Greater Chicago Area
I am at my core an engineer. A problem solver who engages all stakeholders to drive to find the root cause of an issue. I have a diverse background to draw upon and develop the best solution: • Engineering • Manufacturing Operations • Maintenance • Automation • Project Management • Financial Analysis • OSHA/MSHA I have significant experience working in an industrial setting and can effectively communicate to executives as well as the field. I provide effective optimization of equipment, procedures, and departmental budgets to achieve better business results.
Responsible for all aspects of facility, production and North American waterproofing warehouse. Achieved one year no OSHA reportable incidents, scheduled daily production activities. Lead plant activities to implement warehouse management system.
Responsible for production departments, scheduling daily production activities, manage inventory levels,
Part of team to develop and customize SAP maintenance module (PM) to VCNA ready mix maintenance department’s needs. Oversee roll out of SAP PM to business units. Align preventative maintenance schedules and tasks between business units. Introduced inventory and automatic reordering for maintenance parts.
Managed for fleet and plant maintenance, capital projects, and back office support staff. Facilitated team to engineer and plan replacement of production units at company’s second largest facility. Created new process for scheduling and monitoring fleet preventative maintenance schedule. Developed system to monitor and schedule truck chipping to make sure trucks carried maximum legal payload.
Linked operational metrics to financial metrics. Developed budget model for variable costs. Focal point for business on teams to roll out new business systems: Command, Command Optimization, Quadrel, and SAP. Managed process for raw material inventory tracking.
Temporary assignment during unexpected departure of operations manager. Responsible for overseeing all activities at the SMC Dixon cement plant, including 12 salary and 55 union employees. Maintained quality and cost control at aging facility, worked with MSHA during inspection, insure environmental compliance. Successfully oversaw process changes and testing to demonstrate compliance with new particulate emissions rules.
Responsible for production, labor, and shipping departments. Introduced industry best practices to improve efficiency and increase production resulting the ability to shut down one production unit and still maintaining capacity. Adjusted raw materials supply to better take advantage of locally available materials to lower costs and improve handling. When plant closure was required, successfully maintained safety goals, ran down inventories, and shut down equipment to minimize issues for plant restart.