Terry J. Lowe

*** **** ***** ****

Wartburg, TN *7887

423-***-**** (H) 423-***-**** (Cell)

abg5fz@r.postjobfree.com

Summary

Maintenance technician with 15 years experience troubleshooting and performing preventive

maintenance on 22 machines in a facility that produced up to 3.5 million K-cups per day and maintained

a 99% first-time quality rating. I am a certified Journeyman for the State of Tennessee.

Work Experience

Green Mountain Coffee Roasters Knoxville, TN 2011-Present

(Manufacturer of K-cups)

Maintenance Technician II

• Maintain 8 coffee packing machines 8 Fanuc packing robots and 3 Schneider robots

• Responsible for the PM’s on all the machines and robots

PBR Knoxville LLC (Subsidiary of Bosch), Knoxville, TN 1998-2010

(Manufacturer of brake calipers)

Maintenance Technician

• Maintain 14 CNC machines with Fanuc and Siemens PLC control systems.

• Part of a team that completed a CNC machine spindle repair project that saved $13,000 per

refurbished spindle and $221,000 over the course of the first year of implementation.

• Installed valves on CNC machines to prevent coolant waste and eliminate safety hazards. Saved

over $22,000 per year in coolant cost.

• Installed a pneumatic valve inside machines that decreased downtime approximately one hour

per shift and increased safety.

• Participated on continuous improvement team that eliminated original Z-covers on 84 CNC

machines to increase safety and reduce costs, resulting in a total savings of $12,480 per year.

• Maintain a large waste water treatment facility, 16 coolant systems that hold 3400 gallons of

coolant and seven powder coat systems with six-stage washer.

• Rebuild and install coolant pumps and pneumatic cylinders on CNC machines.

• Part of plant team awarded ISO 9001 certification.

• Disassembled and moved CNC machines to new location during company closure.

United States Army (Retired) 1980-1998

Drill Instructor

• Supervised 54 recruits every 13 weeks for three years.

• Responsible for over $1M of equipment.

• Performed duties during combat.

Education/Certificates

Industrial Maintenance Certificate, 2004

Pellissippi State Technical College, Knoxville, Tennessee

Allen Bradley PLC 550 Hydraulics and Pneumatics

Welding Operations (30 hours) Electrical Troubleshooting

Machine Geometry Geometric Design and Tolerance

Military Awards

Meritorious Service Medal

Army Accommodation Medal (5)

Various Other Awards and Decorations

Qualified for various Security Clearances

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