Led engineering group to support 24/7 operation of catalyst plant.

Directed day-to-day process and quality decisions to maximize operational efficiency to ensure on-specification catalyst for ethylene oxide catalyst plant.Managed $1 million capital expansion and automation project including specifying equipment/instrumentation, control scheme, commissioning, and training. Winner of companywide High Performance Team Award for this projectExecuted time and motion study on rate-limiting unit operation providing path forward for 25% plant expansionOptimized critical process equipment improving throughput by 30% and saving $500,000 in budgeted capital costsCompleted numerous small automation projects to bring legacy equipment onto production network and built into plant DCSManaged piloting and scale-up of new R&D products

Managed a crew of six to retrofit a 40” pilot reactor in Procedyne process lab, successfully reducing project schedule over 35%.Participated as lead process engineer in two HAZOPs, resulting in significant economic savings by successfully reducing SIL level of the burner system.Completed engineering design for polyethylene catalyst activator, including P&ID, material balance, and control valve sizing.Led commissioning of a reactor for a new process, including training of customer’s engineers and operators.Specified and procured major equipment and instrumentation for several reactor packages.Setup weekly experiments in process lab modifying lab-scale reactor: changing process gas, adding pre-heater, adding afterburner, and adjusting flow control.Managed second shift on pilot-scale continuous-flow fluidized bed catalyst activator for three experimental trials in shift from batch process.