Christopher Caswell

Experience

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  Dow Corning

  Jul 2012 - Dec 2015

  Environmental Engineer

  • Bolstered production flexibility for 20+ chemical plants by negotiating appropriate regulatory limits using data analysis, process modeling, and regulatory understanding• Led FMEA for wastewater release events. 500+ points of release identified, 70+ process changes implemented. Efforts reduced annual wastewater release events from 18 to 2• Authored 100+ page corporate company standard for accurately calculating air emissions from any chemical process unit, based on chemical engineering principles and regulatory guidance Show less

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  The Dow Chemical Company

  Dec 2015 - Apr 2018

  Production & Improvement Engineer

  • Served in a frontline, plant-embedded role, on-call 24/7 and working in-line with the operators in a highly hazardous OSHA RMP manufacturing environment. Material was flammable, acidic, and erosive.• Project manager, operational improvement leader, and environmental representative for the company’s most utilized and highest margin production equipment, consisting of 20+ types of distinct chemical processes.• Increased profitability by $16.5MM/yr by leading an R&D trial that demonstrated a 3% increase in yield. • Project manager of a global technology team tasked with transforming operational model of raw material processing. Project results doubled downstream process cycle life. Show less

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  Perrigo Company plc

  Apr 2018 - Mar 2022

  • Process improvement efforts resulted in promotion to the supply chain’s first full-time embedded Black Belt role. • Project team leader for reducing defects of the company's most financially impactful recurring quality issue. Improvements eliminated quality events, stabilizing the company's highest margin supply chain. Recipient of highest-level EVP Operational Excellence Award due to achievements • Served in a frontline, plant-embedded role, on-call 24/7 and working in-line with operations leadership in a highly regulated FDA cGMP clean room environment. • Led the successful start-up of $30MM of new assets, more than tripling department output in the high-capital bottleneck of the supply chain.• Advanced troubleshooting and improvement efforts resulted in scrap avoidance of over $5MM

  • Lean Six Sigma Black Belt, CSSBB

    Jun 2021 - Mar 2022

  • Production & Project Engineer

    Apr 2018 - Jun 2021
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  Compassion International

  Mar 2022 - now

  Manager of Process Management