Extrusion Consultant Dan Wimberly
Extrusion Manager & Plant Turnaround Specialist Dan Wimberly
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Results-driven and dedicated manager with 20+ years of wide-ranging experience planning and leading operations involving large plastics manufacturing environments. Track record devising, evaluating, and implementing continuous process improvements to minimize waste and reduce costs while maximizing quality and yield. Established effective quality control and safety programs, encouraging proactive participation across the manufacturing floor. Excellent communicator with success building cohesive teams focused on production goals, safety, and throughput. Interested in long-term appointments or extended projects. Available for full-time positions.
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- Plant Turnaround Specialist
- Strategic Operations Management
- Quality Assurance
- Process Analysis
- Process Improvement
- Financial Management
- Strategic Planning
- Project Coordination
- Facility Management
- Team Building & Leadership
- Resource Allocations
- Policy & Procedure Development
Experience
Georg Fischer Central Plastics, Dallas, TX
2019 - Present
Plant Manager
Eye Glass Lens Direct
2017 - 2019
Owner
2007 - 2017
Plant Manager
JM Manufacturing Co., Batchelor, LA
1996 - 2007
Plant Manager
Georg Fischer Central Plastics, Dallas, TX
2019 - Present
Plant Manager
- Directed and managed plant operations for production, maintenance, quality, and shipping and receiving.
- Coordinated plant activities through the planning with departmental managers to ensure the total manufacturing objectives are accomplished in a timely and cost-effective manner.
- Responsible for 9 HPDE Extruders producing 4.5 MLB monthly and a HDPE Fabricated Fitting shop Producing one million dollars of fittings monthly.
Eye Glass Lens Direct
2017 - 2019
Owner
- Owner on-line eyeglass business.
- Managed marketing on face book and google ad-words. Received orders, cut lenses, repaired glasses.
- Performed daily and monthly accounting and payroll duties.
2007 - 2017
Plant Manager
- Planned organized and directed optimum daily operations to exceed customer expectations. Increased production, assets capacity, and flexibility while minimizing unnecessary costs and maintaining current quality standards.
- Oversaw production output, product quality, and shipping. Managed 19 PVC pipe extruders capable of 25M pounds per month, 6 blow molding machines capable of producing 1M pounds of C909, 5 PE corrugated lines capable of producing 5M pounds per month, 9 injection molding machines producing 3000+ sewer fittings, and 3 MTI mixers producing 20M pounds per month. Allocated resources effectively and fully utilized assets to produce optimal results.
- Oversaw a fabricated PE corrugated fitting shop, blended PVC compound cable of passing MEK (methyl ethyl ketone) tests, and qualified 6” and 8” class 305 C909 pipe for the US market.
§ Led an accident-free facility for the first five years while managing 145 employees and 20 supervisors and managers.
§ Improved the 5S System for Wharton, and designed NTPEP (National Transportation Product Evaluation Program) certification and testing to qualify the new plant.
JM Manufacturing Co., Batchelor, LA
1996 - 2007
Plant Manager
- Directed and managed plant operations for production, maintenance, quality, and shipping and receiving.
- Coordinated plant activities through the planning with departmental managers to ensure the total manufacturing objectives are accomplished in a timely and cost-effective manner.
- Managed 16 extruder lines capable of 11M pounds per month, blended 8M pounds of compound using Henschel 1500-liter mixer, and oversaw OSHA, environmental, and air quality audits.
- Developed and controlled profits, plans, and budgets.
- Implemented cost effective systems of control over capital, operating expenditures, manpower, wages, and salaries.
§ Directed 80 employees and 7 supervisors and managers and implemented the initial 5S program.
§ Reduced OSHA recordable injuries from 10/year to 0/year for two years.
§ Served a key role in the plant certification by writing, implementing, and passing the original ISO 9000 program and completing the audit.
