Project Manager Engineer

C. Donald MacCormack

*** ********* ***** #*** *********, MD 21401

(Office) 410-***-**** (Mobile) 443-***-****

(E-mail: ************@*****.***

Project Engineer / Project Manager

Dedicated Chemical Engineer with proven skills designing, executing, and

managing Engineering projects in Chemical Process, Consumer Product,

Pharmaceutical / BioScience, and Food & Beverage Manufacturing,

Construction and Maintenance environments. Exceptional background in

Process and Project Engineering, Project Management, and Maintenance

Management. Highly focused, innovative problem solver - able to

efficiently devise and implement top-notch, world class improvements

consistent with PMP principles. Superior communicator and collaborative

leader assures that complex objectives are met in a professional, timely,

well-documented, and fiscally responsible manner.

Selected Achievements

Project Engineer and Construction Manager for a major new product roll-

out Project at Diageo. Coordinated multiple mechanical and electrical

contractor efforts with the simultaneous efforts of Packaging System

subcontractors. Achieved fast track milestones on time to meet

corporate goals.

Served as Project Engineer, Project Manager, and Construction Manager

for fast-track, design / buildout of a major Clean Room production

complex at Lonza. Completed compressed schedule design, construction

and commissioning on time and within budget. Project Design and

execution scheme were used for subsequent follow-on phases.

Co-designed and managed an innovative, high risk Tantalum Extraction

and Purification process upgrade/expansion at Cabot Performance

Materials. Installed and modified commercially unproven unit processes

that exceeded goals by 35%. This project required continuous hands-on

support.and significant coordination with senior level management.

Introduced and implemented a culture-changing TPM program to

CertainTeed Maintenance and Production personnel. Led highly

successful teams to design and install quick-change tooling and

equipment that reduced changeover times from over 2 hours to less

than 10 minutes. Reduced unplanned maintenance time by over 60%.

Managed strategic equipment replacement and production and facility

expansion projects that improved plant capacity and quality by over

40%.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Tourgee & Associates, Inc.

2011-present

(TAI Engineering / Managers / Technical Services) Owings Mills, MD

Sr. Project Manager / Sr. Project Engineer

Performed multiple in-office and on-site assignments in the Baltimore, MD

region:

Diageo Global Supply - Relay, MD. Beverage Manufacture

2013

Project Engineer / Construction Manager

Engineered and Construction Managed multiple process, process equipment,

piping, and process control projects for new product expansion and

facility modification projects.

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Y & S Candies, Div. of the Hersheys Co.-Lancaster, PA

2013

Project Manager / Construction Manager

Managed execution of multiple process improvement projects. Prepared

technical

transfer documentation and revised P&ID's for installation of a new

continuous extrusion

line at another Y & S site.

Lonza Walkersville, Inc.-Walkersville, MD

Project Engineer / Project Manager / Construction Manager

2011-2012

Completed Preliminary Engineering and managed fast-track design / fitout

of a major Clean Room Cell Therapy Production complex. Managed

construction and commissioning, and . attained on time completion within

budget. Final Design and construction / commissioning scheme were used

for subsequent follow on phases.

Bering Straits Technical Services, LLC Anchorage. AK

2009 - 2011

Project Manager

Directed design and construction of multiple Dept. of Defense

infrastructure and renovation projects at three (3) locations. Interfaced

with DoD personnel, Engineering / Architectural / Construction

Subcontractors and US Army Corps of Engineers

Tourgee & Associates, Inc., cont'd

1997- 2009

Baxter BioScience -- Beltsville, MD Vaccine Manufacture

Senior Project Manager

Designed and managed execution of multiple cGMP manufacturing process

improvement and facility upgrade projects.

Cabot Performance Materials --Pottstown, PA

Project Engineer, Sr. Process Engineer

Designed, specified, and managed major process modification/expansion

project, new equipment installation and startup projects. Engineered and

implemented multiple smaller process an facilities upgrade projects.

FMC Corporation -- Baltimore, MD

Project Engineer / Process Engineer

Managed multiple process equipment, piping system, instrument and

controls upgrade projects. Project Lead for Permethrin Facility

Consolidation Relocation Project.

CertainTeed Corporation, Vinyl Building Products Group - Williamsport, MD

Plant Engineer and Maintenance Manager

Managed 42 person Maintenance Group. Led team and Project Managed

facility and process/equipment expansions and modifications.

EDUCATION

Vanderbilt University: Bachelor of Engineering in Chemical Engineering

Security Clearance: Secret

OSHA 30 Safety Training Certification for the Construction Industry

US Army Corps of Engineers Certification: Construction Quality Management

for Contractors

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