Nicholas Ignagni

Discipline Leader, Senior Process Engineer

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Areas of Expertise

Clean Utilities Design
CIP / SIP Design
GMP Facility Design
Food & Beverage Processing
Detailed Process Design
Commissioning & Validation
Nicholas is a Chemical Engineer with 15+ years of extensive experience in manufacturing and process design across diverse industrial sectors, including pharmaceuticals, food and beverage, and personal care. His specialized expertise lies in clean utilities and design work ranging from targeted brownfield retrofits to full-scale greenfield facility developments.

With a proven track record of delivering complex technical solutions and with the Professional Engineer of Ontario (P.Eng) designation, Nicholas excels in mentoring emerging engineering talent while addressing the most demanding industrial challenges. His deep commissioning experience ensures that designed systems not only meet specifications but achieve practical implementation in real-world manufacturing environments.

Nicholas is committed to continuous improvement at Cheme Engineering, consistently working to enhance engineering standards, tools, and knowledge to drive project success and exceed client objectives.

Nicholas holds a Bachelors and Masters of Applied Science in Chemical Engineering from the University of Waterloo.
“Cheme is a dedicated team that is focused on understanding our client needs, while also remaining focused on project delivery.”

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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