Experience

First Quality

• United States
• Manufacturing
• 700 & Above Employee

• Area Operations

  • Jan 2019 - Present

• Paper Machine Start-up

  • May 2018 - Jan 2019

  Start-up of Tissue Papermachine

• Papermachine Operations

  • Nov 2014 - May 2018

  Primary Focus is Papermachine Operations.



Sonoco

• United States
• Packaging and Containers Manufacturing
• 700 & Above Employee

• Process Engineer

  • 2012 - Nov 2014

  - Primary duties include responsibility of the stock prep areas for both paper machines, Material Waste for the mill (fiber sub and yield), Managing the papermachine chemicals (trials, inventory, ordering, monitoring, improvements), environmental reporting for the plant, IT for the plant, 5S and DTM pillar leadership for the performance system, Capital Projects (Pulper Conveyor Installation, Chemical Bulk Tanks), Productivity system management, and fork truck impact management system (TotalTrax).  Led projects to reduce fiber loss  Led projects to increase fiber sub and reduce fiber costs - Material Waste was the largest loss for the mill, improved to smallest  5S scoring for the plant improved 36% with 25% improvement in mill area certifications in the past 9 months. Show less



Appvion

• United States
• Paper and Forest Product Manufacturing
• 400 - 500 Employee

• 91 PM Production/Process Engineer

  • Feb 2008 - May 2012

  Responsible for Process Engineering work on the machine as well as acting Assistant Superintendant. Daily troubleshooting and correcting of problems/issues, process improvement and product development trials, FMEA's, trial planning and reporting. Work through customer issues. Help support and lead lean, TPM and six sigma initiatives. Six Sigma Green Belt Certified. Planning of papermachine outages. Worked closely with chemical venders to help improve the operation of the papermachine and manage costs. Show less

• Deink/Bleach Plant Process Engineer

  • Jan 2008 - Nov 2008

  - Process Improvement (PVR) - - Cost Reduction - chemical and process - Troubleshooting - Wrote and implemented SOP's



Appleton Papers

• Paper and Forest Product Manufacturing
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Papermachine and Recycle Plant Shift Coordinator

  • Mar 2000 - Jan 2008

  Supervised operation of all three PM's and the Deink/Recycle Plant with regards to Safety, Quality and Production on a rotating shift basis. - Daily troubleshooting of the process - Crew Safety training, daily discussions - Quality monitoring and improvement - Generated SOP's, responsible for RCFA Supervised operation of all three PM's and the Deink/Recycle Plant with regards to Safety, Quality and Production on a rotating shift basis. - Daily troubleshooting of the process - Crew Safety training, daily discussions - Quality monitoring and improvement - Generated SOP's, responsible for RCFA