Cell Phone: 262-***-****
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Milwaukee, WI 53228
Robert Frost
Summary
Results-oriented Project Manager skilled in minimizing schedules and maximizing revenue. Experienced in engineering, creating facility layouts, and machinery design.
Highlights
Resource planning
Scheduling
Skilled negotiator
Requirements gathering
Process improvements
Collaborative leader
Knowledge of design and development
Confident decision maker
Proficient communicator
Work Experience
2012 - Present Mondi Akrosil, LLC Pleasant Prairie, WI
Project Manager
Design modifications for web handling machines for integration into process equipment in AutoCAD 2017 and release to manufacturing.
Produce all facility drawings comprising of equipment and inventory storage layouts.
Review contractor safety protocols, OSHA logs, and gave internal ratings based on incidents for bid qualification.
Verify all 5S concepts and safety protocols were followed in determining the equipment and plant layouts.
Communicate with vendors to ensure specifications are met on components quoted and supplied.
Maintain project budgets comprising of work in progress numbers, and cash flow requirements.
Guide subcontract labor on-site and verify all safety procedures are being followed.
Develop the project timeline, resource requirements, and customer acceptance trials using Project.
Successfully managed multiple projects simultaneously.
Maintenance Manager, Jul. 2012 – Nov. 2013 & Feb. 2015 – Jun. 2017
Create annual budgets for departmental supplies and services including janitorial, vending, uniforms, lawn care, and snow removal, company wide
Implement CMMS system for management of maintenance work order log and create preventive maintenance plan for the facility equipment and process machinery.
Create individual technician skills training guide with required sequence for training modules.
Oversee department to make sure tasks are completed successfully with minimal downtime.
Create SAP entries for purchase requisitions, and accounts payable approvals.
Engineering Manager, Jul. 2012 – Nov. 2012
Manage process engineering team to ensure machine center-lines were being established.
Perform weekly reviews on work status ensuring completion of task list.
2010-2012 Circonix Technologies Ringwood, NJ
Project Manager
Design specialized web handling layouts and components for integration with other OEM vendor parts in AutoCAD and source production.
Maintain project budgets comprising of work in progress numbers, and cash flow requirements.
Supervise all aspects of customer requirements on and off-site.
Guide subcontract labor, review and accept change orders in scope or customer requirements.
Produce monthly financial status reports in Excel, develop the project timeline, resource requirements, and customer acceptance trials using Project.
Successfully manage multiple projects simultaneously.
Maintain a good working relationship with the customer through all phases of the project.
1996–2009 Kroenert Corporation Kenosha, WI
Replacement Parts Manager, 2003 – 2009
Create all quotes for domestic sales of parts for our European subsidiaries.
Increased annual domestic sales by 250%.
Create all Import/Export paperwork for shipping LTL shipments to our North America customers while confirming delivery, and handing time-critical orders.
Project Manager, 2001 - 2009
Design specialized web handling components for integration with other multi-national vendor parts in AutoCAD and release to production.
Act as liaison between engineering and manufacturing teams to insure specifications are met.
Communicate with vendors ensuring specifications are met on components quoted and supplied, and make special pricing agreements.
Maintain project budgets comprising of Work in progress numbers and cash flow requirements.
Supervise all aspects of customer requirements on and off site.
Guide subcontract labor and oversee change orders.
Produced monthly financial status reports in Excel, develop the project timeline, resource requirements, and customer acceptance trials using Project.
Machine Designer, 1996 - 2003
Design specialized web handling components for integration with other multi-national vendor parts in AutoCAD and release to production.
Develop control schematics and installation layouts for the following systems: Pneumatic Piping, Hydraulic Piping, Air Ducting, Water Piping, Gas Piping, and Instrument Piping.
Compile an indented bill of materials database using Excel and Access listing of all parts required for a given project including costs.
Specify and purchase components for projects. Annual total is between $1.2 & $2.0 million.
IT Manager, 1996 - 2009
Manage and maintain the server, all workstations, and resolved hardware and software issues.
Provided training of all software used on workstations
1992–1996 Borlaug Systems, Inc. Cedar Rapids, IA
Machine Designer
Design a wide variety of automated sheet metal handling equipment. Examples: De-stackers, Stackers, Rotary Indexers, Material Flippers, and conveying equipment.
Design material cutting and forming machines to go from raw material to a finished project or component. Examples: Filing Cabinets, Furnace Enclosures, and Residential Doors.
Work directly with the Project Manager to determine appropriate electrical, hydraulic, and pneumatic devices to use for machine functionality.
Design machines on MicroStation CAD software, using 3D modeling to improve design integrity, and reduce manufacturing errors.
Assist machinists in machine assembly.
Education
2010–2014 Marian University Fond du Lac, WI
BS Degree, Business Administration – General Management
Classes included some of the following managerial subjects:
Human Resources
International Business
Operations Management
Business Law
Project Management
Managerial Ethics
1996–1998 Kirkwood Community College Cedar Rapids, IA
Local Area Network Management Certificate.
1990–1992 Kirkwood Community College Cedar Rapids, IA
AAS Degree, Mechanical Engineering Design Technology
Classes included the following Mechanical Engineering fundamentals:
Hobbies
Member, Starfish Foundation – We help people get rid of issue within their lives that are holding them back. Our main focus is veterans and people suffering from some form of trauma in their lives. We provide workshops on multiple weekends throughout the year and I am a member of the assisting staff.