Bob Lucas Email & Phone Number

Jacksonville

Dayton, Ohio Area

Site engineering leader for our merchandising solutions operation where we produce in-store displays with P&G products. Provide automated manufacturing solutions for improved operability, safety, and waste elimination.- Capital Project Management - Delivering automated production equipment and digital solutions- Value Stream Mapping / Lean Production- Industrial Engineering / Flow Modeling / Time Studies - Process Innovation / Studies: AGVs, AMRs, Robotic Applications- Cost Estimates / Options Analysis / Budget / Schedule- Equipment Specifications / Construction Management- IWS: Initiative Management Pillar owner- Line Manager

Greater Nashville Area, Tn

Led multiple concurrent capital projects to upgrade production capabilities at Wet & Dry Petfood manufacturing sites across the U.S. Projects included Facilities, Utilities, Process & Packing scope with a Quality & Food safety focus.- Capital Project Management- Scope Definition / Cost Estimates / Funding Requests / Budget Management- Cross functional team leadership- Equipment Specifications- Equipment & Services Procurement- Design Management - Construction Management / Contract Management- Commissioning- Capital & Expense cash flow forecasting- Risk Management- Schedule- Capitalization & project close out

Nashville, Tn

Mason, Oh

Capital Project Manager for global dentifrice process re-platforming effortOverall technical leader for new dentifrice manufacturing site in Hyderabad, IndiaSenior Engineer on team who delivered greenfield dentifrice plant constructed in Seropedica, BrazilSenior Engineer on team who tripled dentifrice plant capacity increase at plant in Naucalpan, MX. (Drug Regulated)Received P&G “Engineer Making a Major Impact” Award given to <5% of engineers- Project Management- Line manager- Industrial Engineering / Layout Flow Optimization- Capacity Modeling- Cost Estimation / Budget Management- Lean Production / Waste Reduction- Best Value Options Analysis- Funding Package Preparation & Reviews- Equipment Specifications- Design Reviews- Clean Design / cGMP design & construction compliance: Making, Packing, Facilities, & Utilities- Design for Safety- Reliability Engineering- Vendor / Contract Management- FAT’s- Construction Management / Start-upCustom Equipment Developed: - Powders handling equipment - modular design with global electrical compliance developed in collaboration with OEM: Silos, super sack unloading stations, pneumatic conveying, pre-weighs, dust control systems, dry minors delivery system with travelling scales, etc. - Liquids handling equipment - Build to print modular design with global electrical compliance: pre-weighs, piping, material compatibility testing, weld inspection, surface finish testing. Cleanable, drainable, & sanitizable.Platform Management: - Established equipment standards for all dentifrice raw material deliveries to mixer, were re-applied globally.- Co-developed work processes to create and change manage standards.

Cincinnati, Oh

Initiative Process & Equipment Leader: (Technical Project Manager)Led Process & Equipment engineering team who delivered new “Under Jams” branded nighttime diaper product for older children.- Team developed a high-speed, extremely complex, custom machine required for production of new product line. - Developed Learning Plan to guide testing & development- Developed multiple test plans and led full-scale process & equipment testing at manufacturing site.- Authored validation protocol and led process & equipment validation (CQV)- Successfully delivered 6 months ahead of schedule. Team received award for “Excellence in Execution”.- Provided coaching for an Intern through the Careers in Business Initiative (CIBI) program supporting young, diverse leaders in our community.

Cincinnati, Oh

Initiative Process & Equipment Leader: (Technical Project Manager)Led engineering team as we delivered the Process & Equipment for a better and cheaper "EasyUps" diaper product:- Process Engineering- Developed custom high speed build-to-print equipment to produce the new product design.- Pilot and full-scale testing, DOX, Test Plans, Transformation Flow Sheets, Process Flow Diagrams- Used web handling model to predict centerlines and ensure a robust process with this change. - Used Monte Carlo simulation to evaluate process robustness- Construction Management- Authored validation plans (CQV) and led process & equipment validation efforts at each regional lead line in the U.S., Germany, & Japan

Cincinnati, Oh

Global Plant Analytical Owner for Snacks:- Delivered new QC labs at Pringles contract manufacturers in Johor Bahru, Malaysia & Corby, England.- Defined requirements & layouts, specified equipment, trained & qualified personnel enabling successful start-ups.

Cincinnati, Oh

Global Plant Analytical Owner for Snacks:- Developed and validated new test methods (including rapid secondary tests) and deployed new technologies to improve efficiency and capability at our global snacks manufacturing Quality Control labs located in the U.S. and Belgium. - Primary technical resource for training & troubleshooting for the manufacturing QC labs. - Technologies included HPLC, NIR, UV, GC, Column Chromatography, Chemometrics, etc.- Re-applied learnings from snacks analytical methods to our Folgers coffee labs delivering significant savings through improved test accuracy and precision.

Cincinnati, Oh

Developed and validated various analytical methods to support Food & Beverage Product Development / New Business Development:- Developed and validated HPLC method to quantify the amount of "heat" (Capsaicinoids) in seasoning to support of Hot & Spicy Pringles product development.- Supported Olestra test method transfer to Herr's & Utz quality foods as we expanded the Olean business.- Provided 6 months of on-site analytical lab personnel training / troubleshooting / testing support during Olestra plant start-up.- Technologies included, HPLC, GC, UV, NIR, various wet chemistry methods, etc.

Bachelor Of Engineering (B.E.), Mechanical Engineering

Cum Laude

Bachelor Of Science (B.S.), Chemistry