Lead team of furnace engineers and technicians to improve furnace operation via audits, combustion tuning and training of operations. Work with group to manage hot repairs and plan and execute cold rebuilds. Communicate and assist when needed overseas.

Work with operations at various furnace locations to support improvements and repairs. Plan and execute cold rebuilds. Support overseas furnace improvements and rebuilds as needed.

Manage 170 MT/day sodium silicate furnace and dissolving plant with a staff of eight operators, three mechanics and one instrument technician. Plant produced both glass and liquid sodium silicate. Perform production planning, process improvements, capital projects, training of hourly employees. Handle custome complaints and resolve quality issues. Manage expense and capital budgets. Promote safety awareness.

Worked with R&D, Technology Team and Plant Operations to trial and commercialize new products. Implemented and monitored quality programs such as production run orders and SPC charts. Lead a capacity improvement team which was succesful in increasing the average rate of 3A zeolite by 50%. Conducted in house projects and worked with corporate engineers on larger projects.

Worked during the start up of molecular sieves plant as process engineer. Teamed up with corporate engineers and R&D to improve the process. Also conducted material resource planning, managed packaging operation and warehouse. Acted as quality manager for shipments.

Worked with Research and Development to develop, trial and commercialize new products. Implemented process improvements in numerous areas of the catalyst plant. Processes included crystallization, seeding, filtration and heat treatment. Worked on cross functional teams to improve rate and also customer focus teams. Contributed significant troubleshooting efforts to restart a stalled plant overseas.

Developed improved grades of gun powder. Characterized and qualified alternate raw materials for use in production. Solved process problems and implemented improvements in the production plant. Modeled phase behavior of the process mixture under extrusion conditions to help optimized yield. Help with scale up of new processes. Monitored trials in both the pilot plant and production plant.

As officer in charge of Deck Division, supervised 45 men in maintenance of topside gear and in execution of underway operations. As Auxiliary Machinery Division Officer, supervised 12 men in maintenance of various shipboard mechanical systems.