Robert Patterson Email & Phone Number

United Kingdom

Rochdale, England, United Kingdom

Clayton, Manchester

As senior plant Process Engineer I am responsible for the delivery of a programme of de-bottlenecking, process improvement and new plant equipment projects. This role requires me to manage all aspects of the project lifecycle, including scoping, planning, management of resources and other engineering disciplines, costs and expenditure requests, management of change, implementation and benefits reporting.I am also closely involved in the strategic annual business planning, reviewing business targets and generating and prioritising projects that will meet them. Over the last 18 months, my portfolio enabled the site to meet annual targets by increasing overall site output from 2200 to 2700 MT/month, an increase of 22%. I line manage a junior engineer, dedicating the time to coach him towards Chartership, but also oversee the activity of the production, maintenance and project teams.I am part of the plant leadership team and regularly deputise for the Operations Manager and Lead Process Engineer.

Clayton, Manchester

Bought by Evonik - See above

Clayton Manchester

As the site Lean Six Sigma specialist I was responsible for:• Leading large scope Lean Six Sigma projects• A number of smaller CI based projects/events (RCA, Mistake Proofing, Value Stream Mapping, MSA, FMEA, etc.)• Site lead for developmental projects – Process MD (Online Multivariate Regression Modelling)• Facilitating Green and Yellow Belt projects led by others• Coaching Green and Yellow Belt staff to achieve certification

Clayton, Manchester

As the only site Production Engineer I was responsible for:• Driving the reactors and teams to meet the agreed cycletime, on-stream and quality targets through Stable Operations and Failed Batch Investigations• Implementing Efficiency / Cost Saving plant and process improvements• Rolling out business driven best practice and systems• Overseeing New Product Introductions• Day to day plant and process troubleshooting• Regular deputy for Operations Manager

Bromborough

My responsibilities included:• Developing best practice• Driving production figures towards World Class Manufacturing• Energy Reduction (3% over the year)

Master’S Degree, Chemical Engineering, 2.2

Activities and Societies: Mountain biking, Car maintenance

High School, Gcses And A-Levels, Gcse 10 X A-C, A-Level 4.5 X A-C

Activities and Societies: Army Cadets, Long distance canoeing, Hockey, Cricket, Rugby