Nicole Siebert Email & Phone Number

United States

• Managed and supported team of 5 individuals in challenging service crunches• Determined future team strategy to managing large volumes of orders, requests for move ups, workload redistribution, and areas missing necessary focus• Collaborated with operations planning manager and scheduling team members to provide plan for extensive cross training and vacation coverage• Managed urgent customer demands while minimizing the impact on manufacturing efficiencies• Enforced a four day frozen schedule with customer service and scheduling team to achieve schedule stability and improved plant metrics and expected customer dates• Scheduled the lamination department for plant efficiency while maintaining customer deadlines

• Developed introductory training and onboarding for interns, coops, and new process engineers• Organized job scheduling, machine logistics, resin processing concerns, and R&D expectations to run over 45 successful projects• Collaborated with R&D on forward looking strategies and business opportunities to allow for greater business development in the future• Worked with maintenance, scheduling, and production to have the biggest plant shutdown and start up in ACF history with minimal process issues• Supported the onboarding and technical training of a new process engineer and a new process technician• Worked to create value added tag list and displays for greater operator engagement for IoT reboot project• Maintained work responsibilities of Process Engineer I

Oshkosh, Wisconsin

• Involved with implementing safety improvements as a process team with EHS manager based on first aid data and first-hand knowledge of processes• Determined root cause of a $600k multi-layer tear out defect by working with downstream plants and implemented sustainable long-term solution• Led lean six sigma green belt project team to increase poly-ICE outputs by 20% on an ICE line and worked with a black belt mentor to run a successful DOE to find optimal run settings• Managed an annual output increase of 20% (3M pounds) on two ICE lines after capital project installation• Conducted monthly caliper waste reduction team to determine root causes and reduce future waste events• Developed and ran T42 improvement team which produced a 78% reduction in non-conformances, a 23% decrease in waste to input, and a 6% increase in output• Mentored, onboarded, prepared projects, and completed final review with evaluation for a summer intern• Supported the onboarding and contributed to the technical training of a new plant process engineer• Involved with planning and execution of 3 successful annual shutdowns and startups of as many as 17 blown film and ICE lines• Participated in initial and continuing implementation of Internet of Things program, Thingworx, to allow the plant to have better process insight to reduce waste and high-risk events to the machines• Conducted daily process engineer responsibilities such as worked to troubleshoot machine issues, helped with schedule optimization, dispositioned quality holds, worked with R&D on plant projects, made changes to standard operating conditions, investigated quality non-conformances and established sustainable solutions

Appleton, Wisconsin

• Operations Leader troubleshooting issues and managing a crew of 30 individuals in coating prep, rewinding, and coating machine operations• Optimized a new product’s speed, quality, and yield on a paper coater• Facilitated safety interactions with machine crews to identify and eliminate potential hazards• Gathered and analyzed experimental rheology data of reformulated coatings for cost saving opportunities

Duluth, Minnesota Area

• Tutored students for Properties of Engineering Materials, Thermodynamics, and Heat and Mass Transfer

Wausau, Wisconsin Area

• Implemented new control software (PARCView) in the finishing department• Replaced the outdated system to better track downtime and low productivity• Recommended software updates to reduce variability within intermediate product and improve quality• Promoted safety initiatives with machine operators

Duluth, Minnesota Area

• Tested experimental soybean oil and pentanol fuel blends as a possible alternative fuel• Analyzed and summarized the collected slow motion videos of fuel micro-explosions• Finalized results are being used in an academic journal and were presented in a research presentation

Wausau, Wisconsin Area

• Sampled on a daily and weekly basis to monitor and maintain the paper process control and final quality• Analyzed product and chemical quality data to identify and resolve paper quality issues• Ran and monitored trials of new products for financial saving opportunities and improved product quality• Participated in the safety team to improve and promote safety for all mill employees

Wausau, Wisconsin Area

Wausau, Wisconsin Area

Marshfield, Wisconsin

Bachelor'S Degree, Chemical Engineering, 3.90

Activities and Societies: Minors in Energy Engineering and Environmental Engineering

Chemical Engineering