Experience

Vivergo Fuels Ltd.

• United Kingdom
• Renewables & Environment
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Production Shift Supervisor

  • Aug 2022 - Present

• Senior Control Room Operator

  • Aug 2021 - Nov 2022



Haltermann Carless

• Germany
• Chemical Manufacturing
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Production Shift Manager

  • Mar 2018 - Aug 2021

  To safely manage refinery shift operations, achieving the production plan ensuring operational costs are minimised and quality standards are met. To ensure all HSE requirements and ISO accreditations (9001, 14001, 18001 and 50001) are adhered to and that all company policies and procedures are followed. To act in accordance with the COMAH safety report prepared for the top-tier refinery site. To prepare and issue necessary Cold/Hot work and confined space entry permits and manage/supervise external contractors. To assume overall responsibility for the refinery and implement any required emergency procedures outside of normal working hours. To ensure shift personnel train, develop and maintain overall competency and adhere to standard operating procedures.



Vivergo Fuels Ltd.

• United Kingdom
• Renewables & Environment
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Lead Process Technician

  • Oct 2015 - Mar 2018

  The Lead Process Technician role is to safely deliver the required performance outputs against targets for their shift by supporting all shift team members in their roles. Following instruction and direction from the Production Shift Manager the Lead Process Technician will apply CI tools such as SIC and problem solving to maintain performance in line with targets for safety, productivity, efficiency, reliability and resource planning. Safe operation of plant in accordance with operating procedures, developing temporary operating procedures consistent with how the plant is actually operated. Delivering the shift’s responsibilities on the scheduled monitoring and auditing activitiesDriving CI culture change through use of SIC, standard operating, problem solving, root cause analysis and routine inspections. Supporting the Production Shift Manager in data gathering for meetings and performance measurement, developing the shift’s competence and flexibility through role rotation, competency assessments and on going training.

• Control Room Operator

  • Dec 2013 - Oct 2015

  In my role as a Control Room Operator (CRO) I operated and controlled a wide array of plant operations using a Delta V DCS, these include; Distillation, Evaporation, MSDH, Steam generation, Batch Fermentation, Liquefaction, Milling, Animal Feed Drying and Pelleting, Process Condensate Treatment & Utilities which includes steam, Cooling Water and Instrument Air. VivergoFuels is one of Europe's largest Bio-ethanol plants and is located on a top tier COMAH site. As a top tier COMAH site safety is the top priority and I was regularly involved in table top exercises looking at emergency response pre plans in order to be prepared in case of emergency and to regularly improve and update actions to be carried out in any MAH scenario.



Intertek

• United Kingdom
• International Trade and Development
• 700 & Above Employee

• Laboratory Technician

  • Aug 2012 - Dec 2013

  As a laboratory technician for Intertek my duties included sampling and testing of scheduled process samples from the VivergoFuels Bio-ethanol plant. Assisting the plant operators when needed by carrying out further analysis required. Validating and improving working methods as well as maintaining laboratory equipment. I routinely used the following pieces of equipment & pieces of instrumentation; HPLC, IC, GC, AAS, XRF, TOC analyser, auto-titrators, FOSS NIR analyser, as well as basic laboratory equipment such as pH probes, pipettes and burettes.