Engineer Manager

PAYAM GHANBARIAN

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Project Engineer / Chemical Engineering

•Chemical Engineer with 10+ years’ experience in Cosmetics and Sanitary GMP regulated environments.

•Comprehensive knowledge and experience with process and facilities design, scale up, modification, project engineering, project management, production management, installation and commissioning.

•Professional experience working in cross-functional environments in international companies with a talent for leading by example and inspiring peak performance.

•Experienced in working within a GMP, cGMP, EHEDG, HACCP and 3A environments and with capital projects working with interdisciplinary personal.

•Monitored compliance program for raw material, work in process and finished product quality.

•Co-ordinated maintenance and calibrated instruments and equipment in production, filling and packaging areas.

•Correctly completed all documentation as per SOP, SSOP, SOD’s and GMP requirements, Workplace Hazardous Materials Information System (WHMIS) observations, test results, batch record information and maintain health and safety policies and procedures (OHSA) and health and safety awareness (HAS).

•Understand cycle time concepts and sources of unreliability to focus on critical areas of improvement.

•Familiar with AutoCAD, piping, P&ID and create and review technical documents and drawings.

•Experienced in installation and commissioning of Cosmetics and Pharmaceutical manufacturing plants.

•Established and monitored procedures set in place such as SOP's, ensured they were being adhered to via proactive communication with and advised all personnel.

•Demonstrated leadership by providing a vision and direction for all employees and supervisors

•Work well independently as well as in a team environment, with demonstrated ability to handle a wide variety of task in fast-paced environment with changing priorities and complex problem solving skills.

•Initiative, resourceful, self-motivated, self-managed, adaptable and keen to learn.

•Strong oral and written communication skills: English, Turkish, Persian.

•Member of PEO, Applied for P.ENG and currently holding in EIT.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Project Coordinator / Production Manager September 2015 - May 2016

Elegance Marble &Granite, Toronto, ON

•Managed multiple projects and successfully achieved milestones, ensuring projects complied with scope specifications.

•Tracked production costs in line with approved budget, analyzed cost variances ensuring corrective actions are taken.

•Resolved general problems relating to supply chain: production schedules, space problems, purchasing, shipping, by-products, repack.

•Reviewed and provided input regarding upcoming changes to the production environment, with a view to meeting organizational and production requirements while reducing risks and inventory turn-over.

•Managed day to day production schedule and activities, coordinated with other departments ensuring production schedules aligns with standard operating procedures (SOP).

•Standardized production procedures to guarantee highest possible level of efficiency.

•Planned, coordinated, and managed production activities to fulfill commitments with highest quality and meet targets.

•Proposed and followed corrective and preventive measures related to customer complaints; resulted in 40% reduction in customer complaints.

Production Supervisor April 2015 - August 2015

Florentina Foods Ltd, Toronto, ON

•Developed manpower planning and utilization programs to satisfy planned requirements, including scheduling of overtime and the effectiveness of temporary employees.

•Enhanced positive labour management relationship and supported efforts to continuously improve teamwork by establishing high levels of employee involvement.

•Continually reviewed existing processes and production in order to implement improvements.

•Coached workers in resolving manufacturing issues related to safety, quality, productivity losses and daily hands on approach to the manufacturing process.

•Managed Production, Sanitation, Health and Safety, and maintenance schedule activities Followed standards and procedures to maintain safe work environment.

•Monitored and evaluated designated machines; suggested and implemented changes in work conditions to increase efficiency and safety also enforce all health and safety policies and procedures (OHSA) and (ESA).

•Monitored all aspects of line-production ensuring associates followed GMPs.

•Ensured all lines operated efficiently on a GMP basis, and ensured production schedules were completed.

Project Manager / Production Manager July 2011 - March 2014

Altona Cosmetics Technology, Corlu, TURKEY (HQ based in Hamburg, Germany)

•Continuously managed and monitored project expenditures against allotted funds and assess schedule impacts due to scope changes as a result of delays or changes in requirements.

•Creative problem solving and time management skills for consistent success in developing and improving processes and procedures to streamline operations and enhance performance.

•Analyzed experimental data, observations and inferences; providing summaries and recommendations.

•Supported the product development team in new product design, customization and prototype tooling.

•Generated report to record all the batches, analytical test results and variation of any batching and filling process for scale up; Review client sample requests and determine batch size to maximize scale up learning for retail production.

•Measure/establish key scale up process parameters to be used during scale –up process; collect data and generate report for new product scale up of batching and filling; troubleshoot during pilot scale batching and filling; track and maintain all necessary records/data and documentation.

•Managed the production activities, including production planning and scheduling, staffing, budget preparation, and execution of production activities within tight deadlines.

•Enhanced positive labour management relationships and continuously improved teamwork by establishing high levels of employee involvement, and delivered training and performance management of production personnel.

•Coordinated with all departments to increase the overall effectiveness and efficiency of production operations.

•Fulfilled duties related to producing final product such as dispersing, mixing and monitoring instruments weighing, loading and unloading raw materials, troubleshoot equipment, take samples, operating equipment, sanitized and assembled production equipment such as RO System, HVAC, Homogenizers, Pumps, Mixer, Process plants (IKA-GERMAN). In accordance with written SOP's and established GMP’s.

Achievements:

•Producing 1 Ton /day Skincare like: Sunscreen, Eye cream, Lip balm

•Producing 300 Kg/day Colour Cosmetics such as: Nail polish, Mascara, Lipstick, Lip Gloss, Eye liner

•Producing 8 Ton /day Hair care such as: Shampoo, Conditioner, Tonic and Lotion

•Modified plant operations from manual to semi-automatic.

Process Engineer / Project Engineer June2008 - July2011

Golrang Industrial Group, (Arian Chimia Tech), Tehran IRAN

•Developed manpower planning and utilization programs to satisfy planned requirements, including scheduling of overtime and the effectiveness of temporary employees.

•Constantly engaged in continuous production improvement projects surpassing company targets.

•Prepared and completed all documentation related to manufacturing instructions, statistical process, control charts, and incident validation documents.

•Implemented new cost effective production practices for management to follow.

•Directed, organizing, assessing and controlling project activities under the direction of Plant Manager.

•Maintained focus on achieving bottom-line results while implementing new scale up process under discipline of engineering, research, testing, standards and qualification.

•Superior record of delivering simultaneous pilot-scale, business-critical projects on time and under budget.

•Performed equipment sizing and designs, heat, energy and mass balances, operational data analysis and providing technical support to the plant operations.

•Provided supervision and direction for facility renovations, repairs and upgrades by various trades including interior, electrical and HVAC contractors, millwrights, and consultants.

•Analyzed production schedules to assist in reducing unnecessary expenditures and documented production problems with follow-up to avoid recurrence.

•Scheduled and implemented Pilot lab sample requests detailing the scope of work as well as required resources, size, duration of batching and plan filling/pressing process.

Achievements:

•Producing 4.5 Ton /day Skincare like: Sunscreen, Eye cream, Lip balm ...

•Producing 175Kg/day Color Cosmetics such as: Nail polish, Mascara, Lipstick, Lip Gloss, Eye liner ...

•Producing 15 Ton /day Hair care such as: Shampoo, Conditioner, Tonic and Lotion ...

Project Representative December 2005 - May2008

Golrang Industrial Group, (Padidehchiminili &Pakshoo), Tehran, IRAN

•Responsible for design, procurement, and installation of related machineries.

•Worked closely with Engineering and Project Management departments to meet production targets.

•Managed production projects as required, always following budget and meeting return on investment.

Chemical Engineer

•Pilot engineer at the R&D department for innovative projects in personal care industry raw materials.

•Researched and analyzed the influence of materials of construction of cosmetics, packaging parts on their scent.

Achievements:

•Producing raw materials for fabric softeners for the first time in Iran.

TRAINING & EDUCATION

Project Management for Technical Professionals Post Graduate Certificate 2015 - 2016

Ryerson University – Toronto

AutoCAD Certificate 2009

Principles and theory Piping Certificate 2008

Tehran Institute Technology - IRAN

B.S. in Chemical Engineering 2004

Azad University Mahshahr- IRAN

INTERNSHIPS

Sepahan Oil Company (SOC) –Esfehan- IRAN 2003 - 2003

Participation in unit of refinery

Amirkabir Petrochemical Co – Mahshahr– IRAN 2001 - 2001

Participation in project unit of poly propylene

VOLUNTEER EXPERIENCE

Concordia University–Montreal – Quebec 2014 - 2014

•Customer service in busy book store and efficiently prepared orders

•Managed order times and controlled logistics of books and independent orders

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