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St. Louis, Mo, Us

• Aligned with zone inventory optimization team on initiatives to reduce core working capital. Initiatives such as piloting a new vendor consignment, review of over 10,000 spare parts materials through Verusen, and scrapping of PFO materials• Own the maintenance pillar and GOPs, identify gaps and corrective actions to close• Manage Maintenance/PTE MCRS, achieving a 7% increase in PM compliance through maintenance plan scope/scale review and planned, proactive maintenance strategies• Responsible for Maintenance Department Financials, maintaining VIC/ZBB and manufacturing supply, and primary material costs• Own direct report development and engagement resulting in an increase of 34 points in direct report engagement and career advancement of 4 reports on my team YOY

St. Louis, Mo, Us

• Provided in person and virtual training to new in position Resident Engineers and Assistant Operations Managers at M facilities• Improved PM compliance at the NBG facility by 10% month over month through planning modifications and raising awareness• Completed a Lean Six Sigma Green Belt Project examining production volume vs. maintenance execution on a 16oz can line. Months following implemented solutions had volume improvement of 82k cpd• Developed maintenance Power BI utilizing data pulls from SAP, SQL servers, and active Power BI dataflows to track, report, and drive improvements across.

Houston, Tx, Us

Lead the evaluation and implementation of strategic reliability improvements that support improved reliability and optimized total cost of ownership. • Review design packages for manufacturing and repair of fixed equipment• Perform fitness for service calculations on damaged equipment• Perform bolted joint calculations and select gaskets for planning• Perform basic structural analysis• Review the design of equipment

Houston, Tx, Us

Microthene Unit Reliability Engineer• Designed a method for packaging product 50% faster than the quickest historical time while simultaneously eliminating a “B” safety risk.• Helped to improve the Microthene unit reliability by 10.9% and increased production by 14% from 2016 to 2017 with $0 of SPF; driven by: adjustment of unit KPIs, condition-based monitoring of equipment opposed to run to failure, coordination with the business group to align sales with production needs and capabilities, and institution of improvement projects in many of the unit’s bad actorsUtilities Reliability Engineer• Developed the preventive maintenance strategy for equipment at the site’s newly constructed boiler house. Pushed the maintenance strategy with recommendations for which spare parts to stock, frequency of PMs, frequency of inspections, development of equipment criticalities, and launched projects to improve designs. General Plant Reliability Engineer• Worked with technicians to support plant maintenance. Made daily improvements to the site’s master catalog (SAP) including PMs, task lists, BOMs, and material inventory. • Category II Vibration Certified

Houston, Tx, Us

• Performed bad actor analysis on plant wide equipment and presented the findings to site management• Developed and executed projects to promote MTBF growth for pumps on the bad actor list• Completed a project to upgrade over 80 fin fans from V-belts to poly chain belts and implemented a new site technique for tensioning fin fan belts• Designed a test to verify the correct O-ring elastomer for a process critical compressor

Houston, Tx, Us

• Researched, inspected, and analyzed the state of stationary plant equipment• Performed analyses of test inspection frequency on 100 Relief Valves, determined frequencies for ~90 valves could be extended, saving $2MM over the next 20 years. • Managed a co-op exchange for 30 employees from 5 different sites

Knoxville, Ia, Us

• Worked with a team of engineers to design manufactured parts or aid in the manufacturing processes• Adopted a larger size screed from Caterpillar: reviewed and updated CAD drawings to suit Weiler

Master'S Degree, Business Administration And Management, General

Bachelor'S Degree, Mechanical Engineering