EHS manger, technical sales engineering, project manager

Jim A. Sheppard Home phone 909-***-****

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San Dimas, Ca. 91773 E-mail: xgx9ke@r.postjobfree.com

Expertise

Health Safety & Environmental Management

Sales and Sales Management

Food Processing Engineering

Project and General Management

• Slashed costs and risks managing corporate health, safety and environmental obligations

• Designed, achieved permitting and installed a hard chrome plating line and a waste water treatment plant in So. CA

• Increased machinery sales by 50% while adding over 200 new customers to base

• Developed many new process applications to sell food processing machinery

• Managed multi-million dollar projects installing food processing lines

• Increased manufacturing productivity by 300% over seven years.

Professional Experience

Jim Sheppard Consulting 04/29/2009 – Present

Assist customers: 1. establishing and reviewing EHS programs, writing plans, permit applications, training programs. 2. Food Processing Systems design, equipment specification, selection and procurement. 3. Project Management of engineering and construction of food processing lines.

For: Brown International Corporation in Winter Haven FL (Food Processing Machinery Manufacturer) 1/2011-present

Consult engineering new machine to be developed.

For: Frutech Corporation in Pasadena, CA (Property developer) 9/2010 – 10/2010

Researched and certified that previous service station sites underground storage tanks (USTs) had completed all phases of removal with the various regulatory agencies including SCAQMD, LA County CUPA, DTSC and LA County of Los Angeles Dept. of Public Works.

For: Florachem Corporation in Mission, TX (Essential oil manufacturer) 4//2009-8//2010

Research, document, review applicable Federal, Texas and Mexican Health, Safety & Environmental regulations and requirements. Apply for new or review existing applicable Florachem permits. List, define and write new EHS plans and training procedures & outlines including SWPPP and SPCC, training outline to cover requirements. Create PowerPoint training presentations.

Brown International Corporation 10/03/88 – 11/13/09

$20 million manufacturer of food (juice and protein) processing machinery (80% leased)

633 N. Barranca Ave, Covina, CA (all my tenure in CA, in 2009 Brown closed CA operations)

Current headquarters 333 Ave. M N.W., Winter Haven, FL 33882 Ph. 863-***-****

Health, Safety, and Environmental Manager report to the President: 1988-2008 50% of my time

• Slashed costs and risks developing and implementing corporate health, safety, and environmental programs for multiple facilities

• Cut expected costs while complying with a variety of federal, state, regional, and local regulatory agency regulations when designing, permitting and installing a hard chrome plating line and a waste water treatment plant in So. CA

• Reduced risk by planning and conducting engineering studies to analyze HSE problems

• Exceeded expectations while managing all activities including training programs, permit applications, reporting requirements to EPA, CA-EPA, DTSC, ARB, SCAQMD, LACO Sanitation Districts, DOT, CA- OSHA, OSHA and others in CA, TX, FL and Mexico.

Technical Sales Engineer (Sales Manager 1997-2007) report to the VP Sales: Brown was purchased in 2007 by Atlas Pacific Engineering in CO and all managers were to relocate to FL. I chose to stay in CA and work out of my home office.

• Increased sales of industrial food processing machinery and parts by $2+ million

• Directed operations, supervising and training personnel of the sales department

• Exceeded customer’s processing needs developing over 100 new applications including fish, poultry, mustard, cheese, peppers, carrots, and nutraceuticals including

o Process for food waste to methane for South Bay Municipal District

o Process for surimi reducing capital equipment by 65%

o Documented all new processes with flow charts and technical specifications

o Engineered equipment modifications for specific applications

• Assisted customers applying scientific and engineering principles in production

• Advised and consulted for customers while visiting up to 85 processing plants a year in US, Canada, Mexico, Costa Rica, Thailand and India.

Project Manager - Corporate Projects: reported to the Dir. of Oprns: 2005-2007 25% of my time

• Kept project costs within multi-million dollar budgets by planning and having organizational control for completion of engineering, manufacturing, installation and commissioning food processing line projects in US, Mexico, Africa and Argentina

Previous to 1997 Project Engineer, Mechanical Engineer

FPEC Corp. d.b.a. Food Processing Equipment Company 05/08/82 -09/30/88

$4.5 million manufacturer of food (meat) processing machinery

13623 Pumice Street, Santa Fe Springs, California 90670 Ph. 562-***-****)

General Manager reported to the President:

• Successfully fulfilled responsibility for the operation of the facility

• Improved the development and production of meat processing machinery

• Increased operating efficiency $1.5 million to $4.5 million in sales with 21 employees

• Specific duties included managing engineering, manufacturing, quality control, production control, purchasing and material control, shipping, and human resources.

• Additional duties included: sales engineering for Southern California, after market national sales, and the achieving USDA Certification of newly designed equipment.

Brown Jordan Company (outdoor furniture) Senior Industrial Engineer 1/80-5/82

Chinook International Corporation (RVs) Product Engineering Manager 2/76-12/81

Kit Manufacturing Corporation (RVs) Assistant Production Manager 6/75-2/76

Santa Ana & Upland Fire Departments (Govt.) Firefighter 5/72-6/75

Chinook Western, Inc. (RVs) Sales Coordinator 5/71-5/72

Rockwin Corporation (pre-stressed & pre-cast concrete) Project Coordinator 3/70-5/71

Travco Corporation (RVs) Western Sales Representative 9/66-3/70

Education

Columbia Southern University 9/96 through12/98 Accredited by DETC & CHEA

Orange Beach, Alabama Bachelors of Science in Environmental Engineering. December 1998

Chaffey Junior College 6/68 through 7/72

Rancho Cucamonga, California Associate in Science in Bus. Admin., fire science July 1972

Additional Training

Completed an ISO 14001 Auditing of Environmental Management Systems Course Certificate # 143612968

Completed a SCAQMD Approved AQMD Rule 1469 training program

Completed a Hazardous Waste Management Update training

Completed a Hazwoper Refresher Training for on site responders

Completed a 6 Sigma/CPI Lean Manufacturing training

Completed a Continuous Quality Improvement Training Program

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