Hands-On Supervisor

Jeffery J. Jones

*** *. **** ******, *********, Indiana 47904 ~ Phone: 765-***-**** ~ Email: **********@*****.***

Professional Profile

Mr. Jones has chemical plant startup and food-grade metal beverage can manufacturing leadership experience. He is a champion/facilitator for hands-on process improvement and lean manufacturing implementations. Mr. Jones also possesses a Six Sigma Black Belt certification in the food industry. Some additional strengths include organizational development, engaging/developing Associates, managing KPI’s, predictive maintenance and resource planning. He has a very strong technical and mechanical ability and understanding. Mr. Jones is fluent at reading P&ID’s and PFD’s and has complete mastery of solid, fluid and steam handling equipment and processes. He has experience firing 650 pound 750 degree super-heated steam boilers on coal, fuel oil and natural gas and all the associated water treatment and cooling tower management.

Employment History

Subaru of Indiana Automotive (SIA), Lafayette, IN, Contracted On-boarding Technical Training Instructor

Ball Corporation, Monticello, IN, Operating Systems Manager

Valeo Engine Cooling, Greensburg, IN, Manufacturing Supervisor, Promoted to VPS Supervisor

New Energy Company of Indiana, South Bend, IN, Production Supervisor

Career Synopsis

Subaru of Indiana Automotive, Lafayette, IN, Contracted Technical Training Instructor. Mr. Jones achieved the goal of doubling the retention rate for new incoming Direct Hire, Direct Hire Military and Temporary Associates. He provides the required OSHA training and physical conditioning for a safe career in manufacturing and operations. Mr. Jones provides all hands-on Fundamental Skills Training with hand tools, Level 1 maintenance and sets the stage for high-level participation in the continuous improvement process. He also demonstrates the pillars of the organization and helps each individual discover their “why” so they can connect to the business to fully engage them in open communication of ideas, issues and resolutions. Mr. Jones prepares each Associate for participating in a Team environment by explaining and helping them understand their roles and responsibilities so they are very comfortable when they are assigned a Team. This piece was recognized by the manufacturing management staff for outstanding contributions in the Team participation area.

Ball Corporation, Monticello, IN, Operating Systems Manager. Mr. Jones designs, coordinates and manages all production, quality, engineering and maintenance systems-related activities in the Monticello food-grade metal beverage container operations. During his tenure-to-date there have been multiple production records set. In addition he has been a driving force behind plant-wide achievement of 6 years with no Lost-Time Accidents (LTA). He has successfully implemented four new cutting-edge technologies aimed at setting Ball apart as the sole provider of quality beverage cans to the beer, energy and soft drink markets. He provides hands-on training to all salaried and non-salaried team members in the entire facility. He oversees all Problem-Solving training, teams and follow-up. Mr. Jones is the plant support behind daily incremental improvements to safety, quality and customer satisfaction and the use of visual management aids. He is responsible for data gathering, Statistical Process Control (SPC) and plant surveillance activities. He successfully implemented the initial Safe Quality Foods (SQF) and HACCP certification and annual certifications. Mr. Jones is an internal and external auditor and manages all corrective actions, follow up and business relationships internally and with independent 3rd party auditors.

Valeo Engine Cooling, Greensburg, IN, VPS Engineering and TPM Supervisor. Mr. Jones managed all plant-wide lean manufacturing, continuous improvement and TPM activities in a 350,000 SF facility with over 990 associates and $380 million in annual sales. He was formally trained internationally as a hands-on lean implementer/trainer and was tasked with carrying out all lean implementation at the Greensburg facility, sister plants and with suppliers. In this role Mr. Jones educated and trained over 200 personnel and staff members on lean tools such as 5S, TPM, SMED, Kanban, Continuous Hoshin and Value-Stream-Analysis. He has personally designed and installed 16 poka-yoka devices to eliminate the potential for human error. Mr. Jones was responsible for implementing the first SPC tool in the organization. He was the team lead who successfully implemented QS-9000 certification and conducted all internal and external auditing for the entire value-stream. Mr. Jones facilitated more than 20 highly-focused lean workshops aimed at improvements to safety and elimination of waste. He and his teams routinely present findings to senior management staff. Mr. Jones managed the group responsible for all future compliance related to the gains realized during the workshop activities. Manufacturing Supervisor: Mr. Jones directly supervised 45 production Associates. He trained five different self-directed autonomous work teams. He led numerous Problem-Solving Groups (PSG’s) and Continuous Improvement (CI) teams. One of these PSG’s resulted in line efficiency improvements of 19% in the first 18 weeks. He lowered the scrap rate from 1.6 to .07% of sales. He lowered customer returns from 126 to 0 PPM in 19 months. Mr. Jones wrote all SOP’s and assisted the Business Unit Manager in generating the KPI strategy plan for his $67 million Nocolok business unit. Promoted into the VPS Engineering group.

New Energy Company of Indiana, South Bend, IN, Production Supervisor. Mr. Jones was part of the original chemical plant start up team for this 110 million-gallon-per-year fuel-grade ethanol facility. He was hired 11 months prior to production in order to select staff, develop standard work, design training programs and train Associates. He validated each area of the plant using P&ID and PFD prints prior to plan start up. Mr. Jones then directed all operations including sampling, quality lab, milling, fermentation, distillation, evaporation, centrifuge, drying, load-out, maintenance and powerhouse functions. Mr. Jones was part of the original HR policy deployment team tasked with writing all the policies, procedures and process control systems. In addition he personally launched monthly safety, chemical processing, water treatment and maintenance training sessions. He held Confined Space Entry Coordinator and Emergency Spill Response certifications during his tenure and routinely secured piping and instrumentation for plant-wide maintenance and shutdown activities. He was the final approver for Lockout/Tagout. Mr. Jones played a key role in raising the original production capability by more that 60% over design rate.

Education

Bachelor of Science in Organizational Leadership and Supervision (OLS), Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana.

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