DOUG STROTHER

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Florence, SC **501

843-***-**** (h)

843-***-**** (c)

abnd1q@r.postjobfree.com

Summary: Maintenance management professional with over 20 years of business experience. Proficient in planning,

coordinating, and supervising multi-faceted projects and staff. Proven leadership and problem solving skills with

a focus on corporate and customer goals and objectives. Innovative and proactive. Well organized and detail

oriented with excellent communication and computer skills.

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Experience:

Honeywell International (formerly Allied Signal), Hopewell, Virginia 2006-2009

Maintenance Supervisor

Supervised up to 27 maintenance craftspeople in numerous areas in large chemical factory.

- Responsible for maintaining chemical production rotating equipment to meet and exceed customer demands and

expectations by sustaining and improving machinery uptime and availability.

- Planned, executed and allocated resources for all Priority 1 and 2 jobs. Worked closely with Planning and

Engineering departments on scheduling Priority 3 and 4 jobs.

- Supervised planned and unplanned outages and breakdowns of mechanical equipment including pumps,

compressors, turbines, valves, vessels and piping.

- Enhanced safety awareness through daily and monthly meetings as well as other safety initiatives for all direct

reports.

Moore Sign Corporation, Chester, Virginia

Operations Manager 2005-2006

Managed daily operations of shop and field service staff.

- Brought the company up to regulatory and industry safety standards by employing OSHA, first aid and CPR

training. Enhanced safety awareness with weekly safety meetings and unwavering diligence.

- Wrote and enforced comprehensive code of conduct, attendance and drug policies. Improved absenteeism by

80% within three months.

- Improved production efficiency by utilizing/creating communication and scheduling techniques/processes.

- Promoted customer satisfaction though the creation of one-on-one relationships with clients, management and

hourly operations personnel.

- Improved vehicle maintenance conditions through job assignments and daily checklists.

Spectra Quest, Richmond, Virginia

Production Manager 2004-2005

Responsible for all daily operations of the Production Department.

- Responsible for creating and communicating production staff job assignments, schedules and priorities.

- Responsible for meeting and exceeding customer shipping deadlines for all goods and services.

- Actively participated in job interviews of perspective employees as part of interview team.

Honeywell International, Chester, Virginia

Certified Precision Balancing Technician 2003-2004

Solely responsible for the day to day operation of the Balancing Shop.

- Responsible for maintaining the balance integrity of all rotating machinery used in fiber and polymer production

throughout the manufacturing plant.

- Balanced all shafts, impellers, fans, blowers, motor armatures, belt sheaves and other associated equipment to

ISO 1940 and ANSI s2.19 standards.

- Maintained G-2.5 and G-6.3 balancing tolerances or better (<0.1 gram inches).

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Certified Level I Vibration Analyst 2000-2003

- Monitored mechanical and electrical integrity of over 350 pumps, electrical motors, blowers and other types of

rotating machinery.

- Provided predictive maintenance program for nylon and polymer production at projected cost savings of more than

$750K per year.

- Researched and developed improved reassembly techniques of high speed equipment which preserved balance

integrity and prolonged expected life cycles.

Field Machinist 1994-2000

Provided maintenance support for nylon and polymer production manufacturing equipment.

- Reduced number of man-hours necessary to complete various projects by redesigning machine components and

innovating process procedures.

- Reduced total cost of project by $11K by researching and implementing alternative solutions.

Asea Brown Boveri, Richmond, Virginia

Senior Service Engineer (Promotion) 1989-1993

Served as liaison and primary contact for power producing gas turbine customers.

- Provided technical and logistical support for parts procurement, manpower, and service.

- Generated over $20M in sales in 1993.

- Supervised, planned, and coordinated numerous field and shop repair projects on large, heavy mechanical

equipment ranging from $5K to $15K. Profit margins averaged 15% to 20%.

- Evaluated at top of performance measurements such as customer satisfaction, on-time deliveries, problem solving

and working within budget restraints, when compared with other Service Engineers.

Manufacturing Engineer (Promotion) 1988-1989

Project Manager for $5K-$150K power production turbine and industrial repair projects in repair shop.

- Wrote comprehensive manpower/cost estimates and detailed repair procedures, instructions and schedules.

- Proactively interfaced and coordinated all projects to successful conclusions with customers and vendors.

- Performed all projects within specific, challenging budgetary constraints.

Turbine Mechanic, First Class 1977-1988

Repaired power production turbines and turbine auxiliary equipment in repair shop and in the field.

- Supervised five Field Service Technicians as Lead Man on numerous field assignments.

- Worked throughout the U.S. in various nuclear power plants as qualified Level I Nuclear Fuel Rod Inspector.

- Managed team whose demonstrated technical competency led to additional $150K repair contract.

Virginia Power Company, Chester, Virginia

Power Station Mechanic (Millwright), First Class 1971-1977

Provided mechanical maintenance support for power production at numerous fossil and nuclear power stations.

- Equipment included turbines, boilers, fans, blowers, coal mills and other associated machinery.

- Lead Man on numerous mechanical repair projects and outages within power station system.

Education:

Averett College, Danville, Virginia: Bachelor of Business Administration. 3.94 grade point average.

John Tyler Community College, Chester, Virginia: Associate in Arts and Sciences. 2.8 grade point average

Certifications/Training:

- Power Station Mechanic Development Apprenticeship Program, Virginia Power; Chester, VA.

- Certified Vibration Analyst, Level I, Technical Associates of Charlotte; Charlotte, NC.

- Total Quality Leadership I and II, Process Improvement Analysis, Failure Analysis/Problem Solving Methods,

Honeywell International; Chester, VA.

- OSHA 10 hour and Executive Overview class, John Tyler Community College; Chester, VA.

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