Charles Flack Email & Phone Number

Alpharetta, Georgia, United States

Crosby Tx

Provide project management and engineering support for customer’s projects. Chemical Plant automation upgrades, Power house design, (Switch Gear LV and MV) MCC,s , DCSs PLCs programming and commissioning. Design ships systems for retrofitting automation, SWGR and motor controls.

Silver Grove Kentucky

Directed special project management for global plant sites. Focused on safety, equipment, automation, throughput, and process improvement.• Coordinated projects for Chambly (Quebec, Canada) plant improvements, improving production reliability.• Managed $XM USD decommissioning and demolition of manufacturing plant located at Port of Newark (New Jersey), developing budgets, safety plan, environmental plan, and providing project management demolition supervision, releasing Lafarge from liability for site.• Coordinated special project studies in French plant, determining plant throughput issues, addressing equipment design, automation and plant management.• Directed special projects management for Santiago, Chile plant, developing and implementing throughput improvements, including equipment and automation improvements, leading to development and negotiation of contract for plant expansion.• Coordinated contingency planning, equipment, process, and automation efficiency studies for plants located in Chile, Columbia, Argentina, and Brazil, providing study information supporting changes improving safety, throughput, efficiency and quality.• Managed $XXM USD Plant conversion from using Gypsum Rock to Synthetic Gypsum, coordinating all aspects of safety, appropriations funding, change management, design and engineering, construction, commissioning, and start-up, developing as primary source of gypsum wall board made of 98% recycled material and operating at 80 – 85% capacity.• Acted as Project Manager for $XXM USD Joint compound plant, built as addition to Silver Grove Drywall Plant, coordinating all aspects of project, including safety, appropriations funding, design and engineering, construction, commissioning, and start-up, resulting in automated plant requiring only 3 people per shift to efficiently operate.

Crosby, Texas

Managed engineering, drafting and service personnel. Coordinated project management including safety, budget, schedule and resources. Directed development of all PLC systems.• Managed major ship projects in Singapore, China, and Korea:o Directing Singapore multi ship conversion to unmanned engine room certification.o Adding forward wheelhouse for project in China, and renewing main generator controls.o Working to support US Military Sealift Command ships in Korea with equipment, automation and controls systems upgrades.• Provided project management in Quam for US MSC ships with equipment, automation, controls and system upgrades, ensuring required certifications by USCG, DNV and others.• Refurbished 800 metric Ton crane ship, including replacement of all crane instrumentation and controls, acquiring design and certification by DNV.• Managed and designed Hanover Natural Gas compression plant in Egypt, completing SIS and SIL matrix risk assessment, risk mitigation, certification, fabrication, FAT, ensuring timely commissioning and startup.• Provided project leadership and design engineering for MARAD rapid deployment ships, including boiler instrumentation and controls, large jet fuel pumping systems, hose handling, barge retrieval and deployment, and tank level and monitoring systems, resulting in design approval and certification through USCG and ABS.• Managed major body style change for GM plant for 3 year project, including design, certification, acceptance, installation and startup, adding 636 robots and 825 PLC in body shop, and providing throughput key improvements and efficiency studies.