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Kansas City, MO, US

Kansas City, Missouri, US

Battle Creek, Michigan, US

• Lead the continuous improvement of the facility, equipment, and systems in the 72 year old, 783k sf, 600+ employee bakery. Provide technical expertise and management for capital/construction projects. Partner with.
• Responsible for $8-15MM CapEx budget including; project initiation, execution and closing.
• Infrastructure Projects: Roof Replacement, Cooling Tower Replacement, LED Lighting Upgrade, Fire Safety System Upgrades Environmental Control Equipment and Building Infrastructure Improvements.
• Productivity Projects: Line Flexibility Improvements, Line Speed Increases, Automation Solutions, and Engineering Solutions for Product Innovations.

Battle Creek, Michigan, US

• Leading the Maintenance and Reliability Program for a top-tier food manufacturer in a 783k sq. ft. facility with over 600 employees. Supported the addition of 2 new production lines.
• 2014-2017 Improvements include decreasing oven downtime by 13%, increasing OEE by 6.9%, decreasing $’s/k lbs by 16.7%, increasing MRO inventory accuracy by 15.1%.
• Led maintenance organization restructuring that included 22% reduction in salary staff and 85% of team in new roles.
• Developed model for Zero Based Budgeting and Weekly Spend Tracker that generated $550k of labor and material savings in 2017.
• Key Accomplishments: instituted predictive maintenance program, developed rebuild program for key components, machine shop optimization, MRO relocation & optimization, key position additions (Systems Engineer.

St Louis, Missouri, US

• On-site Plant Manager responsible for safety, quality, cost, and delivery goals during the remaining 7 months of production. Lead the decommissioning and sale of the facility.
• YOY Improvements include 37% reduction in injuries, 25% decrease in customer complaints, equipment efficiency gain of 5.7%, exceeded production schedule requirements, and generated 224% ($1M+) in Variable favorability.
• Providing direction for staffing reduction plans that correlated with production ramp down.
• Leading the development and execution of a project schedule that included transition plans for equipment, production, materials, full-time staffing, temporary staffing, and facility decommissioning.
• As part of the facility decommissioning plan, I am leading the effort to setup and execute an auction of assets and cleaning of the facility to prepare it for sale.
• Working with Nodaway County Economic Development and Commercial Real Estate Broker to market and sell the facility.

St Louis, Missouri, US

• Continued responsibility for all aspects of maintenance while assuming Engineering Manager accountabilities. Manage all facets of asset administration including new equipment setups, clearances and retirements. Plant.
• Spearheaded team that successfully re-certified the Maryville facility as an OSHA Voluntary Protection Program (VPP) Star Site.
• Developed vision and scope for maintenance portability and parts delivery. First location in the company to successfully implement this approach. Resulted in a 8.4% savings in maintenance time.
• Capital and expense budgeting, forecasting, and approving.

St Louis, Missouri, US

• Led the continuous improvement of Preventative / Predictive Maintenance, Reactive Maintenance, Planned Maintenance, Maintenance Supervision, and MRO Spare Parts Store.
• Provided leadership in colleague development including, writing job expectations, interviewing, hiring, and evaluating performance of 10+ salary / 75+ hourly colleagues.
• In charge of facility management of 500k sf facility containing 2000+ pieces of equipment.
• Developed maintenance team by refining and re-allocating job definitions, involving the team in direction setting and goals, formulated hourly maintenance leadership roles, and promoted continuous education.
• Led the maintenance portion and assisted with all other aspects of a project to maximize labor utilization while minimizing non-value added activity resulting in a savings of more than $2M per year.
• Project leader for the implementation of dispatch maintenance software and system in 2010 that allowed us to maintain production efficiency while saving maintenance labor dollars.

St Louis, Missouri, US

• Dual accountability of Maintenance and Value Stream (Operations) Management role.
• Responsible for Safety, Quality, Cost and Delivery of the Components Value Stream.
• Implemented a daily accountability process that included tier meetings, problem solving and leader standard work.
• Reduced Customer Complaints by incorporating Root Cause and 5-Why methodology.

St Louis, Missouri, US

Led projects of increasing complexity including:-Multiple projects related to equipment re-design to eliminate stoppages and improve efficiency. -Co-led the commissioning of a new packaging facility, specifically plant layout, equipment orientation/flow, and process flow.-Led a cross-functional team of domestic and international colleagues to successfully.

B.S. In Mechanical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering

Business Administration And Management, General