Eldon Woolard

• Self-motivated, with a strong sense of personal responsibility.
• Proven leader in safety and proactive thinking.
• Worked effectively in fast-paced environments.
• Skilled at working independently and collaboratively in a team environment.
• Proven ability to learn quickly and adapt to new situations.
• Worked well in a team setting, providing support and guidance.
• Assisted with day-to-day operations, working efficiently and productively with all team members.
• Took our department where no operational personnel made decision to a completely self running department where operators took responsibility for making decisions that supervisors were making.
• Excellent communication skills, both verbal and written.
• Worked flexible hours across night, weekend, and holiday shifts.
• Managed time efficiently in order to complete all tasks within deadlines.
• Started up the crystallizer to reduce chlorides in the black liquor.
• Started up the new dregs filter project which cleaned up the tss in our white liquor
• Led the team to introduce oxygen in to the kiln to improve production and reduce kiln TRS emissions. This project won an energy award at the Koch Industries annual energy meeting.
• Led our team to replace # 5 and # 3 water wells which reduced chloride levels in the mill water
• Successfully managed our waste water system for 12 years with no EPA violations.
• Gained our EPD permission to run the kiln at a reduced rate with our kiln precipitator out of service. This allowed the kiln to produce 420 tpd when we had precipitator issues instead of shutting down.
• Achieved 100% uptime on the kiln for a full year and 10 months.
• Achieved 100% uptime on both slakers for numerous years, solved several issues with the slakers that was causing constant downtime in the years before i took over the department
• Optimized the kiln chain section that did not affect fuel efficiency, and improved throughput

I was tasked as one of three Key Operational personnel retained after the mill shutdown. They kept an electrical superintendent, fiberline superintendent (myself), and a paper machine superintendent. We organized items we needed to sell and tasked with day to day upkeep of all strategic equipment necessary to restart the mill in the event of a successful sale.

We came close to a sale, but it fell through and was sold to a real estate developer.

• Oversaw daily operations, ensuring compliance with safety and quality standards.
• Developed and implemented production schedules to optimize workflow efficiency.
• Led cross-functional teams in continuous improvement initiatives, enhancing operational performance.
• Mentored staff on best practices for equipment operation and maintenance procedures.
• Led several Large projects updating equipment and adding projects to modernize and stream line operations
• Spearheaded cost-reduction projects that improved overall budget management across departments.
• Helped design and implement a successful 5 million dollar project to convert old analog controls to a Foxboro DCS system to control 13 digesters, all the same size as the Brunswick small digesters.
• Helped design and start up a new reject system that cleaned up our #1 washer line and enabled our # 1 paper machine to make more expensive grades of paper.
• Successfully implemented a plan that brought our old center valve washers to a 98% uptime and increased washing efficiency.
• Led the project to convert our hardwood washers to air takeoff doctors and replaced the old takeoff rolls that continuously kept tearing wires off.
• I never had an employee seriously injured during my time as fiberline leader including my maintenance mechanics. This was during a very trying time when numerous people were getting seriously injured in other areas of the mill.
• When we had the accident with the recovery boiler, I was being tasked with taking over that department due to the numerous issues going on with that department that was limiting production.

This was slated to happen on the Monday following the accident, The trnsition never happened, but I was involved as a primary contact in the investigation of the accident. I lost two good friends in the boiler explosion.

• Resolved conflicts efficiently among team members, fostering a positive work environment that contributed to successful outcomes.

• Trained and mentored team members on production processes and quality standards.
• Streamlined workflow procedures to enhance efficiency and reduce downtime.
• Developed training programs aimed at improving staff skills and productivity.
• Demonstrated commitment to the organization''s core values, leading by example and fostering a culture of excellence.
• Implemented safety protocols to minimize workplace accidents and maintain compliance with industry standards.
• Led successful project completions under tight deadlines, coordinating effectively across multiple teams.

Worked up from daily pulp mill cleanup through to operational line of progression on our 'liquor side' operations.

Worked through, lime handler, three positions on the recovery boilers, kiln operator, recausticizing operator.

Was promoted to shift supervisor and worked as shift supervisor until our fiberline leader was disabled due to an off mill accident.

I successfully solved numerous operational problems that no one else was able to.