Robert Amos

Experience

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  US Army

  Jan 1986 - Jan 1992

  Junior officer- Platoon leader through Company Commander

  Served in Fulda, Germany as a regimental cavalry tank platoon leader, scout platoon leader, assistant operation officer, and cavalry troop executive officer. After the officers advanced course, I moved to Ft Stewart, GA and served as Cavalry squadron Logistics officer, and as a company commander for a provisional company.

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  Rinker Materials

  Jan 1992 - Jan 2002

  Responsible for sales, operations and profitability of architectural prestress and block businesses. During a time when prestress production increased 10 fold, developed production process, QC/QA systems, and maintained safe working environment. MAnaged $1.2 million capital project to install double T production line to support move into parking deck sales. Improved block plant productivity by 25%, making that business unit proftable. Conducted 1-2 week on-site Operational Improvement reviews of quarries, concrete block and pipe plants, prestress concrete plants and cement manufacturing plants. Assisted business units in identifying, quantifying and implementing improvment opportunities. Improvements ranged from restructuring, cost control, productivity and efficiency improvements to capital projects. Managed material handling and crushing department. Reduced cost and increased throughput of crushing plant by 30%. Later managed maintenance department of $150,000,000 cement plant. Maintained mills, kilns and packing lines at 90% availability. Superintendent of 3 different concrete block production plants producing about 3,000,000 units annually. Plant equipment varied from semiautomatic equipment with relay panels, to fully automated, PLC controlled 6 at a time plant. Used TQM process improvement to measure key performance indicators and cut downtime by 20%.

  • General Manager Ft Wayne Prestress and Block

    Jan 2001 - Jan 2002

  • Operational Improvement Team member

    Jan 1998 - Jan 2001

  • Department Manager at Miami Cement Mill

    Jan 1995 - Jan 1998

  • Block plant superintendent

    Jan 1992 - Jan 1995
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  SelectBuild

  Jan 2002 - Jan 2007

  General Manager, Selectbuild/BMHC, SE Region

  General Manager of Selectbuild (BMHC) residential shell construction business in Dade and Broward County Florida (Miami and Ft Lauderdale). P&L responsibility for $40M revenue construction business doing structural shell work for mid size and large residential builders at a pace of 3000 homes per year. Turned around region financial performance from a loss to a $2,000,000 profit in 3 years. Transitioned region from management by previous owners (Willard Brothers Constr.) to Selectbuild management. Show less

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  United Framers

  Jan 2007 - Jan 2007

  VP Operations

  VP of operations for start up drywall, framing, stucco and windows business working for residential production builders in S Fla. Responsible for managing sales effort, IT, finance and accounting, estimating, AP, AR and assisting with field operations. In one year, reduced overheads from 30% of revenue to 15% and grew revenue despite crashing housing market. Developed web site and lead generating service for window installation business to expand custom home replacement segment of market. Established job cost accounting functionality in Masterbuilder program, and developed bid analysis method and tools. Same owners/managers as Willard Brother/Select Build. Show less

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  BMHC

  Jan 2007 - Jan 2008

  Special Projects Manager

  Developed new business plans for BMHC/Selectbuild for entry into window installation business as a line extension in Florida, and for a new residential structural shell construction business in N Carolina. Selected to start and run Raleigh NC shell business. Plan was cancelled in Feb 2008, due to change in national strategic plan due to nationwide market conditions, and company financial priorities. Selectbuild construction subsidiary of BMHC was closed in Nov 2008.

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  IPS Corporation

  Jan 2009 - Jan 2011

  Physical Testing and Equipment Engineer

  Physical testing engineer responsible for ASTM testing and evaluating structural adhesive bonding of metal, Fiber Re-inforced Plastics (FRP) and other composites using 2 part methacrylate adhesives. Troubleshooting, rebuilding and fielding adhesive pumping systems.

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  Sierra Pacific Mortgage Company, Inc.

  Jan 2012 - Jan 2015

  Loan Officer

  Mortgage professional, providing competitive home financing, and sound advice to clients looking to purchase or refinance. Willing to do the work to understand your unique situation, and find the best deal, whether it is our in-house bank, or the wholesale lenders we work with.

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  Devlin Plumbing of NC, LLC

  Jan 2015 - May 2017

  Owner

  Purchased an existing plumbing remodeling subcontracting and service business. Performed a mix of remodeling and new construction plumbing, as well as residential and ocmmercial service plumbing.

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  Cemex USA

  May 2017 - Feb 2018

  Block Plant Manager

  Manager of fully automated, PLC controlled, Besser V3-12 concrete block plant producing 3 million block annually. Responsible for safety, quality control , production efficiency, maintaining inventory levels, maintenance and process improvement. Led a team of 7 operators/mechanics. Responsible for hiring, training and development of crews on 2 shifts, operating and maintaining 27 machines in a continuous production line running up to 24 hrs, 5 days a week. Fully automated operations included batching concrete, specialty block production, curing and cubing block. Maintenance operations included mechanical, hydraulic, electrical and PLC maintenance and troubleshooting. Show less

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  Besser

  May 2018 - now

  Technical Services Engineer

  Lead instructor for Besser and Alpena Community College's World Center for Concrete Technology (WCCT) Blockmakers program, the training leader in the concrete products industry. Teaches concrete mix design, machine adjustments, and electrical and electronics troubleshooting. Developed and executes Rover program, that provides consulting to customers on mix designs, maintenance, productivity, efficiency and line optimization, as well as training on machine adjustments and best practices. Focused on implementing TQM and Six Sigma/Lean principles in a practical way in the small plant environment. Assists with major equipment installations and sales, as well as global remote troubleshooting. Show less