Leverkusen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
Experienced operations and safety leader with a demonstrated history of working in the chemicals and engineering plastics industries in multiple countries and cultures. Skilled in Safety Management, Organization Design, Communication and Crisis Management, Continuous Improvement, Process Optimization, Chemical Engineering, Plant Management, and Plant Design.
Chairman for the Board of Management for the EPSC
Member of the Board of Management responsible for the EPSC statutes, strategy, policy, financial governance, and staffing.
Responsible for providing governance and leadership for the process and machinery safety at all production sites globally. Responsible for standards and methods for the harmonized performance of PHAs/HAZOPs. Manage a group of senior safety experts in the process, machinery, explosion, fire, and pressure safety fields. Act as global owner for the core processes for PPS/PHA, Management of Change, Life Saver (Work permit safety), and Machinery Safety.
Managing Director and Site Manager for Covestro Guangzhou business. Responsible for all aspects of operations at a multi-business unit site: Engineering Plastics, Specialty Films, and Tailored Urethanes.
Plant Manager of world scale polycarbonate unit and member of site leadership team.
Managed group of process technology engineers engaged in six sigma based process variability reduction projects, energy efficiency studies, advanced process control, risk based inspection revalidation, infrastructure improvement studies and process engineering in support of large scale chemical plants for Bayer Material Science, Bayer Crop Science and external companies.
Progressive roles ranging from plant engineer through plant manager at the Sheffield Plastics / Bayer MaterialScience sites in MA and CT.
Capital project development key responsibilities: process simulation, PFD and P&ID development, equipment design, HAZOP process safety reviews and project reviews Process optimization and improvement projects Technology and process modeling transfer between US and Germany