Thomas Brevet, P.Eng. Email & Phone Number

Canada

• Managed up to 12 supervisors under 7 production lines (3 bottles, 2 cans and 2 kegs) and the cleaning weekend crew totalizing up to 160 regular and 70 temporary employees at the peak. Managed daily can line.
• Influenced upper management in working on the established framework
• Adapted the organizational structure to support the asset management process
• Established a work group to maintain the organization’s asset management process
• Worked with staff and unionized employees on the deployment of the Operator Asset Care
• Brought employees in changing the culture and become equipment owners. -Trained hundreds of employees on Operational Excellence and Reliability.

- Led an implementation project for a new beer can line and the improvement of a current bottle line ($42M project completed within 1 year).- Implemented successfully hundreds of capital expenditure projects, innovations and new materials through operations.

Lachute, Québec, Canada

Managed the maintenance, production and quality departments to ensure the optimization of production, the reliability of assets including the building, while qualifying the plant for HACCP and AIB following new customer requirements from the pharmaceutical and food industries.- Worked with the Vice President and the management team in a strategic planning.

Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Managed the Quality department for the production of automotive brakes for the OEM (Ford, GM, Chrysler, Toyota, BMW) and Aftermarket businesses (Raybestos brand).- Qualified, maintained and integrated ISO 9001 | TS16949 | ISO 14001 standards.- Participated in continuous improvement and reduction of losses through Six Sigma projects.- Worked on the annual.

Valcourt Canton, Québec, Canada

Organized the Intellectual Property (patents and designs) strategy with the executive committee.- Ensured adequate protection of patents and designs for ATV’s, Utility Vehicles and the Design and Innovation Department concepts (e.g. Spyder).

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Lubricant and Specialties Division: Deployment of lubrication programs in the automotive, transportation, mining and paper industries.- Upgraded preventive maintenance programs following lubrication audits and interpretation of oil analyses from the Sarnia Research Center. - Supported the development and testing of new products on customers sites..