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Plant Manager for 175 employee, $100M revenue/yr, 2 shift auxiliary truck axle manufacturing plant with focus on turning around the plant/site performance in safety, quality, on-time delivery, culture and cost objectives while continuing the daily execution of operations, materials, manufacturing engineering, maintenance, quality and shipping. Selected improvements: 67% reduction in TRIR, 41% increase in assembly output, 54% increase in fabrication output, OEM OTD increase from 20% to 80%… Show more Plant Manager for 175 employee, $100M revenue/yr, 2 shift auxiliary truck axle manufacturing plant with focus on turning around the plant/site performance in safety, quality, on-time delivery, culture and cost objectives while continuing the daily execution of operations, materials, manufacturing engineering, maintenance, quality and shipping. Selected improvements: 67% reduction in TRIR, 41% increase in assembly output, 54% increase in fabrication output, OEM OTD increase from 20% to 80% and savings of $2.05M. Show less

Led the Shaffer Manufacturing Operation with overall responsibility for production, scheduling, engineering, quality, tool room, field/service, supply chain and shipping in a $12-$20 million revenue/yr, 60+ employee, industrial baking equipment plant. Selected accomplishments include reducing the TRIR from 12 to 1.85, 66% increase in first pass yield and 48% increase in revenue.

Norwood, OH: After closing the Urbana facility, transferred to the Norwood motor plant to lead the pressroom, tool and die, CNC machine shop, stator/coil/rotor machining, fabrication and assembly departments within a $110 million revenue/yr, 450 employee, 2 shift manufacturing plant producing 10,000+, 500 H.P-18,000 H.P. ANEMA electric motors per year. Urbana, OH: Site leader with P&L responsibility for a 350 employee, 5 shift $250 million revenue/yr manufacturing operation producing… Show more Norwood, OH: After closing the Urbana facility, transferred to the Norwood motor plant to lead the pressroom, tool and die, CNC machine shop, stator/coil/rotor machining, fabrication and assembly departments within a $110 million revenue/yr, 450 employee, 2 shift manufacturing plant producing 10,000+, 500 H.P-18,000 H.P. ANEMA electric motors per year. Urbana, OH: Site leader with P&L responsibility for a 350 employee, 5 shift $250 million revenue/yr manufacturing operation producing 110 million stamped, brazed and thermoset compression plastic components used in U/L and CSA industrial circuit breakers and switchgear. Established performance indicators, operating goals and productivity/cost reduction programs that reduced the TRIR by 56%, 60% reduction in scrap, on time delivery increase from 26% to 100% and $2M in cost reduction savings. Nominated Siemens employee of the year award for the plant turn around success. Show less

Marysville Ohio- held multiple positions in supporting the production of 5 ton 6x6 military trucks.York PA-Held multiple positions in the production of bulldozers, howitzers, M88 and Bradley fighting vehicle for the military.

Welding engineer for the M1A1 Abrams tank supporting the hull machining and final hull weld production line.