Engineer Electrical

Juan Ramon Rodriguez

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SUMMERY

Over twenty -five years experience in progressively responsible manufacturing and maintenance engineering

management in high-speed food & beverage manufacturing plants

EDUCATION

MBA in Management, Pepperdine University, Malibu, CA, 1986

BS in Electrical Engineering, Louisiana Tech University, Ruston, LA, 1980

EXPERIENCE

GOYA FOODS GREAT LAKES, ANGOLA NY, 2009 TO PRESENT

CORPORATE ENGINEER

• Goya produces over 3800 SKU’s from Brine, refried beans and Salsa in cans requiring hydro static

cookers, continuous cookers and retorts. High speed Fillers including Elmar (pocket, cascade

fillers), Krones (Ergo Bloc BM with filler) and American filler (fill valve fillers) for salsa, nectars,

water (baby florid, spring and mineral water) and milk (whole, 1%, 2%, skim and cream Milk)

implemented a new HTST unit with separators for increase demand.

• Direct and support all Engineering, Maintenance, Security and Safety programs for 16

manufacturing facilities and 28 Distribution centers both domestic and international.

• Drive continuous improvement programs to reduce loss of production due to equipment

performance utilizing lean six sigma tools and CMMS systems such as Maximo, MP2, Infor and

SAP.

• Oversee all contracts administration, design and installation of production and facility projects

including training personnel on the operation, troubleshooting procedures of each equipment and

programs.

• Built a state of the art facility on a Greenfield with no city utility support, requiring me to seek

support and gain experience on the drilling of water wells installing a filtration and storage system

including a full waste water treatment plant to meet required TECQ discharge quality water of

<10ppm BOD and <10ppm TSS in Texas and Dominican Republic.

DAIRY FARMERS OF AMERICA, SCHULENBURG, TX

Plant Engineer/Maintenance Manager, 2003-2009

• Responsible for a staff of twenty-eight personnel including engineers, maintenance mechanics,

security and safety personnel.

• Supported all plant operations, developed schedules, coordinated work, developed and executed

policies and procedures.

• Drive continuous improvement projects to reduce downtime and increase efficiency.

• Administered and negotiated all production and facility projects contracted from design to

installation and operation for final acceptance.

• Using the “Lean Six Sigma” criteria that created efficiencies improvements gave me the opportunity

to expand the production capability with a 46,000 sq.ft. production area, designed and implemented

a 480vac manufacturing main power supply from the city’s main station to a new design facility sub-

station using a 6000KVA step-down transformer to the distribution panel supporting a new state of

the art kitchen with ribbon blenders, dump stations, packaging equipment with a high speed Krones

labeler, Stork retorts and cooling table. Resigned; better opportunity with Goya.

NABISCO, INC.

Area Maintenance Manager, 1999-2003

• Responsible for a staff of 116 including: engineers, electricians, mechanics, plumbers, boiler techs,

fabricators, mill rights, pipe fitters, and sanitation engineers.

• Supported all plant operations, developed schedules, coordinated work, developed and executed

policies and procedures.

• Drive continuous improvement projects at the site to reduce cost and optimize production.

• Facility planning and forecasting, five to ten year plan, space forecasting (micro level organization

wide) and capital program development.

During the 1990’s I was the Facility Electrical Engineer responsible for serving as contracting officer/technical

representative for all contracts with the new VA medical Center Flagship in Houston as well as the VA Outpatient

Clinic in Lufkin TX. Lead engineer/Task manager a NASA in charge of the Ground support equipment (GSE)

development, provided the interface between the JSC SPDEO advance planning groups, JSC Space Station office and

Marshal Space Flight Center. Contract ended.

During 1980”s I was a Lt. Commander of a US Coast Guard Cutter, veteran of the Mariel Boat lift Cuba, Support

Haiti, Conflict Granada, free zone Colombia and recipient of the bronze star purple heart and meritorious service

medals.

I enjoy the challenges, responsibility and goal setting involved in my work; applying my abilities to real-world

situations. I also have energy conservation and technical software experience, which I am called upon to support

others on a regular basis.

Thank you for taking the time to review my qualifications. I would appreciate the opportunity to interview and answer

any questions that you may have.

Sincerely,

Juan R. Rodriguez

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