Technical and Engineering Consulting Services for the Food Manufacturing Industry

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Technical and Engineering Consulting Services for the Food Manufacturing Industry


Examples of Our Project Work

IQF vegetable BLENDING SYSTEM INSTALLATION

  • Supported installation of new IQF vegetable component blending system - declumping and blending multiple components in IBC totes

  • Development of commissioning protocol, including schedule, resource plan, and task list for all project areas

  • Start-up coordination and commissioning on-site technical support

  • Construction and contractor management for final installation and all punch list activities


INGREDIENT SILO CIP IMPROVEMENT

  • Completed CIP system recipe overview and made improvements for cleaning efficiency / efficacy on existing ingredient silos

  • Led installation and commissioning of new spray jet devices for 12,000 gal ingredient silos


PIGGING SYSTEM & PROCESS HYGIENIC UPGRADE

  • Procurement of all new equipment and vendors for installation of new pigging system for ingredient supply system

  • Completed re-design of system and prepared turn-key installation

  • Contractor and construction management for project

  • Leadership of start-up and commissioning of new equipment


NEW PIZZA LINE INSTALLATION & FACTORY EXPANSION

  • Supported the development of commissioning schedule and resource plan for all project areas for new pizza manufacturing facility expansion

  • Commissioning and engineering qualification lead for sauce processing systems

  • Facility start-up coordination and commissioning technical support – Bakery, CIP systems, Sauce processing


PIE SLICING LINE INSTALLATION & FACTORY EXPANSION

  • Start-up coordination and commissioning lead for new equipment install for new frozen pie slicing line and facility expansion

  • Responsible for developing detailed project commissioning and qualification schedule and resource plan for the project with coordination across all work streams


SAUCE FACTORY CIP SYSTEM OPTIMIZATION

  • Provided system design and programming audit to identify opportunities for improvement on existing low-acid sauce processing CIP systems

  • Controls and system optimization to improve efficiency and efficacy

  • Completed CIP validation study to validate system changes implemented


WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT UPGRADE

  • Project management for upgrade of existing waste water treatment system for large dessert manufacturing facility

  • Project and budget management at $460K

  • Engineering design lead

  • Construction management lead for project

  • Leadership of start-up and commissioning of new equipment and system


bakery FLOORING AND FOOD SAFETY UPGRADE PROJECT

  • Project management for new epoxy flooring installation in bakery

  • Project & budget management at $454K

  • Contractor and construction management for project


bakery ROOF REPLACEMENT

  • Project & budget management of infrastructure upgrades at $474K

  • Contractor and construction management for project


PRODUCT RECOVERY PIGGING SYSTEM UPGRADE

  • Procurement of all new equipment and vendors for installation

  • Completed re-design of system and prepared turn-key installation

  • Contractor and construction management for project

  • Start-up and commissioning of new equipment


CIP System Audit and Design Review / Focused improvement

  • Completed CIP system recipe overview and made improvements for cleaning efficiency / efficacy

  • Completed CIP and Process Piping field review and as-built P&IDs

  • Completed Hygienic design audit and summary report

  • Provided design and quotation for turnkey installation of new CIP system


Spirits 50ml bottling line efficiency improvements

  • Shrink bundler speed and efficiency focused improvements - increased speed of machine by 20%, reduced breakdowns by 50%

  • Case packer speed and efficiency focused improvements

  • Check-weigher and reject system efficiency focused improvement lead


Wastewater Treatment Plant Installation

  • Installation of new waste water treatment system in existing building and interim temporary system during construction

  • Project & budget management at $2.45 MM

  • Design lead and management of design engineering firm

  • Management of installation and construction / contractors

  • Leadership of start-up and commissioning of new equipment and system


Dry Pasta - Packaging Line Install & Focused improvement

  • Led upgrade of legacy dry pasta pouch packaging lines to increase speed and efficiency for new product lines

  • Start-up coordination and contractor management


ingredient Silo Load Cell Addition

  • Project budget and management of installation of load cells on existing 10,000 gal ingredient silos - $500K in capital, $500K in savings annually

  • Start-up and commissioning of new equipment


Ammonia PSM & Mechanical Upgrade Project   

  • Piping and system upgrade for large scale baking facility

  • Project and contractor management - $635K in capital

  • Start-up and commissioning of new equipment


Sauce Factory Line - Yield Loss Improvement

  • Pasta sauce line /  batch kitchen yield loss analysis - identification of batch yield losses to reduce material losses and improve line efficiency

  • Process equipment maintenance & functionality audit