Daniel J. Morgan

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Fort Collins, CO 80526

970-***-**** able6x@r.postjobfree.com

SUMMARY

Equipment Maintenance & Parts Purchasing Manager with extensive experience

in heavy fixed and mobile equipment maintenance and a focus on improving

equipment availability, efficiency and operating cost. Background includes

preventive maintenance management, work order planning, estimating, project

management, budget management, procurement and inventory control.

Areas of proficiency

Aggregate, Asphalt and Ready Mix Concrete Preventive and Predictive

Equipment Maintenance

Inventory Management

Financial Software (Lawson, JD Edwards) Microsoft Excel andWord

Computerized Maintenance Management OSHA / IMSHA / EPA / DOT

Systems (TMT, Maximo, JD Edwards E1) Compliance

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

LAFARGE WEST US, Fort Collins, CO 1998 - 2009

Equipment Maintenance & Parts Manager 2002 - 2009

Managed equipment maintenance and parts purchasing department in support of

aggregate processing, asphalt paving and ready mix concrete operations in

northern and western CO. Managed the activities of 8 technicians and 3

clerical staff. Responsible for approximately $5.5M in purchase orders

annually, approximatly $500K in parts inventory.

. Led the Lafarge North America repair parts procurement and inventroy

control pilot program using JD Ewards E1 software resulting in a 20%

decrease in purchase orders issued for inventroy replenishment at west US

sites.

. Major contributor in JD Edwards E1 maintenenace mangement software

implementation, conversion from TMT to E1.

. Developed and co-wrote standard operating proceedures for procurement,

warehouse operations and repair parts inventory control for Lafarge North

America reducing effort and labor requirements to manage inventory at all

sites.

. Increased credit card purchases by 20%, reducing invoice load and invoice

processing cost.

. Improved effeciencies in purchasing / parts department reduced resource

requirements by 25%.

. Implemented monthly inventory cycle counts improving inventory variance

from 4% to 2%.

. Focus on safety resulted in zero accidents or incidents for 2 year period

2007 - 2009 for maintenance department comprised of 3 electricians, 5

welders, 9 mechanics and 3 clerical staff.

Regional Highway Paving Equipment Manager 1998 - 2002

Managed acquisition, maintenance and disposal of highway paving equipment

for western region. Managed maintenance of 8 portable asphalt plants,

approximately 600 pieces of mobile equipment, approximately $30M in assets

in the western US. Managed the activities of 2 maintenance managers and 8

field technicians. Annual maintenance budget of $3M. Annual capitol

budget of $2.5M.

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LAFARGE WEST US (Continued)

. Improved ability to measure equipment costs by standardizing computerized

maintenance systems and maintenance practices in CO and NM which were

formerly two separate divisions.

. Established equipment utilization benchmarks which recognized the

seasonal nature of the asphalt paving business allowing a more defined

standard for utilization.

. Improved equipment utilization by implementing asset sharing standards

and communications between projects.

. Developed maintenance backlog tracking with estimated labor hours,

estimated parts and materials cost. Communicated cost forecast to

business manager monthly.

. Analized equipment lifecycle cost to determine and implement internal

equipment rental rates for use by sales and estimating staff.

WESTERN MOBILE INC., Fort Collins, CO 1988 - 1998

Maintenance / Fabricating Shop Manager

Managed a plant & heavy mobile equipment repair, welding and fabricating

facility employing 8 - 10 welders and machinists. Including project

estimating, parts, materials purchasing, inventory management and

scheduling all activities in the shop and field within a large mining,

asphalt, ready mix concrete and paving company.

. Proved the value of in-house equipment fabrication to senior management,

grew the department from 3 employees to 10.

. Fabricated conveyors from 50' to 3K' in length, designed and fabricated

portable carriers for aggregate processing & asphalt equipment (crushing,

washing and screening components)

. Erection and start-up of aggregate, asphalt and ready mix concrete plants

in Colorado and Wyoming.

. Provided maintenance services to aggregate, asphalt and ready mix plants

both in the shop and in the field.

Previous Experience

Welder, machinist and maintenance technician for Sterling Companies /

Western Mobile of Fort Collins, CO.

EDUCATION

Diploma, Fort Collins High School, Fort Collins, CO

Carpentry & General Construction, Larimer County VoTech (Front Range

Community College)

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