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St. Louis, MO, US

Arnold, Missouri, United States

Advised line managers and superintendents in day-to-day production issues in washer and inside spray area.Assisted with troubleshooting of equipment issues.Managed budget of area to balance immediate and long term maintenance needs.Led execution of various capital projects including two $2M machine overhauls.Planned and managed execution of biweekly.

United States

Planned and coordinated maintenance activities around production schedules and opportunistic downtime.Drove multiple initiatives to the team member level, with focus on improving safety, quality, and team member autonomy.Led daily meetings with front line team members and maintenance team to align on shiftly and weekly priorities, and ensure resources were.

Arnold, Missouri

Led team of 35 team members in day-to-day production tasks.Developed gap closing plans with team leads to address production and spoilage deficiencies.Collaborated with team to find root cause of production downtime events.Worked with team members to utilize planned and unplanned downtime to perform opportunistic maintenance.

Davenport, Iowa Area

Reduced downtime by an expected 133 hours by leading three projects focusing on troubleshooting mechanical problems and implementing design improvements to large industrial machines.Supported engineering, maintenance, and production staff in implementation of new mechanical designs and processes. These contributions helped to improve equipment reliability.

Davenport, Iowa Area

Led four projects which led to improvements to processes with an expected annual savings of $145,000. These projects focused on a critical production area, focusing on decreasing scrap, run times, and overall downtime.Collaborated with production operators to receive input about current process issues. This input was then confirmed by analyzing production.

St. Louis, MO

Held office hours three times per week in order to ensure all students were grasping core concepts.Effectively communicated complex programming ideas to students. Met deadlines for grading assignments and communicated with professor and fellow teaching assistants to ensure smooth operation of the class.