Jon Strecker, MBA
5727 83rd Street Kenosha,WI
Summary
Accomplished Operations Manager with over 25 years of manufacturing experience, known for effective communication and safety leadership. Significant experience in managing multi-million dollar budgets and leading cross-functional teams to optimize production performance and drive continuous improvement. Ready to leverage expertise to support organizational goals.
Overview
18
18
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Operations Manager
We Energies
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
07.2019 - Current
- Provide leadership for daily operations to meet customer expectations, while ensuring compliance with safety and environmental regulations.
- Implemented strategies to achieve the corporate and business unit plan.
- Collaborated on long-term strategic planning initiatives with management team.
- Sponsored capital projects to support production capacity, reliability, and performance.
- Led cross-functional teams, which included operations, maintenance, engineering, and supply chain, to complete projects.
- Managed operations and maintenance budgets of over $25 million.
- Reduced staff at two sites to reduce labor costs by 10% and 15%, respectively, without compromising reliability, quality, or performance.
- Developed qualifications and training plans for operations, maintenance, and supervisory staff.
- Analyzed production performance metrics to identify trends and opportunities for improvement.
- Conducted root-cause analysis to identify deficiencies and resolve issues to improve equipment, process, and employee performance.
- Collaborated with engineering, technical services, and other support groups to resolve technical performance issues.
- Implemented cost-reduction strategies without compromising customer satisfaction.
- Developed standard operating procedures to document processes to enhance productivity and reliability, utilizing a human-factored format.
- Shared best practices across the business unit.
- Led cross-functional teams for the timely execution of daily tasks and projects, including planned and unplanned production outages.
- Maintained documentation of maintenance activities and compliance records.
- Led regulatory agency site inspections to demonstrate compliance.
- Collaborate with Human Resources regarding staffing and employee performance.
- Managed the maintenance staff and set priorities for their daily activities.
Senior Supervisor
We Energies
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
08.2007 - 07.2019
- Supervised mechanics, electricians, instrument and control technicians, chemical technicians, operators, heavy equipment operators, and supervisors at three different power generation sites.
- Managed employee performance and development.
- Developed training materials for onboarding new employees, which included basic plant operation, safety protocols, and environmental regulations.
- Managed the incorporation of a $325 million environmental upgrade into the existing plant's balance of plant operations. This included staff training, creating operations and maintenance procedures, establishing a spare parts inventory, developing preventive and predictive maintenance items, and creating quality control procedures.
- Coordinated planned and unplanned outage activities across operations, maintenance, engineering, and supply chain to meet performance targets.
- Managed the site work management process, and coordinated scheduling to optimize workforce efficiency and resource allocation.
- Facilitated mechanic labor allocation across the power generation fleet.
- Conducted regular departmental meetings with staff to ensure effective communication and collaboration.
Education
Master of Business Administration -
University of Wisconsin, Parkside
Kenosha, WI05-2023
Bachelor of Arts - Management And Communications
Concordia University
Mequon, WICertificate - Diversity, Team Building, & Conflict Resolution
Pope And Associates
Cincinnati, OHCertificate of Technical Studies - Six Sigma
Villanova University
Villanova, PASkills
- Effective communication
- Customer-focused
- Cross-functional team leadership
- Employee engagement
- Employee performance management
- Relationship building and conflict resolution
- Compliance management
- Safety and environmental regulations
- Project and equipment startup management
- Standard operating procedures
- Financial management
- Asset management
- Root cause analysis
- Preventive and predictive maintenance
- Process control: instrumentation, programmable logic controllers, and distributed control systems
- Fire protection, HVAC, and plumbing equipment
- Pumps, turbines, generators, and electrical equipment
- Continuous improvement
- Operational excellence
- High-pressure environments
- Process optimization
Certification
- Certified Incident Commander
- Hazardous Waste and Emergency Response Operations
- Certified First Aid and CPR
- Energy Control - Lockout / Tagout (LOTO)
- Lead & Asbestos Awareness
- Visual Weld Inspector
- Wisconsin Automatic Sprinkler Fitter Contractor Maintenance License
Timeline
Operations Manager
We Energies
07.2019 - Current
Senior Supervisor
We Energies
08.2007 - 07.2019
Master of Business Administration -
University of Wisconsin, Parkside
Bachelor of Arts - Management And Communications
Concordia University
Certificate - Diversity, Team Building, & Conflict Resolution
Pope And Associates
Certificate of Technical Studies - Six Sigma
Villanova University
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