Project Manager Engineer

Stephen Brandt

***** **** *** ****** *****, Greenfield, WI 53228

414-***-**** ********@*****.***

PROCESS ENGINEERING DIRECTOR

Results driven professional with the ability to apply engineering concepts

in design and issue resolution. Continuous focus on process and design

improvements utilizing advancements in technology while ensuring

operational success. Proven engineering knowledge and experience to build

strong relationships with team members, customers, vendors and peers.

. Pharmaceutical Industry

. Process Control

. Predictive and Preventative Maintenance

. Coaching/Mentoring

. Project Management

. API

. Process Engineering

. Process Hazard Analysis

. Standard Operating Procedures

. GMP protocols

. Environmental Laws

. Budget Management

PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY

Cambridge Major Labs Director of Engineering July 2004 - Dec 2009

Germantown, WI

Furey Filter & Pump / (Flowserve) Senior Design Engineer Dec 2001 - July 2004

Milwaukee, WI

Marlo, Inc. Project Engineer Feb 1999 - Feb 2001

Racine, WI

Water Services Corporation / Project Manager Oct 1997 - Feb 1999

USFilter

Waukesha, WI

Lazer's H2O / Osmonics / USFilter Application Engineer Sep 1995 - Sep 1997

Minneapolis, MN

EDUCATION

Master of Science in Chemical Engineering

University of North Dakota

Grand Forks, North Dakota

Bachelor of Science in Chemical Engineering

University of North Dakota

Grand Forks, North Dakota

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Cambridge Major Labs

(July 2004 - Dec 2009)

Director of Engineering

Cambridge Major Laboratories is a leading global chemistry outsourcing

partner to the pharmaceutical and biotechnology industries providing

process R&D, scale up, and GMP manufacture of Active Pharmaceutical

Ingredients.

. Facility Overview: Planned and directed all aspects of the engineering

activities for three pharmaceutical plants. Two plants located in the

United States and one in Belgium which range in size from 50 to 2000 gal

reactors.

. Engineering Leadership: Led and directed all engineering activities for

a group of three engineers and five maintenance technicians. Assigned

engineering resources to projects or production issues. Led or supported

concept, approval and execution of projects by the engineering group.

. Plant Construction and Startup: Accountable for startup of new $40

million plant. Drove all aspects of building construction and design

pharmaceutical process equipment, HVAC, fire protection, electrical and

PLC requirements. Achieved successful output of GMP products in 18

months.

. Process Equipment Startup and Maintenance: Delivered on equipment and

process availability to ensure operations were not interrupted and

successful manufacturing of quality product on time. Designed, approved,

and installed pharmaceutical process equipment to allow for growing needs

for capacity as well as provided predictive and preventative maintenance

to support continuous production.

. GMP Certified: Assured all policies and procedures met specifications for

compliance with appropriate codes, regulations and standards according to

the FDA for all three plants also including certifying process equipment

which was a requirement in order to bid on customer's manufacturing

needs.

. Key Equipment Design and Installation: Responsible for design,

installation and maintenance for equipment such as glass lined reactors,

cryogenic reactors, hydrogenator, vacuum system, ventilation system,

scrubbers, tank farm and chillers as well as designed and implemented a

pollution control system using thermo-oxidizer technology.

Furey Filter & Pump

(Dec 2001 - July 2004)

Senior Design Engineer

Furey Filter & Pump, Inc. has been providing fluid handling and filtration

solutions since 1956. Integrating a variety of products into the optimum

fluid handling system can be a complicated process.

. Application Engineering: Supported the sales team in providing customer

pricing and specifications. Designed custom large and small scale

pumping systems for power, paper, chemical and food and beverage

industries. Defined standardization to use on systems to make the best

use of technology and ensure cost effective solutions for customer.

Created P&ID diagrams and I&E diagrams with AutoCAD.

. Project Management: Managed all aspects of project after sales to

delivery which included gathering customer requirements, obtaining

approvals, coordinating with suppliers and internal groups to deliver

high quality system according the customer's timeline and budget.

. Engineering Strategy: Responsible for engineering group and implemented

key improvements to products, design process and manufacturing by

utilizing technology to create state-of-the-art systems. Coached

engineers and represented engineering in new product development.

. System Certifications: Plant ISO 9002 certified. Designed systems to

meet ANSI specifications and ASME code.

Marlo, Inc.

(Feb 1999 - Feb

2001)

Project Engineer

Industrial water purification utilizing reverse osmosis and deionization

Water Services Corporation / US Filter

(Oct 1997 - Feb 1999)

Project Manager

Industrial water purification utilizing reverse osmosis and deionization

Lazer's H2O / Osmonics / US Filter

(Sep 1995 - Sep 1997)

Application Engineer

Industrial water purification utilizing reverse osmosis and deionization

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