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Brookings, Sd, Us

Brookings, South Dakota, United States

Provide classroom instruction to Aviation Students.

Brookings, South Dakota, United States

Oversee flight operations and airport safety for a Part 141 University aviation program.

Brookings, South Dakota, United States

Certified Flight Instructor within the South Dakota State University Aviation Program. Working toward adding MEI rating and helping to develop the program.

Brookings, South Dakota, United States

Provided classroom instruction to engineering and technical students on unit operations subjects in Food Processing.

Lake Norden, South Dakota, United States

Managed a 60-person maintenance team focused on safety and machine reliability in a plant that produces 1MM lb/day of commodity cheese. Reorganized maintenance team structure to process area management focus. Created predictive/preventive team and processes to improve reliability and uptime. Worked interdepartmentally to improve safety, quality and system performance. focused on technician utilization and improvement of maintenance planning efficiencies.

Brookings, South Dakota

Responsible for management of Maintenance and Engineering for a green-field food production facility constructed in 2012-2014 in Brookings, South Dakota. The facility produces the Mini Babybel family of cheeses. Managed 7 salaried employees and 31 hourly technicians to maintain a state-of-the-art, highly automated food processing operation. Worked with a French-based Engineering team on the final design elements and specifications for the project and managed many aspects of the construction. Collaborated with engineers and Production Managers to commission and optimize the processing line and associated utilities equipment. Created maintenance and engineering department structure and hired and onboarded staff.

Council Bluffs, Ia

Managed 5 salaried and 17 hourly employees in maintaining and optimizing North America's largest soybean crushing and vegetable oil refining operation. Responsible for maintenance of 24/7 highly automated processing operation. Identified departmental and equipment opportunities and problems and made corrections and improvements. Developed and implemented several predictive and preventive maintenance programs and tools. Planned and managed monthly and annual maintenance shutdown events. Worked interdepartmentally to improve safety and comply with OSHA, EPA, NFPA and other standards.

Omaha, Ne

Completed project engineering work and managed construction projects for a consulting engineering firm specializing in processing plant design. Determined scope of projects, completed engineering and provided cost estimates. Provided field project management on several commerical and industrial projects. Contributed project design advice based on years of plant experience.

Omaha, Ne

Managed 3 salaried employees and 12 hourly technicians in a bioprocessing chemical plant which produced furfural and furfuryl alcohol. Responsible for maintenance management and plant engineering duties. Managed maintenance department operations and addressed equipment failures through RCFA techniques. Developed and implemented OSHA PSM program. Planned and supervised maintenance shutdowns.

Cedar Rapids, Ia

Devised and exeuted maintenance and plant improvement projects in a corn wet milling and starch processing facility. Identified and re-engineered equipment following failure analysis studies. Implemented diagnostic testing programs and procedures for critical equipment. Responsible for OSHA PSM Mechanical Integrity Program. Duties included part-time supervison of 25 person multi-craft maintenance team.

Eagle Grove, Ia / St. Joseph, Mo

Started employment and training as a Shift Supervisor in a Central-Iowa soybean oil solvent extraction facility. Supervised a shift of 10 plant operators. Earned a promotion and transfered to the St. Joseph, MO facility as a Project Engineer working in a soy crushing and refining operation. Responsible for the engineering, purchasing, construction, and commissioning of large capital projects for plant expansion and optimization.

Ms, Mechanized Systems Management, 3.79 / 4.0 Gpa

Activities and Societies: Gamma Sigma Delta - Honor Society in AgricultureAttended graduate school full-time and completed a technical.

Bs, Agricultural Mechanization