Senior Project Engineer - Operations Engineering
Education
Elgin Community College, ABS, Drafting and Design
Summary of Experience
Mr. Arnold joined A. Epstein & Sons International, Inc. in 1979, and is very experienced in process plant operations, design, layout, and project management. His experience ranges from participation in the early conceptual planning stages through implementation and start-up. He has been involved in major new plant construction as well as many smaller renovation projects in existing facilities. At Epstein, Mr. Arnold is also responsible for maintaining and developing operational procedures for the process and packaging engineering group, and managing projects.
Baxter Health Care Corporation - Round Lake, Illinois: Senior principal engineer for the design and installation of a new drug neutralization and disposal system.
Baxter Health Care Corporation - Round Lake, Illinois: Senior principal engineer managing the design and installation of a new sterile container plastics molding facility.
Bayer Agricultural Division - Shawnee Mission, Kansas: Developed and executed the commissioning plan for the building mechanical, electrical, and control systems, for a new pharmaceutical facility.
Borden Foods Corporation - Columbus, Ohio: Participant new product lead market line development team for pasta sauce including R&D and process engineering. Activities included construction management of process and facilities system and equipment installations.
Campbell Soup Company - Camden, New Jersey: Responsible for CIP systems design and layout for a next generation technology soup production plant.
Carlin Foods - Gardena, California: Designed the additions and renovations to the main manufacturing facility.
Carnation Company - Bakersfield, California: Assistant project manager for process design and construction activities for a 20 million gallon/year high technology ice cream production plant. Responsibilities included on-site supervision of process installation and start-up.
Client Confidential - Participated as project engineer on a new product lead market line development team for baked snack foods including R&D and process engineering. Work included design and management of new and existing equipment, systems renovations and installations.
Client Confidential - Participated on a new product introduction team for a leading consumer goods firm for a new snack food, including strategy development and co-packer selection.
Client Confidential - Participated as project engineer for a study to idenify costs associated with the relocation of a 1,200 bottle per minute shampoo and conditioner manufacturing to owner’s alternate site.
Favorite Brands, Inc. - Lincolnshire, Illinois: Bayer Agricultural Division: Assistant project manager for multiple projects at multiple locations.
Fenwal Division of Baxter Healthcare Corporation - Roundlake, Illinois: Developed and executed validation plan for existing facilities critical systems, including process compressed air, distilled water, HVAC, process steam, and potable water chlorine injection.
G.D. Searle - Skokie, Illinois: Managed the design, installation and construction management of a major upgrades to the existing breathing air system.
G.D. Searle - Skokie, Illinois: Served as Site Construction Manager supervising the activities of multiple engineering and construction management firms. Assignment included management of the site construction contractor safety program.
Heinz Pet Products - Bloomsburg, Pennsylvania: Evaluation of a new meat handling system for preparing ground ingredients for four pet food filling lines. Prepared simulations of the operations, and equipment layout and selection.
Hidden Valley Ranch - Wheeling, Illinois: Optimization study which involved a detailed review of current manufacturing facilities and process technologies.
Hill's Pet Nutrition, Inc. - Los Angeles, California: Project manager for design and construction of a new product coating system. Responsibilities included on-site supervision of process installation and start-up.
Hill's Pet Nutrition, Inc. - Topeka, Kansas: Participated on a process development team for a grain room revision and silo and grinding expansion.
Kellogg Company - London, Ontario, Canada: Process engineer for the design of a 250,000 square foot breakfast cereal plant. Primary responsibilities included design coordination for the CIP systems.
Kellogg Company - Battle Creek, Michigan: Process design for a 33,000 square foot advanced technology research building.
Michigan State Industries, Parnell Correctional Facility - Jackson, Michigan: Process engineering for a new 15,000 square foot, 4.5 million gallon per year milk and fruit juice dairy plant, located on the prison grounds adjacent to the main correctional facility.
Roche Vitamins & Fine Chemicals, Inc. - Belvidere, New Jersey: Process design and layout for new pharmaceutical operation.
Silgan Containers - Woodstock, IL: Lead process engineer for a study to relocate an existing 40,000 square foot laminated container injection molding facility.
Solo Cup Company - Highland Park, IL: Lead process engineer for preliminary engineering plans and specifications for a new 4,400 pound per hour PET extrusion line.
Solo Cup Company - Highland Park, IL: Site coordination of process utilities capacity study documenting existing system capacities and recommendations for system upgrades.
Superior Coffee and Foods - Bensenville, Illinois: Senior project engineer for the development of a new powdered beverage and instant manufacturing facility.
Thomas J. Lipton Company, Inc - Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey: Designed the renovations and additions to three manufacturing facilities.
Welch's - Lawton, Michigan: Review and analysis of plant water distribution system including water conservation recommendations .
Welch's - Bama Division Birmingham - Alabama: Process improvement study for mayonnaise production facility.
