Manager Plant
Resume:
J.Lowell Wilson
803-***-**** **********@*****.***
MANUFACTERING/PRODUCTION
Twenty-nine years of experience in manufacturing and production, with management and leadership skills Overseeing day to day safety, environmental, production/manufacturing operation initiative and cost. Experience includes overseeing the start up of new equipment and processes, trouble shooting of performance gaps, training of new operations, development of new customer specific products, development of operating procedures, trending of performance to identify gaps. The ability to enhance performance to achieve positive impact to the bottom line of a P/L.
Employer Summary
NEW WOOD RESOURCES/WINSTON PLYWOOD AND VENEER (CONTRACTED) 2016-present
Consult and oversee the demolition, clean up, and start up of the plywood plant after devastating tornado impact.
Oversee contractors on demolition and clean up.
Communication with perspective equipment manufacturers.
Research potential used/refurbished equipment.
Consult on the design and floor plan of plant with lean manufacture emphasis.
Consult on the budgeting of plant operations.
Consult and train plant leadership team and operators on safety, quality, and production operation.
Guide plant senior leadership on product schedules, shift schedules, hiring and manning of equipment.
Consult on the writing and implementing policies and procedure manuals, Standard Operating Procedures (SOP’s) manuals.
Consult on production Process Flow gaps after the start up phase.
Work with Lean Process contractor to establish Lean Manufacturing principles
HOOD PLYWOOD 2015-2016
Plant Manager
Responsible for developing the talent of management team through the use of evaluating performance, identifying knowledge gaps or departmental performance gaps. I am held accountable for all aspects from safety, environmental, quality, production and cost. Identify opportunities for future enhancement through capital expenditures
Duties include:
Approval of daily requisitions for purchases of supplies or maintenance items.
Manage through a weekly budget of controllable spending.
Manage production expectations are met to control cost per m.
Communication with accounting department on all departmental cost and comparisons.
Hold the department production managers accountable for the department spending or excessive usage of daily supplies.
Communicate with log procurement of upcoming changes in log specifications or purchase price.
Projecting month-to-month cost based on past history or known project spending.
Use of capital project process to manage direct cost expenditures, by upgrades or replacement of worn machinery in place of constant replacement parts.
Involved in safety audits in assigned mill and various mills. Ensure we are meeting OSHA policy and regulations and keep current with updates by daily communication between myself and safety manager. Communicate with plant personnel on a daily basis of safety hazards and recognition.
Written various operational SOP’s to manage the processes and to be used as a guide to achieve the product expectations.
Stay current on expectations by daily communication with Environmental manager of issues, state regulations, federal regulations or any changes to the regulations.
Communication to the plant personnel the expectation of maintaining the environment through proper disposal of waste streams or identification of stored chemicals.
Implementing 5’s and RCFA and Lean Manufacturing principles
WOOD RESOURCES/CHESTER PLYWOOD 2011-2015
Plant Manager
Responsible for developing the talent of my management team through the use of evaluating performance, identifying knowledge gaps or departmental performance gaps. I am held accountable for all aspects from safety, environmental, quality, production and cost. Identify opportunities for future enhancement through capital expenditures
Duties include:
Approval of daily requisitions for purchases of supplies or maintenance items.
Manage through a weekly budget of controllable spending.
Manage production expectations are met to control cost per m.
Communication with accounting department on all departmental cost and comparisons.
Hold the department production managers accountable for the department spending or excessive usage of daily supplies.
Communicate with log procurement of upcoming changes in log specifications or purchase price.
Projecting month-to-month cost based on past history or known project spending.
Use of capital project process to manage direct cost expenditures, by upgrades or replacement of worn machinery in place of constant replacement parts.
Involved in safety audits in assigned mill and various mills. Ensure we are meeting OSHA policy and regulations and keep current with updates by daily communication between myself and safety manager. Communicate with plant personnel on a daily basis of safety hazards and recognition.
Written various operational SOP’s to manage the processes and to be used as a guide to achieve the product expectations.
Stay current on expectations by daily communication with Environmental manager of issues, state regulations, federal regulations or any changes to the regulations.
Communication to the plant personnel the expectation of maintaining the environment through proper disposal of waste streams or identification of stored chemicals
Implementing 5’s and RCFA
GEORGIA-PACIFIC LLC 2005-2011
Plant Manager
Responsible for developing the talent of my management team through the use of evaluating performance, identifying knowledge gaps or departmental performance gaps. I am held accountable for all aspects from safety, environmental, quality, production and cost. Identify opportunities for future enhancement through upgrades or additions.
Duties include:
Approval of daily requisitions for purchases of supplies or maintenance items.
Manage through a weekly budget of controllable spending.
Manage production expectations are met to control cost per m.
Communication with accounting department on all departmental cost and comparisons.
Hold the department production managers accountable for the department spending or excessive usage of daily supplies.
Communicate with log procurement of upcoming changes in log average diameter or purchase price.
Projecting month-to-month cost based on past history or known project spending.
Use of capital project process to manage direct cost expenditures, by upgrades or replacement of worn machinery in place of constant replacement parts.
Involved in safety audits in assigned mill and various mills. Ensure we are meeting OSHA policy and regulations and keep current with updates by daily communication between myself and safety manager. Communicate with plant personnel on a daily basis of safety hazards and recognition.
Work with an approved Quality Management System.
Written various operational SOP’s to manage the processes and to be used as a guide to achieve the product expectations.
Stay current on expectations by daily communication with Environmental manager of issues, state regulations, federal regulations or any changes to the regulations.
Communication to the plant personnel the expectation of maintaining the environment through proper disposal of waste streams or identification of stored chemicals
Visit customer sites to understand their expectations of product performance. I have also been to potential customers to help them understand how plywood is made, what can be produced and time to produce. Investigated complaints or claims.
Developed relations with furniture manufacture to understand their needs. I used the information to help train plant personnel and write plant SOP’s for product lines for the furniture and cabinet industries.
Developed the process to achieve a high quality sand that was based on customer specs.
Lead a team to develop a strapping tool and platform to meet customer packaging spec
Plant Superintendent 1998-2005
Reported directly to plant manager.
Oversee the day-to-day operations of the plant and responsible for working with all production department managers to set production/maintenance schedules on a weekly basis for all production departments.
Scheduling of production, forecasting monthly performance and track.
Communicate with plant manager on known or possible gaps and help plant manager develop controls or gap closure plans.
Worked with plant manager and accounting department to project monthly production cost, labor OT/ST hours, departmental manning, production volumes and then manage on a daily basis to identify gaps or shortfalls, this included log cost, log yield, maintenance cost, supply usage and cost, sales average, total volume produced in all departments and volume shipped.
Accountable for plant appearance in reference to housekeeping, veneer presentation, warehousing of all products and labor manning.
Use of evaluation process to identify gaps in departmental performance or personal performance. Through one-on-one conversation with direct reports to help identify personal development needs (safety hazard recognition, HR issues, scheduling, etc).
The installation and start-up of various new equipment or process changes while working for Georgia Pacific LLC
Department Manager
Scheduling of production,
Maintenance schedules and manning
Training of supervisors and machine operators
Oversee departmental safety hazards and mitigate the risk
MARTCO 1995-1998 Supervisor
Hired during the construction phase
Train employees on operation
Start up of equipment and trouble shooting
Writing of PM program for machinery in my area
INTERNATIONAL PAPER 1988-1995 Supervisor
Oversee the shift safety, quality, and production.
Evaluate performance of new hires and ensure proper training
Project Highlights
Education & Past Certifications
American Plywood Association Certification
OSHA 10 hr industry safety training
State environmental water and air compliance
Various computer data base collection programs--- MOE, ACTIVPLANT, KRONOS
Development Dimension International – Certified Trainer
Rapid Change Technology – Certified Trainer
Louisiana State University- Baton Rouge, LA
Central High Academy-Central, LA
Training
Trained on the working of and use of LIMAB panel profiler.
Trained on operation of the Seqouia moisture meter, Ventek automatic veneer grader
Trained on the use and set up of Grecon defect detector (blow detector)
Use of Activ-plant to track data for analysis to achieve expectation or optimize performance.
Learning how to use JMP 9 data analysis program to identify gaps for optimal performance
I have been to APA training for PS1-07, PS 1-09, PS2
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