• Manager of the maintenance programs at two manufacturing sites. Responsible for 22 direct reports, including industrial maintenance mechanics, electricians, and salaried support staff. Scope covers equipment maintenance and facilities maintenance.• Accountable for 3-shift operation on ~20 food packaging lines, with run rates up to 120 bottles per minute. Packaged products include dry filling (cereals, seasonings, powders, candy, confectioneries, pet food) and liquid filling (beverages, sauces, condiments, oils, honey, frosting).

• Managed a team of maintenance and engineering professionals in sustaining and improving all technical aspects of plant 24-hour operation. Also oversaw the custodial staff and facility maintenance (internal and contracted).• Developed many aspects of the department from infancy. Created over 300 custom preventative maintenance assignments; developed the Maintenance Shop; systematized the MRO storeroom.• Directed numerous process improvement projects that included adding new features to existing machines and commissioning new equipment. Project objectives ranged from reductions in headcount, expanding quality detection systems, and bolstering machine reliability and uptime. • Championed an agenda of LEAN/5S/6S to optimize the facility, improve safety, and reduce waste. • Managed department budgets. Requisitioned all tools and MRO for the facility. Processed thousands of purchase orders.• Strategized annual CapEx projects and implementation. Performed cost-benefit analyses on project ideas and presented formal business cases to executive leadership. • Upheld IATF 16949 quality management standards, ISO 14001 environmental standards, and OSHA 29 CFR 1910 industrial standards. Successfully navigated numerous audits. Coordinated calibration of over 150 measuring devices used in the assembly process, including torque guns and load cells. • Troubleshot advanced technical issues and directed the steps in resolving them. • Tracked and analyzed product defect data and created mitigation plans. Promoted a data-driven culture in the organization.• Maintained department records, facility layouts, performance metrics (KPIs), calibration records, traceability data, and machine documentation. Presided over the company's Standard Work Instructions (SWIs) and the revision process.

• Served as the lead controls engineer throughout the entire launch phase of a startup Tier-2 automotive facility in Portage, IN. Played a key role in transforming an empty building into a producer of >5,000 seat frames per day. • Oversaw the commissioning of eight new assembly lines. Traveled internationally to inspect machines before delivery. Managed open issues lists with machine builders and contractors at the onset of the program. Helped to define systems and layouts in the new facility. • Served as a subject matter expert on equipment failures, maintenance, and modifications. Worked with technicians to troubleshoot any technical issue that affected the assembly lines, computers, and robotic function testers. • Performed as the primary implementer of all PLC and HMI programming changes, including initial system debugging, new device implementation, and program optimization for reliability and throughput. Handled issues like firmware upgrades and recovery from failed controllers. • Programmed all of the plant’s torque controllers during the program launch phase and served as subject matter expert in issues of torque control.• Integrated new sensors and vision-based defect detection devices into manufacturing equipment, including those with artificial intelligence features and multiple modes of inspection. • Developed a takt time monitoring system that displayed live statistics of operator performance on custom screens above every assembly line. • Designed 'red rabbit' structures and developed the programming to challenge quality control systems with known defects. • Delivered presentations, made reports, and answered technical questions on behalf of the department. Maintained an esteemed professional relationship with customers, contractors, & executives.• Utilized Allen-Bradley's RSLogix 500, RSLogix 5000, and FactoryTalk View ME; Atlas Copco's ToolsTalk; AutoCAD; MS Excel; Keyence's IV-Navigator, IV2-Navigator, IX-Navigator; Plex ERP system.

• Worked within multi-disciplinary engineering/I.T. teams to complete automation, engineering, and systems integration projects for clients in diverse manufacturing industries, including consumer goods, food processing, pharmaceuticals, automotive, mining, and milling.• Developed custom PLC and HMI programs, often from scratch, to satisfy customer project requirements. New controls systems would typically be debugged/demoed in the lab using a custom simulation program. Control systems included elements such as conveyors, sortation systems, continuous process control, PID control loops, motors, VFDs, valves, sensors, thermocouples, and various process control elements. • Created technical drawing packets and project reports. Designed new electrical panels, drafted electrical wiring schematics and P&IDs, created Sequential Function Diagrams (SFCs), and wrote user manuals.• Conducted Factory Acceptance Tests (FATs) to showcase finished products to customers. Communicated with clients throughout the course of each project.• Traveled to customer facilities to install and commission new equipment in a production environment.• Extensively used Rockwell's RSLogix 500, RSLogix 5000, and FactoryTalk View ME; Wonderware's InTouch and ArchestrA; MS Office suite including Visio; AutoCAD. Programmed Allen-Bradley ControlLogix, CompactLogix, and MicroLogix PLCs, and PanelView HMIs.

• Developed an automated diverter system for Cargill's corn syrup production line. The project was designed to remove the manual steps involved in redirecting the continuous flow of hot syrup, and thus improve the safety factor and reduce labor costs.• Delivered CAD drawings with a mechanical design, electrical drawings, a PLC program, and a user's manual.

• Worked with the plant engineers and outside contractors on a large-scale installation project of a new gaseous emissions scrubber system to allow the the Basic Oxygen Furnace (BOF) to meet EPA MACT standards. The project included commissioning two high-voltage electrical substations.• Troubleshot issues in new electrical equipment on the baghouse.• Assisted with document control of technical schematics. Made layout updates in AutoCAD.

• Worked with the electrical engineering staff and electrical maintenance team on daily upkeep and continuous improvement projects within the 80” Hot Strip Mill. • Championed a large archival project of all Hot Mill electrical schematics. Worked extensively with AutoCAD.• Troubleshot issues in both high and low voltage electrical panels using electrical prints and ladder logic. Worked around large-scale milling equipment, relay panels, overhead cranes, and large electric motors.