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Felipe Silva

Yuma, AZ ac9qwe@r.postjobfree.com 928-***-****

Industrial Engineer with 5+ years of excellence in the chemical manufacturing industry. Versatile professional with consistent success reducing costs, improving quality, and streamlining processes in fast-paced environments. Results-driven collaborator who partners across other functions to isolate operational problems and generate creative yet practical solutions. Trilingual: Fluent in English, Portuguese, and Spanish. CORE PROFICIENCIES

Industrial engineering, supply chain, procurement, warehousing, processing, and logistics.

Good manufacturing practices (cGMP), SOPs, report writing, and flow diagrams.

Improvement methodologies such as root cause analysis, waste reduction/value stream mapping, process baselining and comparisons, cause-and-effect analysis, capacity optimization, and MRP/ERP.

Lean Manufacturing, Just-in-Time (JIT), 5s and Kaizen, Cost Reduction, and Statistical Process Control (SPC).

Chromatographic analytical instrumentation such as High-Performance Liquid Chromatography (HPLC) and Gas Chromatography (GC).

Software including MS Office, AutoCAD, MATLAB, Autodesk Inventor, Minitab, Enterprise One, and ANOVA, SAP, and Product Lifecycle Management (PLM). WORK EXPERIENCE

Quality Engineer, Gowan Company, Yuma, AZ ● 2017 to Present

Promoted to provide statistical analysis to manufacturing and quality departments within supply chain. Maintain laboratory operations management duties of previous position.

Evaluate performance of QA/QC routine and non-routine product testing (ASTM physical and chemical methods). Collect scientific data and analyze chemical product manufacturing parameters to ensure adherence to specifications.

o Issue certificates of analysis for 60+ finished products. o Provide ongoing production support to 10 global toll manufacturing sites. o Coordinate and resolve technical issues related to suppliers. o Alternate –Sourcing evaluation for technical and inert raw materials. o Document production manufacturing manuals.

Statistical process control of laboratory data of 27 active ingredients in company’s portfolio. Formulation types include water-dispersible granules, wettable powders, soluble powders, emulsifiable concentrates, micro-encapsulated suspension, and suspension concentrates. o Continuously monitor statistical data using techniques such as R and S control charts, CpK, gage R&R, t-test, and SRMR.

Gained and harnessed knowledge of key technologies behind development of formulations for the agricultural industry. Transitioned, evaluated, and supported manufacturing procedures from laboratory-scale to pilot-scale.

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o Optimized production process while achieving successful results in specification for 3 commercial products, one of which is listed as category A on company’s production and sales effort (~$15M yearly sales).

o Improved procedures by partnering with various operating departments and maintaining close relationship with production line/factory-floor personnel.

Continuous investigation of manufacturing product quality, including CAPA, audit observations, and non-conformances.

o 5% cost savings on a commercial product initially marked for waste disposal; recuperated for sale

($100K+).

Developed new testing and operational protocols that achieved 10% yearly continuous reduction of laboratory chemical waste.

Industrial Operations Engineer, Gowan Company, Yuma, AZ ● 2014 to 2017

Coordinated daily laboratory operations including chemicals purchasing and handling, raw-materials and finished-goods inventory, facility inspections, and equipment maintenance and troubleshooting.

Assisted layout design (AutoCAD modeling) and operational launch of a new $1M agrochemical R&D laboratory facility. Formulations development center was founded in 2014 and specializes in development of crop protection chemicals for agricultural use.

Developed and optimized 50+ startup SOPs per NIOSH and OSHA guidelines.

Eliminated 10%-20% of laboratory worker tasks by creating standardized procedures and manuals for preparing and characterizing formulations. Process includes solid milling operations, liquid solutions mixing, and solids grinding and extrusion.

Managed hazardous and non-hazardous chemical waste program. Responsible for laboratory chemical waste manifests per EPA and Arizona Department of Environmental Quality (ADEQ) regulations.

Designed and implemented safety program. Coordinated training and maintained safety records for all employees in collaboration with Environment, Health & Safety (EHS). Achieved zero accidents over the course of 3 years.

Student Engineer, Hurley Packaging of Texas, Inc., Lubbock, TX ● 2014

Implemented Lean Six Sigma principles and improvements (senior design project for Bachelor of Industrial Engineering degree).

o Applied value-stream-mapping waste reduction methods to company’s packaging facility; achieved 35% unnecessary motion reduction through time-study analysis. o Created and standardized SOPs for company’s automated assembly line of molded pulp packaging, egg flats, and cartons, as well as corrugated pallets and partitions; reduced downtime 8% in 6 months. Research Assistant, Department of Industrial Engineering (TTU), Lubbock, TX ● 2013

Facilitated engineering validation tests for a sustainable manufacturing recycling project (Optimizing Disassembly of Printed Circuit Board Using a Supercritical Carbon Dioxide Process).

Conducted experiments with senior engineers and chemists using control factors such as temperature, pressure solvent, and vessel depressurization.

Recognized by National Science Foundation at the 2013 SACNAS National Conference in San Antonio, TX. Felipe Silva Page 3

Engineering Intern, Desert Depot Warehousing Solutions, Fortuna Foothills, AZ ● 2012 to 2013

Developed fire protection engineering layout for a 100K-square-foot warehouse and storage facility.

Assisted senior engineers while using facility layout optimization methods and AutoCAD programming.

Enabled successful installation of wet-pipe automatic fire sprinkler system per NFPA 13. EDUCATION

Bachelor of Science (BS) – Industrial Engineering, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX ● 2014 President’s List Dean’s List Recipient, Impact Scholarship; Department of Industrial Engineering Scholarship PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

Six Sigma Training and Certification – Yellow/Green Belt Laboratory Health and Safety Training / Dangerous Goods Transportation Training Hazardous Waste Operations and Emergency Response (HAZWOPER) RCRA Hazardous Waste Management Training – Lion Technology DOT Hazardous Materials Training

Croda Crop Care Technical Seminar (Chapel Hill, NC) Mixing Intensive Processes (laboratory/scale-up applications) – University of Wisconsin MEMBERSHIPS

Division of Chemical Health & Safety (CHAS), American Chemical Society Alpha Pi Mu (National Industrial Engineering Honor Society)

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