Stephen L. Furse Cell 678-***-****

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Canton, GA 30114 acqe75@r.postjobfree.com

QUALIFICATIONS

Thirty-five years experience in industrial mechanical maintenance working with hydraulics, pneumatics, power drive train

systems, gearboxes, speed reducers and various other mechanical devices used on high speed manufacturing equipment.

Thirty years experience in industrial electrical and electronics working with AC and DC motor controllers, PLC controllers, motor starters, timers, relays and various other electrical control devices used on high speed manufacturing equipment.

Twenty-three years experience in maintenance / engineering supervision.

EQUIPMENT KNOWLEDGE

Extrusion Equipment: Windmoeller & Hoelscher, Gloucester, Alpine America, Kiefer,

Bag Converting: Gloucester, Elba, CMD and Lemo

Printing Equipment: Fillipini /Paganini, UTeco, Bell-Mark, MarquipWardUnited, Rotogravure, Sun Source

Die Cutting and Corrugation: Isowa America, Bobst, Martin, Automatan, Staley / Langston, Ward, BHS

WORK HISTORY

2014 – 2015, Paragon Films, Taylorsville, NC

Technical Support Coordinator (position eliminated)

Provide technical support to maintenance and operations

Train maintenance techs on reading and understanding German prints

Provide expert troubleshooting skills on complex electrical problems

Maintenance Manager (Moved to technical role)

Manage activities of maintenance department consisting of 4 maintenance tech

Develop and track budget

Develop schedules and track time of maintenance techs

Plan, schedule and supervise major projects using in-house personnel as well as outside contractors

Develop and implement a CMM program for tracking PM, work orders and spare parts

2013 - 2014, Ricoh Electronics, Lawrenceville, GA (Management position eliminated and reduction of pay)

Engineering Technician

Troubleshoot and PM complex Japanese paper converting equipment

Train maintenance technicians on how to read and interpret Japanese schematics and prints

Maintenance Manager (position eliminated)

Direct daily activities of (1) maintenance supervisor and (10) maintenance technicians

Develop Kianshos (CAPEX) for projects

Work with engineers on scheduling and training on projects

Train maintenance techs on troubleshooting of equipment

2012 – 2012, Maintenance, CSC – Atlanta (Corrugated Supplies), Atlanta, GA (Company contracting out maintenance)

Assist in the start-up of a new corrugated plant.

Set-up spare parts room, train (4) maintenance techs on proper troubleshooting of corrugating line.

Train maintenance on reading of German schematics. Set-up, organize and stock maintenance shop.

2010 – 2012, Director of Maintenance, Americo Manufacturing, Acworth, GA (Recruited to CSC)

Managed all of the activities of the maintenance department within two (2) textile facilities.

Planned, scheduled and supervised the 20 maintenance employees at each facility.

Set-up, organized and controlled spare parts inventory.

2009 – 2010, Maintenance Manager, Webster Industries, Montgomery, AL(Company sold to AEP)

Supervised 40 maintenance personnel in a plastic extrusion / blown film plant.

Planned, scheduled and supervised all daily, weekly, monthly PMs and projects.

Set-up, organized and controlled spare parts inventory.

Provided technical support to maintenance and production on printing, converting, electrical and mechanical issues.

2007 – 2009, Maintenance Manager, AEP Industries, Inc. (formally Atlantis Plastics), Cartersville, GA (Company went bankruptcy, sold & closed)

Supervised maintenance personnel in a plastic extrusion / blown film plant.

Planned, scheduled and supervised all daily, weekly, monthly PMs and projects.

Developed and implemented a PM and work order program that reduced equipment downtime by 10% which increased equipment up-time from 75% to 85% and improved efficiencies.

Aggressively implemented predictive maintenance programs that reduced total plant scrap from approximately 15% to approximately 5%. This constituted a savings of approximately $15000 per month.

Instituted a CMM (computerized maintenance management) program to track PMs and equipment history.

Set-up, organized and controlled spare parts inventory.

Performed all electrical and electronic troubleshooting on equipment.

Provided technical support to maintenance and production on printing, converting, electrical and mechanical issues.

2004 – 2007, Maintenance Manager / Plant Engineer, Stronghaven Containers NC (Recruited to Atlantis Plastics)

Supervised maintenance personnel in a corrugating box converting plant.

Planned, scheduled and supervised all daily, weekly, monthly PMs and projects.

Developed and implemented a PM and work order program that reduced equipment downtime by 20% and increased equipment up-time from 80% to approximately 95% and improved efficiencies.

Instituted a CMM (computerized maintenance management) program to track PMs and equipment history.

Set-up, organized and controlled spare parts inventory.

Performed all electrical and electronic troubleshooting on equipment.

Planned, designed and installed a $500,000 label lamination line that increased production efficiencies by 25% by decreasing the change-over time and reduction of waste. Completed this project 5 days under allotted time frame.

Provided technical support to maintenance and production on printing, converting and mechanical issues.

2003 – 2004, Maintenance Supervisor, Weyerhaeuser Company, Chester, SC (Facility closed)

Supervised 49 millwrights and electricians in a plywood producing facility.

Planned, scheduled and coordinated daily and weekly PMs and projects.

Performed troubleshooting assistance with electricians and millwrights on major breakdowns.

Coordinated shutdown and machine repairs with production.

Developed and implemented machine reliability programs to ensure proper PM and predictive maintenance were being performed that resulted in the reduction of mechanical breakdowns from 40% to less than 7%.

2002 – 2003, Field Service Engineer, Elba USA, Charlotte, NC (Department closed)

Plastic extrusion and converting equipment.

Traveled to different customers to train, troubleshoot and install plastic converting bag producing equipment and extrusion equipment. Evaluated, troubleshot and repaired component level electronic cards (boards).

Troubleshot and located problems with motion control drives and motors, inverter faults, electrical problems as well as mechanical problems. Developed PM programs and manuals for customers.

Used dial indicators to set mechanical timing of machine as well as encoders to set electrical timing of the machine.

1997 – 2002, Vanguard Plastics, Inc., Carrollton, TX & Farmers Branch, TX (Owner passed away; company was sold)

Maintenance Training Manager (Blown Film and plastic bags), 1999 – 2002

Developed, implemented and trained 40 maintenance personnel, in two Dallas area manufacturing plants, the proper maintenance procedures and practices in maintaining high speed plastic converting and printing equipment.

Coordinated additional training that was provided by outside vendors.

Set-up and maintained employee files on the training that they had obtained.

Developed and trained on new procedures and/or safety practices.

Oversaw all aspects of training and assigned other personnel training topics.

Wrote and constantly updated a “Maintenance Procedure” manual as pertaining to specific equipment.

Built training mock-ups on critical equipment components to ensure proper hands-on training was given to maintenance.

Training resulted in an increase of 10% in production where speeds went from 220cpm to 235cpm on a consistent basis. This training covers both the mechanical and electrical aspects of the equipment.

Maintenance Supervisor / Process Engineer, 1997 – 1999

Supervised the day to day activities of shift and day maintenance personnel that included: Preventive and scheduled maintenance on printing presses, plastic bag converting equipment, gas burner dryers, single and mufti-layered extrusion equipment, air compressors, resin conveying systems and AC units.

Supervised, maintained and updated $500,000 spare parts room and computerized inventory/purchasing system.

Planned, scheduled and approved maintenance overtime. Submitted capital budget proposals.

Previous Work:

1995 – 1997, Maintenance Supervisor, Sealed Air, Grand Prairie, TX

1990 – 1995, McDonnell Douglas, Team Leader/Maintenance Supervisor, Macon, GA

1981 – 1990, Maintenance technician/electrician, Weyerhaeuser Company, Macon, GA

EDUCATION

1989 – 1990, Basic Engineering Courses, Macon College,

1982 – 1984, Associates in Electronics, Macon Vo-Tech

1977, Basic College Courses, Mercer University

1976, High School Diploma, Southwest High School, Macon, GA

COMPUTER SKILLS

AutoCAD, Microstation and Auto Sketch.

Blueprints/schematics for motor control panels, mechanical parts and facility layouts.

Allen Bradley Ladder Logic, ICOM, WordPerfect, Word, Excel and Lotus 123.

Utilize Word, Excel, MP2, MicroMain (maintenance software) and the Internet.

LICENSES & CERTIFICATES

Received Master Electrician License for the state of Georgia.

Electrical Ladder Drawing (Performance Training Associates), 1997

Management Problems of the Technical Person in a Leadership Role (Fred Pryor Seminars), 1996

Fundamentals of AC and DC Motor Controls (IDM Controls), 1995

Making your Facility Safe (Factory Mutual), 1997

The Dale Carnegie Course, 2000

Converting 1training for corrugating box plants, (AICC at Smurfit-Stone), 2004

Corrugator process and procedures, (AICC at Smurfit-Stone), 2005

NFPA 70E / Arc Flash Electrical Safety, NTT 2008

10-hour OSHA Occupational Safety and Health Course, Atlanta, GA 2001 and 2008

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