Andy Duncan

Director of Strategic Expansion

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Location

Vaughan, ON, Canada

Areas of Expertise

Senior leadership
Electrical & Control Engineering
Andy is the Director of Strategic Expansion at Cheme Engineering and a seasoned professional engineer with more than 35 years of progressive experience across construction, engineering, and project management. He has built his career in the healthcare, pharmaceutical, and biotechnology sectors, with deep expertise in automation and controls for both process systems and building automation environments.

Throughout his senior leadership roles in major biotech and solid dose manufacturing organizations, Andy has developed a strong reputation for operational insight, maintainability planning, and compliance readiness. He brings a practical, long term perspective to every project, ensuring solutions that work not just on day one, but throughout the full lifecycle of a facility.

For over two decades, Andy has been directly involved in implementing and sustaining compliant facilities, equipment, and systems. He has served as a key contributor during regulatory inspections—including FDA, HPFB, ANVISA, and European agencies—providing direct auditor interaction and coaching subject matter experts to navigate complex compliance expectations.

Andy holds a Bachelor of Applied Science in Electrical Engineering from the University of Waterloo.
“At Cheme, we strive to be the highest Value Added Engineering firm for complex process and facilities projects.”

Recent Success

Engineering Change Management (ECM)

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Environmental Mapping Program (EMP)

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Paperless Qualification Program

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Quality Assurance Lab Scale Up & Relocation

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Large Scale HTST Automation

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Laboratory Conceptual Design for Asparagus Breeding

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Snack Packaging Expansion Project

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Compressed Air Upgrade Feasibility

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Vaccine Manufacturing Process Upgrades Project

We partnered with our client in the biotechnology industry to design, optimize, implement, and validate their existing biologic manufacturing process.

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Pet Food Fats and Oils Continuous Mixing System

An award-winning, independent pet food maker needed our help designing a custom system to create dog and cat food from fresh regional ingredients.

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Major Component Replacement Project

Cheme was engaged to design and commission equipment to support a Major Component Replacement (MCR) project at one of the largest electricity suppliers in Ontario.

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Beverage Quality Assurance Lab Project

Our client needed to relocate a high throughput beverage quality assurance laboratory to a high-rise building location without disrupting business continuity. Learn how Cheme helped.

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