Summary
Packaging/Project engineer with experience in project management, front-end engineering design, direct production/maintenance supervision, maintenance planning and safety implementation. Possess problem solving and communication skills. Able to quickly adapt to new business situations and make immediate contributions. Involved in the continuous improvement of company’s compliance with safety, regulatory, environmental and quality requirements, reducing production costs and lowering energy consumption. Patent Recipient.
Selected Accomplishments
•Directed the successful implementation of the wet starch system project with potential earnings of $2 million. The wet starch system was a $770 thousand project that allows the United States Gypsum Corporation to produce Sheetrock Ultralight Panels. Sheetrock Ultralight Panels are 30% lighter (11-16 lbs), per 8 ft board, then any other drywall in the market.
•Member of the Northeastwood project team which successfully implemented the $24 million Special K Crisp line installation. Project Northeastwood exceeded the start up curve percentages 11 of 12 weeks and produces 15.3 million pounds in 2011.
Professional
Experience
Process Engineer / Continuous Improvement Engineer April 2013 – Present
Tyson Foods, Inc., Warren, MI (Bosco’s Pizza Company)
· Responsible for evaluating existing processes and configuring manufacturing systems to reduce cost, improve sustainability and develop best practices within the production process
· Manage, lead and execute continuous improvement and capital projects.
· Coordinates and/or executes specific skill training for management teams in cooperation with both CI and plant staffs.
· Support the development of manufacturing capability for new products.
· Evaluate and recommend new and alternative technologies.
· Interface with equipment vendors to conduct engineering trials for equipment selection.
Packaging Equipment Engineer May 2011 – Present
Global Engineering Kellogg Company, Battle Creek, MI
•Develop and specify packaging equipment and systems processes recommending the appropriate capital scope that delivers the required food packaging formats and packaging system attributes.
•Provide engineering expertise to execute Kellogg’s North American Snack Business Unit and critical Snacks Global Projects.
•Research and compile project information, author technical reports (Technical Brief and Front End Loading documents) outlining: technical scope, equipment recommendations, system and equipment performance/design rates, critical assumptions, technical risks, labor implications, high level cost estimates, first-pass system layouts, long lead equipment deliveries and value engineering.
•Member of multiple project teams with responsibility for final performance of the project.
•Proactively seek the most cost effective solutions balancing the use of new and used equipment, existing and new technologies and hand labor versus automation. Investigate, test and validate new technology equipment.
•Develop consensus agreement amongst the Project Teams, RQT and Engineering Leadership, Operations Leadership and Plant Operations.
•Assess the technical capabilities of and provide technical support to contract manufacturers employed to deliver Snacks Business Unit Projects.
•Lead packaging implementation during plant trials and production start ups.
•Global Engineering United Way Lead
•Formal Awards and Rewards and Recognition Committee Member
Maintenance Planner / Supervisor December 2010 – April 2011
Post Cereal LLC, Battle Creek,MI
•Scoped the full extent of maintenance work needed to conduct the relevant repair / preventive / predictive / design-out activities on the organization’s plant and equipment
•Developed cost and time estimates of planned maintenance work.
•Purchased all necessary parts, equipment, services and documentation to perform the maintenance work.
•Utilized JDE to enter BOMs for critical pieces of equipment.
•Planned and coordinate maintenance jobs and projects
•Lockout Tagout PSRMP Team Leader
oResponsible for training plant employees on LOTO procedures.
oResponsible for implementing and developing plant procedures for 2 points of control, updating LOTO placards and run to clean procedures.
Operations Supervisor October 2009 – December 2010
Post Cereal LLC, Battle Creek, MI
•Supervised 30-45 person union production building in daily high-speed c...
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