William M. Nielsen, Jr. P.E.

**** ***** ******* ad46qo@r.postjobfree.com 281-***-**** Mobile

Friendswood, TX 77546

PROFILE

High Impact Executive with Track Record of Saving Millions for Employers

Accomplished executive operations management professional with 20+ years of experience in operations, long-term strategic planning and policies and procedures development gained in highly competitive manufacturing environments. Combine knowledge of program implementation and multi-division management with an energetic and aggressive approach to establishing and implementing strategic direction. Proven “hands on leader”, take charge, Can-do, and high energy leader with a documented track record of reducing costs and impacting bottom-line profitability using exceptionally strong procedural development and Positive labor management skills (firm but fair). Certificate in Black Belt Six Sigma. Bilingual candidate with fluency in Spanish.

Strategic Development

Operations Oversight

Team Management

Sales

Straight forward

Budget Management

Quality Control

Facility Build/Launch

Program Evaluation

Risk Mitigation

Financial Management

Organizational Direction

Leadership & Mentoring

Purchasing Management

Proposal Development

Select Highlights

Saved Harsco $900,000 by identifying a company to rebuild a rare 3300 KVA single phase transformer for 10% of the cost of a new one, while reducing delivery time from eight months to two months.

Started a program to standardize all single phase 480 volt main breakers for Grating welders.

Started a program to stock critical parts with 3 month delivery that could not be made locally for the Grating welders.

Hired and began training a maintenance crew to reduce down time on welders.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Restoring British classics 08/2014-Present

Harsco – Channelview, TX 6/2012-07/2014

Division Maintenance Manager (01/2014-07/2014)

Responsible for plants in China, Mexico, and the United States.

Prioritized maintenance workload of 18 employees while supervising the planning and scheduling of maintenance workloads. Optimized personnel, time, tools, equipment and facilities. Coordinated pm programs. Located new/used mechanical and electrical equipment for several facilities. Ensured compliance with Environmental, Safety and Health (ES&H) policies and procedures.

Saved Harsco $900,000.00 by identifying a local company that had the ability to take a used transformer container and build a single phase transformer from 130,000 volts to 13,000 volts. This is not a common transformer.

Oversaw capital expenditure project budgets/equipment installation consisting of level and Edger, Whitney plasma and punch CNC machine, wire straighteners, and high voltage transformers with switch gear.

Researched and made recommendations for a new grating welder.

Senior Site Manager (06/2012-12/2013)

Managed site P&L for a diversified, worldwide industrial manufacturing company serving the world’s largest and most essential industries, including non-residential construction, infrastructure, steel, metals, minerals, energy, and railways. Oversaw 17 direct and 90 indirect reports.

Ensured regularly scheduled production maintenance and oversaw other operations facets such as production, fabrication, environmental, health and safety (EHS), customer relations, and shipping/receiving.

Initiated several programs that included:

oImprovements to the maintenance crew hiring and training process.

oRepair of equipment to greatly improve reliability into the grating welders.

oInventorying critical parts for the EVG grating welder required international shipping with three-month delivery times from Europe.

oA central purchasing.

oAn accrual system of purchases as made so that we knew where we were with the budget

at all times.

Selected, installed and activated a used Whitney CNC Plasma / punch machine; trained operators on use.

Designed and built easy-to-use safety siding for operators to prevent falling while loading the flat beds with grating.

Purchased a lathe and milling machine to fabricate parts in-house. We were at the mercy of outside people

with different priorities than ours.

Alvin Community College – Alvin, TX 2008-06/2012

Director of Physical Plant - Facilities

Supervised 55 employees and oversaw all new construction, while managing the Environmental, Building Maintenance, Vehicle Maintenance, Housekeeping, and Grounds Departments and their department budgets for both campuses. Oversaw Mechanical and Civil maintenance crews, along with Shipping and Receiving Department. Managed centralized purchasing process. Administered campus safety and preventive maintenance programs. Presented projects to the Board for approval. Oversaw employee training.

Saved the college $2 million by repairing damaged facilities as a result of Hurricane Ike; utilized in-house employees, and contracted crafts in lieu of architects and general contractors (performed architect/general contractor duties). Completed work 30 days ahead of schedule.

oPrepared reconstruction budgets, timelines, cost reports, and performed general contractor function.

oOversaw projects that included roof, electrical, plumbing, sheet rock, and window repair/replacement, exterior brick wall rebuilding, underground WS&D, ADA construction, upgrade to OSHA requirements on equipment and fire alarm systems.

oWorked with The city of Alvin for all permitting.

oRe-piped boilers, rebuilt air handlers, replaced damaged sidewalks; oversaw removal of asbestos and other hazardous materials.

oDisposal of Hazardous waste and permitting.

Developed strategy for integrating departments for more efficient use of resources and employees.

Reduced utility budget by scheduling classes in buildings that we had installed smaller A/C units so as to not run the Chillers on the weekends.

Reduced Physical Plant budget by centralizing purchasing, cross training of departments, eliminating unneeded maintenance contracts.

Alvin Equipment – Alvin, TX 2007-2008

Service Manager and Export Sales

Managed all maintenance shop activities for a heavy construction equipment servicing enterprise. Oversaw maintenance, work scheduling, and work order creation. Facilitated parts purchasing and scheduled assembly/delivery of all new equipment for resale. Interfaced directly with customers.

Started selling parts to South America utilizing my Spanish.

Abyss Construction – Houston, TX 1999-2006

President

Directed all aspects of operations (hands-on), while managing a staff of 30 employees. Oversaw estimating, purchasing, job costing, scheduling, maintenance, and safety for construction projects. Worked with bankers on financing heavy construction equipment along with line of credits. Managed underground utility crews for new home subdivisions. Purchased equipment/materials; contracted, hired and trained employees. Worked with multiple municipalities, and the city of Houston for permitting and approval of work.

Singlehandedly built business into a $9 million per year enterprise.

Managed the P&L; handled all financial/bookkeeping duties that included A/R, A/P, balance sheet/income statement compilation and analysts, cash management, cash flow oversight, capital expenditures, and budget management.

Managed a strong safety program, including jobsite safety meetings and annual certification at trench safety school.

Additional Experience

Vice President of Operations/General Manager/ § Landreth Engineering – Houston & El Paso, TX

Hired to turn around and grow Landreth Engineering to raise its profile for eventual sale. Implemented strategic direction for two facilities while managing 60 employees for a metal extrusion of fastener manufacturer serving the automotive, electrical, and furniture industries and producing up to 5 million fasteners of 36 types daily. Developed a successful preventive maintenance program.

Developed a working relation ship with DeAcero of Monterrey to bring in wire from their plant. which reduced the cost of material by 20 % for Landreth Engineering. And allowed us to reduce our in-house inventory we had to keep when buying from California.

Directed the building of the El Paso facility to provide a major client the wire locking nuts and fasteners for their circuit breakers. This project was retrofitting a building we leased with the electrical requirements needed for the cold heading equipment that we installed. It also required working with the city of El Paso.

Grew the facility in Houston from a two ten-hour shift operation to a 24/7 operation.

Implemented an ISO 9001 program and oversaw process to achieve compliance with city regulations.

Developed schedules for machines to maximize production time and minimize changeover time.

Facilitated the start of a Secondary Operation Department, which expanded the customer base.

Coordinated handling of environmental issues such as waste water and plating chemicals as part of the facility’s safety program; conducted monthly safety meetings for each department.

EDUCATION & TRAINING

P.E., Mechanical Engineering

B.S., Industrial Engineering § University of Arkansas – Fayetteville, AR

Certificate for: Six-Sigma Green Belt 2007, Lean Six Sigma 2009, and Six Sigma Black Belt 2011

Six Sigma Master Black Belt, Advanced Master Certificate in Lean Six Sigma 2011.

Villanova University – Villanova, PA

ADDITIONAL QUALIFICATIONS

Technical Skills: MS Word § MS Excel § PeachTree Accounting § Baan

Professional Organizations: Society of Professional Engineers

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