Manager Engineer

Stephen W. Lacey, CMRP

Atchison, KS ***** 913-***-**** *****.*****@****.***

Electrical and Reliability Engineer

Seeking Plant Engineer, Plant Technical Manager, Maintenance Director, or Maintenance Manager in Food/Beverage or Allied Manufacturing Facility

EMPLOYMENT HISTORY

Cereal Ingredients Inc, Leavenworth KS Baking Ingredients 2017 – 2019

Director of Maintenance

Responsible for facilities and equipment maintenance in 2 plants

2 direct and 9 indirect

Reduced Maintenance cost /pound by 30% on 2.75MM pounds/month

Developed and published monthly departmental scorecard with weighted KPI’s

Drove Preventive Maintenance work order compliance from 30%/month to 90%/month

Improved weekly work order schedule compliance from 45% to 80%

Designed new edible oil addition system that brought oil addition within 2% of specification

Directed equipment renumbering in CMMS to benefit operator work order entry

MGP Ingredients, Atchison KS Beverage Distillery and Ingredients Plant 2010-2017

Electrical Engineer Corporate Engineering 2015-2017

Develop and execute assigned electrical and mechanical projects

Installed power distribution for new milling project, redesigned when budget cut to meet 20% reduction in funds, met project deadlines and revised budget

Responsible for high-voltage electrical power distribution maintenance and repairs

Maintenance Manager 2012-2014

Responsible for facilities and equipment maintenance in 2 plants Distillery and Ingredients

4 direct and 24 indirect reports

Reduced overtime usage by 30% year over year

Managed $2MM labor budget to within +/- 1%

Led Maintenance department in BRC qualifying audit, with no non-conformances

Conducted annual plant shutdowns for sharp execution within $1MM budget

Maintained service levels after a reduction in force of 20%

Maintenance Engineer 2010-2012

Responsible for equipment reliability and downtime reduction

4 direct reports

Led operations team in implementation of SAP PM CMMS in a record 12 weeks

Increased weekly operator lubrication compliance from 30% to 82+%

Decreased critical blower bearing failure frequency from weekly to annual

Conducted annual plant shutdowns for sharp execution within $1MM budget

KIK Custom Products, Danville IL CPG-aerosol 2009-2010

Maintenance Manager

Responsible for facilities and equipment maintenance

5 direct reports and 24 indirect

General Mills/Pillsbury, New Albany, IN Refrigerated Baked Goods 1999-2009

Electrical Team Leader II

Responsible for electrical maintenance and troubleshooting for entire plant while on shift.

5 direct reports up to 40 on weekends

Reduced labor requirements for annual 13.8 KV outage by 28%

Converted can sealer machine from relay logic to PLC control with Operator PanelView

Developed and published weekly work order schedules when assigned to planner role

Mechanical Team Leader I

Responsible for mechanical repairs and troubleshooting on 6 of 12 lines while on shift

9 direct reports up to 40 on weekends

Used statistical process control logs to determine machine repair intervals

Implemented e-mail maintenance shift report

Initiated use of shaft alignment equipment to improve equipment reliability

Sara Lee/Bryan Foods, Little Rock, AR Value Added USDA Meat Processor 1997-1999

Multi-craft Maintenance Supervisor

10 direct reports

Maintained service levels with decreasing manning levels during plant shuttering, only 3 mechanics last 3 months of operation

Initiated Incident Command during ammonia spill

Converted Filler machine from relay Logic to PLC control

EDUCATION AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

University of Arkansas, Fayetteville AR 1996

Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering, BSEE

ETA KAPPA NU, Electrical Engineering Professional Honor Society

United States Navy, Electricians Mate Second Class 1979-1986

PROFESSIONAL ACCOMPLISHMENTS

Certified Maintenance and Reliability Professional CMRP from SMRP 2008-Present

Preventive Controls Qualified Individual PCQI 2017

Dale Carnegie Course 2015

PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS

Society for Maintenance and Reliability Professionals SMRP 2008-Present

Secretary KC Chapter of SMRP 2016-Present

Project Management Institute (PMI) 2016-2017

OTHER EXPERIENCE

Process Safety Management: PSM

Predictive Maintenance: Infrared, Vibration, Ultrasonic

Continuous Improvement 5S, Visual Controls

Computerized Maintenance Management System CMMS: SAP, Maximo, Infor, Guru

Food Safety Audits: BRC, AIB

CAPEX Budgets

Project Management

HACCP

cGMP

Root Cause Analysis: RCA, 5-Why

Budgeting and Budget Control

Ammonia Refrigeration

PLC programming

Planning and Scheduling

OSHA 40-hour course

Radiation Safety Officer

Vocational Training: Boilers, Hydraulics, Pneumatics, Mechanical Power Transmission, Industrial Electricity, Electronics

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