Engineer Plant

Randy Jackson

HIGHLIGHTS:

- An accomplished Industrial Engineer with extensive experience leading

high profile and high potential projects. Skill set used in wide variety

of process and batch manufacturing, warehouse, and distribution includes:

Instructor and Team Leader in Work Measurement Tools such as Time

Study and MOST

Operator Work Instructions and Job Descriptions

Facilities, Warehouse, and Machinery Design & Layout

Material Handling and Flow Analysis and Operator Work Station Layout

Analytical and Problem Solving Skills

Process Analysis Using SPC, Cpk, and MiniTab

Six Sigma Green Belt

Lean Manufacturing

Engineer Improvement Team (EIT)

Value Analysis/ Value Engineering

TPM, Total Productive Maintenance Team

Standard Cost Accounting and Budgeting

Physical Inventory Control of Raw Materials, Work-in-Process, and

Finished Goods

Senior Management Oral and Written Presentations Using MS Office

Suite

Capital Planning and Project Management

Packaging Materials Design & Optimization

Change Agent

EXPERIENCE:

Shaw Industries Group, Inc., Dalton, Georgia

Plant Industrial Engineer, Waring Road Plant 6

02/2006 - 05/2011

- Job Responsibilities

Managed Industrial Engineering function for filament yarn Twisting/Heat Set

manufacturing plant of 10 2S Superba Tunnels producing 50 MM Lbs. annually.

Supervised staff directly including: I.E. Technician, I.E. Clerk, and S & R

Lead.

Established annual standard cost budgets and weekly Operating Variance

reporting.

Developed annual capital expenditure budgets, project proposals, and managed

projects.

Maintained plant layout providing data to CAD Operators.

Conducted time study, work measurement, job assignment, and methods

improvement.

Assisted Engineering Improvement Teams, Six Sigma, Ergonomics Task Force,

TPM Leadership, Q.I.T., S.A.F.E., and S.M.S. (Total Quality Management)

Certification.

Managed Plant Continuous Improvement plan and progress tracking.

Results

Mobile Creel

Developed over a 3 year period, the revolutionary design of a Robotic Lift

Device used with a Mobile Creel to dramatically increase Twisting package

size and efficiency, eliminate manual handling after Twisting, and reduced

labor requirements 20 % in Twisting and Heat Set.

Step Increase in Heat Set Belt Speeds and Belt Mass, Conducted trials on

increases of 10 to 30% in Heat Set production.

Annual budgeted savings between $1.0 and $1.5 Millions

Identified and implemented cost savings over the entire cost spectrum.

Industrial Engineer, Carriage Plant D4/D5/D6/DD, 4 Plants

06/2004 - 02/2006

Assist carrying out I.E. staff function for Special Products Tufting, Dyeing,

Coating and BCF Filament yarn operation including 2S Superbas.

Filament yarn Standard Cost Budgeting, Ergonomics Task Force, Job Assignments,

Maintain Work Measurement System.

Group B Industrial Engineering Manager, (7 Plants)

02/2000 - 06/2004

Manage the Group B Industrial Engineering staff I.E. function for Group

including annual budget and costing data, labor work measurement, and capital

expenditure budgets and project analysis for two carpet, two B.C.F. yarn, and

three spun yarn plants.

Audit Capital Project justification, savings, and entitlement for all group

projects.

Plant Industrial Engineer, Calhoun Plant 7

01/1990 - 02/2000

Manage Industrial Engineering staff function for spun yarn manufacturing plant.

Negotiated Electric Rate structure with City of Calhoun to establish separate

Large Company Rates saving Shaw over $1,000,000 annually.

Record of absorbing General Wage increases averaging 3% over 10 consecutive

years saving over $4,000,000.

EDUCATION: Bachelor of Science in Industrial

Engineering 05/1972

University of Alabama

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