Patrick Best

Experience

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  US Army Transportation Corps US Army Reserves

  Dec 1981 - Sept 2007

  Senior Instructior / Writer - State Manager

  Course Manager Michigan / Minnesota, Senior Instructor / Senior Writer US Army Transportation Corps Rank : Master Sergeant /E8 MOS 88Z Retired Sept 2007STATE MANAGER Michigan/Minnesota duties are to ensure that all the needs of the students and the staff are met to conduct training in accordance with all Army standards. (Unit trained 700+ soldiers in critical skill MOS, in fiscal year 2005 across 8 states) coordinate all state activities with headquarters (Region E).SENIOR INSTRUCTOR/WRITER, SITE MANAGER Ensure site is prepared to conduct training, instructors are prepared, write training schedules, look out for the well being of the students, instructors and all equipment, maintain records for class, pay and site.MILITARY TRAINING: TAITC – Total Army instructor training course (Instructor school qualified to teach all courses listed), SGI – Small group instruction, 88M10 Phase 1&2 (motor transport operator), 88M30 BNCOC – Basic Non-commissioned Officers Course, 88m40 ANCOC – Advanced Non-commissioned Officers Course, 88H10 Material Handler Specialist course, NBC (Nuclear Biological Chemical) Defense course, PLS – Palatalized loading System. Show less

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  Bosch Diesel Technologies

  Jan 1994 - Jan 2001

  Continuous Improvement Facilitator / Supervisor

  Implemented shop’s first team-based training and job training / rotating program. Resulting in zero line down time for “no operator” at any key operations for over 6 months.CIP Facilitator (Continuous Improvement Process) conducted many shop floor activities and processes, (Design Of Experiment / Machine qualification, Poke-Yoke, MFA’s, Cell design, Facilitator training, and 5S workshops). Acted as 5S “guru” created and implementing a plant wide cleanliness standard and tracking system.Emergency Response Team / Emergency first responder HAZWOPER –Chemical First Responder / Chemical spill cleanup. Show less

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  Electrolux Home Products

  Jan 2001 - Jan 2005

  Lean Manufacturing Engineer / Ergonomic Specialist / OSHA Trainer / Safety Engineer

  Created, conducted, and followed-up on shop floor continuous improvement workshops: including Pok-y-oke, Cellular design, Team work, DOE, Facilitator training and 5SConducted over 340 worksite ergonomic risk analysis. Created ergonomic risk assessment form and tracking system being utilized company wide.Created plant wide safety audit form and tracking system adopted corporate wide. Managed the STOP (Safety Training Observation Program) OSHA Trainer developed the training material and coached trainers on Powered Industrial Truck, Confined Space Entry, and LOTO general knowledge and LOTO machine specific Show less

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  Goldleaf Plastics

  Jan 2008 - Jan 2012

  Quality Safety Compliance Manager

  Wrote policies and procedures to maintain ISO Certification ISO9001-2008Created safety training tailored to this facility to meet MNOSHA StandardsImplemented AWAIR safety programDeveloped / implemented new LOTO programPut together recycling program which reduced facility ecological footprint by 65%Managed outbound packaging and received UPS certification on all bakery units (25 different acrylic units) at a reduced packaging costCreated facility emergency evacuation planDec 16 2011 reached 500 days with out a lost time injury Show less

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  USDP

  Feb 2012 - Sept 2016

  Quality Safety Manager

  I am currently the Quality/Safety Manager• USDP’s first safety manager in which consolidated all of the safety functions of the facility. (Ergonomics, PPE, LOTO, JSA/JHA, SFMEA, Evacuation Planning, First Responder program, and MNOSHA required training)Reduced seriousness of injuries by 55% first year.Implemented C/I core team structure (8D, SMED, 5S, SPC, VFM, SWI, and PSM).Managed 8D, 5S, SPC, and PSM core teamsTransformed safety committee into safety action teamPiloted first Green Belt Six Sigma program (12 green belts certified)Managed and budgeted for quality, safety and environmental needs Show less

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  Fluid Routing Solution

  Feb 2017 - now

  Process Manufacturing Engineer
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  Haworth

  Aug 2017 - now

  Continuous Improvement Champion II