David Oswald

Experience

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  Sanofi-aventis

  Apr 1986 - Dec 2016

  Roles and Responsibilities: Manager responsible for managing the business of the Maintenance and Utility systems for the Kansas City Production Facility. Provide customer service support for pharmaceutical manufacturing, packaging, and laboratory operations during a 5 day 3 shift operation while also providing utilities support on a 7 day 24 hour operation. This was accomplished with a staff of 4 supervisors, 3 engineers, 7 support staff and 31 craftsmen. This position is also responsible for managing contract employees that support operation and maintenance including cafeteria, mailroom, copy centers, and the grounds. This position is responsible for managing capital and expense budgets, $10M per year, required to maintain a cost efficient and regulatory compliant operation. Show less Quality Representative responsible for the site Critical Utility Systems (USP water, process compressed air, plant nitrogen, steam, HVAC, and dust collection) validation, change control, and site expert for Regulatory Agency audits. Review and approve instrument calibration and equipment preventive maintenance documents. Quality Representative on the design, construction, implementation, and validation teams for Facility and Utility capital projects. Quality Representative for the Building Management System validation and operation. Show less As Project Manager, provided leadership and direction for the design, construction, commissioning, and validation of capital projects at the Kansas City site location. Responsibilities included communication with clients in R&D and Manufacturing for project scope development and design. Coordinated architectural and engineering design efforts to bring projects to the construction phase. Provided construction administration services through the construction phase and provided validation and commissioning support to the client prior to project closure.Key Achievements: Provided leadership and direction for the design and implementation of the multi phased Production Facility HVAC upgrade. ($8.2 million) Provided leadership, technical direction, design, and problem solving to Engineering, Maintenance and Manufacturing employees as well as contract engineering firms on the USP Purified Water system.Provided technical direction and problem solving to Engineering, Maintenance andManufacturing employees on the GMP facility and utility qualifications for HVAC, USP Water, manufacturing rooms, process compressed air, plant N2, steam, and dust collection. Show less

  • Manager of Technical Operations

    Nov 2008 - Dec 2016

  • Quality Assurance, Quality Specialist

    Jan 2000 - Nov 2008

  • Facilities Engineering, Project Manger

    Jan 1993 - Jan 2000

  • Maintenance Engineer

    Jan 1989 - Dec 1992

  • Maintenance Supervisor

    Apr 1986 - Dec 1988
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  Hallmark Cards

  Feb 2018 - now

  Manager Building Engineering, Heating and Air