Oct 2020 – Jun 2021 · 8 mos · Rhome, Texas, United States · On-site

• Coordinated controls and electrical installation for multi-million dollar capital equipment installation to support multiples of growth in capacity
• Lead design and execution of truck scale move along with concrete roadways to support tractor-trailer traffic
• Designed and installed compressed air system to support class 1 division 1 instrumentation and controls

Jan 2020 – Sep 2020 · 8 mos · Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex

Mar 2018 – Jan 2020 · 1 yr 10 mos · Garland, TX

• Manage all chemical plant operations
• Developed and executed gap analysis for plant against corporate and government standards to identify required actions to ensure compliance.
• Audited against Process Safety Management (PSM) standards to create action plans to close identified gaps.
• Injury rate reduction from 2 recordable injuries per year to 0
• Lead root cause investigations into near-miss safety incidents to drive continuous improvement for people and process safety.
• Developed Safety turnaround program to drive hazard awareness at shop floor
• Training and Development of 3 managers and 2 engineers
• Scale up and deployment of two new products in existing reactor equipment
• Shipping on-time in full from 72% to 91% year over year
• Developed and deployed new budget based on more than 60% change (by volume) in products
• Created and executed new staffing plan to support new product manufacturing
• Deployed maintenance excellence process to drive planned maintenance from 0% to 55%
• Implemented Safety, Quality and Operations Managements systems

Jan 2015 – Jun 2015 · 5 mos · Fort Worth, TX

• Maintain and drive site operations during transition period.
• Ensure that employee safety remains top principle by supporting BBS safety process and by advancing and monitoring leading initiatives.
• Continue to deliver improvements in site to meet business goals via capital and operational pathways.
• Advance and expand employee engagement programs at site level.

Nov 2014 – Mar 2018 · 3 yrs 4 mos · Fort Worth, TX

• Responsible for all Production, Warehousing, Shipping.
• Safety, production planning, scheduling, first-time right, on-time in full, manufacturing procedures, warehousing, shipping, semi-batch, semi-continuous and continuous specialty chemical production operations. Department includes 4 supervisors, 16 operators, and 4 warehousing, shipping and receiving positions.
• Zero recordable and lost-time injuries.
• Increased production capacity >20% 2015-2016 via operational changes (zero capital).
• Introduced enhanced production scheduling to liberate capacity and streamline plant operations.
• Implemented Lean Manufacturing system (TPS).

May 2013 – Aug 2015 · 2 yrs 3 mos · Fort Worth, TX

• Responsible for all Engineering & Maintenance functions.
• Safety, Capital Projects, Process Improvement, Continuous Improvement, Mechanical Integrity, Preventative & Reactive Maintenance, Electrical Maintenance, Control Systems, Asset Integrity, Process Hazard Analysis, Process Safety Management and Pre Start-up Safety Review. 10 person department, including Project Engineer, Maintenance Supervisor and 8 Maintenance personnel.
• PSM, PSSR, MI, PHA, AI, PM, TPM

Oct 2012 – May 2013 · 7 mos · Fort Worth, TX

• Mechanical Integrity implementation.
• On team that implemented new safety rules (Life Saving Rules).
• Scope, Cost, Bid, Execute & Close projects.
• Extensive work with Maintenance Module in SAP.
• Started planned maintenance.

Jul 2010 – Oct 2012 · 2 yrs 3 mos · Fort Worth, TX

• Monitor & report to senior management on all energy and utility usage.
• Manage daily performance and problem solving on multiple processes in a waste water treatment plant.
• Technical Services project lead on multiple projects.

Feb 2007 – Mar 2009 · 2 yrs 1 mo

• Devise recommendations for plant management to lower costs, lower specific heat consumption, lower specific electrical consumption, improve quality, and increase production.
• Lead and perform process audits for kilns, coolers, raw mills, coal mills, wet scrubbers and SNCR systems.
• Maintain and manage programming and utilization of the ABB high level control system on two kilns, two coolers, one pre-calciner, two raw mills, and three finish mills.
• Wrote standard operating procedures for operations on all major equipment, including kilns, raw mills, finish mills and scrubbers.

May 2005 – Feb 2007 · 1 yr 9 mos

• Devise recommendations for plant management to lower costs, lower specific heat consumption, lower specific electrical consumption, improve quality, and increase production.
• Learn and implement programming for ABB high level control system to improve plant efficiency in milling and kiln operations.
• Lead and perform process audits for milling and kiln systems.

Sep 2003 – May 2005 · 1 yr 8 mos

• Ensure plant meets legal and corporate requirements for environmental performance.