BRUCE SARBAUGH

**** ******** ***. ***: 262-***-****

Racine, WI 53406

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Maintenance Professional

Over 11 years of leadership, who can engineer, manage, supervise and provide technical experience directing and

troubleshooting maintenance issues in general manufacturing and food / beverage safe manufacturing settings. Strong

portfolio of achievement that includes 6 figure cost savings and 180 degree turnarounds managing under performing

KPI’s. Thrives on producing significant improvements in a fast paced manufacturing environment keying on quality,

safety, productivity, and efficiency improvements.

OVERVIEW

Talented and accomplished Maintenance Professional with proven ability to successfully design, engineer, build, direct and execute a

strategic proactive, preventative maintenance and asset management plan. Expertise in managing, problem solving, pragmatic

decision making and developing an OEE plan. Independently directs and manages spare parts inventory, safety training that achieves

safety goals, effectively coaches and mentors team. Successfully demonstrated continuous improvements by reducing waste which

resulted in increased net profits by $500K. Instrumental in managing plant reliability, maintenance of plant equipment, facilities, utilities

and maintenance technicians.

KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS

Electrical Troubleshooting • Problem Solving • Develops, Coaches and Mentors Technicians • Develops and Improves Manufacturing

Reliability and Minimizes Downtime • Maintenance Planning • Scheduling • Budgeting • Good Rapport and Production Support •

Project Management • Proficient in Microsoft Office • Six Sigma • Lean Manufacture Principles • Engineer • Frequency • Safety and

Security • Teamwork • CMMS – Maximo (SAP) – MP2 – MVP Plant • Microsoft Office, Outlook, Access, Excel, Word, Publisher, Power

Point • Read and Interpret Blueprints – Diagrams – Schematics • Electrical Troubleshooting of PLCs – VDF • Electrical Design •

Electrical Planning • PLC knowledge Rs Logix, Rs Linx • Finance/Accounting/Budgeting • NEC • NFPA • Motor Control • WI Licensed

Journeyman Electrician • Hydraulic and Pneumatic Systems • Pumps • Facility Management • Managing a Successful Department •

Oral Written and Presentation Skills • Financial and Statistical Data Analysis • Coaching and Mentoring • Relationship Development •

Lean Manufacturing Principles and Analysis • 5s Development – Kaizen, Kanban • Problem Solving and Decision Making

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

09/2014 Present

Bway Corporation, Sturtevant, WI

Journeyman Electrician

Bway Corporation Inc. BWAY is one of the largest manufacturers of rigid metal, plastic and hybrid containers in North America. Our

diverse products and broad geographic reach have made us a market leader in the general line packaging industry. I work with PLC’s

to troubleshoot, provide the electrical expertise necessary to maintain production optimization, assist operator training, correct

mechanical issues, maintain inventory, complete PM’s, assist in the development of TPM’s and PM’s to make the operation more

efficient. Complete electrical engineering projects through developing, planning, ordering parts, installation and testing of machine

modifications.

07/2014 – 09/2014

Gerald Nell, Inc., Waukesha, WI

Journeyman Electrician

Gerald Nell Inc. incorporates their own in house engineering and construction teams that partner with your company to establish and

exceed your goals and expectations. This integrated approach offers the best value through a vertical delivery system within one

organization.

Being a temporary Subcontractor and being part of their electrical and project management team, I strive to deliver the engineered

projects on time and earn the customers trust and additional future business by delivering the results that exceed the customers’

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BRUCE SARBAUGH

5125 Cortland Ave. Tel: 262-***-****

Racine, WI 53406

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expectations. At the present time we are completing the addition of new “natural gas” pumps and “new” Diesel Exhaust Fluid (DEF)

pump which is used for emissions control liquid required by modern diesel engines. We are installing these systems at all Kwik Trips in

the Milwaukee and surrounding areas.

04/2014 – 06/2014

Miller Electric Enterprises, Inc., Big Bend WI

Journeyman Electrician

Miller specializes in Commercial and Industrial Electrical work, but also does Residential Wiring in the local area. Miller Enterprises is a

State Certified Electrical Contractor, as well as a State Certified Electrical Designer. I worked for Miller as a temporary subcontractor

performing high quality work on remodeling the Schlitz Building in Milwaukee for Readers Digest.

10/2012 – 03/2014

Baptista’s Bakery, Inc., Franklin, WI

Maintenance Supervisor

Managed the maintenance and facility for a privately owned company which specializes in private labeled innovative snack products.

The facility has a total of 260,000 sq. ft. and has over 300 employees. Managed a maintenance budget of over $8.0 Million and a

maintenance group of 26 non union technicians, planners, and staff members. The company increased in size by 25% demanding an

increase in staffing and necessary maintenance planning. A new CMMS project – “MVP Plant” was introduced and integrated with

new SOPs and inventory controls. Due to the company’s rapid growth, downtime increased to over 8% with a goal of 5%. A TPM plan

was developed and implemented which utilized the new CMMS to work with a re designed PM program which resulted in a reduction of

downtime to 6.5%. Significant improvements were realized by an increase in both production and sales volume.

• Played an active role in planning, developing and implementing a TPM and PM program.

• Saved $360,000 per mo. in scrap waste by engineering innovative modifications to the equipment design and function to keep

the food product from hitting the floor; reducing waste and increasing profits.

• Reduced labor overhead by efficient planning and cutting unnecessary overtime.

• Increased equipment up time through effective coaching and developing the maintenance team.

• Partnered with the Technical Service Manager to test and identify the maintenance team’s weakness and to develop a means

of developing their weaknesses.

• Helped reduce energy waste by 5% through the development of equipment SOP’s.

• Developed a plan to improve the stockroom and make the system easier to keep track of parts being utilized and their location

which reduced the amount of time wasted finding parts

• Developed and engineered projects and followed through from installation, set up and training for various pieces of

equipment. All 3 projects were completed ahead of schedule which allowed us to achieve profits that weren’t expected.

01/2012 – 10/2012

Ocean Spray, Kenosha, WI

Maintenance Supervisor

Ocean Spray is an agricultural cooperative of growers who grow primarily cranberries and grapefruit. Headquartered in Middleborough,

MA, the cooperative is made of up of over 700 members who are owners and growers. Ocean Spray employees over 2,000

employees with over $2.2 Billion in yearly sales. The products sold include cranberry sauce, fruit juices, fruit snacks and dried

cranberries. Managing 26 union maintenance technicians and periodically 56 production operators in the bottling and packaging of fruit

juices, cranberry juices and cranberry sauces. Managed and provided leadership and electrical expertise in order to maintain an

efficient plant and optimize the equipment and plant performances.

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• Planned and managed TPM projects to improve equipment performance. Only one project finished on the dead line and on

budget. All other projects (2) where completed ahead of the projected time frame and under budget resulting in an increase

in production and revenue.

• Established a program for developing the maintenance team’s knowledge through training programs that they could complete

at their own pace including MOW training.

• Identified and resolved recurring downtime issues through establishing a TPM program that addressed inefficient operational

issues.

• Maintained a balanced maintenance budget of $12.0 Million using CMMS – Maximo, to control inventory levels and used the

system for documentation, reports, planning and scheduling.

• Developed a business plan to reduce labor overtime issues. This was achieved by cross training and then utilizing the

mechanics in those areas when needed. This created a 3% savings in labor.

• Established and maintained daily interaction with the operators who communicated any concerns about a particular piece of

equipment and any suggestions for improving the process and operation.

• Managed and established an extremely superb rapport with outside contractors and vendors. This saved a significant amount

of expensive downtime because they responded quickly when needed.

• As a team member, I assisted production by filling in as the Production Supervisor for periods of time when needed.

05/2004 – 01/2012

SHUR LINE, Milwaukee (St. Francis), WI

Maintenance Supervisor / Manager

Shurline is a division of Newell Rubbermaid Corporation. This division distributes, manufacturers and packages paint rollers and offers

innovative solutions for the do it yourself consumer painter. Originally named EZ Paintr, the company was recognized as the first to

introduce the concept of do it yourself painting. By the end of 2012, Newell’s 4th quarter net sales were $1.52 Billion of which Shurline

contributed $73.4 Million in annual revenues.

• Managed and directed 18 union maintenance technicians and 1 staff assistant.

• Directed and created a Lock Out / Tag Out SOP and led the training of all plant personnel – authorized and non authorized.

• Developed SOP’s and directed the plant Arc Flash – OSHA compliant project.

• Developed an SOP and recycling program for scrap which recovered $300,000 that normally was discarded. This continues to

improve with operator training and willingness to participate.

• Collaborated with other engineers to develop machines that would accelerate and produce more efficient paint rollers. The

project was not only a success, but it was completed way under budget and a few days ahead of schedule. This automated a

normally manual process from producing 10,750 covers per shift to an excess of over 43,200 covers produced; and an

increase of over 300% in profits.

• Reduced downtime to less than 5% from the original 7% through cross training and motivation.

• Managed training programs that actively improved the company’s maintenance KPI’s.

o Reduced the number of PM / CM backlog items by 12%

Utilizing the MP2 system the percentage of work orders completed increased by 15%

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Developed a TPM program which reduced the unplanned maintenance work by 3%

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• Engineered, planned, led, designed and executed the installation of electrical power necessary for various projects including

Kaizen events.

• Obtained respect from peers and subordinates through a clear two way, honest and open dialog, completing task in a timely

manner and developing a trust through hard work, dedication and actions.

• I assisted production by filling in as the Production Supervisor and distribution as the Distribution Supervisor for periods of

time when needed.

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5125 Cortland Ave. Tel: 262-***-****

Racine, WI 53406

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CAREER NOTES: Previous held positions:

• Union Licensed Journeyman Electrician (Foreman) – IBEW

May 1995, May 2004 (9 Years)

Worked as an independent electrical contractor through the local electrical union, overseeing electrical installations in various

industries. Commercial, Industrial and Residential settings. Worked on constructing Power Plant installations, Government

project, Railroad projects, Schools and Universities. This was a union environment so all jobs were assigned through the

union hall. Electrical contractors worked for: AMP Electric, Rewald Electric, Spectrum Electric and Richter Electric. Projects:

Janesville School District, University of Wisconsin, Old Navy, Home Depot, Janesville Landfill, Janesville-Beloit Riverside

Energy Power Plant.

EDUCATION

BS in Education. Millersville University of Pennsylvania, Millersville, PA

Industrial Electrical Apprenticeship. Blackhawk Technical College, Janesville, WI

TECHNICAL SKILLS

Microsoft Office, Outlook, Access, Excel, Word, Publisher, Power Point • Read and Interpret Blueprints – Diagrams – Schematics •

Electrical Troubleshooting of PLCs – VDF • Electrical Design and Engineering• Electrical Planning • PLC knowledge Rs Logix, Rs

Linx • CMMS – Maximo, MP2, MVP Plant • Finance/Accounting/Budgeting • SAP • NEC • NFPA • Motor Control •Licensed Electrician

• Oral Written and Presentation Skills • Financial and Statistical Data Analysis • Coaching and Mentoring • Relationship Development

• Lean Manufacturing Principles and Analysis • 5s Development – Kaizen, Kanban • Problem Solving and Decision Making

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