Engineer Manager
Resume:
R SUM
Glynn B. Stringer
West Point, MS 39773
Education & Certification
B. S. degree in chemistry from the University of Southern Mississippi in
1975.
B. S. degree in chemical engineering from Mississippi State University in
1977.
Registered Professional Engineer since 1982.
Six Sigma Green belt certification 2004.
Memberships & Honors
Honors graduate from Mississippi State University in engineering.
Member of Omega Chi Epsilon honors engineering society.
Member of American Institute of Chemical Engineers.
Served on the Research Panel for Chemical Engineering Publications, Inc.
during 1987 and 1988.
Experience Summary
Project engineer/management, EPC, ranging from $10k to $100 MM +.
Chemical manufacturing management experience in production, maintenance,
process engineering, project engineering, utilities, as well as plant
manager.
Background in both continuous, batch operations, and systems incorporating
both.
Skilled in development & implementation of World Class projects and
manufacturing principles in PM/PDM/TPM, Six Sigma, DFSS/Toll-Gate, and
Total Cost Out.
Detailed working knowledge with EHS applications including ISO9000,
ISO14000, OSHA Star, EPA, RCRA, NPDES, Title 5, PSM, RMP, HAZOP, Site
Commander, etc.
Management of personnel up to 176 including hourly laborers, technicians,
foremen, supervisors, engineers, and chemists.
Chemical process experience in fine organics, specialty organics,
inorganics, water & wastewater, and utilities.
Detailed Experience
2004-Present: Employed by Reichhold Incorporated. Serving as India
Projects Manager. Responsible for the engineering, procurement, and
construction (EPC) of a "green field" chemical plant and also a research &
development lab in Ranjangaon, India. The plant equipment was started up
without issues and met all quantity and quality goals from day one. The
project responsibilities included management of contract engineering firms,
contract construction firms, consultants for permitting, procurement &
accounting, EHS, site management, and logistics. Plan to complete the R&D
facility, including pilot plant, by May 2010.
Previous duties were serving as the Plant Manager, for the Jacksonville,
Florida Plant and as Plant Manager for the Port Moody Plant in British
Columbia, Canada. The plants produced composites (polyesters), emulsions,
and alkyd chemicals. Duties included total plant operations management,
raw/finished materials transportation & logistics, hazardous and non-
hazardous wastes treatment & disposal, financial responsibilities
(profit/loss, budgeting, etc.), and community relations.
Initial assignment with Reichhold was as project engineer assisting with
the management of construction firms to complete the Morris plant expansion
& commissioning.
2002-2004: Employed by General Electric, Infrastructure Division. Served
as Regional Engineer responsible for all capital projects at three
production plants and one research & development facility. Plants
produced specialty organic chemicals in batch operations with the majority
used in industrial water and wastewater treatment. Duties: Develop annual
capital budgets, three-year capital forecasts, manage projects from scope
development through installation & commissioning, assist plants with major
maintenance initiatives, assist with EHS initiatives, and serve as EHS
representative on all projects.
1991 - 2002: Employed by Kerr-McGee Chemical LLC, Hamilton, MS. Served as
Pre-Finishing Manager for the oxidation (high temperature pure oxygen
reactions), chlorination (high temperature fluidized bed chlorine
reactions), synthetic rutile plants (solids recovery, separation, and re-
utilization), utilities plant (water, wastewater, steam, cooling towers,
refrigeration, compressed air, radioactive & hazardous waste treatment
systems, etc.), incinerators & waste-heat boilers systems, and maintenance.
Reported directly to the Plant Manager. Duties: Coordinate with
Purchasing and Corporate Transportation for scheduling raw materials and
shipping of product. Develop and manage annual budgets. Provide Plant
Manager with alternate solutions to resolve unique & time-critical issues.
Provide final approval on engineering changes. Interface with Corporate
Management, Accounting, Safety, Environmental, and Legal Departments.
Interface with Research & Development and the Plant Lab to implement
experimental tests & modifications to the production units, and assure
proper samples and analyses are executed. Responsible for direction of 176
personnel, through 7 direct reports, in all aspects of maintenance and
plant production operations. Responsible for interviewing, hiring,
disciplinary actions and firing of personnel as well as determining
personnel requirements and developing job descriptions. Develop and
oversee the personnel training & career enhancement programs. Implement
necessary communications to employees to insure compliance with all safety
procedures, insure understanding and support for changes to policies,
procedures, personnel changes and other management directives. Other
duties included responsibility for safe & efficient operations of the low
grade radioactive feed stock receiving, handling, storage and recovery
systems. This included the radioactive waste liquid and waste solids
handling, treatment, and placement into long term storage/disposal systems.
Previous duties at Kerr-McGee included an assignment for four years as
Senior Project Engineer for the 102 million dollar plant expansion project.
Duties included leading a multi-discipline team of engineers (civil,
mechanical, electrical, and instrumentation & DCS) through initial design,
detailed design, construction, and startup. The expansion included
addition of two fluidized reactors, and the associated treatment & disposal
of the radioactive wastes. Assisted the Project Manager on cost
estimating, budget control, reporting, and document controls. Served as
Project Manager in his absence. Assisted in negotiations with contractors
to resolve construction problems, to minimize scope changes, and maintain
costs within project budget. After successful commissioning the expansion,
I was promoted to the operations manager & maintenance manager for half of
the plant systems.
Initial assignment at Kerr-McGee was for two years as Senior Process
Engineer assigned to Utilities. Duties included providing technical
support to operations of steam boilers, cooling towers, potable & treated
water plants, wastewater treatment plant, radioactive waste treatment &
disposal plant, plant air compression & drying, de-ionization trains, and
bulk chemicals unloading & storage facilities. Also responsible for
monthly energy cost analyses and cost reduction measures.
1990 - 1991: Employed as a contract engineer to the United States Air
Force, Department of Environmental Engineering at Columbus Air Force Base
(14thABG/DEEV) during Desert Shield and Desert Storm. Duties included
providing environmental engineering services to assure the multiple air
bases met all federal and state environmental regulations. This included
routine inspections of hazardous waste storage facilities, writing or
revising operating instruction manuals, arranging for waste disposal,
maintaining records, and reviewing designs for hazardous storage
facilities, emission reduction systems, and exposure reduction plans.
1985 - 1990: Employed by the City of Brookhaven, MS as Utilities
Superintendent & City Utilities Engineer. Responsible for the direct
management of the City's Water Department, Wastewater Department,
Engineering, and Traffic Control, with a total of 25 employees directly
supervised. Major achievements were completion of a Class C, 3.5 million
gpd potable water treatment plant, design & construction of a Class IV, 3
million gpd wastewater treatment plant, and the design & installation of a
computer system for engineering hydraulics. Prepared and received approval
on the NPDES permit for the City's wastewater treatment plant.
1981 - 1985: Employed by Mississippi Chemical Corporation as a Process
Study Engineer. Assigned to the development of new technology applications
and engineering preliminary studies. Developed new chemical products from
initial economic feasibility analysis through commercial scale process
design and economics, evaluated innovative ideas for process improvements,
and developed alternate uses of existing equipment.
Assisted with the scope development and design selection of the gas fired
co-generation unit installed at the Yazoo City plant. It was a 25 megawatt
GE unit that utilized part of the steam generated in the wasteheat boiler
as injection gas back into the turbine section.
1979 - 1981: Employed by Tennessee Eastman Company (KODAK) as a Process
Engineer in the Organic Chemicals Division. Assigned to capital projects
from project generation through installation and start-up and new chemical
process start-ups from the test reactors through the commercial scale
units. Worked extensively with the creation of specialty chemicals in high
pressure liquid/gas autoclaves.
1977 - 1979: Employed by Atlantic Richfield Chemicals Company, Houston,
Texas as a Utilities Engineer. Responsible for providing technical support
to operations of steam boilers, cooling towers, potable & treated water
plants, plant air compression & drying, de-ionization trains, and nitrogen
generation facilities. Conducted energy surveys and developed operational
modes based on cost savings. Conducted steam trap surveys. Worked on one
project that upgraded the steam production capacity of the high pressure
boilers allowing the old less efficient boiler to be shut down completely
and hot "moth balled". Served on the start-up team in the utilities
section of their Olefins II plant start-up.
REFERENCES: Provided upon request.
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