Sebastien Cournoyer

About Sebastien Cournoyer

I started my career in maintenance and reliability as a Naval Electronics Technician in the Canadian Armed Forces in 1994. I am a seasoned professional with 30 years of progressive successful accomplishments in Asset / Work Management, Operations, Maintenance and Reliability best practices and technical/digital integration of various complex business processes.• Certified Maintenance and Reliability Professional (CMRP)• Certified Lean Six Sigma Black Belt• Graduated with Honors Summa Cum Laude with BBA in Management• Graduated with Master of Science in Engineering Technology at Purdue University• Currently enrolled in dual MSc in Operations Management and MBA at Kettering UniversityRecognized industry subject matter expert and leader in Asset Management across manufacturing, industrial, power generation and distribution environments. Numerous presentations around various industries in asset criticality, risk management and digital integration of manual processes using various technology to support complex data and process issues.Successfully led various cross-functional team spanning multiple locations in corporate driven effort such as:• Operational ExcellenceAsset Management Foundational Capability program development and implementation• Maintenance Planning, Scheduling and Coordination• Operations and Maintenance Digital Transformation• Warehouse and Material Management Improvement Project• Safety Hazard Recognition process• Asset Risk / Criticality assessment and evaluation • Implementation across multiple locationsI am married to Katie and together we are the proud parents of Gabrielle, Julianne and Claire. I am also co-founder of the Algonac Robotics club competing with the FIRST organization since 2015.

Experience

1. Plant Director

   Cargill

   Jan 2022 — Present · St Clair, MI, US

   Direct report to the Regional Operations Lead. Lead the site leadership team, to lead and oversee the overall operations of a large evaporations salt manufacturing facility. • Lead site leadership in planning and scheduling $15M site capital excellence plan.• Oversee the plant annual $55M budget to plan.• Oversee the plant unionized, salaried and contracted workforce (300+ employees) to meet production goals and objectives.• Responsible for the overall employee’s safety and wellbeing while working in a large industrial plant.• Oversee and direct the plant multilevel management team of 50+ salaried employees.

Education

• St. Clair County Community College

  Associate of Applied Arts and Science, Management

  2005 — 2007

• DTE Lean Six Sigma Black Belt Certification Program

  Certificate, Lean Six Sigma Black Belt

  2007 — 2007

• Kettering University

  Master of Science / MBA, Operations Management / MBA

• Purdue University - Office of the Vice Provost for Graduate Students and Postdoctoral Scholars

  Master's of Science, Engineering Technology

  2019 — 2021

• Northwood University

  Bachelor, BBA - Management

  2008 — 2009

• Canadian Forces Naval Engineering School (CFNES)

  Technical, Electronics

  1994 — 1995

Skills

• Data Mining
• Crystal Reports
• Maximo
• Predictive Maintenance
• Work Management
• Continuous Improvement
• Root Cause Analysis
• Process Improvement
• Six Sigma
• Power Generation
• Energy
• Maintenance Management
• Power Plants
• Engineering
• Lean Manufacturing
• Change Management
• Ibm Connection
• Social Media
• Plant Maintenance
• Process Engineering
• Program Management
• Process Integration
• Planned Preventative Maintenance
• Project Planning
• Integration
• Power Systems
• Leadership
• Nuclear
• Boilers
• Factory
• Reliability
• Nerc
• Steam
• Smart Grid
• Nuclear Engineering
• Natural Gas
• Turbines
• Electric Power
• Steam Turbines
• Reactor