Jeff Pressler
Lancaster,PA
Summary
Accomplished Engineer Director with over 17 years of experience providing high-quality results through effective leadership and management of engineering teams. Dedicated to people development and improving UPS's value proposition through innovative solutions for complex problems.
Overview
6
6
years of professional experience
Work History
Director of Engineering
United Parcel Service Inc
Middletown, PA
02.2021 - Current
- Mentored team members to succeed and advance within department and company.
- Developed people development plans to increase breadth of perspective in employee strengthening engineers effectiveness.
- Identified areas of improvement and led initiatives to increase efficiency.
- Interfaced with upper-level management regarding project status updates and future plans.
- Organized data and modeled information for use in key decision-making.
- Directed team of 104 engineering staff managing 53 hubs, 17 gateway, and 1 air hub. The east zone represents over 30% of the domestic sorted volume working 20,000 inside employees, over 5,000 drivers, and 63 flights.
- Encouraged team collaboration and motivated individual employees through positive reinforcement and technical recognition.
- Resolved conflicts between different functional groups within the organization.
- Conducted regular performance reviews to ensure employees met goals and objectives.
East Region Engineering Transportation Coordinator
United Parcel Service, UPS
Indianapolis, IN
02.2020 - 03.2021
- Collaborated cross functionally with package, sales, safety, and finance to to develop transportation initiative supporting growth, performance, and cost reduction.
- supported training and development of district transportation teams
- supported growth during onset of the pandemic to build out needed capacity through the addition of 13 new sorts in the East Region
- supported business planning for hub, feeder, and air operations
- created transportation strategies outlining best practices, checklist, and MTG sites aligned to KPIs and BSc
Corporate Engineering Assessor
United Parcel Service, UPS
Indianapolis, IN
01.2018 - 10.2018
- Developed engineering assessments though functional owners to evaluate district engineering on key concepts and use that analysis to provide training.
- conducted focus group meeting to get feed back and understand how to create tools and training to support front line supervisors.
- coordinated meetings between district and senior leadership.
- Created best practice tool repository on I-gate to promote knowledge sharing across districts. Foundation of report repository.
- Ensured compliance with corporate engineering standards.
- Maintained open communication with team members and stakeholders, resulting in successful people development.
Education
Master of Science - Engineering Technology
Purdue University
West Lafayette, IN01-2020
Bachelor of Science - Industrial Engineering
Purdue University
West Lafayette, IN08-2003
Skills
- Proposal Development
- Strategic Planning
- Resource Allocation
- Employee Development
- Project Management
- Facility Operations
- Troubleshooting
- Workflow Planning
- Strategic Analysis
Affiliations
- Volunteer at Meals on Wheels Lancaster
- Volunteer at Habit for humanity
Accomplishments
- Number BSC results for 2021
- East Zone Horizon Award for service in 2022
Timeline
Director of Engineering
United Parcel Service Inc
02.2021 - Current
East Region Engineering Transportation Coordinator
United Parcel Service, UPS
02.2020 - 03.2021
Corporate Engineering Assessor
United Parcel Service, UPS
01.2018 - 10.2018
Master of Science - Engineering Technology
Purdue University
Bachelor of Science - Industrial Engineering
Purdue University
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