Robert Batek Email & Phone Number

United States

Direct report to Company Ownership on projects and representation on national and state level wastewater shows as well as developing new markets in Latin-America.• Represented Aero-Mod during WEFTEC and multiple State shows.• Designed Aero-Mod Sequox BNR wastewater treatment systems to support management on new and current projects including plans and specifications development.• Coordinated with the Kansas Department of Commerce to develop new partnerships with companies in Mexico.• Acted as primary liaison between Aero-Mod, the EPA, and the OMB on the Build America – Buy America Act (BABA) implementation to Aero-Mod’s products.

Hooksett, Nh, Us

Managed the Mid-West, Latin-America, and other international markets for selling wastewater evaporator, distillation and drying systems.• Worked remotely providing a consultative sales approach allowing for effectively engaging, educating, and questioning prospective customers for detailed process, chemical, and operational information to bring in business to ENCON. Evaporation rates on projects sold varied from 2 gallons/hour up to 900 gallons/hour per single system.• Successfully sold over 150 individual systems to mostly industrial customers treating a variety of wastewaters that were not qualified to be discharged to the sewer. Type of waters treated involved but not limited to: Radiological, parts washers, waste coolant, mop water, hazardous wastes, brine, runoff, municipal, cooling tower blowdown, research, chemical treatment, aeronautical, automotive, oil and gas, leachate, hazardous waste, mining, agricultural, food processing.• Substantially increased number of evaporator installations in the Midwest, Mexico, and Canada.• Developed a new company analytical test report to fully cover clients’ desire to interpret data received from lab tests.• Developed new operational parameters that maximized treatment and provided extra safety for system operation.• Provided training for new up and coming sales engineers and lab technicians. • Represented ENCON Evaporators at IMTS and SURFIN technical conferences

Loves Park, Il, Us

Supervised the design and application of sand and cloth media filtration systems for municipal and industrial water and wastewater treatment customers. Reviewed process requirements and designs. Tested equipment performance. Updated design standards. Provided technical support to the Engineering Manufacturing, Sales, Applications Engineering and Customer Service Departments.• Reviewed process requirements, designs and recommendations for water and wastewater treatment equipment. • Reviewed process and operational strategies to ensue conformance with defined standard practices. • Conduct general and specialty/projects seminar presentations. • Advised Applications Engineering to ensure proper project development of clarifications, exceptions, testing, guarantees, warranties and engineering application as it relates to their assigned product(s). • Provided recommendations to Applications Engineering and Customer Service departments for process related troubleshooting. • Participated in equipment performance testing. Analyze and interprets results or tests. • Review process guarantees, liability, and testing protocol in documents. • Responsible for coordination of pilot testing. • Developed and presented technical papers.

Loves Park, Il, Us

Manage the design and development of integrated systems that utilize company manufactured and purchased components. Direct Application Engineers ,Sales Correspondents, and Sales Assistants, which entails scheduling projects and personnel, assigning projects and reviewing work. Review process operation of biological treatment system and tertiary filtration designs and mechanical and electrical cost estimates. Conduct internal and external technical presentations.• Manage and approves process designs or design modifications. Evaluate design requests and provide process modeling and applicable equipment recommendations for biological and/or tertiary treatment systems. Make recommendations suitable for requested application.• Responsible for process, electrical and mechanical design development.• Work with Consulting Engineers and end users to develop and review project plans and specifications.• Resolve process operation and design problems.• Provide technical assistance to internal and external customers including Consulting Engineers, End Users, Operators, Sales Representatives, Cost Estimating, Production Engineering, Sales and Customer Service.• Schedule personnel, assign projects and monitor territory workflow.• Manage preliminary, targeted, active, and bid projects for assigned territory.• Provide internal and external product and process seminars, project seminars, and sales support presentations.• Develop and submit conference trade papers and provide conference technical presentations or poster display.• Provide consultation to Applications Engineers for post order plant operations and training schedules.

Loves Park, Il, Us

Evaluate design requests and assisting in the preliminary design and costing of wastewater treatment equipment. Provide technical assistance to Engineering, Sales, and Customer Service. Conduct operator training and technical presentations.• Evaluate design requests and sizes equipment for water and wastewater treatment. Make recommendations suitable for requested application. • Develop preliminary designs of wastewater treatment equipment. • Determine equipment costs of preliminary designs. • Provide technical assistance to Engineering, Sales and Customer Service. • Travel to customer sites to conduct operator training and/or to present technical presentations of the systems operations. • Perform process related troubleshooting. • Conduct laboratory tests on wastewater samples. • Evaluate and reports on the applicability of biological process based on pilot studies.

Columbia, Missouri, Us

Acted as Project Manager for manufacturer of diffuser aeration treatment equipment used in wastewater systems.• Managed projects once purchase orders were received throughout the life of the project. Operated as primary contact for installing contractors, specification engineers and end users for all assigned projects. • Administered project submittal packages and operation and maintenance manuals. Ensured adequacy and reliable function of project systems. Provided technical support and information including alternate products and materials while ensuring that all project drawings and documentations met customer specifications. Worked with customer representatives to resolve engineering and design issues and changes• Optimized standard calculation procedures mainly diffuser, piping and blower headloss calculations and piping support implementation. Accounted for accuracy of bill of materials. Performed field service duties and product quality control inspections. Carried out operation and maintenance training of operators and representatives. Provided customer service assistance.

Jefferson City, Missouri, Us

Performed multiple tasks during a three-month internship program as part of the Enforcement Division in the Air Pollution Control Department.• Developed a database to monitor companies and their compliance with state and federal regulations. • Improved annual compliance forms in permit applications. Probed specific companies that were not in compliance with operating permits.

Zurich, Zh, Ch

University Co-op involved managing two separate paint lines that involved metal pre-treatment, electro-coating and top-coating power transformer vessels. Tasks involved equipment, product, process, and safety changes resulting in quality improvements and cost reductions.• Pilot tested alternative paints with paint supplier PPG.• Tested paint to metal adhesion as related to UV degradation, scratch, and other industry compliance requirements.• Developed a preventative maintenance plan for ABB Power in Athens, Georgia.• Decreased carpal tunnel syndrome likelihood for ABB’s coiling team.• Coordinated with ABB Automation for implementation of robotics in the paint process line.• Coordinated with paint line personnel for plant shutdown maintenance and alternative paint process tests.• Evaluated baking oven heat recycling following electro-coating process.• Evaluated different methods to improve ABB’s shotblast process to inhibit residuals from attaching to the metal before entering the electro-coating system.

B.S., Chemical Engineering

Bachelor'S Degree, Chemical Engineering