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Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Us

Accountable for all engineering, reliability and maintenance systems of the site. Ensure strict safety and quality control procedures.Manage 6 Superintendents and 250 hourly employees, 1.9 million square foot under roof.$65M OPEX and $45M CAPEX. Implemented changes to improve equipment Utilization's, Developed a plan to train personnel to meet long term goals.Coached current leadership team on Reliability techniques and expectations.Developed a long-term strategy to increase throughput capability and equipment reliability by implementing standard metrics across all departments.

Paris, Fr

Report to the Regional CEO to lead the Coil Process Group to enable growth in the coil market. Accountable for managing the daily operations and P&L.• Manage 4 managers over 28 Salaried and 170 Union employees, 1 million square foot under roof.• $36M OPEX and $3M - $6M CAPEX. Group profit and loss.• Implemented changes to improve equipment Utilizations by 10% in first 9 months.• Improved OTIF• Implemented systems to improve equipment reliability by 5%.• Improved Quality issues that resulted in a $2.2M savings YOY. • Developed a long-term strategy to increase throughput capability by 30%

Norcross, Ga, Us

Process/Reliability engineering & maintenance functional leader. • Responsible for all systems of an Aluminum extrusion processing facility.• Property and Equipment personnel on the site.• Full responsibility for Structures and Grounds, Environmental and Regulatory compliance.• External Engagement & Integration with Corporate Technical Community.• Budgeting and execution of Capital program within the plant.• 8 Engineers, 4 Supervisors, 28 Crafts personnel.

London, England, Gb

Accountable for leading the onsite engineering & maintenance functions, for a Consumer Packaged Goods manufacturing facility.• Responsible for creating the Capital Expenditure (CAPEX) and Operating Expense (OPEX) plan.• Developed a training matrix to enhance skills of employees in reliability techniques and repair expectations.• Improved site Reactive Maintenance from 90% to 40% in first 6 months.• Restructured and modified various equipment and line configurations for initial $250k savings in first 6 months.

Cleveland, Ohio, Us

Recruited by former associates to turn around equipment reliability, operations and process capabilities. • Improved availability of 2 key pieces of equipment by 10% in first 6 months.• Developed a reliability roadmap for site. Strategy helped achieve $3M improvement in EBITDA.• Left due to selling of plant.

Hershey, Pennsylvania, Us

Led the onsite engineering & maintenance functions, personnel for all Plant, Property and Equipment on the site, insuring all company assets (buildings, utility systems, manufacturing systems, support & safety systems) are fully operational and reliable. Responsible for Structures and Grounds, Environmental and Regulatory compliance, External Engagement & Integration with Corporate Technical Community, Budgeting and execution of Capital program within the plant.• Improved processing throughput by 2% by reducing equipment variability and improved reliability.• Improved maintenance spends by 5% thru inclusion of personnel and reporting.• Developed Capital Expenditure (CAPEX) plan, annual budget of $5M - $9M.• Developed Operating Expense (OPEX) plan, annual budget of $13.77M.• Managed 4 manager/engineers and oversaw 12 salaried and 48 hourly employees.• Developed 2 maintenance supervisors to obtain CMRP certification.• Worked in conjunction with corporate staff in the development of Mechatronic training program.

Oversight of $85MM budget working with area leads & development of new Engineer Development Program members.

Accountable for the management of central services engineering/maintenance and roll shop with supervision of 9 engineers/coordinators and 95 hourly employees.• Responsible for development of the CAPEX plan ensuring that capital projects are within budgetary estimates, annual budget of $3.5MM - $7MM• Development of OPEX plan ensuring maximized site equipment uptime and budget constraints, annual budget of $19.7MM• Managed the installation of the Site Security System.• Implemented energy savings strategy, replacing 95% of all HPS lighting with High efficiency fluorescent.• Responsible for the ongoing maintenance of site equipment and utilities. • Accountable for ensuring equipment reliability by administering and measuring the existing predictive and preventive maintenance programs. • Core team member for the development of the Reliability Engineering system at Oswego.

Managed the mechanical, electrical engineering/maintenance and roll shop for the Cold Mill, utilizing 10 exempt and 60 hourly employees in the most economical and efficient manner consistent with supplying required services.• Lead all mechanical and electrical engineering/maintenance functions in the Cold Mill.• Reduced the overall equipment downtime 10% year over year, 3 consecutive years. • Reduced overall Nitrogen usage leading to a $300,000 savings YOY.• Reduced Hydraulic oil usage leading to a $100,000 savings YOY.• Responsible for development of the department CAPEX plan ensuring that projects were within budgetary estimates, annual budget ranging from $2.5MM - $6MM• Development of OPEX plan ensuring maximized equipment uptime and budget constraints, annual budget of $4.6MM - $5MM• Broad knowledge of the full range of heavy industry mechanical, electrical engineering, maintenance skills, techniques and practices.• Responsible for the ongoing maintenance of all equipment in the Cold Mill. • Accountable for ensuring equipment reliability by administering and measuring the existing predictive and preventive maintenance programs. • Member of Energy Audit team invited to review savings opportunities at Norf facility.• Core team member for the development of the Reliability Engineering system at Oswego.

• Accountable for providing technical and operational engineering support and management to the Specialty Products Business Unit (U.S. and Canada) to meet the SPBU business goals and objectives. • Provide engineering and project development management for value added and strategic projects annually with individual values to $5,000,000.00 and handle 1 to 5 major projects annually with individual values to $500,000.00.• The position required involvement and participation with all facets of engineering: electrical, control & automation, mechanical, civil and environmental.• In addition to project work, the position required searching for ways to improve processes and equipment, their efficiencies and their operation so as to lead to improved operating methods, lower costs and improved revenues.• Responsible for the removal and subsequent reinstall of equipment brought over from the closing of the Rogerstone, Wales facility.• Team member for the removal and subsequent reinstall of a Tension Leveling Line from Alabama to Oswego.

Bachelor Of Science (Bs), Electrical And Electronics Engineering

Associate Of Science (A.S.), Electrical And Electronics Engineering

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