Marnyka's Resume

Kellogg Cereal Plant         Omaha, NE

          Continuous Improvement Engineer                                                               

Daily collaboration with the management team to increase the availability for packing lines by teaching  hourly team members the 5-Why process 
 

Project Manager and lead trainer for a Downtime Tracking System/Business Warehouse.     

Work includes the following:

• Setting up new meeting formats for Upper management, Supervisors, and Hourly Team Members. 
• Providing ideas and potential “low hanging fruit” analysis to Business Unit Managers to assist with driving change on the production floor. 
• Developed a system to drive accountability down to the production floor through simple data charts that help each level within the organization to claim more of their employee ownership in their job. 
• Continuously talking to hourly team members about their “pain points” within in their job and relating them to the production and financial reports to come up with solutions to increase ease at work as well as production.

 Packaging Engineer                                                                  

Determined package specifications and delivery timelines with vendors

Coordinated training of newly installed equipment and software with the packing floor hourly team members and supervisors

Coordinated mini-teams to assist the production floor with resolving various downtime issues

Used SAP to track costs and parts used daily to maintain  the Maintenance department budget   

 

                                                                                                                                                                       

Ernest & Julio Gallo Winery                                                              Modesto, CA

Plant Engineer/Maintenance Manager/Environmental Coordinator                                  

Back-up for the Plant Manager

Manages team leaders who direct and coordinate the maintenance mechanics for both inside and outside the facility that engage in repair, maintenance, and installation of machines, tools, and equipment.

 Source, direct, and coordinate all outsourced engineering/mechanical/facility services to include the plan for new equipment installations, evaluate equipment problems, and maintenance requirements

Manage capital and the maintenance budget in order to achieve the targeted objectives

Support the procurement and disposition of all Capital Assets for the Brandy Plant.

Responsible for ensuring the Brandy Plant is in compliance with California environmental regulations

Implementing the Environmental Management System (ISO 14001 program)

Prepare the various reports such as the RMP, PSM, wastewater and storm water annual reports and permit applications

Project Engineer    

Prepared and implemented plans and design concepts for process improvement opportunities in the production facilities for both the winery and the Brandy Plant

Ensured control and effective utilization of project funds  

                               

Research Planning, Inc., Reliability/Logistics Engineer                Upper Marlboro, MD

                                                   

Performed and documented reliability and engineering analyses in support of the Submarine Rescue,
Diving and Recompression System (SRDRS) program.  Analysis included development of reliability and maintainability block diagrams for over 4500 components within the elements, systems and subsystems for risk assessment.  These systems and elements include Electrical, Command & Control, Submarine Decompression Chambers, Deck Transfer Locks, Oxygen Storage and Regulation, Life Support, Deck Interconnects, and Low Pressure air systems.  RAPTOR software was used to perform the reliability analysis.

 Prepared a spares analysis of the system; performed the failure modes effects and criticality analysis (FMECA); initially assigned and updated failure rates and modes in the Hazard Analysis Report (HAR). 

Prepared numerous documents for the system such as the purchase specification for the Deck Interconnect element, Reliability Maintainability Program Plan, and System Safety Program Plan for the SRDRS system. 

 Analyzed, updated, and completed the (FMECA) for the Standard Navy Double Lock (SNDL) Recompression Chamber.  Prepared spares analysis for the system.

Researched, developed and assembled technical descriptions, test procedures, calibration procedures, master checklist, and tools and test equipment for the SRDRS Interactive Electronic Technical Manual (IETM)

United Parcel Service, Facilities Engineer                                              Landover, MD

Responsible for the maintenance/upkeep of five UPS facilities in Maryland which includes writing bid proposals and contracts for outside contractors

Supervised maintenance mechanics and housekeeping employees for all buildings

Kept all facilities in safety and environmental compliance by performing various audits throughout the year.

Modified the design of air bays to accommodate new air trailers along with the increase of parcel volume.

Reconfigured the small parcel process to decrease conveyor breakdown and damage reduction (test site)

Drafted spreadsheet, reports, and conducted analysis for short and long-range budgets for the five UPS facilities.

EDUCATION

August 2000                     Hampton University, Bachelor of Science in Chemical Engineering                               Hampton, VA

                                               

July 1992 – July 1994          United States Naval Academy                                                                                       Annapolis, MD

SKILLS

OMS(Downtime tracking system), Business Warehouse, SAP, PI, Microsoft Office, AutoCad, Value-Stream Mapping, Kaizen Lead, GMP auditor, Root Cause Failure Analysis, Fish-Bone Diagrams, Six Sigma Training