MITCHELL PRATHO
OneWest Mfg Partners
Navasota,TX
19
years of professional experience
Results-driven Manufacturing Operations Leader with 19 years in plant operations, production management, and safety compliance. Led teams of 75+ employees to enhance production efficiency and streamline operations. Expertise in continuous improvement, lean manufacturing, EHS/OSHA compliance, and cross-functional leadership.
Work History
Site Manager
2 Years 9 Months- Manage daily plant operations for production, maintenance, safety, administration, scheduling, and workforce coordination across a 75-person manufacturing facility.
- Oversee operating budgets, capital projects, resource planning, and site capacity initiatives to support growth.
- Improved communication between executive leadership, supervisors, maintenance teams, and shop-floor employees, reducing bottlenecks and enhancing production flow.
- Drove safety compliance and operational accountability, fostering continuous improvement across heavy industrial forging operations.
- Directed site operations, aligning workflows with production goals and safety requirements.
- Coordinated crews, schedules, and materials to maintain efficient daily execution.
- Enforced safety compliance, correcting hazards and reinforcing site procedures.
Operations Manager
6 Years- Led supervisors, and production personnel to meet production targets, improve throughput, and increase facility efficiency by 15% to 20%.
- Streamlined scheduling, staffing, and workload allocation to improve team coordination and coverage.
- Streamlined shop-floor operations by enhancing work order flow, production scheduling, and labor utilization.
- Enhanced EHS and OSHA safety compliance by identifying hazards, reinforcing safe practices, and minimizing equipment downtime.
- Collaborated with maintenance, engineering, quality, and operations teams to boost reliability, productivity, and on-time delivery.
Cost Estimator & Project Coordinator
5 Years 6 Months- Created cost estimates and pricing models from engineering drawings, customer specifications, and manufacturing requirements to support competitive bidding.
- Developed cost estimates, pricing models, and bid support from complex engineering drawings, customer specifications, and manufacturing requirements.
- Coordinated specialized tooling resources for complex forging projects and custom manufacturing to ensure timely project execution.
- Collaborated with sales, engineering, production, and customers to align technical requirements with manufacturing capabilities.
- Analyzed material, labor, tooling, and overhead inputs to support competitive quoting decisions.
- Prepared detailed quotes for forged and machined components using material, labor, and overhead data.
Forge Shop Specialist & Tooling Lead
5 Years- Led precision heavy forging, heat treating, tooling design, setup, and shop-floor production activities in hands-on technical leadership role.
- Supported precision heavy forging, heat treating, tooling design, setup, and shop-floor production activities in a hands-on technical leadership role.
- Managed tooling inventory and readiness, optimizing production support processes to minimize downtime and ensure manufacturing continuity.
- Acquired deep technical knowledge of forging workflows, equipment operation, material handling, and quality-focused production practices.
- Coordinated production schedules to align workflow with machining, forging, and delivery priorities.
- Reviewed part specifications to ensure compliance with customer requirements and internal quality standards.
Education
High School Diploma
Skills
Budget management
P&L and Budget Management
Continuous Improvement
Resource planning
Safety compliance
Team leadership
Problem-solving
Timeline
Site Manager
OneWest Mfg Partners
01.2024 - CurrentRead More
Operations Manager
Forged Components
01.2018 - 01.2024Read More
Cost Estimator & Project Coordinator
Forged Components
07.2012 - 01.2018Read More
Forge Shop Specialist & Tooling Lead
Forged Components
07.2007 - 07.2012Read More
Navasota High School
High School Diploma
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