To work in a manufacturing plant in a position that uses my back ground as a process engineer, plant engineer, maintenance manager, production supervisor or deparment manager.
SYNTHIA MCINTOSH
3888 Osage Street
Springfield, OR 97478
541.514.7540 smci4580[at]aol.com
SUMMARY
Talented chemical engineer and manager with over 25 years of technical and project management experience. Demonstrated expertise in research and development, process engineering, production engineering, plant engineering, quality assurance, production supervision, capital project management, maintenance leadership, World Class Manufacturing, and departmental – facility management. Reputation for being a leader who is persistent, prudent and adventurous, while maintaining the highest possible quality and productivity.
BUSINESS EXPERTISE
• Budget and Cost Management • Microsoft Office Programs
• Statistical Analysis Programs (Zontec - Minitab) • Staff Management and Training
• ISO Certification • AutoCAD, P&IDs, and PFDs
• Union Relations • SAP, DMAIC, SPC
• World Class Manufacturing • Project Management Programs (Microsoft Project)
• Project Management (mechanical, electrical, instrumentation) • Mechanical Integrity (MI) and Reliability - Evaluation, Inspection and Testing Assessments
• Process Safety Management (PSM) With Management of Change System and Process Hazard Analysis (PHA)
PROFESSIONAL ACCOMPLISHMENTS
HEXION, Specialty Chemical Company, Springfield, OR 2007 – 2009
Plant Engineer, Maintenance Team Leader, Assistant Site Leader (2 years)
Provided engineering support for plant design, plan modifications, process improvements and operations troubleshooting. Provided leadership and direction to plant maintenance department (3 mechanics, planner, instrument technician and electrician), driving initiatives for maintenance performance improvement with $60K monthly budget. Managed regulatory issues around mechanical integrity with annual budget of $200K.
Major Accomplishments:
• Reduced shipping costs of methanol with install of methanol truck unload system to replace railcar unloading system ($350K).
• Eliminated employee exposure to acid and bases by installing separate acid-base system for 3 reactors ($300K).
• Eliminated employee exposure to formaldehyde by replacing weigh tank with in-line mass flow meters ($120K).
• Decreased employee exposure to phenol by replacing centrifugal pump with double mechanical seal pump ($60K).
• Eliminated formaldehyde loss in burners with purchase and replacement of burner spools ($47K).
• Diminished steam usage valued at $3K per month by installing caustic injection system for distillation columns ($20K).
• Reduced back log of work orders in SAP by 93% in a 2 year period.
• Eliminated line blockage of phenol resin piping to storage tanks with modification of piping system ($27K).
• Ran maintenance department 3% under budget for 2008.
• Successfully installed $1M of process equipment in a 2 year period.
• Decreased reactor 4 and 6 product pump out time by 33% with upgrade of pump motors ($20K).
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KINGSFORD MANUFACTURING COMPANY, Springfield, OR 2001 – 2007
Quality Manager, Process Engineer, Plant Engineer, Autonomous Maintenance Leader (7 years)
Plant leader for maintaining and improving product and process quality.
• Directly managed 2 lab technicians, including annual performance reviews, vacation scheduling, work delegation, hiring, and firing.
• Managed production team testing on raw materials, in-process materials, and finished products. Provided employee training on new test equipment and procedures.
• Performed and reported statistical analysis of operational data for monthly product and process measurements, and annual internal audits.
• Owner and driver of Quality Maintenance Pillar and Improvement Methods Pillar.
• Experience with 5S, Failure Mode Effect and Analysis (FMEA), Kaisens, Focused Improvements.
Major Accomplishments as Quality Manager and Engineer
Duties included project cost estimation and capital project management.
• Replaced aging bucket elevator to reduce risk of failure ($150K).
• Eliminated warehouse roof leaks with roof replacement ($132K).
• Installed weigh belt system to eliminate manual calculation of briquette solvent levels ($65K).
• Led plant in meeting overall product quality requirements 4 consecutive years. Improved product capability for solvent level in briquets.
• Improved Match Light product capability with removal of fines prior to packaging through development of screening system for solvent holding tank ($4K).
• Developed grid system in drop chute to remove fines from Match Light product ($1K).
• Successfully managed plant personnel in company initiative to implement new test methods for new product line (Barbecue Bag).
• Successfully led 9 person team through a Step 1 of Autonomous Maintenance Process
ASARCO, Amarillo Copper Refinery, Amarillo, TX 1996 – 2001
Assistant Departmental Facility Manager (3 years), Production Supervisor (1 year), Plant-Process Engineer (2 years)
• Assisted the facility manager over the silver processing department, with $250K monthly budget. Managed 3 production supervisors, covered vacations, monitored and led department in meeting production requirements. Assisted manager with performance reviews, union negotiations, hiring, and firing.
• Supervised 15 hourly employees in an electrolytic copper refining process. Led team in meeting yearly production requirements (176,333 tons of Copper), provided daily reports of product quality, provided training as needed on new process procedures and standards, scheduled vacations, and handled disciplinary issues.
• Performed trouble shooting, process design, process optimization, and capital project management. Managed projects involving waste water treatment, electrolytic refining of silver and copper, leaching of solids for metal recovery, furnace operation, refractory brick and tank house operations.
Major Accomplishments:
• Installation of warehouse ($250K).
• Developed process to recover silver from sludge generated from purification of copper, using an electrolysis process.
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ASARCO (continued)
• Identified and successfully tested a pre-cast refractory brick for use to replace the process of pouring refractory in furnace walls.
• Ensured company’s success in obtaining and maintaining ISO 9000 certification.
HELIUM FIELD OPERATIONS, Amarillo, TX 1995-1996
Process Engineer
• Monitored turbines’ efficiency in helium liquefaction and purification process, using Hysim computer engineering program. Designed, modified and tested a unit to remove higher percentages of hydrogen from crude helium gas. Developed mass and energy balance data for the process to identify leaks and deficient equipment within the plant.
• Collected and analyzed operational data for the plant instrument air system, process charcoal filters, deoxo units and gas regeneration equipment. Reviewed Spill Prevention Control and Counter-measures (SPCC) plans for compliance to federal code regulations.
U.S. BUREAU OF MINES RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTER, Reno, NV 1984 – 1995
Research Engineer
Planned, designed, and performed experimental investigations to provide the mining industry with more economical and efficient methods of recovering metal from ore and slag. Projects included recovery of manganese, titanium, copper, gold and silver from ore and from solution using hydrometallurgical and bioleaching methods.
Major research performed and published:
• Manganese recovery from solution by bioleaching Three Kids Ore.
• Manganese recovery from steelmaking slags by carbamate leaching.
• Water removal from Bayer Muds by electrolysis.
EDUCATION AND TRAINING
BS, Chemical Engineering, University of Missouri-Rolla, MO, 1982
Metallurgical Engineering, 9 credit hours of Masters Level Courses, University of Nevada, Reno, NV,1985
Business-Computer technology, 15 credit hours, Truckee Meadows Community College, Reno, NV, 1990
Practical Strategies for Process Improvement, 3 week course, University of Tennessee, TN, 2002
Resume addendum available for extensive work experience, references, publications and extra curricula activities.
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