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Roger Wakefield

Penketh,Warrington

Summary

I have 27 years of experience in the manufacturing and processing sector, 20 years working on top tier COMAH sites consistently achieving defined standards of health, safety, hygiene and yield control. I work confidently under pressure and have the proven ability to meet critical deadlines by identifying and rectifying potential problems. I am considered a reliable, conscientious and self-motivated worker, who pays attention to detail and has a drive for continuous improvement. My communication and influencing skills are excellent and I am adept at developing effective relationships within a team. I am computer literate and have a vast training history. I am a dependable and proactive team player committed to supporting large-scale processes. Identifies inefficiencies and reports non-compliance to regulations.

Overview

25
25
years of professional experience

Work history

Control Room Process Technical Operator/Process Operator

Eli Lilly/Elanco/Trirx Ltd
Speke, Liverpool
06.2014 - Current
  • Responsible for the safe and efficient operation of the Hemicell Enzyme Recovery plant adhering to GMP guidelines
  • Controlling Alpha Laval Microfiltration and Ultrafiltration systems during the production of Animal feed products, using both SCADA and Allan Bradley Systems in order to meet demanding production targets, strictly adhering to Batch production records
  • Safe and efficient CIP preparation of all batch related vessels ensuring continuous production is maintained
  • Responsible for ensuring all manufacturing is running within strict timescales and keeping accurate information updated using SAP
  • Responsible for the safe and efficient handling of hazardous chemicals under strict COSHH procedures, and ensuring correct disposal of waste materials and packaging
  • Ensuring that GMO is contained and treated before release to the environment is permitted, in accordance with EHA standards
  • Involved with the commissioning of the New Hemicell plant ensuring production start date targets were achieved and SOP's & BPR's are written and verified.

Operations Manufacturing Coordinator/Supervisor

01.2022 - 02.2024
  • Responsible for ensuring all aspects of front line operations are completed on schedule and having a full understanding of the high level manufacturing process including applicable EHS, Quality and feed safety aspects
  • Leading the daily control room meetings, providing operational updates and ensuring any issues are escalated to the leadership team
  • Liasing with maintenance on a daily and weekly basis and execute engineering activities and providing input into improvement projects and deviation investigations
  • Plan and execute activities to enable the manufacturing process and downstream areas (Quality control and lab testing) to run to schedule
  • Preparation of BPR's and requesting Raw materials are delivered in a timely manner
  • Responsible for checking BPR's and SAP to ensure the correct amounts of Raw materials have been issued, all two person verifications are correct and checking for entry errors
  • Managing the inventory on site, including requesting timely transfers to and from the site
  • Support PTW/SSOW processes including LOTO in preparation for maintenance
  • Responsible for arranging operational shift cover for holidays and absence
  • Maintaining my own learning plan and supporting operators with coaching and training to achieve Right first time.

Trainer/Process Operator

Kellogg's UK
Stretford
05.2000 - 06.2014
  • Responsible for delivering training programmes to operators within a range of areas, enabling individuals to meet process specifications
  • Safeguarding the efficient operation of all cookers
  • Ensuring food hygiene, safety and quality guidelines are strictly adhered to, and all daily targets are met to achieve up to maximum output
  • Safeguarding the efficient operation of the Alpha plant, ensuring the product is produced to a high specification and ready to dispatch
  • Safe and efficient operation of the corn or rice rolling and bumping mills, with control of all ovens so the food is baked to specification and the throughput of food is controlled correctly
  • Managing Tank floor operations, controlling dynamic storage units and ensuring the balance of food is managed correctly
  • Accurately investigating and reporting any maintenance issues with a logical root cause analysis report, preceding safe plant shutdown
  • Responsible for accurate reporting to ensure a safe and smooth handover of duties
  • Responsible for adhering to food hygiene and quality standards, ensuring hourly checks are made at designated Critical Control Points for weight, moisture and size, and keeping the areas free of any contamination such as water, flies and mould.

Control Room Process Technical Operator/Process Operator

Celanese PVOH Ltd
Warrington
10.1999 - 12.2008
  • Responsible for the safe and efficient operation of 4 semi-automated chemical reactors and a De-gassing Tank, with a small scale knowledge of distillation using Distributed Control Systems (DCS) and Aspentech monitoring System to meet demanding production targets within specific batch NRT
  • Safe and efficient preparation of all batch related vessels so continuous production is maintained
  • Ensuring all reactors are running within strict timescales and maintaining accurate records on loss accounting spreadsheets
  • Ensuring that critical levels for emission/consent limits to the environment are adhered to
  • Filtration operations and tanker loading/off-loading.

Education

Penketh High School -

High School

Skills

    NEBOSH National General Certificate

    IOSH Management Safety Certificate

    NVQ Level 2 in Process Operations

    HACCP Level 3 Certificate

Vocational Training

  • GMP trained
  • COMAH trained
  • HACCP trained
  • SAP Power user trained
  • LOTTO trained
  • Permit to work trained
  • COSHH Chemical handling & hazard awareness
  • DCS Process Control Systems
  • Delta-V control systems
  • Aspentech control systems
  • Emergency and incident response training
  • Manual handling training
  • Breathing apparatus training
  • Lift operation and rescue training
  • Counterbalance fork lift truck training
  • Motorised pallet truck training
  • Plant equipment training (various)
  • Root cause analysis and reporting
  • Sentinel operation system
  • Gastec analysis for individual gas monitoring
  • Testing analysis of finished products in a laboratory (solids content, PH, viscosity and precipitate content)
  • Routine Mechanical Maintenance
  • 5s lean manufacturing training
  • Vocational Training

Timeline

Operations Manufacturing Coordinator/Supervisor

01.2022 - 02.2024

Control Room Process Technical Operator/Process Operator

Eli Lilly/Elanco/Trirx Ltd
06.2014 - Current

Trainer/Process Operator

Kellogg's UK
05.2000 - 06.2014

Control Room Process Technical Operator/Process Operator

Celanese PVOH Ltd
10.1999 - 12.2008

Penketh High School -

High School
Roger Wakefield