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DIAGEO Plc, Plainfield, Illinois April 07 - Present
Corporate Engineering Manager
Provide process and utility project management solutions for multiple distillation and packaging sites across North America
Managed a $3,500,000 bulk storage project
Managed a $3,000,000 process improvement project which resulted in approximately $4,000,000 dollars in annual COGS savings
Managed a $2,000,000 process improvement project which improved liquid blending production by at least 10%
Managed a $750,000 ingredient rail receiving project which reduced COGS by $1,000,000
Managed a $3,500,000 distillery storage tank replacement project
Led corporate initiatives to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, improve water efficiency and eliminate waste to landfill in North American manufacturing facilities. This included:
Develop engineered solutions for boiler efficiency upgrades, improvement in compressed energy use and reduction in process chilling requirements
Develop engineered solutions for improving water use through reusing, recycling and reducing plant water
Develop processes to eliminate packaging waste to landfill
MILLER BREWING, Milwaukee, Wisconsin December 06 – April 07
Packaging Project Manager
Provide packaging project management solutions to manufacturing department including glass and packaging material waste reduction programs
INDEPENDENT CONTRACTOR AND CONSULTANT January 04 – December 06
Project Manager
Provide process engineering and project management services to clients
Manage multiple food processing projects ranging in value from $100,000 to $3,000,000.
Develop process methods that improved, production uptime, water usage and energy savings
GERBER PRODUCTS CO., Fremont, Michigan July 02 – January 04
Senior Project Engineer
Managed plant manufacturing and utility projects having a capital value up to $1,000,000,
Delivered annual savings of up to $200,000 in utility and energy costs
Provided project-engineering support for $30,000,000 aseptic production line
Developed long range cost reduction strategies with potential for annual savings of $1,000,000 in manufacturing, maintenance and utility budgets
PASCO BEVERAGE CO., (Formerly McCain Citrus), Chicago, Illinois May 99 – May 02
Corporate Project Engineer
Managed manufacturing and utility projects having a capital value up to $500,000,
Delivered annual savings of up to $100,000 in production costs
Managed a project that increased blending capacity by 200% and reduced downtime by 15%
Performed engineering audits, developed process and packaging improvement strategies and managed cost savings projects for three packaging facilities
KIKKOMAN FOODS, Walworth, Wisconsin May 98 – May 99
Plant Mechanical Engineer
Managed manufacturing and utility projects having a capital value up to $750,000
Delivered annual savings of up to $150,000 in production and utility costs
SERVICEMASTER INC., Downers Grove, Illinois April 96 – May 98
Facility Operations Support Engineer
Developed and implemented multiple facility operating programs
Performed feasibility studies and economic analysis of plant maintenance and facility operations budgets to determine potential for cost and efficiency improvement
TETRA PAK ENGINEERING, Pleasant Prairie, Wisconsin May 93 – April 96
Process Engineer
Managed the design, construction and start up of a $3 million hot fill beverage facility
Performed process engineering, construction management and start up functions for
$2 million aseptic beverage process system
Managed the design, construction and start up of a $1.5 million aseptic technology center
THE NUTRASWEET COMPANY, Mt. Prospect, Illinois August 88 – May 93
Development Engineer
Supervised pilot plant operations team consisting of 8 technicians on 2 shifts
Performed economic evaluation and scale up strategies of pilot scale process systems
Managed facility expansion project which increased pilot plant production by over 50%
EDUCATION
BS, Mechanical Engineering, Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, Illinois
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