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Process
Improvement Engineer
04485
Industry:
Plastics Manufacturing
Resides:
Massachusetts
Salary:
Open
Relocate:
Yes
On
the Market:
Summary
of Qualifications:
Twelve years of experience working in plastic manufacturing, product development
and technical support. Certified Six Sigma Black Belt, HAZOP team
leader, ISO Auditor certification. A motivated self-starter proficient
in the use of statistical methods to identify and resolve process problems
who enjoys contributing to the success of team efforts.
Professional Experience:
(Company) Massachusetts
From February 2000 to Present
Leading supplier of particle size analyzing equipment with domestic sales
of over 50 million dollars
Project Engineer, Process Systems
· Completed over 25 system installations
of online analyzers during the past 2 years.
· Revitalized the used of 12 units
with pre-existing problems by re-engineered sampling methods and retraining
personnel resulting in the sales of 3 additional units.
· Used six sigma methods at a customer
site to establish the instrument as a quality critical device and a corporate
standard resulting in additional sales of over $1 million dollars.
(Company) Manufacturing, Inc., New Hampshire
From 1999 to January 2000
Privately held company that manufactures non-woven fabrics to the footware
and automotive industries.
Plastics Engineer R & D:
· Successfully started up new sheet
extrusion line developing operating procedures and qualifying the line
for production of all products with in one month.
· Modified operating procedures to
improve quality saving over $300,000 in annual sales.
· During a resin allocation period,
identified and qualified alternate resin for automotive application saving
35% in material cost and removing a production limit due to resin supply
issue.
Omya, Inc., Proctor, Vermont
From January 1997 to February 1999
Privately held mutli-national supply of ground calcium carbonate with
worldwide sales exceeding a billion dollars.
Technical Service Specialist-Paint and Plastic
· Technical support for the sales
of ground calcium carbonate into plastic market.
· Researched adding CaCO3 to polyolefin
resins. Including trial work to determine the effects that adding
carbonate to polyethylene and polypropylene blown film, blow molded bottles,
thermoformed sheet, extruded pipe and injection molded parts had on physical
properties and operating conditions.
Paxon Polymer Co., Baton Rouge, Louisiana
From August 1990 to January
1997
A joint venture between Allied Signal And Exxon that produces over 5 billion
lbs of HDPE annually
Process Improvement Engineer
· Identified re-occurring process
disturbances that were causing the production of off specification product
to improve process capability and eliminating the need to discount over
8 million pounds of HDPE annually, Saving over 3 million dollars annually
· Developed die swell and organoleptic
control schemes for the production of blow molding grades of high-density
polyethylene to US Dairies securing a 45% market share.
· Lead team investigating customer
contamination complaints, identifying and eliminating the cause of 70%
the complaints per year.
Production Engineer
· Day to day troubleshooting of production
problems of continuous loop reactors and twin screw extruders during the
manufacturing of HDPE.
· Team leader of the HAZOP review
of the ethylene distribution system.
· Conducted plant production runs
for the development of new polyethylene grades in both the reactor and
extrusion areas.
· Actively involved in both GMP and
ISO-9002 programs.
· Monitored ethylene supply changes
during ethylene supplier's turnaround. Changed plant operating conditions
to offset supply changes without having a single quality or production
issue.
Specialty Product Engineer
· Coordinated the production of 8
million pound / month specialty grades of HDPE produced at toll compounders.
· Qualified new compounders for the
production of specialty products as production demand increased 400%.
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Red Ball, Inc., Nashua, New Hampshire
from June 1987 to August 1990
Technical Lab Manager
· Managed the PVC formulation lab
supervising two technicians.
· Reduced material costs through waste
reduction programs and by reformulating compounds.
· Reduced hazardous waste generation
through modification of operating procedures.
Education:
1986 BS Chemical Engineering, University Of Lowell, Lowell, MA - Minor
in Computer Science, with graduate studies in Chemical Engineering until
1988.
Additional Training:
· Six Sigma Process Improvement Master
Certification (Allied Signal)
· Statistical Methods for Quality
and Productivity Improvement
· Total Quality Leadership
· Effective Quality Auditing
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