Plant Manager Boiler Operator

William Ashley Biscamp

***** ** **** *, **. Enterprise, TX 75681 Cellular 936-***-****

*******.*******@*****.***

Proven machine/process optimization of operations. 18 years in management/supervision experience, logistics, inventory procurement, turn-around management skills, quality control, HACCP implementation, warehousing, inventory management, and production planning in Feed Milling industry.

Education & Training

B.S. Animal Science, May (2000)- Texas A&M University, College Station, TX

Promoted to the Central Safety Committee Chairperson for Safety Audits (2004)

Supervisor Drug & Awareness Training (2004)

Cargill Animal Nutrition HACCP Training -Internal training (2008)

OAD Organization and Leadership Development training (2011)

SAP Purchasing and receiving training, Current

Texas State Licensed Boiler Operator

Tyson Foods Inc.

December 2013 to Current

Feed mill Supervisor

Duties are supervisory of the team members in daily job task as batching feed, receiving feeds, PM’s, breakdowns and quality control. Also responsible for the training of the safety program, in addition to the EHS monthly standards training. Responsible for purchasing the micro-ingredients and logistics of a timely delivery. Duties include the payroll and time for the Feed mill team members. Ordering the parts for the equipment to keep the stock needed for production to stay running. Putting in requisitions and requesting Purchase orders for contractor repair, services and negotiating service agreements with the vendors.

AC-Bluebonnet Standard Nutrition

June 2011 to November 2012

Production Manager

Responsibilities were managing the daily operations of running a feed mill. Mill was in severe need of a turn-around. Quality control and expectations were not enforced.

Supervised and managed many major equipment upgrades during shutdowns.

increased efficiency by 15%

Guided spending of 2.2 million dollars in plant upgrades, and efficiency improvements

oNew pelleted feed cleaner

oPost grind system for Pelleting

oNew roof over-layment

oNew dust cyclone replacement

Trained mill operators on the new REPETE batching control system upgrade.

Helped design and engineer a post-grind system to decrease product shrink, and validated.

Cargill Animal Nutrition

March 2007-May 2011

Feed mill Supervisor/HACCP Coordinator

Assisted in over-seeing complete west wall restructuring, and replacement with approximate cost of $400,000.00

Took part in engineering, set up and training on 2 Fugi-Ace Robot upgrades totaling approximately $800,000.00 capital investment.

Performance and Process improvements

Provided guidance with plant design in the upgrading of new Repete™ Batching system, and training direct reports in mixing for (2) different companies.

Developed and validated a 3-step check off procedure to ensure trailers were loaded correctly, and efficiently.

Safety Training

Established safety committee to be leaders in changing safety culture, and to assist with getting location to a safe work environment.

Employee Training

Mentored 3 Plant Manager Trainees in creating Management culture that were promoted out of location to take on roles as either assistant plant managers or plant managers.

Oversaw training of temp-hire employees.

Achieved growing direct reports in to making good decisions, and being capable of performing under no direct supervision on two different night shifts.

Procurement

Involved in purchasing of micro ingredients.

Devised, and reported floor inventory on empty packaging in order to maintain steady stream of bags.

Accountable for the inventories of string, stretch wrap, and pallet slips

Initiated capital request to replace 2 fleet feed delivery units.-Successful

Profit Loss/ Risk Management

Over 1.5 million in savings to company upon taking over all micro ingredients ordering.

Decreased soy oil loss from $30,000 month loss to less $6,000.00 month.

Lowered cost of packaging supplies by using network of connections with vendors that I have previously used over the years.

Utilized inherited rework of 500 tons down to 20 tons of usable rework thru innovated processes and procedures.

Reduced number of hand-adds, thru validating 15 micro-ingredients that were no longer used, and had expired.

Currently working under a rental boiler that failed boiler inspection and going into purchasing a new 400 HP Boiler.

Quality Control

Orchestrated location from a failing QA program to HACCP Certification in one year.

Achieved the highest audit score for the region in crop year 2009-2010 off a 930 out of possible 1000.

Oversaw quality control, and product integrity

Achieved overall visual consistency in pelleted feeds that took down stream application.

Fielded all customer complaints, and followed through on internal paperwork investigation to define the root cause, and implemented corrective action.

Logistics

Tracked all truck and trailers down time.

Increased shipping & delivery by 25% with less company owned-equipment.

Negotiator of out-side Feed Hauling Contracts

Mitigated feed delivery fleet, and contract haulers to pull feed out of (3) competitor feed mills in order to provide feed to Koch Foods of Mississippi flock due to increase in broiler numbers.

Achievements

Managed and exceeded previous year’s total tonnage in Crop year 09-10

15% improvement in efficiency with 4 less hourly operators.

Implemented a pay-per load system that saved $14,000 dollars the first week in driver payroll.

Used effective management as a 2nd shift supervisor to achieve quarterly bonuses consistently from a 9 year deficit.

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