Leader with experience in greenfield site construction, manufacturing process design & start-up, talent selection, retention, and other manufacturing oversight tasks associated with construction and acquisition. Quick evaluator of new process issues with the ability to remediate, plan, solve problems, and identify resource needs.All professional experience is in 24-7 manufacturing demanding high operating efficiencies, low tolerance for quality exceptions, and superior team safety performance. Experience leading and implementing effective maintenance programs & teams, and development of people leaders that can function in fast paced, continuous mfg environment.Strong communication skills, both verbal and written. Managed construction and capital planning, budgets and projects for both greenfield and existing operations. Lead through two acquisitions: one from a small private company of 200 total employees, to a company requiring fortune 500 results, employing over 15,000 globally (I was working for the acquired company). Second: on-boarding a private company of approximately 1,200 employees, into a company now with 17,000 employees globally (I was part of the company doing the acquisition).Began leading the first plant and managed a turnaround safety culture from an RIR of 17 at start, to zero during my first year. Lead the same group OSHA injury free for 4.5 years. Took on another acquisition plant manager role 6 years after my first acquisition plant leader role. Safety culture/safety performance improvement along with process stabilization being the primary focus with that plant. I assembled a strong leadership team, established a new org design structure for maintenance, quality and operations/production. In (Apr '24) we passed the 2 year recordable injury free milestone. April 29, 2023 marked the first time in site's 76 year history that the facility had operated 1 year recordable incident free. Experienced in partnering with science and technology groups to facilitate research and development with plant involvement. Joint patent holder as a result of these efforts. Successful manufacturing innovation environment creation within the plant setting is a key, core competency.
Listed skills include Manufacturing, Process Engineering, Plant Management, Budgets, and 34 others.