Chemical Engineer
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ROBERT M. MASSENBURG
**** ***** ****** **********, ** 16652
E-Mail: rzmburg1959 @ hotmail.com
Health,safety, environmental and process engineer for a premier beverage label manufacturing facility.
Management experience in the specialty glass, chemical, petroleum refining, steel and consumer packaging industries. Hands on experience operating process units, ensuring product quality and managing operations personnel. Technical sales experience in specialty chemicals. Interface with Federal, State and Local regulatory agencies to ensure business compliance.
• Skilled process engineer with health, safety & environmental functionality.
• Talented leader with proven results and excellent business acumen.
• Account manager for specialty chemical applications at a large integrated refinery. $3M/year.
• Consistently improve product quality through data, statistical and process analyses.
• Project manager for 8 - 12 process improvements/year.
• Lead lean manufacturing teams and achieved cost reduction of $150K/year
• Earned Lean Six Sigma Green Belt certification in December 2012.
• 80% reduction in reportable environmental incidents over 5 years.
• Responsible for writing and reviewing SOP, Hazop and ISO documents.
• Over 500,000 man-hours with zero lost time incidents.
• Working knowledge of ERP systems, SAP, Oracle, BO, MS Access, Excel, and Powerpoint.
• Familiar with process computer simulations and possess in-depth process troubleshooting skills.
M.B.A. Finance, Pennsylvania State University 1985
B.S. Chemical Engineering, Grove City College 1981
Professional Experience
CORE LABEL
Chemical Engineer & HSE Coordinator Tyrone, Pennsylvania 2012 – 2015
Responsible for process engineering, health, safety & environmental functions at a specialty 10 color flexographic printing, slitting plant that produces beverage labels for consumer products. Primary customers include First Quality, Nestle, Coke -Cola and Pepsi. Handle all health and safety functions for the plant. Interact with Federal, State and Local government and area agencies for environmental permitting including reporting air emissions, hazardous material use and associated waste. Core Label purchased Diversapack assets June 1st 2012.
DIVERSAPACK
Chemical Process Engineer Tyrone, Pennsylvania 2011 – 2012
Responsible for process engineering at a $30 M specialty 10 color flexographic printing company making labels and bags for consumer products. Primary customers include Proctor and Gamble, Nestle, Coke -Cola and Pepsi. Convert printed films for diaper and feminine care product lines. Print, laminate and slit bottle labels for soda and water products. Conduct DOE design of experiment for new bag making equipment. Print on various film substrates including PET, PP, OPP, HDPE, LDPE. Six Sigma Lean Green belt certification earned in December 2011.
ROBERT M. MASSENBURG
1825 Ellis Avenue Huntingdon, PA 16652
E-Mail: rzmburg1959 @ hotmail.com
AGY - ADVANCED GLASS YARNS
Support Systems Leader
Chemical Process Engineer – Operations Huntingdon, Pennsylvania 2006 – 2011
Responsible for production and quality of $150 M of specialty glass fibers used in many diverse applications from defense, aerospace, construction to high end electronics. Directly responsible for producing starch and epoxy based chemistries at an ISO 9001-2008 certified plant. Additional areas of responsibility include a Batch house for blending and transport of raw materials, chemical preparation for S2, E glass and CFM mat line binders, forming & QC laboratories, Conductive roving and Cone winding. Supervise 15 process operators including responsibility for safety, training, meeting product quality specifications and operating efficiency. Monitor and analyze daily laboratory test results. Make critical process adjustments as needed. Accountable for approximately $3.5M of process chemicals. Serve as the working interface with Science and Technology, Production Planning, Purchasing, Safety and Maintenance.
MIDDOUGH - Staffing Technical Services Inc.
Process Engineer Cleveland, Ohio 2005
Contract chemical engineer working on process engineering design for a $140 M grass roots beryllium plant for Brush Wellman and the DOD. Perform design and engineering calculations for oil refineries, chemical and steel mill projects and upgrades. Middough is a specialty architectural, engineering and consulting firm.
CONOCO-PHILLIPS
Area Supervisor - Unit Operations - Penreco Karns City, Pennsylvania 1998 – 2004
Responsible for unit operations at an ISO certified specialty chemical/refinery including a kerosene distillation unit, a naphtha re-run unit, a Bender unit, a filter house, an acid leach field and a 500,000 gpd waste water treatment plant. Supervised 13 process operators including responsibility for safety, training, meeting product quality specifications, product yields and unit operating efficiency. Monitored and analyzed daily laboratory test results. Made non routine unit adjustments as needed. Determined daily yields and entered production into SAP. Ordered process chemicals, project materials and supplies. Responsible for meeting stringent NPDES and PA DEP parameters at the waste water treatment plant.
BAKER HUGHES
Senior Technical Sales Representative - Baker Petrolite Chalmette, Louisiana 1995 - 1998
Responsible for account management at a large integrated oil refinery. Directly accountable for creating and monitoring KPIs’, monthly customer billing for 23 process chemicals and product mix profit/loss statement. Negotiated and resolved customer issues involving engineering, operations and chemical applications. Supervised two on-site chemical engineers. Conducted quarterly and annual financial and performance reviews. Active team member on customer chemical committee.
EXXON CHEMICAL CORPORATION
Technical Sales Representative Energy Chemicals Division Chicago, Illinois 1992 - 1995
Responsible for technical sales of specialty chemicals to world scale refinery and petrochemical plants. Sold over one million gallons of aromatic wash oil annually to a major mid west ethylene producer due to a successful product trial that greatly improved cracked gas compressor throughput. Coordinated and tracked rail car shipments to customer locations. Involved internal marketing and research staff to ensure customer satisfaction. Created process simulations for evaluating anti-foulant economics on refinery crude preheat trains.
ROBERT M. MASSENBURG
1825 Ellis Avenue Huntingdon, PA 16652
E-Mail: rzmburg1959 @ hotmail.com
BETZ
Process Specialist Betz Process Chemicals Beaumont, Texas 1989 - 1992
Responsible for service and sales of process chemicals to a large refinery and petrochemical plant. Promoted in
1990 to Process Specialist. Increased product sales by $ 275,000 in a saturated market. Very familiar with desalter, corrosion control and anti-foulant applications in refineries and ethylene plants.
BIG THREE INDUSTRIES
Applications Engineer Houston, Texas 1987 1989
Responsible for sales and marketing of metallurgical and combustion applications. Prepared and presented application proposals to plant and senior management. Designed and conducted test programs, forecasted gas requirements and provided on site service.
USX CORPORATION
Melt Manager Steel Producing Division Gary, Indiana 1981 1987
Promoted to primary operating liaison between production planning, blast furnaces, and continuous caster operations. Coordinated 5,400 ton/day melt shop including responsibility for shop operating efficiency, furnace maintenance and conversion of scrap and hot metal to steel.
Management Associate Coke and Coal Chemicals Division
Responsible for coke production and operation of blast furnace and coke oven gas systems. Implemented new heating practices, improved product quality and set corporate coke production records. Accountable for training, safety and supervision of 15 production personnel.
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