Plant Manager

TIMOTHY ODOM

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Prime Materials Recovery Orangeburg, SC

March 2019 to January 2020

Plant Manager

Responsible for overseeing all day to day functions of the Plant and Material Processing equipment, Shipping and Receiving function to insure proper grading of all raw materials were received correctly, Scheduled and set Daily production equipment schedules for processing and packaging for customer shipments.

Direct/Indirect Reports: 98 hourly employees, (3) production supervisors, (1) Receiving supervisors.

Worked closely with the plant Maint Manager to insure all weekly and Monthly pm on all plant equipment and rolling stock were documents and completed.

Partnered with all Machine and equipment operators to trouble shoot and eliminate unnecessary downtime or delays to improve throughput on all units to achieve daily and Monthly target goals.

Oversee and perform Monthly safety audits and training with all employees in the plant and office personal, Conducted daily cycle counts of all raw materials inventory and finished product to insure product was processed and packaged for shipment to the required customers.

Worked closely with the general manager to write update and implement all standard operating procedures, JHA’s and work instruction to the shift supervisors and plant shop employees. Verified and approved all weekly work hours and overtime and submitted to payroll weekly for processing.

Constellium, Element 13 Muscle Shoals, AL

February 2017 to March 2019

Operations Manager

Oversaw all day to day functions of the E-13 plants Cast house, processing, receiving and DC casting operations.

Constellium has 8 190,000 lbs. Reverb furnaces, four kiln feed re melts and four direct charge re melt furnaces, and (2) 110,000 DC casting furnaces.

Prioritize day to day activities in the plant, interviewing hiring training evaluating as well as discipline as needed, implementing new procedures, Writing and Implementing SOP’s and methods to improve safe productivity to drive company overall safety and performance.

Other responsibilities include performing charge calculations and furnace chemistries on a new Mac scrap blending programs to minimize batch blend cost as well as meeting all customer specifications and requirements. Excel, word analysis, plant procedures, SOP, s, job hazard analysis as well as monitoring to insuring all employees are following all plant safety and company rules.

Metalico Aluminum Recovey Syracuse, NY

November 2009 to March 2016

Operations Manager

Responsible for 45 to 60 hourly employees, (3) on shift production Supervisors and (1) Shipping/Receiving Supervisor, as well as oversee all functions of the furnace dept., cast house, processing dept., Maintenance dept. and quality Labs and Shipping and Receiving departments..

Duties include; but not limited to overseeing every day to day functions of the plants ferrous and Non-ferrous Operations, prioritize day to day activities in the plant, Interviewing hiring training evaluating as well as discipline as needed, implementing new procedures and methods to improve productivity to drive company performance.

Oversee the Receiving of all scrap and raw materials and Verifying monthly Inventory’s as well as scheduling of all materials to be processed, shipped, smelted and processed. Preparation of Daily furnace schedules, molten metal schedules, furnace charge parameters of raw materials for charging in the reverb furnaces.

Oversee and perform Monthly safety training with all employees in the plant, Other responsibilities include performing charge calculations and furnace chemistries on a new Mac scrap blending programs to minimize batch blend cost as well as meeting all customer specifications and requirements. Excel, word analysis, plant procedures and company rules.

Aleris International Coldwater, MI

February 2003 to December 2008

Operations Manager

Duties include; but not limited to Overseeing Special projects for both Coldwater Facilities. Coldwater has (3) 150,000 lb Reverb furnaces, (1) 200,000 lb reverb furnace, (1) 125,000 lbs holding furnace, (2) rotary barrels, (2) chip dryers (1) crusher, (2) ingot casting conveyors and (2) Sow carousel systems.

Working hands on with Hourly employees, six sigma group on plant Practices, improvements and cost savings projects.

Investigate and write all JHA’S, job Procedures, practices and methods to improve daily thru put and output on all reverb furnace’s, rotaries, dryers and crusher systems as well as day-to-day activities and mobile equipment improvements in all departments to insure and control Safety incidents and overall IIR rate.

2006 to 2008

Production Manager

Responsible for 80 to 130 hourly employees and 4 production supervisors, Duties include; but not limited to overseeing every day functions of the plant operations and prioritize day to day activities in the plant, training evaluating, implementing new procedures and methods to improve productivity to drive company performance.

Receiving of scrap and raw materials Inventory as well as scheduling of 3 to 4 (13) man crews. Preparation of Daily furnace schedules, molten metal schedules, molten pot cleaning schedules and parameters of raw materials for charging reverb furnaces.

Other responsibilities include performing charge calculations and furnace chemistries on MWK scrap blending programs to minimize batch blend cost as well as meeting all customer specifications and requirements. Excel, word, Oracle, MP-2, artist/oracle interface program, Extensive work process training (Sinclair) programs, 6 Sigma, QS9000, ISO14001, Miosha MSHARP, and four year chair person of the Safety committee.

Six-Sigma green belt certification and have been involved in numerous plant improvement teams. Oversee training of all new hires on plant job hazard analysis, plant procedures and company rules.

2003 to 2006

Superintendent – Night Shift

Responsible for 45 to 70 hourly employees and 2 production supervisors, Duties include; but not limited to overseeing every day functions of the plant operations (3) Reverb furnaces, (1) Holding furnace, Dryer and Crusher system and prioritize day to day activities in the plant on the night shifts, training evaluating, implementing procedures and methods to improve productivity to drive company performance.

Responsibilities include performing charge calculations and furnace chemistries on MWK scrap blending programs to minimize batch blend cost as well as meeting all customer specifications and requirements. Excel, word, Oracle, MP-2, artist/oracle interface program, Extensive work process training (Sinclair) programs, 6 Sigma, QS9000, ISO14001, Miosha MSHARP, and four year chair person of the Safety committee.

Training new hires on plant job hazard analysis (hands on), plant procedures and company rules before placing them on crews.

EDUCATION:

Graduated Apopka High School, Apopka, FL 1983

CERTIFICATE OF COMPLETION:

Total Quality System - 1, Leadership & Management Development, Principles of Supervision, Dale Carnegie, Drug Awareness Work Shop, DOT Hazmat Training, Frontline Leadership, Safety Awareness, Statistical Techniques (SPC) Training, REC Positive Results, Problem Solving for Process Improvement, Giving Constructive FDBK, Coaching Optimal Performance, Human Resource Development, Leadership-Basic Principles, Getting Good Information, Recognizing Positive Results, Winning Support From Others, Microsoft-Word, QS9000, ISO14001, Leadership-Dealing W/Emotional Behavior, Giving Constructive Feedback, Team Building, Microsoft-Excel, Problem Solving, Completion and Holder of Basic CPR certification and Blood borne pathogens regulatory requirements.

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