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. Lead and Manage all maintenance operations, maximizing machine productivity and uptime as well as upkeep and condition of the facility. Areas of responsibility covers, saw filers, machinists, electricians, millwrights, lubrication technicians, planners, material management, fire systems, environmental, wood chip systems, bark systems, CMMS system, Pdm, and operational performance data collection. Lead a work force of 72 personnel. Manage a budget of 6 million dollars.

Managed all maintenance operations for facilities and manufacturing equipment. Managed Waste Water Operations to include over 300 acres of farming operations utilizing waste water. Manufacturing equipment included plastic bottle preform making and blow molding. Directed and managed a beverage line for juice products and assisted in planning and scheduling of operations. Maintenance operations included crushing and juice making equipment, boxing and packaging equipment for juice products as well as fresh produce. Prepared and executed Capital Projects for a budget near 25 Million Dollars. Managed and executed an expense budget exceeding 10 Million dollars. Reduced costs for maintenance by 20% and improved OEE performance by 10% and Fresh production performance by 2-5%. Applied Lean principals and RCM for success. Led a workforce of 53 personnel made up of Engineering professionals, Electricians and mechanics, office personnel and waste water operators.

Managed all Packaging Operations including Bottling Maintenance, Cellars, Warehousing, Quality Assurance and Scheduling for a volume of over 10 Million cases annually. Plan and executed yearly Capital Improvement initiatives that yield improved OEE matrix’s, Warehouse process flows and Ergonomics. Managed all off site Secondary Production operations and all Mobile Bottling’s at our California Wineries. Leading NBC’s transformation into a Self Directed High Performance Team Environment resulting in a lean structure with improved performance results. Developed and implemented a Lean Leadership culture. Leading an improved Safety culture focusing on “Leading” indicators for success and resulting in a Near Miss Ratio of greater than 3:1 and dropping recordable incidents from 21 to 4. Leading a workforce of 25 Salaried and 100 non exempts. Budgetary responsibilities in excess of 20 Million Dollars.

Leading the Bottling Maintenance Operations and Engineering. Leading a maintenance team of over 20 personnel supporting 24/7 operations producing over 10 million cases a year. Designing, developing and implementing a Capital Project program to drive Continuous Improvement. Planning and supporting all facility and production equipment from Refrigeration and CIP systems to Bottling equipment.

Served as the Director of Maintenance and overseeing Bottling Operations. Manage and Lead a maintenance team of over 50 personnel supporting 24/7 operations Winery wide. Facility encompasses over 500 acres, 55 million gallons of Wine and Sparkling Wine storage, crushing over 185,000 tons of grapes. Over 200,000 square feet under roof. Familiar with Boilers, Refrigeration, All MRO functions, Filtering, Cellar Operations, Sparkling Wine (Champagne) processing, Concentrate and Polyphonalic operations. Managed PSM, CalARP and Certification for California OSHA VPP safety program.

04 - 08 Director of Bottling Operations, Mission Bell Winery, Constellation Wines US, Madera, CA. Managed all Bottling Operations and Bottling Maintenance Activities. Managed Wine Processing, Filtration, Sanitation, Packaging and Production Operations for a volume of over 15 Million cases annually. Developed, implemented and completed a 31.5 Million Dollar Capital Improvement project for Sparkling and Still Wine Glass Lines and a new 3.0L Bag in the Box Line. Manage over a 13 Million Dollar operating budget. Completely familiar with Glass and Bag-in-the-Box packaging operations, as well as Keg packaging. Managed the planning, scheduling and inventory for production. Key Team Member for initiating and implementing CAL OSHA VPP program. Key Member for ISO Certification program. Led and Managed a Unionized workforce of over 150 workers, non-exempt and salaried. . Initialized, Manage and Implemented a new Bottling Line(s) Project reducing workforce manpower requirements by 66%Developed a new Operator Maintainer program Introduced new technology leading to manpower reductions across the board in Bottling Operations

Managed the 4 Million Operation of Bottling Maintenance Activities and ALL Capital Improvements within Bottling. Managed a work force of 32 maintenance personnel, responsible for 13 Bottling Lines and a Capital Budget in excess of 8 Million Dollars. Responsible for management of all packaging changes within Bottling. Implemented a Wine Flow System reducing Wine Loss by 35%Integrated Vision Systems eliminating 6 man years of laborEliminated redundancy in packaging lines allowing for the removal of a complete Bottling Line saving over $100,000.00

Supervised production maintenance for 13 Automated Bottling lines producing glass products, Bag-in-the-Box products and Kegs. Still Wine as well as Sparkling Wine. Supervised all maintenance activities, tool control, spare parts management, rebuild of machinery, Capital replacement projects, electrical upgrades of controls and line devices. Familiar with all generations of PLC controls. Created an automated PM program. Project Manager for complete Line removal and reconstruction of new BIB Line 5 ahead of schedule. Implemented a Mechanic evaluation and promotion process Project Manager for a Filler, Unloader and new Line design for 3L and 4L Line.

Managed networking, training, security, helpdesk and multi-million dollar equipment modernization efforts. Decision maker for IT priorities during annual budget planning cycle. Planned and directed the relocation and reorganization of all secure and non secure information networks, video conferencing, multimedia and telephony systems for the new Multi-Million dollar Marine Expeditionary Headquarters Facilities. Established and enforced maintenance and administrative policies and long term goals for communication electronic equipment for over 100 maintenance facilities in the Western United States. Organized and supervised working group for Alternate Power, reducing operational costs. Implemented an organizational Information Assurance Program. Consolidated circuit card repair functions realizing a cost savings of over $1 million per month.Authored the redesign of the Maintenance Occupational Field, reduction of over 430 man-years, saving 27 million dollars.Developed Alternate Power Program resulting in over $2 million dollars savings per year

Managed multicultural staff of over 250 maintenance personnel, a $7.5M annual maintenance budget and $5 million spare parts inventory in the repair of Mobile Subscriber Equipment, Engineer Equipment, and Motor Transport Equipment. Analyzed repair and supply actions; prepared material readiness reports; worked with suppliers to expedite supplies; analyzed maintenance support concepts; determined human resource requirements; ensured on-the-job training programs were implemented and supervised. Developed computer training lab at no cost, instructed 350 personnel in use of computers.Developed executive steering committee / total quality program, reducing repair cycle time.Developed circuit card repair section, cost savings of over $150K annually.

Lead a multicultural staff of over 250 technicians. Managed a $2 million annual budget in the repair of communication equipment and computers for over 100 customers throughout the Far East. Established an organizational strategic plan and "real time" maintenance administrative program. Set and enforced maintenance and administrative policies. Authored multiple agency interdependence agreements and logistical support policies. Developed internal inspection team, reduced maintenance cycle time 30%, produced error free programs.Organized and implemented off-site maintenance support resulting transportation savings and reduced repair time.Developed automated requisition program reducing supplier-shipping time by 5 days.

Directed and managed a multicultural staff of over 500 personnel, 52 courses and 5000 students annually in basic and advanced electronic theories, troubleshooting, repair and operation of: NT and Unix systems, radar's, radios, telephone, and tactical data systems. Performed strategic planning, Instructional Systems Design, human resource management, project management, course scheduling budget development, process analysis and chartered process action teams.Authored Personnel restructuring plan that reduced budgetary restraints while maintaining long term capabilities.Developed three tiered training program, increasing maintenance proficiency of all personnel.Initiated Executive Steering Committee, resulting in uniformity and consistency world wide of practices and procedures.

Progressed rapidly through U.S. Marine Corps Ranks, transitioned from entry-level repairman to organizational maintenance chief to maintenance officer responsible for welfare and development of up to 240 personnel.