Experience

White Oak Frozen Foods

• United States
• Food and Beverage Manufacturing
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Director Of Engineering

  • Apr 2018 - Present

• Maintenance and Engineering Manager

  • Apr 2017 - Present


Jain Farm Fresh Foods, Inc.
• United States
• Food and Beverage Manufacturing
• 1 - 100 Employee
• Director Of Engineering

  • Apr 2017 - Present

Wawona Frozen Foods
• United States
• Food and Beverage Services
• 1 - 100 Employee
• Maintenance and Facilities Manager

  • Mar 2015 - Apr 2017


Sensient Natural Ingredients, LLC

• Engineering Manager

  • Jan 2014 - Apr 2014

  -Controlled capital improvement budgets for all projects across all departments for the California operation covering approximately 1200 miles across multiple states. -Worked with cities and counties to obtain permits. -Worked with EH&S Engineers to obtain the correct air, wastewater, and solid waste permits. -Develop new projects creating a collaborative environment across multiple departments.

• Plant Manager

  • Nov 2006 - Feb 2014

  -Manage day-to-day operations of the largest manufacturing facility that Sensient owned with the largest gross profit. -Fostered collaborative environment to tackle Production, Food Safety, Organizational, GMPs, and Maintenance issues. -Act as HR, and EH&S managers at times. -Work directly with the engineering department on projects requiring modifications to the plant electrical systems. -Maintain and programed PLCs and HMIs for new and existing projects. -Design and build networks for plant and business systems. -Develop cost saving measures to increase overall profit. -Work with all departments to keep them active in cost cutting measures including Plant safety record. -Responsible for all safety procedures, safety training and safety violations. -Take on additional assignments to making improvements in Europe and Chinese plants.



Sensient Natural Ingredients

• Food and Beverage Services

• Maintenance Engineer

  • May 2006 - Nov 2006

  -Direct all maintenance activities in the plant, improve preventative maintenance programs. -Direct a cross functional team to troubleshoot, repair, and maintain all plant equipment. -Implement cost saving improvements to processing equipment. -Create and maintain maintenance employee schedules to cover 24/7operation. -Direct all maintenance activities in the plant, improve preventative maintenance programs. -Direct a cross functional team to troubleshoot, repair, and maintain all plant equipment. -Implement cost saving improvements to processing equipment. -Create and maintain maintenance employee schedules to cover 24/7operation.



De Francesco Sons Inc

• United States
• Food and Beverage Manufacturing

• Director of Engineering

  • Jan 2004 - May 2006

  -Direct a team of two engineers to design and construct proprietary state of the art onion and garlic dehydration equipment. -Design and install power distribution systems, PLC control systems, HMI panels. -Manage P&L across all departments. -Ensure all preventative maintenance systems are operating as designed, plant is free of safety hazards, and that all OSHA requirements are met. -Maintain 1.5 megawatt natural gas cogeneration facility. -Maintain a 6 Mva substation, metering station and three miles of transmission line at 115kV. -Manage maintenance parts inventory $ 1.5 million annually.



De Francesco & Sons Inc

• United States
• Food and Beverage Manufacturing

• Plant Electrical Engineer

  • Jan 1992 - Jan 2004

  -Design and install all plant electrical systems 480vac to 24vdc, -Design, manage, and install of all PLCs and HMIs with a team of three internal maintenance electricians. -Research, purchase, install, and commission a CMMS to aid in standardization of purchasing, preventative maintenance, and parts inventory control. -Designed and built the first PLC controlled dehydrator in the industry. -Design and build the plant and business network.

• Electrical Maintenance Foreman

  • Jan 1990 - Jan 1992

  -Maintain the plants electrical equipment. -Ensure all equipment is up to date and operating as designed.-Manage a team of three maintenance electricians. -Create a schedule all electrical work. -Requisition needed repair parts and equipment. -Train and evaluate electrical maintenance team members on adherence to plant policies and safety procedures

• Controls Specialist

  • May 1988 - Jan 1990

  -Maintain all temperature controls, burner gas trains, flame safeties, motor control panels, start-stop stations. -Ensure accuracy of control digital readouts, paper charts, and stored data.