JOHN MITZEL

Motivated leader recognized for strong critical thinking and problem-solving abilities coupled with successful 16-year track record in industry. Dedicated to offering innovative solutions through leadership which is focused on team success and collaboration to achieve a common goal. This all being supported by an ability to effectively communicate across departments and manage multiple projects concurrently.

• Oversee all project management systems and processes at Steffes for entire company. Implemented, lead and sustain those initiatives across the company.
• Cut 10% of the cost from key flare accessories through production improvements and component redesign. Done through collaboration with operations, supply chain team and vendors.
• Troubleshot and resolved problems related to ultrasonic welding of plastic sensor housings which were related to sealing issues on the end product. Failure rates were in the range of 80%. Worked to change housing design along with better process controls on the component manufacturing process resulted in a reduction in those failures by 95%.
• Improved water meter accuracy on test separation equipment through a project with our construction and SCADA teams. This included replumbing water dump lines and reprogramming the valve logic to maintain flow in the higher accuracy portion of the mag meter flow curve thus reducing rouhgly 60 hours of wasted labor every month retesting wells.
• Lead Development of engineering team members to help grow and advance our engineering team in the areas of problem solving, communication, leadership and project management.