Director of Engineering and Facilities

Jeffrey J. Goelz 414-***-**** or 414-***-****

**** **** *** ****** **** Cudahy Wisconsin 53110 *********@*******.*** SUMMARY

Talented and accomplished Director of Engineering and Facilities with extensive background in directing engineering and maintenance staff. Proven ability to carry out all aspects of facility management, including preventive maintenance, project management, procurement, estimating, space planning, payroll/expense control, and negotiate union contracts. Consistent record of completing projects on time and within budget. Familiar with electrical, plumbing, HVAC, fire suppression, security, chillers, computer networks, EHS, and more. Outstanding leadership and communication skills.

CAREER BACKGROUND

Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Inc. 2005 - October 2016 Director of Engineering, Facilities, & Equipment

Direct Engineering and Maintenance staff on maintaining and improving overall efficiencies of a 480,000 sq/ft. production facility, a 550,000 sq/ft office building, 22 Distribution Centers located throughout Wisconsin, and a 300,000 sq/ft printing facility located in Waupaca Wisconsin.

Manage annual payroll/expense profit plans in excess of $8,000,000

Manage capital improvement projects ranging from $3,000,000 to $7,000,000 annually.

Negotiate contracts with contractors, building equipment suppliers, and production equipment suppliers.

Insure environmental, health, and safety regulatory compliance

Developed a continuous improvement process whereby a committee comprised of frontline workers and managers meet bi-weekly to discuss operational issues.

Monitor equipment reliability utilizing a computerized maintenance management system. (CMMS)

Assist the Maintenance staff with troubleshooting difficult equipment issues

Leading a team to become OSHA – VPP (Voluntary Protection Program) certified

A member of the Business Continuity Planning (BCP) committee

Manage all EHS requirements

Key Project Achievements

Project Manager for a 100,000 sq/ft addition at the Waupaca printing facility. This included the installation of a Goss Community printing press, two Kanza inserting lines along with all the auxiliary equipment. This project was completed in 9 months

Developed and implemented a 3 year remodeling plan for the 550,000 sq/ft office building

Replaced gas fired steam generators used to maintain the proper humidity level in the printing facility with a fogging system realizing a $60,000 annual savings on the natural gas bill.

Developed a system to divert the heat being exhausted off of the main air compressors into the warehouse during the heating season and outside during the cooling season. This reduced the natural gas bill by $45,000 annually.

Project Manager for a web width reduction project whereby the printing press underwent major modifications without incurring any production interruptions.

Developed and implemented a building system training program for the maintenance staff so we could reduce our dependency on outside contractors. This resulted in annual expense savings of $180,000. Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Inc. 1997-2005

Production/Electrical Engineer

During this time I was one of three project managers that designed and built a highly automated 480,000 sq/ft production facility Total project cost $112,000,000

Approve the design of the electrical distribution system

Approved the design of the building network infrastructure

Project manager for a team comprised of front line workers and managers for selecting all production equipment. Total cost of equipment in excess of $70,000,000

Working together with all equipment suppliers to develop a system integration plan.

Project manager for the installation of the production equipment.

Developed an extensive training program for the maintenance staff to learn all of the latest technologies that were utilized in this production facility.

Developed a transition plan. As the new plant was coming on line we had to find away to keep the old facility running along with exposing the maintenance staff to the new equipment. Key Project Achievements

During the course of this seven year project we missed the go live date by 3 months.

Entire project came in slightly under budget.

Production efficiency goals that were built into the model were achieved within 6 months of the initial startup. Jeffrey J. Goelz 414-***-**** or 414-***-****

6170 Unit 100 Walnut Lane Cudahy Wisconsin 53110 *********@*******.*** Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Inc. 1990 -1997

Electrical Engineer

Managed the maintenance staff comprised of the Maintenance Superintendent, Machinists, and Electricians.

Designed and maintained the power distribution systems.

Designed the building telecommunication and data network infrastructure

Designed and maintained the building fire alarm system.

Replaced old antiquated relay logic control systems with PLC controls. Key Project Achievements

When I was first hired the electrical engineer that I replaced already started upgrading the main drive systems on the printing presses using outdated relay logic control. I approached Senior Management and convinced them to allow me to change the design to PLC control. Senior Management was so impressed with the success of this project, it opened the door to many more upgrades.

From these additional upgrade projects I gained programming knowledge with Allen Bradley, SQD, GE Fanuc, and ABB PLCs.

Handy Electric Contractor 1989 - 1990

Self Employed

Managed a crew of 8 electricians

Managed all aspects of the business

Key Project Achievements

Installed all electrical and control wiring on a 150,000 sq. ft. printing facility

Upgraded control systems using PLCs on their production equipment W.A. Krueger Co. 1985 - 1989

Lead Electrician

Troubleshoot and repair all facets of printing and bindery equipment

Designed and installed PLC controls on a variety of printing equipment. Key Project Achievements

Project Leader for designing, programming, and installing automated controls on 8 printing presses and four binders.

Plastronics Inc . 1983 - 1985

Maintenance Supervisor

Supervised a crew of 12.(machinists and electricians)

Responsible for preventive maintenance program and FDA reports. EDUCATION

UWM – Milwaukee Pre-engineering 1975 - 1976

MATC – South Campus Electronic Courses 1976 - 1977 CREDENTIALS

State of Wisconsin Master Electrician

Contact this candidate