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Waco Area

Leading the CapEx portion of a NEW production facility in the Greater Waco, TX area. Relocated to the Waco area to commit myself fully to this new facility which will bring 90,000 tons of residential insulation to the Texas market. Overcoming the challenging hurdles of the current work environment of ever increasing costs and limited contractor personnel.

Greater Indianapolis

Led a team of highly skilled, diverse engineers comprising furnace engineering, mechanical engineering, and electrical engineering. As a team we managed multiple projects at multiple plants including major maintenance shut downs and an expansion at one facility adding new product to the market and 50% output to that Facility.

Greater Indianapolis

KINA Furnace Group is responsible for rebuilds, repairs, construction, and design changes for all furnaces in Knauf Insulation North America. KINA has 9 furnaces in 5 locations throughout North America. Direct the work of 4 Furnace Design Engineers. Furnaces asset management is key to the longevity of the furnace and a new system has been adopted to ensure.

Responsible for constructions, rebuilds, and hot repairs of furnaces within Knauf USA. Lead Engineer on expansion of Shelbyville, IN; total cost of project in excess of $240MM with total contracts valued at $31MM under my direct supervision (Civil, Steel and Erection, and Architectural) and another $25MM under my direct reports. Lead Engineer on.

Reponsible for forehearth set-up changes and glass viscosity changes during pull increase. Supervised shift work during emergency repair/rebuild of a furnace. Part of team performing on-the-fly conversion of a furnace from recuperative to gas/oxy firing. Responsible for construction and startup of new production forehearth on existing furnace.

Involved in approval of process design and equipment selections. Designed the training program for all new employees. Wrote Furnace and Binder sections of Process Engineering Manual. Wrote ISO Manuals using a sister plant's manuals as a blue print with changes and references to our new P&ID's. (Was asked to return to Indiana after one year to work in the.

Responsible for all furnace operations in Shelbyville, IN. Coordinated trials of new binder systems for R&D. Approved and implemented new raw material and cullet sources.

Reponsible for all furnace batch adjustments for Shelbyville, IN facility. Lead in start up of new United McGill EP for newly converted gas/oxy furnace. Shift supervisor on furnace repairs and rebuilds. Construction and start up of new furnace and production line in Lanett, AL: specified and oversaw installation of new furnace EP, oversaw installation of.

Process Engineer for Furnace Operations. Stone/Defect Analysis using transmitted light microscopy. Batch changes for raw material changes or glass chemistry adjustments.

Bs, Ceramic Engineering

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