James Ecker, Pmp Email & Phone Number

Bangor, Maine, United States

Bar Harbor, Maine

Bar Harbor, Maine

Bucksport, Me

Responsible for 24 raw material employees in the Kraft and magazine room departments.Prioritize/schedule maintenance for the Kraft and magazine room departments.Developed HWK refining strategy to support specialty grade development.Reduce variability in pulp properties through Lean Six Sigma methodologies.Mill Process Variability Reduction (PVR) Champion. This includes being the PVR expert for the Bucksport mill, being part of the corporate PVR team that shares best practices among the three mill sites, and helping to train Verso employees how to reduce variability using PVR techniques.Trained in Black Belt techniques. Current Black Belt project is increasing TMP production by reducing variability of the TMP plant.Monitor department compliance of operator reliability rounds (ODR), Centerlining, and safety training.Conduct temporary employee evaluations and provide feedback to human resources.Handle the logistics of Kraft deliveries from intracompany and external sources.

Bucksport, Me

Improve quality and reduce production cost of LWC and specialty paper. Assist the operations group and work with the crew members in order to accomplish our goals. Some of these goals include process changes, product development, and justification of capital investments.Technical writer for the Bucksport MillDesign, conduct, and evaluate pulp trials for offset print and strength property improvement on LWC grades

Bucksport, Me

Designed, conducted and evaluated trials to improve rotogravure print quality while controlling manufacturing costs Interacted with operators during various trials and coordinated technician activities on a daily basisSupported new grade development efforts through trial support and revising recipes based on machine trial workSupported development of a new grade through to commercializationCoordinated startup of a new steam shower system on supercalenders and evaluated proper operating parameters

Orono, Me

Research completed for the Forest Bioproducts Research Institute and the University of Maine Chemical Engineering DepartmentConducted research on inorganic thin film silica membranes and the production of pyrolysis oil from wood byproducts