Experience

Axiall, a Westlake Company

• Production Superintendent



PPG Industries / Axiall Corporation

• Production Superintendent

  • Jul 2014 - Present

  Responsible for production planning• Ensures compliance with environmental, health and safety requirements for the production area• Supervision of operations and supervisors• Maintain operations and maintenance budget within dictated requirements• Management of Change review and approval

• Production Area Supervisor

  • Nov 2008 - Jul 2014

  Check and verify lock outs for maintenance activities.• Issue hot work and confined space permits• Initiate Management of Change for process changes and improvements.• Ensure that all SRV, RD, Vessel Inspections, Proof tests are completed as scheduled.• Provide input regarding items for the maintenance budget.• Meet with maintenance to discuss weekly schedule.• Participate in major outage planning for maintenance activities• Train and qualify operators.• Review daily performance of unit through logbook, logsheets, Foxboro.• ISO Coordinator - maintain compliance with procedures, maintain controlled copies of documents.• Transitioned from Caustic Unit to Membrane Unit in July 2010 Show less

• Caustic Logistics Coordinator

  • Sep 2007 - Nov 2008

  Quality control of product• Shipment coordination• Train and qualify packers and operators.• Coordination of maintenance work including inspections, cleaning and activities to minimize productiondowntime.• Initiate, review and approve process changes utilizing Management of Change procedure.• Perform end-of-month inventory, resolve discrepancies and communicate to accounting.• ISO Coordinator - maintaining compliance with procedures, maintain controlled copies of documents, assessinternal suppliers, coordinate critical supplier assessments, and coordinate corrective action items fromcustomer complaints and audit findings. Show less

• Area Foreman

  • Mar 2005 - Sep 2007

  Front line operations supervisor for acid plant and thermal oxidizer- Day-to-day operations- Implementation of improvement projects- Preventive maintenance planning and scheduling- Participated in start-up and commissioning of DCPI unit• Maintenance facilitator for Area A and Customer Service- Daily and weekly maintenance schedules- Work order tracking, priority setting and completion- Ensuring Area A was not delinquent in any PRD / PRV inspections• Focused on budget spending for short-term but long-term process improvements Show less

• Operator

  • Jul 1999 - Mar 2005

  Sampling of continuous chloroformate unit• Daily operations of phosgene recovery system, phosgene reactors, wastewater collection tank, acid unit• Monitoring of cooling tower, steam jet vacuum system, boiler and refrigeration units

• Customer Service Operator

  • Dec 1998 - Jul 1999

  Sampling and moving raw materials from tank trucks to storage in order to maintain continuous production• Loading of tank trucks, railcars, and drums with final product to meet customer requirements and maintaincontinuous production

• Hot End Operator

  • Sep 1997 - Dec 1998

  Monitored and maintained specified process variables• Monitored environmental conditionsWarehouse Employee

• Lead Packer

  • May 1997 - Sep 1997

  Quality control and shipping