Stephen Baiz has over 30 years of experience in production, maintenance, and emergency response at chemical plants. He currently works as a Production Technician at BASF, where his responsibilities include loading/unloading materials, entering data, and serving on the safety committee. Previously, he held similar roles at Dow Chemical and Sabic, and also spent six years in plant maintenance. Baiz has extensive training in firefighting, hazardous materials handling, confined space rescue, and medical response. He is involved in his community through volunteer work with United Way and planning employee events.

1. Stephen C. Baiz
29525 N. 300th
East Road
Ancona, Illinois. 61311
1-815-481-7355
stephenbaiz@yahoo.com
Education:
Ottawa High School – Diploma (1977)
College: Illinois Valley Community College (1979)
C.D.L. License with Hazmat Endorsement (2011)
Work Experience:
BASF The Chemical Company.
2525 S. Kensington Rd.
Kankakee, Illinois. 60901
(10/2012 – Present)
Production Technician:
1). Loading & unloading tank wagons, packaging in totes, drums. Loading &
unloading railcars. Tank transfers.
2). Entered SAP entries, labeling, shipping documents and releases, product
sampling. Microsoft Excel & word documents.
3). Delta V Operations.
4). Lockout/tagouts, safe work permits, MSDS.
5). Safety committee member & E.R.T. (Emergency response team).

2. Plant Operation:
1). Responsible for running four plant boilers & deaerator operations, Plant Air
compressors, Nitrogen unit.
2). Distributions of Nitrogen, Plant air, Steam, Instrument air to 3 separate
plants at facilities.
3). Daily lab testing of waste water acceptable micro-organisms levels,
Ammonia, Chlorine, COD’s, Phosphorus, PH, Nitrite & Nitrate levels, Neutralized
conductivity, Un-Neutralized conductivity, Bacteria, City water, Sulfite,
Hardness, etc.
4). Delta V operations & SAP entries.
5). Lockout/ tag outs, safe work permits, MSDS.
6). Member E.R.T. (Emergency response team).
7). Safety committee member.
Dow Chemical Co.
1400 Harvard Drive.
Kankakee, Illinois. 60901
(2/2011) – 10/2012)
Production Technician:
1). Duties include loading trucks, operating complex production filtration system.
Maintaining Waste Water system. Operating Chemical Reactors. Unloading
monomers from both tanker trucks and railcars. Railroading duties including
moving railcars into & out of position. Lockout/tagouts, safe work permits,
MSDS.

3. 2). Delta V operations.
3). Being shift leader (no supervisors). Maintaining safety programs. Doing some
maintenance duties on shift because of my prior maintenance experience.
4). Member of Safety committee & confined space rescue.
Sabic Innovative Plastics
2148 N. 2753 Rd.
Ottawa Illinois. 61350
(8/1990 - 9/2010)
Production technician 14 years:
1). Duties included operating chemical reactors with dangerous & hazardous
chemicals. Operated both continuous reactors and semi-batch reactors. Duties
included preparation of reactors, filling them with proper amount of chemicals,
monitoring reaction, verifying flow rates and amounts, sampling, pumping to
storage tanks.
2). Operated coagulation drying system to turn liquid into dry powder using
sulfuric acid, water and steam. Operated Coag & Cooker vessels with liquid
product. Duties included control room monitoring of reactors with computer
systems and did operations on the floor and sampling product in lab.
3). Trouble shooting DCS computer systems (system 6) to keep operations from
shutting down. Familiar with PLS and DCS computer logic in the operations of
reactors and Coag systems. Knowledgeable in Microsoft word and excel. Had the
responsibility for lockout/tag-outs, safe work permits. Familiar with MSDS, had
to be certified by the federal government to be able to operate systems. Railcar
loading and unloading of powder and liquids. The main objective in any
operation is to SAFETY FIRST!

4. Maintenance Experience 6 Years:
1). Worked in the maintenance shop for 6 years. Worked on machinery in the
plant doing troubling shooting, parts replacements and rebuilds. Some electrical
training. Some stick welding and wire welding. Familiar with cutting touch, plasma
cutter. Mechanical break, along with mechanical shear, drill press, band saw, cut
off saws, chain falls, etc. Did laser alignment on pumps.
2). Worked with crane operators. Fabricated piping, rebuilt pelletizers, worked on
robotic auto-bagger (computer controlled). Rebuilt pumps, changed out and
wired motors (3 phase 480 volts). Replaced electrical switches and relays and
fuses. Replaced computer rack modular control boards.
3). Rebuild valves (familiar with micrometers and dial indicators) both manual air
or electrical operated. Worked on both pumps, blowers, gearboxes; belt driven,
gear driven, and chain driven. Operated fork- trucks, man lifts, high pressure
cleaner, vacuum truck. Worked at high levels (always with safety harness &
lanyard).
References:
Jim Smith Seneca, IL. Sabic Plant Mechanic 1-
815-685-1996
Dave Peacher 1503 N. 17th
Rd. Streator, Illinois. Sabic Supervisor 1-815-992-
1981
Bob Burrus 2945 Riverbend Dr. Kankakee Illinois. Chemical Operator 1-815-937-
0802.
Joe Mitchell Momence, Illinois. Chemical Operator. 1-815-671-7251

5. Special Training:
1). Spent 14 years on the T.R.T. (Tactical response team). We did Firefighting,
Hazmat Team, High angle rope rescue (repelling), I.M.T. (immediate medical
technician), Vessel Rescue-Confined space.
2). Did Tactical Firefighting, Hazmat, High angle rope rescue Training at
University of Illinois, Exelon, and Mobil chemical plant, Nicor. Did medical
training at St. Mary’s Hospital emergency room of Streator Illinois, also at
Ottawa Regional Hospital emergency room in Ottawa Illinois.
3). Training in Vessel rescue, Confined space, air monitoring, lockout/tag-out,
piping disconnect and safe work permits.
Additional Experience:
Have operated manual punch presses, brakes for fabricating steel parts, operated
C.N.C. Computer controlled punch presses. Installed ceramic tile for bathrooms
and floors in newly constructed houses.
Community involvement:
1). Volunteered for United Way for 10 years.
2). Plant activities member for 19 years.
3). Planned special events for employees and their families. Picnic’s, Baseball
games, Hockey games, Basketball games, Play’s in Chicago, Shopping trips, etc.
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6. Special Training:
1). Spent 14 years on the T.R.T. (Tactical response team). We did Firefighting,
Hazmat Team, High angle rope rescue (repelling), I.M.T. (immediate medical
technician), Vessel Rescue-Confined space.
2). Did Tactical Firefighting, Hazmat, High angle rope rescue Training at
University of Illinois, Exelon, and Mobil chemical plant, Nicor. Did medical
training at St. Mary’s Hospital emergency room of Streator Illinois, also at
Ottawa Regional Hospital emergency room in Ottawa Illinois.
3). Training in Vessel rescue, Confined space, air monitoring, lockout/tag-out,
piping disconnect and safe work permits.
Additional Experience:
Have operated manual punch presses, brakes for fabricating steel parts, operated
C.N.C. Computer controlled punch presses. Installed ceramic tile for bathrooms
and floors in newly constructed houses.
Community involvement:
1). Volunteered for United Way for 10 years.
2). Plant activities member for 19 years.
3). Planned special events for employees and their families. Picnic’s, Baseball
games, Hockey games, Basketball games, Play’s in Chicago, Shopping trips, etc.
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