Food and Beverage Manufacturer

Established a unified multi-site modernization charter aligning capacity, reliability, controls standardization, compliance, and cost-improvement objectives across the portfolio; Consulted: Finance, Plant Leadership, Engineering; Informed: Site Stakeholders

Developed AFE packages and capital gate submissions supported by defined scope, vendor quotations, budget models, execution sequencing, and business-case justification for each major workstream; Consulted: Executive Sponsor, Operations; Informed: Site Stakeholders

Applied repeatable engineering and controls patterns across sites, including instrumentation, utility coordination, automation architecture, and OT design standards, to improve consistency and scalability; Consulted: Operations, OEMs; Informed: Executive Sponsor

Coordinated coordinated sequencing, outage planning, construction windows, and production cutovers to reduce operational disruption and manage dependencies across concurrent capital initiatives; Consulted: Operations, Contractors; Informed: Executive Sponsor, Finance

Executed structured commissioning and turnover activities, including startup testing, loop checks, operator readiness, punch-list closure, and handoff of validated systems to site operations; Consulted: IT/OT, OEMs, QA; Informed: Executive Sponsor, Finance

Tracked benefit realization through throughput, labor, utility, waste, freight, reliability, and compliance metrics, with project-level outcomes rolled into workstream-level reporting; Consulted: Operations; Informed: Site Stakeholders

Maintained a live workstream risk register covering schedule, construction, utility, automation, supplier, compliance, and operational continuity risks, with mitigation actions assigned and tracked through execution; Consulted: Engineering, Operations; Informed: Executive Sponsor, Finance

Secured executive alignment on workstream purpose, strategic drivers, scope boundaries, expected benefits, and governance structure prior to advancing major capital planning activities; Consulted: Finance; Informed: Plant Leadership

Obtained staged capital approval through AFE submissions supported by scope definition, cost estimates, vendor validation, ROI analysis, and site-specific execution assumptions; Consulted: Engineering; Informed: Plant Leadership

Standardized technical design approaches for controls, measurement systems, utility interfaces, and network infrastructure to reduce engineering variation and improve repeatability across sites; Consulted: IT/OT; Informed: Operations

Established a phased capital roadmap prioritizing safety, compliance, capacity, reliability, and cost-reduction initiatives based on business need, interdependencies, outage windows, and resource constraints; Consulted: Finance; Informed: Executive

Validated realized benefits against baseline conditions using production data, utility trends, maintenance history, cost records, and post-startup operational performance reviews; Consulted: Finance; Informed: Executive

Provided portfolio-level oversight of technical, operational, commercial, and schedule risks, ensuring mitigation plans were incorporated into project planning, funding, and execution decisions; Consulted: Plant Leadership; Informed: Executive

Completed formal turnover from project execution to operations through performance verification, operator training, documentation handoff, acceptance testing, and closure of outstanding startup items; Consulted: Capital Project Engineer | Functional Leadership; Informed: Operations

Managed vendor and stakeholder engagement to support cross-functional alignment, technical coordination, contractor execution, and sustained relationship management across sites and workstreams; Consulted: Operations, OEMs, Contractors, IT/OT; Informed: Executive Sponsor, Finance, Site Stakeholders

Planned and managed installation phases, contractor mobilization, and cross-trade coordination across live plant environments; Consulted: Operations, Safety, Engineering; Informed: Executive Sponsor, Finance

Oversaw field inspections, loop checks, verification protocols, commissioning activities, and closeout evidence for quality and readiness; Consulted: IT/OT, OEMs, Operations; Informed: Executive Sponsor, Finance

Created detailed CapEx budgets with itemized scopes, vendor quote validations, and ROI modeling to support approval decisions; Consulted: Executive Sponsor, Operations; Informed: Site Stakeholders

Executed formal turnover packages, including as-built drawings, O&M manuals, training materials, and documentation handoff; Consulted: Operations, QA, IT/OT; Informed: Executive Sponsor, Finance

Managed project cost tracking, forecasting, and variance reporting through planning, execution, and closeout; Consulted: Engineering, Operations; Informed: Executive Sponsor