Experience:
Process Engineer, Almatis Inc., Leetsdale, PA
June 2007 – May 2012
§ Responsible for process improvement and troubleshooting for a plant producing 10,000 MT/year of premium aluminum oxide powders
§ Generated $50,000 in costs savings in 2011 through cycle time improvements
§ Certified Six Sigma Green Belt, collaborated on three separate Six Sigma projects
§ Developed business cases for approval of CAPEX, from $5K projects up to $1M projects
§ Experienced in capital start-up and commissioning projects for capacity expansion and product quality improvement
§ Worked with application managers in the development of new products and scale-up from pilot size to full production size
§ Proficient at communication with all levels of company personnel, from plant workers to executive management
§ Mentored engineering interns for the past four summers
§ Familiar with ISO 9000 requirements for quality management systems as well as ISO 14000 Environmental and OHSAS 18000 Health and Safety management systems
§ Participated in safety-oriented project pre-planning and composed several occupational hazard assessment documents
§ Given the Almatis Award of Excellence for quality of work
§ Began as engineering intern in summer 2006, and also January through May 2007
Education:
The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA
§ Graduation: December 2006
§ Degree: B.S. Chemical Engineering
§ Minor: Chemistry
§ GPA: 3.2
Computer Skills:
§ SAP
§ Microsoft Excel, PowerPoint, Word, Outlook, and Access
§ Minitab Statistical Software
§ Proplan and HYSYS process simulators