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Mike Helm Email & Phone Number
Automation, Electrical, and Instrumentation Manager
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Gelita USA Inc.
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@ajinomoto.com
12 phones found area 641, 801, 406, 602, and 515
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Role
Automation, Electrical, and Instrumentation Manager
Location
Eddyville, Iowa, United States
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Mike Helm is listed as Automation, Electrical, and Instrumentation Manager at Gelita USA Inc., based in Eddyville, Iowa, United States. AeroLeads shows a work email signal at ajinomoto.com, phone signal with area code 641, 801, 406, 602, 515, and a matched LinkedIn profile for Mike Helm.
Mike Helm previously worked as Director and SME, Instrumentation, Control, and Electrical Systems at Shell Rock Soy Processing and Automation, Electrical, & Instrumentation Manager at Gelita Usa Inc.. Mike Helm holds Apprenticeship, Electrician from Abc Of Iowa.
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About Mike Helm
I am a hands-on professional with over 32 years of direct experience in industrial settings. Over that same timeframe I’ve also spent time in commercial and residential spaces with similar task scopes. Through my career I have performed various roles in Food/Feed, Wet Corn Milling, Grain/Oilseeds, Foundry, Protein, Large Scale Utility, Bottling, Refrigeration, Animal Nutrition, Fertilizer, Gelatin/Collagen/Collagen Peptide, and Chlor-alkali production facilities ranging from entry level operations, maintenance & reliability, up to and including facility general management and direction. Earlier in my career I also spent time in the agricultural space working with livestock, feed, animal health, and farming machinery. As such I have operated and worked on/around a very broad range of equipment types. I have 14 years of experience in leading people, directing operations, handling personnel issues, performance management, environmental stewardship, safety leadership, resource planning/forecasting, budgeting, production forecasting, and project management. I have many years of experience with engineering, reliability, maintenance, manufacturing, feed & food safety, aseptic packaging, compliance, and safety management. In my leadership roles I have made it a standard practice to coach personnel and to lead by example. My nature is to utilize innovation when needed to solve problems and I enjoy helping others to practice innovation as well. I strive to maintain a great moral compass and I promote high levels of team trust. This practice has allowed me to maintain and receive high levels of loyalty from my direct reports, peers, and supervisors while achieving great results. I strive to form appropriately sized and effective teams that can solve problems quickly.Skilled in starch enzyme based liquefaction & saccharification, corn sweetener manufacturing (maltose, glucose/dextrose, fructose), feed/food, Boiler Operations, Water & Waste Water Treatment, Environmental Reporting, Chlor-Alkali Operations, RCM, Control Systems Design, Electrical Wiring, Instrumentation and Reliability Engineering. Certified Automation Professional CAP, Certified Control System Technician III CCST, and Master Electrician.I strive to build reliability into system design while achieving the highest feasibility level of reliability efforts with responsible cost and resource forecasts.
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Director And Sme, Instrumentation, Control, And Electrical Systems
CurrentBusiness automation strategy Standards creationFacility optimization Construction design and oversightDue diligence studiesCross functional team collaboration Site leadership participationInnovationConsultant for M&R activities and technology
May 2023 - Present
Automation, Electrical, & Instrumentation Manager
Gelita Usa Inc.
-Provide direction for technical and reliability resources in Chicago and Sioux City while also consulting on issues for global facilities-Subject matter expert for automation, instrumentation, and electrical trades-Manage automation resources and evaluate work demand/capacity ratios-Cross-functional team leadership for problem solving and system.
Jan 2022 - May 2023
Director Of Operations And Maintenance
Ajinomoto Health & Nutrition North America, Inc.
Operations, Maintenance, Engineering, Cross functional team relationships, removing barriers, and empowering teams to achieve success. -Direction/oversight for 80 employees - industrial processing, retail packaging, and aseptic equipment processes-Leader for all site leadership-Retail packaging experience includes automated bottling, jar, puck, cup, pail.
Oct 2021 - Dec 2021
Engineering And Manufacturing Services Manager
Ajinomoto Animal Nutrition North America, Inc.
Maintenance, Engineering, AEI, Utilities, and Waste Water Manager-Absorbed the Production Engineering team [total organization size = 42 with 5 direct reports]-MOC reviews/approvals-Safe Feed / Safe Food assurance-Responsible for Maintenance & CAPEX budgets exceeding $15M annually-Managed insourcing/outsourcing ratios to optimize abilities and costs-Site.
Apr 2019 - Oct 2021
Maintenance, Aei, & Utilities Manager
Ajinomoto Animal Nutrition North America, Inc.
-Assumed Maintenance leadership responsibilities when previous manager retired-Managed/controlled over $15M in spend annual for the site-Responsible for CMMS utilization, PM optimization, parts stocking levels, and inventory values-Electrical program ownership (transformers, distribution, maintenance procedures, testing intervals)-PSM audits and control.
Nov 2018 - Apr 2019
Aei And Utilities Manager
Ajinomoto Animal Nutrition North America, Inc.
-Site Leadership Team-Waste water asset utilization focus - $500k+ annualized cost savings-Managed boiler BMS upgrades, chiller replacements, lighting upgrades, & cooling tower upgrades to enable increased reliability & energy reduction-CMMS utilization for compliance tracking and work management-Departmental Cost controls-Reliability upgrades on control.
Jan 2018 - Nov 2018
Aei Solutions And Efficiency Specialist
-Augmented customer staffing to provide high reliability equipment solutions-Factory network improvements (Ethernet, DeviceNet, Profibus, Foundation Fieldbus, Anybus, ControlNet)-Boiler BMS upgrade planning and facilitation-Programmed new electrical distribution gear monitoring equipment (power metering, protection)-Assisted with modifying bottling systems.
May 2017 - Jan 2018
Manufacturing Services Manager
Hf Chloralkali
- Provide leadership and assistance in achieving goals and optimizing systems
- Partner with all support teams corporate-wide to evaluate and streamline processes
- Provide oversight for capital and MRO projects
- Provide leadership and direction for maintenance and reliability teams
- Provide leadership and direction for AEI, EH&S and Engineering teams
- Electrical program owner – Site Master Electrician
Sep 2016 - May 2017
Aei Manager
Hf Chloralkali
Backup facilities management (including health, safety, and environmental responsibilities), Chlor-alkali Processing Management, Electrical Program Ownership, Construction Project Management, Instrumentation repair, specifying, configuration, & installation; Automation (DCS & PLC) repair, specifying, installation, and configuration; field troubleshooting.
May 2014 - Sep 2016
Aei Team Leader
Cargill, Inc.
Behavioral based safety program participation & support, personnel management, talent sourcing & development, repair & design consulting in the automation (DCS, PLC), electrical, & instrumentation fields, weights & measures repair & design consulting, BMS repair & design consulting, site leadership, operations leadership, focus on reliability projects.
Mar 2011 - May 2014
Aei Support Team Supervisor
Behavioral based safety program participation & support, personnel management, talent sourcing & development, repair & design consulting in the automation (DCS, PLC), electrical, & instrumentation fields, weights & measures repair & design consulting, BMS repair & design consulting, focus on reliability projects, management of site radio FCC licensing.
Dec 2008 - Feb 2011
Aei Team
Instrumentation (measurement & analytical) repair, specifying, configuration, & installation; Automation (Texas Instruments, Siemens, Modicon, & Allen Bradley PLC; Fisher Provox and DeltaV; Invensys Wonderware) repair, specifying, installation, and configuration; maintenance planning and estimating (Automation, Electrical, and Instrumentation), field.
May 1991 - Dec 2008
2 education records
Mike Helm education
Apprenticeship, Electrician
Abc Of Iowa
Aas, Robotics & Automation
Indian Hills Community College
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What company does Mike Helm work for?
Mike Helm works for Gelita USA Inc..
What is Mike Helm's role at Gelita USA Inc.?
Mike Helm is listed as Automation, Electrical, and Instrumentation Manager at Gelita USA Inc..
What is Mike Helm's email address?
AeroLeads has found 1 work email signal at @ajinomoto.com for Mike Helm at Gelita USA Inc..
What is Mike Helm's phone number?
AeroLeads has found 12 phone signal(s) with area code 641, 801, 406, 602, 515 for Mike Helm at Gelita USA Inc..
Where is Mike Helm based?
Mike Helm is based in Eddyville, Iowa, United States while working with Gelita USA Inc..
What companies has Mike Helm worked for?
Mike Helm has worked for Gelita Usa Inc., Shell Rock Soy Processing, Ajinomoto Health & Nutrition North America, Inc., Ajinomoto Animal Nutrition North America, Inc., and Winger Companies.
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Mike Helm holds Apprenticeship, Electrician from Abc Of Iowa.
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