Oversaw plant maintenance and engineering departments with dotted line responsibility over plant controls and process excellence departments. Utilized capabilities of department to develop sustainable processes. Provided leadership and technical expertise to 26 direct reports to drive results across capital execution, site and facility maintenance, and asset and productivity improvements. Improved culture and morale of the technical team to create a productive, team oriented environment.Key Contributions• Improved maintenance practices on the production floor through skills training for technicians. Reduced mean time to repair on production lines from 4.4 hours to 1.4 hours. • Increased number of PM work orders by 435% with an on time completion rate of 85%, which reduced downtime due to equipment failure by 32%.• Improved work order process flow, including scheduling, planning, and bin kitting, which improved EAM utilization by technicians from 47% to 73%.• Guided SCADA deployment and implementation of electronic downtime reporting for production lines.• Lead and facilitated Kaizen events to improve plant processes and performance

Served as Schreiber Foods representative on the Richland Center Renewable Energy Operating Committee. Provided guidance to RCRE leadership team around plant performance, equipment upgrades, and capital and operational budgeting.Key Contributions• Developed and oversaw RCRE operating and capital budgets, monitored throughout the year and authorized additional or modified capital spending. • Participated in board meetings to review facility and contractor performance and ratify RCRE budget. • Member of the Sludge Disposal Working Group, which investigated alternative disposal methods for waste water treatment sludge to reduce operating costs.

Developed and executed capital projects to increase plant production capabilities, upgrade plant infrastructure, and launch new products in a contract manufacturing environment. Directed $20M in capital projects within the Richland Center facility, including scope definition, budget development, vendor and equipment selection, installation, and start up.Key Contributions• Evaluated process mass balance and executed $4.8M project to double strained Greek yogurt capacity from 25M lbs. to 50M lbs. within 8 months.• Lead $2.4M project to install warm bowl separation and heat treatment process, saving $657k annually.• Developed the concept for, and managed, $2.3M capital project to construct a mezzanine above an existing packaging line to support the launch of a new multipack product.• Executed $940k project to upgrade all 6 plant pasteurized CIP systems to a custom user-defined control and reporting system.• Hazwoper Incident Commander during ammonia release to atmosphere.

Process Engineer I - April 2005 - September 2006Plant Engineer I - September 2006 - May 2007Plant Engineer II - May 2007 - October 2008Plant Engineer III - October 2008 - September 2010 Managed over $7M in capital projects aimed at new product development and improvement of existing processes. Identified and developed innovative solutions to production problems and capacity bottlenecks. Lead cross functional teams throughout project development and execution, including: feasibility studies, economic analysis of projects, process design, scope development, equipment selection, line layout optimization, installation, and commissioning. Participated and lead Continuous Improvement and Lean Manufacturing initiatives aimed at identifying issues related to routine work and implementing solutions. Key Contributions • Developed concept for, and managed, $1.7M project to increase plant production capabilities by shifting production lines to optimize run rates of high demand products, saving $1.4M annually.• Developed concept for, and co-managed $750k project to optimize three extruded ice cream production lines, saving $3M annually. • Assumed lead of, and completed, $14M project to improve ice cream sandwich manufacturing capabilities, including commissioning of 9 prototype sandwich fillers and 7 cartoners. • Executed $580k project to install new extrusion technology to molded production line in support of new-to-market product launch. • Participated in Kaizen events across multiple business units to improve manufacturing processes.

Engineering Co-op position