Stewart Brimson Bus Tel: (519) 954 2344
263 Whitmore Drive, Bus Fax: (519) 954 2344
Waterloo Cell: (519) 574 5925
Ontario N2K 2M5
Canada. E-mail:
stewart.brimson@breacon.ca
Established Engineering
& Projects Manager
Eager to contribute to the
growth of a progressive company.
- Over 20 Years of diverse and challenging experience.
- Fifteen years
experience with major international organisations demanding broad business
perspectives (Mars-UK / Nestle Confectionary / Nestle Waters).
- Effective time
management skills.
- Strong Organisational
Skills.
- Powerful Presentation
skills.
- Advanced interpersonal
communication
- Disciplined approach to
all tasks.
- Process Engineering
& Continuous improvement.
- Product Development –
Concept through launch.
- Project Management –
Design, Installation, Commissioning, Closing – PMP Designation.
- Quality Management –
ISO 9000, HACCP.
- Computer Literate.
(Office 2003, AutoCAD, PLC (A.B), MS Projects, CMMS).
- Professional
appearance.
- Available as needed for
training, travel etc.
Work History
Contract Engineering & Projects Manager –
Client: Woodard & Curran (Portland
ME)
(For Nestle Waters North America) - (Oct
2005 - Date)
Responsibilities:
Manage
Industrial Project Installations, involving:-
·
Liaison with Engineering Design Team during Design / Layout phase.
·
Liaison with Customer – Assess Needs.
Negotiate Solutions with Engineering team.
·
Ensure contractors and manufacturers follow applicable standards (Food
Industry Hygienic Design of equipment and facilities) HACCP, GMP, ISO, Eng’
Standards for Canada.
·
Health, Safety & Environmental Review – Design, Installation &
Commissioning.
·
Responsible for all contract labour during installation, ensuring safety
regulations followed where applicable (eg. Working at
height, confined space, Hot Work, PPE).
·
Issue, Control & Update Project Schedule (MS Project) , Change
Orders, Installation Troubleshooting.
·
Start up manager responsible for commissioning of equipment. Liaison between vendors and customer
operations, maintenance & Q.A.
Contract Project Manager –
Client: Woodard & Curran (Oct 2005 - Date)
Achievements:
·
Successful Installation and Commissioning of 200 b.p.m 3Litre water
bottling line at Nestle Waters Guelph, Ontario.
Filling, Labeling, Coding, Packing and Palletising. Control of 40 Contractors
(Electrical/Mechanical/Controls & Machine Vendors).
·
Successful Installation and Commissioning of new Water Processing Skids
for 4 High Speed Water Bottling Lines at Nestle Waters, Guelph Ontario,
replacing dated technology.
·
Successful Installation and Commissioning of Water Processing Equipment
Upgrades to enable a 25% increase in water processing capability at Nestle
Waters in Guelph.
·
Successful Installation & Commissioning a 1200 b.p.m, high speed
bottling line at Nestle Waters in Guelph,
Ontario. Supervision of all contractors.
·
Successful Installation & Commissioning of water processing
equipment for Nestle Waters Dallas, TX, for a production capacity of 7 lines
running spring water, R.O water & other mineral waters. (8 Carbon
Towers, 5 R.O units, 3 *
158 port Flow Panels, 1 CIP skid, 7 Water Storage Silos, 3 Mineral Injection
systems & flavoured water system).
Contract Project Manager - Client: Nestle Canada
(Toronto) (June
2002 – Oct 2005)
Responsibilities:
Manage
Industrial Projects from conception to completion, involving:-
- Problem Identification
- Analysis of potential
solutions
- Design (if applicable) abiding
to applicable standards (Food Industry Hygienic Design of equipment and
facilities) HACCP, GMP, ISO, Eng’ Standards
- Health, Safety &
Environmental Reviews at each stage of Project – Design, Installation,
Commissioning & Handover.
- Budgetary Control of
Projects
- Responsible for all
contract labour during installation, ensuring safety regulations followed
where applicable (eg. Working at height,
confined space, Hot Work, PPE)
- Project Planning &
Co-ordination of all project activity – Microsoft Project 2000
Achievements
·
Investigated and Implemented Solution to Seal
Failure in High Temperature Cooker.
·
Researched, trialed and successfully
installed and commissioned replacement date coders to newer laser technology
across multiple high speed packaging lines.
·
Investigated and implemented Solution to Pump
Seal Failure for water cooled positive displacement pumps.
·
Designed, built and implemented a dedicated
mixer for new flavour addition.
·
Designed, built and successfully implemented
a dedicated gluing machine for gluing side flaps on special packages.
·
Managed Refiner Upgrades for Customer –
Working with Refiner Manufacturer, Increase in capacity for first & second
stage chocolate refining capabilities.
·
Designed & Installed new warehouse
packaging line, incorporating Automatic Taping machines to replace older gluing
technology.
·
Installed sanitary magnets into raw material
feed lines in automated processing lines for Q.A.
Senior Project Manager Katlyn International Waterloo, ON (Nov
2000 – June 2002)
Responsibilities:
- Worldwide Installation & Commissioning of automated Air Cargo
Handling Equipment.
- Set up & Manage
Technical Services Division of Katlyn
International.
- Manage project
engineers and all maintenance staff on site, including Control Engineers.
- Set Up & Manage computerized maintenance system.
Achievements
- Successful installation
& commissioning of $5m computerized automatic storage & retrieval
system (AS/RS) for Air Canada’s
ground support equipment at Pearson
Airport using
unionized labour.
- Successfully completed
commissioning of automated air cargo handling equipment for Asiana Airlines at Incheon
International airport (Korea)
– On time for opening of new airport.
- Established Technical
Services wing of Katlyn International, providing
total maintenance support for computerized cargo handling system at Air Canada’s new $11m cargo handling facility
at Pearson Airport. Now under full operation, employing 12
technical staff and 4 technologists.
- Developed &
Implemented computerized maintenance management system, including planned
maintenance, purchasing, inventory and work order system.
Corporate Engineering Manager - Piller
Sausages & Delicatessen Waterloo, ON (March 1998 - Nov 2000)
Responsibilities: (Reporting directly to
President)
- Plant & Facilities
Engineering – 4 sites across Ontario.
- Project Management
(Planning, execution, budgetary control).
- Corporate Maintenance
Management.
- Production Quality –
HACCP for CFIA.
- Safety & Ergonomics.
Achievements
- Direction &
Supervision of Civil, Mechanical
& Electrical contractors, including liaison with design
engineering team during construction of $8m warehousing facility.
- Managed $2.5m building
expansion for additional 140 tonnes drying
capacity to production plant.
- Successfully
implemented computerized maintenance management system.
- Orchestrated
maintenance department changes to enable two-shift operation in line with
plant expansion.
- Multiple Project
Management – New construction, installation of new production machinery, plus
engineering facilities (Refrigeration, compressed air, electrical &
steam generation).
- Implemented Drawing
Register & Control system.
Production & Engineering
Roles Pedigree Petfoods - (MARS -
U.K) (Nov 1988 - March 1998)
Positions Held
- Technical Leader –
Research & Development (Jan
1997 – March 1998)
- Process Improvement
Manager (Operations) (Oct
1995 – Jan 1997)
- Product Development
Technologist (R & D) (Apr
1995 – Oct 1995)
- Engineering Development
Technologist (R & D) (Aug
1994 – Apr 1995)
- Process Engineer
(Projects) (Oct
1993 – Aug 1994)
- Mechanical Project
Engineer (Projects) (Nov 1991
– Oct 1993)
- Shift Team Coordinator
(Operations) (Nov
1990 – Nov 1991)
- Mechanical
Commissioning Engineer (Projects) (Nov
1988 – Nov 1990)
Responsibilities:
– Technical Leader
- Design, Development,
Procurement & installation of new processing equipment.
- Production benchmarking
of new processes through extensive analytical trials.
- Process Specification.
- Training of technical
& operational staff.
Achievements
- Derived Process
Specification for ‘revolutionary’ can sealing process – vacuum-sealed
cans.
- Successfully designed
& implemented can rim drying machine to eradicate ‘rusty rims’.
- Previously manual -
Automated can filling & sealing line.
Responsibilities:
– Process Improvement Manager
- Canning Line Output
(24/7 Operation)
- Quality Conformance
- Efficiency Improvements
- Chair Quality Meetings
- Performance Monitoring
& Reporting
Achievements
- Increased &
sustained canning line output by 30% following ‘Pareto’ analysis on
production from raw materials to final packaging.
- Introduced new products
on to production line using freed capacity.
- Established & led
“Improvement Team’ in pursuit of above.
Responsibilities:
– Product Development Technologist
- Recipe Development
- Pilot Plant trials –
Co-ordination & implementation.
- Main factory trials –
liaison with production plant
- Supplier Interface.
Achievements
- Successfully introduced
& tested alternative raw materials to reduce product aroma.
(Marketing)
- Introduction of high
viscosity gelling agent to prevent chunk separation during filling.
(Production).
Responsibilities:
– Engineering Development Technologist
- Development of new
technologies from paper to prototype to factory trials.
- New Product Concepts (Brainstorming
/ Blue Sky)
Achievements
- Using “Science Park” improved emulsion spreading
by appliance of science – Computerized Fluid Dynamics – implemented on
main production line running @ 12 Te/Hr.
- Design / Development /
Manufacture & Testing of 6 Te/Hr chunk profile emulsion spreading
nozzle.
- Design / Development /
Manufacture & Testing of two co-extrusion nozzles (based on my ideas).
Responsibilities:
– Process Engineer
- Process Specifications.
- HAZOP – Hazardous
Operations Analysis.
- Training of Operators
with new processes.
- Lead Team through
Installation & Commissioning.
Achievements
- Introduced new process
into aged part of production facility reducing batching times. Commissioned lines with no loss of
normal production capacity.
- Trained Plant Operators.
Responsibilities:
– Mechanical Project Engineer
- Equipment
Specification, Selection & Supplier Interface.
- Control Outside Trades
during installation
- Project Planning &
Tracking.
Achievements
- Design, Installation
& Commissioning of improved fat distribution system eradicating
rancidity.
- Design, Installation
& Commissioning of sunflower oil stock rotation system.
- Installation &
Commissioning of automatic selection system for silo filling operation.
Responsibilities:
– Shift Team Coordinator
- Organisation of 20
operations & technical staff on shift.
- Raw materials &
Packaging scheduling.
- Quality Conformance on
SPC system.
- Hygiene.
- Training of Operators.
Achievements
- Training of Operators
across five shifts – introduction of new machinery.
- Training of Operators
& Technicians on action based SPC system.
- Shift Manager as
required.
Responsibilities:
– Mechanical Commissioning Engineer
- Commissioning of Powder
Handling system.
- Commissioning of
prototype product filling machine.
- Safe Working Practices (New
Machinery)
Achievements
- Successful
commissioning of dense phase powder handling system.
- Established as “Expert”
on new product filling, closing & sealing machine.
- Working with supplier -
development of new machine with increased capacity.
Works Engineer Tarmac Roadstone Birmingham U.K (Oct 1987 – Nov 1988)
Responsibilities:
- Maintenance &
Operation of stone crushing & coating plant.
- Plant Reliability
- Safety – Machinery
& Personnel
Achievements
- 40% Reduction in loose
plant downtime
- Reduced breakdowns
through application of “best practices” from sister units.
Heating & Ventilation
Engineer G.E.C Stafford
U.K (Oct 1984 – Oct 1987)
Responsibilities:
- Operation &
Maintenance of HVAC – Electronic Factory (Clean Air).
- Site Fuel Budgeting
- Recommendations &
Costs for alternative technologies.
- Responsible for two
operators.
Achievements
- Reduced fuel
consumption on dual fired boilers by $5K using new control technology.
- Introduced first
‘un-manned’ operation of boiler house.
Marine Engineering Officer (Sept 1976 – Sept 1984)
Responsibilities:
- Deep Sea Operation &
Maintenance of main propulsion engines, diesel generators, water tube
boilers and all auxiliary equipment on a 100K Te chemical tanker.
- Sole responsibility for
operation & maintenance of main air compressors and centrifugal oil
separators.
- Responsible for fire
fighting equipment & lifeboat preparedness.
Education
School – General Certificate of Education (United Kingdom) – 14 Subjects
(incl.
Math, Physics, Chemistry, English, Technical Drawing)
Technical – British Merchant Navy – 4 Year Engineering
Apprenticeship
Engineering National
Diploma – United Kingdom.
Second Engineers Ticket.
(Part A & Part B Theory)
Part ‘A’ Chief Engineers
Ticket
City & Guilds
Pneumatics.
Further Education – Bachelor of Science –
Engineering.
Languages – Basic Business German; Basic French
Training History
Project Management (PMP) Presentation
Skills
Problem Solving Effective
Meeting Skills
Influencing & Negotiating Skills Communication
Skills
Experimental Design Basic Leadership / Coaching
Skills
Statistical Process Control Safety Training
ISO 9000 Auditor Basic PLC training
Quality for the food
industry Packaging Concepts
Appraisal & Personal
Development Planning Project
Risk Analysis
Microbiology & Thermal
Processing
Financial Skills for
non-financial managers
Professional Training
Project Management Professional - PMP Designation.
Full Member PMI.
Law & Ethics for Professional Engineers (Ontario) – Passed.