Pilot plant technician, Engineering Tech., Plant Safety, waste water
Resume:
Kevin Kowalski
Freeland, MI. 48623
EDUCATION
Associate in Applied Science (Manufacturing Tech.) Delta College
Leadership Development Course (2005-2008)
Foundational Skills 1 & 2 certified- Reading for Information, Locating Information, Applied Math, Observation, Teamwork and Applied Technology
Engineering Technician Dow Chemical Co. (1989-2013)
EXPERIENCE IN DOW CHEMICAL SINCE 1988 (MIDLAND, MI)
OPERATIONS SPECIALIST (Temporary) (2018-2019) Currently at Silicones, Sealants and Adhesives
Ran a twin screw extruder & Myers mixer, input SAP, packaged along with shipped final product.
Kept safety & compliance tasks up to date and am the IRL for 1354 & 588 bldg.
OPERATIONS SPECIALIST (Temporary) (2016-2017) Currently at Methocel
Successfully broke in on both dry finishing trains & did analytical testing.
OPERATIONS SPECIALIST (Temporary) (2016): 1 Bldg. Dow Ag.
Successfully broke in on the Styrane process & did analytical testing.
5S team
At Sulfonamides came up with an alternate plan to utilize warehouse space which increased storage by 30%. Modified Saran shipping office. At Methocel anchored storage racks to concrete, installed new rolling chain-falls to I-beam.
Rail Ops- Performed LAC II role. Ran track mobile. Washed and inspected and did minor maintenance on hopper cars & railcars.
OPERATIONS SPECIALIST (Temporary) (2015): 954 bldg. - Chem. Distribution.
Offload/load rail cars and tank trucks to keep Michigan Division supplied with raw materials.
Ran analytical testing on raw materials, scrubbers, throx and waste streams.
SOLIDS HANDLING TECH. (SSRP) (2013-2014): 1000 bldg. - Dow Agro-sciences production plant.
PILOT PLANT TECHNOLOGIST- ENGINEERING TECH.(Lone operated)(2004-2013):845 Bldg. Dow Water Soln.
Ran campaigns in 30, 750 and 1000 gallon reactors for new product development to commercialization.
Utilized large & small scale screeners, centrifuges, exchangers, decanters, dispersions, distillations, dryer, etc
Trouble shot and fixed or scheduled crafts and maintained the 845 bldg., Mod.5 facility.
Ran GMISS/Title V/MON MACT/RCRA checks and organized yearly deluge test on fire sprinkler system.
Forecast and ordered raw materials and supplies according to upcoming campaigns. Ran analytical.
Trouble shot & shutdown all once through jacket water on our vessels that ran inefficiently for 30 plus years.
Programmed and replaced hundreds of computer graphics bulbs for three Mod V computers.
Advised crafts for two Canty camera systems installations.
Designed layout of piping/valves, ordered parts, fabricated & installed tubing, updated P & ID’s and trained operators for 3 new filter's, along with piston level control on the pilot plant system with our instrument tech.
Concluded vacuum draw in overflow piping caused process upsets and piston level control was added.
Persistence prevailed and 2” nitrogen flanges/filter housing was rerouted from an enclosed room for safety.
Summer and Winter Safety Focal Pt for 845, 695 and 1319 bldg. for two years.
TECHNICAL ADVISOR (2008): 719 bldg. - Part of the leadership team at Dow Water Solutions production plant.
Responsible for organizing start-up, shut down and turnaround of the plant with no leaks or safety incidents.
Made sure operations safely prepped equipment for maintenance craft and was on-call for plant emergencies.
Updated electronic red tag printer by combining numerous jobs into one tag out for safety.
Time card administrator which verified 20 operator time cards for accuracy and submitted to payroll.
Quality focal point ensuring analytical testing machines operated properly and logged batches in excel.
250 plus operators-Managed accounts, excel spreadsheets, word documents, scheduled & presented meetings.
Project Coordinator- Set up monitors, printers and light sources for tech. transfer while guiding crafts work.
ACTIVITY COORDINATOR (2003-2004): Bldg.1- Pharmaceutical Multi-Product production plant.
Maintained the facility- safety devices (pop valve, frangible, etc.) and kept maintenance activities going.
Scheduled operator prep, crafts and permitted work for 30 plus people. Start-up/shutdown coordinator.
Coordinated numerous maintenance crafts to install a new CARBIS loading/unloading station for tank trucks.
MATERIAL COORDINATOR (1996-2002): Bldg.1- Pharmaceutical Multi-Product Production Plant.
Forecasted, ordered and managed inventory levels of raw materials, intermediates, supplies and waste.
Loaded and unloaded bulk liquid tank trucks, Iso’s. and raw materials
Month end inventory control. Raw material tanks entailed twelve (10,000 gallon tanks) and coordinated inbound/outbound materials in SAP. Maintained and kept the required inspections up to date on a fleet of eight tank trucks. Scheduled on & offsite shipments via manifests. Re-designed the warehouse floor layout.
Saw we were being overcharged and streamlined the tank truck rental lease of $300 per day to $3000 month
6 SIGMA TEAM & HOUSEKEEPING/SAFETY MEMBER (2000):
Streamlined Michigan Division scrap metal recycling process.
PILOT PLANT TECHNOLOGIST PROJECT COORDINATOR & FOREMAN (1994-1995): 845 Bldg. Dry-tech R & D
Realigned and modified polymer dry room operations orientation for ease of operation and ergo concerns.
Scheduled and permitted crafts to install drying, milling, sizing and screening equipment.
Managed a crew of operators, maintenance crafts and was a housekeeping and safety committee member.
SKILLS
s Laptop user
s Fork Truck, Condor, Scissor Lift
s Hydraulic systems
s MS Office Programs
s GEMTS, FM & E Request
s Fluid mechanics
s MOD 4 & 5 computer, CBP
s RTMS/MTL/CTT/E-Logbook
s Pneumatic systems
s P&ID's, GMWP
s MON MACT, TITLE V,GMISS
s Amplifier/Signal Generators
s Global Piping Specs.
s Tubing/Pipe fabrication
s GC, HPLC, Titration, TDS, PH
s SAP, MSMS, Diamond, LIMS
s Inventory control, pro-card
s Explosimeter
s SIEMENS
s E & A, Open plan, IRL, CWP
s Respirator & SCBA
s Bulk Loader/RCRA/CGMP
s CHAT, BBP, Near Miss, RCI
s Create/ MOC procedures
s Restored pick-up truck
s Fix appliances, equip. and vehicles
s Operate most metal shop machines
References available upon request.
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