Chemist

CURTIS MARRS

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*******@*****.*** http://www.linkedin.com/in/curtis-marrs SUMMARY

An efficient, detail-oriented chemist with proven track record in project management, sample preparation, troubleshooting, and research and development.

Extensive experience in production chemistry, wet chemistry, flame atomic absorption spectrometer, gravimetric analysis, data analysis, document management.

Additional demonstrated proficiencies include drawing interpretations, inventory management, laboratory operations, chemical analysis, training and development, chemical engineering, and health and safety EXPERIENCE

EAGLE PICHER TECHNOLOGIES, RANGE-LINE FACILITY, Joplin, Missouri Production Chemist, Nickel-Hydrogen Department, 1995-2016

-Analyzed starting material, intermediate and final product to meet company and customer specifications. Ordered supplies and equipment, wrote reports and rewrote operating procedures to function as training manuals for new chemists. Troubleshooting production process, laboratory instrumentation, and standard operating procedures. As lab supervisor, oversaw sample preparation and analyzation.

Established an analytical lab, including setup and qualification.

Expanded the capabilities of the lab by supporting the silver-zinc and waste water areas with the analytical analyses need of those areas. The company saved money by having the analyses for these areas completed in- house instead of having a more expensive outside laboratory complete the analyses.

Adapted corrosion test to make it safer and saved 14 hours of labor cost.

Calibrated flame atomic absorption spectrometer, pH and conductivity meters, 99% accuracy within a 95% confidence limit.

Health, Safety, and Environment (HSE) Coordinator, Range-Line Facility, 1995-1996

-Established, implemented, and maintained all programs, inspections, and all other aspects pertaining to health, safety, and environment of plant. Wrote and maintained HSE policies and procedures

Ensured company compliance with all applicable OSHA, EPA and MODNR regulations.

Saved cost of one salary by functioning as HSE Coordinator and Production Chemist. HSE Technician, C & Porter Facility, 1992-1995.

-Performed HSE inspections on all shifts. Aided with writing of safety procedures, enforced all safety regulations, and packaged thermal process waste.

Increased employee awareness of hazards by creating chemical inventory worksheets, which specified the hazards of each chemical, and posted them in each area.

Improved efficiency of pressing operation by reporting percentage of waste produced by each press. EDUCATION

CROWDER COLLEGE, Neosho, Missouri, A.A.S Degree in Alternative Energy, Emphasis in Biofuels, 2014 MISSOURI SOUTHERN STATE UNIVERSITY, Joplin, Missouri, B.A., Chemistry, 1986 PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

Six Sigma White Belt Lean Manufacturing Training, 2015 Hazardous Waste Operations and Emergency Response, 1992

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