Manufacturing Construction

John M. Golumbeski

Greater Atlanta Area 770-***-**** acodw4@r.postjobfree.com

www.linkedin.com/in/golumbeski

Operations, Manufacturing and Production Manager - Industrial Equipment

OEMs

An intelligent, curious, challenge-seeking operations and manufacturing

leader with considerable experience in a variety of processes, industries,

and technologies. More than 30 years experience in the fields of air

pollution control and waste incineration. Extensive experience in the

mechanical, structural, and engineering fields. Core competencies include:

. Operations management. Proven success at driving costs and waste out of

the business while improving quality. At Andersen 2000, cut manufacturing

costs by at least 25% while supplying a superior end product. As a

mechanical consultant, traveled extensively to conduct inspections in the

U.S., Canada, Brazil, and Italy.

. Manufacturing management. At A&R Welding, managed a $5M fabrication

facility and led a team of 50 employees. At Shatone, led a team of 25

employees at three precision fabrication and machining facilities. At

Anderson 2000, served as VP of manufacturing as the company grew from two

employees to a peak of 60.

. Production management. Solid track record of achieving great results with

fewer and fewer resources. At Andersen 2000, increased productivity and

reduced assembly labor by 40%. At OPTI Canada, served as a mechanical

consultant to a subcontractor involved in the construction of a $5B oil

refinery.

Professional Experience

2009 - Present Independent Operations Consultant Sharpsburg,

Georgia

. Consultant and inspector. Currently serving as a consultant and inspector

for a $30M designer and manufacturer of industrial air pollution control

systems that move approximately 500K ACFM.

. Maintenance and repair specialist. Assisting three companies with their

operations and project management.

. Investor. Managing a portfolio of investments comprised of mutual funds,

stocks, and bonds.

2008 - 2009 Shatone Inc. Whitesburg, Georgia

Production Supervisor

. Led a team of 25 employees at three precision fabrication and machining

facilities who designed, engineered, manufactured, assembled and

installed carbon, stainless and alloy steel air moving systems. This

included ducts, fittings, dampers, injectors, transitions and feeders.

. Managed the assembly of rotary screws used in the paper and pulp industry

for feeding chip wood products into boilers. Screw assemblies included

hard surfacing on flight faces, proprietary digger teeth, and were coated

with a special ceramic anti-wear material.

. Consolidated, verified, isolated and installed all materials per design

and fabrication drawings supplied. Provided supervision and installation

labor, up to six days per week in order to meet the budget and schedule

requirements.

2007 A&R Welding Company, Inc. Atlanta, Georgia

Shop and Project Foreman

. Managed a $5M fabrication facility and led a team of 50 employees with

who designed, engineered, manufactured and installed steel balconies,

gates, fences, railings, stairs, and fine ironworks for commercial,

residential and industrial projects. Inspected all work fabricated in the

shop and installed in the field.

. Performed all purchasing to support 35 shop employees, seven field

construction crews and various contractors. Duties included buying,

scheduling, routing, receiving and shipping all materials on time and on

budget.

. Maintained a level of material and fabrication consumables for projects

lasting one day to several months.

2004 - 2006 OPTI Canada Limited and Doug Topley Consulting Alberta,

Canada

Mechanical Construction Consultant

. Accepted a 24-month consulting assignment in Edmonton, Alberta. Served as

a mechanical consultant for Doug Topley Consulting, who was a

subcontractor involved in the construction of a $5B oil refinery.

Completed the project in 15 months, which saved the company nine months

of consulting fees.

. Performed all work at the jobsites in Edmonton (fabrication) and Ft.

McMurray (field erection), Alberta.

. Demonstrated an intimate knowledge of ASME Section VIII; ANSI/ASME B31.3

process equipment including centrifugal, positive displacement and

metering pumps, heat exchangers, boilers, aerial coolers, fire heaters,

etc.

. Conveyed a good understanding of weld procedures, post weld heat

treatment procedures, NDE, process pipe testing requirements and heat

tracing and insulation.

. Maintained proficiency in reading and interpreting engineered drawings

(P&ID's, PFD's, equipment drawings, piping isometrics, spool sheets,

structural steel shop / erection drawings, etc.).

. Demonstrated strong interpersonal, organizational, and reporting skills

(both written and verbal). Excellent record of budget and schedule

achievements. Worked with minimal supervision.

. Job specs required a minimum of 10 years experience in pipe fabrication,

module assembly, purchasing requirements, transportation, shipping and

receiving details.

. Inspected pressure vessels, piping and process equipment to ensure post-

delivery integrity was established.

. Inspected production welding to ensure requirements of engineered

drawings were met by fabrications contractor.

. Administered the inspection of structural steel erection.

1981 - 2004 Andersen 2000 Inc. Peachtree City, Georgia

Vice President, Manufacturing and Production

. Created a manufacturing facility in 1981. Started with two employees and

grew to a peak of 60 employees.

. Assisted engineering in the design of industrial air pollution control

equipment, incineration equipment and material handling equipment.

. Performed all purchasing activities including specifications, turnkey

subcontracts and locating qualified suppliers.

. Supervised all field service activities throughout the world.

. Administered all quality control activities including the development of

an ISO 9000 quality manual.

. Directed domestic and international traffic and shipping.

. Managed the spare parts business including sales, installation and

service.

. Coordinated the subcontract of fabrication, turnkey installation

supervision and new product development.

. Initiated tools and procedures for automated fabrication systems

including cutting with AutoCAD stations, fan wheel balancing stands with

microprocessor based analyzers, etc.

. Developed all welding procedures specifications, procedure qualification

records and welding operator records per ASME IX, AWS API, etc.

. Established target markets for the sale of industrial air pollution

control equipment including the food industry (Oscar Myer, Hormel, etc),

building products industry (Johns Manville, Celotex, Owens Corning,

etc.), the chemical industry (Proctor and Gamble, Lever Brothers, Hooker

Chemical) and many more.

. Directed the delivery, set up installation and testing of pilot plant

equipment in manufacturing plants throughout the world. Data collected

would be used to write proposals for full scale equipment design and

offer a formal guarantee.

. Shared patents for industrial spray dryers, sulfur dioxide scrubbing

systems and other industrial processes.

. Expanded shop capabilities from carbon steel fabrications to exotic

alloys such as Incoloy, Inconel, Hastelloy, Duplex Stainless, etc.

. Developed filters for proprietary air pollution control equipment which

brought in revenues of $1M annually.

. Cut manufacturing costs by at least 25% while supplying a superior end

product.

. Increased productivity and reduced assembly labor by 40%.

Education

Bachelor of Science, Education Florida State University

Tallahassee, Florida

Industrial Equipment Manufacturing, Assembly and Production Experience

Bag House Filters: Specified, reviewed and authorized purchase of pulse jet

bag house collectors and bin vent filters and then incorporated the bag

house cleaning controls into the overall system process controls.

Bulk Powder Storage: Fabricated bulk powder storage silos complete with

pneumatic conveying piping, bin vent filter, live bin bottom, the powder

feed metering devices - rotary valves, screw conveyors, vibratory feeders

and volumetric feeders.

Burners and Fuel Trains: Specified, reviewed, fabricated and authorized

purchase of burners and fuel train components. Many of the burners

incorporated multiple fuels and multiple guns per fuel. Fuels included

natural gas, diesel oil, light oil, heavy oil, waste oils, and waste

solvents.

Cyclonic Separators: Fabricated cyclone collectors with associated inlet

and outlet ducting, discharge hoppers and rotary valves or double tipping

valves. Systems have included single, double and quad units as an assembly.

Flue Gas Ducts and Dampers: Fabricated flue gas ducts and dampers of many

materials and linings. Specific damper designs include butterfly, opposed

blade butterfly, parallel blade, and radial vane.

H.E.A.F. Filters: Fabricated High Efficiency Air Filter systems for many

applications.

Industrial and Hazardous Waste Incineration Equipment: Fabricated rotary

kiln, thermal oxidizer and fixed hearth incinerator systems. System

components included waste feed delivery systems, ash removal systems,

burners, burner fuel trains, combustion chambers, cyclonic collectors, gas

coolers, bag houses, scrubbers, fans, blowers, waste heat boilers, ducting,

pumps and all of the piping, wiring, instrumentation and controls for the

complete system.

Industrial Conveyors: Fabricated, reviewed and authorized purchase of belt

conveyors and screw conveyors. Also fabricated water-cooled drag conveyors

for ash removal and water-cooled (shell and auger) rotary screw conveyors

for cooling salt exiting a rotary kiln.

Industrial Fans and Blowers: Fabricated and assembled radial blade and

backwardly-inclined centrifugal fans along with the inlet or outlet dampers

and ducts and inertia bases for these fans.

Industrial Pumps: Specified, reviewed and authorized purchase of ANSI

centrifugal pumps, positive displacement pumps (piston and screw),

regenerative turbine pumps and metering pumps. Also designed the associated

suction piping, discharge piping, seal flush piping and control loops for

these pumps.

Materials of Construction: I have fabricated equipment and piping

constructed of many materials including:

. Carbon Steels: A-36, SA-285C, A515 Gr. 70, T-1

. Stainless Steels: 304, 304L, 316, 316L, 316LM, 317L

. Nonferrous Alloys: Hast. C-276, Hast. G, Hast G3, Inc. 600, Inc. 625,

Monel 400, Carpenter 20-Cb3

. Plastics: PVC, CPVC, FRP, TFE lined, FEP lined

. Refractory linings: single, double and tertiary linings

Piping Design: Fabricated all kinds of piping, control loops and drainage

systems.

Scrubbing Systems: Fabricated many wet scrubbing systems which include

venturi scrubbers, ejector scrubbers, quench units, packed towers (vertical

and horizontal), disc-and-donut scrubbers and baffle scrubbers. The

scrubbing system included all of the associated pumps, piping, ducting,

fans, blowers, instrumentation and controls:

Technical Writing: Written many types of instruction manuals:

. Operating manuals

. Maintenance manuals

. Installation instructions

. Training manuals

. Factory Acceptance Test (FAT) procedures

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