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Abbott Park, Illinois, Us

Diamond Bar, California, Us

(1) Manage all repair and preventative maintenance activities for a fully automated water bottling facility equipped with injection, blow-molding, and laser guided vehicles (LGVs) capable of producing over 4 million bottles of water daily.(2) Managed a maintenance staff of 23 personnel across 4 shifts. Responsible for all hiring, training, and performance evaluation. Works with HR for employee discipline issues, termination, and recruitment. (2) Manages the plants internal parts room inventories and preventative maintenance programs using ORACLE CMMS and Kardex PowerPick Global Vertical Lift Module Systems. (3) Develops capital equipment justifications for machine tools and process technology to improve quality, cost and cycle times.

Paris, Fr

(1) Responsible for identifying and implementing Safety, Quality, and Cost Savings projects in accordance with the site Master Plan with an emphasis on Robotics, Serialization, Vision Inspection, and Industry 4.0 Technologies. (2) Led a team of 21 mechanics and technicians as well as three salaried packaging engineers at L'Oreal's largest domestic manufacturing facility in support of 23 packaging lines capable of producing over 120 million units of mascara, lip gloss, and concealers annually. (3) Responsible for an annual operating budget of 3.3 million dollars as well as an annual launch and capital budget of 2.5 million dollars. (4) Managed the purchase, delivery, installation, and startup of capital projects including the installation of eight new packaging lines with an approximate value of $12M dollars with a focus on Safety, Right the First Time, performance, and reduced changeover time. (5) Submitted Engineering Change Controls and Equipment Validations, IQ/OQ/PQ’s, for new capital equipment. Worked with stakeholders to ensure the highest level of customer satisfaction. (6) Successfully managed over 80 new product launches. (7) Awarded $20,000 for winning L’Oreal’s annual Beauty Shaker Excellence award for a project that prevented over $4.3 million dollars in potential service cuts. (8) With an investment of $150,000, saved the site $800,000 annually by implementing Digital Fabrication Lab/CNC Machine Shop. The area successfully reduced tooling cost for new product launches and has decreased the lead time for those projects by 3 months. 9) Implemented a Cloud based Mobile Computerized Maintenance Management System (CMMS) that helped improved mechanic labor tracking percentage by 31% leading to an overall tracked hours percentage of 84%. Used this data to help drive a reduction in plants Mean Time to Repair from 2.02 hours to 1.12 hours. Over three years improved the Preventative Maintenance Completion rate from 42% to 96%.

Oakland, Ca, Us

(1) Led a team of 52 hourly associates responsible for packaging operations at Clorox’s largest food manufacturing site in the U.S. The facility produced approximately 80% of all Hidden Valley Ranch Dressing, Kansas City Masterpiece Barbecue Sauce, Kitchen Bouquet Seasoning Sauce, and Soy Vay Asian Kosher Marinades and Dressings. Ensured that employees maintained a strict focus on key deliverables such as safety, quality, cost, and efficiency. (2) Successfully coordinated the launch and startup of the Soy Vay brand at the Wheeling facility which enabled Clorox to end its co-packing contract and save over one million dollars annually. (3) Instituted an overhaul of the plants safety programs including: identification of critical safety gaps for inclusion into future capital budgets, review and update of all the site’s safety documents and policies, and training associates on any changes to policies or operational practices. Helped to drive a reduction in the plant's Recordable Incident Rate (RIR) from 1.5 to .7 as well as recording over 600 days without a recordable and over one million hours without a Loss Time Injury (LTI).(3) Responsible for ensuring strict adherence to all process controls in a highly regulated food manufacturing environment Managed the department through the successful completion of two AIB and two Silliker audits receiving above average ratings on three of the four audits. Along with corporate quality, I helped develop all new process controls for new innovation projects as well as quality inspection equipment purchased with plant capital.(4) Designed Microsoft Sharepoint Workspace for the plant to help centralize and automate many of the plants routine administrative tasks such as Safety Ticket Reporting, Vacation Requests/Approval, Near-Miss Reporting, Production Schedule updating/dissemination, and Daily Production Reporting. Highly skilled at using and developing analytical tools to identify trends and make recommendations.

London, Gb

(1) Managed a team of 50 union machinists, pipefitters, millwrights, and electricians at a spirits bottling and warehousing facility. Responsible for the assignment and completion of all repair and preventative maintenance for all facility and packaging equipment at Diageo's 2nd largest spirits manufacturing site in North America.(2) Business Owner for the plant’s newest production line as a result of the performance gains I helped drive on the 200ml/375ml production line. Shortly afterward, efficiency on the Jose Cuervo/Crown Royal line jumped 20%. (3) Effectively utilized Total Productive Maintenance (TPM) philosophy to drive continuous improvement at the plant. As a result, was able to effectively achieve a 10% OEE jump across six production lines during my first 4 months in the maintenance role and the highest Overall Equipment Efficiency (OEE) numbers for the plant in the past 5 years.(1) Responsible for the management of six high speed bottling lines capable of producing over 50,000 cases of spirits daily. Leads a team of 50 union employees responsible for all aspects of production.(4 Responsible for the management of six high speed bottling lines capable of producing over 50,000 cases of spirits daily. Leads a team of 50 union employees responsible for all aspects of production.(5) Responsible for the training and development of all bottling personnel for issues relating to equipment operation, quality management, administrative practices, GMP’s, food & personnel safety, and lean manufacturing objectives. Worked with the plant Training Coordinator to develop and implement an operator training and qualification program that is currently being expanded to other bottling lines throughout the plant.(6) As the Value Stream Owner for the plants 200ml/375ml bottling line, increased line efficiency by 15%

Mclean, Va, Us

(1) Provided system’s engineering support to the U.S. Navy’s Littoral Combat Ship Program Office throughout the testing, introduction, development, and fielding of both the LCS-1 & 2 seaframes in the areas of Combat Systems, C4I systems, Aviation Integration, and Mission Package Integration.(2) Worked with the Naval Sea Systems Command Core Mission Systems Engineer to identify and resolve ship design issues affecting the core combat systems identified through Engineering Change Proposals (ECPs) and Proposed Changes to ensure deliverables were met on time and under budget. (3) Developed Statement of Work (SOW) packages to facilitate funding for various test & trial events, equipment grooms, and operational assessments.

Washington, Dc, Us

1) Supervised an Operation’s Department with over 128 direct reports responsible for the scheduling and execution of over 25,000 hours of ractical underway training in support of over 4000 undergraduate students. (2) Managed a department of 30 diesel engine technicians responsible for all preventative and corrective maintenance onboard twenty-one 108-ft, 72-ton training patrol craft. (3) Developed a departmental training program designed to build and test basic marine engineering and general seamanship & navigation knowledge for the purpose of training new instructors.(4) Developed and implemented a three day multi-ship Anti-Terrorism/Force Protection (AT/FP) scenario and training exercise that resulted in the certification of the AT/FP programs onboard four U.S. Navy warships in accordance with DOD force protection and physical security standards prior to their deployment to the Arabian Gulf in support of the Global War on Terrorism. (5) Assisted in the development of Mine Countermeasure plans for 6 joint exercises and two real-world contingency plans for the Strait of Hormuz and the Panama Canal.(6) Managed a division of 35 gas turbine technicians responsible for maintenance and operation of all shipboard propulsion and power generation equipment (4 x LM2500 & 3 x Allison 501-K Gas Turbine Engines capable of producing 80,000 SHP and 60 MW).(7) Stood over 800 hours of underway watch as ship’s Engineering Officer of the Watch (EOOW) responsible for the safe operation of the ships propulsion machinery and the electrical plant. (8 Managed all planning and coordination for USS Normandy’s pre-deployment Aviation Facilities Certification and Search and Rescue Program Certification by the Navy’s Afloat Training Group (ATG) and Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR).