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United States

Portland, Oregon Area

• Managing projects to install new technology metals sorting processes into new and existing metals recycling facilities while working from home office with 50-95% travel to sites across the country with occasional.
• Led new facility design, permitting, construction and equipment installation followed by proving system capabilities and effectiveness online
• Project budgets range from $5MM to $22MM with total budget of $60MM

Oklahoma City, Oklahoma Area

• Led new $10.5MM plant design, construction and start up including permitting, capital equipment purchases, process flow mapping and optimization, staffing, contractor review, selection & management and coordinated.
• Managed multiple concurrent capital projects while leading new plant construction and existing plant overhaul and modernization efforts
• Led continuous process improvement efforts in existing plants including new equipment, relocation of processes to improve process flow and realize gains from Lean, 5S, Kanban and JIT process management philosophies in.

Ardmore, Oklahoma

• Managed capital projects including major facility improvements and new process equipment evaluation, selection, purchase, installation and proving effectiveness online
• Led Lean Six Sigma projects to identify, define and determine a course of action for process improvement opportunities and gained Lean/Six Sigma Green Belt certification
• ISO internal auditor

Roff, OK

• Managed $29MM new facility construction. $7.5MM rail expansion and $5MM existing plant overhaul followed with operational management of all
• Operational site facility management responsibility included two manufacturing plants, rail/truck terminal, warehouse and support facilities
• P&L, KPI, detailed budgeting and production forecasting responsibility with performance versus budget and division-wide KPI goal tracking and performance reporting
• Applied Six Sigma methodology to reduce variation in the production process, Lean Manufacturing methodology to reduce waste and used Kanban principles to improve supply chain logistics
• Attained ISO 9001, 14001 and OHSAS 18001 certifications and set records for safe days worked

Tulsa, Oklahoma Area

• Led $12MM capital expansion of plant process including layout of process equipment, consolidation of production equipment and building improvements to realize logical and effective process flow
• Led major capital projects including new equipment design, purchase and installation, existing process improvements and building & grounds maintenance, renovation and expansion
• Overhauled industrial and facility maintenance department structure by implementing applicant testing, process area ownership and PM/PdM work order system yielding 23% improvement in equipment availability

Tulsa, Oklahoma Area

• Managed multiple, concurrent multi-million-dollar capital projects including facility construction, new equipment purchase & installation, safety improvement, issues of environmental non-compliance & civil engineering.
• Served as ISO 9001 and 14001 internal auditor

Stillwater, OK

• Led engineering and maintenance efforts including continuous process improvement by managing all plant technical efforts including the design and installation of new and the continuous process improvement of existing.
• Applied statistical process control methodologies including Six Sigma, Lean Manufacturing and JIT to reduce variation and waste in the production processes and to create increased efficiency
• Other responsibilities of this position included Plant Capital Manger of a $3.5MM annual budget, Drafting Supervisor, Plant Property Conservation and Risk Manager and ISO 9001 internal auditor

Project Management, 4.0

Activities and Societies: Project Management Institute, Project Management Professional Master Certificate in Applied Project Management

Mba, Engineering And Technology Management, 3.9

Bs, Mechanical Engineering Technology, 3.5

Activities and Societies: Fluid Power Society and Society of Manufacturing Engineers