Manager Engineer

ROBERT MCCORMACK

*** ********* ****, *********, ** 60546

Phone: 630-***-****

Email: ******.*********@*******.***

SUMMARY

Business focused problem solver. Over10 years in manufacturing: strategic planning, operations improvement,

engineering, maintenance, quality, and health & safety.

EXPERIENCE

WASTE MANAGEMENT Chicago, IL

Plant Manager, Material Recycle Facility 2014 – 2015

• Overall P&L responsibility for facility in excess of 100 employees both union & non-union

• Reorganized crew scheduling, increased head count to reduce overtime, & implemented quality controls:

Results for first 4 months on the job… increased average monthly EBITDA performance by 206% .

GRAPHIC PACKAGING INTERNATIONAL, INC. North America

2005 – 2014

Manager of Optimization & Rationalization, Flexible Packaging Division 2007 – 2014

• Planned & executed $12mm multi-plant reconfiguration to facilitate post-merger integration.

• Planned & executed asset alignments in support of 4 plant closures in 5 years.

• Responsible for developing strategic capital projects from concept to delivery.

• Introduced new manufacturing capabilities for expanded product offerings - serviced $15mm in incremental

annual sales in first year.

• Recognized for developing leaders. Targeted untapped talent to work with project managers for additional

exposure & experience. Annually nominated deserving personnel for leadership awards, three direct reports

now awarded the Graphic Packaging President’s Leadership Award (2010, 2012, and 2014.)

Project Engineer, Folding Carton Division (formerly Altivity Packaging, LLC) 2006 - 2007

• Subject Matter Expert (SME) & Lean Practitioner (TPM, 5-S, SMED, etc). Facilitated 29 five day Kaizen

burst events to 3 of the 24 plants in the division. Documented savings captured was $3.5mm in inventory

reductions & $750m in annual costs reductions.

• Coordinated monthly process champion forums across the division for each of the primary disciplines in

paperboard converting: printing, cutting, finishing, & equipment maintenance; this & actions by others

eased the integration of the legacy companies.

Focused Improvement Engineer, Consumer Packaging Division (formerly of Smurfit-Stone) 2005 - 2006

• Worked with site leadership of the 16 plants in the division to assess & prioritize opportunities using a Zero

Based Analysis (ZBA) approach. Facilitated over 20 four-day Kaizen like events to recover targeted cost

reductions.

• Provided training to plant leaders in structured problem solving.

IVEX PACKAGING CORPORATION Bellwood & Bridgeview, IL

Plant Manager 2005

• Responsible for all activities at the Bellwood paper converting facility; staff consisted of 1 salaried & 14

hourly personnel. Simultaneously responsible for operations at Bridgeview facility of 3 salaried & 40

hourly employees; $20mm in annual sales.

• Restored positive EBITDA to Bellwood plant, outside warehouse of finished goods vacated, & enough

space in the Bridgeview plant freed to later incorporate all Bellwood operations.

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Plant Engineer, Maintenance Manager, and EH&S Manager 2003 - 2005

• Initiated numerous plant improvement projects including a design & financial justification for plant

compressed air generation system: $150m project completed with 0.8 year payback on energy savings &

down time avoidance.

• Worked with Illinois Safety Council (ISC) to develop employee driven safety program. Bridgeview plant

received public recognition & award from ISC in 2005 for Recordable Incident Rate (RIR) of 0.0.

EARTH TECH ENVIRONMENTAL Oak Brook, IL

Staff Environmental Engineer & Environmental Consultant 2000-2003

• As lead auditor assisted the environmental staff at ISPAT-Inland Steel toward ISO 14001certification.

• Provided Construction Quality Assurance (CQA) to the Illinois EPA on two separate multi-million dollar

superfund sites, both completed on time & on budget.

UNITED STATES MARINE CORPS

Captain, Infantry Officer 1992-1997

• Managed 22 person training staff through a unit expansion from 400 people to 2,200 in 6 months. Awarded

Navy Commendation Medal for leadership & initiative.

• As company executive officer awarded Navy Achievement Medal for leadership.

• Commanded 81-mm Mortar Platoon through overseas deployment as independent maneuver element; solely

responsible for professional development & tactical proficiency of 80 Marines in platoon.

• As special staff officer to Battalion Commander, performed bottom up cost assessment for projected

operations; tracked all expenditures resulting 25% reduction in total spend over previous period despite

greater operations tempo.

UNITED STATES MARINE CORPS

Corporal, Avionics Technician 1985-1988

• Promoted to Corporal with 13 months total military service.

• Volunteered off duty time to serve on honor guard & rifle detail to deceased Marines at numerous funerals.

• Designated Collateral Duty Inspector (CDI), final certifier of aviation maintenance quality.

• Awarded a direct appointment to US Naval Academy by the Secretary of the Navy.

EDUCATION

NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY, Kellogg School of Management Evanston, IL

MBA, Executive Management June 2011

MISSOURI UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY Rolla, MO

MS, Environmental Engineering May 2000

UNITED STATES NAVAL ACADEMY Annapolis, MD

BS, General Engineering May 1992

ADDITIONAL

• Certified Plant Maintenance Manager, Association of Facility Engineers, since 2007

• Superintendent’s List, Commandant’s List, & Dean’s list at Annapolis, Spring 1992

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