Daniel Crockford
Boise,ID
Summary
Shift Engineer with extensive practical experience working with diverse systems and equipment. Equipped with a chemical engineering education and field training delivered by field experts. Adept at troubleshooting equipment failures, performing root cause analysis, commissioning new processes, reducing maintenance manhours and minimizing utility consumption. Dedicated to continuous improvement of process performance, safety, and product quality.
Overview
3
3
years of professional experience
Work History
Shift Engineer
Micron Technology, Inc.
06.2022 - Current
- Coordinate daily activities to improve equipment uptime, troubleshoot equipment and PLC control related downs.
- Investigate loss of containment events and determine corrective action .
- Generate maintenance schedules and determine PM frequency.
- Conduct HAZOP studies, failure analysis reports, and safety review meetings.
- Install, commission, and improve new processes.
- Manage projects related to improving area TPM performance, effluent management, utility use, product quality impact, and safety.
- Recommend equipment design changes and establish design criteria.
- Documenting process/equipment changes, establish best known methods, and create SOPs
- Test and analyze equipment design and performance to determine potential ROI.
- Train and mentor a competent and flexible workforce to meet area deliverables and promote positive work environment.
- Review technical drawings developed by facilities, vendors and drafters.
Process and Abatement Engineering Intern
MICRON
05.2021 - 08.2021
- Coordinated interdepartmental projects to decrease the frequency and product impact on production equipment downs.
- Designed experiments to determine optimal process conditions and test equipment change efficacy.
- Maintained positive work atmosphere by building relationships with co-workers, customers, clients, and management.
- Collaborated with senior engineers on projects and offered insight on equipment and process changes.
- Prepared presentations and documentation to communicate results to senior management.
Education
Chemical Engineering
UNIVERSITY OF UTAH
Salt Lake City, UT05.2022
Skills
- Statistical Process Control (SPC)
- Design of Experiments
- 8D problem solving
- Total Productive Maintenance (TPM)
- Aspen Plus
- AutoCAD, Inventor Pro, CREO
- Python
- JMP
- Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Etc
- Data mining
- Process control and design
- Pumps, chillers, and heat exchangers
- Process commissioning and interlock testing
- Dry Etch, PCVD, Wet, and Diffusion Processes
- Vacuum systems
- Wet, burn-wet, and wet-burn-wet abatement
- Reading and developing P&ID’s
- Troubleshooting electrical and mechanical systems
Projects
Exhaust pressure interlock quality deviation investigation (Micron)
- Led a root-cause investigation the primary contributor to impacted product quality for our area. Successfully coordinated with production and equipment area SMEs to implement equipment and process improvements resulting in no further quality impact for the second half of the fiscal year 2023.
Abatement reactor leak investigation (Micron)
- Conducted an incident investigation into an event that resulted in the loss of containment of process gases and industrial waste. Effectively identified the PLC logic issue that led to the failure. Organized corrective action with the equipment vendor and presented findings to area leadership, resulting in no further incidents of this type.
Timeline
Shift Engineer
Micron Technology, Inc.
06.2022 - Current
Process and Abatement Engineering Intern
MICRON
05.2021 - 08.2021
Chemical Engineering
UNIVERSITY OF UTAH