Engineer Six Sigma

Michell L. LaFond

**** ***** ***** *****: ********@***.***

Mulberry, FL 33860 Phone: 863-***-****

Objective: Obtain a PSM Engineer/EHS Engineer position to improve organization and government

compliance programs using my drive for excellence, leadership and teamwork skills

while developing myself professionally.

Education: Michigan Technological University, Houghton, MI

B.S. Chemical Engineering, 2007

Experience:

Mosaic Fertilizer, LLC. Bartow, FL March 2008-

present

Process Safety Management Engineer-Bartow Facility

• Manage and implement a full 14 element PSM/RMP program including management

of change and mechanical integrity

• Lead multidisciplinary process hazard analysis teams and manage resultant action

items

• Lead & participate on multiple internal PSM/RMP audits

• Wrote the current site Emergency Action Plan

• Collaborated to write the current BU Incident Investigation Program

• Collaborated to write the current corporate MOC Program

• Wrote the current corporate MOC Policy

• Lead reviewer for ISO policies and procedures

Mosaic Fertilizer, LLC. Mulberry, FL May 2007-March

2008 Process Engineer-New Wales Facility

• Learned fertilizer processes

• Led multiple project teams

• Member of a PHA revalidation team

Tyco International Ltd., Marinette, WI May 2005-

Aug 2006

Tyco Safety Products Fire Suppression Research & Development

Research & Development Chemical Engineer Co-op

• Led major cost savings projects

• Addressed scale-up issues

• Completed DFSS Six sigma Green Belt training, LEAN

Michigan Technological University, Houghton, MI

Summer 2004

Explorations in Engineering; Women in Engineering

Group Project Leader

• Designed and organized two 15 contact-hour projects for groups of 15-20 high school

students

• Gained managerial and delegation skills

• Instructed students in lab safety, creative thinking, brainstorming and prototyping

Michell L. LaFond

3227 Ogden Drive Email: ********@***.***

Mulberry, FL 33860 Phone: 863-***-****

Packaging Corporation of America, Tomahawk, WI May 2003-

Jan 2004

Technical Laboratory/Engineering Co-op

• Team member of a $2.5MM biogas methane recovery project for waste water

• Maintained instruments in six labs, including a flame photometer and auto-titrator

• Tested pulp and paper, analyzed data and compiled technical reports for quality

control

Experience continued:

Robert Bosch Corporation, Saint Joseph, MI Summer 2002-2003

Hydroboost Engineering Intern

• Collaborated with engineers to solve production problems

• Performed experiments to implement new techniques in production

• Gained technical communication and report writing skills

Computer Skills:

Microsoft Office Suite, Matlab, I-DEAS, Processbook, HYSYS, Outlook,

Minitab, RegManager, Maximo, Workingbird, AON Risk Console, PHA

Leader

Activities:

American Institute of Chemical Engineers, Hope Hospice volunteer, Fiddlers Cove

volunteer, Big Bend Cleanup volunteer, Delta Phi Epsilon international sorority,

American Chemical Society

Summary of Qualifications:

Formal training in the following relevant areas:

• DNV Loss Control

• DNV Incident Investigation

• Root Cause Analysis

• AON Risk Console

• Process Safety Management & Risk Management Program Compliance

• PSM & RMP Compliance Auditing

• Management of Change

• Mechanical Integrity

• Leading Process Hazard Analyses & PHA Revalidations

• Writing Effective Operating & Maintenance Procedures

• Crucial Conversations

• Supervisory Development Series

• HAZMAT Technician

• Incident Commander

Michell L. LaFond

3227 Ogden Drive Email: ********@***.***

Mulberry, FL 33860 Phone: 863-***-****

• Six Sigma DFSS Greenbelt

• Industrial Process Safety

References:

Available upon request

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