Nathan Bacon, Eit Email & Phone Number

Randolph, Vermont, United States

- Maintenance and upgrades of all facility level systems and equipment including HVAC, water filtration and water waste management, electrical, pneumatic, nitrogen, and production equipment. - Create and manage detailed SOPs for all equipment.- Collaborate with new clients to design appropriate production and packaging systems compliant with applicable food safety standards and train production employees on safe usage of production equipment.- Management of sanitation staff to ensure cleanliness of facility and equipment.- Implement and maintain CMMS for all maintenance actions and asset management.- Develop process flow and production line layouts to optimize production throughput.- Research and procure equipment for new and retrofitted production lines.- Remain current on knowledge of food safety manufacturing standards as regulated by USDA and FDA.

Randolph, Vermont, United States

Located in Central Vermont, Hillside Botanicals is a diversified certified organic hemp and medicinal herb farm and herbal wellness product manufacturer. Our cultivation practices are grounded in regenerative organic approaches and focused on promoting highly productive, ecologically integrated systems. Hillside Botanicals also produces small-batch farm direct herbal wellness products, including full-spectrum hemp formulations for internal and topical use. We specialize in formulating products born of traditional herbal knowledge and modern scientific research.

Colchester, Vermont

Began as an D&D and Process engineering intern before being hired on full-time as a Design and Development engineer. As a design engineer I:- Utilized AutoCAD to develop detailed engineering drawings for various departments in the company ranging from sales drawings to assemblies used in manufacturing lines. - Communicated with members of sales and manufacturing departments to create cable designs that meet customer specifications as well as a number of industry design standards (ISO, MIL, SAE, etc.) - Supported marketing and sales by providing samples, technical data collection and written reports with detailed data analysis. - Developed unique cable designs and cable extrusion process plans and worked closely with manufacturing to ensure design goals are met.- Evaluated existing manufacturing process methods, determine opportunities for improvement, and implement them accordingly.- Collaborated on cross-departmental teams to perform FMEA's on various manufacturing processes, identifying problem processes and developing creative solutions to reduce the RPN of specific operations.

Randolph, Vt

Freedom Foods is a co-packing and product development with a focus on natural, organic, kosher or gluten free certified foods. Attention to detail is imperative to ensure certification compliance and cross contamination does not occur between product lines.

Northfield, Vt

Graduated May of 2014

Performed on-site inspection and testing of materials at bituminous concrete plants throughout Vermont to verify conformance with VTrans material specifications.

Bachelor'S Degree, Mechanical Engineering

Activities and Societies: Varsity Men's Soccer 2010-2014

Education record

Activities and Societies: Varsity Soccer Varsity Lacrosse Rotary INTERact Club (Treasurer)