Jaye W Walker
Washington,MO
Summary
My experience and skill set has been developed by my internal desire to improve myself by being exposed to new challenges as well as lead others through them. I have progressively taken on more responsibility in my career & have been rewarded from those experiences. I have managed manufacturing operations engineering, new product development, mechanical design engineering, machine & automation system engineering, project management, project engineering & have actively performed each those roles. The common trend in my past roles is I have lead engineering & project teams to focus on solutions that solved problems & satisfied many customer needs. My humble, concise, disciplined, lead by example approach is proven to enable mechanical engineering, new product development, project, technical teams, & customers to reach their fullest potential.
Overview
35
35
years of professional experience
Work History
Director of Operations Engineering: Plant Engineering, New Product Development
SEMC0 TANK HOLDING
St. Louis, MO
09.2020 - 02.2025
- As Director, responsible for all technical functions of plant manufacturing operations including new product development, project engineering, project management, extrusion blow & injection molding production machinery, plant infrastructure systems (air, electrical, water, vacuum, resin), assembly, & secondary finishing machinery
- Responsible for Cap-Ex projects & the staff of maintenance, automation, robotics, tool & die, mold shop, new product development, & engineering
- Designed, developed, justified, managed, & implemented new products, proprietary & custom
- Designed, developed, & implemented production systems to produce blow molded plastic containers & injection molded components primarily for outdoor equipment, fuel storage & transport tanks, jugs, tanks for agricultural & chemical, & automotive components
- Managed tooling projects for new blow & injection molds, & automated secondary systems for tanks & components
- Projects included design, sourcing, purchasing, implementation, & qualification
- Designed & implemented extrusion blow mold machine modifications, & blow molder head tooling
- Project manager of Cap-Ex projects: identify needs, define project scope & budget, justification & approval, execution of projects (schedule, budget control, risk mitigation, supplier & contractor management, implementation, installation, commissioning, training, verification)
- Example: new BEKUM high speed blow molding system for a high volume 5-gal fuel jug
- Project phases plus added manufacturer phases of design, manufacturing, commissioning, & verification of performance/quality at manufacturer site in Austria
- Upon approval, the system shipped, installed, commissioned, & qualified at SEMCO
- Throughout the project, I held weekly TEAMS meetings with BEKUM
- I stayed in Austria 3 months to oversee the machine & system startup, qualify the mold, & train to operate the system so I could train my team
- Responsible for the reliability & maintenance of all production machinery for all production machinery
- OEM relationships developed; system audits set up to decrease downtime
- Developed 'SEMCO Performance Criteria & Specification' documents for projects for OEM RFQs
- Responsible for managing technical departments: engineering, automation, tool & die, & maintenance
- Coached, mentored, developed, & managed to ensure priorities & assignments met
- Responsible for the facilities: building, property, repairs, improvements, & additions
- An example of a facility project was the addition of a new 60,000 square foot warehouse added to the plant
- SolidWorks & PDM used for design, CREO for legacy tooling, AutoCAD used for system layouts
Program/Project Manager: Technical Lead for Packaging, Palletizing, Warehousing
AMCOR RIGID PACKAGING
Ann Arbor, MI
09.2017 - 09.2020
- Corporate Program Manager responsible for all phases of large capital expense projects (500k to 25M) to improve existing down-stream systems from injection, blow, & high-speed stretch blow molding machines to automate packaging, palletizing, & warehousing of plastic bottles & containers for food, beverage, pharmaceutical, health care, spirits, & wine
- Project phases included concept, design, financial justification, project approval, funding verification, project implementation, commissioning, training, testing, & project handover to the plants
- Accountable for project team, budget, expenditure, invoice approval, & status updates to senior management
- Projects implemented in compliance with regulatory standards for operator & machine safety (ANSI & OSHA), ergonomics, product quality, environmental, GMP (Good Manufacturing Practices), & specific FDA standards for food, beverage, pharmaceutical, health care, & LEAN principles applied
- Responsible for standardizing automation strategy & implementing it across plants of Amcor North America to provide best in class systems for various production line platforms at those plants
- Developed strategy of automation to first automate take-out of bottles from blow & injection molders, then production line downstream, packaging, palletization, and warehousing
- Formed & managed cross-functional project teams at plants to develop & implement best solutions for specific needs
- Examples are quality improvements, automation for labor reduction, ergonomic injury reduction, new product & mold qualifications, process development, process & machine reliability, implementation of new & relocated transferred systems, etc
- Coached, mentored, & managed team members to ensure project team deliverables were met
- Developed contingency plans when appropriate to keep tasks on schedule
- Responsible for system automation controls, focus always on operation, safety, quality, & reliability
- Implemented maintenance training & OEM support for all new systems
- OEM support relationships developed with OEMs for plant staff, scheduled OEM audits to ensure less unscheduled downtime
- Managed installation contractors ensuring completion of work safely, on time, & within budget
- Developed & implemented 'Amcor Performance Criteria & Specification' documents for OEM proposals
- Documents included mechanical & electrical component specifications, system performance requirements, quality & safety standards, FAT/ SAT expectations, & testing forms
- Formal project management tools used for projects: Microsoft Project, Project Scope Documents, RACI charts, Work Breakdown Structure reports, Risk Assessments (systems, machines, processes, safety, quality), financial Bills of Materials, Management Review Reports, & project team meetings
- Depending on the phase of each project, being on site was required, otherwise online meetings and all other forms of communication were the standard
- AutoCAD used for system layouts; SolidWorks used for design & collaboration with suppliers
Engineering Supervisor, Packaging/Shrink Wrap/Bundling Machine Systems
TEXWRAP/TEKKRA
Washington, MO
03.2004 - 09.2017
- Responsible for application, mechanical & electrical design, controls & integration, & implementation of high-speed automated horizontal/vertical shrink-wrap packaging systems, robotic packaging, infeed systems for many types of containers, tissue paper, packaged & raw food, vegetables, bakery, frozen food (pizza, cakes, pies), & sanitary wipe container bundling
- Supervised engineering team members to ensure project, team, company, & customer success
- Responsible for system project management, project engineering, mechanical & electrical design, & controls for all shrink wrap & bundling machine systems & specialized machines
- Responsible for turn-key packaging systems for variety of products from infeed all the way to completed shrink wrapped products: small matchstick box bundling, high speed robotic multi-pack automation, vertical cross seal systems, conveyors, & large custom wrappers for heavy products
- Determined technical direction for custom system design, provided estimated costs, & assisted sales to decide strategy for engineered system proposals
- Developed complete product lines for the food, bakery, frozen food industries
- Product examples are wash-down servo driven high speed orbital wrapping machines, wash-down servo lug infeed systems, feeders, wash-down servo driven touchless accumulators, wash-down tabletop conveyor & multi lane to single lane combiners
- Also developed vertical cross seal systems for canisters
- Managed & developed mechanical/electrical engineering team, managed department budget
- SolidWorks 3D solid modeling & PDM used for design & documentation
- Inventor 3D also used
Project Manager, Mechanical Systems
Van Pak Corporation
Maryland Heights, MO
02.2002 - 02.2004
- Project Manager responsible for application, design, quality, & implementation of specialized automated palletizing for packaging, food, & beverage machine systems
- Project management of sold projects
- Performed project & design engineering, worked with manufacturing, outside suppliers, installation crews, & customers
- Supervised mechanical and electrical design engineers on projects
- Responsible for automated robotic palletizing systems design for packaging, food, beverage, pharmaceutical, traditional palletizing, automation, & heavy-duty pallet conveyor products
- Responsible for complete systems, custom designs, & completion on time & within budget
- Provided technical direction for system & specialized engineered products
- Developed, designed systems, & costed specialized product components for sales proposal generation
Mechanical Engineering Supervisor, Pallet & Heavy-Duty Systems
Alvey Systems, Inc.
St. Louis/St. Peters
09.1996 - 01.2002
- Engineering supervisor responsible for large automation system design, specialized machine design, standard conveyor & machine product design, & customer support
- Project management of mid-to-large projects, estimate to customer sign-off
- Projects included pre & post order engineering, design, controls, mechanical & electrical installation, & customer sign off
- Collaborated with suppliers for discounts, quantity cost reductions, & to resolve issues
- Responsible for the design of specialized, full-load pallet, case handling, & heavy load systems
- Some products published in 'Modern Material Handling'
- (Example: Full load pallet stacker)
- Developed & designed custom products such as low elevation pallet conveyor, conveyor for unit loads without slip sheets or pallets, heavy-duty conveyor (over 10k lbs.), & other custom solutions
- Provided engineering & integration support for automated conveying, palletizing systems, & heavy duty automated heavy duty conveyor systems that interfaced with AS/RS systems & AGVs
- Responsible for automation projects for large corporations
- Markets include packaging, food, beverage, pharmaceutical, automotive, general manufacturing, electronic, distribution, & others
- Supervised installations & start-ups, managed contractors, project schedule, & budget
- Mentored & provided supervision & direction to subordinates, co-workers, & team to ensure project & team success
- Owned projects from start to finish enabling projects to gain customer satisfaction
- Assisted estimating with technical direction for system & custom designed products
Senior Design Engineer, Specialized Products
Hytrol Conveyor Company, Inc.
Jonesboro, AR
11.1989 - 09.1996
- Specialized engineering design team lead responsible for mechanical engineering for automation systems & specialized heavy-duty conveyor products
- Senior engineer, Pallet Handling Engineering Team
- Supported other teams as well
- Extensive automation machinery design experience to include pallet handling equipment & systems, case sortation machinery & systems, packaging machinery & systems, automated assembly systems, AS/RS systems, food, beverage systems, & heavy-duty heavy load systems
- Assisted estimating, engineering, sales, systems engineering, distributors, purchasing, & control engineers by providing technical direction about specific applications
- Prepared & instructed mechanical maintenance courses on major systems at customer locations
- Accomplished many customer site visits to provide technical assistance, supervise & perform field modifications/tests, & to determine specific customer expectations
Education
Bachelor of Science - Manufacturing Engineering
Arkansas State University
Jonesboro, AR08.1989
Skills
- CapEx Project Management, 20M
- Automation and Machine Design
- Proficient in SolidWorks 3D and PDM
- Proficient in AutoCAD 2D
- Proficient in Inventor 3D
- Working knowledge of CREO 3D
- Proficient in Word, Excel, Project, Power Point
- Proficient in Manufacturing Programs: IQMS, SAP
Work Availability
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Timeline
Director of Operations Engineering: Plant Engineering, New Product Development
SEMC0 TANK HOLDING
09.2020 - 02.2025
Program/Project Manager: Technical Lead for Packaging, Palletizing, Warehousing
AMCOR RIGID PACKAGING
09.2017 - 09.2020
Engineering Supervisor, Packaging/Shrink Wrap/Bundling Machine Systems
TEXWRAP/TEKKRA
03.2004 - 09.2017
Project Manager, Mechanical Systems
Van Pak Corporation
02.2002 - 02.2004
Mechanical Engineering Supervisor, Pallet & Heavy-Duty Systems
Alvey Systems, Inc.
09.1996 - 01.2002
Senior Design Engineer, Specialized Products
Hytrol Conveyor Company, Inc.
11.1989 - 09.1996
Bachelor of Science - Manufacturing Engineering
Arkansas State University
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