Pilot Plant Operator / Researcher Novvi, LLC. • Responsible for Novvi’s Texas Technology Center (TTC) Pilot R&D Unit. • Provided input and executed experimental design for pilot plant.• Wrote Operational SOPs for pilot plant.• Safely operated, maintained, repaired, and revamped pilot plant unit as needed.• Set up and conducted common analytical analysis (titrations, gas chromatography, etc.), documented, and disseminated timely results to the team.• Worked with the… Show more Pilot Plant Operator / Researcher Novvi, LLC. • Responsible for Novvi’s Texas Technology Center (TTC) Pilot R&D Unit. • Provided input and executed experimental design for pilot plant.• Wrote Operational SOPs for pilot plant.• Safely operated, maintained, repaired, and revamped pilot plant unit as needed.• Set up and conducted common analytical analysis (titrations, gas chromatography, etc.), documented, and disseminated timely results to the team.• Worked with the Technology and Manufacturing Groups to plan and execute scale up of reactor.▪ Responsible for loading industrial scale reactor.▪ Wrote SOP for industrial scale reactor bring up and supervised bring up.Production Lab responsibilities• Maintained lab equipment, maintained chemical and lab gas inventory, organized and submittedanalytical samples, laboratory and chemical waste disposal, practiced good laboratory housekeeping.• Maintained Agilent GCs • Set up hardware for Agilent Gas GC (installed helium line, standard gas line, sample cylinder and gas bag lines, ran exhaust line to vent hood).• Wrote SOPs for Gas GC operation.• Acted as lab manager, mentoring three chemists.Responsible for Quality Assurance Lab • Received GC and setup hardware (plumbed copper tubing on back of GC, changed regulators on gas lines and installed traps and filters, leaked checked and repaired leaks on gas lines) and maintained.• Setup, maintained, and operated Pope 2” Wet Film Evaporator.• Set up and conducted common analytical analysis (titrations, gas chromatography, etc.) • Operated and maintained analyzers (pour point, flash point, Noack evaporation loss, Honeywell cold cranking simulator, particle size analyzer) and wrote SOPs.• Built plexiglass cabinet for flash point and Noack evaporation loss analyzers with draft fan exhausting to lab hood.• Performed certificate of analysis and shipped products. Show less

Production Supervisor, Reconditioning (RECO) DepartmentResponsible for supervising 40+ employees, two assembly lines, a barrel making facility, four Schuetz plastic extrusion blow molding machines, a Battenfeld thermoplastic injection molding machine, grid welders, pallet welders, grinding machines, and KUKA robots. Achievements:• Initiated stacking incoming IBCs by chemical classification with chemical placard facing outward, eliminating fire hazard and increasing… Show more Production Supervisor, Reconditioning (RECO) DepartmentResponsible for supervising 40+ employees, two assembly lines, a barrel making facility, four Schuetz plastic extrusion blow molding machines, a Battenfeld thermoplastic injection molding machine, grid welders, pallet welders, grinding machines, and KUKA robots. Achievements:• Initiated stacking incoming IBCs by chemical classification with chemical placard facing outward, eliminating fire hazard and increasing throughput.• Initiated 5S, job-specific procedures for each assembly-line job, and wrote the procedures.• Contributed to 18% reduction in lost overtime since starting at Schuetz Container Systems.• Contributed to production of 10 million dollars a month in product. Show less

• Temporary 2-month position helping company to complete a one-off chemical manufacturing campaign.Achievement:• Found many missing sample entries in database. Brought database up to date through entering hard copy results and re-running retain samples.

Inaeris Technology (formally Kior Inc.)Pilot Plant OperatorOperated a fluidized catalytic cracking (FCC) pilot plant in a laboratory environment with a very high level of autonomy. Duties included plant operation, catalyst evaluation and preparation, laboratory analysis, data manipulation, maintenance of plant including rebuilding pumps, valves, rotameters, and fabricating reactors. Achievement:• Lead role on key projects

Use batch process to produce xanthates, dithiophospates, thionocarbamates, xanthogen formates, xanthic esters, aliphatic alcohols, glycols, glycol ethers, depressants (Nokes, NaSH, organic and inorganic), anti-scalants, and flocculants for the mining, alumina, and water treatment sectorsOperated reactors, vacuum stripper, H2S absorber, H2S scrubber, tank farms and utilitiesSet-up, permitted, and supervised maintenance activities; performed unit maintenance.… Show more Use batch process to produce xanthates, dithiophospates, thionocarbamates, xanthogen formates, xanthic esters, aliphatic alcohols, glycols, glycol ethers, depressants (Nokes, NaSH, organic and inorganic), anti-scalants, and flocculants for the mining, alumina, and water treatment sectorsOperated reactors, vacuum stripper, H2S absorber, H2S scrubber, tank farms and utilitiesSet-up, permitted, and supervised maintenance activities; performed unit maintenance. Achievement:• Initiated identifying and waste disposal of chemicals in a large tote catch-all area. Show less

Operated a fluidized catalytic cracking (FCC) pilot plant in a laboratory environment with a very high level of autonomy. Duties included plant operation, catalyst evaluation and preparation, biomass preparation, laboratory analysis, data manipulation, plant revamps, and maintenance of plant including rebuilding pumps, valves, and rotameters.Achievement:• Identified carcinogenic exposure that was occurring during a maintenance task. Eliminated exposure by ordering proper PPE and… Show more Operated a fluidized catalytic cracking (FCC) pilot plant in a laboratory environment with a very high level of autonomy. Duties included plant operation, catalyst evaluation and preparation, biomass preparation, laboratory analysis, data manipulation, plant revamps, and maintenance of plant including rebuilding pumps, valves, and rotameters.Achievement:• Identified carcinogenic exposure that was occurring during a maintenance task. Eliminated exposure by ordering proper PPE and, through the Health and Safety Manager, made use a requirement. Show less