando Javier Santander Gonzalez was Gerente Técnico Área Húmeda Proyecto Almalyk at Wood in 2023 and Ingeniero Senior de Procesos at Wood from 2017 to 2023.
Jeffrey D'Souza
LinkedInExperience: Former Global Chief Engineer - Process and Process Systems · Bechtel Corporation
Jeffrey D'Souza is a former Bechtel process engineering leader who was Global Chief Engineer - Process and Process Systems at Bechtel Corporation from January 2023 to August 2026 and Deputy Chief Engineer (Process, Process Systems, Process Safety, Environmental, MET) in 2022. Jeffrey D'Souza has been Project Engineering Manager, ECA LNG Ph 2 Pre-FEED at Bechtel Corporation since August 2026, based in Houston.
Joanne Torkington
LinkedInExperience: Former Global Chief of Process/Environmental/Process Safety and Materials Engineering Technology · Bechtel Corporation
Joanne Torkington is a former Bechtel process engineering leader who was Global Chief of Process/Environmental/Process Safety and Materials Engineering Technology at Bechtel Corporation from May 2020 to January 2023 and Global Chief of Process/Environmental Engineering from 2019 to 2020. Joanne Torkington has been Global Manager of Engineering, Energy at Bechtel Corporation since May 2025, based in the United States.
Ketan Patel
LinkedInExperience: Chief Engineer - Process & Systems Engg · Bechtel India Private Limited (Vadodara)
Ketan Patel has been Chief Engineer - Process & Systems Engg at Bechtel India Private Limited (Vadodara) since April 2026, based in Anand, Gujarat. Ketan Patel also lists Engineering Group Supervisor - Project Engineering there since 2023 and was Deputy General Manager - Process Engineering at L & T Chiyoda Ltd from 2008 to 2019.
Leonardo Soto Parra
LinkedInExperience: Global Process Chief Mining & Metals · Bechtel Mining & Metals
Leonardo Soto Parra has been Global Process Chief Mining & Metals at Bechtel Mining & Metals since February 2025, based in the United States, and has held Process Engineering Group Supervisor there since January 2023. Leonardo Soto Parra was Process Specialist Engineer at Bechtel Mining & Metals from 2017 to 2023.
Ravinder Khattar
LinkedInExperience: Chief · Bechtel Corporation
Ravinder Khattar has been Chief at Bechtel Corporation since September 2022, with a headline reading Chief (Process) at Bechtel, based in Gurgaon, Haryana. Ravinder Khattar was Process Design Engineer at Honeywell Technologies from 2006 to 2008 and Manager -Technical Services at Reliance Industries Limited from 2003 to 2006.
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