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Brecksville, Ohio, United States

Brecksville, Ohio

The Lubrizol Corporation is a provider of specialty chemicals for the transportation, industrial, and consumer markets. These products include additives for engine oils and other transportation-related fluids, additives for industrial lubricants, and additives for gasoline and diesel fuel. In addition, Lubrizol makes ingredients and additives for personal care products and pharmaceuticals, specialty materials, including plastics technology, and coatings in the form of specialty resins and additives.

Cleveland/Akron, Ohio Area

Senior Process Technician (2011 to 2016)Process Technician – Engineering Aide II (2007 to 2011)Chemical Operator, (2005 to 2007)Provided support for development and production of unique and proprietary research polymers for use in electronic materials industry. • Assisted engineers with procedural and process reviews and process safety awareness, supervised and trained Chemical Operators, supervised contract personnel, operated, maintained and installed equipment, and safely handled hazardous waste.• Worked on cross functional teams to run and test product, process and waste samples. • Coordinated running the processes of production bay to meet customer requests while consistently meeting deadlines. • Achieved optimization of polymer production processes according to customer-provided product specifications. • Created, organized, and continually maintained an inventory of process supplies, parts, fittings, and equipment that was adopted as the company standard. • Provided oversight and guidance to external maintenance contractors ensuring all company and safely policies were followed. • Created a system that classified and organized frequently-used process chemicals for easy identification. This system reduced waste generation, provided significant cost savings, and prevented product losses due to misidentification of chemicals. • Served on the Safety Committee.

Cleveland/Akron, Ohio Area

Produced heat and light stabilizing chemicals for use in the paint and polymer industry. • Worked within and documented all procedures to ISO 9000 standards. • Charged and controlled manual and computer-controlled reactors and worked with lab-to-production scale equipment. • Performed raw material quality control and in-process testing, post-reaction testing, distillation, centrifuging, and product filtration.• Served on the Safety Committee