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Wilmington, DE, US

Wilmington, DE, US

Drive operational excellence for the Intermediates and Finished Products production of Capstone® brand products. Support a highly motivated and collaborative team to strengthen the long term financial and market leading position of this product line.

Wilmington, DE, US

Revitalize Site Infrastructure and Utility distribution for a 1400 acre chemical facility while positioning compliance, costs and competencies to support sustained business growth.

Wilmington, DE, US

Develop manufacturing excellence for businesses recently spun-off from DuPont.

Wilmington, DE, US

Align operations, technical, supply chain, quality, and maintenance to ensure continuous and efficient batch production. Manage process safety for EHS raw materials. Develop personnel performance improvement programs. Drive Continuous Improvement (Six Sigma, Lean, 5S, etc.) especially in the area of asset reliability and operational discipline.

Dallas, TX, US

Ensure turnaround (TA) scopes and schedules are aligned with operational capabilities. Develop new tools for reducing TA duration and optimizing start-up reliability.

Manage a 20 person, union hourly workforce to refine 200,000 barrels per day into gasoline, distillates and heavy fuels. Continous improvement in safety, environmental impact, quality, reliability, cost and people development are all direct responsibilities.

Dallas, TX, US

Manage a 25 person team operating 3 process units for a 135,000 Barrel / day, non-union refinery.

Dallas, TX, US

Supervise the execution of Crude Oil receipts, inter-refinery transfers, gasoline blending and pipeline shipments by a 45 person team for a 340,000 Barrel / day refinery.

Dallas, TX, US

Develop Oil Flow Plans for short lead-time changes to refinery business strategy. Plans include coordination with operations and business personnel as well as pipeline and shipping partners, economic impact forecasts and procedure development. Highlight accomplishment was the execution of a new Butane Management Strategy for superior financial results.

Mayfield Heights, OH, US

Direct the safe production of Benzyl Phthalate polymer additives, Benzyl Chloride and Hydrochloric Acid. Optimize raw material and product shipments of bulk, liquid products to meet production and sales forecasts. Direct team of 30 hourly, non-union and 4 salaried employees.

Provide technical support to ISO certified quality programs, implement lean manufacturing strategies, evaluate new raw materials suppliers, advise customers on safe handling and optimization of product applications and respond to off-site product emergencies as necessary. Coordinate capital project plan, perform feasibility studies and lead start-up teams..

St. Louis, Missouri, US

Identify process optimization opportunities, perform experimental designs, request capital, design and manage capital construction for production units and utilities at a plasticizers chemical plant. Mentor undergraduate engineering students. Develop standards and tools for corporate Capital Project Management process. Support Emergency response for.