Engineer Manager

John R. Lampkin

Greater Cleveland / Akron Area 216-***-**** *********@*******.*** www.linkedin.com/in/jrlampkin

Regional Superintendent – Flour Milling Industry

Collaborative, hands-on regional superintendent in the flour milling industry. Extensive experience in multisite leadership,

quality management, process improvement, and project management – including building and remolding mills. Known as

an inspirational leader who works tirelessly to improve capacity and lower yields. Degree in Food Manufacturing and

Flour Milling from City and Guilds of London Institute. Core competencies include:

Operations leadership. At Cereal Food Processors, provided operations leadership to the management teams at

up to seven mills in North America – whose revenues totaled $350M annually. Mentored young millers; several were

promoted to head miller, mill superintendent, and plant manager. Helped reduced five-year average workman’s

compensation claims by 66%, OSHA recordable incidents by 45%, and lost workday incident rate by 52%.

Process improvement. Proven ability to drive costs and wastes out of an operation while simultaneously

improving quality. In 2003, for instance, requested by senior management to improve operations at the recently

acquired Montreal mill. Improved capacity 14%, from 3500 cwt to 4000 cwt per day, in less than three months of

receiving of the assignment – without any capital investment.

Project management. Over the past 10 years, led 25+ projects totaling $6M – with budgets as large as $1M,

timeframes up to 12 months, and teams of up 10 people (as well as contractors). In Great Falls, improved capacity

39%, from 5400 cwt to 7500 cwt per day, by replacing or upgrading every piece of equipment over a 10-year period.

Achieved similar success in Cleveland during a 15-year program to modernize every facet of the facility.

Professional Experience

1999 – October 2014 Cereal Food Processors, a Grain Craft Company Kansas City,

Missouri

Grain Craft was formed in May 2014 after Milner Milling and Pendleton Flour Mills acquired Cereal Food Processors.

The combined companies form the third largest flour milling operation in the United States. Cereal Food’s sales were

$650M last year. Customers include Kellogg’s, Pizza Hut, and McDonald’s. Grain Craft’s combined sales are $1.2B.

Regional Superintendent 2004 – October 2014

Provided operations leadership to the management teams at up to seven of the company’s 11 mills. Mills are located

in Cleveland, Ohio; Montreal, Canada (sold in 2007); Great Falls, Montana; Billings, Montana; Ogden, Utah;

Portland, Oregon; and Salt Lake City, Utah. Revenues exceed $350M annually.

Led 25+ projects totaling $6M – with budgets as large as $1M, timeframes up to 12 months, and teams of up 10

people (as well as contractors).

In Great Falls, improved capacity 39%, from 5400 cwt to 7500 cwt per day, by replacing or upgrading every piece of

equipment over a 10-year period. The original plant was built in 1910.

Achieved similar success in Cleveland during a 15-year program to modernize every facet of the facility.

Selected by the VP of Operations to lead additional projects at our Los Angeles and MacPherson mills to increase

capacity. Each project was on a narrow 10-day window of scheduled downtime.

Partnered with the Corporate Safety Manager to reduce five-year average workman’s compensation claims by 66%,

OSHA recordable incidents by 45%, and lost workday incident rate by 52%.

Developed a process management standard that improved safety and was implemented companywide. Used

AutoCAD and plant layouts for machines and motor listings to ensure Lock Out / Tag Out. Also located fire

extinguishers and emergency escape routes; this was key to passing OSHA audits.

Developed preventative maintenance and sanitation programs, including high risk areas in grain elevators, which

improved safety and reduced unscheduled downtime.

Received only one OSHA citation among all six sites in the past three years.

Mentored young millers and supervisors to perform their own troubleshooting and maintenance. Taught them how to

layout new equipment, install it properly, improve their yields, and increase plant capacity. Seven were promoted

through the ranks to head miller, mill superintendent, and plant manager.

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Visited customer sites to troubleshoot problems and resolve issues concerning possible flour contamination; a

successful trip might save $10K in back charges. Advised customers concerning flour storage and process flow.

Plant Superintendent 2003 – 2004

Led a teams of three supervisors and 22 employees each in the Cleveland and Montreal facilities.

In charge of HACCP training, sanitation, AIB audits, budgeting, quality, safety, production, and projects.

Charged with getting the Montreal facility up to USA standards.

Superintendent / Project Engineer 1999 – 2003

Oversaw operations in the Cleveland facility.

Managed several significant upgrade projects at this plant that was originally constructed in 1872.

1983 – 1999 Keynes Brothers, Inc. Logan, Ohio

Head Miller / Project Engineer

As Head Miller, oversaw all aspects of the plant – production, maintenance, and dispatching of flour and feed.

As Project Engineer, oversaw dozens of projects during tenure. The most significant was in 1998 – a brand new 3500

cwt mill on the same site.

1979 – 1983 Thomas Robinson & Sons (now Satake) Rochdale, England

Technical Flour Milling Engineer

Served on the engineering team that built two mills from the ground up.

Worked on 10-15 more major projects. On one for instance, served onsite in Dublin during a 13-month project where

we built a brand new mill on a century-old site.

Served onsite in Belfast during a four-month “running remodel.” Hired 20-30 local millwrights to remodel the mill.

1977 – 1979 Maple Leaf Mills Toronto, Canada

Lead Man – Packing Department

Swept floors and packed flour during three summers in high school. Promoted to lead man upon graduation.

Education and Skills Inventory

Advanced Certificate in Flour Milling City and Guilds of London Institute London, England 1983

Operational

Calculate pneumatic conveying systems for both negative and positive lifts – including the sizing of all airlocks, fans,

cyclones, filters, sifters, and rollstands, etc.

Design manifold ductwork for pneumatic suction ducts.

Develop and implement business process improvement (BPI) programs.

Install and troubleshoot automated production systems.

Quality

Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Point (HACCP)

GMP’s for Food Safety Employees (AIB)

Software

Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook)

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AutoCAD (plant layouts, machines, motor listings, fire extinguishers, etc. for LOTO)

PLC Programming – American Trainco

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Safety

Bloodborne Pathogens

Confined Space

Controlling Hazardous Energy

CPR / First Aid / AED

Electrical Safety

Emergency Evacuation

Explosion prevention in dusty environments

Fall Prevention

Fire Extinguisher

Fire Safety and Emergency Evacuation

First Aid

Forklift Safety

Hazardous Communications

Hearing Conservation

Industrial Maintenance – Electrical, Mechanical

Lockout / Tagout (LOTO)

Material Safety Data Sheets (MSDS)

OSHA 10-hour

Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)

Power Tool Safety

Sanitation

Total Preventive Maintenance (TPM)

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