Ben Lehtovaara

Director of Engineering, Canada

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Location

Campbellville, ON, Canada

Areas of Expertise

Process Engineering
Automation
Facility Design
Operations
Ben is the Director of Engineering for Canada, providing strategic direction and technical leadership on engineering design and delivery to Cheme’s technical team. With over 15 years experience in industry, Ben is a well-rounded technical leader.

Ben is a technical leader in the firm with subject matter expertise in process engineering, automation, facility design, and operations. With extensive experience in highly regulated environments, Ben has a portfolio of successful projects in compounding, cleaning, filtration, facilities and utilities, filling and packaging, operational planning, and laboratory operations. Ben leads the Engineering and Technical Services Team to ensure Discipline Leadership and technical excellence across Cheme’s projects.

Ben has both a Bachelor of Applied Science and Master of Applied Science degrees in nanotechnology and chemical engineering respectively from the University of Waterloo.
“At Cheme, we bring a deep bench of technical knowledge paired with insights from decades of field experience to ensure our designs are robust, easy to use, and easy to maintain. Delivering a tailor-made solution that is right-sized for each unique project is our passion.”

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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