SCOTT GRIFFIN

**** ****** *** **. · River Ridge, LA 70123

adinwt@r.postjobfree.com - 504-***-****

EDUCATION

GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY, School of Business Washington, DC

Masters of Business Administration, Finance May 2000

VP Finance Club, French Intensive Language Program, and Chambre de Commerce de Paris mini-internship.

UNITED STATES NAVAL ACADEMY Annapolis, MD

Bachelor of Science, Mechanical Engineering May 1984

Graduated with Merit, Varsity Letter Winner, and State of Maryland Engineer-In-Training.

EXPERIENCE

LIVENT Bessemer City, NC

Area Manager Specialty Organics and Lithium Metals Production Areas 2019 – Present

Area Manager over the Specialty Organics Production unit, which is a PSM Chemical production unit with highly hazardous materials producing Butyllithium products for use as a catalyst in the polymers and rubber industries.

Unit manager responsible for safety, quality, production, maintenance coordination and capital project execution.

5 direct reports and 17 indirect reports including process engineers, supervisors, and operators.

Completed a major shutdown on time with no injuries.

Area Manager over the Metals production unit, which produces bleach, catalyst grade Lithium metal, and technical grade metal for the battery industry, the aircraft alloy industry, and for internal butyllithium production worldwide.

Unit manager responsible for safety, quality, production, maintenance coordination and capital project execution.

6 direct reports and 36 indirect reports including process engineers, supervisors, and operators.

Completed 2 major shutdowns on time with no injuries.

EVONIK/Roehm America Westwego, LA

Plant Manager 2018 – 2019

Led a 100-person Chemical plant with 80 Evonik personnel and 20 permanent onsite contractors with Evonik hourly workers represented by the United Steel Workers.

Plant is a PSM facility with Highly Hazardous Materials and is a continuous process with distillation columns, ammonia refrigeration, sulfuric acid, methanol, Hydrogen Cyanide, and Acetone Cyanohydrin within the Cornerstone Chemical site producing Methyl Methacrylate and Methacrylic Acid for the automotive, building products, and coatings industries.

Improved working relationship with USW and resolved two open arbitrations in the company’s favor.

Led plant TPM program, which included 5S, CLIs, work standardization and digitalization, and improvement teams.

Completed large month long plant maintenance turnaround on time and with no injuries.

Coordinated with Cornerstone management for services and raw material needs as specified in site service agreement.

MONSANTO/BAYER Luling, LA

Central Engineering Manager 2016 –2018

Led the Central Engineering/Capital project group at the Monsanto Luling Chemical Plant with 30 direct reports, including engineering, drafting, and construction management with an annual budget of $41.5 million in CapEx and CapExp.

Coordinates 70-person onsite contractor project team to complete projects safely, on time and on budget.

Responsible for the completion of $50 million in plant ancillary projects to support $1 billion plant expansion project.

Production Unit Area Leader 2014- 2016

Led a 35-person batch process unit with a $20 million budget producing 250 million lbs. per year of Glyphosate Intermediate for use in Roundup Crop Protection products. Plant is a PSM plant with Highly Hazardous Materials.

During FY15 broke existing production volume records while remaining on budget with no injuries.

Managed two large 14-day maintenance outages with no injuries.

Led the plant wide maintenance improvement team, and the GI North Safety and Environmental improvement team.

Leader on the Yield Improvement and Optimization teams receiving Supply Chain One Team Excellence Award in 2016.

NATIONAL GYPSUM COMPANY Westwego, LA and Phoenix, AZ

Plant Manager Westwego, LA 2012-2014

Led a 280 million square feet capacity, 50-person wallboard plant with hourly associates represented by both the United Steel Workers and the International Association of Machinist.

Developed two-year capital plan to improve Mill Depart. reliability and productivity running 100% Synthetic Gypsum

Redesigned Paper removal system, which eliminated conveying issues and allowed use of recycled material

Developed $750,000 project to address synthetic gypsum conveying and storage issues

Upgraded control systems and implemented SOPs in mill department to improve rock dryer and cage mill operations.

Renegotiated a three-year contract with the IAM and resolved member discontent after contract was initially rejected.

Revitalized plant safety programs and preventative maintenance programs.

Plant Manager & Quarry Manager Phoenix, AZ 2006- 2012

Successfully led the 50-person Phoenix Wallboard plant and Winkelman Quarry team for 6 years, including managing the 100,000 ton per year open pit gypsum quarry.

No lost work day injuries in 6 years and plant certified as an OSHA SHARP employer, and the Mine went 6 years with only 1 minor MSHA citation and was the BATF responsible person for blasting explosives.

Acted as maintenance manager and plant engineer managing the maintenance team and completing capital projects.

Working with Corporate environmental, outside contractors, and the county, updated the plant’s air permit.

Acted as project manager on the $10,000,000 quarry expansion, which included working with the Pinal County Air Quality Dept. to complete the project’s Air Permit, specifying the equipment design, and purchasing and installing the equipment.

Developed the quarry reclamation plan to the State Mine Inspectors Office, which was approved.

TEMPLE-INLAND FOREST PRODUCTS Diboll, TX

Operations Manager and Plant Manager 2002- 2006

Managed the operations of a 300 person $80 million in sales 450 MM sq ft per year Wet-Dry process Mfg plant manufacturing hardboard siding and soft board exterior sheathing with two fourdrinier machines, one multiple opening press, four fabrication-paint production lines, a 150,000 lb/hr process boiler, and a waste water treatment facility.

Reorganized 60-person maintenance department and implemented corporate Maintenance Standardization program.

Refocused capital spending program to modernize plant and to implement high ROI projects vs. replacement.

As a Six Sigma Black Belt led plant CPI process to identify and implement projects to reduce manufacturing waste.

Managed a $2,000,000 process boiler major rebuild project, which included replacing steam drum and tubes.

Completed financial evaluations of two mfg facilities with $105 MM in annual sales and completed $2.8 MM in annual manning reductions, identified $3.5 MM in operational savings, and initiated capital projects with a 52% ROA.

Analyzed, modeled, and coordinated potential purchase of a Masonite hardboard plant including product conversion cost estimate, start-up manning, production capability, environmental concerns, and profitability/ROA projections.

ENRON CORPORATION Houston, TX

Associate: M&A, Financial-Physical Trading, and Derivatives Marketing 2000-2001

Marketed financial derivatives to consumers and producers of crude and refined products, including structuring, pricing and execution of derivatives transactions such as options, swaps, collars, extendables, swaptions, and spread options.

INTERNATIONAL PAPER-Masonite Division Danville, VA; Towanda, PA; Chicago, IL and Hangzhou, PRC

Senior Engineer and Maintenance Manager 1992- 1998

As project Lead engineer, developed the design and budget for a $100 million plant in the People’s Republic of China.

Completed financial analysis and briefed senior executives on the budget, risk factors, and returns of the China Project.

Led the design team in developing an accurate cost estimate while collaborating with Chinese Design Institutes.

Managed a 40-person maintenance dept. with a $3 million annual budget and implemented SAP Management System.

Developed and managed 18 Capital projects totaling $1.5 million, all on time and within budget.

As a QIP Team Leader implemented team ideas that reduced downtime 35% and reduced annual waste by $100,000.

UNITED STATES NAVY Jacksonville, FL, San Diego, CA and Naples, Italy

Lieutenant, Naval Flight Officer 1984- 1992

Qualified as a Mission Commander in S-3 aircraft tasked with the successful and safe completion of mission objectives.

Led 45 aircraft mechanics as a Maintenance Division Officer in the fast-paced world of Carrier Aviation.

As an Aviation Logistics Officer in Naples, Italy, coordinated all fleet aviation logistics throughout Europe, the Mediterranean, and the Middle East resulting in the command’s award of the Meritorious Unit Citation.

Awarded the Navy Achievement Medal for outstanding performance during Operation Desert Storm.

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