Engineer Manager

Location:

Petal, MS, 39465

Posted:

December 23, 2020

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Preston Tompkins

*** ********* ****, *****, *********** 39465

662-***-**** **********@*****.***

OBJECTIVE

Motivated to improve processes of a challenging company, to construct an excellence product, to guarantee customer satisfaction, supervise, & work with others in a result-oriented atmosphere. QUALIFICATIONS & SKILLS

o Communication, scheduling processes, functioning in time-sensitive and stressful environment. o Leading and assisting numerous cross-functional teams to perform project installations, design, and budgeting in a safe, customer focused orientation. o AutoCAD, Microsoft Excel, PowerPoint, Word, Project, Mathcad, Passport, Vault, Cornerstone, Asset Suite, and SAP

o Manufacturing experience in multiple areas of industries such as petroleum, pulp & paper, & fabrication end supply product

EDUCATION

Bachelor of Science, Mechanical Engineering December 2015 Mississippi State University, Starkville, Mississippi Overall GPA: 3.66

WORK EXPERIENCE

Georgia Pacific New Augusta, Mississippi & Brunswick, GA January 2016 – Present Mechanical Project Manager Engineer

o Lead and executed multi-million-dollar value projects and smaller grade projects for process improvements, end of life replacements, equipment upgrades, maintenance, and safety o Developed scopes and lead execution of capital projects from ideation to implementation phases o Work in parallel with large and small project teams for multiple projects for installations on the run, planned day outages, and larger cold mill outages

o Lead as contact for night shift of 2017 and 2019 mill down outages supporting needs for entire mill capital projects working 24/7

o Supervised diverse and multiple disciplined teams of direct reports for major outage jobs o Develop estimates ranging from +/-50%, +/-30%, to +/-10% final approved funding levels o Maintain project budgets, accrue work as it is completed, and forecast spending o Develop and initiate bid walks with scopes for selection of primary bidders for jobs o Compose contracts from request for proposal scopes in Passport used during bid process and o monitor/initiate contract change orders as required o Utilize, update, and create engineering specifications and guidelines for projects o Negotiate terms, agreements, and disputes with vendors and procurement o Created new excavation policy procedure to help identify underground utilities from mill drawings o Issue excavation permits using new excavation policy procedure o Monitored and reported out safety activities as Safety Champion for Engineering department of mill o Update equipment files, process diagram drawings, and equipment data in hard copy folders and digital system

(AutoCAD Vault)

o Supervised and mentored cooperative student from Jan. 2019 to August of 2019 o Facilitate monthly project meetings for Fiberline projects to enable updates to area customers and address priority projects for multiple project managers

o Utilized phased deliverables matrix to execute projects o Used AutoCAD to develop and build construction drawings for pressure washer shower bar and steam vent for safety improvements on new equipment as well as daily for bid packages o Created quick excel sheet to improve Bill of Materials input process for my projects o List of accomplished projects include upgrades of equipment, material upgrades, monorail installs, platform installs, end of life replacements, safety improvement projects, and process instrumentation improvements o Lead Interactive Planning sessions for critical path projects to develop highly visible, detailed schedule, safety plan, execution, logistics, and potential problems o Developed execution plans for all mill down projects Preston Tompkins

123 Robertson Road, Petal, Mississippi 39465

662-***-**** **********@*****.***

North American Coal Ackerman, Mississippi May 2015 – August 2015 Environmental Technician

o Conducted production study on truck loading & unloading between different models and composed data spreadsheet to help evaluate for improvements in mine production rates o Analyzed core sample data for high selenium content and created pond pump down datasheet from data collected from level transmitter to be used to prevent pond discharge events due to high levels not to be exceeded by gov. laws

o Assisted with environmental initiatives of raising quail, erosion studies of grass types vs soil types, & sample ground water wells testing

Albemarle Corporation Magnolia, Arkansas August 2014 - May 2015 Project Manager & Reliability Engineer, Coop

o Used vibrational analysis using frequency and acceleration on major rotational equipment to create foundation for bearing rotational alarm frequencies datasheets to determine detailed band alarms to help prevent catastrophic failures

o Performed general duties project management focusing mainly on scope development and estimations o Handled the scope development of multiple projects ranging from concrete to boiler feed water pumps o Review and approval of P&IDs, equipment files, estimating, and budgeting Viking Range Greenwood, MS January 2013 - May 2013 Lab Technician, Coop

o Participated in yearly audit for CSA/Government energy testing o Utilized AutoCAD/Catia to review existing manufactured units o Help create and assemble refrigerator prototypes o Collected end of life data on refrigeration units for safety and quality improvements o Created and maintained quality design data collection for confirmation of design improvements after root cause analysis

o Developed process procedure for refrigerator recycling of test units o Maintained humidity chambers utilized for energy testing REFERENCES

Eddie Chancery

Maintenance Planner Supervisor

West Fraser

Jacksonville, Florida

Tel: 251-***-****

Chris Kaiser

Senior Electrical Project Engineer

Westrock

Fernandina, MS

Tel: 904-***-****

Brandon Hartley