Thomas Bober Email & Phone Number

Penfield, Ny, Us

Rochester, Ny

Chemical engineer with Lean Six Sigma Black Belt certification and Professional Engineering license seeking a leadership opportunity in a chemical or other manufacturing environment. Experienced leading improvement teams, managing capital projects and driving troubleshooting activities. Served in a variety of roles supporting plant operations & maintenance, equipment & process reliability, cost & waste reduction, capital improvements, as well as addressing safety & environmental issues.

Syracuse, New York Area

Managed annual $900K capital budget for plant, with responsibility for all aspects of design, reporting and execution, Provided technical support for sodium nitrite manufacturing process and supporting activities, including process safety management.

Rochester, New York

Led continuous improvement and cost reduction efforts for continuous base manufacturing operation supporting Motion Picture, Consumer and Professional product lines.• Reduced annual solvent usage by $200K using Six Sigma Black Belt principles to drive a series of improvement projects while maintaining product quality and operational reliability.• Eliminated $100K in annual waste and resolved long-term quality issue with consumer and professional films by reformulation of coating solution and modifying standard work.• Prevented stocking out and possible permanent loss of motion picture film customers by bringing critical coating solution process back into control after raw material supply change. Implemented program to manage raw material variability through vendor supplier agreement and new lot certification procedures to eliminate future reoccurrence.• Significantly improved the reliability of a critical solution make process by implementation of a Quality Assurance System (QAS), including statistical process control, additional process verification and improved ISO 9001 standard work.

Rochester, New York

Led quality control and lean manufacturing efforts for solution making/coating efforts for continuous film base making operation supporting Motion Picture, Consumer and Professional product lines.• Reduced raw material inventory costs by $250K for key manufactured component by using Lean Manufacturing concepts. Accomplished without impacting final product quality or delivery. • Eliminated $100K in annual discard waste by addressing quality issues with raw material critical to motion picture film base. Manufacturing process of internal supplier brought under control by implementing process improvements and batch blending.• Reduced coating waste by $600K for consumer and professional film bases by bringing new solution making process under control. This involved development of predictive analytical tool, reformulation of key raw material and modification of ISO 9001 standard operating procedures.• Saved $100K in disposal charges by identifying alternate uses for obsolete chemicals.

Rochester, Ny

Directed capital upgrades and reliability improvement projects for continuous extrusion polyester manufacturing operations supporting Motion Picture, Health Care and Graphic Arts product lines.• Executed $20M capital upgrade program to a polyester film casting machine. Owned responsibility for project requirements and business case, guiding design and execution teams, leading system commissioning activities, training personnel and updating standard work. Project came in on schedule and on budget, meeting quality demands and an aggressive timeline.• Prevented disruptive stock out of customers by driving expedited repair of a critical process system. Project beat requested timeline despite severe winter weather, specialty parts and need to use various outside resources.• Significantly reduced product change time and related waste through implementation of standard work for operational and maintenance procedures. • Extensive experience with polyester extrusion, casting, stretching and winding.