Maintenance Manager / Plant Manager – Plant Engineer
Directed staff of 45 including Supervisors, general maintenance, and technical group for processing and packaging groups in the Refrigerated, Frozen, and Groceries branches at several locations. Accountable for daily operations and all utilities. Controlled operating budgets, forecasts, and expenditures. Prepared 5-year plan.
Turned around the Ft. Worth, TX facility to profitability of $5.5M annually from historic $2M annual loss.
Improved physical layout and hydraulic system gaining throughput increase of 25% for NC facility.
 Increased efficiency from 80% to 95% for Margarine Lines and Scraped Surface Heat Exchanger.