Sheldon Gordon
Kingston
Summary
Result oriented leader with a track record of success and a strong desire to add value and utilize my skills and leadership to improve the efficacy of both team and organization.
Overview
14
14
years of professional experience
Work History
Co-Founder and CEO
Growth Solutions International
03.2014 - Current
- Safeguard safety, electrical and technical standards during the process of landing, storage, transportation, handling and distribution of petroleum and petroleum products: Design and implement safety programs, based on industrial health and safety laws, to correct or prevent EHS hazards.
Safety Engineer (EHS) - Petroleum
Ministry of Science, Energy, Technology and Transportation
07.2012 - Current
- Safeguard safety, electrical and technical standards during the process of landing, storage, transportation, handling and distribution of petroleum and petroleum products: Design and implement safety programs, based on industrial health and safety laws, to correct or prevent EHS hazards
- Spearhead audits/inspections of all bulk petroleum storage, handling, and distribution facilities nationwide
- Contribute to Petroleum Standards and Legislations review process.
Technical & Quality Advisor
Consolidated Bakeries (Jamaica) Limited
12.2011 - 07.2012
- Managed projects aimed at implementing a QA/QC program, in addition to optimizing the overall production process which improved both consistency and efficiency
- Solved various engineering and compliance-based problems, including the Ministry of Health certification where the overall audit score was upgraded from 51 to 93 out of 100 points, among many others
- Identified process Critical Control Points (CCPs) and established both standards and tests to monitor each, as well as a comprehensive documentation system
- Developed policies as well as standard operating procedures which improved the company’s standing related to both HACCP and ISO certifications as well as boosting business growth.
Senior Quality Assurance Technician
Continental Baking Company Limited
01.2010 - 08.2010
- Directed the QA activities of one of the Caribbean’s largest baked products manufacturing organizations, ensuring that quality standards were met on a daily basis
- Reduced downtime and losses by providing engineering/technical support to the production manager and staff
- Addressed non-conformances in the certification process for the Jamaica Bureau of Standards and ISO 9001 by training technicians to both calibrate and use new equipment for new testing methods
- Outlined step-by-step process documentation of each of the five plants for records and certification purposes.
Education
Bachelor of Science - Chemical/Process Engineering
University of Technology, Jamaica (UTECH)
Kingston, JamaicaDiploma - Industrial Electrical Maintenance (Level 3)
The National Council on Technical and Vocational Education and Training - Jamaica
Diploma - Process Engineering and Unit Operations
Instituto Superior Politecnico Jose Antonio Echeverria (ISPJAE) - Havana, Cuba
Postgraduate Diploma - Project Design, Implementation and Management (Incomplete)
Management Institute for National Development (MIND) - Kingston, Jamaica
Skills
- Excellent communicator
- Product and service sales
- Business development
- Process Improvement
- Leadership and People Development
Awards
- Reginald and Irene Hendrickson Memorial Scholarship (for Engineering)
- Best Chemical Engineering Year Two Student Award
- Past member of UTECH’s team for the International Mathematical Modeling Competition
- PTA Student of the Year Award
- Model student award (twice)
- Honor Roll
Timeline
Co-Founder and CEO
Growth Solutions International
03.2014 - Current
Safety Engineer (EHS) - Petroleum
Ministry of Science, Energy, Technology and Transportation
07.2012 - Current
Technical & Quality Advisor
Consolidated Bakeries (Jamaica) Limited
12.2011 - 07.2012
Senior Quality Assurance Technician
Continental Baking Company Limited
01.2010 - 08.2010
Bachelor of Science - Chemical/Process Engineering
University of Technology, Jamaica (UTECH)
Diploma - Industrial Electrical Maintenance (Level 3)
The National Council on Technical and Vocational Education and Training - Jamaica
Diploma - Process Engineering and Unit Operations
Instituto Superior Politecnico Jose Antonio Echeverria (ISPJAE) - Havana, Cuba
Postgraduate Diploma - Project Design, Implementation and Management (Incomplete)
Management Institute for National Development (MIND) - Kingston, Jamaica
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