Steven M. Rennie

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Brunswick, Georgia 31525

Tel: 912-***-****

oeqr7q@r.postjobfree.com

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SUMMARY

Paper Machine Superintendent with over twenty years experience in the paper manufacturing industry. Products that include coated fine white, super calandered, book cover, ink-jet, photographic, directory, release grades, creped, saturating base, fluff pulp for hygiene products, virgin coated board and latex grades.

EXPERIENCE

GP Cellulose, Brunswick Ga. 2009 - 2010

Reason for Leaving: Non-Performance Termination (Above Average Review)

Superintendent

• Responsible for the crews and daily operation of the number five paper machine.

• Under my management the production rate increased to Top 10% in history of Mill.

• Managed 5 Team Leaders and 28 Operators

• Responsible for Departments capital projects.

• Develop training on new equipment added to the machine

• Worked closely with Maintenance to Improve Reliability of Equipment.

• Coordinate trials with the Process Engineer and Crews

• Responsible for all customer complaints for No. 5 Paper Machine.

• Review minutes from each crew's monthly Safety Meetings and work with the maintenance to make sure that all safety work orders got completed timely

Potlatch, Cypress Bend, AR 2006 - 2009

Reason for Leaving: Advancement Opportunity

Operations/Maintenance Coordinator

• Responsible for crews of the paper machine, beater room, lab and shipping department.

• Managed 5 Team Leaders and 68 Operators

• Fill in as needed for the Superintendent and Maintenance Coordinator

• Responsible for capital projects

• Department set a company record for lowest incident rate.

• Developed new heads for the water boxes that reduced sheet breaks caused from busted edges by half.

• Improved the rope runs and switched to a different style that doubled the time between rope changes and shortened thread up time.

Rock Tenn, Dallas, TX 2004 - 2006

Reason for Leaving: Advancement Opportunity

Shift Supervisor

Responsible for crews of the paper machine, beater room, lab and shipping department.

• Achieving production, quality and safety goals

• Trouble shooting run ability problems

• Conduct monthly Safety Meetings (O.S.H.A.) and 5 minute daily safety overviews

• Major role in improving formation and surface smoothness

• Major role in reducing down time due to web breaks from holes

• Wrote the lock-out / tag-out procedures for the Beater Room

• Generated several JHA’s (job hazard analysis) for the paper machine and beater room

• Major role in the development of Grade Set Up Sheets

Fibermark, Warren Glen, 2002 - 2004

Reason for Leaving: Plant Closed

Shift Supervisor

Responsible for crews of the paper machine, beater room, lab and roll wrap.

• Work with Process Engineers to develop and qualify new grades

• Achieved production, quality and safety goals

• Trouble shooting run ability problems

• Designed threading showers for the wet press section that saves time and is safer

• Designed a new felt run for the first dryer section that eliminated wrinkles in the paper

• Major part of getting the machine up to design speed

• Developed a procedure for getting on grade for the three machines that saves the company up to one hundred thousand dollars annually

• Handle all customer complaints and charged with developing ways to eliminate reasons for off quality paper

Schoeller Techical Paper, Pulaski, New York 1999 - 2002

Reason for Leaving: Shutdown the Paper Machine Department

Assistant Superintendent 2001 – 2002

Day Foreman 2000-2001

Shift Supervisor 1999 - 2000

• Responsible for shift supervisors, paper machine and beater room crews. Filling in for the superintendent while he was away from the mill. Taking calls in the off hours on a rotational basis.

• Achieved production, quality and safety goals

• Responsible for performance reviews and expectations for supervisors

• Worked with engineers on capital improvements

• Attended daily quality and maintenance meetings

• Worked with engineers on weekly maintenance planning

• Preparation of orders and specifications for paper to be made on the machine

• Weekly scheduling of the crews on the paper machine and the beater room

• Vacation scheduling for the crews and the supervisors

• Conducting safety inspections of the machine and beater room

• Purchased all clothing for the machine

• Sent out rolls to be re-covered or ground

• Member of the Emergency medical team

• Headed the mill evacuation team while on shift in case of fire or chemical spills

Princeton Paper, Fitchburg, MA 1998 –1999

Reason for Leaving: Plant Closed

Day Foreman 1999 – 1999

Night Superintendent 1998 – 1999

Shift Supervisor 1998 - 1999

• Responsible for shift supervisors, machine, beater room and lab crews. Filling in for the superintendent. Taking calls on a rotational basis.

• Scheduled crews weekly

• Introduction of new grades

• Worked with vendors to obtain proper chemicals and clothing for application on the machine

• Planned weekly maintenance for the machine and beater room

• Collected data to support capital improvements

• Established qualifications and evaluation methods for each position on the machine

• Attended daily quality and maintenance meetings

• Sent out rolls to be re-covered or ground

• Achieved production, quality and safety goals

• Trouble shooted run ability issues

• Made decisions on furnish changes in the beater room

• Conducted Hands on training

• Responsible for setting up starch room and winders prior to the mill start up

• Improved splice procedure

Champion International, Deferiet, NY 1979 - 1998

Reason for Leaving: Plant Closed

Relief Shift Supervisor / Machine Tender 1995 –1998

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