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Fort Saskatchewan, Alberta

implement capital projectsproject planning and controlssupport plant operation and maintenance in all matters engineeringdevelop and control engineering procedures, site standards, and methods

implementation of capital projectsprocess analysis and improvementlean and six sigma

developed and populated standard and ad-hoc reports and analysis for project and construction managementlearned PRISM project management software, developed data tables for initializing the software on the project and executed the implementation of the software for baseline estimating and cost and progress controlscompiled and analysed routine weekly and monthly progress and hour reportsmaintained project change management data on existing trendsgenerated new trends as needed by trades and management

led planning team in creating annual, quarterly, monthly, and weekly plans for meeting production requirements in a high mix/low volume hydrometallurgical facilitysupervised and led planning team in activities to reduce inventories from over 200 tonnes of material to less than 25 tonnes while improving delivery to promise and conformance to specification using lean and six sigma principlesconducted hiring of technical staffsupervised staff of three to five staff in planning and operationsmentored junior to intermediate engineersselected, scoped, and reviewed capital projectscreated, and reported KPIs for various production and planning related activitieslead management of change projects as requiredparticipated in multi-site projects for developing common production standards and developing the scope for advanced blending related softwareprovided vacation relief for Operations Manager

Six Sigma Black Belt,developed documentation and systems for selecting and controlling six sigma projectslead project to recover sample materials to value stream ($100k/a)initiated and lead series of projects to improve yields of key product line from 49% to 92%provided training to division personnel in use of six sigma techniques and tools

scheduled production of various nickel composite powders according to specifications and sound production practicesensured environmental compliance of Aerospace production facilityinvestigated environmental incidentsadministered effluent control programprovided process assistance to various departmentsassisted in preparations for major operations reports and budgets to executiveprovided Y2K analysis and reporting for Aerospace operations groupled MRP/ERP software selection project for the Aerospace Business Unit

assisted in design and in construction management for projects related to effluenttreatment and processing of battery materialsparticipated in HAZOP process for an ion exchange system circuitprepared and oversaw ion exchange system pilot testingordered materials and equipment for effluent treatment and battery materials projectsassisted with budgeting and determining charge out rate for maintenance departmentassisted in creation of new plant equipment tracking system

Industry Analysis and Forecast Modeling and Integration Team Memberlearned custom gas reservoir and transmission softwaregenerated baseline files for custom softwareperformed regression testing of custom softwareevaluated completeness and consistency of help menu and training manuals of softwarecreated scripts for regression testing of new software and of new versions of softwareperformed ad hoc verification of enhancements and bug fixes