Maintenance Plant Manager

Michael A. West

**** ******* ****** ****, *********, AL 35640

Cell: 256-***-****

E-mail: **************@*****.***

Employment History

EFP Corporation, Decatur, AL

December 2009-Present

Production Supervisor

Supervise 30 person manufacturing process producing molded foam products

for various applications.

Schedule production operations and staffing in a productive manner to

insure maximum quality and on-time delivery for customers.

Conduct safety inspections and expect adherence to PPE requirements.

Perform weekly and monthly physical inventories and reconcile to actual

quantity on hand to ensure accuracy of company records.

Compile daily production stats which include material usage and number of

units produced. Audit processes to comply with ISO standards.

Oversee all warehouse activities including shipping and receiving of

materials, supplies, and finished products.

Hubbell Power Systems, Aiken, SC

July 2008-July 2009

Production Supervisor

Supervised 35 person assembly lines producing insulators for transmission

and distribution lines used by utilities.

Accountable for safety and meeting all quality and efficiency objectives,

measured daily.

Adhered to 5S audit activities and lean manufacturing principles.

Responsible for forming and leading OEE teams for improvement of plant

processes.

Performed cycle counts which led to a reduction of inventory by 20%.

Lead the inventory team which conducted a 100% annual physical inventory.

Reduced operating cost by reducing labor and time needed to perform

critical task using Kaizen lean manufacturing techniques.

Robert Bosch Braking System, Clarksville, TN

May 2005-July 2008

Production Supervisor

Ensured a safe work environment was the first priority of operations

through training, weekly safety meetings, and 5S audit activities for a

Tier 1 automotive supplier.

Responsible for day-to-day operations and maintenance of production lines

manufacturing automotive brake rotors and hubs.

Scheduled production operations and staffing in a productive manner to

insure maximum quality and on-time delivery.

Set up new production lines to ensure takt times meet requirements of the

customer.

Used kanban to ensure products were manufactured as needed - product was

pulled not pushed.

Responsible for leadership of OEE teams for improvement of downtime,

product change over times, and reduction of scrap.

Provided appropriate data to Plant Manager using tools such as Value Stream

Mapping, flow charts, Pareto charts, and process flow charts.

Robert Bosch Braking System, Clarksville, TN

June 2004-May 2005

Lead Maintenance Technician

Supervised and directed a ten associate maintenance team in a lean

manufacturing facility.

Responsible for all maintenance including emergency and preventive

maintenance on assigned shift.

Responsible for training all assigned maintenance associates in compliance

with company maintenance procedures, standards, safety, and trouble

shooting techniques.

Scheduled all maintenance to insure a minimum 85% effective rate was

properly maintained throughout the plant.

Robert Bosch Braking System, Clarksville, TN

July 1999-June 2004

Maintenance Technician

Performed all emergency, scheduled and preventative maintenance of all

industrial equipment in the plant

Maintained electrical, hydraulic, and pneumatic systems on 125 industrial

machines.

Experienced with the following equipment: ABB and Funuc robots; Holloway,

Okuma, and Brother drills; Kasafuji hobbing; R&B drills; Monarch horizontal

lathes; Kasper, Daewoo, and Diedesheim vertical lathes; Valentine gages;

air gages; Micro poise and K.L. Law balancing machines; parts washers; and

assembly systems such as Weldon and Omega.

EDUCATION

Faulkner University, Huntsville, AL

BBA, Business Administration

GPA 4.00 / 4.00

Harford Community College, Bel Air, MD

Associate Degree, Automotive Engineering

OTHER

Proficient in the use of computers including Excel, Word, Power Point, and

SAP.

Forklift certified.

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