Manager Plant

DANIEL J. TREFFINGER

Bethlehem, PA ***** 610-***-**** *************@*****.***

www.linkedin.com/in/dantreffinger

INNOVATIVE PLANT MANAGER

Achieve Cost Savings & Increase Productivity with Focus on

Lean Principles and Process Improvement

Hands-on, independent, safety focused and productive manager with proven ability to lead others through effective training, coaching and motivation. Skilled at scheduling assignments, setting goals and objectives and evaluating performance. Adept at process improvement and plant start-up. Demonstrated leadership through team development and team member advancement.

Areas of Expertise:

Operating Procedures Development Root Cause Analysis

Team Development Regulatory Compliance

EXPERIENCE

WASTE MANAGEMENT, Philadelphia, PA 2013 – 2016

Plant Manager

•Managed on-time and under budget start-up of $33MM SpecFUEL Plant by developing and writing plant operating procedures, plant maintenance program and programs to ensure environmental and regulatory compliance.

•Identified and secured new end users, resulting in 300% increase in SpecFUEL demand and production.

•Acknowledged production bottleneck at back-end of process and successfully managed project to design and install $2.5MM Pilot Plant inside existing facility, meeting SpecFUEL demand from end users.

DCO ENERGY, Mays Landing, NJ 2008 – 2013

Regional Manager

•Developed and wrote operating procedures for existing plants, enabling junior personnel to operate plants and respond to forced outages with minimal outside supervision or assistance.

•Managed startup and operation of 11.4 MW and 3.2 MW Landfill Gas to Energy Plants, bringing plants online, on schedule, and on budget and enabling company to collect prior year energy credits.

•Analyzed and determined root cause of failure of gas treatment system, coordinating emergency procurement and construction of replacement parts, expediting repairs and putting procedures in place to prevent recurrence.

SUMMIT MARKETING; Lenexa, KS 2005 - 2008

Director of Production

•Identified and negotiated with vendors to reduce cost of services, increasing margins for Summit and winning clients back that had previously left due to price considerations.

•Virtually eliminated expedited freight and associated costs and reduced overall production costs through negotiating rates with third-party vendors and significantly decreased in-house overtime costs.

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Director of Production (Continued)

•Led project to evaluate internal production facility. Completed evaluation and implemented plan to eliminate production facility and work with external vendors to produce direct mail more efficiently, resulting in annualized $600K savings.

•Member of Executive Team that manages Kansas City division of Summit Marketing. As member of this team, responsible for all procurement, pricing and production.

Additional Related Experience: GRAPHIC MANAGEMENT ASSOCIATES, Production Manager, JETSON DIRECT MAIL, Production Manager, AES-NJ COGEN CO., Director of Operations, TECOGEN, Field Engineer, US NAVY / USS GREENLING SSN-614, EM2/SS

EDUCATION

Coursework in Mechanical Engineering

VILLANOVA UNIVERSITY

GE Jenbacher Level 15 Training

SOLAR Turbine Taurus 60 Operations and Maintenance School

U.S. NAVY TRAINING

Navy Nuclear Power School and Prototype

Equivalent Bachelors in Nuclear Technology

Submarine Quality Assurance Inspector School

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