Alexandra Hebert-Markiewicz

• Completed $3M global expansion project focused on customer driven requirement for better quality product in alignment with competitors
• Provide daily coaching and mentorship to operators and team manager
• Core support for incoming raw materials, feed, and performance of sheet extrusion line, product used in automotive safety and architectural glass
• Apply same core duties as manufacturing engineer prior to engineering management position
• Core team member in transitioning from standard LT PVB resin to Specialty resin through use of changeover visualization and follow through on execution
• Continued to support production through daily troubleshooting, contingency planning, and data analysis during campaign
• Mentor and coach early career engineers
• Consult and provide expertise on reaction kinetics and processing of PVB resin in regard to organic volatiles, stability
• Main manufacturing engineer for paste production and embossing coating applications
• Finalized report and made recommendations to better guide decisions on next Specialty resin production campaign.

• Lead, develop, and coach 25+ headcount staff (17 hourly), with direct management of HSES, Quality, Engineering, and Operations staff
• Worked closely with product manager on production priorities for production site
• Work through developing skills of team consisting of 40%+ new team members by coaching, pairing up with more experienced employees across organization, and bringing back employees as LSEs to continue knowledge transfer
• Worked through initial digitizing efforts to reduce use of paper when reporting results of production and quality
• Implemented drum labeling system for in process and finished products
• Managed day to day issues and challenges at site in terms of equipment, personnel productivity, quality and throughput, and staying on task
• Manage major aspects of plant operations to ensure on-time delivery of quality products globally while minimizing cost, inventory and waste
• Complete all Administrative requirements in timely fashion such as Monthly reports, manufacturing reports & analysis, etc
• Enforced work policies through disciplinary action and re-training
• Responsible for major operational decisions made at site such as labor, purchasing, budgets, inventory, and safety.

• Responsible for direct leadership for Project Engineers, Electrical Engineers, Construction Manager, Design Drafting Technicians, with team focus on capital project execution with projects ranging from $50K up to $4M
• Held regular staff meetings to go over team updates, challenges, opportunities, and positives
• Strong collaborator with KPT resources on helping close gaps with specific engineering disciplines
• Mentor and develop team members, focusing on technical knowledge and development opportunities
• Build and maintain strong relationship with contracted engineering firm to complement site’s resources for project execution
• Recruit employees, assign, direct, and evaluate their work, and oversee development and maintenance of staff competence
• Ensure project resources are deployed on highest value capital projects and key plant support projects (including feasibility studies, estimates, and design reviews)
• Ensure that best value practices are used to establish project scope and to manage change
• Maintain site engineering and drawing information management systems
• Maintain and effectively communicate key project performance metrics (schedule, cost, etc.) to site and to management
• Provide timely changes on project scope and timing to appropriate audience
• Manage all phases of capital and key plant support projects (from forecasting to execution) and maximize value by executing projects within budget, on schedule, and within required operability/objectives scoped out
• Maintain effective partnerships with corporate support organizations, operations, technology, manufacturing support, and key business contacts across site and sister sites
• Maintain awareness of internal and contract resources to supplement site resources and utilize when appropriate
• Provide oversight to non-site based resources (Contractor, WWE&C, etc) used for site projects
• Coordinate and direct projects, making detailed plans to accomplish goals and directing integration of technical activities.

• Worked on strategic reorganization of 13+ employee engineering team leadership to provide better balance between day to day manufacturing support vs capital project execution
• Worked through performance challenges with team members that led to terminations through lack of progress shown in regular documented discussions
• Responsible for direct leadership for Project Engineers, Electrical Engineers, Process Controls Engineers, and Design Drafting Technicians
• Mentor and develop team members, focusing on technical knowledge and development opportunities
• Perform administrative functions such as reviewing and writing reports, approving expenditures, enforcing rules, and making decisions about purchase of materials or services
• Analyze technology, resource needs, and market demand, to plan and assess feasibility of projects
• Responsible for understanding and modifying Engineering Standards and application with projects
• Ensure that best value practices are used to establish project scope and to manage change
• Maintain site engineering and drawing information management systems
• Provide engineering and technical support to plant operations and maintenance and ensure appropriate engineering support is in place through implementation
• Lead problem solving teams to identify alternatives, design scope, and implement improvements
• On call process operations support coverage on rotating basis
• Maintain and effectively communicate key project performance metrics (schedule, cost, etc.) to site and to management
• Provide timely changes on project scope and timing to appropriate audience
• Evaluate environmental regulations or social pressures related to environmental issues to inform strategic or operational decision-making
• Recruit employees, assign, direct, and evaluate their work, and oversee development and maintenance of staff competence
• Ensure project resources are deployed on highest value capital projects and key plant support projects (including feasibility studies, estimates, and design reviews)
• Maintain site's $10M-$25M capital plan based on objective priority criteria
• Manage all phases of capital and key plant support projects (from forecasting to execution) and maximize value by executing projects within budget, on schedule, and within required operability/objectives scoped out
• Maintain effective partnerships with corporate support organizations, operations, technology, manufacturing support, and key business contacts across site and sister sites
• Maintain awareness of internal and contract resources to supplement site resources and utilize when appropriate
• Provide oversight to non-site based resources (Contractor, WWE&C, etc) used for site projects
• Coordinate and direct projects, making detailed plans to accomplish goals and directing integration of technical activities
• Direct, review, and approve product design and changes.

• Led team through day to day manufacturing challenges to resolution post software conversion project
• Several six sigma projects completed, utilizing DMAIC, process mapping, and DOEs, to improve quality (yellowing, stability, processing) and process capacity
• Incorporate new methods and processes to improve existing operations
• Provide technical expertise or support related to manufacturing
• Troubleshoot new or existing product problems involving designs, materials, or processes
• Train 30+ employee production personnel in new or existing methods
• Prepare documentation for new manufacturing processes or engineering procedures
• Investigate or resolve operational problems, such as material use variances or bottlenecks
• Prepare reports summarizing information or trends related to manufacturing performance
• Daily manufacturing responsibilities including reviewing process trends and troubleshooting department malfunctions or upsets and providing correction plans
• Provide process controls assistance
• Own department quality results, including trends, investigating upsets and coming to resolution, and leading quality improvement efforts
• Track department capacity and raw material yield performance
• Responsible for and Lead Asset Effectiveness Management Program, including tracking and analyzing downtime, networking with sister sites, and driving overall improvement plan
• Responsible for management of change, including production improvement initiatives
• Process on call coverage rotation
• Perform back up duties for area team manager and area manager including personnel related items
• Turnaround coordinator for annual turnarounds, including capital projects.

• Finished several month project that significantly improved process quality by 46% among other quality improvement initiatives
• Troubleshoot problems with chemical manufacturing processes
• Responsible for maintaining safe and reliable manufacturing systems during process control improvement efforts and/or initiatives, including but not limited to production rates, efficiencies, yields, costs and changeovers
• Responsible for alarm management monitoring, maintaining DCS mass balances and control loop tuning within assigned department
• Develop process descriptions, Process Flow Diagrams, and Standard Operating Procedures
• Provide technical support during on-going plant operations and shutdowns
• Provide training on processes, process controls and changes to all department levels
• Provide input to capital project scope and detailed engineering to ensure safe, reliable plant design, production at target rates and control of equipment
• Support capital projects with process control code development and implementation for safe and reliable operations
• Collect and analyze data to support current operation and make improvements and modifications
• Implement projects and process changes following Management of Change procedures
• Lead root cause analyses of process upsets and equipment failures to identify corrective actions to prevent recurrence
• Participate in problem solving teams to identify, design and implement improvement projects including Six sigma improvement efforts
• On-call process operations support coverage on rotating basis
• Support development of process improvement engineer within assigned area, including possible mentoring.

Extensive experience of process control system Yokogawa CS 3000 logic programming and working with operations to facilitate efficient production methods

• Fulfilled supervisory roles, including production scheduling, raw materials planning, and quality/safety incident reporting
• Had significant involvement in start-up of new process – instrument and equipment checks, efficient logic debugging, problem resolution, calibration documentation, time management, operator training
• Automated raw materials inventory tracking and reordering based on daily production
• Reduced inventory reconciliation differences by 15% through instrumentation usage and data analysis
• Improved production quality efficiency through continuous improvement, new instrument and equipment implementation, and troubleshooting
• Managed scope for and implemented simultaneous capital projects to aid with stable operation, freezing protection, and time management
• Performed aqueous polymerization experiments as part of root cause investigation
• Established ISO and non-ISO maintenance calibration and equipment list for entire plant
• Owner of all environmental reporting and follow up
• Regular interaction with electricians and mechanics in support instrumentation calibrations and LOTO.