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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.• Work with functional managers to scope, develop, and refine project needs.• Coach plant employees on WCM concepts and their practical application.• Develop KPI systems and reporting tools for in-plant and business level use.

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.• Served as the corporate owner for Arena DES software; advanced user for 10 years.• Communicate intermediate and final project results to project sponsors and stakeholders.• Use change management techniques to ease the implementation of project solutions.

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.• Represent the production team for small capital projects - defining scope, performing equipment specifications and selection, managing change control documents, and ensuring successful start-up activities. Serve as Manufacturing Representative for capital expansions and installations.• Train operators on new/revised procedures, process upgrades, and relevant cGMP topics.

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