Project Manager Engineer

William Luther

**** ******* *****

North Olmsted, Ohio 44070

Ph: 440-***-****

Em: abmuxe@r.postjobfree.com

Objective: Facilities, Environmental and Safety Management

Experience

**** - **** ***** *ool Company (RIDGID), Elyria, Ohio

(A division of Emerson Electric, a Fortune 100 company)

Facilities Manager & Division Environmental Coordinator (1990 -2009)

. Manage thirty employees and a $5 million dollar budget for all

facilities maintenance, construction, remodeling, and service

activities at this 600,000 Sq. Ft. world headquarters office

building and manufacturing facility. Also responsible for the

acquisition, operation, and preventive and predictive

maintenance of key production equipment. Ridge Tool Co. is the

world's largest manufacturer of pipe joining and construction

tools employing 1,500 employees. Responsibilities included the

headquarters buildings, the main manufacturing plant and the

other US and European operations.

. Responsible for all EPA, environmental compliance, risk

management, and energy programs at five US operations, three

European operations and one China operation.

Key Contributions

. Initiated predictive and preventive maintenance, root cause

analysis, and lean manufacturing concepts within the

maintenance department to improve departmental efficiency and

improve responsiveness. As a result of these initiatives

machinery and equipment uptime increased 15% overall.

. Spearheaded an energy conservation program to identify and

implement energy improvement which reduced annual energy

costs by more than $100,000. This included the installation

of a computerized building management system for the

facility.

. Modified manufacturing processes which resulted in the

reduction of hazardous waste by more than 90%. This

reduction changed the Elyria facility status from a large

quantity generator to a small quantity generator based on

EPA's waste generation standards and classification.

. Employed facilities risk management strategies to improve

insurance risk rating from a B- to an A+. This improved

rating provided a $210,000 annual savings in insurance

premiums.

. Working with designers and contractors, managed the

refurbishment of nearly 100,000 Sq. Ft. of office space.

This multi-year project required over $1 million in capital

spending.

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1977 - 1990 Abex Corporation (Division of IC Industries) / Manoir

Electroalloys, Elyria, Ohio

Plant Engineer & Safety Director (1979 - 1990)

. Manage all plant engineering supervisors, engineers, foremen,

millwrights and electricians in a 250,000 sq. ft. unionized

manufacturing plant. Abex, a modern foundry and casting

facility, produced exotic high alloy castings that are used in

the petrochemical and metal heat treating industries.

. Develop budgets, select, install, modify and modernize all plant

and facilities equipment.

. Establish and oversee all environmental and safety programs to

maintain compliance with EPA, OSHA and local regulations.

Assistant Plant Engineer (1977 - 1979)

. Lead project engineering and facilities support services

Key Contributions

. Managed a $1.75 million capital improvement project to

install new electric melt furnaces and controls systems to

reduce melt cycle time by nearly 10% and reduce furnace

energy consumption by 15% providing a three year return on

investment.

. Established a union/management safety committee to improve

and oversee all safety compliance programs. As a result of

these improvements loss time accidents were reduced by more

than 20% and the company was awarded by an achievement award

for this improvement by the Lorain County Safety Council.

. Assigned as project manager for the installation and start up

of a centrifugal metal casting facility located in Chengdu,

China. This one year project required me to spend a month at

the Chengdu manufacturing facility to oversee the

installation.

Professional Achievements

. CPE (Certified Plant Engineer)

. SMA (Systems Maintenance Administrator)

. State of Ohio Electrical Contractor's License

. Currently studying for the Certified Energy Manager (CEM) exam

Organizations

. Current member and past Chairman of the Environmental Council of

the Lorain County Commerce and Industry Association.

. Current member and past Treasurer, AFE (American Facilities

Engineers) North-East Ohio Chapter

. Former member and Environmental Liaison of AFS (American

Foundrymen's Society), Cleveland Chapter

. Past Member of AEE (Assoc. of Energy Engineers) Cleveland

Chapter

Education

. Cleveland State University, Cleveland Ohio -- Bachelor of

Science in Electrical Engineering Technology

. Cuyahoga Community College, Cleveland, Ohio -- Associate of

Science in Electrical/Electronic Engineering Technology

. Numerous Continuing Education classes and training certificates

in facilities management, environmental regulations, and energy

management.

Computer Skills: MS Excel, Word, PowerPoint

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