2011 Leader Under 40: Anthony Roach, 31
Engineering and Maintenance Manager, FONA International
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Anthony Roach, 31 
Engineering and Maintenance Manager, FONA International
Years at FONA International: 0.5
Supervisor: Eric L. Jogun
Education: BS Chemical Engineering, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology
Anthony’s contributions: “Anthony has worked with and for me for over three years. In that time, he has excelled as a project engineer, a department manager, and as an engineering and maintenance manager in several food manufacturing companies. Anthony has superior technical skills as a chemical engineer coupled with the ability to get work done through people. He was integral in introducing total productive maintenance concepts to his department that resulted in a 5% reduction in downtime. Currently, Anthony is part of a company leadership team that is charged with understanding and building organizational capabilities as the company grows and expands.”
Why a career in manufacturing? “At the age of 11, I decided to become a chemical engineer. While researching careers for a school project, I read an article on chemical engineering and I knew that I wanted to make products that everyone would use. I began researching engineering and manufacturing processes, and I also job-shadowed at a local production facility. After I started in manufacturing I became interested in operations management and discovered that with others I could accomplish more than I could when on my own. Twenty years after I chose my career, I am still challenged to learn more.”
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2012 Salary Survey
In a year when manufacturing continued to lead the economic rebound, it makes sense that plant manager bonuses rebounded. Plant Engineering’s annual Salary Survey shows both wages and bonuses rose in 2012 after a retreat the year before.
Average salary across all job titles for plant floor management rose 3.5% to $95,446, and bonus compensation jumped to $15,162, a 4.2% increase from the 2010 level and double the 2011 total, which showed a sharp drop in bonus.