Nick Butson P.Eng. (On, Mb) Email & Phone Number

Waterloo, Ontario, Canada

Waterloo, Ontario

Portage La Prairie, Manitoba

As the facility’s direct responsible charge (DRC) operator, plans, prioritizes, and executes the work involved in wastewater treatment operations, monitoring, maintenance, and repair work.Assists operating management in the installation and maintenance of environmental compliance measures required under Federal, Provincial, and local regulations. Assists management in interpreting and applying technical regulatory requirements on production operations.Monitors cost control measures for environmental compliance. Supervises compliance projects at operating sites.Maintains time, material, operation, and equipment records. Requisitions supplies and materials for the environmental department.Keeps informed on new developments in regulatory changes in environmental requirements. Provides technical leadership and functional guidance to personnel within the work group.Primarily responsible for assuring effective utilization of technical personnel and responding promptly to the needs of the plant. Interacts daily with subordinates and/or functional peer groups, including exchange or presentation of findings, conclusions, and recommendations.

Etobicoke, Ontario

Managed the installation of a new tablet press collaborating across safety, production, commissioning, managers, and directors. Scoped and scheduled the decommissioning and conversion of a class D (extremely toxic) facility space and associated production equipment into training space for 25% reduction in employee training cost. Organized all company SOP’s for leaning initiatives and calculated the lean project timelines.Reviewed corporate policies and lead policy reviews with managers

Vaughan, Ontario

Specified a heat reclaiming process from spent whey streams to save over $100,000 annually while providing a two year payback period.Increased cheese making yield through specifying a recycle stream process including a cheese fines saver installation and additional auxiliary equipment. Created a Lockout Tag Out program by collaborating with front line employees, writing/editing SOP’s, ordering new equipment, and identifying energy sources for all necessary processes.

Barrie, Ontario

Collaborated with management, consultants, and employees to formulate a new anode product that is now in commercial use.Operated industrial mixers and conductive cement packaging systems to convert raw material to product ready for packaging.Produced anodes for customer orders, packaged products, and palletized for shipment.

Moorefield, Ontario

Designed excel-based data logging templates to gather process data and compile data into concise reporting for six sigma analysis.Collaborated with operators, supervisors, and managers to analyze root causes, identify inefficiencies, reduce operating cost and optimize plant production.Presented daily and weekly production and project reports on plant performance, throughputs, quality, and other operational data for decision making to management staff.Organized and compartmentalized equipment and spare parts for SAP management.

Brampton, Ontario

Performed quality inspection of raw material and finished product.Coordinated with production to correct real-time quality issues in a very fast-paced production environment with authority to take action to stop production as required.Operated and maintained lab equipment, cast film lines, and injections molders.

Peterborough, Canada

Operated a CNC milling machine to manufacture aluminum EXIT signsAssisted in the implementation of milling programsOperated a sheet metal stamp press for manufacturing nuclear fuel rod bundle end-platesInspected finished product to ensure specification conformanceConducted routine maintenance on all equipment used