Manager Project
Resume:
Gary C. Moody
Brooklyn, MS *****
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SUMMARY
I am a results oriented professional with extensive engineering and management experience in the chemical manufacturing industries. I have demonstrated strong troubleshooting, leadership, organizational, and analytical skills in process engineering, plant operations and management roles. I have been sought after for not only my engineering skills but also my strong interpersonal skills especially in motivating and empowering employees.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Finishing and Packaging Department Manager August 2012 – Present
Area Manager October 2011 –August 2012
Tate and Lyle Sucralose McIntosh, AL
Overall responsibility for purification, packaging operations and logistics for sucralose (Splenda) production. Direct supervision of 7 employees and 16 indirect/contractors. Responsible for all department safety, food safety, quality and environmental compliance. Also responsible for plant CAPEX budgeting and spend.
Accomplishments
Major contributor in the $14MM plant restart and led re-commissioning activities within the department. This included developing and executing commissioning plans, leading PSM/PHA revalidations, and reviewing process safety checks. The result was a plant restart that was 35% ahead of schedule and 20% below budget with zero safety incidents.
Lead team to debottleneck powder milling operation that improved throughput by over 25%.
Project Manager of global sucralose logistics study that implemented processes to save over $1MM in logistics.
Sucralose business Implementation Manager of global SAP ERP and business processes upgrade.
Senior Process Engineer October 2010 – October 2011
MeadWestvaco Evadale, TX
Overall responsibility for process optimization and improvements, and project engineering coordination of the chemical recovery and utilities area.
Accomplishments
Member on plant wide energy optimization diagnostic team. Identified over $5MM of annual savings and implemented projects for $750k in savings.
Plant process lead on anaerobic biogas digester pilot plant for scale-up to commercial demonstration unit and industrial unit operation.
Production Manager August 2006 – July 2010
USA Yeast Company Hattiesburg, MS
Overall responsibility for production activities in a highly automated specialty/food yeast plant. Direct supervision of 9 Process Technicians and Laboratory Manager. Coordinated daily with Maintenance Manager, Controller, HR Manager, and Customer Service Representative to efficiently run the entire business operation. Responsible for raw material and chemical purchases, production planning, plant safety, environmental, and food safety (including HAACP, AIB, GFSI and GMP programs).
Accomplishments
Debottlenecked plant to efficiently increase production from 65 to 85 million pounds per year.
Headed team that decreased product bacterial contamination from >106 cfu/ml to <100 cfu/ml.
Modified plant employee duties and responsibilities that reduced production headcount by 25%.
Production Manager October 2005 – August 2006
Chemical Lime Company Calera, AL
Overall responsibility for production in a high calcium rotary kiln lime plant. Directly responsible for 4 supervisors and 15 indirect hourly employees. Responsible for overall plant production costs, process improvement projects, safety and environmental compliance.
Accomplishments
Plant Project Lead for $45MM plant expansion. Coordinated with Construction Manager and Project Manager to ensure operational issues were identified and corrected before startup.
Successfully modified equipment to increase production of higher margin products by 10%.
Caustic Area Manager March 2004 – October 2005
Senior Process Engineer October 2001 – March 2004
Packaging Corporation of America Counce, TN
Overall responsibility for daily area production and maintenance coordination including 12 hourly employees’ supervision. Also responsible for health and environmental compliance focusing mainly on PSM/RMP compliance and CEMs monitoring.
Accomplishments
Increased equipment uptime by 9% by organizing and performing preventative maintenance work.
Increased caustic plant efficiency by 5% resulting in savings of $300,000 annually.
Modeled causticizing plant in PI process book and excel spreadsheets to aid in process troubleshooting.
Technical Assistant June 2000 – October 2001
Process Engineer September 1998 – June 2000
Potlatch Corporation McGehee, AR
Overall responsibility for optimization, process and control improvements and project engineering coordination of the chemical recovery and utilities area.
Accomplishments
Monitored boiler feed water chemistry and turbine generator hydraulic oil for proper performance.
Participated in modification to an evaporator surface condenser that yielded a production increase of 9%.
Formation Evaluation Engineer July 1997 – September 1998
Baker Hughes INTEQ Lafayette, LA
EDUCATION AND TRAINING
Masters of Business Administration (SAP ERP concentration) May 2014-Present
University of North Alabama Florence, AL
Bachelor of Science, Chemical Engineering August 1997
MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY Starkville, MS
Dean’s List, 1996; Member of the Technical Association for the Pulp and Paper Industry (TAPPI), 1995-1997; Vice-President of TAPPI, 1997; Member of American Institute of Chemical Engineers, 1995-1997; Member of Paper Industry Management Association (PIMA), 1996-1997.
OTHER SKILLS
Strong windows based computer skills (Word, Excel, PowerPoint). Intimate knowledge of food safety standards including AIB, GFSI (SQF, BRC) and GMPs. Data historian software (PI Process Book), SAP ERP, ChemCAD process simulation software. Familiarity with Honeywell, ABB, and Foxboro DCS systems and PLCs. Lean /Six Sigma (Green Belt), Process Safety Management (PSM), Risk Management Program (RMP), and Root Cause Failure Analysis (RCA) Trained.
REFERENCES
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