Scott A. Simpson

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Glenville, NY 12302

Phone: 518-***-****

E-Mail: adt0hu@r.postjobfree.com

Professional Objective:

Attain a management, or technical position within a goal driven organization. One

holding aggressive safety, financial, quality, and continuous improvement goals. Effectively utilize over 30 years of plastic extrusion and floor management experience to enhance an organization's key performance metrics.

Professional Experience:

Pallets Incorporated

Operations Consultant: May 2022- present

Position Objective: Development and modification of shop floor culture on safety, productivity, and overall key performance metrics. Continuous quality improvement driven by Kaizen.

Process enhancment of mill operations:

Safety:

•Create, and schedule monthly plant safety audits.

•Performed safety gap reporting anaylsis. Researched relevent OSHA industry standard requirments to ensure full compliance measures are met.

•Develop formal safety audits, gap finding, corrective actions.

•Improve safety documentation within entire organization.

•Implement itemized specific safety programs to meet OSHA safety standards in all areas of the facility.

•Provide education and training on: PPE use, behavioral safety, shop floor 5-s/ organization.

Efficiency Enhancment:

•Developed metric collection systems to utilize as benchmark for efficiency enhancements and waste reductions based on solid metrics.

•Developed a machine fail root cause process, right fix- right TPM

•Team educated on the effects of how down time and set up time can enhance or compromise systems and overall production.

Employee Training and Development:

•Performed training gap analysis (Employee skill assessment vs position requirements)

•Created training matrix tool to document all compliance and safety training sessions appropriately

•Schedule employee training sessions on a formal schedule

•Created competency forms that are used to ensure trainings are effective.

SABIC- July 2014-May 2022

Extrusion Process Engineer

PPDC R+D facility, Pittsfield MA.

Working in the role of Ultem engineered foam team’s extrusion process engineer. Additionally, acting production manager, Maintenance Coordinator. Lead team on all production set up/ run planning activity. Specialize in TPM program development and implementation. Fully manage productive maintenance of equipment.

• Zero recordable accidents in 5 yrs. 100% completion of safety audits as required. Audits including OSHA audits required for record. Member of the PPDC safety team working on upgrades in SABIC’s safety program; winning Safety Award.

•60% reduction in ULTEM foam process waste.

•Process run “success rate” from 25% in prior years, to 96% run success rate to date.

•70% reduction in land fill haul wastes attained by development of an ULTEM foam/ resin plastic recycling process. Implemented internal use of recycled wastes to save on expensive virgin plastic. Waste reductions enhanced by improved extruder startup procedures, and stronger TPM for more reliable equipment.

•Reduction of extrusion line start up from 10 hours to an average of 4.5 hours in 2020.

•Improvement of costly product quality issues. Achieved by upgrading and redesigning extrusion takeoff equipment, Enhanced extrusion tooling with PM, improved equipment set up methods.

•Designed, and fabricated new tool sets for machine.

•Sourced and order all extruder / feeder / take off equipment replacement parts.

•Generated critical spare parts list. Attained hundreds of critical spare parts, aligned vendor contacts, listed pricing/ lead times to minimize failures that could impact customer delivery.

• Developed functional TPM processes, far exceeding ISO 9001 expectations on completion.

• Facilitated required ISO 9001 disciplines to meet audit standards. (TPM

documentation, training, etc.)

•Full implementation of 5-S, and organization of entire processing area.

General Electric, Schenectady, NY: July 2011- July 2014

Operations Flow Leader - Ceramic Area manufactured highly technical ceramic parts for GE’s Durathon Battery

Duties included:

•Daily assessment of plant production schedule. Development of area daily

“production plan”. Communicate plan with Cell leaders on all shifts. Planning entailed a dynamic interaction between many internal operational cells and their leaders to function effectively.

Production plan objective was to ensure we maintained supply of “good” parts to and from internal customers, yet not to under, nor over produce items as hidden quality issues could be costly. This role was aligned with Production Manager, vs. standard GE Cell Area Leader. GE referred to it as “Senior Cell Operations Leader”.

•Implemented key area safety disciplines including coordinating / managing area’s 5-S,. Managed an unprecedented, effective Kaizen program. Managed numerous aspects of ISO. Completed all respective GE internal auditing, as required. (I.e. Safety, 5-S, quality standard work documents, MOC’s )

•Completed Cell employee time cards in Kronos. Recorded OT awards, and keep record of OT allotments, for Union record. (Fair distribution of offers) Developed weekend OT production plan/schedule as utilized OT many times with greater product demand. Developed, and coordinated the strict maintenance activities required for the clean room. Planned clean room PM scheduling/ managed all its vital operational requirements.

•Acting Plant Manager on weekend Shift coverage (working 1 of every 4 weekends, on 12 hour shifts, on Saturday/Sunday. Weekends were required to manage plant 7am-7pm Saturday/ Sunday)

•Team Lead GE’ Battery Plant in 5-S, and leader of the Plant recycling program

Sealed Air Corp. Scotia NY: May 1989-July 2011

2005 -2011 Plant Production Manager.

•Full responsibility for operations in PE foam extrusion Mfg. area. 70+ employees. Areas including: Extrusion processing room, plant recycling area, and all foam/ material converting operations. This included use of SAP, for inventory / production/ Raw materials.

1989-2005 PE Foam Line Process R+D/ Process Development Engineer.

•Technical development of our plastic foam extrusion process. Including design/ improvement of foam extrusion die tooling, upgrades to extrusion equipment, redefining improved processing procedures.

•Safety discipline was culturally expected due to the use of hazardous, flammable blowing agents (Propane/ Butane)

•Worked w/ permitting of emissions with EHS, and managed par of PSM (Process safety management) with EHS.

Specialized Plastic Extrusion Experience:

•Processed PE foam, As well as numerous types of plastics/ foam materials on twin, single, and tandem extruders.

•Have dissembled extruders to remove extruder screws, worked on gear boxes and replaced/ repaired barrels from extrusion machines. Versed on extrusion equipment including, screen changers, material feeder/ blenders, hoppers, silos.

•Experience with grinder, pelletizer reclaim units, both underwater, and strand type.

•Utilized numerous plastics in career including PE, PP, EVA, PS, PET and rubber to make foam, film and extrusion profile materials.

•Possess years of hands on experience working on extrusion dies. Mentored and trained to be an extrusion die tooling expert. Developed numerous sheet / plank and profile die lips. Modified, fixed die assemblies and other specialized tooling used in Foam extrusion processes.

•Ran numerous foaming/ blowing agents including, C02, Propane, Butane, Nitrogen, Acetone/ Methanol. This includes chemical BA’s citric acid to create cells in foamed plastics.

•Managed fast paced, complex cast rubber extrusion coating process.

•Ran specialized multilayer dies used for high tech, applications ( I.e. Bubble wrap line, Multi Layered Foam)

•Hold extensive contacts in the extrusion industry, which enhances progress and speeds up attaining expertise to solve extrusion related issues.

•Proven to implement 5-s in extrusion areas, eliminating waste of time on set up.

•Versed / Trained in SMED (Single minute exchange of die) principles. Applied SMED on numerous PE foam lines.

•Ability to learn most extrusion processes, develop cost reducing process improvements and apply them.

Education:

•Schenectady Community College: 1987- 1989 Business Management.

•Scotia Glenville High School: 1987- Graduated.

Personal Interests: Spending time with family, playing solo accoustic guitar, bass player with a local band, boating, snowmobiling, mechanical and electrical projects

References Available Upon Request

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