Brenda Hill

E-mail: accpir@r.postjobfree.com

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Savannah, GA 31405 Mobile: 513-***-****

Education Bachelor of Science in Chemical Engineering, Specialization in Water Science

University of Florida - 2000

Employment Louis Dreyfus Commodities (formerly Imperial Sugar LLC)

Nov 2010 – Oct 2013

Project Engineer

Installed exhaust ventilation in storage warehouses following ACGIH and NFPA

codes required for ventilation in areas with propane powered fork trucks and storage

of products containing combustible dust. Determined number of air exchanges

required in each location. Installed low speed high velocity fans to provide

recirculating air and floor condensation control while meeting insurance requirements

and fire code to protect sprinkler pattern in event of fire.

Installed automated steam condensate return system. Installed conductivity sensors

and actuated return valves to maximize clean condensate return to the boiler and

divert high conductivity condensate to warm water system. Coordinated PLC

programming and logic with electrical support group and boiler house operators.

W rote technical updates to operators and maintenance personnel explaining system

changes as they were implemented.

Optimized pallet patterns to increase stability for storage and shipping. Worked with

electrical engineering, warehouse management and sales group to implement. New

patterns developed increased storage space 30%.

Packaging Manager – 34 direct reports

Lead weekly safety meeting for packaging, palletizing and bulk station employees.

Lead plant DMAIC problem solving teams to eliminate recurring failures. Identified as

facilitator for plant to lead teams in all departments to determine root cause of

failures.

Lead training for 5Y analysis to allow operators to perform root cause analysis on the

job.

Implemented 5S in the Brown and Powder Sugar areas.

W rote zipper application troubleshooting guide for Hayssen (machine vendor).

Hayssen accepted the troubleshooting guide and now includes it with their operation

and maintenance manuals.

MillerCoors – Packaging Process Leader

March 2006 – Nov 2010 – 32 direct reports

Managed 2.5MM labor budget

Drove strategic project in SMED (Single Minute Exchange of Dies) resulting in an

average 50% changeover reduction on B5, B4, B9 and C6, as well as minimization of

return to normal impact with a focus on waste elimination, mistake proofing, safety

concerns, and operator training.

Lead a cross-functional error proofing effort to eliminate brand mismatch in

pasteurized to pasteurized changeovers. Reduced brand mismatch holds 90%.

Engaged technicians in monthly safety discussions, implementing safety suggestions

to improve work environment. Results include increased work order submission from

technicians, new depal platform, and improving labeler platform layout.

General Mills – Operations Team Leader

Sept 2003 – March 2006

Cincinnati, OH – 16 direct reports / Chelsea, MA – multi-cultural facility – 42 direct reports

Lead multi-cultural operations team, communicating through language and cultural

barriers.

Introduced SPC (Statistical Process Control) to hourly and salary employees.

Determined accurate production goals for Food Service production. Worked with

Engineering and Quality to learn system needs for each product (95 SKU’s involved).

Developed production loss tool for system performance tracking. Reduced unknown

production losses from 40% to 10%.

Trained salaried team on MQIS (Manufacturing Quality Information System)

capabilities. Wrote training and highlight communications for reference.

Restructured daily production meeting to focus on production losses and brought 24-

hour focus to gain maximum results.

Brenda Hill

E-mail: accpir@r.postjobfree.com

Anheuser Busch - Brewing Group Manager

Feb 2001- Sept 2003 – 16 direct reports

Lead brewing Auto Fill / Product Integrity process automation. Involved determining

system constraints, programming needs, and communicating process needs to

engineering team. Lead communication meetings detailing the new process to

affected employees. Wrote communications and new guidelines for system changes.

Trained and supervised a summer intern to be a shift manager. Reported the interns

progress and participated in the final summer review.

Recognized by Senior Management as a process area expert.

Lead documentation revision/automation process in preparation for brewery

modernization, streamlining manual reporting.

Schedule product, storage, and workforce to insure uninterrupted product delivery.

Communicate with Maintenance, Quality Assurance, and other Group Managers to

prevent loss of product.

Internship Siemens (formerly U.S. Filter/Davis Process) - W astewater Treatment & Odor Control

Summer 2000

Performed Biocel™ studies. Active in determining system constraints, installation

and maintenance of this project. Wrote installation, maintenance and start-up

guidelines for internal use and future customer distribution.

Performed three pilot Nbox® optimizations using NProgram™ throughout the United

States. Wrote the tuning guidelines for system application. Developed strong written

and verbal communication skills working with technicians internally and from other

firms.

Located a domestic supply of Biofiltration media previously shipped from Norway.

1994 - 1997

Sized air scrubbers, wrote submittals and Operation and Maintenance manuals for

projects to meet customer expectations.

W rote the master sales manuals for the air scrubber and chemical feed systems.

Other aspects of the internship included wiring control panels, preparing chemicals in

the laboratory, and contacting general contractors for bid proposals.

Co-op Smurfitt-Stone (formerly St. Laurent Paper Products)

1998-1999

Analyzed products, wrote summaries of effectiveness, and made recommendations

for purchase of new sheet forming/strength testing equipment. Modified equipment

and strength curves to meet the plant process. Purchase allowed line strength issues

to be quantified in 30 minutes, opposed to 24 hour hand sheet testing.

Evaluated refiner contributions to paper strength and made recommendati ons for

proper refiner loads to machines.

Assisted on the paper machine alkaline conversion trials while working jointly with

chemical suppliers.

Software Skills Microsoft Word, PowerPoint, Access, Excel, MQIS, Foxboro, WonderWare.

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