James M. Ducey
Fremont, Ohio 43420
419-***-**** (Home)
419-***-**** (Wireless)
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Skills Summary Maintenance Manager with extensive experience in
leading maintenance operations staffs and project
management. Responsible for the successful
implementations of Reliability Centered and Total
Productive Maintenance at multiple manufacturing
facilities. Demonstrated proficiency in developing
associates for improved performance based upon
plant leadership assessments and career path
planned moves. Skilled in developing operational
and capital spending budgets. Broad background in
creating and utilizing Industrial Plans to
formulate maintenance/construction strategies to
improve facility design, reliability and
production. Experienced in developing and
implementing single plant and regional renovation
programs for major plant systems and equipment.
Employment Maintenance Manager January 2009 -
Scotts Miracle-Gro Company February 2011
Marysville. Ohio
Led the installation of the Reliability Centered
Maintenance Program for 6 Scotts Miracle - Gro
manufacturing lines/facilities.
Conducted FMECAs and developed maintenance plans
for newly constructed ezSeed facility.
Utilized TPM principles to make autonomous
maintenance part of initial operator training.
Orchestrated the restructuring of all maintenance
operations to a successful alignment within a newly
installed SAP system.
Established work process flows and created training
for SAP Document Management System (DMS) and SAP PM
Work Order Scheduling and Dispatching
Profit and loss responsibility for both the
operating budget and the asset care capital budget.
Rehabilitated a faltering safety program and
improved TRIR by implementing hazard identification
techniques and safe behavior audits.
Introduced Individual Development Plans for all
direct reports which were quickly adopted by all
plant departmental managers.
Instituted a customer service based regimen that
repaired fractured relationships between production
and maintenance staffs.
Formed cross-functional Process Action Teams to
develop a 3 year Industrial Plan CAPEX schedule,
equipment FMECAs, Root Cause Analysis and Asset
Inception Plans.
Maintenance Manager August 2001 - January
Carmeuse North America, Ohio 2009
Operations
Responsible for leadership and management of all
maintenance functions at 3 continuous process lime
manufacturing facilities.
Profit and loss responsibility for a $14.3M
operating budget and a $6M capital budget.
Designated to represent global Maintenance Managers
in company-wide SAP process and workflow steering
committees.
Operations champion for Zycus spend management
application and HubWoo SAP Cloud Procurement
initiatives.
Developed detailed and effective rehabilitation
plans for plant systems and equipment.
Devised strategies for completing safety plans and
maintaining MSHA safety compliance.
Infused plant/quarry safety zone inspection results
and regulatory compliance monitoring into the SAP
notification and work order system.
Coordinated efforts to insure effective
environmental systems operation and maintenance.
Marine Propulsion Engineer September 1981 -
August 2001
United States Navy
Managed the maintenance of 80,000 shaft horsepower
GE7FA gas turbine propulsion plants onboard three
different classes of guided missile ships.
Certified as both a Gas Turbine System Mechanical
and Electrical Journeyman.
Training Officer for Gas Training Schools, Naval
Training Center, Great Lakes, Illinois.
Managed the construction of a $34.7M land based gas
turbine power plant training facility.
Responsible for the advanced training of US Navy
technicians attending one or more of 14 courses
with an annual throughput of 9700 students.
Represented guided missile cruiser and destroyer
platforms in US Navy development and application of
Reliability Centered Maintenance Program.
Served as initial "train the trainer" instructor
for RCM introductory course
Department of Defense, Master Training Specialist,
Senior Enlisted Propulsion Engineering Course,
Naval Training Center, Great Lakes, Illinois.
Trained and Certified propulsion engineers in
propulsion plant operations and engineering
administration.
Civilian personnel Manager for Cuban, Jamaican,
Taiwanese and Filipino shipwrights, Shore
Intermediate Maintenance Activity, Guantanamo Bay
Cuba.
R-3 (Electrical Repair) Division Officer.
Managed 36 US Navy electrical and electronic
technicians in the repair of ship and shore based
electrical/electronic systems.
Responsible for deployed vessel online motor
testing and motor overhauls for all Atlantic Fleet
assets.
Responsible for the construction management of
potable water and sewage handling systems for two
25,000 resident migrant camps.
Project Manager for desalinization plant expansion
to 3.4M gallon capacity.
Education Bachelor of Science, Industrial Technology
Southern Illinois University