Over twenty -five years experience in progressively responsible Business, manufacturing and maintenance engineering management in high-speed food & beverage manufacturing plants and entrepreneurship. Extensive experience in legal collections and recovery, with a solid understanding of legal procedures and legislation. Proficient with a wide variety of software applications, including QuickBooks, Computerized Maintenance Management (CMMS) Software and custom accounting software.
Skills
Account management
Web-based reporting tools
Operations analysis
Commercial law
Negotiation skills
Creative design
Technical writing
Instructional design
Product development
Social networking design/management
Competitive analysis
Quality assurance
Traffic analysis
Work History
CORPORATE ENGINEER01/2009
to Current GOYA FOODS GREAT LAKES – NY
Goya produces over 3800 SKU's from Brine, refried beans and Salsa in cans requiring hydro static cookers, continuous cookers and retorts.
High speed Fillers including Elmar (pocket, cascade fillers), Krones (Ergo Bloc BM with filler) and American filler (fill valve fillers) for salsa, nectars, water (baby florid, spring and mineral water) and milk (whole, 1%, 2%, skim and cream Milk) implemented a new HTST unit with separators for increase demand.
Direct and support all Engineering, Maintenance, Security and Safety programs for 16 manufacturing facilities and 28 Distribution centers both domestic and international.
Drive continuous improvement programs to reduce loss of production due to equipment performance utilizing lean six sigma tools and CMMS systems such as Maximo, MP2, Infor and SAP.
Oversee all contracts administration, design and installation of production and facility projects including training personnel on the operation, troubleshooting procedures of each equipment and programs.
Built a state of the art facility on a Greenfield with no city utility support, requiring me to seek support and gain experience on the drilling of water wells installing a filtration and storage system including a full waste water treatment plant to meet required TECQ discharge quality water of <10ppm bod="" and=""><10ppm tss="" in="" texas="" and="" dominican="">
Completed and mailed bills, contracts, policies, invoices and checks.
Developed and executed marketing programs and general business solutions resulting in increased company exposure, customer traffic, and sales.
Worked closely with all product development departments to create and maintain marketing materials for sales presentations and client meetings.
Implemented company training (business and technical) and managed software integration on companies website.
Credited for playing key role in generating over $2 million per year in revenues.
Managed employee benefits program and supported in the filing quarterly sale tax .
Developed analysis models for HR to ensure employee benefit plans roll-out date deliverable's were met.
Managed monthly, quarterly and annual internal / external audit.
Matched purchase orders with invoices and recorded the necessary information.
Reviewed files, records and other documents to obtain information and respond to requests.
Plant Engineer/Maintenance Manager01/2003
to 01/2009 DAIRY FARMERS OF AMERICA – SCHULENBURG,
TX
Responsible for a staff of twenty-eight personnel comprising of engineers, maintenance mechanics, security and safety personnel.
Supported all plant operations, developed schedules, coordinated work, developed and executed policies and procedures.
Drive continuous improvement projects to reduce downtime and increase efficiency.
Administered and negotiated all production and facility projects contracted from design to installation and operation for final acceptance.
Using the "Lean Six Sigma" criteria that created efficiencies improvements gave me the opportunity to expand the production capability with a 46,000 sq.ft.
production area, designed and implemented a 480vac manufacturing main power supply from the city's main station to a new design facility sub-station using a 6000KVA step-down transformer to the distribution panel supporting a new state of the art kitchen with ribbon blenders, dump stations, packaging equipment with a high speed Krones labeler, Stork retorts and cooling table.
Resigned; better opportunity with Goya.
Supported the Development and executed marketing programs and general business solutions resulting in increased company exposure, customer traffic, and sales.
Worked closely with all product development departments to create and maintain marketing materials for sales presentations and clients meetings.
Implemented training (business and technical) and supervised software integration on companies website.
Managed employee benefits program.
Developed analysis models to ensure employee benefit plans rollout date deliverables were met.
Managed internal and external audit.
Area Maintenance Manager01/1999
to 01/2003 NABISCO, INC
Managed team of one hundred and sixteen direct reports comprising of
engineers, electricians, mechanics, plumbers, boiler techs, fabricators, mill rights, pipe fitters, and sanitation engineers.
Implemented training programs (business and technical).
Provided operational support for plant operations.
Managed employee benefits program.
Managed internal and external audit.
Matched purchase orders with invoices and recorded the necessary information.
Reviewed files, records and other documents to obtain information for continuous improvements of equipment, operations and personnel.
Assigned tasks to associates, staffed projects, tracked progress and updated managers.
Increased credibility by developing technical/non-technical marketing collateral and presentations, public relations campaigns, articles and newsletters.
Education
Master of Arts: August 08, 1981Pepperdine University-
Malibu,
CAHuman Resources Managment
Bachelor of Arts: December 07.1977Chaminade Collage-
Honolulu,
HIGeneral studies in Business
Accomplishments
Process Improvement Achieved revenue objective by implementing cost-cutting measures. During
the 1990's I was the Facility Electrical Engineer responsible for serving as
contracting officer/technical representative for all contracts with the new VA
medical Center Flagship in Houston as well as the VA Outpatient Clinic in
Lufkin TX. Lead engineer/Task manager a
NASA in charge of the Ground support equipment (GSE) development, provided the
interface between the JSC SPDEO advance planning groups, JSC Space Station
office and Marshal Space Flight Center.
Contract ended. During
1980”s I was a Lt. Commander of a US Coast Guard Cutter, veteran of the Mariel
Boat lift Cuba, Support Haiti, Conflict Granada, free zone Colombia and
recipient of the bronze star purple heart and meritorious service medals.
Skills
art, continuous improvement, contracts, Engineer, forecasting, beans, office, mill, packaging, personnel, policies, power supply, program development, quality, Safety, SAP, Six Sigma, troubleshooting
Additional Information
I enjoy the challenges, responsibility and goal setting involved in my work; applying my abilities to real-world situations. I also have energy conservation and technical software experience, which I am called upon to support others on a regular basis.
Thank you for taking the time to review my qualifications. I would appreciate the opportunity to interview and answer any questions that you may have.
Sincerely,
Juan R. Rodriguez
