Kyle Durham Email & Phone Number

Clayton, MO, US

Memphis, Tennessee, US

• Manage team of 8-10 operators to meet plant and department production goals, along with Plant KOP and KPI targets. Objectives include but not limited to safety, environmental, quality and quantity.
• Run day-to-day crew and department safety and production meetings. Set clear expectations regarding importance of safe practices and policy adherence.
• Manage operations of Waste Water Effluent System, Hog Fuel Power Boiler, Kraft Liquor Recovery Boiler, 2-5 Effect Kraft Liquor Evaporator Sets, 2-Kraft Liquor Concentrators, Kraft Liquor Super Concentrator, Lime Kiln.
• Work directly with area maintenance and I&E supervisors to complete scheduled and break-in maintenance work.
• Acting Plant Incident Commander during plant emergencies and leader of the Emergency Response Team.
• Directly involved in creation, validation and implementation of lock outs for various production and maintenance work daily.

Memphis, Tennessee, US

• Worked on FEL1 cost reduction projects to improve mills year-over-year production costs.
• Investigated and researched potential cost reduction opportunities to be screened and added to mills cost reduction database.
• Managed multiple contractor and vender bids through my work leading numerous chemical trials and also managing and coordinating our annual outage hydro-blasting jobs for the entire plant.
• Acted as a resource for operational support in the areas of the mill I work in.
• Skilled in advanced data analysis around equipment downtime and equipment maintenance spending, using Excel, Minitab, PI process book and SAP to identify major root causes of downtime and potential for increased.
• RCFA trained. Used tool to identify causes of process upsets as both a facilitator and a team member.