Plant Management, Maintenance Management, Project Management

Joel Lund, MBA ** Radisson Lane Westfield, Massachusetts 01085

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Driving business growth and profitability

PLANT OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT

ENGINEERING & PROJECT MANAGEMENT

Analysis Strategic Planning Budgeting ROI Cost Control Equipment Automation PLC Installation Maintenance Calibration Process Validation R&D Support Packaging Facilities Quality Assurance Safety Compliance Team Building Change Management Lean Methods

Dynamic, self-driven and results-focused licensed professional engineer and organizational leader combining BSME and MBA with 25+ years of experience in world-class manufacturing. Demonstrated expertise in innovative business technology and committed to customer service. Headed an $800,000,000 group with 5 facilities and directed multimillion-dollar capital projects. Increased machine speeds and work efficiency; saved millions in yearly labor costs and improved safety performance for all employers.

CAREER TRACK

Plant Operations Manager 2014 -2016

Barnhardt manufacturing Colrain, MA

Provide managerial, quality, financial and engineering leadership to $17MM annual sales manufacturing operation with 50 employees. 24/5 operation. Cotton bleaching for feminine hygiene related products, beauty, and medical products.

Provided much needed communication across shifts while driving employee involvement and improving morale.

Coordinated $2MM dam rebuild to supply process river water to facility. Work with various state environmental departments for permitting.

Identified and drove improvements related to on site waste water treatment plant. Reduced WWTP operating costs and implemented improvements in timely and DEP friendly/well communicated manner that avoided state fines.

Engineering Manager 2007 - 2013

DST Output (A subsidiary of DST Systems) South Windsor, Connecticut

Project management. Deployed new digital ink print equipment. Upgraded automated conveying system. Integrated programmable controls (PLC) that automated older equipment which also allowed more flexibility in product offerings.

Identified need and integrated a new SCADA system (supervisory control and data acquisition) which provided production metrics from legacy equipment.

Recruited engineers with advanced training in electro mechanical controls to replace employees lost to attrition and built a staff with skill sets to manage future technology.

Engineering Manager / Group Leader 1999 - 2007

Tyco International Limited (Now Covidien) Chicopee, Massachusetts / Waco, Texas

Spearheaded engineering support in a medical product / supply manufacturing unit generating $150,000,000 annually for a diversified multibillion-dollar corporation. Controlled a $4,000,000 budget. Led all capital initiatives. Directed facilities and maintenance managers, engineers and technicians with oversight for calibration, validation, packaging, graphic design and safety.

Transformed the engineering team into a customer service group; worked with R&D and delivered a new UV cured sensor gel product to market on time and in budget. (2005-2007)

-Installed a $1,600,000 automated assembly line for defibrillator pads that saved $700,000 in annual labor costs and reduced repetitive motion injuries.

-Cancelled $6,000,000 in scheduled capital projects with poor ROI (return on investment) and implemented $300,000 in process improvements to converting equipment.

Spearheaded a $6,500,000 capital initiative that produced $20,000,000 in new disposable baby diaper sales as engineering leader of the $800,000,000 Packaging Group. (1999-2004)

-Coordinated new product upgrades and packaging change roll-outs with internal product engineers, designers and vendors across 5 sites in the US and Mexico that unfailingly met budgets and timelines.

-Installed 4 automated packaging machines that cut labor costs by $500,000 and enacted SMED (Single Minute Exchange of Die) method, which slashed changeover time by 87%.

-Purchased a $5,000,000 converter; introduced a conveyor / automated palletizing system that saved $1,000,000 yearly in labor costs and eliminated safety risks.

-Planned and directed complex, multi-phase engineering projects

oDeveloped timelines; coordinated internal and external communication meetings

oManaged quotation submission and review from suppliers and contractors

oEstablished and completed any pre-work ahead of projects. Worked with internal departments on what could be accomplished without outsourcing.

oEngaged and supervised contract engineers, technicians, HVAC, plumbing, electrical, mechanical, and rigging subcontractors.

oManaged spending, communicated spending timeline with finance.

oValidated equipment as needed for installation qualification, operational qualification, and production qualification (IQ, OQ, PQ).

oManaged post project installation punch list to final internal hand off.

Engineering Manager / International Projects 1988 - 1999

Tyco International Limited (Now Covidien) Waco, Texas

Maintained a $200,000,000 production facility employing 250; saved $60,000,000 by upgrading existing disposable baby diaper converting equipment; improved machine speeds by 50%; boosted sales by $5,000,000.

Led a standardization and process improvement team across five facilities resulting in improved machine performance and best practices implementation in multiple locations.

Directed the transfer of large, high speed converting machinery from Texas and Georgia sites to Brazil; coordinated reassembly and start-up in Brazil; trained operators and maintenance personnel.

LEARNING CREDENTIALS

Master of Business Administration GPA 4.0

University of Massachusetts Amherst, Massachusetts

Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering

University of Wisconsin Platteville, Wisconsin

SOFTWARE PROFICIENCIES

AutoCAD Autodesk Inventor Solid Works Project Minitab

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