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Geismar, La, Us

San Ramon, Ca, Us

San Ramon, Ca, Us

Responsibilities include:• Develop scopes of work for small CapEx projects, incorporating input from key site stakeholders.• Core member of the site TAR (turn around) team.• Coordinate engineering team TAR assignments with TAR core team, making sure scope and MOC submissions meet milestones• Participate in HAZOP team activities as the SME representing the site process engineering.• Member of the multidiscipline ECA (equipment criticality assessment) team performing assessments of all operating equipment in service.

Charlotte, Nc, Us

Team lead of 4 chemical engineers with the task of providing engineering support to the Pasadena facility.• Mentor and coach engineers to be proficient in their roles as well as provide opportunity for them to work towards long and short term career goals.• Provide technical guidance to the team as needed to help progress programs. • Promote adherence to engineering best practices and right the first time production execution. • Trained internal auditor for PSM and SIHS audits.• Team responsibilities are as follows:o Providing plant support in the form of PHA SMEs, corrective action closure, basic lab scale evaluations, operational troubleshooting, PSV sizing and PSM documentation creation/validation.o Execute on simple cash flow economic modeling, capital project scope development, basic design and start-up activities.o Working with GBU leads on expanding existing production lines as well as vetting new custom opportunities.o Providing environmental regulatory support for the various air permits held.o Perform high level process evaluation of custom chemical processes for suitability at the Pasadena complex in either a tolling agreement or self production. o Work with supply chain, corporate purchasing and local lab personnel in areas of new raw material qualification and raw material spec discussions.

Charlotte, Nc, Us

Manage teams across organizations and sites from both a technical and manufacturing perspective in order to meet the needs of the organometallic business.• Responsible for managing customer expectations and information flow between customer and Albemarle • First point of contact for new 3rd party opportunities to the Pasadena site complex.• Perform high level process evaluation of custom chemical processes for suitability at the Pasadena complex in either a tolling agreement or self production. Evaluations consider the use of existing assets vs. the need for CapEx to meet the needs of the process. • Work with supply chain, corporate purchasing and local lab personnel in areas of new raw material qualification and raw material spec discussions.

Charlotte, Nc, Us

• Team lead of 7 chemical engineers with the task of providing engineering support to the Pasadena facility.• Mentor and coach engineers to be proficient in their roles as well as provide opportunity for them to work towards long and short term career goals.• Provide technical guidance to the team as needed to help progress programs. • Promote adherence to engineering best practices and right the first time production execution. • Team responsibilities are as follows:o Providing plant support in the form of PHA SMEs, corrective action closure, basic lab scale evaluations, operational troubleshooting, PSV sizing and PSM documentation creation/validation.o Execute on simple cash flow economic modeling, capital project scope development, basic design and start-up activities.o Working with GBU leads on expanding existing production lines as well as vetting new custom opportunities.o Oversee the site's CIP (Cost Improvement Program) to the tune of approximately $1MM annualy.o Providing environmental regulatory support for the various air permits held.• Trained internal auditor for PSM and SIHS audits.

Charlotte, Nc, Us

• Lead a group of 4 engineers and 1 lab technician in providing plant support.• Participate in PHAs, address corrective actions, and support plant improvement initiatives.• Develop and progress project scope(s) for early stage programs, involving relevant stakeholders while ensuring technical feasibility. • Identify, develop, refine and execute cost savings opportunities based on site priorities/goals

Charlotte, Nc, Us

• Lead a team of 8 engineers with the responsibility of scale-up and execution of producing small molecule, custom API while complying with cGMP guidelines. (Phase I through process validation)• Work with R&D and the business team on evaluating new custom opportunities versus plant capability. • Mentor and coach engineers to be proficient in their roles as well as provide opportunity for them to work towards long and short term career goals.• Provide technical guidance to the team as needed to help progress programs. • Promote adherence to scale-up best practices and right the first time production during program execution. • Team responsibilities are as follows:o Safely execute all custom API programs using both pilot plant and commercial equipment.o Work intimately with operations in creating batch records, specifying equipment set-up and cleaning. o Developing scopes for, as well as leading, the installation of small capital projects.o Provide technical plant support for existing generic API products as needed.

Charlotte, Nc, Us

Lead the scale-up and production of high value single site polyolefin catalyst, Ziegler Natta catalyst and catalyst components. This included:• Working with R&D chemist on translating lab procedures to plant operations. • Performing technical risk assessments on processes when scaled-up the first time. • Leading other engineers, as required, based on the size of the program.• Coordinating multiple aspects of production including procedure writing, operator training, creating and maintaining PSM documentation, P&ID editing, final product packaging, final product release testing routing, CoA generation, campaign reports and production costing. • Lead the commissioning and start-up of the high purity Triethylgallium (TEG) distillation column.• Lead the commissioning and start-up a new 500 gallon TMG and TEG production unit. • Lead the tech transfer of three catalyst component products from the Baton Rouge site to our Tyrone, PA site.

Charlotte, Nc, Us

Managed and lead a team of approximately 25 colleagues (salaried and hourly) in the operation of the MDU-S, CMU, solvent drying and solvent hydrolysis units. Responsibilities included:• Maintaining PSM documentation for all production units under my supervision• Overseeing recurring and first time production of high value single site polyolefin catalyst, Ziegler Natta catalyst and catalyst components. • Executing on safety, production, housekeeping activities, schedule attainment and cost. • Maintaining the supply of dried solvents for site wide use. • Providing technical guidance to direct reports as needed to help in the execution of production campaigns.• Team member contributing to the design, commissioning and start-up of the new CMU production unit and bulk solvent storage improvement project.

Midland, Michigan, Us

Lead engineer in the chlorinated polyethylene plant with the following duties:• Providing technical support for day-to-day, continuous operations.• Tracking daily production, downtime and other KPIs.• Performing RCA on significant events which affected production.

Charlotte, Nc, Us

Lead engineer and supervisor of the MAO (methylaluminumoxane) production unit with the following job duties:• Maintaining compliance with PSM requirements and ISO 9001:2000 certification.• Providing technical support and direction for day-to-day, continuous operations. • Developing and initiating process improvements.• Tracking and controlling production cost.• Evaluating product inventory versus customer orders to determine production schedule.• Tracking key raw material utilizations and forecasting future raw material requirements.• Developing, writing and documenting operating procedures.• Providing support and direction to other production engineers assigned to the SPU and MDU Units• Assisted wage roll chemical plant operators in the production of high value single site polyolefin catalyst and catalyst components.

Process Engineer, #3 & 4 Paper Machines• Provided technical support for day-to-day, paper machine operations.• Tracked chemical usage by production grade and kept up to date standard costs.• Organized and conducted paper machine trial productions.• Supervised and collaborated with a day technician on instrument calibration, special testing, and trial work.