Experience

Monument Chemical

• United States
• Chemical Manufacturing
• 200 - 300 Employee

• Senior Production Engineer

  • Aug 2022 - Present



Olin

• United States
• Chemical Manufacturing
• 700 & Above Employee

• Lead Production Engineer at Olin Epoxy

  • Sep 2018 - Aug 2021

  Production Engineer for Liquid Epoxy Resin(LER) process.

• Production Engineer at Olin Epoxy

  • Jun 2016 - Sep 2018

  Production Engineer for Epoxy Intermediates THROx Hazardous Waste Incinerator, Hazardous Waste Inventory Control, and aqHCL site distribution o Conduct advanced troubleshooting with operations to maintain maximum incineration rates while satisfying air and waste environmental permit requirements o Manage the monthly maintenance budget & plant variable costs to eliminate high expenditures o Control waste inventories to minimize third party incineration o Collaborate with process controls engineers on code improvements for controls systems o Leader in LOPC Reduction team where I develop programs to eliminate potential process leak sources in the fieldManaged the THROx 2017 $1.1million maintenance turnaround through planning, budgeting, and execution o Developed shutdown/start-up procedures o Completed Management of Change (MOCs) for equipment changes o Reviewed turnaround budget o Conducted safety and hazard analysis reviews o Communicated impact to affected parties at Freeport site o Eliminated unnecessary contract services, saving $50,000 o Optimized maintenance timeline to save $300,000 in third party incineration costs

• Production Engineer at Olin Chlor Alkali

  • Jun 2015 - May 2016

  Production engineer for Powell Bleach, HyPure (R) Bleach, and Chlorine Liquefaction Processes o Provided advanced troubleshooting for daily process upsets o Utilized six sigma methodologies to minimize raw materials usage and occurrences of off-spec product o Calculate emissions quantities for LOPC events o Updated operating discipline and lead training on changes o Coordinated with maintenance to implement equipment, piping, and instrumentation upgrades o Managed HyPure(R) Bleach plant decommissioning activities & utilities demo o Assisted with Henderson conversion from chlor aklali facility to caustic/bleach railcar trans-loading site



Freeport-McMoRan

• United States
• Mining
• 700 & Above Employee

• Metallurgy Engineer - Intern

  • May 2013 - Aug 2014

  Intern at Tyrone Operations Solvent Extraction/Electro-Winning plant for the 2013 & 2014 Summer Sessions. o Designed an experiment to correlate raffinate flow rate to leaching stockpile emitter plugging o Constructed a model mixer to assess the effects of SX gunk tank mixing on organic extractant reconditioning o Designed and implemented an experiment to assess the effect of organic washing on reducing impurities in electrolyte solution to improve electro-winning current efficiency o Participated in leaching metallurgy audits



Ira A. Fulton Schools of Engineering at Arizona State University

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Undergraduate Research Assistant

  • Feb 2012 - May 2014

  Developed specialized multi-component membranes for biofuel (ethanol) recovery processes, and designed/built experimental apparatus used for ethanol recovery analysis. Project was presented as Honors College Thesis. Developed specialized multi-component membranes for biofuel (ethanol) recovery processes, and designed/built experimental apparatus used for ethanol recovery analysis. Project was presented as Honors College Thesis.