Shane Walker

Collaborated with a team of engineers and operators to oversee and coordinate activities of the operations/maintenance interface and utilize cross-functional support teams while optimizing cost, safety, and resource use.

• Responded to, and ensured, timely completion of maintenance-related environmental, health, and safety issues.
• Planned, communicated and coordinated with Operations, Maintenance, Safety, and Environmental to prioritize maintenance activities.
• Served as a liaison between Operations, Maintenance, and Reliability teams to ensure alignment on priorities and resource allocation.
• Evaluated, organized and implemented maintenance turnarounds
• Used the area work order backlog to help define look-ahead schedules for optimal execution
• Lead weekly meetings with Maintenance to review current schedule and generate the schedules for the upcoming period
• Applied Grace's “Best Practice” workflows to coordinate and manage Operations/Maintenance interactions.
• Supported equipment improvement by communicating deficiencies and coordinating with the Reliability team.
• Reviewed notifications for accurate prioritization and data entry.
• Understood Key Performance Indicators (KPI) to improve efficiency and productivity
• Supported Operations with Critical Life Safety (CLS) and maintained Zero Energy surveys.

• Supervised 1st line production at the industrial facility across several operating areas, including MDU-South, CMU, MAO, TMA-HP, Pilot Plant, Hydrolysis, and Utilities.
• Maintained safety expectations for direct reports and lead daily tailgate safety meetings in the areas. Verify compliance with site HS&E policies is routinely followed.
• Managed daily plant operations of several continuous and batch processes at the site.
• Responsibilities included making continual improvements, process troubleshooting, development of operators, maintenance planning and scheduling, and equipment inspections.
• Managed wage-roll personnel matters, including timekeeping, scheduling, and union-related issues.
• Led initiatives for Hazardous Task work procedures and completed Management of Change procedures in operating units.
• Performed additional role as the Utility Coordinator for the site; responsible for overseeing projects, routine maintenance, and troubleshooting of all primary site utilities.
• Managed solvent drying and hydrolysis units to provide solvents to multiple catalyst manufacturing units as well as the processing of intermediate recycle streams.
• Oversaw site trailer inventory of raw materials, recycle streams, intermediates, and waste.
• Scheduled site solvent railcar swaps with 3rd party railroad personnel.

• Oversaw safety and security measures for the entire site during off hours (nights & weekends).
• Managed day-to-day plant operations of multiple continuous and batch processes at PDC, overseeing production, maintenance, policy compliance, shipping and receiving of raw materials, and manpower coverage.
• Responsibilities also include maintenance scheduling, development and supervision of process operators, and general troubleshooting of process related issues as needed to ensure HSE, production, and quality targets are met.
• Served as Incident Commander and coordinated sitewide emergency response efforts.
• Trained as an ISO 9001 quality internal auditor

• Trained and qualified in various processes at large-scale specialty chemical plant to ensure compliance with safety and quality standards.
• Applied extensive knowledge of various chemical compounds and products to support operational efficiency and product integrity.
• Ensured proper handling techniques for hazardous equipment to maintain safety standards. hazardous equipment, various pieces of manufacturing equipment including centrifuges, reactors, columns and large-scale filtration equipment.