Plant Manager
Resume:
Thomas P. Mitchell (Phil)
Dallas, TX. 75248
*************@***.***
Career Objective: Exploring opportunities to apply extensive experience in plant/ facilities operations, maintenance, automation, robotics, production management, and system design, in a challenging career environment where strong communication, project management, trouble shooting, and performance optimization of skills can be effectively utilized.
Career History
Guard-All Building Solutions LLC October 2014- Present Guard All manufactures structural steel fabric covered buildings Director of Operations
Responsibilities included overall management and overseeing daily operations. Selected additional capital equipment including: angle rolls, welding units, pipe and tube rolls. Directly coordinated all mechanical and electrical aspects of plant operation and layout revisions, Accomplishments: Instituted new plant layout for correct operational flow, upgraded and selected capital equipment increasing productivity.
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Kalenborn Technologies LLC. September 2010-March 2014 Kalenborn Technologies manufactures structural steel components for the power, cement, mining, and other various industries.
Director of Operations
Complete start up responsibilities including all negotiations with municipalities, legality issues, establishing budget, locating/purchase of facility, purchase of all capital equipment (ESAB plasma cutting system, Plate Roll, Lathes, Mills, Press brakes, Punches, MIG welders, etc.), and staffing. Set up of Hard-Facing (Chromium Carbide Overlay) Systems. Direct involvement in all ‘day to day’ operations. Accomplishments: Successful in completing a complete scratch start operation in three months. This included negotiations with elected officials & municipalities, acquiring facility, selecting equipment along with plant layout, and hiring complete staff. Achieved placing plant in production 30% under capital budget. Mitchco LLC January 2008-September 2010
Owner/Welding Consultant
Customer base includes John Deere, Toyota, Ermco, ARJ, among others. FMP Resistance Welding Inc. January 1987-December 2007 FMP manufactured custom automated welding systems for automotive, appliance, and industrial metal fabrication industries. Integrated Systems ranged from stand-alone units to complex robotic assembly lines
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COO, Director of Operations, (January 1996-December 2007) Responsibilities of operation decisions, budget appropriations, capital investments including purchase of facility, plant setup and layout, staffing key personnel. Reported to Board of Directors. Responsible for all special projects and applications, including the following: Design and manufacture of equipment for China start up facilities
(ApCom Inc., State Industries, Mesker Door Inc.)
Plant Manager, (June 1992-January 1996)
Responsible for plant and manufacturing operations, department supervision (Sales, Production, Engineering, Quality Control, R&D), special projects, and sales force. Direct involvement in engineering of custom automated equipment. Overseeing on-site projects and line installations at General Motors, Ford, Chrysler, Whirlpool, among others.
Sales Manager/Engineering Manager, (July 1987-June 1992) Responsible for outside sales in US and internationally, project engineering, inside coordination of special projects and applications.
Extensive travel throughout U.S., Canada, and Mexico. Accomplishments: During my tenor as Director of Operations, I quadrupled the size of the manufacturing facility, staff, and capital equipment. Directly responsible with increasing sales from $1.7M to $22M during my 20 year career including direct sales and negotiations of long term contracts. Stream lined production on a continual basis, resulting in a 5-12% reduction in operating expense annually. Qualifications
Knowledgeable in all aspects of manufacturing, Six Sigma, OSHA standards, AWS & ASME specifications, ISO Specifications, and business practices.
Versed in design of automated equipment including electrical, pneumatic, and PC component integration. Familiar with international business practices resulting from establishing contracts in China, Germany, Hong Kong, Malaysia, Japan, Poland, Canada, and Brazil.
Specialty: Welding and Automation
Education and Professional Development
B.S. Mechanical Engineering, Minor Industrial Management 1985
OTC-Robotics Engineering
American Welding Society- Various Courses
Union Carbide and Lincoln Corporation- Advanced Welding Applications and Procedures
United Technologies-Industrial Management Program
Allied Signal-Industrial Management Program and Facilities Maintenance Certification
American Steel Society-Steel Properties and Forming applications. Memberships: AWS, SME. ASME, AISC
Career Highlights and Further Accomplishments
Designed weld schedules (Resistance), equipment, and manufacturing procedures with Dr. David Ziegler, Chief Research Engineer for General Motors Corporation (Warren, MI); Dr. Michael Killian, Chief Corporate Welding Engineer, Eaton Corporation (Worldwide); Mr. Gordon Wildridge, Chief Mfg. Eng. Martin-Marietta; Mr. Eric Peterson, Chief Welding Eng., John Deere (Des Moines, IA); along with other individuals with various accreditations.
Lectured on welding with the Society of Manufacturing Engineers during 1993-1994, traveling throughout the United States. In 1993 engagements included: Chair Person and Chief Speaker on resistance welding at FabTech International Convention held at the Rosemont Convention Center in Chicago, IL. Established a joint venture between Alstom and Kalenborn Technologies LLC for manufacturing of proprietary components for the power industry.
Engineered and implemented welding procedures for welding CCO overlay for Kalenborn Delma in Poland. US Passport with China Visa current.
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