Director Of Engineering
CurrentDevelop and lead all corporate engineering, design and project management services in the development, execute on and start-up of capital projects ($.5M - $125M). Direct and lead project teams including internal technical resources and external contractors and vendors in achieving objectives for safety, schedule, budget and sanitary design of all process equipment. Support all corporate site maintenance and bakery operations teams in the development and execution of renovation and maintenance projects. Develop engineering scope, cost estimates and planning to enhance existing bakery equipment reliability as measured by downtime, adherence to production standards, and service response times. Directly responsible for all elements of project management from BOD to commissioning and handover and ensures that all project objectives are met on schedule, safely and within budgetary limits.Accomplishments: * Sustainability projects, Utilities, Waste (zero landfill) and labor. * Transplanted pizza dough line from Canada facility to USA with improved efficiencies. ($.75M) Completed with critical 4week time period. * Installed state of the art robotic scoring line for artisan bread. ($1.5M) With ROI of 1.25. Saving in labor, safety and allowed for COVID employee separation. * Supervised plant engineering resources in the execution of reliability improvement activities and provided mentoring and development activities. * Implemented training and proficiency programs to retain and recruit new employees.