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Hammond, Indiana, United States

Hammond, Indiana, United States

• Reinforced Safety, Reducing incidents to 0 since July 2020• Schedule fabrication and production loading to meet Customer need• Organized and sorted shop inventory to enable weekly cycle counting to reduce variances• Receipt of inventory via Rail, OTR and Internal transfer, while assuring accurate records are maintained• Shipping Broker and Driver Handler, Organizing all aspects of product delivery• Maintain Excellent relationships with Customer Site Superintendents, Prioritizing their needs against shop workload• CSX Liaison tracking inbound delivery, prioritizing unloading or loading, and divesting or shipping of cars once empty or full• Complete HR functions including, Interviewing, I-9, E-Verify, Drug test program administration, Employee Encouragement, Discipline, Termination• Accounting for Shop including Creation of PO’s for all purchases, tracking of expenses and contributing to P/L reporting • Hiring and Scheduling of Service Vendors • Payroll and PTO approvals and scheduling • Direct a staff of 17 employees, including shop foremen, production, loading, asset drivers and administration functions.

Oak Forest, Illinois

Operations Manager, Final Control Lifecycle Solutions, July 23, 2018 – Present • Reinforce Safety as the #1 priority, maintaining a 0 recordable incident record throughout my tenure• Organized and successfully passed a 2020 ISO audit.• Used company guidelines to move the facility and culture toward LEAN 5S organization. • Developed and trained on SOP’s for shipping and receiving practices, eliminating several waste streams. • Reduced then Maintained Low Inventory Levels in support of lessening aged inventory. • Assured that proper allocation of resources was available to ensure efficient support of customer driven field service and depot work requirements. • Direct a mixed staff of 11 technicians, 4 manual machinists, 2 welders, and 4 utility personnel including 2 lead positions. • Carried out HR functions including, Interviewing, Hiring, Assigning Training, Motivation, Performance Evaluation, Career Planning, Discipline, & Termination of direct reports. • Established metrics for performance reviews and goals for continued skill development and training. • Compile Appropriation Requests for Capital Expenditures to purchase new equipment and machinery for upgrade/replacement/capacity enhancement.• Administer Random Drug/Alcohol testing program.• Act as the company liaison to our local health care provider/clinic.

Bourbonnais, Illinois

Effectively implemented Safety policy to reduce OSHA recordable incidents from 7 in 2015 to 0 in 2017. Coordinate Inventory levels against Production Needs to maintain Customer Focus.Engage in Planning & Proper allocation of resources for maintenance of equipment to ensure efficient production. Direct mixed staff of 72 Salaried and Hourly employees, including all levels of Shop Supervision. Responsible for HR functions of Hiring, Training, Motivation, Evaluation, Discipline and Termination of teammates of all levels. Establish accountabilities and goals for operations and performance reviews.Analyze KPI's and focus on Continuous improvement. Develop 5 year rolling capital budgets and implementation goals.Monitor and direct a staff of maintenance contractors including emergency repair, planned outages, capital improvements/replacement of equipment.Ensure compliance with EPA, OSHA and self regulated areas through continual but random audits.

Indiana American Water'S Northwest Region

Operations Supervisor to mixed staff of union and salaried employees. Areas of responsibility include engineering reviews of developer infrastructure proposals including hydraulic analysis and infrastructure component approvals, permitting for local and INDOT as well as IDEM and DNR requirements, making sure that environmental compliances and specifications are met, inspection to verify that installations are compliant, verification of project finances and assumption of title, planning for new company infrastructure reinforcement/upgrades based on area pressures, water quality, and infrastructure failings, mantaining appropriate budget life cycles from budget proposals to monthly true-up and acruals and forcasting future expenses. Establishment of new customer service set up, plumbing review and as-built recording.

Cedar Lake, Indiana

Cedar Lake, Indiana

Executive Board Secretary/Treasurer. Responsible for all Financial Compliance Reporting including annual IURC reporting. Reviewed and tracked expenses and account payable. Reconciled financial statements, arranged financing through both private and SRF loan programs. Prepared monthly financial reports for stockholder meetings. Ensured compliance with payroll and employment tax requirements. Performed self-audits to ensure goals were met. Responsible for the recommendation of accounting firms used for annual paperwork and eventually company divestiture.

East Chicago, In

Union Supervisor overseeing Sintering Plant Operations

Master Of Business Administration (M.B.A.), Business Administration And Management, General, 3.86

Graduate, Sperling School of Business, May 2015.

Bachelor Of Science, Biology

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