John R. Orr Jr.
7 Cotton Circle
Bedford, New Hampshire 03110
Email: jjorr@mediaone.net
603-472-2362

SUMMARY OF QUALIFICATIONS

Continuous work history in heavy industry including mills producing linerboar, newsprint, and publication grade paper

Considerable experience in plant and project engineering management involving maintenance, construction, production facilities at both mill and corporate levels

TECHNICAL KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS

• Review and approve flow sheets/P&ID
• Review and approve customer drawing/vendor drawing
• Manage plant engineering and maintenance departments
• Organize plant capital and maintenance budgets
• Estimate cost for capital and maintenance projects
• Submit authorization request for various capital and maintenance projects
• Coordinate consultant work on projects
• Review and approve consultant estimates
• Write and review specifications
• Review and select vendor equipment – boilers, auxiliaries, heavy paper production machinery, buildings for production equipment, offices, and warehouses
• Manage project costs and schedules

EDUCATION - BSME, Clemson University

WORK HISTORY

BELOIT CORPORATION, 1997-1999

Project Manager, Beloit Pulping, Nashua, New Hampshire, 2 years

• Managed orders for manufacture of capital pulp mill equipment in stock preparation, stock approach and water systems.
• Projects included:

1. Washers for pulp mill in South America
2. Pulpers, screens, refiners, and water clarifier for tissue production in England and China
3. Pulpers, agitators and screens for newsprint production in the United States

TENNECO PACKAGING, 1993-1997

Project Manager and Engineering Services, 1 year

Managed box and printing plant expansions

Project Manager, Corporate Project Engineering, Illinois, 1 year

Box plant expansion

• Design construct cost $5.4 million
• 165,000 square feet of new space including offices, manufacturing area, finished goods storage and shipping docks
• Coordinated construction with General Contractor, Plant Management and various subcontractors
• Engineering and project management assistance provided to relocate printing and box production machinery
• Developed work scope and contracts for auxiliary equipment such as blower and conveyor systems.

Manager Project Engineering, Counce, Tennessee, 3 years

Mill level department head, developed and managed major projects

• Paper machine rebuild including preliminary engineering and project scope
• Worked with engineering consultants to complete cost estimates
• Prepared capital authorization request for approval
• Construction coordinator for approved $73.0 million project
• Managed projects to install a 300 ton pulp storage tank and addition of batch digester vessel with approximately $5.0 million capital value

STONE CONTAINER CORPORATION, 1974-1993

Corporate Engineering Services, Corporate Engineering Office, Atlanta Georgia, 10 years

Major projects included:

• Paper machine rebuild and process changes to use recycled fiber, $110 million
• Preliminary engineering for recovery boiler and generator
• Boiler project including multi-fuel high pressure boiler and turbine generator, $100 million

Other work included such things as preliminary site study for new mill and assistance to operating plants in capital project implementation.

Stone Container, Florence, South Carolina

• Manager, Special Projects, 2 years
• Project manager for addition of new 400 TPD linerboard paper machine. Cost $58.0 million.

• Manager, Engineering & Maintenance, 3 years
• Operating department head responsible for both maintenance and engineering requirements. Department personnel included both hourly and salaried employees.

• Assistant to Manager of operations, 1 year
• Provided technical assistance to both paper production and power plant operations. Functioned as mill energy coordinator.

• Engineering Supervisor, 3 years
• Supervised mill engineering staff. Organized staff of four to five engineers to support start up and operation of new machinery for linerboard production including auxiliary power plant equipment. Provided cost estimates and managed mill capital budget.

PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS AND QUALIFICATIONS

Professional Engineer, South Carolina
Technical Association of Pulp & Paper Industry, Member since 1978