Engineering Project Manager Resume
Contact information
Brigo S. Bachar
17 Street
Chicago
Illinois
Career objective
Looking for a challenging position of the Engineering Project Manager Resume the reputed University with a view to use my wide experience for the benefit of the organization.
A Senior Engineering Manager with more than 20 years engineering and commercial experience. Experienced in managing continuous production site engineering functions and multi-million pound projects from inception to completion within budget and time constraints for major blue chip companies.
Focused to achieving lowest cost production utilising OEE principals and ensuring best practice, quality and safety standards are achieved.
Frequently involved in managing multi-skilled engineers, external contractors, specialists and consultants, often in a unionised environment. Computer literate and experienced in the use of latest project management techniques and Planned Maintenance operational systems.
QUALIFICATIONS:
HNC Mechanical Engineering
Full Technical Certificate Production Engineering
Full Technical Certificate Jig and Tool Design
CCFRA Internal Auditor Course
KEY ACHIEVEMENTS:
Working for The Corporation for Export Development and Promotion of the Kazakhstan Government. Preparation of detailed Enterprise Diagnosis in the machinery sector for export readiness in selected regions of Kazakhstan
Responsible for the design and construction of a new food manufacturing facility in South East China
Installation of upgrade to waste reclamation plant to generate methane to power CHP unit
Managed the rationalisation and integration of four sites into a newly constructed bakery facility
Managed installation of three product cooling systems including chillers, air handling unit’s ductwork
Design and installation of Soya and juice manufacturing facility including Tetra Pac aseptic filling operation.
Installation of four robotic secondary packaging lines complete with case handling conveyor systems
Managed the installation of equipment as part of overseas licensing agreements in:
Holland installing Crisp line
India modification to biscuit line
Norway advised on new extruded technology
Singapore installing new technology extruded production plant.
KEY SKILLS:
Initiating and managing strategic engineering projects to ensure that manufacturing quality/costs, with optimum levels of plant performance, are achieved.
Rationalisation and refurbishment of factory sites operating within unionised environments, dynamic market demands and advanced process/packing techniques.
Devising process solutions and savings for new and existing product developments to ensure continued business growth and profitability.
Writing technical specifications and negotiating bid tenders with outside suppliers operating overseas within businesses including specification of equipment, managing installations with local contractors and commissioning and handover of operating techniques.
CAREER HISTORY:
Ilsley Project Management Limited 1998 to date
Consulting Engineer:
Established Ilsley Project Management Limited in August 1998. Have acted as an independent Consulting Engineer for a number of companies, managing the following projects:
Seven Seas – Hull November 08 – February 09
Consultant
Provided instruction on Project Management techniques and writing of User Requirement Specifications to the in houseproject team.
Write URS and obtain fixed price quotations for the large scale redevelopment of the main office complex.
Project Management of the re-layout and subsequent modifications including installation and commissioning of capsule filling line
Kazakhstan Government
The Corporation for Export Development and Promotion. August – September 08
Consultant
Visiting a number of enterprises in selected regions of Kazakhstan to ascertain the company’s viability and assets to enable a diagnosis to be assessed for the company’s readiness for export. This was the first phase in assessing the company’s requirements to enable them to be ready for the export market. Further phases will provide assistance with the paperwork, locating export regions and expertise with operating standards required in the targeted countries.
Walter Meier – Cadburys Dublin August 07 to May 08
Site Project Manager:
Managed installation of three product cooling systems including chillers, air handling unit’s ductwork.
This was a particularly difficult installation with regard to timescales fitting in with production requirements.
Worked within Cadbury’s installation procedures sometimes whilst production is running on adjacent lines.
Integration with Cadbury’s staff at all levels.
Collating Method Statements and Risk Assessments for approval, on Cadburys site, and issue of permits for work to commence.
Commissioning management.
Biffa Site – Wanlip Jan 07 to March 07
Site Project Manager:
Installation of upgrade to waste reclamation plant to generate methane to power CHP unit.
CDM
Installation Health and Safety Plan including method statements, risk assessments, inductions and work permits
Control of contractors on site for the duration of the project.
Walkers Snack Foods June 06 to Dec 07
Site Project Manager:
Installation of four robotic secondary packaging lines complete with case handling conveyor systems
CDM
Installation management within Health and Safety guidelines
Burtons Foods Dec 05 to April 06
Project Manager:
Design and installation of primary pack filling operation including TNA rotary triple jaw bag maker, 200 bags/min 15 grammes and TNA multi bagging operation.
Design and installation of raw material feed system to batch mixer to conform to H&S requirements.
Asbestos removal project
Installation of effluent monitoring outfall for local authority.
Safety including method statements, risk assessments, inductions and work permits.
Dorset Chilled Foods April 05 to Nov 05
Project Manager:
Refit of frying room with addition of third fryer.
Interim Engineering Manager
Day to day responsibility for eight multi skilled trades people for production maintenance, engineering budgets.
Cauldron Foods Nov 03 – Jan 05
Project Manager:
Survey of newly installed project by others to establish value for money, and identified inappropriate equipment and systems design, poor installation standards.
Replacement and rectification of equipment and installations resulting from survey.
Installation of Pasteurising/smoking oven
Interim Engineering Manager
Day to day responsibility for twelve multi skilled trades people for production maintenance, engineering budgets.
Ying Wing Holdings – Shantou China April 03 to Sept O3
Project Manager:
Responsible for the design and construction of a new food manufacturing facility in South East China. This was a particularly demanding project requiring interaction with a completely different work culture. IPM was required to assemble a team of food technologists and European equipment suppliers, design factory layouts and utilities for local labour construction, managing onsite installation and commissioning of equipment upon arrival.
Design of new production facility for snack food manufacture.
Identify, source and negotiate contracts for European production equipment
Write specs for Chinese supply build contracts
Management European supply equipment installation
Commissioning of production equipment
Soya Foods June 02 to Jan 03
Project Manager:
Design and installation of Soya and juice manufacturing facility including Tetra Pac aseptic filling operation.
Hazlewoods Bakery Jan 01 to April 02
Project Manager:
Managed the rationalisation and integration of four sites into a newly constructed bakery facility. This project required careful planning and a close working relationship with the Group Production Director and the client’s senior management team to ensure there was continuity of product to the supply chain volumes.
Installation of process/packing projects.
Undertook rectification of non performing equipment on existing line. Bulk handling including material weighing, automatic de-panning
Golden Wonder Aug 99 to Jan 01
Project Manager:
Lead several multi-million pounds projects to enable the company to streamline the business in readiness for flotation, including the closure of one site and the redevelopment of a site in the north of England, to achieve maximum savings.
Major refurbishment of the processing hall including civils, processing/packing lines and relocation of process lines from Widnes site to Scunthorpe site
Devised and installed an innovative snack production line that challenged the ‘sole’ brand leader in its field. This included full participation with the product development team in conjunction with the ‘in house’ food technologist, equipment selection, design and problem-solving for the resulting production line.
Development new process line for the production of a ‘Pringles’ type product.
Installation of new extruded facility including increasing height of roof level whilst production still in operation.
Dalgety Food Ingredients Limited May 1994 to April 1998
Project Manager:
Responsible to the Engineering Controller as the Senior Engineer of a six-man team of varying disciplines. ProjectManaged feasibility study and subsequent build programme of a 25M Greenfield site. Liaising with consulting engineers, equipment suppliers, architects and land agents. Construction project value of 15.3M included civils, site services, process equipment and IT. Full involvement with company managers to review all operating procedures, building and equipment specifications and negotiating bid tenders. Managed commissioning programme and line optimisation to ensure that design criteria and operational requirements were achieved.
Project Manager of various projects for Dalgety Ingredients Europe, utilising engineering solutions to correct inefficient process and packaging problems.
Eire (modernise mixing dept),
France (rebuild process/packing dept. to deliver increase production volumes). This was achieved by identifying process inefficiencies, and the re-engineering of the manufacturing process incurring financial losses. Reduced product wastage from 25% to 1% and the resulting increase in production output.
Hungary (New mixing capacity to deliver increased sales volumes)
Italy (refurbish packing department with modern packing equipment).
Pepsico Foods International 1975 - 1994
Engineering Manager – Swansea: October 1992 - April 1994
Responsible to Site Manager for managing all site engineering operations, staff of 24 multi-skilled engineers for 24 hour cover and an operating budget of 2.5M which included 1M engineering spares. Reduced engineering downtime from 12% to less than 4%. This was achieved by raising the planned maintenance operation from 50% to 90% utilisation as a direct result of revising the engineering structure to include a permanent weekend PM shift. The revised shift had the benefit of providing additional engineers on a Monday morning start-up, no increase to headcount or costs. Responsible for all projects, effective monitoring of production efficiencies and the implementation of continuous improvements techniques as appropriate.
Project Manager - Head Office, Theale: December 1990 - September 1992
Responsible to Vice President (Operations, Europe) for capital spend projects, as manager of a 5-man engineeringfunction. Led engineering team in a total reappraisal and rationalisation of all manufacturing sites, resulting in the closure of two sites, and a 15M refit of three remaining sites. Managed the Swansea refit project, total cost 7M (including 2M civils), and the installation and development of production lines transferred from the two sites identified for closure. The overall project reduced operating costs by 5M/year. Initiated and devised an automatic handling system to replace a labour-intensive process for “Quavers”. This resulted in a reduction of 30 people, a saving of 360K per annum and 4% increase in output. Actively engaged in engineering support to Pepsico World Field Engineers engaged in overseas installations of extruded products.
Factory Engineer - Fleetwood, Lancs. January 1988 - November 1990
Responsible to the Factory Manager for all site engineering functions - sales turnover 14M, staff of 17 engineers of varying disciplines over a three-shift pattern. Managed an annual budget of 300K, which included 150K-engineeringspares. Uplifted morale and engineering work practices resulting in a reduction of engineering downtime from 10% to 5%. Investigated and recommended PC based planned maintenance system, which later became the company standard. Responsible for recruitment, training and all statutory requirements.
Senior Project Engineer, Snacks - Fleetwood, Lancs. June 1983 - December 1987
Responsible to Chief Engineer for all capital projects at the Fleetwood, Lincoln and Swansea sites - sales turnover 60M. Managed 1 project engineer and the secondment of 3 specialist engineers for major projects. Capital expenditure for the three sites was typically 1.5M/site per annum. Acted as both a team member of a multi-discipline project team for the design and implementation of changes to extrusion production and project manager of the engineering team in the resulting 6.3M refurbishment programme across three sites. The total of 4.3M allocated to the Fleetwood site included radical state-of-the art technology unequalled in the snack industry which resulted in high productivity, quality improvement and unit cost reduction. This enabled the company to compete effectively for private label business.
Project Engineer- Head Office Kew, Surrey: April 1975 - November 1979
Responsible to Chief Engineer for capital projects across seven UK site locations as required. Managed total refurbishment project at the Fleetwood facility (value 2.5M), which transformed production to a revolutionary extrusion process for the production of Square Crisps. The refurbishment included a 6 months layoff for installation and staff training.
Managed the successful closure of three sites and resultant relocation of production to alternative sites. Part of a rationalisation programme. Managed the first Ishida computerised weighing equipment to be installed in the snack industry, which resulted in a 3% saving of finished product give-away. Acted as Company Engineering Representative overseas for the installation of equipment as part of overseas licensing agreements in
Holland installing Crisp line
India modification to biscuit line
Norway advise on new extruded technology
Singapore installing new technology extruded production plant.
Duck hams (Oil) Fulham, London: April 1974 - April 1975
Senior Project Engineer
Express Dairies Ruislip, Middlesex: July 1972 - April 1974
Project Draughtsman
H J Heinz:
Project Planner November 1971 - July 1972
Draughtsman July 1969 - November 1971
Apprentice Fitter/Turner September 1964 - July 1969
References
Brigo S. Bachar
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