John Hoffmann Email & Phone Number

Port Alberni, British Columbia, Canada

• Oversaw all daily operations of the plant from production, manufacturing and maintenance; ensuringsafe practices, policies and procedures are followed.
• Recruited and managed staff, encouraged employee development and addressed grievances.
• Trained employees to use production equipment safely and efficiently.
• Monitored operations and product quality, performed diagnostics leading to corrective actions ifrequired.
• Responsible for production output, product quality and on time shipping.
• Ensured factory raw materials and supplies were available when needed.

Vancouver, BC, Canada

• Principal Technical SpecialistManaged the safe efficient operation of the Engineered Wood Products Pilot Plant and Testing Labs.
• Supervised and trained others to use lab testing equipment and large-scale pilot plant equipment- safely.
• Provided designing, building / modifying and instrumenting support to lab scale as well as largepilot plant and mill scale projects.
• Provided machining/welding/fabrication service to the entire lab (2004 - 2014)
• Performed and presented monthly safety inspection reports as an OHS committee member.
• Analysed test result data and reported/presented results in table and graphical forms.

Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

• Senior Technical Specialist
• Managed/supervised the wet and dry labs - ensured all pulp and paper test equipment wascalibrated and well maintained. Managed operating budget.
• Wrote, as senior author, patent applications, technical papers and detailed operating andprocedural manuals.
• Supervised, operated, maintained, and modified the Industrial Scale Pilot Screening Plant.
• Created and presented technology seminars on plastic contamination, Paprispec System, sclereidmeasurement, Sclereid Concentrator and TCMS technologies to member companies.Responsible for all aspects in the development.
• Conceived and tested new measurement concepts leading to prototype conceptualization.