Manager Plant
Resume:
Geoffrey C. Jackson
Los Lunas, NM 87031
BJECTIVE:
O To utilize my professional skills in a challenging manufacturing environment as a plant/ site
manager to significantly contribute to the success of the organization.
ORE COMPETENCIES:
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• Process/Plant TQM/TPM/SPC/ six Lean Manufacturing
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Engineering sigma greenbelt
• 5S/Kaizen/VSM/ GE • PLC/Database ACAD LT/MS Office/
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Workout Event Facilitator Programmer Others as needed
• OSHA Requirements (29 • EPA Permits/Title ISO 9002:2000
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CFR 1910) V/SARA Form R/TSCA AS 9100 Rev B.
NADCAP
DuPont STOP Program OSHA Incident Team Leader
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Commander
Site Management • Project Management Manage multiple priorities
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Excellent Communication • Operational Leadership MRP/Production
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Skills Planning/Scheduling
ORK EXPERIENCE:
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2011 present:
Aristech Acrylics LLC
• Plant Manager
o 10 direct reports, 56 people total on site.
o Responsible for all site activities including Safety, Operations, Maintenance, Engineering,
Quality, Finance, Supply Chain/ Logistics, Human Resources, and Technical Services
Instituted plant vision and goals based on corporate expectations.
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o Developed and executed a plan to achieve the goals focusing on the 5 areas of
manufacturing (Safety, Quality, Cost, Productivity, Morale). Plant is meeting all goals in
these areas.
Improved productivity by over 25% with a reduced workforce while simultaneously
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improving scrap rate by 50% and reducing inventory by 30% which together improved the
unit cost by 13%.
Trained and implemented a formal 5S program to improve facility housekeeping. 400%
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improvement within 3 months and sustaining.
o Created documented processes and policies to bring facility back into compliance with
environmental and safety permits.
Updated and executed plan to assure compliance with OSHA’s PSM requirements.
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o Created a documented procedure system with formal approval and tracking system.
o Instituted a documented new hire training system.
o Installed a Kanban system for consumable supplies that eliminated stock outages.
2006 2011:
Cytec Engineered Materials Greenville, TX
• Senior Operations Improvement Manager
o Responsible for global implementation of critical safety, quality, and productivity projects
o Led cross functional team to create flammable material handling procedure audit
protocol, conduct the audits in all facilities globally, identify gaps, and track actions to
completion.
Designed, programmed, and implemented new Management of Change system using
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new software. Created consistent templates for all sites globally and successfully rolled
out to all sites with creation of first global procedure in Engineered Materials Division.
Facilitated several VSM/ Process Improvement events at various locations to improve
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throughput on capacity constrained lines. Achieved goal of 10% uptime improvement in
all areas.
Created comprehensive quality framework improvement plan for Wrexham, UK facility in
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response to several customer quality audit findings. Led local leadership team to execute
plan and eliminated resource barriers to complete actions timely and effectively.
Led Texas plant team in achieving NADCAP lab certification.
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o Created global cold storage standard and aided facilities in identifying gaps and creating
capital projects to close gaps.
Co facilitated several Delivery and Quality “Workouts” based on GE model at both
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Maryland and Texas facilities. Achieved goals of 8% delivery and 20% quality
improvements.
Completed Greenbelt six sigma training.
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• Operations Manager
o Four direct reports and responsible for 220 hourly
o Responsible for all aspects of operations including safety, quality, productivity, cost,
waste, and morale.
o Implemented new operations structure to more effectively manage different areas of
plant.
Successfully managed through industry down turn and subsequent rebound maintaining
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safety, quality, and cost performance.
Supported projects to reduce waste by 15% and improve plant productivity by 20%.
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o Fully implemented 5S and visual workplace tools to make step change improvement in
plant appearance and performance.
Led plant wide communications team that successfully changed form and frequency of
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communications to improve availability and accuracy of information.
Successfully negotiated new union contract without a strike.
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• Engineering Manager
o Six direct reports and eight indirect reports
o Responsible for plant project engineering, process engineering, and maintenance.
o Implemented new project process to improve upfront project designs and eliminate
project rework.
Developed and executed 5 year plan to replace and upgrade plant cooling water system
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including cooling towers and chillers.
o Led process vessel inerting/ powder addition effort to retrofit all existing mix vessels with
automatic atmospheric monitoring systems that exceeded company/ OSHA standards.
Completed GE six sigma for managers training.
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2000 2005:
FiberCote Industries Waterbury, CT
• Production/Inventory Manager.
o One direct report and eight indirect reports
o Responsible for Production Management, Process/Plant Engineering, Inventory
Management, Production Scheduling, Raw Material Procurement, and Safety.
Create and manage maintenance, purchasing, planning, and safety department budgets
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o Negotiate all blanket and spot purchase orders including delivery and payment terms to
meet production schedule and balance inventory level.
Successfully achieved ISO 9002:2000 and AS 9100:2004 registration.
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o Designed, programmed, and implemented a new Access based MRP/inventory
management system that improved overall business efficiency by over 30%.
o Improved inventory accuracy by over 600% while reducing overall level by 15%.
o Chairman of plant safety committee
Led DuPont STOP program
Implemented 5S into plant
o Decreased hot melt scrap by over 50% and improved efficiency by 30%.
o Improved on time delivery from 80% to 95%.
o Completed several capital projects on time and on budget
1996 2000:
Hexcel Corporation Salt Lake City, UT/Lancaster, OH
• Process Engineer/Plant Engineering Manager.
o Support documentation and technical engineering for ten composite material
manufacturing lines including maintenance, safety, environmental compliance, process
development/improvement, capital improvement, and production management.
Successfully completed several capital projects on time and under budget
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o Managed the maintenance department using TQM techniques such as TPM and 5S.
Created departmental budget and created systems to maintain costs controls
Two direct reports and six indirect reports
Began training in the GE six sigma program.
Reduced average work order response time from several days to less than 15
minutes
Reduced work order backlog from 8 weeks to 4 weeks
1994 1996:
Andco Environmental Buffalo, NY
• Process Engineer
o Designed, sold wastewater treatment systems for industrial and groundwater
applications.
Conducted lab scale treatability studies,
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Designed and ran pilot scale studies, designed full scale systems,
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Managed sales projects including determination of sales price and control of cost budget.
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Conducted start ups
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Performed in field troubleshooting for existing systems.
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Visited many potential customers to show equipment capability and prove system
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functionality.
Programmed the control systems using operator interfaces and PLC’s.
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o Major sales and start ups included two plants in Mexico and a plant in North Carolina.
1991 1993:
APV Crepaco, Inc. N. Attleboro, MA/Tonawanda, NY
• Pilot Plant Engineer
o Managed pilot scale distillations and evaporations for pharmaceutical and food
companies.
Responsible for two lab scale dryers and two pilot scale dryers.
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o Conducted pilot test runs for customers to prove process applicability.
o Recommended full scale processes to design engineers.
o Two direct reports
DUCATION:
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MBA Global Management University of Phoenix
2000
BS Chemical Engineering/Math Minor State University of NY at Buffalo
1993
Other Training Includes:
2010 GE Workout Facilitator Training
2006 Six Sigma for Managers Training
2003 DuPont STOP for Supervisors
2002 DOT Training
2002 Cycle Counting and Inventory Management
2002 SPC Training
2001 Incident Commander Training
2000 Certified in Lean Manufacturing Techniques Osburn Team Works
2000 Visual Workplace Productivity
1999 Leadership Skills for the New Manager AMA Seminars
1997 Supervisory Skills for the New Supervisor AMA Seminars
1997 Managing Multiple Projects AMA Seminars
1994 OSHA 40 hr HAZWOPR (Followed by 8 hr refresher each year thereafter)
1987 Eagle Scout
NTERESTS:
I Basketball, Volleyball, Golf, Camping, Hiking, Playing Piano, Teaching
Available upon request
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