To whom it may concern:
In response to your Sr. Project Engineering opportunity, I have enclosed
for your review information regarding my background and abilities.
I earned a Bachelor of Science in Engineering from the University of
Missouri Rolla and have been employed in the food and pharmaceutical
industry since 1970.
Seven years with KV Pharmaceutical as Sr. Project Engineer, sixteen years
with GlaxoSmithKline as Manager of Engineering, and 15 years as Manager of
Flavor Manufacturing (Flavors and Extracts) with Warner-Jenkinson (Seven-
Up) company.
Project engineering responsibilities included - Design, specification,
procurement, construction, startup, and validation projects ranged from
small to moderate size ($10,000 - $2.5 million).
Project Development - Generated a Project User Requirement, by proactively
seeking continuous process improvement & problem resolution, encouraging an
active role with operations, quality and local maintenance facility groups.
User Requirement established project scope and justification (economic,
GMP, or safety), reviewed engineering alternatives and project costs.
Project Management -Daily engineering, quality, and operations reviewed
status ensuring full GMP compliance during construction phase. Review and
design meetings were officially held once per week, topics: safety review,
outstanding issues, cost control, GMP reviews, and time line updates.
Preempt meetings with contractors were used to clarify and answer
miscellaneous detailed design questions.
Startup and Validation - Initiated change control documents for the
project, designed, developed and implemented non-routine testing criteria /
systems challenges for validation protocols.
Personal key attributes:
Demonstrated ability as a creative "hands on" project engineer / manager.
. Diverse technical/managerial background provides the direction and
confidence to be an aggressive customer focused leader and project
manager, comfortable in leading through example, while assuring quality
compliance for installations and process operations are achieved.
. Strong project and problem solving skills developed at college have
proven invaluable.
Salary and benefit requirements are negotiable.
Thank you for your time.
Sincerely yours,
Raymond J. Schafluetzel
Raymond J. Schafluetzel
10029 Northfield
St. Louis, Missouri 63114
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Professional Experience
Senior Project Engineer
KV Pharmaceutical August 2003 - March 31,
2010
Project engineering responsibilities included - Design, specification,
procurement, construction, startup, and validation, projects ranged from
small to moderate size ($10,000 - $2.5 million).
Project Development/Design - Generated a Project User Requirement, by
proactively seeking continuous process improvement & problem resolution,
encouraging an active role with operations, quality and local maintenance
facility groups. User Requirement established project scope and
justification (economic, GMP, or safety), reviewed engineering alternatives
and project costs.
Project Management -Daily engineering, quality, and operations reviewed
project status ensuring full GMP compliance during construction phase.
Review and design meetings were officially held once per week, topics:
safety review, outstanding issues, cost control, GMP reviews, and time line
updates. Preempt meetings with contractors were used to clarify and answer
miscellaneous detailed design questions.
Startup and Validation - Initiated change control documents for the
project, designed, developed and implemented non-routine testing criteria /
systems challenges for validation protocols.
Projects:
. Environmental dehumidification for blending, tableting and processing
suites. Engineered Dehumidification system limiting RH within the
suites to 40%.
. Renovation of Tablet Coating operations. Engineered, designed,
specified, and installed new chillers, new electrical service, new
individual HVAC system for each coating pan, new computer controlled
operations system for controlling solution spray, air temperature&
humidity, differential pan pressure and air flow rate control.
Validation of coating pans, controls, equipment, services and related
systems. $2.5 million.
. Relocation of packaging line and manufacturing operation from Westport
location to EC-#4.
. Installed plant compressed air loop throughout the Westport facility,
1200 cfm
. Installed, started up two Korsch XL400 tablet presses. $600,000
. Proposed, designed, specified and have bid out new facility chilled
water, hot water loop for facilities HVAC needs. Utilizing existing
equipment and developing a control scheme that adapts during high
humidity periods. $750,000 2 600 Tons
. Investigated and redesigned HVAC units for four production
suites/areas, to achieve proper temperature and humidity control.
$500,000 20-30 Tons each
. Redesigned batch-drying units, Aeromatic Dryers, providing cGMP
compliance.
Raymond J. Schafluetzel
10029 Northfield
Manager of Engineering (Retired)
GlaxoSmithKline
St. Louis, MO 1987--
July 2003
Engineering and Maintenance Manager has responsibility for implementing and
coordinating all engineering projects, facility maintenance and supporting
production maintenance within the GMP facility.
Engineering responsibilities:
1. facility design and upgrading
2. coordinating contractor resources for achieving capital projects
. coordinating internal engineering resources for capital projects
3. process design (dry material handling, granulating, sizing,
blending and storage)
4. developing systems for monitoring and controlling operations (GUI
/ PLC/SCADA applications)
5. safety, security and environmental
. employee development
Maintenance responsibilities:
6. preventative maintenance programs for the facility
7. direct machine shop and electrical support for the Tums
manufacturing and packaging groups
8. direct support for the receiving and shipping, robots, elevators,
material handling equipment
Department personnel implement capital projects averaging $2-4 Million per
year and utilize in excess of $2 Million in department expenses. The
department consists of four engineers, one supervisor and seven machinists,
six electricians and two building maintenance associates. The facility is
a five story, multi building complex consisting of +250,000 sq. ft in
downtown St. Louis.
Process Engineer
SmithKline Beecham
St. Louis, MO
1986-1987
Hired for process development and design of new operations, PLC.
Plant Engineer
Chock Full-o-Nuts
St. Louis, MO
1985-1986
Raymond J. Schafluetzel
10029 Northfield
Manager Extract and Flavor Production
Warner-Jenkinson
St. Louis, MO (Seven-Up Company)
1970-
1985
The scope of this position was to maintain production of the highest
quality (Seven-Up Extracts) to meet the Company's anticipated sales
requirements. Achieve and maintain three months inventory of extracts,
while maintaining the lowest possible raw material inventories.
Supervise associates in the manufacturing, packaging, maintenance and
quality control groups.
This position implemented capital projects and controlled expense budgets
totaling $1 Million per year.
Duties and Responsibilities:
9. daily scheduling of production and manpower
10. monthly/yearly production goals
11. order, inventory and Q.C. all raw materials
12. maintain process (extraction) efficiencies and lemon oil usage's
13. develop and/or design manufacturing, packaging equipment
14. Q.C. control and development
15. maintenance of equipment
16. design/build San Juan Extract plant
17. design continuos blending systems for Ireland Plant
18. design of Seven-Up's (relocation) facility 1980
Education: University of Missouri, Rolla B.S. Chemical Engineering, 1970