Rafael Pichardo, Msem, Lssmbb ✔ Email & Phone Number

Plant Engineer • Managed multiple projects across the organization, drove lean culture company wide and worked independently with minimal supervision• Identified, facilitated, and led process improvement projects, problem solving tools, conducted training sessions, and led/moderated meetings and workshops within manufacturing, to maximize business profit• Increased productivity and uptime, improved operator efficiency and ergonomics, reduced costs, improved standardization, and eliminated wastes; ultimately, reducing cycle times and improving quality of all relevant processes in the enterprise

• Provided consulting services to a variety of Chemical Process Manufacturing Facilities nationwide and overseas, supervised Operations activities to ensure business performance goals are obtained in regards to safety, production, training, quality, cost, delivery, and environment • Managed financial performance of assigned projects or components, owned Overall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE) and raw material inventory/safety stock• Ensured on-time delivery of Management of Change (MOC’s) through quality system and kept Piping and Instrumentation Diagrams (P&ID's) up to date• Managed to ensure standard operating procedures (SOP’s) were complete and up-to-date, and ensured that suggested corrective actions for Process Updates were complete

Beverly, Massachusetts, Us

Future Fuel Chemical Company• Production Lead of trials for toll manufacturing, scheduling, and forecasting future requirements• Developed and improved manufacturing processes by studying product and manufacturing methods• Provided manufacturing decision-making information by calculating production, labor and material costs

Beverly, Massachusetts, Us

Great Lakes Chemical Corporation, Chemtura Corporation, Bromine and Brominated Products & Specialty Chemicals• Led and sponsored a training program on the operation and service of a new filtration equipment for technicians & operators that increased capacity by 12%• Spearheaded Capital Authorization Request for equipment replacement and worked with suppliers to define costs and best options• Prepared production data for weekly cost review of controllable spend, near misses, and Overall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE) data report• Prepared and managed management of change (MOC's) as needed and handled equipment related issues• Coordinated and scheduled runs on a variety of production lines for chemical extraction and hydrogenation

Beverly, Massachusetts, Us

Evonik Jayhawk Fine Chemicals, Manufacturing products for the Pharmaceutical industry• Performed calculations for flow release, and evacuation of safety process valves to ensure sizing and specifications were adequate for the pressure rate and release, to prevent regulator valve malfunction• Executed Process Hazard Analysis for continuous and batch Hazardous Reaction Processes• Saved thousands of dollars on penalties from OSHA, readjusting and calibrating several process safety and vacuum breaker devices• Updated and standardized process flow diagrams (PFD's), piping and instrumentation Diagrams (P&ID's), standard operating procedures (SOP's) as necessary, and managed management of change (MOC's)

Beverly, Massachusetts, Us

Evonik Cyro LLC Specialty Chemicals, Manufacturing of Polymers• Coordinated Meta Methyl Acrylate (MMA) Distillation Columns maintenance shutdowns, which decreased Plant downtime by 30% with support of production and maintenance personnel• Led Six Sigma project for cost analysis of the Production Yield of MMA, saving more than $250,000 USD per month on raw material, by every 1% yield on reaction increased • Selected and installed new equipment and instrumentation that resulted in the application of a Six Sigma Yield increase project with a team of 3 engineers• Trained Technicians and Operators on the usage and handling of Acrylonitrile, Acetone Hydro Cyanide and others toxic and hazardous raw material involved on the production of the MMA Polymer• Authored operating and shutdown procedures, involved actively on Management of Change (MOC)

Santo Domingo, Distrito Nacional, Do

Manufacturing of powder detergents, laundry soaps, edible oils and specialty chemicals• Modernized the Used Soybean Oil Refinery with new equipment accordingly with the best technology in the market saving more than $200,000 USD• Led a team of 5 engineers to turnaround, overhaul, install and start-up a 150 metric tons/day used soybean oil refinery, completed project on time and within budget, saved 20% of the original scheduled costo Evaluated the Edible Soybean Oil Refinery methods, identifying the Neutralization step discharging 10% impurity rate in Soap Stock, an Alfa Laval automatic continuous centrifuge was installed at a cost of $300,000 USD, reducing impurity rate to 0.3%o This initial high cost was recovered in 3.75 months, with additional yearly savings of $960,000+ USD

Wichita, Ks, Us

Manufacturing of Hydrocarbons cracking Polymers• Selected equipment and specified instrumentation valued at $4MM that improved performance and quality of treated water for cooling towers and heat exchangers, resulting in 15% increase on the Cracking Reactors output• Monitored performance for process equipment and systems to gather and define critical parameters, reported key performance indicators (KPI), and troubleshot polymerization processes

Us

Etching Area, Process OwnerManufacturing and Semiconductor Etching & Plating• Supervised etching and plating processes, directed and trained process operators in handling, storage, and use of hazardous chemical solutions, and applied process safety risk analysis

West Palm Beach, Florida, Us

Manufacturing of portable pumps and water systems• Installed and performed maintenance duties on dewatering portable systems, diesel driven pumps/turbines, and rotary positive displacement pumps; diagnosed and replaced broken parts and fluids on machinery

Santo Domingo, Distrito Nacional, Do

Manufacturing of powder and bar detergents, laundry soaps, edible oils and specialty chemicals• Led the Engineer group that successfully implemented the change of technology and equipment (Film Reactor) for the manufacturing of Sulphonic Acid (specialty chemical from sulphur and alkyl benzene)o Allowed the Company to sell this Raw Material to competitors in the Dominican Republic market (Unilever, Colgate, Palmolive, P&G and others)o Custom-made reactor in the Dominican Republic using authorized mechanical drawings from a supplier that bid the reactor over $1MM USD and a long lead time deliveryo Installed the reactor without down-time, making the product with better yield (97%) and excellent (honey bee) color, that saved on the Reactor construction at least $700,000 USDo Implemented recipe for the production of synthetic detergent bars, that replaced Sodium Carbonate (powder) by Caustic Soda (liquid) to neutralize the Sulphonic Acid resultso Avoided unit shut-down by lack of raw material, potential loss of more than $800,000 USD for lacking product (synthetic detergent bars) in the warehouse for sale in the market• Analyzed existing processes to identify non-compliance with existing regulations and closed the identified gaps• Led the data collection effort of the site to facilitate yearly budget planning and better use of the plant resources

Master Of Science - Ms, Engineering Management

Bachelor Of Science - Bs, Chemical Engineering