Operations & Maintenance Leader in Food & Manufacturing
Resume:
Rafael Arango
Mechanical engineer, Maintenance Management
Specialist, Master Project Management
I really enjoy working with a wide variety of people to achieve a common goal efficiently and realistically.
WORK EXPERIENCE
Production Manager
VIRGINIA FOODS GROUP (FERIDIES)
Planned and scheduled production based on demand and raw material availability.
Directed all processing stages including shelling, drying, sizing, sorting, and packaging of nuts.
Managed the production budget, optimizing costs and maximizing yield. Implemented and oversaw quality and food safety protocols (GMP, HACCP) to ensure compliance with regulatory audits.
Led, trained, and developed work teams to achieve production targets. Managed the initial supply chain and controlled raw material and finished product inventories.
Ensured preventive and corrective maintenance of all machinery and equipment.
·Drove continuous process improvement initiatives to increase productivity and final product quality.
Courtland, Virginia
5/2025- Present
Terminal supervisor
PERDUE FARMS.
Responsible for coordinating staff in their daily activities
Responsible for ensuring the fulfillment of daily goals and the resolution of problems that will arise in the production
Presentation of daily production reports and review of daily metrics
Responsible for the correct filling of ships, inspections of holds, taken the time of each material in the ship’s holds and quality of cargo. Contact Ray Keating +1-757-***-**** ***.*******@******.*** Chesapeake, Virginia
5/2024-04/2025
Smart Coach
Enersys.
It is the largest company in the world in the production of batteries at the world level
Responsible for coordinating staff in their daily activities
Responsible for ensuring the fulfillment of daily goals and the resolution of problems that will arise in the production
Presentation of daily production reports and review of daily metrics Contact. Jay Bethel +1-785-***-**** *******@*******.*** Mineral trader
Andiminer, Carbopagh, Andorra refinery
Andiminer,is a company dedicated to the production of thermal coal, metallurgical coal and coke
Carbopagh is a company dedicated to the production of thermal coal, metallurgical coal and coke Andorra Refinery is a company dedicated to the refining of precious metals located in Andorra
Springfield Missouri
12/2019-01/2023
Responsible for the commercialization of minerals produced in Colombia.
Responsible for verifying contracts and letters of credit, as well as contract conditions and delivery incoterms
Responsible for verifying product quality through technical data sheets and laboratory analysis.
SKILLS
Communication
Time Management
Adaptability
Self-Motivation
Leadership
Teamwork
Work under pressure
Attention to details
Networking
EDUCATION
Master in Project
Management
EAE Business School
09/2016 – 07/2017
Madrid, Spain
Maintenance Management
Specialist
Universidad Tecnologica
de Bolivar
Mechanical Engineer
Universidad Tecnologica
de Bolívar
Cartagena- Colombia
High school
Colegio Nuestra Señora del
Carmen
2002
CERTIFICATES
Strategic project planning
SENA
Virtual 2010
Scrum Fundation
Professional Certificate
CertiProf
2020
Scrum Master Professional
Certificate
CertiProf
Maintenance and
Operations Professional
**************@*****.***
Phone: 417-***-****
Location: Chesapeake, VA
Operations Maintenance and Project Director
Riverport S.A
Riverport S.A It is a port facility located on the Colombian Caribbean coast whose specialty is the export of coal and coke and import of edible grains. Barranquilla, Colombia.
12/2017 – 11/2019
Responsible for receiving, storing and dispatching coal from different companies to and from the terminal, preparing inventory reports, storage reports, receiving trucks and solving operational and logistical problems.
Reception and dispatch of vessels, preparing reports of loading and unloading flow, solving logistical and operational problems.
Budget control and management of operational expenses.
Design of operational strategies with a view to continuous improvement of the operation.
Optimization of the loading system of the port facility. Contact: Uriel Duarte – ***********@*********.** -+573********* Maintenance and Operations Professional
Compas S.A
Compas S.A. It is a private port facility for public service responsible for receiving and sending materials such as: coal, oil and its derivatives and steel. Barranquilla, Colombia
02/2013 – 09/2016
Responsible for receiving, storing and dispatching coal from different companies to and from the terminal, preparing inventory reports, storage reports, receiving trucks and solving operational and logistical problems.
Reception and dispatch of vessels, preparing reports of loading and unloading flow, solving logistical and operational problems.
Budget control and management of operational expenses.
Receipt and dispatch of hydrocarbons to and from the terminal, preparation of reports and resolution of logistic problems
In charge of the integral maintenance of the port among which are maintenance of physical plant (docks, buildings, roads and yards) maintenance of mechanical plant (conveyor belt, water suction pumps industrial sprinklers, truck scales) maintenance of electrical part (facilities medium and low voltage, transformers, sub stations and industrial generator)
Planning, management, control and closing of COMPAS S.A. projects Barranquilla, within which there is a change of 550 meters of enclosure in the coal conveyor belt, adaptation of 5 hectares of patio in cement soil for steel storage, implementation of a new irrigation system for coal patio in flowers
Contact: Uriel Duarte – ***********@*********.**-+573********* Manager
JVR Ingenieria
Barranquilla, Colombia
03/20011 – 02/2013
Direct, coordinate, supervise and dictate norms for the efficient development of the Entity's activities, in compliance with the policies adopted by the Board of Directors.
Present to the Board of Directors the plans required to develop the Entity's programs in compliance with the policies adopted. Submitted ideas as part of the early stages of design processes.
Submit to the Board of Directors for approval, short, medium and long term development plans
Submit the projects of the investment budget and the operations included in its corporate purpose for the approval of the Board of Directors, as required.
Contact:Juan Perez –******@*****.***-+573********* Project Supervisor
Soluciones Metalurgicas
Cartagena, Colombia
06/2009 – 06/2010
Engineer in charge of the repair and manufacturing department: Attention and reception of customer requirements, quotation preparation, budget management, project programming and control, work group programming, purchasing process supervision, manufacturing process supervision of pieces in ferrous and non- ferrous materials, paint, electricity, mechanics and blacksmithing Contact: Benjamin Arango – **************@*****.***-+573*********
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