Manager Engineer

Jeff Lawson

Email: *********@********.***

Address: ***** ******* ** **

City: Elk River

State: MN

Zip: 55330

Country: USA

Phone: 763-***-****

Skill Level: Management

Salary Range: $90,000

Willing to Relocate

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22715 Baldwin Ave. NW Phone 763-***-****

Elk River, MN 55330 Email: *********@********.***

Jeff Lawson

Objective Key operations position that will utilize my decision making and leadership abilities to enhance operational effectiveness, competitive advantage and financial position for the operation.

Professional Plant Ops-Unit Manager Chippewa Falls, Wi

Experience Pactiv Corporation Nov 2011 - present

Assumed operational responsibility for Thermo-forming, Extrusion, Print and Cup depts. in a 24/7 production operation of PS Foam for the Food packaging industry. Directly supervise 5 Group Leaders, and 2 Supervisors in a unionized work force of 160 people.

Currently manage operation of 4 foam Extrusion lines, 12 Irwin Thermo-formers, 12 PMC Cup lines, and 3 Comco litho-graph printing lines.

Improved the following key metrics in 2011:

Uptime avg = 83 %, Scrap = 3.7 % OEE: 97 %

Implemented new Safety measures from Reynolds plant, including PPE upgrades, sheet cutting level 2 and 3 knives, vs. level 4-5; and mobile equipment protocol.

Clear Lam Packaging Elk Grove Village, IL

Plant Operations Manager May 2011 - July 2011

- Responsible for PET / PLA sheet extrusion, Thermoforming, and mold / tool shop facility with $65 million in sales. Supervise six salary direct reports who oversee a 160 employee workforce.

- Direct the support efforts of the engineering, logistics and scheduling departments towards production goals, in both converting and extrusion. Currently manages 24/7 operation of four production shifts for both departments; and hybrid shifts for tool room / set-up mechanics.

Reynolds Food Packaging/Kama Rogers, MN

Plant Converting and Extrusion Manager June 2010 - May 2011

- Promoted to assume full production responsibility for the sheet extrusion and container converting facility with $120 million in sales. Supervise 6 salary direct reports who oversee a 160 employee workforce.

- Assumed operational responsibility of the converting dept in addition to keeping extrusion dept responsibilities (below).

- Re-organized converting dept with new supervision and led new operation schedule from 4-10`s to conventional 5-24 operation resulting in 12% reduction in overtime.

- Reduced plant scrap by 2% in 5 months.

- Implemented new Cpet sheet and converting product resulting in 30% output gain over previous standard.

- Maintained `Superior`AIB rating in 2011, with record plant score of 935.

Reynolds Food Packaging/Kama Rogers, MN

Extrusion Manager Jan 2000 - May 2010

- Took over the 65 MM lb Extrusion dept in Jan 2000, and finished `04 producing 120MM lbs w/ lower headcount than 4 years previous. Started `07 with headcount reductions of 19% in the production department.

- Reduced TRR from over 5.3 to 1.24 in 2 years (Jan 2000-2002)

- Reduced customer reject rate from 2.8 % to 1.0 % overall, and .5 % of sales for our APET products in 3 yrs.

- Currently manages 24/7 operation of four production shifts w/ 8 extrusion lines with manpower of 13 per shift.

- Also managed the maintenance dept of 4 mechanics, 4 electrical personnel and the 4 production technicians in addition to the logistics dept w/ responsibility for the grinding room operating on a 24/7 schedule.

- Lead development of an in-house safety knife that is now mandatory in extrusion for web cutting during roll changes. This has resulted in zero recordables from a knife cut for over six years.

Ultra Pac, Inc. Rogers, MN

Quality Manager Jan `96 - Dec `99

- Promoted to Quality Manager in August of 96 after 7 months as Quality Engineer. Restructured QC dept for 24-7 coverage for the entire plant; covering Thermoforming, Extrusion and the warehouse overseeing all QC activities. Designed and set up multiple Q.C. labs for process and raw material testing. and a formal process testing of moisture analysis with upgraded state of the art equipment.

DeZurik Corp. Sartell, MN

Quality Engineer / Sr. Quality Engineer June `91 - Dec.` 95

- Performed all Supervisory and admin duties of Plant Quality Mgr in a $50 million production facility for Industrial valves in support of the General Signal Corporation. Author of ISO 9002 plant procedures. Coordinated implementation strategy for ISO 9000 assessment audit which resulted in certification in 1992.

Honeywell / Alliant Tech Systems Edina, MN

Quality Engineer Jan `89 - May `91

Quality team engineer in development of anti-tank weapons in support of U.S. Army warhead contracts. This included:

- Develop procedures for hardware-build and inspection plans for integration and assembly of weapon system components, and sub-assemblies.

- Monitor and report results of Ballistic rail-gun testing of warhead components, and Rocket-sled testing during Advanced Development phases.

- Performed on-site inspection operations during integration of HE Warhead into full-up operational system level weapon. Supervised LAP operations for sensitive HE cargo transportation.

- Performed vendor source inspections, and conducted internal and external audits. Supplier Quality Engineer team member of the Product Procurement Team during Supplier Certification cycle.

U.S. NAVY

Commissioned Officer May 1982-1988

- Graduated Flight School, Sep. `83

- Served overseas as Mission Commander on the P-3B Mod ASW Aircraft with over 2100 hrs flight time. Managerial positions and responsibilities included:

- Ordnance Officer - Responsible for special weapons inspections for the squadron, supervising 20-40 personnel.

- Communications Officer - Responsible for standardization of handling procedures of sensitive classified material during operations in overseas theaters.

- Aviation Warfare Division Officer - Manager of 40-200 personnel during at-home training cycle in preparation for work-ups before 6-month deployment cycle. Responsible for acoustic and non-acoustic personnel performance qualifications.

- Nuclear Engineering Representative - For the nuclear propulsion program in a 2-state region. Served 10 months in this capacity resulting in earning 2 -Gold Star` awards for outstanding achievement in Nuclear Engineering recruiting.

Education University of Northern Iowa, Cedar Falls, IA 1982

Bachelor of Arts, Major in Science with double minor

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