Summary:

• As an experienced maintenance and engineering professional, I have executed plant start-ups for Manufacturing and R D facilities in various industries. I served as a people recruiter, who built learning cultures in union and nonunion environments. I have demonstrated theO ability to manage projects to ensure successful delivery, while establishing clear concise goals and accountability.
• Spending several years in Manufacturing Management striving for continuous improvement, I have come to realize the importance of integrity, accountability, and teamwork at all levels.
• With proven results in World Class Maintenance Reliability Concepts, I have improved quality, reduced costs, increased equipment up-time and performance, and optimized MRO inventory. I improved the efficiency of existing Operations and Maintenance Programs, labor utilization, and scheduling, using PMO techniques and creating measurable KPIs, all resulting in lowered cost of operation driven by data. By creating management routines for production/operations management in various environments, I have increased efficiencies by value streaming day to day operations.
• Formal training in Certified Energy Management has allowed me to create and manage energy management programs at corporate facilities to monitor electricity consumption of critical equipment. I am formally trained in SAP and certified in IBM Maximo Asset Management V6-V7. I also have an Advanced Maintenance and Reliability Management Certification from N.C. State University.
• I am highly motivated, believe in continuous learning, and am always accepting of new challenges. I have extensive experience with Production Management, Maintenance and Engineering Management, External Contractor Management, Utility Teams, Business Plan Preparation, Budget Preparation, Quality Systems, and Good Manufacturing Practices.

Work Experience:

Project Manager

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Preventative Maintenance training and implementation.
• Predictive Maintenance training and implementation.
• Establish Spare Parts Management routines, reports and best practices
• Root Cause analysis.
• Work Order Management using any CMMS.
• Creating Maintenanc Budgets
• Asset Management, Audits, Analysis.
• Develop OEE benchmark and strategies.
• Capital Project support and management.
• Contractor Management.

Plant Maintenance Manager III

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for maintenance and engineering budget.
• Select supervision, and development of subordinate personnel.
• Establish a comprehensive analysis for submission of the yearly departmental budget to support production, facilities, and site support.
• Maintain collaborative relationships with all other departments.
• Ensure maintenance utilization is tracked and optimized.
• Develop and track standard work for the departments, salaried staff, hourly mechanics, technicians, contractors, etc.
• Remain aware and trained on all technical advancements in areas of responsibility.
• Assist and support Mechanics with expertise of equipment, systems, etc.
• Ensure that equipment is maintained and operational up to OEM and company standards.
• Oversee and manage the Parts Expeditor with all parts acquisition activities.
• Proactively improve process functions and strive for enhanced levels of efficiency.
• Ensure service calls and machinery repairs are completed in a timely manner.
• Manage plant level capital projects in conjunction with Project Managers.
• Develop OEE benchmark for the department.
• Implement TPM in multiple phases.
• Create and track maintenance ratios and measures.
• Create and track Charters for all maintenance and engineering projects and initiatives.
• Document and track all Safety documents for compliance.
• Manage and create JHA's.
• Manage compliance records for the facilities pressure vessels, boilers, cooling towers, ammonia refrigeration systems, water treatment systems RO , etc.
• Devise and execute creative ways of planning and scheduling.
• Develop training initiatives and programs based on individual skill sets and business needs.
• Develop transparency of goals and needs among all departments to achieve USLE targets.
• Develop progression plans for key operators and mechanics.

Plant Maintenance Manager III

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for supervising the maintenance of production equipment, building, utilities, and providing technical and overall guidance to maintenance department Team Members.
• Responsible for supervising the maintenance of production equipment, buildings, and utilities including various equipment found in a 1st, 2nd, FP, and ready to eat processing facility, as well as computerized control systems of evisceration, scales, blenders, freezer, fryers, ovens and packaging systems.
• Develop all project concepts regarding production operations and management as well as working with operations management to determine process enhancement group objectives.
• Responsible for supervising the parts department to maintain an adequate supply of parts without excess inventory.
• Manage and coordinate functions of plant maintenance and new installation in order to meet production needs at the lowest possible cost.
• Oversee the purchase of equipment, materials, and supplies supervise line changeovers and new equipment installations designing changes to equipment and production lines to better meet customer demand planning plant wide safety, sanitation, ergonomic, USDA and OSHA programs serves on the Safety Committee frequent involvement in the CIR process and project management and performs other responsibilities as the need arises.
• Responsible for the management of over 50 technicians, maintenance supervisors, superintendents and maintenance planners.
• Responsible for managing the equipment and facilities in Waste Water.
• Use AutoCAD to verify facility and equipment PI D drawings.
• Fluid use of SAP for maintenance reporting, including equipment/ technician efficiencies, maintenance budget, materials, etc
• Drive maintenance 5s projects.
• Implement lean maintenance concepts.
• Tasked with maintaining Agristats in the top 25 percentile of the poultry industry. Last quarter ranked 3 out of 28 plants.
• Track the following, MTBF, MTTR, COO, all unplanned work.
• Implement PMO techniques, and continuous improvement through supervisor and planner training.
• Participate in union arbitration and collective bargaining.
• Formally trained in HAACP.

CMMS Specialist Maximo Administrator

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Bring Maximo Asset management on-line with ten sites that support all of PMUSA/Altria Corporate Facilities Maintenance Organizations using World Class Maintenance Concepts.
• Solely responsible for managing ten Maximo sites with 15 facilities with 9000 assets 15000 PM's, Routes, and Metering.
• Established Preventative, Predictive maintenance program and started the Reliability Centered maintenance program using Asset management planning concepts such as life-cycle planning.
• Support Altria Headquarters and all its Research and Development Facilities in preventative maintenance optimization.
• Design and implement PM optimization strategies for energy conservation and man power utilization.
• Setup computerized maintenance management system Maximo to generate PM's for all contractors, Vendors, and Union personnel.
• Supervise/support three Maximo Call Centers and their personnel.
• The designated trainer for all Maximo Users at Altria and URS.
• I am an IBM Certified Deployment Professional.
• Develop work order tracking process, implement call center standards and work flow mapping, and train staff on correct coding to standards set by URS Corporation.
• Generate reports on pm, reactive work orders, projects, MTTR, MTBF, Cost of Ownership, ERV, Planned vs. Unplanned, etc.
• Using Cost modeling, implemented tracking of major projects, labor effectiveness/utilization, purchase orders, work orders, vendors, and created metrics to measure maintenance effectiveness.
• Track HVAC and critical facility equipment performance for specific Altria Corporate Facilities and Research Labs. Perform Load Balancing/Leveling of PM frequency and labor hours.
• Created and tracked KPI's for each facility with raw data from Maximo CMMS .
• Plan and schedule outages, create work plans per request, work with union and contractors to define jurisdictions to write the appropriate job plans.
• Meet with Altria Management to plan CMMS development. Support Facility Management with ongoing training for their staff at several sites.
• Supervise and manage local vendors and contractors on various crafts, jobs and projects.

Maintenance Manager/Supervisor/Planner

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Managed and supervised 31hourly union 19 after jan09 layoff personnel consisting of mechanics, electricians, and welders. I was responsible for overall plant and facility maintenance budget compliance.
• Responsible for all safety training for hourly workers. Enforced safety policy with zero tolerance, resulting in no OSHA recordable. Lead safety meeting every morning with employee participation activities.
• Optimize and write preventative and predictive maintenance programs.
• Worked with plant safety manager to train maintenance personnel in all safety procedures.
• Configure CMMS Maximo 7.1 to process and manage work orders, pms, and projects. I performed scheduling, planning, buying, and vendor selection and contract negotiation.
• Experience in viewing AutoCAD drawing and verifying drawings per equipment specifications.
• Manage capital projects and major maintenance projects for all plant production equipment and facilities assets.
• Responsible for 5s elevated work. Achieved high ranking within Kaiser by performing audits and conducting safety training
• Determine schedules, sequences, and assignments for work activities, based on work priority, and skill of personnel.
• Patrol and monitor work areas and examine tools and equipment in order to detect unsafe conditions or violations of procedures or safety rules.
• Examine objects, systems, or facilities and analyze information to determine needed installations, services, or repairs.
• Responsible for budget preparation and administration, coordinating purchasing and documentation, and monitoring departmental expenditures.
• Counsel employees about work-related issues and assist employees to correct job skill deficiencies.
• Requisition materials and supplies, such as tools, equipment, and replacement parts.
• Compute estimates and actual costs of factors such as materials, labor, and outside contractors.
• Responsible for overall Maintenance budget to support manufacturing efforts and facility assets.
• Support control engineering activities related to plant equipment AB rslogix5000, GE SCADA IFIX .

Field Service Engineer

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Install, modify, repair, and configure Screen Semiconductor Process Equipment.
• Support customer with process, hardware, and software issues.
• Travel to different customer locations to support installations, upgrades and escalated repairs domestic and abroad.
• Assist Equipment owners with COO, MTBF, and MTTR.
• Track equipment events for data compilation, create and edit databases, track equipment performance, parts consumption.
• Perform troubleshooting on electronic, electromechanical, plumbing, optics, laser, control loops, robotic handling, chemicals, process gas, software, communications, metrology, temperature control, chromatography, pressure control, and networking.
• Control loops consist of fiber optic, 4-20ma, 0-10vdc, serial rs232/rs485, temperature PID, motor control encoder, sensors, Ultrasonic, laser, Concentration Monitoring.
• Submit Troubleshooting Process Reports, and warranty claims to the factory in Japan.
• Write macros to verify hardware, software and process integrity.
• Perform factory directed modifications at customer sites on capitol equipment.