Jasper Engines announces changes to production leadership, maintenance staff

Jasper Engines & Transmissions announced changes in the production leadership team and maintenance staff.

Matt Bland has been named Gas Division Manager at the company’s Wernsing Road facility in Jasper.

Matt started his career with JASPER on August 9th, 2010 in the inside sales department. In 2012, Matt began participating in Jasper Production System (JPS) workshops. He later became a workshop leader and has continued to be a lead instructor for JPS Team Leader Training. Since 2013, Matt has held Team Leader and Group Leader roles within the JASPER Gas Engine Division. He is also fluent in Spanish.

Bland succeeds Randy Bauer, who was named Corporate Maintenance Director.

Bauer started with JASPER on July 8th, 1991, in customer service and eventually became the department manager. In 2003, Randy moved into the Gas Engine Division Manager role at the Crawford County remanufacturing facility. He returned to Wernsing Road and was named the Gas Engine Division Manager in August 2006. Randy will work with the maintenance teams in all of JASPER’s remanufacturing facilities.

“We thank Matt and Randy for their willingness to continue growing with JASPER,” said Matt Weinzapfel, JASPER vice president of Engine Manufacturing.  “We appreciate their commitment to improving our operations and increasing value for our owner associates.”