Experience

Ideal Cabinetry

• United States
• Construction
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Plant Operations Manager

  • Sep 2020 - Present



Millspride

• Waverly, Ohio, United States

• Maintenance Manager

  • Sep 1987 - Sep 2010

  Hygena , was sold , and a small team was asked to go and start a company in the USA, Started as a maintenance manager , in one factory there were several Was promoted to facilities manager , responsible for the care and installation of existing and new machinery . Installation , and training of wooden door manufacture . from log to finished product Installation of RTA and Assembled cabinets , vinyl doors manufacture . melamine door manufacture draw box manufacture , profiles etc. , We started at zero and were producing 50k cabinets a day with 2500 personnel . I managed the Machine shop , Tool grinding , Fabrication , and machine design . We made 100 plus specialized machines for our exclusive use . In 2000 , I was promoted to general manager , After I floated back and forth between engineering and plant supervision Show less



Hygena Kitchens

• Eaglescliffe, England, United Kingdom

• Maintenance technician

  • Sep 1979 - Sep 1987

  Worked as a Maintenance Technician there , Installed and worked on the post forming door line . Installed and worked on a curtain coated back panel line , with 3 cefla vertical ovens . Installed and worked on the first of several super lines , could produce any panel , Installed and worked on soft forming door line . Installed and worked on Miter draw box line Installed and worked on profile wrap line . During this time designed and had made several specialist machines Worked on stainless steel sink plant . Show less



Head Wrightson's, General Engineering and Fabrication Group

• Thornaby-on-Tees, England, United Kingdom

• Time Served Electrician

  • Sep 1973 - Sep 1979

  Timed served Electrician, Spent 12 months in there training Facility, with 100 other Apprentices , Was awarded Apprentice of the Year . I was offered any one of the jobs , including a office position leading to management . T hey also had a job as a apprentice Electrician . Head Wrightson's were considered the very best place to be an Apprentice . Ther time served Apprentices could get jobs any where in the world Timed served Electrician, Spent 12 months in there training Facility, with 100 other Apprentices , Was awarded Apprentice of the Year . I was offered any one of the jobs , including a office position leading to management . T hey also had a job as a apprentice Electrician . Head Wrightson's were considered the very best place to be an Apprentice . Ther time served Apprentices could get jobs any where in the world