David Franz

Environmental Supervisor at McCain Foods

Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada

About

Experienced Shift Supervisor with a demonstrated history of working in the food production industry. Formal training in Lean Six Sigma with exposure to multiple CI techniques. Strong operations professional with a Master of Science (M.Sc.) in Chemistry from The University of Lethbridge.

Experience

  • McCain Foods (10 yrs 4 mos)
    • Environmental Supervisor
      Sep 2021 - Present · 4 yrs 11 mos

      Supervisor of Environmental Program, Waste Water Treatment plant, managing water quality, irrigation of fields, and a small team of technicians. Lead for ISO 14001, and required reporting for compliance requirements. Also responsible for all budgetary work, contactor management, etc in area.

    • Supervisor 2 (shift supervisor)
      Nov 2016 - Oct 2021 · 5 yrs

      Senior supervisor on shift. Responsible for managing the personnel if a shift (reviews, training, advancement and coaching). Also had the opportunity to work as a Start up Manager for a receiving upgrade project

    • Supervisor 1 (shift foreman)
      Apr 2016 - Oct 2016 · 7 mos

      Responsible for day to day production issues, with a team of over 30 employees over two production lines.

  • Shift Resource at PepsiCo Foods Canada Inc.
    Jan 2015 - Apr 2016 · 1 yr 4 mos

    -Worked with team to solve day to day production issues (night shifts) -Carry out training, rollout new initiatives, and maintain current policies -Maintain production and quality, coordinating production, warehouse, maintenance and scheduling

  • Richardson International (Lethbridge, Alberta)
    • Operations Supervisor
      Jan 2013 - Dec 2014 · 2 yrs

      Initially responsible for a production shift (KPI's, shift reports, production scheduling, incident handling and reporting), and a production area (scheduling, housekeeping inspections, health and safety inspections, etc) within the oilseed processing division. Reassigned to continuous improvement initiatives, and covered environmental health and safety file. While in the position applied for external funding and undertook some safety initiatives. Also spent some time working in the nutrition division (food packaging), responsible again for a production shift as well as all shipping and receiving on site.

    • Management trainee
      Sep 2011 - Dec 2012 · 1 yr 4 mos

      Started position with an indepth review of the entire plant process. Later responsible for supervising a production shift and various projects as assigned.

    • Equipment and Data Analysis Coordinator
      Jul 2011 - Aug 2012 · 1 yr 2 mos

      Responsible for creating a calibration and periodic maintenance program for two quality assurance laboratories (both instruments and methods). Also involved in instrument troubleshooting and generating testing protocols.

  • Academic Assistant at University of Lethbridge
    Aug 2007 - May 2008 · 10 mos

    Teaching various chemistry course lab components. For one semester, ran entire organic laboratory component covering a paternity leave.

  • Research Assistant at University of Lethbridge
    2004 - 2005 · 1 yr

    Successfully carried out research projects in two seperate laboratories