PARTIAL PROJECT SUMMARY: Bottling Line Labeler Replacement Project - L1 site “A” > $2.0 M      Performed detailed design, solicited quotes for new equipment and installation services, managed installation and start-up on a project that replaced 2 older roll style labelers with 2 new dual aggregate labelers. Project consisted of relocation and re-installation of bottle inspection and drying equipment and new conveyors and electrical equipment. Bottling Line Case Packer Installation - L2 site “A” > $3.0 M      Performed site management and field engineering services for a client’s headquarters engineering controlled project.  Operated as plant liaison responsible for ensuring that the turn-key vendor complied with detailed design, specifications and plant needs.  Operated as an extension of the plant’s project team during a period when they were short handed.  Reported to headquarters engineering manager on misc project specifics during a critical downtime period. Misc Bottling Plant Punchlist Activities > $50 K      Performed site management and field engineering services for a client’s headquarters engineering controlled project.  Operated as plant liaison responsible for ensuring that the turn-key vendor complied with detailed design, specifications and plant needs.  Operated as an extension of the plant’s project team during a period when they were short handed.  Reported to headquarters engineering manager on misc project specifics during a critical downtime period. Cold Form Bar Line Feasibility Analysis and Conceptual Design Engineering n/a       Phase I project development for a in-house manufacturing, forming and packaging for a cold formed and enrobed protein bar line.  Performed layout and cost analysis for funding evaluations. Wet Potato Inspection Project n/a       Phase I project development for a salty snack manufacturing facility.  Developed CAR grade project scope, budget, layout dwgs, elevation dwgs, platform dwgs, schedule and installation bid package for the upgrade and conversion of an existing potato peeling and inspection department to new technology. Bottling Plant Blow Molder Project n/a      Performed site management and field engineering services for a client’s project to install on-site bottle blowing capability.  Operated as site construction manager and field engineer ensuring that the installation and design vendors complied with detailed design, specifications and plant needs.  4 Line Bottling Plant Decommissioning and Equipment Relocation - L1 thru L4 site “P” n/a      Performed site management and field engineering services for a client’s project to decommission and relocate 4 complete bottling lines and associated utility systems to other client manufacturing facilities.   Operated as site construction manager and field engineer ensuring that the de-installation vendors complied with project protocol and schedules.   Supported other concurrent installations by ensuring that equipment was relocated, tracked and installed properly. Salty Snack Packaging Department Upgrades n/a      Performed detailed packaging plan and elevation drawings for the upgrade of an existing plant’s statistical weigher department. Salty Snack Cooker Safety Upgrades - National Roll-out >$6.0 MM      Developed customer safety upgrade concepts and performed turnkey upgrades and installations for a multi-faceted upgrade for 200+ salty snack manufacturing lines at all of the customer’s fried snack lines operating in North America.  Project successfully mitigated the known safety risks for the company oil cookers and was perceived as a huge success. in both scope and project execution. Bottling Plant New Line Installation - L4 site “MT” >$20.0 MM      Performed site management and field engineering services for a client’s project to install a new bottling line at an existing facility.  Managed installation of water filtration and batching systems.  Operated as site construction manager and field engineer ensuring that the installation and design vendors complied with detailed design, specifications and plant needs.  Designed, bid out and managed installation of building and utility systems, utility pipe header system and misc sanitation and chemical systems. Misc Bottling Plant Punchlist Activities n/a      Performed site management and field engineering services for a client’s punchlist activities associated with another vendor’s new line installation.  Completed scope and punchlist activity to closeout the project and resolve several critical operation issues that were preventing the plant from maintaining their operation efficiency targets. Salty Snack Packaging Department Upgrades n/a      Performed detailed packaging plan and elevation drawings for the upgrade of several existing statistical weigher departments.  The scope included new statistical weighers, baggers, metal detectors and case packing equipment. Misc Bottling Plant Punchlist Activities n/a      Performed site management and field engineering services for a client’s punchlist activities associated with another vendor’s building modifications.  Managed upgrade of several employee welfare areas and miscellaneous plant projects.  Operated as an extension of the plant’s project team. Bottling Plant Expansion and New Line Installation - L8 site “T” >$25.0 MM         Lead Design Engineer and Project manager for a customer’s new joint venture.  Worked with plant and corporate engineering teams to design, install and start-up a new high capacity, state-of-the art 1 gallon jug line.  Line included all aspects of a bottling line’s operation from material receiving through finished product palletizing.  Provided complete engineering services for procurement, installation and start-up of entire processing and packaging systems.  The customer and equipment vendor start-up teams said that this project was “by far the best and most flawlessly executed project of the 3 concurrent / similar projects”.  The new line started up ahead of schedule, well under budget and significantly beat the planned production start-up curve. Salty Snack Processing Department Upgrade and Line Boost #2 >$2.0 MM         Lead Design Engineer and Project manager for a customer’s project to boost the output of an existing fried snack line.  Worked with plant and corporate engineering teams to design, install and start-up new capacity on a turn-key basis.  Line included raw material handling, processing and extruder additions.  Provided complete engineering services for procurement, installation and start-up of entire processing and packaging systems.  The customer and equipment vendor start-up teams said that this project was “another successful project in a long line of flawless execution”.  The new line started up ahead of schedule, well under budget and significantly beat the planned production start-up curve. Dip Plant Expansion and New Line Installation >$40.0 MM         Performed site management and field engineering services for a client’s project to install a new snack dip line at an existing co- packer’s facility.   Operated as an on-site liaison for the co-packer plant, customer’s HQ engineering team and the contracted design build firm.  Operated as site construction manager and field engineer ensuring that the installation and design vendors complied with detailed design, specifications and plant needs.  All aspects of plant’s operation were upgraded from receiving through shipping.  Helped to identify and resolve several critical issues that would have negatively effected the new line start-up and plant operations. Pharmaceutical Plant Expansion and New Powder Line Installation n/a         Performed site management and field engineering services for a client’s project to install a new powder line at an existing facility.   Operated as an on-site liaison for the plant, customer’s HQ engineering team and the contracted design build firm.  Operated as site construction manager and field engineer ensuring that the installation and design vendors complied with detailed design, specifications and plant needs.  All aspects of plant’s operation were upgraded from receiving through shipping.  Helped to identify and resolve several last minute layout options that improved plant operations and efficiency. Salty Snack Packaging Department Upgrades n/a      Performed detailed packaging plan and elevation drawings for the upgrade of several existing statistical weigher departments.  The scope included new statistical weighers, baggers, metal detectors and case packing equipment. Salty Snack Processing Department Upgrade and Line Boost #1 >$4.0 MM         Lead Design Engineer and Project manager for a customer’s project to boost the output of an existing fried snack line.  Worked with plant and corporate engineering teams to design, install and start-up new capacity on a turn-key basis.  Line included raw material handling, processing and extruder additions.  Provided complete engineering services for procurement, installation and start-up of entire processing and packaging systems.  The modifications effectively doubled the capacity of the existing processing line.  The new line started up ahead of schedule, under budget and beat the planned production start-up curve. Misc Bottling Plant Punchlist Activities > $350 K      Performed site project development and installation management to assist a bottling plant with their annual capex plan.  Project scope included water conservation, miscellaneous plant projects and line upgrades.  Operated as an extension of the plant project team. New 4 line Bottling Facility - L1 thru L4 site “P” > $150 MM      Performed site management and field engineering services for a client’s new 4 line bottling plant.  Involved in the project from site selection through line start-up and commissioning.  Managed daily construction activity.  Provided Turn-Key chemical storage and distribution systems.  Consulted on utility system design, installation and start-up.  Provided detailed layout and elevation drawings for installation of water filtration and storage systems.  Provided all sanitation and hot water equipment/systems for the new plant.   Operated as an on-site engineer for customer’s HQ engineering team and the contracted design build firms.  Operated as site construction manager and field engineer ensuring that the installation and design vendors complied with detailed design, specifications and plant needs.  Involved in all aspects of plant’s operation from receiving through shipping.  Helped to identify and resolve several critical issues that would have negatively effected the new line start-up and plant operations.. New 4 line Bottling Facility - L1 thru L4 site “W”      Performed site management and field engineering services for a client’s new 4 line bottling plant.  Involved in the project from site selection through line start-up and commissioning.  Managed daily construction activity.  Operated as site construction manager and field engineer ensuring that the installation and design vendors complied with detailed design, specifications and plant needs.  Involved in all aspects of plant’s operation from receiving through shipping.  Cookie Plant Expansion and Line Upgrade n/a      Performed Phase I engineering and design for a cookie plant upgrade and line modifications to increase capacity and add new product line items.  New Line Bottling Facility - L6 site “T” >$20.0 MM      Performed site management and field engineering services for a client’s new line at an existing bottling plant.  Involved in the all aspects of the project.  Provided design, bid packages, installation management and start-up services for all building and utility modifications.  Managed daily construction activity.  Operated as site construction manager and field engineer ensuring that the installation and design vendors complied with detailed design, specifications and plant needs.  Involved in all aspects of plant’s operation from receiving through shipping.  New Line Bottling Facility - L6 site “A” >$20.0 MM      Performed site management and field engineering services for a client’s new line at an existing bottling plant.  Involved in the all aspects of the project.  Provided design, bid packages, installation management and start-up services for all building and utility modifications.  Managed daily construction activity.  Operated as site construction manager and field engineer ensuring that the installation and design vendors complied with detailed design, specifications and plant needs.  Involved in all aspects of plant’s operation from receiving through shipping.  New Line Bottling Facility - L2 site “K” >$20.0 MM      Performed site management and field engineering services for a client’s new line at an existing bottling plant.  Involved in the all aspects of the project.  Provided design, bid packages, installation management and start-up services for all building and utility modifications.  Managed daily construction activity.  Operated as site construction manager and field engineer ensuring that the installation and design vendors complied with detailed design, specifications and plant needs.  Involved in all aspects of plant’s operation from receiving through shipping.  New Line Bottling Facility - L5 site “A” >$20.0 MM      Performed site management and field engineering services for a client’s new line at an existing bottling plant.  Involved in the all aspects of the project.  Provided design, bid packages, installation management and start-up services for all building and utility modifications.  Managed daily construction activity.  Operated as site construction manager and field engineer ensuring that the installation and design vendors complied with detailed design, specifications and plant needs.  Involved in all aspects of plant’s operation from receiving through shipping.  New Salty Snack Processing Department  >$3.0 MM         Lead Design Engineer and Project manager for a customer’s project to install a new fried snack line on a Turn-Key basis.  Worked with plant and corporate engineering teams to design, install and start-up new capacity on a turn-key basis.  Line included bulk material handling, processing and packaging additions.  Provided complete design and services for procurement, installation and start- up of entire processing and packaging systems.  The new line started up ahead of schedule, under budget and beat the planned production start-up curve. Salty Snack Packaging Department Upgrades > 1.2 MM      Performed detailed packaging plan and elevation drawings for the upgrade of several existing statistical weigher departments.  The scope included new statistical weighers, baggers, metal detectors and case erecting and packing equipment. New Salty Snack Processing Department  >$3.2 MM         Lead Design Engineer and Project manager for a customer’s project to upgrade the capacity on an existing fried snack line.  Worked with plant and corporate engineering teams to design, install and start-up new capacity on a turn-key basis.  Line included processing and packaging additions.  Provided complete design and services for procurement, installation and start-up of entire processing and packaging systems.  The new line started up ahead of schedule, under budget and beat the planned production start- up curve. Salty Snack Packaging Department Upgrades - National Automation Roll-out n/a      Performed site visits, as-built existing packaging equipment/layouts, performed detailed packaging plan and elevation drawings for the upgrade of several existing statistical weigher departments.  The scope included new/relocated statistical weighers, baggers, metal detectors and case erecting and automated case packing equipment.   This roll-out project encompassed 20 + lines at multiple plants across the nation. Nitrogen Generation Systems for Salty Snack Packaging Departments - National Utility Roll-out n/a      Performed site visits, as-built existing utility equipment/layouts, performed detailed plan and elevation drawings for the upgrade of several N2 and CA systems used to support Salty Snack packaging departments.  The scope included compressed air upgrades, new equipment installations.   This roll-out project encompassed 8 + new systems at multiple plants across the nation. Bagel Plant Line Upgrades n/a      Performed detailed plan and elevation drawings for the upgrade of processing and packaging departments.  The scope included new and relocated equipment. Plant Expansion and New Line Installation >$20.0 MM         Lead Design Engineer and Project manager for cold bar manufacturing capacity growth.  Worked with plant and corporate engineering teams to design and a new high capacity, state-of-the art cold bar line.  Provided complete engineering services for procurement, installation and start-up of entire processing and packaging systems.  Project consisted of multi-lane high speed wrapping and robotic packaging system. The customer management said that this project was “by far the best and most flawlessly executed project that they ever had”.  The new line started up ahead of schedule, on budget and significantly beat the planned production start-up curve. Plant Productivity and Capital Planning Project n/a         Manufacturing Consultant performed detailed plant productivity report and project training that highlighted several significant areas of opportunity for national manufacturers’ cookie plant.  The report identified operational methodology and new project concepts totaling approximately one million in capital with a combined payback period of approximately 2-3 years. Secondary Packaging System Integration >$3.0 M         System Integration for breakfast bar line.  Provided horizontal wrapping equipment on secondary over-wrapping packaging system.  Designed, purchased and installed equipment from several equipment manufacturers. Cellophane Tape Packaging System >$2.0 M         System Integration for cellophane tape packaging department.  Designed, purchased and installed equipment from several equipment manufacturers for increased production throughput, significantly reduced downtime, and minimize product give-away in multi-unit package. Individually Wrapped Dish Washing Detergent Tablets >$1.5 M         System Integration for individually wrapped dish washing tablet line.  Provided high-speed distribution and merging system from tablet presses to existing high speed wrapping system.  Designed, purchased and installed equipment from several equipment manufacturers. New Product Packaging Feasibility Analysis and Design Engineering n/a         Phase I product and project development for a new type of “enrobed snack”. Vertical Bagging Project >$1.0 M         Project manager / lead design engineer for cookie plant expansion.  Project scope included new cookie vertical packaging line.  Performed cost analysis and provided payback data to justify new packaging operation. New Product R&D  n/a         Project manager and lead R&D engineer for unique new cookie concept.  Provided insight into possible manufacturing techniques and provided a detailed report that outlined several possible methods and a detailed cost analysis for each.  The project was not performed, but did allow the customer to have a clear vision of what the new endeavor would entail. The customer’s had very favorable comments on the R&D effort and appreciated knowing what the project would cost and require from a fit and function standpoint during the conceptual stage.   Plant Expansion and Up-Grade >$2.5 MM         Project manager / lead design engineer for cookie plant expansion and upgrade.  Project scope encompassed all areas of cookie production and packaging.  Installed two separate vertical bagging operations, upgraded the existing horizontal packaging department, performed numerous processing equipment mini-projects. Managed entire plant budget and reported to plant on a regular basis.  Worked as an extension of the plant’s engineering department.   Plant Expansion and Up-Grade >$1.5 MM         Project manager and a lead design engineer were responsible for performing plant planning and line design for four cookie lines.  Three existing cookie lines were modified to allow the installation of a fourth new cookie line.  Performed extensive design work on all packaging departments to improve efficiency and allow for future plant capacity and growth. Existing Plant Conversion >$61.0 MM         Project manager for competitor takeover and conversion of an existing snack food plant.  Managed a multi-functional design team, several design vendors, and building contractors.  Scope work encompassed all areas of plant operation as well as the design and installation of proto-type and new concept machinery.  Processing work involved the product development of a new, high profile line item.  Packaging work involved the development of new automated packaging equipment that increase packaging efficiency by 20% and reduced the number of packaging personnel by approximately 50%. Existing Plant Conversion >$40.0 MM         Project Manager for competitor takeover and conversion of an existing snack food plant.  Managed a multi-functional design team, several external design vendors and resources.  Project accountabilities included immediate upgrade of plant to customer standards and development of long term plant planning.  Significant scope work encompassed all areas of plant operation.  All 3 processing lines included associated packaging departments.  A 130,000 sq ft warehouse was installed.  Delivered project 10% under original scope budget.  Identified and implemented value engineering savings of over $3,000,000.   Department Up-Grade >$10.8 MM         Project Manager for the replacement of three existing snack food processing lines with associated packaging departments.  Responsibility included management of external vendors for all areas of design and installation (building, electrical, processing, and packaging).  The project set new engineering benchmarks for installation cost, quality, and a record schedule for line commissioning. Processing System Replacement >$6.5 MM         Project Manger responsible for developing a hand-off design and implementation package for the replacement of three existing raw material cook systems.  Worked closely with an R&D team to develop and design the new system.  The project gave operations an unprecedented amount of flexibility.  The physical equipment space requirements were reduced by 50% making the system extremely retro-fittable for the plant’s existing cooking processes that were capacity constrained. Manufacturing Line Up-Grade >$2.0 MM         Project Manager for up-grade and boost of one existing snack food processing line with associated packaging department.  Responsibility included management of external vendors for all areas of design and installation (building, electrical, processing, and packaging).   The project was a model of flawless execution with an extremely high level of customer satisfaction. New Line Installation >$1.6 MM         Project Manager for the installation of a new snack food processing line with associated packaging department.  Scope work included significant building and utility upgrades as well as up-grade of one existing processing department.  The project was voted "most organized" by the R&D commissioning team that was responsible for start-up and qualification of four successive lines during the next two-month period. Sweet Snack Test Market Line >$6.5 MM       Assumed a consultant / advisory role for an already underway project that was experiencing significant design and exceptional complications.  Assisted a struggling project manager to get the test market operation underway on a project that was on track to go over budget and schedule.  Obstacles overcome included; setting expectations and mentoring a new external engineering design team, coordination between two companies R&D efforts, and facilitating the design and installation of new processing methods and equipment. Bakery Annex Installations >$20.0 MM X 2 Sites        Assumed a design lead role for two snack food annex plants that were designed and installed concurrently.  Responsibility included plant layout and point processing design for all building and processing systems that were installed in the two bakery annexes.  Scope work at each of the facilities included building and site work for 4 complete snack food lines each.  Worked to deliver several new pieces of processing equipment that were tremendous improvements over existing systems and have shown broad applicability for other existing and new processes.    Baked Product Installation #1 and #2 >$24.0 MM         Assumed process design leader role for two new national scale baked snack process lines.  Responsibilities included; development of new process systems and equipment, process layout and design, and installation support.  Developed and patented a process for a new mono-layer seasoning distribution and product shape control.  Exceeded the R&D commissioning team's expectation for design coordination and project execution.  The national snack line exceeded the test market line in every product attribute and was used as a design platform for additional baked snack line processes.   Processing System Replacement >$6.5 MM         Project manager and process design leader for the replacement of three existing snack food raw material cook  systems.  Worked closely with equipment vendor and design teams to develop a modular cooking system format.  The project delivered annualized savings of $300,000 for each cook system over original design.  The resulting cook systems were viewed as the “best of the best” by corporate engineering.  The modular system reduced plant downtime required for installation by three weeks and improved site-to-site product consistency.   Department Up-Grade >$10.0 MM         On-site construction manager responsible for installation.  Processing scope included the standard setting installation of the first of three new snack food process lines, and installation of five new raw material cooking systems.  Developed new pumping system that increased product yield by 2% and reduced downtime by 5%.  Developed modular equipment format with several vendors that reduced unit operation installed costs by 15% and improved site-to-site installation consistency.   Department Up-Grade $12.0 MM         On-site construction manager responsible for installation.  Processing scope work included a complete electrical upgrade, processing boosts, and associated packaging department up-grades.  The entire project was executed with a record setting 19 days of planned downtime.   New Line Installation >$9.0 MM         On-site construction manager responsible for installation. Processing scope included the installation of two new snack food lines with associated packaging departments. Warehouse scope included a manual palletizing complex, two automated pallet movers, case transfer conveyors, new battery charging stations, and two pallet-moving cranes for the high-rise storage facility. Optical Sorting System Installation >$7.0 M  X  2 Sites         On-site construction manager responsible for installation.  Managed installation of optical sorting systems for an existing snack food processing line.  Scope involved new equipment installation and existing layout modifications.   New Plant Building Construction >$5.2 MM         On-site construction manager responsible for plant building installation and punchlist completion.  Performed closeout project execution for 225,000 sq ft manufacturing plant. Quality Improvement Installation >$ 1.6 MM         On-site construction manager responsible for installation.  Managed installation of color sorting equipment and triple loop flavor processing equipment.  Packaging scope involved extensive building and equipment modifications and installation.   New Line Installation >$7.5 M         On-site construction manager responsible for installation.  Scope included processing and packaging equipment installation and modification.   New Line Installation >$2.0 MM         Assumed on-site project manager role while utilizing a new construction crew.  A high emphasis was placed on familiarizing and educating new construction resource with standard company installation practices.  Fast track project (3 week installation) scope included processing and packaging equipment installation.   Extruded Salty Snack Installation >$3.0 MM         On-site construction manager responsible for installation of new snack food extrusion process.  Managed the installation of a prototype processing department and associated packaging departments. New Line Installation >$3.2 MM         On-site construction manager responsible for installation.  Managed installation of multi-capable processing line and associated packaging department. Productivity Project >$9.0 M         Worked as project engineer responsible for installation management and developmental work for a wide based employee welfare, warehouse, processing, and packaging productivity project.  Contributed to the designed and development of several improvements that were rolled nationally. New Line Installation >$3.5 MM         Project manager for upgrade of two new snack food processing and packaging line installations.  New Line Installation >$4.5 M         Construction manager for line installation.  An existing line was modified to run a new product. New Line Installation >$7.5 M         Construction manager for installation of one prototype toast oven and cooked raw material transfer equipment. Quality Improvement Project >$1.1 MM         Construction manager for installation of miscellaneous process equipment and up-grades on two existing processing lines.  Focus was on training plant personnel and raising plant installation standards. New Product Line Up-Grade >$1.9 M         Construction manager responsible for the installation of miscellaneous processing equipment associated with snack food production. Phase III Plant Start-Up >$1.2 MM         Plant project manager on final phase of project that included building repair and construction, installation of miscellaneous processing equipment, and environmental controls at snack food manufacturing plant. Packaging Department Up-Grade >$3.0 M         Plant project manager.  Managed the installation of one additional packaging lines and the re-build/up-grade of six existing bag makers. Quality Assurance / Maintenance Productivity Project >$3.5 M         Plant project manager.  Implemented Q.A. and maintenance related productivity scope that included purchase/installation of miscellaneous Q.A. testing equipment (on-line and laboratory) and maintenance equipment/tools. Warehouse Palletizing and Conveying Project >$3.7 M         Plant project manager. Scope included the purchase and installation of case palletizing and conveying systems for canned products.  Existing Retort Can Line Up-Grade and Productivity Project >$4.3 M         Plant project manager.  Scope included purchase and installation of bulk unloading equipment, solids weighing hoppers, liquid batching meters, paste pumps, system piping, filler level probes, and retort process handling equipment.  The result was a decreased work force and a 15% boost in line performance.   Processing Line Up-Grade >$3.2 M         Plant project manager.  Scope included processing equipment rebuilds, meter installation, extruder auger and barrel replacement, dry solids mixing hopper with moisture controls and miscellaneous other productivity initiatives. Statistical Packaging Installation >$1.7 MM         Plant project manager of a plant project to install a statistical weigher-packaging department.