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Kathleen G. Dandridge

Objective

A position that allows the use of my planning and

organization skills built upon my engineering and

maintenance experience

Work experience

10/2007-Present CertainTeed Corporation Athens, GA

Principle Project Engineer

Manage capital work/projects, large expense jobs,

and small maintenance/safety improvement work from

conception through installation to successful

production run

Prepare cost estimates/calculate paybacks, obtain

quotes/job bids, use in-plant and outside

contractor resources to build and install

equipment/improvements

Troubleshoot equipment start-ups and train

production/maintenance on use of new equipment

Write capital funding appropriation requests; Use

SAP to manage projects, write purchase requisitions

1/2007-10/2007 Pine Meadow Farm Macon, GA

Assistant Stable Manager

Daily care of horses, administer vaccines, maintain

fences and pastures and equipment, order feed and

supplies, pay bills, balance books

12/2005-1/2007 Armstrong World Industries Macon, GA

Senior Project Engineer

Manage capital projects/budgets.

Prepare cost estimates, obtain quotes/job bids, use

in-plant and outside contractor resources to build

and install equipment/improvements

Troubleshoot equipment start-ups; train production

on new equipment

Train technical resources new hires to execute work

in plant environment

2/2005-12/2005 Armstrong World Industries Macon, GA

Senior Logistics Planner

Create a repetitive master schedule to optimize

product flow and reduce bottlenecks through a

complex manufacturing plant from raw material

forming down two different manufacturing lines to

product finishing down eight different

manufacturing lines.

Set up SAP Computer Software program planning

calendars, material masters, etc to match new

repetitive master schedule to improve communication

with sales and customer ordering and shipping

products

Establish scheduled routine maintenance downday

calendar to match new repetitive master schedule

and optimize plant overall performance

Schedule products, specials, changeovers, project

work, outages

1/2004-1/2005 Armstrong World Industries Macon, GA

Senior Process Engineer

Member of three person core team (Production Team

Manager, Maintenance Supervisor, Line Team

Engineer) established to prioritize and improve

overall finishing operation area's performance

(safety, quality, scrap, output, downtime).

Managed and executed capital work for my area

Worked closely with maintenance to improve

preventive and predictive maintenance techniques as

well as organize work execution

Worked closely with production and led projects to

improve equipment performance and reliability.

Improved communication between

maintenance/production/engineers

Multiple recognition awards received for individual

and team's performance

10/2002-1/2004 Armstrong World Industries Macon, GA

Maintenance Systems Engineer

Led company wide maintenance transformation effort

in the Macon Plant by improving work ID, planning

and scheduling, and preventive maintenance systems.

Established predictive maintenance technology and

routes in the plant to improve equipment

reliability. Wrote job description for predictive

maintenance technician and created skill test to

prove qualifications. Hired plant's first

predictive maintenance technician, trained and

supervised position until established.

Installed and trained

maintenance/technical/production personnel to use

the SAP Plant Maintenance Module. Established

plant PM system into SAP, set SAP up to auto order

parts, established equipment numbers for cost

tracking

3/2001-10/2002 Armstrong World Industries Macon, GA

Fabrication Project Engineer

Managed all capital work/projects in the finishing

department from conception through installation to

successful production run.

Established annual capital budget, prepared cost

estimates, obtained quotes/job bids, used in-plant

and outside contractor resources to build and

install equipment/improvements

Troubleshot equipment start-ups; train production

on new equipment

Organized other in-plant technical resources to

support each other to improve performance

Recognition award for redesigning plant compressed

air system, installing new centrifugal compressor,

cooling towers, air dryer, piping, performing air

usage analysis

5/1998-2/2001 Armstrong World Industries Mobile, AL

Computer Programming/Training

Learned and then trained production personnel on

new SAP Production computer system being installed.

Created Microsoft Excel programs to support process

effectiveness improvement systems being implemented

throughout the plant to improve daily execution

Prepared Microsoft Powerpoint presentations for

plant performance review meetings with corporate

Learned and executed raw material manager's

position when she went out for surgery

Learned/executed accounts payable manager's

position to fill empty slot

Used JeTech payroll system to pay production

employees when payroll manager was out

12/1995-1/1998 Tribble & Richardson, Inc. Macon, GA

Civil/Environmental Engineer

Created engineering drawings and manuals for bid

packages for installing water lines & towers, water

treatment facilities, sewage lines and pumping

stations, roadways and stormwater drainage systems.

Applied for permits for sludge application sites

Performed data gathering field work; met with

county and city representatives, Georgia EPD; held

bid openings, awarded jobs

Extensive use of AutoCAD

9/1994-12/1995 R.J. Wood & Company Macon, GA

Civil/Environmental Engineer

Created engineering drawings and manuals for bid

packages for installing water lines & towers, water

treatment facilities, sewage lines and pumping

stations, roadways and stormwater drainage systems.

Applied for permits for sludge application sites

Performed data gathering field work; met with

county and city representatives, Georgia EPD; held

bid openings, awarded jobs

10/1992-9/1994 University of Tennessee Intern

Warner Robins, GA

with Warner Robins Air Force Base

Environmental Engineer

Two year intern position to work with Warner Robins

Air Force Base Environmental Engineering

Department.

Developed clean-up plans for groundwater

contamination sites on air force bases

Updated underground storage tanks to meet new

regulations

Extensive work with Microsoft Powerpoint

Education

1987 - 1991 Virginia Tech Blacksburg, VA

Bachelor of Science Mechanical Engineering

Training/Computer Skills

3/2008 Kaizen Training/Team Member

7/2004 Green Belt Training in Six Sigma DMAIC

Process

Microsoft Excel, Word, Powerpoint, Access, Project

Minitab; Infinity; Active Factory; AutoCAD

SAP Plant Maintenance, Project Management,

Purchasing, Logistics

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