Summary
Overview
Work History
Education
Skills
Community Service Professional Affiliations
Certification
Interests
Timeline
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Patrick Nolles

Clifton Park

Summary

Experienced with driving operational efficiency and process optimization. Utilizes effective team leadership and strategic planning to enhance productivity. Track record of implementing innovative solutions and fostering collaborative team work within the structure of collective bargaining environments.

Overview

17
17
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Operations Leader

Momentive Performance Materials
12.2022 - Current
  • Manages plant utilities systems and staffing across Boiler House and Wastewater treatment facilities.
  • Manages Resins manufacturing staff and physical assets, maintaining product quality specifications for Dept. Of Defense, aerospace industry, and internal customers.
  • Drives training and professional development of direct reports.
  • Identifies inefficiencies and implements process improvements.
  • Serves as Assistant Chief on Industrial Brigade during plant emergency alarms and local or county requests for mutual aid.

Process Control Supervisor

Lafarge Holcim
12.2018 - 12.2022
  • Supervised, coordinated, and monitored production staff, and assets; prioritized and coordinated interdepartmental planning to achieve maintenance, reliability, and production KPI’s.
  • Analyzed real time operational data, reconfiguring physical assets to meet necessity of equipment functionality and reliability.
  • Developed and published SOP’s for the commissioning of equipment upgrades.
  • Recommended workforce needs to drive staffing optimization, training, and development, managed conflict resolution.

Terminal Trainmaster

CSX Transportation
11.2011 - 12.2018
  • Managed employees in a safety, and time sensitive environment.
  • Mentored craft employees to foster team building, personal accountability, and encourage professional development within the parameters of a collective bargaining environment.
  • Developed relationships with ancillary leadership to allow for direct communications and cohesive problem solving between departments.
  • Conducted local and regional operational plan development and implementation; evolved practices to exceed financial and operational measurement targets.
  • Organized operational testing to ensure rules and federal regulatory compliance.

Yardmaster

CSX Transportation
03.2008 - 11.2011
  • Asset allocation, and front-line supervision of rail yard employees including all train crews, remote control and conventional yard crews, and clerical/support staff during daily operations.
  • Facilitated the movement of individual freight cars while ensuring proper train placement to meet FRA regulations, adherent to committed scheduling to meet contractual customer agreements.
  • Ensured generation of proper train documentation in accordance with federal regulations for crews departing origination terminal.

Education

Business Management -

Northeastern University
Boston, Massachusetts

United States Army Military Police School
Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri

Skills

  • Collaboration and teamwork
  • Operational excellence
  • Safety management
  • Innovation and creativity
  • Logistics management
  • Cost reduction
  • Cross-functional coordination
  • Operations management
  • Safety oversight
  • Performance monitoring
  • Employee development

Community Service Professional Affiliations

  • Public Speaker, On the topic of 9/11
  • Firefighter, Vischer Ferry Volunteer Fire Company
  • Veteran Military Police Officer, (NY) Army National Guard
  • Volunteer, Headcount (voter registration)
  • Volunteer, City Year, Worchester, Massachusetts
  • Volunteer, Wildwood Programs, Schenectady, New York

Certification

  • Pro Board Certified Firefighter 1
  • Pro Board Certified Firefighter 2
  • Pro Board Certified Operations Level HazMat Responder
  • Pro Board Certified HazMat/WMD Professional Technician

Interests

  • Volunteering for community initiatives to give back to local communities and make a positive impact
  • I like working with my hands to create/build
  • Music
  • Avid Reader
  • I participate in a variety of outdoor recreational activities
  • Passionate about balancing physical health with mental and emotional wellness
  • DIY and Home Improvement
  • Personal Development and Self-Improvement

Timeline

Operations Leader

Momentive Performance Materials
12.2022 - Current

Process Control Supervisor

Lafarge Holcim
12.2018 - 12.2022

Terminal Trainmaster

CSX Transportation
11.2011 - 12.2018

Yardmaster

CSX Transportation
03.2008 - 11.2011

Business Management -

Northeastern University

United States Army Military Police School