Maintenance Manager

David A. Clark

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Owensboro, Kentucky 42301

270-***-**** / 270-***-**** / *********@***.***

Career Objectives: To develop and deploy Maintenance practices that

increase plant effectiveness. To use TPS principles for the elimination of

waste while safeguarding the safety of the employees.

PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY

. Maintenance experience in manufacturing facilities

. Experience in both Union and non Union environments

. Participated in labor negotiations as part of management team

. Trained in Lean Manufacturing, 5S, Kaizen, Pull Systems, Management By

Sight

. Demonstrates ability to work independently, provide leadership and

work well with people at all levels of the organization

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Tyson Foods, Inc. - Chicken Processing

Mill Manager Dec 2005 to

present

. Manage and direct a crew of 2 salaried employees and 30 hourly

technicians

. Responsible for compliance of FDA

. Manage daily operations of manufacturing of feed

. Daily contact with growers and farmers

. Daily interaction with employees to insure safe operations

. Audit P.M. program to insure all are being completed correctly and in

a timely manner

. Participate in developing and reviewing Mill budget.

Maintenance Supervisor Oct 2005 to

Dec 2005

. Supervise maintenance technicians

. Insure P.M.s are completed and audit daily work tasks

. Assist in troubleshooting

. Work with outside contractors on projects

Amcast Automotive - Aluminum casting for automotive chassis structures

Maintenance Manager Jan 2003 - Oct 2005

. Manage and direct a staff up to 6 salaried supervisors and 20

maintenance technicians

. Serve as safety coordinator and single point accountability for safety

audits

. Daily interaction with maintenance department to insure the safety of

employees and acceptable performance levels

. Daily interaction with all levels of production supervision to

coordinate P.M.., major downtime projects, and day to day

troubleshooting

. Implemented the preventative maintenance program

. Increased P.M. completion rate to 95%

. Participated in developing capital expense annual budgets

. Created a downtime data base to track maintenance related downtime

. Charted work orders and machine changeovers

. Achieved World Class status for maintenance initiatives

Alcoa Automotive - Aluminum Castings for automotive industry

Maintenance Manager Jan 2000 - Dec 2002

. Manage and direct a staff of up to 8 salaried supervisors and 45

technicians

. Single point accountability of EHS audit

. Daily floor interaction with maintenance department to insure the

safety of employees and acceptable performance

. Daily interaction with all levels of production supervision

. Use on line bidding to secure outside contracts

. Instruct outside contractors on Alcoa's safety guidelines and

insure compliance

. Participate in developing capital expense annual budgets

General Supervisor

Sep 1997 to Jan 2000

. Manage and direct a crew up to 45 maintenance technicians

. Troubleshoot machines and electrical equipment

. Design and construct electrical panels

. Manage storeroom personnel and inventory

. Participate in regular safety activities and training

. Coordinate efforts of contractors on machine installation

. Maintain equipment such as VRC/PRC casting machines, presses up to

6000 tons, shot blast machines, X-ray equipment, heat treat ovens,

reverb ovens, ingot furnaces, age ovens and crucible furnaces

Field Packing Company - Meat Processing

Maintenance Supervisor Oct 1976 to

Sep 1997

. Supervise hourly maintenance crew

. Manage storeroom inventories

. Design and build electrical panels for refrigeration system

. Direct troubleshooting activities

CONTINUING EDUCATION

Kentucky Technical College - 2342 hours Industrial Electricity A.S E.E.

Business Management - Owensboro College of Business 1976 - 1978

Supervisory Skills - Western Kentucky University 1988

Dale Carnegie Management Training 1996

ABB Robotic Training 1998

TPS Training (Toyota Production System) 2000

Military Service

United States Navy - Honorable Discharge - BM3 (E-4) Ranking

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