Nicholas Starliper

Drove operational excellence through leading a team of 50 technicians including 4 Team Leads and 4 Technical Resources Developed and deployed staffing changes to operate in a lean manufacturing environment by moving from 13 to 10 technicians per shift Optimized production results to a record 124M sandwiches and less than $24k in cost of quality Engaged with employees to understand their career goals and drive their success Built plant operations capabilities through interviewing and hiring high quality cand

Transformed line performance to increase line yield from 79% to 91% by working with plant resources to optimize performance Reduced total line downtime by 5% increasing production by 2 million sandwiches a month through focused work with line technicians and maintenance Coordinated with corporate engineering to reduce waste through new equipment installation bridging the gap from corporate idea to plant execution Contributed to a autonomous maintenance project team to drive out waste and increase equipment

Accomplished Chemical engineer for nuclear waste water concentration and packaging for offsite disposal Influenced maintenance and planning in development of work packages to execute maintenance activities Wrote process memos for operational cleaning and nuclear waste receipt Assisted in development of technical requirements and implementation of DOE Documented Safety Analysis

Brought the ingredients department up to packaging 100k gallons a week of 75+ different fruit concentrate blends Maintained weekly ingredient blending production targets by coordinating with suppliers and customers Executed operations of a pouch line, hand packing 25 varieties of fruit and vegetable-based products up to 3,500 cases a shift Revitalized concentrate lines, producing hot pack 64oz tin and 12oz frozen concentrate Expanded fruit processing daily activities to attain production targets averaging 7

Managed 60 hourly employees including three supervisors and one senior supervisor Provided leadership, development and support to direct reports through teamwork and coaching Steered day-to-day manufacturing operations for three departments Helped manage safety related concerns for 100+ employees during the shift

Developed and executed a testing method to calibrate four pellet flow meters Actively participated and contributed to a 6-week full plant turnaround Assisted in installation and calibration of two new pellet flow meters Created an emergency release procedure for implementation of two temporary cooling towers

Led daily reliability meetings to assess criticality of 16,000 Chem/Ops assets Completed the input and transfer of 6,000 criticality asset data points using Ivara Formed a spare parts plan for two compete pelletizer systems totaling over 2,000 pieces Instituted a Preventive Maintenance (PM) program for complete range of pelletizer equipment Manufactured a MOC method filtration process for two feed lines to lesson EHSS impact