Project Manager Plant
Resume:
William S. (Scott) Wallace
*** ********* *****; St. Mary’s Ohio 45885
*************@*****.***
Experience:
Wallace Consulting
Project Manager May 2009 to Present
Feed Mill Consultant: Specialize in working with companies on the start-up of feed plant operations. Consulting responsibilities include: establishing new processes, developing quality systems, implementing food & personnel safety programs, preventative maintenance programs, logistics procedures, employment recruitment and training.
Current project involves a plant start-up in Mississippi to transform an abandoned facility into one processing safe & high quality feed ingredients for dog food.
NutraCea Inc; World Leader in Stabilized Rice Bran Production
Operations Manager, 2006 – May 2009
Developed, monitored and implemented new plant start up for a feed/food processing facility. I was responsible for plant production, plant quality, preventive maintenance, personnel management, and food plant sanitation in two new facilities located on the Gulf Coast of Louisiana. This position included the responsibility for direct sales to local farmers.
This position was a dry and wet extrusion process that stabilized rice bran for equine feed and human food supplements. There were also some pelletized products produced.
We were an AIB audited plant along with being subject without notice to audits from customers.
Farmer’s Rice Mill; Largest Supplier of Milled Rice in the Louisiana Gulf Coast Region
Product Compliance Coordinator, April 2006 – October 2006 (contract position)
I was responsible for the development of Master Sanitation Programs, SSOP’s, Good Manufacturing Practices, and HACCP programs from a “ground up” situation. I also assisted Farmer’s Rice Mill in establishing a presence in the domestic grain market.
Busch Agricultural Resources Inc.; Largest Supplier of rice and adjunct grains to the largest brewery in the world
Operations Manager; 2001 – 2006
- Worked with corporate engineering group to design and start up new processing operations resulting in finished product yield increases of 20% with an estimated net increase in value of $20,000,000 annually
- Developed HACCP and GMP policies that were critical in becoming the first certified supplier of rice to Anheuser Busch Breweries
- Worked with plant maintenance personnel to develop preventive maintenance programs that resulted in 99.5% running time; this represented an increase of 10% in running hours prior to the beginning of the PM program
- Led sanitation efforts that resulted in 5 consecutive years of 95%+ compliance (Superior) ratings from sanitation audits from Silliker Inc.
- Designed and installed rice recovery system that increased net returns by $400,000 annually and improved the quality of rice bran processed
- Reduced lost time accidents by 95% and reportable employee incidents by 80% over a 4 year period
Riceland Foods Inc.; Worlds Largest Supplier of Milled Rice
Director of Operations; 1994 – 2001
- Worked with industry and research professionals to develop and install new milling and electronic sorting processes that increased net yields by 15% and increased estimated revenues by $30,000,000 annually and reduced rework by 10%
- Worked in three plant rebuild and startups during this period training employees to properly use newer technologies
- Managed 120 hourly and salaried employees
Education
Arkansas State University
Master of Science in Agricultural Business and Economics
Honors Graduate
Arkansas State University
Bachelor of Science Degree in Agricultural Business and Economics
Honors Graduate
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