Project Quality Control

Joi Williams

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Theodore, AL 36582 ***.*******@*****.***

SUMMARY

High energy, organized, and process-oriented engineer with a thirst for process optimization,

thermodynamic/chemical reactions, and data manipulation. Effective communicator with excellent

presentation skills capable of handling ambiguity and dynamic, fast-paced environments. With strong

interpersonal skills, an able contributor in a team-oriented situations, but has the intellectual horsepower

to work independently. Significant experience with writing MOCs and AFEs, requisitions and work

orders through SAP. Developing multilingual capacities in Spanish, Japanese, and Sign Language and

possesses a strong commitment to continuing education.

A small chlor-alkali plant of ~50 employees that has recently completed a plant conversion from

Potassium Chloride to Sodium Chloride. Supervised five (5) brine area/waste water technicians at the

facility.

• Saved 22% in waste water treatment costs by installing a salt pad bypass line.

• Devised a waste water system upgrade project to replace outdated instrumentation and

equipment.

• New Systems training for Sludge Filtration and Sulfates Removal System.

• Brine Area Technician Refresher training for Brine Area Technicians.

• Brine Area Technician training for new Brine Area Technicians.

Quarterly Key Procedure (Confined Space, Line Break, Hot Work, Fall Protection and Lock,

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Tag & Try) Audits.

• Railyard, Liquefaction, Brine Area, Waste Water, Potassium Carbonate, Warehouse, Stores, and

Silicate Areas Planned Inspections

• Employee coaching sessions for absenteeism, motivating workers, work quality, resolving

conflicts.

Muscle Shoals, Alabama

A chlor-alkali plant of 250 employees, producing intermediate chemicals for the plastics,

pharmaceuticals, agriculture, and food industries.

Cost Savings

• Improved the sludge transfer process by removing redundant equipment with a savings in

maintenance costs of $8,000/year.

• Achieved an annual savings of $76,000 in Amerzine usage by addressing inaccurate workplace

practices.

Old Dog, New Trick. Increased soft water capacity by 42% and reduced operating costs by

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$1,700/month by restructuring obsolete equipment.

The KISS Method. Optimized treatment chemicals for a closed loop brine process - producing a

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cost savings of $4,000 per month

Quality Control

• Eliminated 85% of production loss due to elevated hydrogen by launching a Brine Area Reliability

Project.

Supplier vs. Supplied. Built a raw material spreadsheet that tracked and validated the quality of

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incoming Potassium chloride (KCl) and developed an unloading schedule to normalize the impurities,

producing an average cost reduction of 8%.

When Tried and True isn’t Best. Authored a technical paper on mercury adsorption and

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impregnated carbons that influenced the purchase of a more superior product than what was being

used, increasing the useful life of the system by 6 months, and avoiding outage costs of $366,000.

• Generated a 25% vacuum reduction and increased the service life of activated carbon by 50%, by

rehabilitating the Retort System.

Project Management

• Implemented the Waste Water System Improvement project that increased water quality by a factor

of 10.

Win/Win for All. Led scope development, AFE budgeting, contracting and on-site operations for

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the On-line Sludge Removal project, and saved an estimated $426,000 in production loss, while

remaining within budget and time constraints.

• Engineered the piping configuration, usage rates, and cost estimates, and scope development for the

Brine Co precipitation project.

• Developed scope, wrote procedures, and procured contractors for the Decommissioning Project, as

part of the Decommissioning Team.

• Designed a new chlorine addition system for the post-decommissioned waste facility.

Summer internship at a medium (~350 employees) chlor-alkali plant, specializing in diaphragm and

membrane cell Chlorine and Sodium Hydroxide.

• Produced a total savings of $171,000 by targeting inefficiencies with the Membrane Brine Heat

Exchanger.

• Reduced amount of time required to search for shipment information by 40% by creating a record

keeping database.

• Created an Inventory Database for scrap material removal.

• Conducted Facility Safety Surveys

EDUCATION

• Master of Business Administration, Management, University of North Alabama, Florence,

Alabama

• Bachelor of Science, Chemical Engineering, Florida A&M Univ., Tallahassee, Florida

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

Proficient in MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, and Access

Completed Online Training Courses for Six Sigma Manufacturing

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