Engineer Mechanical

Brandon C. Kamus acwe42@r.postjobfree.com

**** **** **** *****, ********, TX 77339 Home: 225-***-****

SUMMARY

Mechanical Engineer with over 11 years of experience in manufacturing, LOTO, industrial safety practices, and safety with PPE. Over 8 years of experience with HACCP, Good Manufacturing Practices, and Food Manufacturing Best Practices. Worked on several projects that included installing a new Palletizing machine, as well as a multi-year (4+ years) significant modernization of our inspection equipment as the budget allowed every year. Over 3 years of experience with setting and maintaining budgets.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

1/13 – Present Longhorn Glass Co. (Anheuser-Busch InBev), Houston, Texas

Cold End Operations and Maintenance Business Process Manager

•Maintenance- managed Cold End Area operations with 26 union technicians over 4 shifts.

•Operations-managed 36 union operators over 4 shifts to run 3 production lines.

•Team leader for the implementation of OpTech qualification/certification.

•Developed training program for new hires to ensure consistency in operator skill levels.

•Assessed/match personnel skill level to critical process points/equipment which resulted in more stable and sustainable operations.

•Created a maintenance plan/schedule through SAP that increased reliability for critical equipment.

2/10 – 1/13 Longhorn Glass Co. (Anheuser-Busch InBev), Houston, Texas

Cold End Group Manager/Maintenance Group Manager

•Managed 3 glass lines, 10 union operators, 3 union mechanics, and 2 union electricians.

•Standardized critical spare parts for essential equipment that decreased delivery times from 4+ months (European parts) to 1-2 days (American)- increased reliability and decreased downtime.

•Developed and implemented improved PM schedules that enhanced reliability.

7/08 – 2/10 Anheuser-Busch InBev, Houston, Texas

Bottles/Cans Group Manager

•Managed multiple production lines (5 bottle and 4 can), 25 operators, 3 mechanics, 3 electricians.

•Trained on and utilized SAP for preventative and reactive maintenance.

•Worked with mechanical personnel to increase production.

6/05 – 6/08 International Paper, Augusta, Georgia

Process Engineer

•Served as lead engineer to develop, implement, train and monitor a variability control system.

•Identified root cause of vacuum swings and documented SOP for consistent operations.

•Member of “Best Practices” team for division-wide processes.

•Lead engineer on steam efficiency project - a cost reduction of 200 mm dollars/yr.

•Coordinated cost analysis for improvement project (Mansfield, Louisiana) - evaluated feasibility of 10.5 mm dollar upgrade of the woodyard at the Mansfield Mill.

EDUCATION

9/00 – 3/05 Louisiana Tech University, Ruston, LA

Bachelor of Science Mechanical Engineer

TRAINING

•Kepner-Tregoe Analytic Trouble Shooting Workshop

•Presentation Skills Course

•Project Management Workshop

•Best Practice Workshops

•Root Cause Analysis Training

•White Belt Certification (6-sigma)

COMPUTER SKILLS

Microsoft Office products PowerPoint Presentations Proficiency Client SAP PLC Troubleshooting

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