Chris Rinehart
Saltillo,MS
Summary
Dedicated and proven leader with demonstrated ability to train, manage, and motivate team members in engineering, maintenance, operations, and logistics to achieve organizational objectives.
Overview
29
29
years of professional experience
Work History
Asset Team Leader
Kimberly Clark Corporation, Nonwovens Division
02.2020 - Current
- Led CM3 asset teams to numerous record-setting performances in FPY and Final Yield between February 2020 and May 2023
- Led CM3 team to take control of NGR reclaim asset resulting in best-ever final yields on asset in back-to-back months
- Led CM3 team through commercialization of S7 material for Huggies ear tabs
- Led quality improvements on NBL asset in areas of SPC and K Value
- Implemented team member one-on-ones to improve engagement by utilizing improved communication and constructive feedback
- Resolved numerous reliability issues including elimination of premature primary arm failures on NBL asset
- Led CM4 team to eliminate #1 safety concern of slits sticking together resulting in opportunity for soft outer cover trial success
Reliability and Engineering Manager
Norbord Inc
09.2017 - 09.2019
- Hired, managed, and developed engineering staff including lubrication contractors
- Accountable for mill reliability program, engineering, and process safety
- Set record uptime in 2018 of 90.2% including 6 months with uptime exceeding 92% resulting in mill profit of $38M for 2018
- Reduction in costs attributed to fires from 2017 to 2018 by more than $1M
- Improved Root Cause Analysis process completing more than 50 RCAs
- Reduced lubrication cost by $1.5/gallon 2018-2019 valued at $75K/year
- Responsible for planning $5M in shutdowns during 2 years.
Engineering Manager
Grammer Automotive
01.2016 - 09.2017
- Project Manager for $100MM Daimler Mercedes M-class center console program
- Designed center console manufacturing process, partnering with GM, BMW, and Mercedes
- Purchased and installed $50MM in capital equipment for GM, BMW, and Mercedes center console programs
- Evaluated project requirements to identify and mitigate risks.
- Responsible for BOMs and change management for commercial seating lines
- Managed design and manufacturing teams to build proprietary process equipment within aggressive cost and time constraints
Six Sigma Black Belt/Senior Manufacturing Engineer
Caterpillar
09.2007 - 12.2015
- Led Six Sigma projects including development and implementation of Prentiss used parts supermarket resulting in $7 million dollar cost savings
- Developed and implemented first-of-a-kind (FOAK) tool/process for planning and scheduling reclaim
- Developed process to track Supplier Delivery Performance for all REMAN products
- Managed all REMAN planning process for Prentiss facility ($75M/year business)
- Responsible for more than $4 million dollars in savings on value stream salvage projects
- Led outsourcing of 15 part numbers during 2008 contributing more than $1.5 million in savings
- Developed core depletion and capacity planning modeling tools for CAT Prentiss facility
- Developed process to manage seeded parts and ran seed reduction projects saving company more than $5 million in 2015
Mechanical Engineer
Kimberly-Clark Professional
04.2006 - 12.2007
- Accountable for mechanical engineering and maintenance reliability for HK1 nonwovens/pulp and paper machine
- Served as mill project manager for $15 million project rebuild on HK1 asset
- Managed maintenance team and capital budget for HK1 asset
- Served as temporary operations asset team leader for HK1
Area Mechanical and Project Engineer
Kimberly-Clark Corporation Nonwovens
08.1998 - 04.2006
- Accountable for mechanical engineering and maintenance reliability for 2 major assets
- Managed more than $7 million in capital projects for Corinth 1 & Corinth 4 machines including domestic and overseas equipment checkouts
- Driving force for MB asset improvements over 2.5 years including FPY increase from 88.5% to 93.3%, FY increase from 89.3% to 99.3%, uptime increase from 90.3% to 93.9%, and rate increase from 42.2 MSY1OE to 50.2% MSY1OE
- Driving force for CM4 improvements over 4.5 years including FPY increase from 79% to 89%, Final Yield increase from 78.1% to 88.2%, uptime increase from 84.1% to 94.5%. and grade cost reduction of $14 per MSY1OE
- Responsible for research purchase, installation, start-up and training for EREMA reprocessing system project resulting in $3 million annual cost savings
- Served as construction engineer for $8 million staff-level project for Corinth 4 machine
- Led maintenance team on shutdowns involving as many as 65 engineers, contractors, and mill maintenance personnel
- Initiated and developed Quarterly Technical Team meetings to improve maintenance function on Corinth 4 machine
- Served as mill ergonomics team leader and Corinth 4 safety committee leader
- Member of Corinth 90/90 team and Corinth 4 best practice leader
Manufacturing Engineer
Cooper Industries
02.1995 - 07.1998
- Accountable for tooling design, CNC programming and manufacturing engineering for ball joint product line for 30 new products annually
- Programmed CNC lathes/mills and reduced cycle times on ball joint machining operations by 75%
- Supervised capital projects including purchase and installation of cooling tower and LP gas system with annual cost savings of $100,000
- Responsible for rebuilding and refurbishing dilapidated chucking machine for machining ball joint housings
Education
Six Sigma Black Belt -
Caterpillar
Peoria, IL10.2011
Certification: Caterpillar Production System (CPS) -
Caterpillar
Oxford, MS04.2008
MBA - Business Administration
Regis University
Denver, CO05.2005
Bachelor of Science - Mechanical Engineering
Mississippi State University
Starkville, MS12.1994
Skills
- Licensed professional engineer in MS
- Certified Six Sigma Black Belt
- Expertise in World Class Manufacturing
- Expertise in engineering management
- Expertise in project management
- Expertise in reliability management
- Expertise in process safety management
- Expertise in contractor management
- Accomplished in maintenance, operations, and supply chain management
- Adept in customer and supplier negotiation
- Expertise knowledge of LEAN methodology
- OSHA 30-hour certified
- Accomplished in injection molding, CNC machining, and plastic welding
- Accomplished in Total Quality Management (TQM)
Timeline
Asset Team Leader
Kimberly Clark Corporation, Nonwovens Division
02.2020 - Current
Reliability and Engineering Manager
Norbord Inc
09.2017 - 09.2019
Engineering Manager
Grammer Automotive
01.2016 - 09.2017
Six Sigma Black Belt/Senior Manufacturing Engineer
Caterpillar
09.2007 - 12.2015
Mechanical Engineer
Kimberly-Clark Professional
04.2006 - 12.2007
Area Mechanical and Project Engineer
Kimberly-Clark Corporation Nonwovens
08.1998 - 04.2006
Manufacturing Engineer
Cooper Industries
02.1995 - 07.1998
Six Sigma Black Belt -
Caterpillar
Certification: Caterpillar Production System (CPS) -
Caterpillar
MBA - Business Administration
Regis University
Bachelor of Science - Mechanical Engineering
Mississippi State University
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