Nicholas Prus
Denver,CO
Summary
I am a passionate, hard working engineer working to continue building my career in supporting manufacturing. With extensive experience in continuous improvement in a GMP environment, I am looking for a role that allows me to use my skills to provide value through waste reduction, reliability improvement, and process design.
Overview
6
6
years of professional experience
Work History
Meati Foods
Manufacturing Engineer
03.2023 - 03.2024
- Led root cause problem solving efforts to remedy inconsistent airflow, enabling 25% increase in fermentation yields
- Reduced plant-wide water usage by 20% through CIP system optimizations in collaboration with QA
- Led team of peers to develop a streamlined methodology for reporting of daily KPIs and owned site level KPI reporting to enable data based decision making
- Integral member of team responsible for designing and commissioning plant expansion which doubled fermentation capacity
- Created process documentation and trained operators in GMP fermentation while maintaining overall product quality and a safe work environment
Meati Foods
Fermentation Operator
07.2022 - 03.2023
- Gained in depth technical knowledge on HTSTs, CIP skids, and mixproof valves while supporting the team as SME
- Pioneered a shift handover process focusing on clear information transfer resulting in daily success across shifts
- Created process documentation and training standards from scratch as an integral part of plant commissioning
Parker Hannifin Corp.
Hydraulics Lab Technician
10.2021 - 05.2022
- Built and installed hydraulic pumps to clients specifications
- Attained hands-on mechanical experience in a manufacturing environment
Shiyu Zhang's Lab
Undergraduate Researcher
01.2018 - 08.2019
- Designed and synthesized inorganic catalysts with the goal of converting nitric oxide to nitrite
- Developed keen understanding of laboratory methods,which included glove-boxes, UV-Vis spectrophotometers, X-ray Crystallography, NMR, and Mass Spectrometry
Education
Bachelor of Science - Chemical Engineering
THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY
Columbus, OH2021
Skills
- Plant-Wide Continuous Improvement
- Current Good Manufacturing Practices (cGMP)
- Waste Reduction
- Process Documentation
- Personnel Training
- Experimental Design
- Root Cause Analysis (RCA)
- Startup and Shutdown Management
- Process and Plant Design
- Waste-Water Discharge Reporting
- Chemical Manufacturing
- Aspen
- OpenLCA
- AutoCAD
- MATLAB
- Excel
Interests
- Rock Climbing
- Painting
- Snowboarding
- Reading
- Hiking
Professional References
Gladly Furnished Upon Request
Timeline
Meati Foods
Manufacturing Engineer
03.2023 - 03.2024
Meati Foods
Fermentation Operator
07.2022 - 03.2023
Parker Hannifin Corp.
Hydraulics Lab Technician
10.2021 - 05.2022
Shiyu Zhang's Lab
Undergraduate Researcher
01.2018 - 08.2019
Bachelor of Science - Chemical Engineering
THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY
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