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Kennewick, WA, US

Eagle, ID, US

Aimargues, France, FR

• Served as the interim chief engineer completing duties of Site Acceptance Test (SAT) sign off, handling all engineering decisions, managing engineering contractors, and keeping equipment installations on schedule and.
• Managed Royal Canin’s Phase I powder system installation meeting the saleable product target date of September 2019.
• Designed a mechanical waste tank to store Royal Canin's meat slurry waste, which helped eliminate dumped meat slurries to the factory's wastewater treatment plant and reduced upsets to the system and noxious odors to.
• Redesigned the factory’s Pipeline Intervention Gadget (P.I.G) piping layout to reduce pipe friction resulting a more efficient operation of the plant two production lines.
• Overseeing inspections of various equipment control panels that do not meet Underwriter Laboratories (UL) Certification and coordinating the proper corrections to infractions
• Manage Phase I engineering change order log and responsible for contractor accountability for scope of work deficiencies.

Aimargues, France, FR

• Managed the $2.2 million dollar punch list to complete phase I of Royal Canin’s new pet food cannery facility.
• Managed contractors by creating scope of work, awarding work, overseeing installation, and signing off on project completion.
• Traveled to various international vendors to support Factory Acceptance Testing (FAT) of equipment, testing functionality, and verifying equipment that meets OSHA and Royal Canin’s safety standards.
• Identified design flaws in the engineering layout of equipment and designed operator work platforms to comply with Royal Canin’s Working at Heights policy and improved ergonomics.
• Assisted design engineers with validating process piping layout to avoid installation complications and proposed new layouts to equipment due to engineering redesign.
• Designed operator work stations and locations according to LEAN principles to fulfill operational and ergonomic requirements, while reducing work footpath.

Aimargues, France, FR

• Managed Royal Canin’s capital budget ranging from $0.4 to $4.0 million by reporting budget on a monthly basis and leading all projects.
• Managed the installation of a $1.0 million production line by reporting budget and progress to senior leadership.
• Managed the installation of a $0.65 million wastewater treatment plant screener to reduce the solids content inside the equalization tank and eliminate nuisance odor.
• Re-engineered feed conveyor packaging because the prior design was causing damage to 3 oz. single serve cans and resulting in shipments being denied delivery, and costing $0.45 million in lost profit.
• Reduced production changeover time by two hours by redesigning process piping and valves.
• Improved equipment design to abide with company's GMP guidelines.

Lake Forest, Illinois, US

− Design one-line diagrams of Hexacomb’s plants electrical systems using Easy Power− Analyze electrical systems for arc flash hazards and create warning labels− Travel to different North American Hexacomb locations to gather electrical panel and equipment data − Communicate with plant maintenance supervisors to give proper label installation directions.

Toronto, Ontario, CA

− Analyzed Detroit/MTU 20V4000 series engine bearings using Microsoft Word to give a report to supervisors on failure analysis and recommendations on increasing bearing life− Designed a test bench for the Liebherr T282B haul truck front brake calipers, researched manufacture pressure recommendations and mechanics recommendations for user friendliness and.

− Assisted equipment operators with the use of a survey rod to help level ground − Occupational Safety and Health administration (OSHA) 10 hour safety training − Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) 5000-23 task trained to operate a Caterpillar 631E/631G scraper