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Tampa, FL, US

Broomfield, Colorado

• Direct operations and engineering support for Ball Corporation’s joint ventures globally. Functioned as primary contact for all engineering and operational activities, including communication of technical and design.
• Assist licensees and joint ventures with solving manufacturing, support systems, and financial issues while ensuring support does not violate license agreements and corporate privacy rules.
• Collaborate with multiple departments in Ball including legal, sales, customer service, finance, and engineering to provide a wide range of support to licensees and joint ventures.
• Develop and manage process for global equipment trials. Trials include new parts or new equipment from OEM’s, plant personnel, and other sources. Process centralizes evaluation of all parts or equipment being evaluated.
• Provide engineering and project management to new line and equipment projects in North America

Tampa, Florida, United States

• Led team of up to eighteen machinists, mechanics, and electronics technicians as well as two salaried supervisors in the Tampa can plant (2013-2019) and Gainesville end plant (2009-2013). Oversaw personnel training.
• Coordinated plant engineering activities, including budgets, scheduling, and implementation of capital projects.
• Oversaw maintenance and engineering budget in excess of $4 MM annually.
• Directed numerous capital projects, with budgets up to $2M. Responsible for work scope, bid review and approval, work scheduling, financial management of project, and functional testing.
• Led conversion of two-thirds of a high-speed beverage can end plant to new product design. Project included scheduling and executing tooling trials, conducting tooling reception, and coordinating machine changeovers..

Gainesville, Florida, United States

• Oversaw production team of twenty-five machine operators, mechanics, machinists, and electricians.
• Responsible for maintaining a safe work environment for team while meeting production and spoilage goals, maintaining uptime of equipment, and ensuring facility housekeeping standards were met.

Anderson, South Carolina

• As Plant Program Manager/Engineer, directed launch activities for five new fuel systems programs for Anderson manufacturing facility. Programs involved design and layout of the assembly line, generating design.
• Coordinated process improvement and troubleshooting activities for three current GM production lines and two Nissan production lines.
• Led plant teams in cost reduction, quality improvement, Kaizen, and lean manufacturing activities.
• As Facilities Manager, orchestrated the implementation of ISO-14001 Environmental Management System. Obtained registration December 2002.
• Oversaw various capital engineering projects involving equipment relocation and installation, process improvement, and facilities expansion.

Greenville, South Carolina Area

• Supervised twenty-one mechanics directly and twenty-nine changeover specialists indirectly. Responsible for personnel training, performance reviews, hiring, and termination of employees.

Lavonia, GA

• Oversaw all activities of the Maintenance and Utilities Departments.
• Supervised up to twelve mechanics and technicians. Responsible for personnel training, performance reviews, hiring, and termination of employees.

Whitest, NC

• As Department Head of Maintenance Services, directed all activities of the Maintenance and Utilities Departments. Served as plant safety and environmental manager.
• Supervised over twenty direct and indirect mechanics and technicians. Responsible for personnel training, performance reviews, hiring, and termination of employees.
• As Department Head of Materials Management, directed twelve salaried professionals in the areas of Customer Service, Management and Information Systems (MIS), Production Scheduling, Materials Resource Planning and.
• As Production Engineer, executed validation activities, cGMP compliance, procedure development, and process improvements for the Capsule Manufacturing Department during plant construction, startup, and ongoing.

Charleston SC

• Oversaw engineering projects involving nuclear grade water systems, radiation shield surveys, and nuclear grade cleanliness procedures for nuclear submarines under repair, overhaul, and deactivation.Held CONFIDENTIAL.