Chester McGear III

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Benton, Arkansas 72015

501-***-****

acqkoo@r.postjobfree.com

EDUCATION Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, La. B.S. in Industrial Technology

Glassboro State College

State University of New York At Buffalo

Garland County Community College

Henderson State University

2011-2015

URS/AECOM / Little Rock, AR

Engineer IV

Worked in contract engineering for Caterpillar in North Little Rock, AR. Responsible new facilities equipment design, installation, and start-up. This equipment included:

-A waste water treatment system

-A 6,675 CFM oil free compressed air system

-2,475 ton chilled water system to replace 106 DX units

-High voltage (13,800 & 4,160) equipment

-Worked with manufacturing engineering to improve processes

-Supervised the implementation of an Arc-Flash program

1998-2010

George Fisher Sloane / Little Rock, AR

Plant Engineering/Maintenance Manager/Consulting

Responsible for plant engineering and maintenance of a 450,000 ft.2 facility operating 24/7. This included all electrical and mechanical maintenance of equipment, new equipment set up and installation, environmental issues as emergency co-coordinator, and purchasing of repair parts. Designed and coordinated installation of HV capacitors to increase the power factor. A preventative maintenance system was initiated in conjunction with becoming certified in ISO 9001 and ISO 14001. An energy program was instituted that was responsible for a $50,000 electrical savings a year. A waste oil removal system was designed and installed to comply with new local Little Rock requirements. I worked to establish annual budgets. Direct report of nine people. Worked with and supervised outside janitorial services, lawn services, and all contractors.

1990-1998

Scroll Technologies

(Carrier Corporation-York Air Conditioning) / Arkadelphia, AR

Senior Maintenance Advisor

Initially responsible for a new plant set up of a 340,000 ft.2 building, renovation, installation, and maintenance of CNC machining and assembly equipment for production of scroll compressors. Specified a 3000 KVA transformer and electrical layout. Established programs in vibration analysis, PM's, spare parts, training, and equipment with up time analysis. A waste water treatment system was set up and maintained on a 24/7 basis. Worked in establishing a yearly operations budget and capital requests, and administered a three million dollar budget. Direct report of 18 people.

1988-1990

Weyerhaeuser Company / Mountain Pine, AR

Maintenance Supervisor in the Plywood Mill and Central Electric

Daily supervision of 22 maintenance people in the mill with a three shift, seven day operation involving project engineering, process engineering, capital budgets and appropriations, vibration analysis, scheduling, planned and preventative maintenance, up-time analysis, and a monthly operations budget. Maintained the plant complex 13,800 volt high voltage electrical system. Major projects included installation of a rotary clipper, converting tray (conveyor) drives from analog AC brake and clutch to digital DC drives, and converting old relay logic equipment to PLC.

1984-1988

First Brands Corporation / Cartersville, GA

Project Engineer in Plant Engineering and Maintenance

Project Engineer in Plant Engineering and Maintenance. Responsibilities included capital funds requests, machinery design and modifications, installation of new equipment and start up, machinery and process troubleshooting, safety and maintenance training, and an alternate vendor program for spare parts. Processes included co-extrusion of blown film, slot cast film, and conversion of film into plastic bags. Provided direct supervision to maintenance employees. The alternate vendor program resulted in a first year savings of $400,000 per year over purchasing maintenance machine parts from the manufacturer. Computer-Aided Design (C.A.D.) Systems were evaluated and two systems were purchased and installed to increase the efficiency of the drafting department. As environmental coordinator all new materials used in the plant were approved through the use of MSDS sheets from the manufacturer. This position procured all permits and conducted all testing of waste water, air, and material wastes for proper disposal.

ADDITIONAL Dale Carnegie Course

SKILLS & IRD Vibration Analysis and Balancing

SPECIALIZIED GE, Modicon, Siemans, & Allen-Bradley Programmable Controllers

TRAINING Statistical Analysis

AutoCad Training

Federal Communications Commission Amateur Radio License-WB2EDH

Arkansas Class "A" HVACR Contractor License #155047 converted to Class C

Refrigerant Transition and Recovery Certified-Universal

OSHA 10 hour training in General Industry Health and Safety

Arkansas High Pressure Boiler License #15976

Kaizen Training and Workshops

Lean Manufacturing

Power Surge Testing

Personal references available upon request.

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