Leading a 350+ full-time employee team in a 24/7 500k sqft facility with coffee processing facilities and 25+ packaging lines. Manufacturing of coffee, cocoa and speciality beverage products with over 100 skus and sizes.

Perrigo Vermont is the largest store brand infant formula manufacturer in the world.Lead 200+ associate team of production, packaging and sanitation managers and their teams.Developed onboarding and training program that led to best retention and staffing in 5+ years.Started new packaging night team to enable increasing output by 15%.Drive improvements and workshops in good documentation practice improvements across batch record management, micro-ingredient dispersal, standard operating procedures (SOP’s) and work practices (WP’s).

Manage 50+ associate team of supervisors, leads, process mechanics, packaging mechanics, electricians, mechanical planners, and storeroom personnel.Developed business case and managed the largest ever ($10M) and most complex (+130 projects) maintenance shutdown in site history.Led proactive work management system that increased schedule compliance by 25% (>65% weekly compliance)Hired, trained and coached supervisors, leads and planners to support transition from reactive to proactive maintenance.Implemented use of planning maintenance tools to improve work prioritization and resource balancing (CMMS, weekly schedule, maintenance KPI’s and time on tools).

Business Planner & Economist-Led development of $50M budget to balance the portfolio between Margin Improvement, OPEX Reduction, Risk Reduction, and Regulatory requirements. -Led a project development committee that screens new project requests and selects which projects to develop to meet current business needs. -Led development between design engineers and project managers on ~60 projects per year to obtain management approval and stewardship of all project related expenditures.Senior Process Designer-Worked with Unit Business Teams from project identification, front-end engineering, detailed engineering, and project start-up. -Coordinated efforts with third-party contractors to ensure projects are in accordance with Company standards. -Reviewed junior process design engineers activities to provide collaborative mentoring and improve standards. -Responsible for ensuring new facilities were flawlessly integrated with existing facilities and acted as process engineer through equipment startup and commissioning. -Identified, led and developed projects to improve return of capital project budget while ensuring SH&E goals were met while maintaining or improving project cost and schedule.

Led and stewarded site-wide energy performance and energy initiatives by gaining alignment with refinery management, developing the refinery energy business plan, and coordinating work with the unit business teams. Performed energy and mass balances to provide analysis and reporting for energy OPEX that led to several best ever months in energy performance.

Assigned to ExxonMobil Research and Engineering (EMRE) global headquarters. Created a new role at Corporate HQ responsible for global energy system (boilers, turbines, steam generators, and fired heaters) improvement efforts centered on blocking and tackling efforts and re-design of process units to optimize energy per-formance.Assigned to ExxonMobil Refining and Supply fuels refinery plant site to perform daily tech service functions, process monitoring, and day-to-day process problem solving. Provided technical support for risk assessments, HAZOP reviews, startup and shutdown activities, and unit troubleshooting. Unit assignments included De-layed Coking Unit, Utility Systems (Water Treatment, Boilers, Turbine Optimization, & Expanders), Flare Systems, Wetgas Scrubber, Cooling Towers, and Wastewater Treatment.Led and stewarded site-wide energy performance and energy initiatives by gaining alignment with refinery management, developing the refinery energy business plan, and coordinating work with the unit business teams. Performed energy and mass balances to provide analysis and reporting for energy OPEX that led to several best ever months in energy performance.

Responsible for identifying and improving project planning tools and efficiency improvement items.• Standardized project management documents, project plans, and budget tracking• Increased process productivity through analyzing process set-up and clean-up times

Held various positions throughout Global Headquarters plant to refine procedures and chemical formulas to improve polymer strength and translucency, conduct life cycle cost analysis and scaling analysis, and complete initial process control design work.Designed and implemented process control strategies for distillation columns, heat exchangers, and reactors utilizing process and instrumentation diagramsImproved the efficacy, synergistic properties, and solvent delivery system of Eastman Antioxidant though design of experiment lab evaluations and cost analysisConducted a capability development analysis evaluating heat transfer, reaction kinetics, byproduct formation, and mixing potential of a pilot plant batch reactor