Bruce Phillips

About Bruce Phillips

Proven Plant Operations Manager with documented success achieving key productivity, process improvement, and competitive company metrics, with documented history of providing safety, quality, and production at high levels. Ability to thrive in fast-paced, high stress environments requiring attention to detail, deadline achievement, and adaptation to shifting priorities. History of achieving efficient, cost effective operations attributed to strong industry knowledge, dynamic leadership skills, training capabilities, analysis, and managing cross functional teams. Strong business acumen, technical aptitude, and ability to prioritize and manage multiple projects simultaneously.SELECTED ACCOMPLISHMENTSLeadership: Collaborated cross-functionally, training and building cohesive teams to accomplish complex goals and key metrics. Resourceful, hands-on leadership approach, strive to establish clear goals and metrics ensuring employees understand their impact on projects and results.Efficiency: Reduced scheduled maintenance outage time for pulp mills by 18%. History of ensuring efficient utilization of materials, equipment, and labor.Productivity: Increased overall equipment effectiveness (OEE) for uranium conversion process from 88% to 94%. Success providing prompt problem resolution to ensure steady, or an increase in, plant and employee productivity.Plant Recovery: Managed the restart and recovery of nuclear fuel fabrication plant after regulatory shutdown, resulting in 98% of fuel shipments delivered on time and no power plant outages delayed.

Experience

1. General Manager

   Bilt Rite Corporation

   Apr 2023 — Present · US

Education

• University of South Carolina

  Master of Business Administration (MBA), Business Administration and Management, General

  2000 — 2003

• Clemson University

  Bachelor of Science (BS), Chemical Engineering

  1983 — 1987