1. Christopher Phillips
34 Angelica Drive, Avondale, PA 19311 • 610-587-8469 • cphillips0226@gmail.com
Overview:
BS Chemical Engineer with manufacturing experience in Facilities Engineering and Maintenance, Plant
Management, Process Improvement and Production Management.
Employment Experience:
Congoleum Corporation, Vinyl Flooring Manufacturer
Plant Engineer / Maintenance Manager - Trainer, PA - Jul ’99 - Present
• Safe and effective maintenance of 52 acre manufacturing facility, all equipment, buildings and grounds.
• Management of union hourly maintenance employees and salaried supervisors.
• Management of $5.0MM spare parts inventory, $4.0MM department budget, $1.0MM capital and
expense project budget and $5.0MM utility budget.
• Cost effective equipment design improvements and optimizations. Examples include Maintenance
downtime reduction (3.2% to 1.5%), Water utility reductions (75MM to 4 MM gal) and steam
condensate recovery increases (52% to 98%).
• Key staff member of management with strong participation in all Union/Management endeavors and
core member on Safety Committee, Grievance Committee, and Negotiation Committee.
Maintenance Manager - Trenton, NJ – Jan ’94 - Jul ’99
• Maintenance of the Manufacturing and Central Distribution facilities.
• Management of union hourly maintenance employees and salaried supervisors.
• Maintenance of all equipment, buildings and grounds.
• Process improvements, budgeting and product development / introduction.
Sr. Process / Project Engineer - Trainer, PA - July ’85 – Jan ’94
• Operations troubleshooting for all phases of manufacturing
• Process improvement projects directed as team leader and as team member.
• Design, installation and start-up of capital and expense projects up to $1MM. Examples include
replacing solvent based printing system with environmentally safe water-based inks and retrofit of
product cooling / processing equipment.
• Efficiency improvement, energy reduction and reduced processing cost projects.
Education:
B.S. Chemical Engineering, June 1985 - Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA
Pennsylvania Safety Council • AMA's "Basic Project Management" • DuPont’s "Strategy of Experimentation"
• Crosby's "Quality Awareness Training" • Dale Carnegie Management Training • MTI "Front Line
Supervision" Training