Engineer Manager
Resume:
Bret A. Belknap
Manila, Arkansas 72442
abh5v0@r.postjobfree.com
Summary of Qualifications: Plant Engineer that has managed
Engineering & Maintenance departments.
Project management to include, building of
new facilities, and relocation of
corporations. Over 20 years experience in
various industries to include - food,
chemical, packaging, paper, abrasive,
electronics, steel and rubber. I am a result
oriented,
dedicated, self-starter that is willing to
take responsibility.
4/08 - 3/2010 Viskase Corp. (Osceola Arkansas) Producer of
cellulose casing for the meat industry
Title: Plant Engineer
. Managed all capital projects, to include a $11MM
machine restoration
. Managed all buildings and grounds to include water
plant, tank farms, waste water plant, and power
house facilities.
. Have direct reports of four Maintenance
supervisors, one Utilities Supervisor, two Project
Engineers, a Industrial Engineer and one
administrative assistant that are in charge of 55
maintenance personnel
. Managed expense budget in excess of $10MM with SAP
& CMMS programs
. Developed PM programs to handle a 24/7/365
manufacturing operation using CMMS (MAXIMO)
. Hired and setup a training program for skilled
trades to replace an aging workforce
5/04 - 1/08 Ranpak Corp. ( Concord, Ohio ) Maker of void fill /
pad packaging equipment.
Sold in December 2007 for $640 million
Title: Plant Engineer
Manager of facilities in North America
. Installation of production equipment and utilities in Ohio,
Kansas and Nevada
. Started new facility in Kansas City to include finding the
location, negotiating with city and state officials on tax
abatements. Making location models and comparison of
different locations to include Dallas, Atlanta, Memphis,
and Chicago. Installing services and the reallocation of
equipment from other Ranpak facilities. Build out of new
offices and dock area in a new facility
. Negotiate rental agreements for our Kansas City, and Reno
locations
. Purchased production equipment to fulfill forecast needs at
various locations
. Purchased and installed CMMS for the Maintenance Department
. Managed the Maintenance Department with direct reports of a
Maintenance Buyer and the Maintenance Supervisor
4/02 - 5/04 Consulting Engineer (Owner of BAB
Engineering)
Henkel / Loctite Corporation, North American Group (
Cleveland, Ohio )
* Lockout / Tagout OSHA Compliance documentation
* Miscellaneous Electrical Engineering Projects
* Equipment Hazardous assessment
* OSHA Training - Lockout / Tagout and Machinery
Guarding.
Park Ohio Products / Geneva Rubber ( Geneva & Cleveland )
Tier One supplier of rubber .
products for the Automotive
Industry
Title: Consulting Engineer / Maintenance Manager
Maintenance Manager hired to shutdown existing
plant and startup new plant.
* Plant Manager for Geneva Rubber the last two months
of it's existence.
* Managed budgets for both facilities.
* Hired all skilled trades for new facility.
* Wrote job descriptions for all new employees.
* Developed wage standards for new manufacturing
facility.
* Closed down Geneva Rubber Plant with little
grievances.
* Moved all corporate assets to new plant using Union
and Non-Union labor.
* Implement CMMS system, and started a tool crib.
* Taught old and new employees trouble shooting
technique's using PLC's.
6/98 - 4/02 Even Cut Abrasive (Cleveland, Ohio) Privately held
company that was one of
the largest converter of
abrasive products in
Ohio.
Title: Engineering Manager
Manager of Engineering to include Manufacturing
Facilities, Maintenance, R&D and Quality.
* Reduced utility cost by 20% the first year.
* Source out all new MRO purchases and new vendors.
* Designed all new packaging, labels and packaging
processes.
* Developed engineering standards on capital
projects.
* Designed and installed automated punch die assembly
process.
* Director of Safety Committee.
* All engineering for our manufacturing facility in
Canada.
* Complied with all OSHA requirements in United
States and Canada.
* Directed Maintenance Supervisors and Maintenance
personnel on various projects.
* Job costing and preparation of BOM's.
* Started a Preventive/Predictive Maintenance program
for the Cleveland Facilities.
* Moved Bison Corp. Abrasive Div. From Canton to
Cleveland, to include training all Even Cut
Employees and re-layout of Cleveland's
manufacturing facility.
* Various construction projects to include
installation of new dock area, restrooms and offices.
10/95 - 3/98 Universal Electronics ( Twinsburg, Ohio )
Manufacture of remote controls for television
and cable companies.
Title: Plant Engineer/ Maintenance Manager
Plant Engineer in charge of all maintenance, capital
planning and capital justification.
* In January of 1997 moved our Engineering group in
California and laid the groundwork for another
manufacturing facility. This included finding a
suitable location, the total renovation of the entire
facility, finding local vendors and writing job
descriptions for the up-coming work force.
* In January of 1998 I was in charge of the 42k sq.
ft. expansion and relocation of our corporate
offices to Cypress California, which was completed
on time and under budget.
* Managed all buildings and grounds for the
corporation.
* Developed the entire manufacturing process for
assembling and packaging of remote controls.
* Hired personnel for a maintenance department and a
manufacturing department.
* Purchased and installed all production/warehouse
equipment and associated utilities.
* Within one year's time, Universal's in-house packaging
increased from 5 percent to 95 percent.
* Other responsibilities include implementing a
Preventive Maintenance program, Chairman of the
Safety Committee, packaging design, and all
security for the Twinsburg facility.
* Managed all maintenance functions while keeping
within 1% of yearly budget, with zero percent
turnover in personnel, and no measurable downtime on
any machinery.
10/88 - 10/95 Loctite Corporation, North American Group
(
Cleveland,
Ohio ) 1.2
Billion
dollar
Chemical
Manufacture
Title: Electrical Engineering Manager/Maintenance Manager
Maintenance Manager / Electrical Engineering Manager
where I had a staff of several Engineers, two
Supervisors, three clerks, all tool room personnel, 47
mechanics in five facilities and three states.
* Managed a 3.2 million expense budget and a 100
million plus capital budget within three percent of
my yearly forecast.
* In 1994 Loctite built a new soap manufacturing
facility where in four months time we were able to
have a building, high speed mixing, filling and
packaging lines installed and running from the
ground up with the majority of the work done from
my department.
* Electrical Engineer serving mainly the Cleveland and
Solon sites on various aspects of Electrical
Engineering to include the following; power
distribution, machine modification, PLC programming
and the writing of all Electrical Specifications for
the Corporation at the same time following NEC and
local codes.
* Installation of high speed cartridge (calking tube) line
to include automatic feed system.
* In 1990 I assumed Electrical Engineering
responsibility of our Plants in Buffalo and Kansas
City.
* Wrote specifications for all new/rebuild equipment for
the entire corporation.
* I was responsible for all Electrical Engineering and at
times all of the Engineering for a given project,
redesigning machinery that the machine O.E.M. could
not do to satisfy the needs of our business.
* Corporate Engineer that had electrical
responsibility for building 150k sq.ft. warehouse
expansion and a 75k sq. ft. manufacturing facility
in Solon.
. Projects included the closing of three of it's
facilities, two in Chicago Illinois, and one in
Buffalo New York and the relocation of its assets
to Solon Ohio.
9/1984 - 10/1988 Konwal Inc. ( Packard Electric, Division of
G.M. ) ( Warren, Ohio )
Title: Electrical Engineer
Worked directly at General Motors designing high-
speed rubber and plastic wire extrusion machines
and all other aspects of the wire making process.
* The last two years at G.M. I was one of the lead
Engineers involved in a $25 million dollar
renovation of the spark plug wire extrusion
process.
* I was the only Electrical Engineer in the
department training other engineers that were hired
into
G. M..
* Started at Konwal primarily as a electrical
draftsman and was soon given projects throughout G.M..
* PLC programmer on new and existing machinery.
Education
Kent State University Bachelor of Science
Kent State University Electrical Engineering
Eastern Michigan University OSHA 501 Class (Train
the trainer)
Eastern Michigan University OSHA Machinery Guarding
University of Pittsburgh How to Manage Maintenance
for Results
NE Arkansas University Quality Management
Arkansas State Energy Management
MAXIMO Maintenance Management Software
J. B. Systems Maintenance Management
Software
SAP Operations / Accounting Software
Organizational Dynamics Total Quality Management
Omron Factory Automation, Advanced PLC,
Basic PLC,
Allen Bradley TCP/IP Advance PLC, SLC PLC
The Illuminating Company Industrial Commercial Power
Distribution
Adept Technology Adept Robot System Operation
National Electrical Code 1987,1990,1993 Code review
classes
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