Matthew Grivnovics

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Brookhaven, PA 19015

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act1a2@r.postjobfree.com

WORK EXPERIENCE

GELEST, INC. - Morrisville, PA

Process Engineer January 2009 – Present

Design layout, purchase equipment and supervise installation of new reactor systems and utility equipment

Evaluate chemical equipment and processes to identify ways to optimize performance or to ensure compliance with safety and environmental regulations

Devise, manage, monitor, and interpret bench-scale experiments in order to facilitate scale up to a production process

Provide technical support to production, R&D and maintenance staff for daily operation of plant

Participate in OSHA process safety management program and process hazard analyses

Develop safety procedures to be employed by workers operating equipment or working in close proximity to on-going chemical reactions.

Perform monthly inspections of facility, participate in root-cause analysis on incidents and complete PSSR on new equipment and processes as a member of the Safety Committee

Associate Chemist October 2008-December 2009

Facilitate the start-up of new production lab while developing EOPs for the new reactor systems

Operate 150gal-1000gal reactor setups, Myers mixer/press and wiped film evaporator

Responsible for the scale up of experimental batches, including the writing of new procedures and the supervision of production trials

Conduct validation batches for commercial scale products and implement SOPs

Process Chemist January 2007-September 2008

Operate 5L-100L reactor setups, wiped film evaporators and tumble dryer

Perform hydrosilylation, hydrolysis, alkoxylation, esterification, ammonolysis,

polymerization, and LAH reduction reactions to produce organo-silane, silicone and metal-organic compounds

Characterize and evaluate synthesized compounds using GC, FTIR, GC-MS,

NMR, TGA, DSC and refractive index, to ensure products meet quality standards

Bozzuto Construction - Conshohocken, PA

Site Manager January 2005-June 2005

Carry out daily site inspections and enforce OSHA safety guidelines

Organize and supervise labor force to ensure completion of daily assignments

EDUCATION

The Pennsylvania State University - State College, PA

Bachelor of Science in Chemical Engineering December 2005

ADDITIONAL SKILLS

OSHA 40 hour HAZWOPER - First Aid and CPR - Forklift Operation - Confined Space - ISO-9001 - Microsoft Office: Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Access, Visio

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