Manager Operations

CHARLES TERRY JONES

Grenada, MS 870-***-****

www.linkedin.com/in/charles-jones-20718848 ***********@**********.***

SUMMARY

Production Manager / Solvay Biomass Energy. Operations Manager / BTH Projects. Provided on-going support for modification and de-bugging of manufacturing automation equipment, resulting in a major reduction in down time by 50%. Streamlined departmental operations on a continuing basis through improved equipment reliability and operator development, which increased pellet production output by 50% in 4 months. Production Manager / Georgia Pacific. Drove Safety, Environment, Quality and Production by leading employees, training, coaching, mentoring and positive reinforcement. Initiated and lead several projects which reduced cost, increased OSB production and reduced downtime resulting in $500K per year additional revenue.

Safety Driven

Safety Audits

BBS / VPP

Process Improvements

Scheduling

Purchasing, Store room

Employee Interaction

Planning

Process Knowledge

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Solvay Biomass Energy / BTH Projects, Quitman, MS (18 months) 2015 – 2017

Global Manufacturer of Biomass Wood and Torrified Pellets

Production Manager / Operations Manager

Oversaw day to day plant operations that consisted of 10 managers, 40 operators that worked 24/7 shift rotation. Built and managed production schedule based on customer orders (600 – 1000 tons weekly), logistics, and supply and maintained a 98% on time delivery rate.

Coordinated, resolved, and responded to multiple equipment malfunctions in a 5-day turnaround, measurably improving equipment reliability and uptime.

Organized and refocused efforts to debug programming issues and increase operator equipment knowledge which resulted in 20% uptime and 80% reduction in material waste.

Georgia Pacific LLC, Fordyce, AR (29 years) 1986 – 2015

Building Product – OSB (Oriented Strand Board) Manufacturer

Production Superintendent (15 years) 2000 – 2015

Oversaw day to day plant operations that consisted of 10 managers, 65 operators that worked on a 24/7 shift rotation. Built and managed production schedule based on customer orders (11 msf / week), product mix, logistics, and supply and maintained a 99% on time delivery rate.

Provided on-going support for modification and de-bugging of OSB manufacturing and material handling automation equipment, resulting in a major reduction in down time by 25%. Provided same support to sister facilities with reductions in down time by 30 – 40%.

Prepared and presented operator training and support on 2 new OSB facilities for 50 people, resulting in facilities exceeding planned production startup goals by 30%.

ADDITIONAL RELEVANT EXPERIENCE

Production Team Leader, Georgia Pacific, Mt. Hope, WV (6 years) 1994 - 2000

Burner Dryer Operator, Georgia Pacific, Grenada, MS (8 years) 1986 - 1994

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

Precision Maintenance – Reliable Manufacturing

Reliability Solutions

Market Based Management,

Georgia Pacific, Atlanta, GA

MBM Selection Process

Georgia Pacific, Atlanta, GA

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