Manager Maintenance

BRANDON L. WOLF

**** * ***** **** **. Sandwich, Illinois 60548

Phone 815-***-**** . E-mail ******@*******.***

http://www.linkedin.com/in/brandonlwolf

A proven leader with strong manufacturing and financial skills, both people

and results oriented, with excellent communication skills with all levels

of the organization. The foundation of my management style consists of

practicing participative management, instituting continuous improvement

programs, deploying lean manufacturing techniques, creating a visual

workplace, and building teams for success.

. Lead and directed all operations of a 325 employee manufacturing

company with locations in two states

. Certified Lean Practitioner

. Plant start up experience foreign and domestic

. Extensive continuous improvement experience

. ISO 14001 internal auditor certified

. Proficient with Total Productive Maintenance and Reliability Centered

Maintenance

. Experience with Toyota Production Systems.

. Technical understanding of die casting, compression molding,

extrusion, and injection molding

April 2009 - Present Illinois River Energy

Maintenance Manager

Manage all maintenance and reliability programs of 100 million gallon per

year ethanol facility.

Increased PM completion percentage from 64% to over 98% within a two month

period.

Supervise all purchasing for the plant.

Instituted new reliability centered production program for the entire

facility resulting in an 11% increase in efficiency

Set key performance indicators for reliability as well as production.

Currently instructing all plant personnel in lean manufacturing

May 2008 - January 2009 West Irving Die Casting (company closed due to

automotive downturn)

General Manager/Director of Manufacturing

Manage and direct all operations of two manufacturing plants in two states

with over 325 associates and 60 million dollars in sales.

. Increased customer quality rating from 54% to 97% within six months of

assuming responsibility for the KY plant.

. Standardized production reporting and key performance indicators for

both plants.

. Manage or assist with project management when needed and ensure key

projects progress as planned.

. Coordinate the identification and adoption of best manufacturing

practices.

. Coordinate with Chief Financial Officer on all cost reporting.

January 2007 - May 2008 West Irving Die Casting

Plant Manager

( Held full responsibility for Safety, quality, cost, and

delivery from raw material suppliers to Tier 1 and Tier 2

customers with a workforce of over 200 associates and annual

sales over 30 million

. Full profit and loss responsibility, reporting directly to an off site

president.

. Reduced scrap by 21%

. Improved customer delivery rating from 92% to 99%

. Successfully improved overall profitability of plant by reducing labor

costs through automation, level scheduling, and implementation of lean

manufacturing.

. .Improved monthly inventory variance by 52% over last year.

January 2006 - January 2007 West Irving Die Casting

Maintenance Engineering Manager

. Manage all Maintenance and MRO for WIDC and Quality Machine Tooling

Plants in the Sandwich, IL location.

. Implemented computerized maintenance Management system.

. Instituted metrics for the maintenance and facilities departments.

. Introduced Total Productive Maintenance

. .Brought department from no maintenance system to successfully passing

TS16949 certification in 7 months.

October 2003 - January 2006 Meridian Automotive Systems

Maintenance Manager

( Direct maintenance, tooling, automation, and facilities

engineering departments in a 400 person sheet molded

composite compression, extrusion and injection molding

facility

( Increased overall equipment effectiveness from 60% to over 72% in

a one year period.

( Instituted metrics for measurement of maintenance and tooling

performance.

( Upgraded cooling tower pump and piping systems, increasing

press uptime by 15% resulting in an annual savings

of over $150,000.

( Designed boiler efficiency best practices for entire Heavy

Truck Division.

1992 - 2003 Gibbs Die Casting Corporation Henderson, KY

Maintenance Manager Federal Division

. Installation, maintenance, repair and operation of both vertical and

horizontal die cast machines; trim presses, blast equipment and all

related support equipment including robotic systems

. Worked on a team of engineers that included representatives from the

Massachusetts Institute of Technology to develop a patented semi-solid

casting process.

. Designed and installed a die cast vacuum system that resulted in a

reduction in downtime by 10% in addition to saving the company

$200,000 per year in maintenance costs.

October 1987 - October 1991 United States Navy

Little Creek, VA

Chief Engineer

. Maintained main propulsion engines and all related auxiliary

equipment including plumbing and electrical.

. Direct all preventive maintenance activity.

. Training Officer.

Education

1990 - 1992 Tidewater Community College

Industrial Engineering Technology

1998 Kaufman Group Training

Certificate in Lean Manufacturing

2002 Dale Carnegie

Leadership Training for Managers

2003 University of Southern Indiana

Certificate in Maintenance Management

2004 North Carolina State University

Facilities Engineering Management

Diploma

2005 North Carolina State University

Accounting for non financial

professionals certificate

2007 Southern Polytechnic University (SAI Global)

Certified Lean practitioner

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