Nicholas Kopp Email & Phone Number

Saint Paul, MN, US

Bayport, Minnesota, United States

• Led multiple product development projects in manufacturing; building schedule, defining scope, creating budget estimates and implementation plans.
• Developed and built individual project teams, focusing on team success by providing motivation and direction.
• Coordinated resources to ensure project stayed on schedule and budget.
• Provided regular report outs to stakeholders on project status including progress reports, adherence to timeline, budget, risks.

United States

• Provided engineering support to nine industrial paint lines and four UV roll coat lines at the Bayport plant.
• Developed a reinvestment strategy for the Andersen Window Plant coatings area focused on adding capability, capacity, process control and sustainability.
• Led capex projects to design, purchase and install a new coatings line needed for capacity and quality improvement.
• Stabilized the launch of a three phase UV roll coat line that improved wood quality prior to paint.
• Modified and installed an in-line vision system used to identify wood defects leading to annual material cost savings.
• Created make vs buy business cases that helped grow the internal business and resulted in price reductions from our external suppliers.

Bayport, Minnesota

• Executed certification of Andersen Windows products from test plan to certification submittal.
• Provided technical expertise to product engineers on interpretation and compliance to building code standards and test standards (ASTM, TAS, etc).
• Represented Andersen Corporation at 3rd party certification group committee meetings.

Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

Bachelor Of Engineering - Be, Materials Engineering

Certified Professional Project Manager, Cppm