Chemical complex shutdown and most equipment sold overseas, natural gas contract lost and pricing made the operations unprofitable. Worked way up through operations from an “E” operator to an “A” operator and was promoted to Production Shift Supervisor in 1982 during the startup of the PACE (pool chemical plant).
Wrote the plant’s SOP (Standard Operating Procedure) for Startup, Shutdown and Emergency Shutdown; performed extra duties in both operations and maintenance due to a work force reduction. These duties included: training as and performing Maintenance Scheduling/Planning, Turn-a-round Planning/Scheduling, and active participation in operations/maintenance budget meetings. As part of the budget quality committee, received training from MBAs and CPAs as a “Cost Analyst.” This was to gather data for accounting concerning all industrial maintenance crafts and all of the costs associated with their work.
Training included: Olin Trainer: First Time Supervisor Course, EEOC, Coaching employees; LSU, Fundamentals of Supervision; FAR (Federal Acquisition Regulations); Federal Contract Management/Compliance; TQM (Total Quality Management); Quality Circle, facilitator; Alamo Learning systems Analytical Problem Solving; Olin paid for my Associate Degree in Engineering. I also conducted operator training classes for 6 months: the Standard Operating procedures (SOP), and the associated lectures and testing.
Hazard Reviews and Hazard Analysis for new capital packages and process changes; included: materials of construction, logic systems, instrumentation, pumps, etc.
Filled a vacancy at the Hydrazine Plant as the Shipping/Production Supervisor; at this job was the manufacture and shipping of Air Force mono-propellants: Anhydrous Hydrazine, MMH (monomethylhydrazine), and UDMH (unsymetricaldimethylhydrazine). We also filled various containers for the Star-Wars program. Most of these products were for the Air Force managed NASA fuels program.