Chemical Engineering Manager

Ronald T. Crabtree

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Results-Oriented Production Manager/Engineer

Improves production efficiency – Identified as the “go to” manager.

Comprehensive background managing goals, responsible party and deadlines. Demonstrated success running daily and weekly production manager meetings, addressing quality, volume and yield for all units, documenting maintenance scheduled work, parts on order with due dates and responsible party. Expertise includes Incident Investigations incorporating Root Cause Failure Analysis [RCFA] and Management of Change [MOC] documentation to prevent re-occurrence as minimum requirements. Known as an exceptional troubleshooter, effectively solving electrical, mechanical, and chemical and control logic-based issues. Skills include:

Lean Six Sigma Green Belt Certified.

PSM Hub Leader for Process Technology [PT] – PSM Hub Leader for Management of Change [MOC].

DuPont Certified Root Cause Failure Analysis [RCFA] Leader, Failure Mode and Effects Analysis [FMEA] experience.

Process improvement via mass & energy balances – Throughput improvement via operational discipline and design improvement strategies.

Abbreviated list of Customers:

M&M Mars, Hershey’s, Kellogg’s, Hostess, Campbell’s Soup, Colonial Bread, Wonder Bread, Pepperidge Farm, Bimbo Bread, Bunny Bread, Costco, Sam’s Club, Dove Soap, Abbott, Mead Johnson, Nestle, Wyeth, Jason Pharmaceutical.

Professional Experience

American Yeast/Lallemand Baking 5/2019 – 7/2020

Fermentation Manager

Responsible for manufacturing and shipping cream and dry yeast 24/7.

Responsible for monitoring and correcting micro/pathogen and quality issues.

Responsible for daily inventory, ordering tracking and receiving raw materials/substrates via barge, rail and trucks.

Manage employees via accomplishments, attendance/discipline issues.

Responsible for monitoring, troubleshooting and minor repairs of all process equipment and vessels as well as adjusting processes to accommodate scheduled maintenance.

Attending daily manager meetings in order to coordinate and assist other plant area needs/issues.

Published a written daily plan with milestones to clearly direct overnight operators and mechanics.

Valley Products/Vanguard, Memphis, TN - Contracted Employment 11/2018 – 5/2019

Production Manager Industrial Division Responsible for manufacturing industrial and toiletry soaps 24/7.

Responsible for monitoring and correcting quality issues.

Responsible for daily inventory, ordering tracking and receiving raw materials/substrates via barge, rail and trucks.

Manage employees via accomplishments, attendance/discipline issues.

Responsible for monitoring, troubleshooting and minor repairs of all process equipment and vessels as well as adjusting processes to accommodate scheduled maintenance.

Attending weekly manager meetings in order to coordinate and assist other plant area needs/issues.

Published a written daily plan with milestones to clearly direct overnight operators and mechanics.

Managed Dixie Fence to prepare for sale, prepared 3 estates for sale and explored franchise opportunities while job seeking 10/2016 – 11/2018

Surgery 9/2015 – 10/2016

DUPONT, Memphis, TN 8/1989 – 3/2015

South Plant Area Manager II, Process Technology [PT] Global Site 2010 – 2015

Hub Lead, Management of Change Technical & Subtle [MOC T&S] Global Site Hub Lead

Oversaw 4 operating units producing over 70% of site production volume, including 4 unit managers, 3 unit engineers and 4 supervisors. Responsible for: 2 Niro spray Dryers, 3 Feed Dryers, 1 belt press, and two waste water treatment plants. Truck and Rail Chemical Logistics. Formed cohesive teams targeting continuous improvement on quality, volume and yield, prioritized by costs, improvements based on data-driven facts.

Oversaw annual budget (target / actual) $180M / $173M, free cash flow $145M / $125M.

Increased First Pass First Quality Yield [FPFQY] in MS2P Unit from 86.5% to 98.1% by adopting "run to process" [RTP] control rates during first 4 hours of startup. RTP is directing start-up pH targets, inflated enzyme addition rates, increased residence times...

Increased annual OST from 85.9% to 87.3% by moving product change times to shift change utilizing operator shift overlap along with lead operator availability.

Increased First Pass First Quality Yield [FPFQY] in MS2P Unit from 86.5% to 88.5% by predicting final product quality hours earlier than typical sample port locations could allow by installing sample port locations at critical areas of process stream.

Reduced liability of plant shut down due to recent contractual requirements to City of Memphis delegated by TN State Law concerning City Sewer emissions [TSS, BOD and pH] by developing Feed Dryer: Operating Standards, Automated Preventive Maintenance scheduling, operator training / documentation and engineering assignments.

Memphis South Plant [MSP] Unit Manager, Process Technology Global Site Hub Lead 2006 – 2010

Oversaw MSP Unit, highest capacity company-wide unit. Annual production of $87MM (gross). Developed "Run to Process" [RTP] management with documentation.

Increased FPFQY on site's poorest product family from under 50% to average of 95% – 100% consistently by developing "Run to Process" [RTP] management.

Increased score from 73% to 94% on plant’s second party audit of Process Technology Hub. Audited personally by DuPont's legendary David Cummings. Plant's last second party PT score was 73% conducted in 2005.

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DUPONT (Continued)

Increased overall annual FPFQY from 97.6% to 98.5%% by extending RTP management with documentation.

Improved annual Yield from 51.5% to 53.2%% along with reducing sewer costs by implementing documentation of lead operator audited dryer supply stream operator test results.

Served as Six Sigma team member "Landfill Gas Utilization" Project, capturing $232K/year.

Served as Six Sigma team member "Process Defoamer Pricing Reduction" Project, capturing $233K/year.

Received Award: MSP Yield Kaizen Two, 2008 resulting from yield improvement work in MS2P.

Received Award: MSP OEE Improvement Kaizen.

Memphis South Plant Two [MS2P] Unit Manager 2003 – 2006

Increased annual Grade A quality from 97.6% to 98.1%% by personally directing start up parameters, impractical but was a starting point for PLC automation data.

Implemented successful automated PLC [program logic control], sustaining increased Grade A quality within 30 days of MOC approval.

Increased annual OST from 85.9% to 88.3% by developing product change procedures with documented training.

Increased annual Yield from 51.5% to 53.2%% by increasing operator QA test frequency, modification of log sheets and lead operator auditing of sewer testing.

Served as a Six Sigma team member for:

o"Gas Cost Reduction" Project capturing $134K/year.

o"Memphis Plant Electric Cost Reduction" Project capturing $330K/year.

o"Memphis Yield Improvement – Dry Side Losses" Project capturing $250K/year.

Received Award: Management for Daily Improvement Training.

Memphis South Plant Two [MS2P] Unit Engineer 2001 – 2003

Recognized by:

oCongratulatory letter from President / CEO DuPont C. E. Coco for Six Sigma Steam Cost Reduction Project capturing $246K/year.

oCongratulatory letter from President / CEO DuPont Stephan Tanda for Six Sigma Well Water Reduction Project capturing $463K/year.

Received Award: Achievement in SHE and PSM, 2001 for soft savings in safety.

Laboratry Lead Analyst 1989 – 2001

Started in the laboratory & earned my BS in Chemical Engineering while working full-time in the laboratory.

Education

BS, Chemical Engineering, Christian Brothers University, Memphis, TN - 2001

BSc, Chemistry with 15 hrs. Graduate Level courses, University of Memphis, TN, President’s, Dean’s Honor Roll,

American Chemical Society Publication: Friedel-Crafts Sulphonylation of Bis (Trimethylsilyl) Acetylene in route to Ethynyl Sulphones – 1987

Professional Development

Six Sigma Green Belt Certification, 2003

DuPont 3-day / 24-hour RCFA (Root Cause Failure Analysis) Leader certification, 2010

FMEA (Failure Mode and Effects Analysis) Leader certification, 2012

Former DuPont HAZMAT Team member, 1998 – 2001

Associations

Team Leader, free cook-out meals for patients and families at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital

Volunteer for patients and families at Ronald McDonald House

Member: Wolf River Conservancy, American Chemical Society, American Model Aeronautics

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