Raymond Field
Eastchester,USA
Summary
Results-Oriented Water Treatment Chemical Engineer and Certified Water Technologist with Diversified Industry Experience with Boilers, Cooling Towers and Closed Loop Systems Seeking a position with an HVAC company.
Overview
33
33
years of professional experience
Work History
Staff Engineer, Water Treatment
Chemical Specifics, Inc.
09.2021 - 07.2025
- - Manage chemical water treatment engineering projects & write technical reports for clients regarding technical issues including corrosion, scale, and biological problems for water handling systems. Maintain client and vendor relationships. Troubleshoot problems in the field with our chemical and related equipment programs. Plan, organize and oversee engineering projects from start to finish. Direct implementation of new and internal manufacturing processes and chemical formulation alterations for improved product and production performance. Establish safety procedures for working with hazardous chemicals. Develop and conduct EH&S employee training.
Chemical Engineer, R/C Specialist
Mitsui Chemicals America
06.2020 - 09.2021
- - Partner with internal business partners and customers to support and identify appropriate solutions for complex regulatory and product technical issues. Provide technical plans relative to Mitsui polyolefin film products for food contact compliance with FDA, Latin America, China, Japan, and the European Union Publish Regulatory Documents and SDS's to provide compliance documentation for TSCA, EPA, and OSHA. Responsible for oversight of supplier Certificates of Analysis (COA's).
- - Mitigate regulatory risks by increasing guideline compliance through clarification of policies and procedures with multiple departments including development of QARC standard operating procedures and method instructions. Interpret and create chemical regulatory compliance declarations & documentation.
Chemical Engineer, Liquid Solutions for HVAC systems
Goodway Technologies Corporation
05.2013 - 06.2020
- Responsible for product management for a diversified chemical product line portfolio.
- Management responsibility for promotion, technical marketing for associated chemical products for condensers and boiler systems including inhibited acids, dispersants, corrosion inhibitors in vertical market segments such as Heavy Industrial, HVAC, Commercial/Institutional, Power Generation, & Chemical Manufacturing Industries.
- Responsible for vendor & materials management, chemical products research, SDS Creation. Participated in product sales and marketing podcasts.
- Produce new chemical product formulations/designs to market for boiler and condenser systems. Served as chemical regulatory and EH&S compliance leader.
Sr. Technical Advisor
The Metro Group, Inc.
04.2008 - 04.2013
- Managed engineering staff and troubleshooting projects in the field as well as providing consulting services and technical support. Mentored technical field sales engineers. Interfaced with R&D and vendors for introduction and development of new products. Account and technical management liaison to Metro's R&D department for the formulation, manufacture and sale of finished chemical products for boiler and cooling systems. Technical representative for Metro's outside consulting firms. Served as team leader for EH&S programs.
Chemical Engineer, RMP Specialist
NYC Department of Environmental Protection
01.2007 - 01.2008
- Temporary Contract Assignment:
- Audited New York City bureaus pursuant to federal RMP and OSHA PSM regulations on risk management and environmental programs related to 40 CFR Part 68 and OSHA 29 CFR 1910.119 for Highly Hazardous Chemical Materials. Assisted in relieving NYC-DEP RMP programs from federal probation and oversight of NYC drinking water supply reservoirs.
- NYC-DEP water bureaus were relieved from federal oversight in the fall of 2007.
Account Executive, Basic Chemicals
Occidental Chemical Corporation
05.2006 - 01.2007
- Managed a territory with $70 million/year in commodity chemical sales volume within NJ, New England, & Eastern Canada. Managed relationships, Interpersonal selling at accounts & forecasting as well as providing market information to Occidental's Dallas headquarters. Cultivated and developed customer relationships to find new applications of products to enable sustained revenue growth.
Product Manager, Technical Marketing
Ashland Specialty Chemical
05.2001 - 03.2006
- Responsible for chemical product line development and positioning, technical sales engineering support for boiler, cooling and closed loop systems, writing technical and marketing paperwork as well as product bulletins, promotion, and development of product technical data sheets.
- Product lines included corrosion inhibitors, scale inhibitors, biocides & dispersant polymers for cooling towers, as well as combustion additive products for boilers and diesel power generation systems.
- Provided technical sales support, interfaced with regulatory affairs on all chemical product lines in my areas of responsibility. Reviewed market needs, defined product strategies. Defined product cost structures and packaging (analyzed and implemented product gross margins and controlled raw material costs). Recommended product improvements, facilitated market research studies, created product development plans, monitored product life cycles, interfaced with customers, vendors and R&D for development of new products.
- Specific vertical market focus within the ethanol industry and independent fuel/diesel power systems.
- Attended trade and conducted customer seminars. Troubleshot technical issues at accounts frequently.
- Directly involved in closing fourteen ethanol facilities (Broin & Associates) with Ashland Corporate Strategic Account Sales Staff totaling $1.4M in annualized sales.
Chemical Engineer & Product Manager
Jamestown Chemical Technologies
02.1997 - 07.2001
- Responsibilities in technical sales support of chemical water treatment as well as product development for boiler, cooling and closed loop chemicals and combustion additives.
- Provided technical field sales support.
- Developed product line marketing brochures, technical papers, and technical data sheets.
- Engineering consultant to staff and clients. Assistant to General Manager in running core business operations including technical marketing, outside sales & sales analysis, gross margin control as well as analysis of P&L.
- Expert technical and proposal writing, as well as outside sales/promotion of product lines. Assisted field sales in calculations for material and energy balances for boilers, combustion systems, cooling, and related systems for chemical product applications. Generated product data sheets, and product labels.
- Primary laboratory responsibilities involved formulation of corrosion and scale inhibitor products, and other specialty chemical water treatments, as well as boiler fuel and combustion additives.
Services Engineer
BETZ/Dearborn
02.1992 - 12.1996
- Service engineer for chemical water treatment products and services with an account base of $450,000/year in the following industries: Heavy industrial, cogeneration/waste to energy systems, boiler & cooling systems in chemical, automotive, pharmaceutical, metals finishing, pulp & paper, steel manufacturing, ethanol and textile plants.
- Provided product recommendations, sales and field engineering service as well as customized technical solutions.
- Created and implemented chemical treatment and combustion maintenance programs to maintain operational system efficiencies and reduced downtime for boiler, cooling, and liquid-solids separation operations.
Education
Bachelor of Science - Chemical Engineering & Materials Science
The Catholic University of America
Washington, DCTimeline
Staff Engineer, Water Treatment
Chemical Specifics, Inc.
09.2021 - 07.2025
Chemical Engineer, R/C Specialist
Mitsui Chemicals America
06.2020 - 09.2021
Chemical Engineer, Liquid Solutions for HVAC systems
Goodway Technologies Corporation
05.2013 - 06.2020
Sr. Technical Advisor
The Metro Group, Inc.
04.2008 - 04.2013
Chemical Engineer, RMP Specialist
NYC Department of Environmental Protection
01.2007 - 01.2008
Account Executive, Basic Chemicals
Occidental Chemical Corporation
05.2006 - 01.2007
Product Manager, Technical Marketing
Ashland Specialty Chemical
05.2001 - 03.2006
Chemical Engineer & Product Manager
Jamestown Chemical Technologies
02.1997 - 07.2001
Services Engineer
BETZ/Dearborn
02.1992 - 12.1996
Bachelor of Science - Chemical Engineering & Materials Science
The Catholic University of America
Skills
- Technical Management and analysis of chemical water treatment programs for Boilers, Cooling Systems and Closed loop systems
- Certified Water Technologist by AWT, awarded 2008
- Expert knowledge of boiler water troubleshooting as well as testing and product formulation
- Product Management experience with major water treatment companies: Betz, Ashland/Drew Water Technologies, and Nalco
- Engineering & Project Management
- Chemical Water treatment formulation, R&D and applications expert for boilers, closed loops and cooling systems