Sr. Mechanical Engineer   Name: gmerrill0516 Industry Type: Facility - Building Owners City & State: Boston,MA Job Title: Sr. Mechanical Engineer Relocation Preferences: Objective: Director Facilities - Maintenance - Engineering Resume: DIRECTOR – ENGINEERING / FACILITIES  MANAGEMENT / MAINTENANCE Operations / Project Management / Capacity  Expansion / EH&S / Continuous Improvements  QA / Capital Equipment / Strategic Planning  Procurement / Negotiations / Cost Control  VRM / Budgets  Developed and implemented strategic facility  plans and managed significant capital  projects, increasing capacity, improving  operating efficiency and reducing costs in  diverse manufacturing environments.  Demonstrated achievements directing plant  operations and maintenance and process and  facility engineering, providing continuous  process improvement, increased margins and  quality and sustained growth. Managing and collaborating with diverse  groups of programs, people and functions,  directed projects from concept through  implementation, delivering on-time, cost  effective products, processes and systems.  Can contribute by: * Building, motivating and leading world- class multi-disciplined teams * Resolving issues to meet productivity,  quality and deliverability goals * Rapidly synthesizing information and making  timely, high-quality decisions * Reengineering processes and implementing  controls to improve productivity Thrives in fast-paced environments in which  deadlines are a priority and multitasking is  the norm. Highly resourceful with strong  technical, business and interpersonal skills.  A self-starter who welcomes and enjoys  challenges. BS, Mechanical Engineering  Technology, University of New Hampshire. SELECTED ACCOMPLISHMENTS Revamped waste reprocessing, adding 3.4% to  sales while reducing costs 43%. Adhesive  Technologies, waste cost $0.23/pound to  freeze with liquid nitrogen and process.  Sourced and purchased industrial melting  system to reprocess waste at less cost.  Converted 260,000# of material valued at  $169K into salable goods. Managed $20M manufacturing facility expansion  from design to completion. Lindt & Sprungli  needed to expand capacity to meet production  needs. Managed programming, A&E, permits,  town/state liaison, construction, budgets,  bids, negotiations and schedule. Delivered  185,000 sq. ft. food manufacturing facility  on time and budget. Designed and installed waste transfer system,  enabling start of new $30M product line. Koch  lacked provisions to transport/treat waste  stream from new production line. Specified  and installed required equipment to transfer  waste to existing waste treatment plant  without spills, overflows, or treatment  violations. Upgraded electrical and cooling  infrastructure, providing support for 15% YOY  growth. Lindt & Sprungli electrical and  cooling infrastructure would not support  imminent plans for capacity expansion. Began  specific projects to address these issues.  Prevented production outages, quality  problems and increased scrap rates. Spearheaded new product design, yielding  $2.5M in annualized revenues. Adhesive  Technologies new consumer glue gun product  design requirements were unknown as it was  unique concept. Generated successful product  with all necessary safety features, labeling  requirements and testing properly completed.  CAREER HISTORY Sr. Mechanical Engineer, EMD Millipore, 2015- present. Selected to lead capital project  management with $6.3M approved plan for 2015.  Participate in change management control.  Projects range from lab renovations, process  support equipment upgrades to building  demolition and construction.  Facilities & Maintenance Manager, Lindt &  Sprungli, 2011-2015. Directed all facilities  and production maintenance activities  including shutdown operations, capital  projects. Managed EH&S manager Identified  vendor and negotiated major MRO purchasing  contract saving nearly $100K per year.  Managed $12M budget.  Facilities & Maintenance Manager, Koch  Membrane Systems, 2007-2011. Charged with  leading day-to-day facilities and maintenance  operations for multi-plant, 850,000 sf ISO  9001 facility for global leader in membrane  filtration technology and engineering  support. Managed $5M operating budget and  $850K capital budget. Sr. Mechanical Engineer, North American  Industries, 2005-2007. Managed design,  documentation and delivery of custom- engineered cranes and lifting systems for  $20M international supplier of overhead  lifting equipment.  Earlier: Manufacturing Engineer/Operations  Engineer, Illinois Tool Works, Devcon/Plexus;  Sr. Mechanical Engineer, Miller Products,  Inc.; Product Engineer/Maintenance Manager,  Adhesive Technologies, Inc.