ROBERT WELLER

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Hummelstown Pa. 17036

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CAREER SUMMARY

Plant Production Manager with extensive experience in operations, sales, process, budgeting, strategic planning, capital projects and development. Achieved significant accomplishments in Team Building, Planning, Production and Cost Reductions improving profitability. Experienced, outgoing and results orientated professional with strong work ethics. Additional skills and abilities:

Troubleshooting Inventory Control Mechanical

Organization Maintenance Safety Compliance

Multi Task management Communication Training/development

DEP Regulations Leadership Manage Projects

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

2006-2010

Hanson Aggregates

Plant Manager

Manage the production of a 1.5 tpy - 2 million ton facility, also responsible for one Asphalt Batch Plant and 140,000 tpy Drum Plant.

Manage the production of a 500,000 ton facility via sub contractors.

Directed 1 Assistant Plant Manager, Equipment Manager, 2 Lead Persons, 32 employees to achieve production goals and Comply with Safety and Environmental Regulations.

Directed one Leadperson and 3 employees and directed the day to day coordination with the Outside Crushing Company.

Assisted Engineering in the construction of a new processing plant and conveying system.

Prepared operational schedules to ensure production needs and quality of products.

Troubleshoot and resolve operational issues to reduce costs and prevent operational delays.

Established key inventory items for Maintenance and repair of the plants.

Experience in Mine Planning, Stripping and Reclamation.

Responsible for Quality Control for Asphalt and aggregates.

Worked with sales on customer issues and orders.

Worked with the township to enhance our position in the community.

CARMEUSE LIME, INC. Annville Pa. 1998-2005

Carmeuse North America is a Belgium owned Company and is the largest producer of Lime and Limestone products in North America. Manufacturing 6 million tons of lime and 6.9 million tons of limestone aggregates annually.

Production Manager (1998-2005)

Managed the production function with an annual operating budget of $25 million to meet cost, tonnage and quality demands of the Plant. Annually increased daily production 3 to 5% and reduced fuel cost by 3%. Monthly costs were reduced by reducing overtime, employment levels and utilization.

Directed 6 Shift Supervisors, 28 employees to achieve production goals, Safety and Environmental regulations.

Increased production with Process Engineering to exceed Budget Tons annually by 20,000 tons.

Initiated Daily Meetings with Maintenance Manager, Shift Supervisors, Process Engineer, Reliability Engineer and Maintenance Planner to Plan outages and day- to-day repairs.

Continually reduced late shipments to customers through reorganizing efforts between sales and Production.

Increased Hydrate plant production by 20% and decreased by-product by 15%.

Reduced refractory costs 30 to 40% by establishing better process controls and working with Refractory Suppliers.

Manager Loading and Rail Operations (1996-1998)

Directed the Daily shipment of outgoing product to our customers in New Jersey and Delaware.

Continually reduced costs by planning and improved communication with sales.

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Improved reliability of Locomotives and equipment to eliminate outages by utilizing outside Services. Initiated Preventive Maintenance Programs which resulted in improved reliability resulting in increased shipments.

Decreased downtimes at our terminals by regular inspections to improve Mechanical and Electrical issues.

Improved communication with the Rail Road to supply and pull cars.

Decreased demurrage cost by 20%.

Responsible for Scale House Operations, Stone and Lime

WIMPEY MINERALS/TARMAC(Later bought by Carmeuse) 1993-1996

Wimpey Minerals and Tarmac are worldwide producers of Aggregates and Building Materials worldwide located in the U.K.

Hydrate Plant – Loading Supervisor

Directed the Daily operation of the Plant and Loading to meet Quality, Production and shipments to our customers.

Improved reliability of bagging and palletizing equipment through Training of the Employees.

Negotiated with Vendors to reduce costs of Pallets utilizing NWPA association to design a skid that met our requirements and could be utilized from 3 usable trips to 10, returned pallets were handled free of charge for repairs and the remaining were resold or ground by the supplier.

Increased production annually to exceed required budget, results were less running time and improved reliability.

Initiated Monthly Meetings with Trucking Companies to discuss Safety, on time delivery and loading schedules. Resulting in on time pick ups, increased Safety Awareness and reporting, and workable loading schedules to delivery the product to the customer on time.

Assisted in planning, construction, programming and PLC Controls of the New Truck Loading Station.

Responsible for Scale House Operations, Stone and Lime

BROYHILL AND ASSOCIATES

Broyhill and Associates purchased the Millard Quarry Operations to develop the existing property outside the Mining permits in Annville and Hanover.

Stone – Quarry Supervisor 1987-1993

Provided direction to meet established production goals, quality and reliability of the operation supervising group of 40 employees. Annual Production 3 Million Tons

Assisted Sales in creating new saleable products to our customers.

Responsible for operating and recording daily production numbers and Operational Sheets for Stationary and Mobile Equipment , Primary Crushing, Secondary and Tertiary Crushing, Final screening /Washing Plants and Sinter Plant.

Initiated Work orders to Maintenance for repairs and scheduling of Mobile and Stationary Equipment

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BETHLEHEM STEEL/Division of Bethlehem Mines Millard Quarry 1982-1987

Maintenance Supervisor/ Lime and Stone Plants

Directed Maintenance Group; Welders, Millwrights and Machinists to repair equipment and scheduled outages.

Staged parts and planned daily work schedules resulting in a more efficient operation.

Coordinated efforts with Maintenance and Production Supervisors to decrease backlogs and issues.

Recorded parts used and filled out Maintenance Shift reports and Logs.

Worked from Blue Prints, Assisted in New Construction, rebuilding of parts and Vendors to coordinate repairs during outages.

Assisted in establishing a program for Preventative Maintenance.

Previous work experience Millwright/welder

EDUCATION

Northern Lebanon High School, Majored in Industrial Arts

TRAINING

Supervisor/Management Training: JDE

National Stone Association/Front Line Supervision

Certified ISO 2000 Auditor

Excel and Microsoft Word

Coaching

Kiln Operator Training

Refractory Training

SAP Training

Certified Part 46 Trainer/Safety

Cohort Training LV College Leadership Development

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