Eugene Pollitt
402-***-**** **** Wood Duck Dr. Mims, FL 32754 ******@*****.***
Engineering Executive: Engineering, Manufacturing and Facilities.
Consummate team leader, perspicacious engineering manager and mentor with many years of experience establishing excellence across industries with national and international platforms. Managed budgets for 20+ years. Manufacturing and Supply-Chain innovator adding value and delivering products at lower cost. Experience creating and managing successful teams in several business areas and markets. Developed creative approaches to problem solving, offering innovative solutions that balance profitability and quality while minimizing risk and maintaining performance. Successful project manager and problem solver, completing over 300 successful projects, worth more than $ 2B. Recognized for strategy development, execution and motivating teams to their fullest potential. Experienced negotiating contracts. Proactively leads and manages Safety, Health, Environmental and Regulatory compliance.
Core Competencies:
Problem solving, Engineering Solutions, Team development and leadership, Process Optimization, Project Management, Lean / six-sigma, GMP, OSHA, ISO, DOT, Product development, Strategic planning & execution, Quality Improvement, P&L Optimization, Customer Relations, Regulatory Compliance, Construction Management, Project Design optimization, Facilities design, Operations and Maintenance, Innovative equipment, and process applications.
Experience:
123 SOLUTIONS, ENGINEERING & CONSULTANTS, Mims, FL. From 2018 – Present
President, Residential, industrial, and commercial design, construction detailing and permitting.
Designed sterile lab and process facility for Biotech start-up.
Design and installation of custom electrical and mechanical control systems providing 50% cost savings.
Design of portable, scalable crypto-currency mining facilities.
WARREN DISTRIBUTION, INC., Omaha, NE. From 2016 to 2018
Director of Engineering, Lubricants manufacturing and blow molding.
Managed design and construction of $40MM Houston, TX, 200k+ ft blending facility in 12-months.
Built highly motivated engineering team with effective communication, capable of necessary success.
Established and nurtured partnerships between site leadership to ensure strategic alignment of priorities.
Drove continuous improvement strategies with Lean management principles. Implemented new product development strategies being a strong change agent for flexible ideas (3D printing) to drive new opportunities.
SPECIALTY GRANULES,
Hagerstown, MD. From 2014 to 2016
Director of Engineering, Mining Operations – Roofing granules.
Developed annual budget, revised as required; monitored and controlled financials to meet company needs.
Design and construction of $40MM+/ year capital projects for 4 surface mines in CA, MO, PA, and WI.
Increased operational efficiencies that resulted in the highest salaried bonus in 10 years.
PREFERRED SANDS, Radnor, PA & Bountiful, UT. From 2010 to 2014
Director of Engineering, Frac sand and oilfield products.
Invented unique mixer (patent pending) that applies Dust-Pro® dust-control product to frac-sand.
Built engineering team, opened remote office in UT and drove new product development projects.
Managed design and construction of all CapEx projects to meet schedule and budget: Sand plants in AZ ($62MM), SK ($17MM), NE ($22MM), WI ($15MM), and $30MM chemical coating facility in Genoa, NE.
COMPASS MINERALS, Ogden, UT.
From 2008 to 2010
Director of Engineering, Salt and minerals mining.
Built cross-functional team that produced procedures and policies necessary to execute 1st major project ($200MM)1
Managed EPCM of $50MM upgrade project (~450k ft ) that doubled capacity- in 18 months.
Completed and submitted Title V modification and negotiated reporting strategy with State regulators.
SCHERING-PLOUGH ANIMAL HEALTH, Summit, NJ From 2002 to 2008
Director, Global Supply Chain, Engineering, Animal Health products.
Managed 50 capital projects (>$300MM) all completed on time and budget with 100% customer satisfaction.
Built strong partnerships with 12 global facility teams, promoting collaborative efforts and assuring strategic alignment.
Provided technical direction required in support of engineering and operational requirements.
Used LEAN to remove waste and optimize processes resulting in sales growth from $700MM - $1.2B sales.
Achieved 25% COGs reduction by increasing process efficiency through innovative filtration techniques.
Team Leader for influenza vaccine projects for two DH&HS RFQs.
Drove $15MM (175k ft ) sterile facility project that resulted in Division’s first “zero 483” FDA inspection.
Resolved sterile operational issues and installed new sterile utility systems in New Zealand (~125k ft ).
SCHERING-PLOUGH PHARMACEUTICALS, Union, NJ & Manati, PR. From 1998 to 2002
Project Manager, Technical Services Engineering: Promoted to Director.
Managed $75MM GMP Sterile Process facility (400kft ) upgrade project w/ 200 engineers in Puerto Rico.
Initiate standardization and documentation to bring operations into ISO, FDA and OSHA compliance.
Designed, built and validated: several sterile manufacturing suites & distribution centers – 50k ft to 450k ft .
Relocated millions of clinical trial samples +3K miles while maintaining -80ºC without loss of a single sample.
Managed Facility upgrade project that expanded R&D center from 600k ft to over 1MM ft .
CIBA-GEIGY CORPORATION, McIntosh, AL. From 1990 to 1998
Engineering Manager, Environmental Process.
Managed Engineering & Maintenance staff of 40 for RCRA-permitted environmental process area with 9 MMGD wastewater treatment plant, two hazardous waste incinerators, two land vaults and a remedial pumping well system.
Lead design, approvals, and construction teams for successful $80MM hazardous waste incinerator project.
Resolved biological temperature issue to monitor and control of over 5000 GPM with more than a billion Btu’s.
Hired, trained, and managed all facility maintenance and operations to 100% permit compliance and zero safety incidents.
CIBA-GEIGY CORPORATION, Ardsley, NY & Summit, NJ. From 1985 to 1990
Senior Pharmaceutical Support Engineer: Promoted to Manager.
Designed & built ultra-clean manufacturing facilities with ultra-pure utilities for class 10 production process.
Facilitated cross-functional teams to ensure projects provide best engineered value and fulfill customer requirements.
Developed new and innovative process controls to satisfy customer’s exclusive process requirements.
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Education:
BS, Mechanical Engineering: The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, USA.
PhD, Environmental Engineering: Spring Hill College, Mobile, AL
Lean Six-Sigma Black Belt: Aveta Business Institute, Online
GMP and GMP Awareness Training, Philip Crosby Quality System,
Taguchi Quality Process, Toyota Production Model, Project Risk Management, Kaizen,
Lean Manufacturing, Construction Management, Continuous Improvement (8D, 6S),
Right-First-Time Program, Responsible Care, Safety, Hazard &Risk Management,
Kepner-Tregoe Problem Solving & Decision Making, DDI Interaction Training,
ISO 9000 & 9001 Audit and Implementation, Process Optimization Strategies, Product Development Strategies, Good Documentation Practices Training,
Microsoft Advanced Training, Leadership Practice Workshop, Facilitator and Team Leader Training, SARA, HAZCOM, and HAZWOPER,
Incident Commander - Emergency Response & Fire Team, Process Hazard Analysis, HazMat, NEC Basic Knowledge Course, Basic Negotiations, Strategic Purchasing, Supervisor Training, Project Management, Project Risk Management, Process & Product Application in Wastewater Treatment, Business Management, Good Laboratory Practice, Statistical Methods for Scientists,
Process Safety and Risk Analysis, Supervisory Effectiveness, Operational Excellence, Environmental, Health & Safety Law, Confined Space / High-Angle Rescue (40 hours),
Process Optimization Strategies, Facilitator and Team Leader Training,
Hazardous & Toxic Waste Management, Safety Team Leader,
Fireman’s Skills Training (60 Hours),
OSHA-Certified Courses for: PID and Man-lift Operator, Heavy Equipment Operator, OSHA Star Certification Teams (two facilities), MSHA Part 56 New Miner Training.
OSHA 10 & 30-Hour Training.