Project Manager Engineer

PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY

Process engineer/production supervisor with 4.5 years of experience in the

chlor-alkali industry. Highly proficient in problem solving, management,

communication, and safety. Creative, team leader, motivator, and decision

maker.

WORK EXPERIENCE

01/2007 - Olin Chemical

PRESENT Process Engineer/Production Supervisor - Augusta, Georgia

Designed, tested and installed new effluent treatment system that allows

continuous flow of waste water to be treated through carbon beds for

continuous mercury removal with interlocks to ensure mercury discharged did

not exceed waste water permit limit. Wrote operating procedures and

trained operators to ensure that the system performs optimally and as

designed. 2007 total mercury discharged to the river was 13.1 lbs. After

the effluent project was completed, the total mercury discharged to the

river for 2008 was reduced by half (approximately 8.6 lbs), and mercury

released for 2009 is 4.5 lbs.

Designed, tested and installed new controls on the effluent composite

sampler. The new controls allow easier troubleshooting and efficient

alarms when the system is not operating optimally. The new configuration

ensures that a consistent sample is taken to be analyzed for the NPDES

permit to ensure permit compliance.

Developed an SPC chart for the secondary treatment operators that provide

the parameters for releasing secondary treatment batches to the river at

the lowest mercury concentration possible.

Designed, tested and install pH adjustment systems on both plant water

wells. Worked closely with the project manager, vendors, and contractors

to ensure that the project was completed on time and on budget. Wrote

operating procedures and trained operators to ensure that the system

performs optimally for plant well water usage and for feed to the RO water

system.

Supervised area operators in the chlorine compression area and waste

treatment/utilities area. Provided feedback and process troubleshooting as

required. Utilizing the relief operators, I reduced overtime by 10% to

reduce costs and I managed maintenance activities to reduce call ins and

excess expense spending in my areas by 10% of budget.

Managed SPC charts for the bleach and HCl processes to ensure they are

running optimally and in control to produce quality product for shipment.

Utilized these charts for both processes to diagnose equipment problems and

schedule downtime for maintenance so that bleach production losses are less

than 1.0% capacity and HCl production losses are less than 3.0% capacity.

Performed production closing at the end of every month to ensure that

production balanced each month with respect to product made and product

shipped.

Site champion for behavior based safety observation program. Lead

production employees, maintenance employees, and contractors in the program

to ensure selected safety behaviors evolved to safe habit strength.

Currently have sent over 100 behaviors to safe habit strength since January

2010.

Reduced sulfuric acid consumption from 25 dry tons per month to 18 dry tons

per month utilizing statistical experimentation for a raw material savings

of $20,000 per year.

07/2006 - Olin Chemical

12/2006 Project Engineer - Augusta, Georgia

Designed, tested, installed, commissioned, and put into operation a reverse

osmosis system to provide high purity water to the Bleach, Caustic and HCl

systems.

Completed insulation and painting of the CP Salt tank and structural steel

per project manager design. Worked closely with vendors and contractors to

ensure that the scope of the work was completed on time and on budget.

Assisted the project leader on the completion of the Augusta Plant Bleach

Expansion Project.

01/2004 - The Shepherd Chemical Company

08/2005 Co-Op Engineer - Cincinnati, OH

Tested, troubleshot, and put into service a pastille bagging system.

Worked various shifts to optimize system operation and made changes to the

system that allowed for easier, more efficient operation.

Designed, tested, and installed a turbidity testing system on the waste

water stream of a microfilter system, including the piping layout design.

Worked closely with contractors and made changes necessary to ensure

operability upon completion.

Operated a pilot spray dryer to produce experimental products for use in

Research and Development. Collected data from experimental runs to be used

in future production scale batches.

Installed a pilot squeeze press in the Pilot Plant, including piping layout

design. Worked closely with contractors and made necessary changes to

ensure operability upon completion.

Tested and troubleshot a pilot multi-tray revolving dryer as an alternative

to using dry rooms for the dewatering of products. Collected data from

experimental runs to be used in future scale up of the dewatering system.

Operated, troubleshot, and maintained reverse osmosis systems used to

produce plant RO water. Collected production data and compared it to

optimal data from literature to assist in troubleshooting. Tested

different sensors (pH, ORP, conductivity) to ensure proper operation.

Wrote operating manuals, troubleshooting guidelines, and clean in place

procedures for all RO units.

05/2002 - The Scotts Company

12/2002 Pilot Plant Specialist - Marysville, OH

Worked in the Pilot Plant to help with product runs, controlling the system

for effectiveness to ensure that all runs went smoothly. Collected data

from experimental runs to be used in future production scale batches.

Designed and installed a new urea formaldehyde concentrate system for the

Pilot Plant. Installation included tank sizing, piping layout, and sensor

installation. Worked closely with contractors throughout installation and

made necessary changes to ensure operability upon installation.

Assisted in Research and Development Lab as needed.

EDUCATION

2003 - 2006 University of Cincinnati

Cincinnati, OH

Bachelor of Science in Chemical Engineering

Graduation Date: June 2006

GPA: 3.2

2000 - 2003 Case Western Reserve University

Cleveland, OH

Major: Chemical Engineering

COMPUTER SKILLS

Microsoft Office, AutoCAD, SAP, Minitab

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