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Beaverton, MI, US

Beaverton, Michigan

• Achievements:
• Established and published maintenance metrics.
• Managed several facility shutdowns and coordinated equipment restoration activities.Responsibilities:
• Supervise three direct and 10 indirect facility/maintenance employees.
• Conduct root cause investigations for safety and major breakdown events.

Beaverton, Michigan

• Achievements:
• Realized over-budget cost savings goals in three out of four years.
• Coached and advised twelve peers to successful certifications as WCM Green Belts.
• Became Green Belt certified in two WCM pillars through project execution.Responsibilities:
• Learn the World Class Manufacturing (WCM) Pillar System and train/teach to pillar leaders.
• Team leader for small to medium business process improvement projects.

Saginaw, Michigan Area

Red-X Apprentice trained engineer, led process improvement projects for the half shaft plant.

Midland, MI

• Achievements:
• Successfully led a business-critical raw material replacement project, saving 450K USD.
• Led a Six Sigma design project which developed a 10-year site layout and associated expansion plan.
• Coordinated a large Manufacturing Execution System integration project at a site producing FDA-regulated materials.Responsibilities:
• Lead local/global projects using Six Sigma methodology and other project mgmt. tools as required.
• Teach Six Sigma tools and methodologies to peers and new team members.

Hemlock, MI

• Achievements:
• Investigated and solved a chronic in-process product failure, increasing the acceptance rate from 60% to over 95% and eliminating over 150K USD in scrap costs.
• Completed a Reliability Centered Maintenance II analysis which resulted in a mixer re-design and resulting reliability increase, allowing capture of additional sales volume.
• Authored and executed several product/process validation studies on pharmaceutical-grade water systems, clean-in-place systems, and production scale equipment.Responsibilities:
• Support daily production of silicone antifoams, compounds, and liquid silicone rubber in an FDA regulated environment.
• Lead economic evaluations of existing/new products and capital equipment.

Mason, MI

• Achievements:
• Successfully piloted and integrated a 6M USD bulk bag dry ingredient handling system into 2 infant formula production processes.
• Authored and executed validation protocols which qualified 2 high-speed canning/labeling lines.Responsibilities:
• Perform product/process improvements through experimentation and scale up activities.
• Represent the manufacturing unit for large scale process upgrades, including defining requirements, performing acceptance testing, and leading start up activities.

Mason, Michigan

• Achievements:
• Reliably directed union employees and floor supervisors in production turnaround duties, enabling record unit production.
• Led factory acceptance testing and integration activities for a control system replacement project.Responsibilities:
• Supervise union personnel and floor supervisors in the production of liquid infant formula.

Bs, Agricultural Engineering Technology

Ms, Manufacturing Systems Engineering