Steve Heiberger, P.E.
Director of Engineering and Maintenance at Royal Cup, Inc.- Claim this Profile
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Credentials
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Professional Engineer
Alabama Board of Licensure for Professional Engineers and Land SurveyorsJul, 1998- Nov, 2024
Experience
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Royal Cup, Inc.
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United States
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Food and Beverage Services
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300 - 400 Employee
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Director of Engineering and Maintenance
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Feb 2018 - Present
Lead and direct activities of Engineering and Maintenance Departments; manage campus facilities. Responsible for developing and implementing long-term strategies to ensure process optimization with a focus on: reducing production/maintenance costs; capital equipment investment to augment plant capabilities and initiate upgrades; continuous improvement and cost reduction initiatives, including labor reduction and operating costs. Primary plant expert on plant automations including PLC, SCADA, and HMI as well as communications related to uploading information from MES and SAP; adept with Maintenance CMMS System.- Designed process flow and layout for new liquid manufacturing facility located on Royal Cup's main campus; responsible for coordinating and scheduling delivery and installation of equipment. Supervised implementation of SQF standards at new liquid facility; designed and supervised installation of CIP system. Developed plan that introduced upgraded pasteurization, bottling, and material handling equipment.- Spearheaded and implemented plan for introducing nitrogen generator system to supply plant with high-purity liquid nitrogen; eliminated plant's need to purchase liquid nitrogen, resulting in $300k annual cost savings.- Developed plan and specified equipment to convert grinder cooling water from city water to closed-loop chillers, resulting in $150k annual cost savings. Show less
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Continuous Improvement Manager
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Dec 2015 - Feb 2018
Drove performance excellence and process efficiencies through implementing proven methodologies including lean manufacturing, TPM, and Six Sigma. Developed, planned, and implemented projects and activities focused on producing significant cost savings through increasing productivity and quality, driving waste reduction, and improving business processes. Led key manufacturing projects, providing leadership in developing cost-effective solutions to complex problems.- Led/coordinated plant expansion project to design and develop plant controls for new $48 million facility and fully integrate new plant into existing ERP system and MES, ensuring full product traceability to end user.- Directed projects to enable new MES to provide real-time data to ERP for real-time costing information.- Executed company objectives to develop new processes focused on improving quality, reducing labor costs and material handling, and developing operational procedures within plant automation to decrease potential for operator errors. Show less
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Milo's Tea Company, Inc.
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United States
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Food and Beverage Services
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200 - 300 Employee
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Vice President Plant Operations
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Jun 2012 - Sep 2015
Directed and managed all plant facilities and operations including Purchasing, QA, Engineering, Maintenance, and Logistics with overall responsibilities for product output and maintenance activities. Developed and managed large, multi-phase capital projects in excess of $10M that included: plant upgrades; facility expansions; building acquisitions; process flow improvements; and equipment design/layout. On a continuous basis, developed and implemented plans aimed at increasing overall plant efficiency and cost effectiveness. - Consistently exceeded production and profitability targets. - Achieved monthly production increase of more than 80%; implemented measures that increased labor efficiency by 11%. - Developed and implemented processes for production of three new, highly successful products. - Formulated plan for expansion and second-shift operation. - Driver for several key process improvements including increased brew capacity and cooler capacity. - Initiated and ensured plant compliance with Tier 2 reporting and SID permit. Show less
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Royal Cup, Inc.
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United States
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Food and Beverage Services
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300 - 400 Employee
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Maintenance Manager
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Oct 2011 - Jun 2012
Led and directed plant's Maintenance Department across a three-shift operation; supervised, mentored, and developed 13 technicians within the Department; supervised and directed Procurement Department. Spearheaded and directed various plant-wide projects/initiatives aimed at cost reduction, process optimization/streamlining. Developed and introduced comprehensive maintenance work order system to improve response time, reduce downtime, and increase utilization of technicians during slack time. Implemented comprehensive, documented, plant-wide preventive maintenance program aimed at improving plant's up time using Total Productive Maintenance (TPM) methodology. Show less
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Vulcan Materials Company
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United States
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Mining
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700 & Above Employee
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Principal Engineer
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Sep 2005 - Oct 2011
Managed a series of multi-million-dollar, multi-phase capex projects and provided engineering support, including design, analysis, and planning, to aggregate processing plants within Southern and Gulf Coast Division, including Division's largest aggregate plant in Playa del Carmen, Mexico. Managed all facets of year-long project for PT upgrade of Division's largest and most profitable aggregate plant in Playa del Carmen; project enabled 30% increase in production capacity, from 9 to 12 million tons per year. Planned, designed, and managed $4.5 million expansion of aggregate wash plant in Mexico; project significantly increased capacity, resulting in annual sales increase of $10 million/year (currently supplies 600k tons/year of scrubber stone to power generation industry). Show less
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JVC
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Uruguay
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Computers and Electronics Manufacturing
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1 - 100 Employee
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Plant Manager
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Mar 1997 - Feb 2005
Ensured overall profitability of 240,000 square-foot plant with more than $70 million in annual sales and 409 employees. Involved in ongoing planning and implementation of lean manufacturing initiatives aimed at increasing productivity and cost effectiveness in competitive, rapidly-evolving industry. Maintained documents to ensure compliance with ISO 9001 and ISO 14001. Consistently achieved profitability of plant during tenure as Plant Manager. Led intensive, plant-wide process optimization and cost reduction program that increase profitability, productivity, and efficiency by approximately 35%. Developed and managed comprehensive plan that increased plant's production capacity by 100% (from 11 million discs/month in 1997 to 22 million discs/month in 2005). Led project to introduce DVD equipment into facility and played key role in securing DVD business with Microsoft, a worldwide leader of software design and sales; in 2005, this sector accounted for more than half the company's annual revenues. Show less
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Engineering Manager
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Mar 1993 - Mar 1997
Supervised and directed activities of Engineering and Maintenance Departments. Responsible for capital equipment investment and planning based on five-year sales forecasts. Prepared and managed major plant expansion project involving specification of new equipment and facilities as well as re-engineering and upgrading existing systems to streamline production and maximize output; project resulted in 400% increase in production output. Managed and implemented variety of start-up activities for new production facility in Sacramento, CA, including specification of utilities/equipment and facility design and layout. Show less
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Education
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The University of Alabama
Bachelor of Science - BS, Mechanical Engineering
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