Andrei Leonardo Rowe Costa
Downstream Plant Manager | Plant Superintendent | Production Management | Manufacturing Management | Project Management | Innovation | Chemical & Biotech | MBA | Mentoring | World Traveler | Cross Cultural
- Role
- Plant Manager at Evonik
- Location
- Omaha, NE, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Andrei Leonardo Rowe Costa
Manufacturing and operations leader with a chemical engineering background and deep…
Experience
Plant Manager
Jun 2024 — Present · Blair, NE, US
Provide end-to-end operational leadership for two high-volume downstream manufacturing units — Lysine Sulfate and EPA+DHA Oil — plus full utilities operations, ensuring safe, compliant, and cost-efficient production. • Lead manufacturing across biotechnology-based, batch, and continuous processes, balancing throughput, quality, and regulatory compliance. • Own plant execution for production performance, safety, and variable cost control, with strong cross-functional interfaces across maintenance, engineering, supply chain, and quality. • Operate within GMP and certified management systems (ISO 9001, ISO 14001, FAMI-QS), supporting regulated and customer-critical supply chains. • Drive plant-wide cost transformation, identifying operational and capex improvement opportunities to strengthen unit economics and asset reliability. • Lead and develop a 27-person operations organization, reinforcing safety culture, accountability, and execution discipline. • Delivered cost impact through variable cost reduction • Manage and coordinate critical utilities systems, including process and instrument air, chillers, cooling towers, steam generation, and nitrogen systems, supporting continuous and batch operations. • Utilize SAP to support production planning, cost tracking, and operational execution.
Education
Universidade Estadual de Maringá
Graduação em Engenharia Química
2006 — 2012
Fundação Getulio Vargas
Master's degree
2015 — 2017
Burggaff & Partners
Advanced Course on Hygienic Design
2019 — 2019
Fundação Getulio Vargas
Master of Business Administration - MBA
2020 — 2021
Skills
- 5s
- Microsoft Excel
- Powerpoint
- Strategic Planning
- Marketing Strategy
- English
- Corel Draw
- Matlab
- Spanish
- Microsoft Word
- Team Leadership
- Photoshop
- Autocad
- Windows
- Portuguese
- Microsoft Office
- Pdca
- Customer Service
- Chemical Engineering
- Negotiation
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