Senior Project Engineer, planner, project, construction, staff

Joseph A. Yurko, P.E. 440-***-****, home

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Strongsville, OH 44136 *.*****@*********.***

CAREER SUMMARY

A chemical engineer working as a project manager and process engineer on

design and production capital projects. Well organized with attention to

detail leading cross functional teams on new installations or upgrades of

equipment or systems. Strong work ethic leading capital projects that were

completed on schedule and under budget with satisfied stakeholders.

Mentored entry level engineers and students from CSU, CWRI and University

of Akron.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Boehringer Ingelheim, Ben Venue Laboratories, Inc., Bedford, OH, FDA cGMP

compliant, www.benvenue.com,

in top 20 pharmaceutical companies globally with annual revenues of $17B

Senior Project Engineer, Process and Facilities Engineering Department,

2002 - 2013

Managed multiple projects performing process engineering design,

specification, procurement, construction, commissioning, and training.

Approved contractor time sheets, calculations, drawings, and regulatory

documents. Projects were production, utility, environmental, health, or

safety oriented. Projects were done at a 4 factory and a pilot plant

campus with Facility Maintenance Dept. Projects followed the TrackWise

change management system.

. Designed, procured, constructed, and commissioned a Silver LEED pilot

plant for R&D on schedule and under budget. Facility had HVAC Grade C

HEPA air on 2 formulation suites with pressure vessels, sterile fill

suite with vial filler, freeze dryer suite, and cleaning suite.

Followed 5S + safety process layout. ($2M TIC)

. Project engineer that generated specifications, procured equipment,

approved construction drawings, and commissioned systems for Phase IV

new facility with 2 formulation rooms, 2 sterile fill vial lines,

equipment prep, component prep, WFI & clean steam generation, HVAC

systems, and utilities. (170k sq.ft, $90M TIC)

. Developed, installed, and validated 2 new liquid cryogenic nitrogen

storage vessels with vaporization and gas distribution systems for 4

factories and pilot plant to double sterile injectable vial filling

capacity of chemotherapy parenteral drugs. Lead facilitator on cross

functional team FMEA of systems. ($2M project)

. Designed, installed, and commissioned a cold and hot water and energy

recovery system for 2 factories with Facility Maintenance Standard

Operating Procedures and training. Each system saved $57k annually in

water consumption, heating, and chemical treatment.

URS Corporation, Cleveland, OH, ISO9000, www.urs.com, Ranked 248 in Fortune

500, annual revenues of $11B

Supervisory Process Engineer, Process Engineering Department 1981 - 2002

Project engineer on design projects leading architectural, automation, CAD,

civil, structural, electrical, mechanical piping, process engineers and

technicians. Approved time sheets, calculations, drawings, and performed

annual performance review of project reports. Developed process flow

diagrams with material and energy balances simulated on ChemCAD software.

Generated piping and instrumentation diagrams with automation control loops

and equipment specifications. Performed field construction checkouts and

startups.

. Developed Siemens Simatic Batch Process Control System (PCS7) in St.

Louis, MO to replace Allen Bradley system for application in Anheuser

Busch brewing and fermentation environments. Performed successful

commissioning, startups and training at Columbus, OH and Fort Collins,

CO breweries. ($120M TIC each)

. Design-build automated micro-pilot plant with three continuous flow

reactors and two continuous stirred tank reactors with product

separation, collection, and Gas Chromatography analysis for catalytic

conversion of tar sands to petrol fuel product for CANMET. Developed

new 50 mL reactor with catalytic spinning basket.

. Designed 11 tank chemical treatment process for Boeing Wing and Spar

facility in Frederickson, WA for electrocoat processing 110 foot long

aluminum wing spar for Boeing 747 aircraft. ($105M new factory)

. Supervised 17 multidiscipline engineers and technicians on

chlorosilane distillation automated unit during design and

construction phases for Hemlock Semiconductor, Midland, MI. ($25M

TIC)

EDUCATION: Cleveland State University, BS Chemical Engineering and BS

Engineering Science, 1981

CERTIFICATION: Licensed Professional Engineer (chemical), Active

professional development of 15 hrs/year

Certificate in Project Management, Kent State University,

Center for Professional Development

COMPUTER SKILLS: Microsoft Windows Office, MS Project, ChemCAD, Advanced

Maintenance Management System (work orders), TrackWise (change management),

Siemens BAS, Siemens Process Control Systems (PCS7).

TRAINING SKILLS: Quality Work Group, Team Building and Coaching, Crucial

Conversations, 5 Why's, FMEA Facilitator, 5S+Safety, W. Edwards Deming 14

Points of Quality, Stephen Covey's 7 Habits of Successful People, AIChE

Cleveland Section Chairman 2003-2010, Ethics in Pharmaceutical Industry,

and Dale Carnegie Leadership.

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