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Portland, Oregon, United States

Bend, Oregon, United States

• Led EHS department and team. Guided EHS department and direct reports with a goal of supporting and promoting a culture of safety, reduced environmental impact, and compliance. Provided support with incident and root cause investigations, agency interactions, EHS training and onboarding, safety evaluations and feedback, and reporting.• Led integration of major capital project and new product line to existing building utilities. • Provided coaching, mentoring, career development, recognition, team building and performance management for my direct reports and their teams.• Continued to lead Chemical Operations maintenance department and champion Process Safety Management.

Bend, Oregon, United States

• Led Chemical Operations maintenance team. Drove long term maintenance department goals. Planned, coordinated, and executed large scale mechanical integrity shutdowns. Identified, planned and drove process improvement projects. • Process Safety Management (PSM) champion, responsible for development and compliance of PSM program. Provided direction for site by coordinating and leading Audit, PHAs, PSM element development, and program improvements.

Portland, Oregon Area

• Utilized PMP training to manage over $1MM per year in capital projects for the site with a focus on cost reduction, safety improvement, quality and product development.• Coordinated with multiple departments and disciplines to successfully trial new products, release new product lines, increase quality and minimize scrap rate.• Developed, implemented and maintained plant wide Process Safety Management Program. • Lead the maintenance department, and developed a work order and preventative maintenance system.

Quincy, Illinois

• Led day-to-day operations for the soybean processing plant with a focus on plant production, quality, safety and process improvements.• Managed scheduling and supervision for over 30 employees and contractors.• Planned downtime, preventative maintenance and plant optimization projects.

Villeta, Paraguay

Provided 5 weeks of technical assistance and employee training during a green-field soybean production facility start-up near Asuncion, Paraguay.

Mexico, Missouri

• Scheduled and supervised more than 80 contract employees during a major plant expansion.• Managed the design, permitting, installation and start-up of a Crown Extractor extension, a Crown DC Extension, pumps, piping, conveying, aspiration systems, vessels and fire systems.

Des Moines, Iowa

• Scheduled and supervised more than 100 contractor employees during for a major plant expansion.• Assisted in overseeing the design, permitting, installation and start-up of a new Crown Extractor, a Crown DTDC Extension, pumps, piping conveying, aspiration systems, vessels and fire systems.• Operated the plant and worked as shift supervisor covering vacations and sick days.