Plant Manager

• May 2020 - Present

Plant Manager

• 2015 - May 2020

Leading a Union malting facility with full responsibility for plant performance and adherence to systems, processes, and procedures to maximize quality, workflow, delivery, and profitability. Ensure the overall training and performance of 24 employees while administering a multimillion-dollar annual budget with full accountability for P&L, safety, maintenance, improvements, and quality. • Orchestrated turnaround of the facility, igniting employee performance and engagement, driving production while identifying gaps and voids in processes • Reduced budget via shrewd labor negotiations, proper facility, and equipment maintenance; ended each year under budget while maintaining quality output and preserving profits • Direct safety training, practices, performance and audit preparations; developed and implemented routine emergency drill schedule; 2 years of zero recordable/lost time accidents • Developing and leading capital projects •Wrote Food Safety Program, completing internal audits; increased third-party food safety score • Installed new equipment in bagging line, increasing efficiency • Replaced pencil and paper record keeping - introducing digital, automation and computer systems to the workforce, ensuring proper training to improve reporting, workflow, communications, tracking

Production Supervisor | Plant Manager Trainee

• 2012 - 2015

Directed the production and performance of Malt House Production, a non-union facility with 20 employees, with responsibility for a multimillion-dollar annual budget, writing and leading capital projects for the site.• Assisted in ISO 9000 and FSSC 22000 Certification• Wrote FSSC 22000 Food Safety Program; conducted training and internal audits and completed certification audit• As part of Safety team, improved safety training, procedures and had two years with NO recordable or Lost Time Accidents• Tracked kiln energy usage to make improvements in kiln operations to reduce energy consumption; identified schedules and process to reduce energy usage by 11%• Worked with bagging line to increase equipment efficiency, improving performance by 12%

EH&S Manager

• 2006 - 2012

A member of the Plant Leadership Team, was responsible for establishing budgets, safety, food safety and capital projects for a plant with 137 employees and 77 non-union contractors. • As a member of Process Development Group, wrote SOPs for the business unit• Member of the HAZMAT Team, Confined Space Rescue Team, and First Responders Team• Traveled 30% of the time to other sites to conduct training, audits and provide assistance• Served as Temporary Site Manager for new acquisitions• Worked with State of North Dakota and North Dakota State University to write a beneficial reuse permit that resulted in waste cost savings of hundreds of thousands of dollars annually • As EH&S Manager, held a record 7-years with zero lost time accidents•nWrote OSHA, VPP Star applications for the site, oversaw certification audit with OSHA, achieving OSHA VPP Star Certification• Wrote Title V air permits, wrote NPEDS wastewater permits

Production Supervisor | Regulatory Compliance

• 2005 - 2006

Supervised production of two process areas and 15 employees, focused on writing food safety programs and redesigning process flow for the facility to increase production and throughput. • With the redesign of the process flow, significantly reduced lost and damaged products and improved flow and equipment, reducing labor hours to achieve the same outcomes Supervised production of two process areas and 15 employees, focused on writing food safety programs and redesigning process flow for the facility to increase production and throughput. • With the redesign of the process flow, significantly reduced lost and damaged products and improved flow and equipment, reducing labor hours to achieve the same outcomes

Project Manager | Facilities Trainer

• 2001 - 2004

Served as EHS consultant, traveling throughout the US to support clients and their functions, developing company safety plans and conducting training on hundreds of employees monthly. • Conducted First Aid/CPR training for unions in the State of Michigan • Wrote numerous ISO 14000 programs for companies; conducted training and internal audits • Company representative for several OSHA audits; successfully negotiated hundreds of thousands of dollars of fine reductions on numerous occasions to aid the client

Plant Engineer

• 1998 - 2001

Full responsibility for facility equipment, Health & Safety, Environmental Compliance and waste program, supervising teams in the maintenance, plant production, and janitorial departments. • Developed and completed numerous capital expenditure projects on time and under budget including a $2M facility expansion Full responsibility for facility equipment, Health & Safety, Environmental Compliance and waste program, supervising teams in the maintenance, plant production, and janitorial departments. • Developed and completed numerous capital expenditure projects on time and under budget including a $2M facility expansion