CHARLES COOLEDGE

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PROJECT MANAGER

Capacity Expansion / Project Management / LEAN / Cost Controls / R&D Budgets / Safety

Equipment Integration / Procurement / Equipment Installation / Design Services

Submittals, RFI’s, COR’s, Contract Adherence, Field Documentation, QA, Safety, Schedule and Budget

AutoCAD, Inventor, MS Office, MS Project, Document Management

Install production capacity to meet schedule and budget

Re-engineering machinery, boosting higher return on capital

Devising cutting edge processes to meet market demand

Developing stable commercialized processes, cutting delivery deadlines to meet market introductions

ADVANTAGE INDUSTRIAL SYSTEMS, Frankfort, IL 2012 2014

Assistant Project Manager Project Manager

Drax Bio Mass – Act as document manager including print management, RFI

management, field document management, new hires, time, cost and resource tracking,

purchasing, photo documentation of project progress. Other functions included field

management, OEM vendor liaison, vendor qualification - coordination and liaison,

purchasing, project scheduling with MS Project and technical liaison with customer and

OEM’s.

MARS Chocolate, N.A. – Document manager including print management, RFI

management, field document management, new hires, time and resource tracking, and

purchasing. Other functions included field management, vendor coordination and liaison,

part and assembly designs utilizing Autodesk AutoCAD and Inventor and technical

customer liaison. Coordinated installation of additional onsite office space for expanded

project scope and support services.

V&M II – Site logistics and document manager including print management, RFI

management with SharePoint, and field management. Worked directly with OEM

engineering to develop solutions for RFI’s. Also acted as customer liaison. Coordinated

over 500 on time deliveries of equipment to the construction site for immediate

installation.

COOL EDGE ENGINEERING, Apopka, FL 2006 2012

Project Engineer Project Manager

Capacity Relocation – Manage removal and transfer of production capacity for

Pactiv/Presto from one production site to another with no impact to customers while

providing a remediated/ optimized production facility for remaining production capacity.

Direct field labor and logistics. Developed lean production floor layouts to meet an array

of blown film extrusion and converting configurations in highly flexible processes.

Manage asset documentation and project capital closeout. Provide input for scheduling to

maximize throughput and minimize downtime for key product lines while relocating

capacity.

Capacity Restage – Manage removal of obsolete production capacity and installation of

reconfigured/updated Hefty production capacity of a key consumer product for Pactiv

Corporation. Develop and implement logistical plan to achieve project goals with no

impact to product quality and availability to market supply chains. Develop lean

equipment and utility layouts to utilize existing floor space while developing and

implementing a logistical plan to minimize impact to existing capacity.

Process Update – Supervise installation of proprietary High Speed Stacker

implementation into existing processes.

KELLY ENGINEERING, Rochester, NY 2004 2006

Project Engineer

Provided contract engineering services to Pactiv Corporation

Process Update – Supervise installation of equipment for Hefty Ultra product extension.

Capacity Relocation – Managed removal, relocation and reinstallation of production

capacity of Hefty One Zip bags to optimize production space. Responsibilities included

field supervision and implementation of process updates.

PACTIV SPECIALTY PACKAGING (formally Tenneco Packaging), Canandaigua, NY 1999 2004

Project Engineer

Awarded Pactiv Core Technology Employee of the Year 2003 for Outstanding

Performance

Provided engineering and field management of contractors in support of capital projects.

Supervise installation of additional Cinch Sak converting capacity to meet sales volume

growth. Develop lean process layout and implement.

Supervise installation of converting production capacity for Hefty Gripper product line

exceeding required commercialization schedule to introduce to market. Modify plant

layouts as needed to accommodate continued development of the process and meet lean

operational requirements.

Supervise installation of high speed bulk roll extrusion line for Hefty Cinch Sak

TENNECO PACKAGING (formally Mobil Plastic Packaging), Macedon and Canandaigua, NY 1995 1998

Technician III Project Engineer

Contribute engineering support for co-development of commercialized process to

produce Hefty Gripper product line. Work closely with R&D and OEM during

development of process.

Worked with engineering to develop, install production capacity for and to commercialize

Hefty Handle-Sak. Key contributions were seal bar design and proprietary perforator

design. Received Mobil Chairman’s Award for exemplary contribution to Mobil’s

Continuous Improvement Initiatives.

MOBIL CHEMICAL, Canandaigua, NY 1978 1995

Line Operator Production Specialist Lab Technician Technician II Technician III

Work with engineering to develop, install production capacity for and to commercialize

Hefty Bag On A Roll product line.

Develop injection molding knowledge base to support Hefty Designs Molded Products.

Work with outsourced molder to improve tool design and cycle times to meet production

needs. Install 750T injection molding machine in remote pilot facility to conduct in-house

DOE's and build process knowledge. Supervise contractors and run machine for DOE’s

and change tools as needed.

Develop high speed bulk roll process producing 25% additional throughput to supply

high speed converting process utilizing existing facilities. Utilized melt pump and

proprietary film cooling technology developments to realize goals.

Document and supervise removal of HMWHDPE extrusion line from a research facility

to be installed in central research facility.

Develop process data acquisition system to collect real time data and better understand

extrusion parameters as part of the overall process. Install and qualify sensors and

controls. Work with IBM to develop and implement Token Ring technology to transmit

data to remote location.

Provided technical support to installation of Cinch-Sak extrusion capacity expansion in

Jacksonville facility.

Work in polymer lab conducting tests to document Rheology, Melt Flow Index, Thermal

Analysis, film Physical Properties, Impact Resistance and chemical extraction/analysis of

polymer additives. Produced film samples and tested processes on a lab and pilot line

scale.

Acted as production Specialist for the HDPE production department utilizing in line

processes with solvent and water based inks and flexographic printing.

Commercialize bulk roll capacity in support of building converting capacity for the

Grocery Sak business.

Operated Grocery Sak development line. Conducted test runs for engineering and

documented results.

Operated in-line HDPE blown film extrusion line to produce merchandise bags for major

retailers such as Montgomery Ward, JC Penny and Sears utilizing internal bubble cooling

technology and flexographic printing.

E D UCAT I O N

SUNY at ALFRED, Alfred, NY

Electrical Engineering Technology

FINGER LAKES OCCUPATIONAL SCHOOL

Electrical Technology

P RO F E S S I O NA L D E V E L O P M E N T

Autodesk Inventor – Rochester Institute of Technology

PiC900 Programming - Giddings & Lewis

PiC900 System Integration – Giddings & Lewis

Hydraulic/DPC/Cartridge Injection Molding Machines – Cincinnati Milacron

AutoCAD AME – Rochester Institute of Technology

AC Drives 1336 AC – Allen Bradley Support Center

Support Division Programmable Controllers – Allen Bradley Support Center

Motion Basic Programing and Advanced Applications – Ormec Systems Corp

Maintenance and Troubleshooting of PWM Style VS AC Drives - Reliance Electric

Industrial Training

Maxpak Plus Drives – Reliance Electric Industrial Training

Statistical Quality Control – Syracuse University

Advanced AutoCAD – Authorized Training Center

C OM P U T E R P RO F I C I E NC I ES

Microsoft Office Microsoft Project Autodesk AutoCAD Autodesk Inventor

Adobe Acrobat Adobe Photoshop Adobe Lightroom

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