Project Manager

Adrian Sizeland **********@*****.***

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Objective

To monitor and optimize each process to best support the production team. To use my professional training to best attain goals, maximize performance and develop positive relationships with stakeholders. To complete safely and on budget in a courteous and timely manner all planning and reporting required of me.

Training and Education

University of Western Ontario London, Ontario, Canada

Bachelor of Engineering Science (Chemical) 1997

University of North Carolina Charlotte Charlotte, North Carolina

Masters of Science (Chemistry) 2012

Central Piedmont Community College Charlotte, North Carolina

Advanced Certification in Project Management (PMP) (pending) 2016

Summary of Qualifications

Researched product and process improvements of wallboard products including chemical additives involving comprehensive multi-phase development of solutions in the laboratory, the field and industrial settings. The results were improved product performance, reduction of environmental footprint and development of cost reduction strategies.

Completed projects on time and on budget by effectively supervising and coordinating employees and contractors to solve production issues and capturing cost reduction solutions. This included developing solutions using root cause analysis with well designed plans and timelines resulting in the close of projects with comprehensive reports and analysis of success and improvement.

Supervised team to meet daily requirements and communicate overall progress. Developed and executed plans that achieved new production goals and better delivery standards. Re-engineered workspaces to achieve new safety and hygiene methods.

Professional Experience

National Gypsum Corp. Charlotte NC

TIC Product Development Researcher May 2014 to December 2015

Developed a testing method for acoustic wallboard.

Performed research and testing on acoustic polymers and wallboard for new product.

Performed extensive testing for quality testing for production wallboard.

Researched, developed and tested Air and Water Barrier Coatings.

TIC Research Chemist April 2007 to May 2009

Assisted in successful VOC reduction from production use of silicone identified 4 materials to provide 90-95 % reduction in emissions.

Performed extensive research to improve Nail Pull by 10-15 lb/msf using Nano-polymers.

Evaluated raw materials for cost savings, and quality improvements.

Evaluated Board to address customer complaints.

Sifto Canada Inc. Goderich, ON

Project Manager Jan 1998 to May 2000

Responsible for development and implementation of business solutions and managed project risk through comprehensive mitigation assessment and planning.

New Well Project, saved $30k by leveraging multiple suppliers and organizing logistics.

New Stainless Steel Condenser, initiated designed and managed construction of Condenser resulted in improved pressure drop and a 0.2% increase in production.

Filter Dryer Project, Budget $ 500,000, Duration 7 months, Supervised all aspects of the installation of new drying system including filter dryer, burner and wash leg. It doubled drying capacity.

Pond Project, Budget $ 153,000, Duration 6 months, Managed the construction of an effluent containment system. It reduced our effluent from 6 ppm to 3.5 ppm to reach ministry compliance.

Compactor Screen and Scale Project Budget $ 82,000, Duration 3 months, Coordinated installation of two screens and one scale on the compacted water conditioning salt line. Improved quality reduced scale losses and increased bagger speed 20%.

Pulverizer and Mill Upgrade Project Budget $ 30,000, Duration 7 months, Analyzed the root cause of poor production and completed modifications to the two pulverized product systems. It increased the production on both lines 235%.

Exhauster Silencer Project, Budget: $ 5,000, Duration 2 days, Designed and supervised the construction of an air silencer on new exhauster. It was certified compliant with ministry noise pollution standards, quelling public complaints.

Hamer Palletizer and Conveyor Project, Budget: $ 35,000, Duration 7 months, Designed and supervised the upgrade of the palletizer conveyor system and modified the slip-sheet dispenser saving $65,000 annually.

Guardian Industries Corp Richburg, SC

Production Supervisor May 2000 to Sep 2003

Supervised a production crew of 12 employees. I ensured that all quality standards and production deadlines were met. Increased shift output from average 35 ton/shift to 60 ton/shift.

Developed team safety culture, resulting in zero safety incidents.

Achieved 6 months without any defective product.

Initiated 2 loss control equipment improvement projects.

First to achieved new production standard by using the full capacity of the line entire shift.

Wrote 8 of the 16 instructions as a member of the tempering ISO instruction update team.

Involved in the development of a supervisor centered production scheduling system to coordinate Sales and Production lead times exacting a reduction from 14 to 7 days.

Part of 2-man team to develop and implement SPC reporting system.

Member of the tempering Continuous Improvement Team, led lean production initiative that reduced changeover times 35min/shift and an inventory reduction initiative that reduced inventory by 66%, savings $1.1 M.

MTI, Synsil Chester SC

Production Manager Aug 2006 to Feb 2007

Managed a newly built and commissioned Synthetic Minerals plant operated 24/7.

Responsible for Plant Production including levels, procedures, and maintenance.

Responsible for Quality Assurance and Laboratory Testing.

Achieved production goal 24 ton/hr after 2 months (previous goal 18 ton/hr).

Central Piedmont Community College Charlotte NC

Chemistry Instructor Aug 9 2012 to Dec 2014

6 hr Lecture/Lab Instruction for 25 students for classes in general chemistry.

University of North Carolina Charlotte Charlotte NC

Chemistry Instructor / Research Assistant May 2009 to July 2011

8 hr Lecture/Lab Instruction for 32 students classes general/organic chemistry for nurses.

Technical Skills and Software

Microsoft Office Microsoft Project Microsoft Access

Microsoft PowerPoint Visual Basic Adobe Standard

NMR Instrumentation - State-of-the-art multinuclear 500 MHz spectrometer with gradient shimming used for 2D and multinuclear experiments. 300 MHz spectrometers used for 1H and 13C spectra also fitted with Solid state probe.

Mass Spec Instrumentation - Electro spray time of flight mass spectrometer, MALDI time of flight mass spectrometer, quadrupole GC mass spectrometers, Ion trap GC/M.S. with direct insertion probe and chemical ionization.

Separation Instrumentation - HP 1050 HPLC with auto sampler and photodiode array detection, Waters HPLC with duel wavelength detection, Capillary HPLC with variable wavelength detection, GC-IR.

Optical Instrumentation - UV-Vis spectrometer, Fluorescence spectrometer with a micro well plate reader, Fourier transform IR, Atomic absorption spectrometer (flame and graphite furnace), SEM with EDAX, Jeol 6460 LV, SEM, Raith 150 electron beam lithography with Zeiss/Leo FESEM Column.

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