Manager Maintenance

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Larry Brunk

Chesterland, Ohio 44026 E-MAIL abngcl@r.postjobfree.com

PROFILE

Cost conscious production and maintenance management professional with expertise in production

planning, purchasing, inventory control, and employee training. Significant experience in forging, bulk

material handling, and construction industries. Particular strengths in:

Starting, implementing, and revising (with careful record keeping).

Preventive maintenance:

Optimizing uptime vs. downtime, and importance of scheduled

downtime.

Adept at effecting repairs to keep production running without interruption.

General production repairs:

Interpretation of technical concepts to non-technical personnel.

Senior management

communication: Importance of establishing and measuring performance.

Understanding team concepts and need for continual improvement.

TQM:

Dealt with plant-wide safety issues, including EPA manifests and OSHA

EPA / OSHA:

reviews.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

GE Healthcare, Aurora, Ohio 2007 -

Medical RF manufacturer of surface coils for MR. Contract Employee

SQE

Communication with suppliers on both process solutions as well as negotiations for pricing.

Technical help on inspection and receiving incoming product, finding replacement components for existing

designs .

VIKING FORGE, Streetsboro, Ohio 2001- 2007

Manufacturer of stainless and carbon steel forgings with 5 forging cells. Very diversified product line from

automotive to oil patch valves, sales of over 30 million in 2006.

Maintenance Manager-Technical Director

Supervise lead people with a maintenance crew of 12 as well as part procurement. Later as Technical

Director charged with all outside contracting and project management.

THYSSEN PRECISION FORGE, Selma, NC 1999 - 2001

Manufacturer of precision gear forgings with 5 forging cells and secondary operations including coining,

annealing and in house heat treat. Mostly automotive with annual sales of over 30 million.

Superintendent

Supervise 3 supervisors and 14 maintenance employees, planned projects, developed timelines as well as

managed purchasing and inventory for department.

Reorganized PM program to become more compatible with QS 9000

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Establishment of departmental budgets

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CORNELL FORGE, Chicago, IL 1994 - 1999

Manufacturer of precision steel forgings with 12 forging cells, and secondary operation equipment. Over

1500 part numbers, with annual sales of over $25 million.

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Maintenance Manager

Supervised 20 maintenance employees, managed maintenance of equipment in entire plant, including two

different production areas and shipping area. Responsible for buildings and grounds, waste disposal

(hazardous and non-hazardous), and office area. Control of all technical purchasing (maintenance,

production, quality), including supervision of buyer and clerk.

Designed layout for and supervised modification of 74 DHF power forger to extend machine life,

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accommodate new business, and save over $90k versus contracting outside sources.

Rationalized used equipment parts inventory and sold excess to increase cash flow by more than

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$120k.

Streamlined production cell by recommending retention of manual labor where automation would

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not accommodate new customer demands: sold redundant equipment to cover labor cost over

next four years.

OMNI FORGE, Remington, IN 1990 - 1994

Manufacturer of precision steel forgings, large percentage being automotive work and safety critical. High

volume shop that emulated quality concerns of auto industry (ISO 9000).

Maintenance Supervisor

Supervised 12 employees, with main duties consisting of maintenance of equipment plant-wide,

installation and enhancement of purchased equipment, and scheduling off-shift preventive maintenance.

Also helped establish part numbering and inventory system for newly formed tool crib.

Developed and taught in-house “pay for knowledge” training program that included classes, tests,

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and OJT to enhance departmental cross-trained readiness, reduce turnover, and improve morale.

Structured Maintenance Department to accept multi-crafted maintenance personnel and to help

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implement “pay for knowledge.”

Implemented preventive maintenance program that reduced downtime, and assisted in quality

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audits that procured Qualified Vendor status, ensuring continuity of business.

ENGINEERED FABRICS / DOME SYSTEMS, Lebanon, IN 1987 - 1990

Design and fabrication facility for air supported structures, both stand-alone and in conjunction with new

construction techniques to form bulk material handling facilities.

Operations Manager

Responsibilities included hiring initial work force, establishing policy and procedure for plant, and creating

safe workplace, while still remaining productive.

Arrived to “just a building:” helped establish plant layout, and purchase and install equipment.

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Initially opened in 1987, within two years plant had already fabricated two largest air supported

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structures in United States.

As new venture, initial requirement to learn design and manufacturing process and to understand

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fabrication business, and then handle all training and technical support for production and sales.

DOME SYSTEMS, Rensselaer, IN 1983 - 1987

A turnkey company devoted to bulk material management with proprietary new construction technique.

Construction Manager

Supervised core crew of about 10 people with rest of crew hired on site or through union hall. Duties

included pre-construction meetings to set project guidelines, site visitation to set up housing and outside

contractors, meetings with customer representatives to set up timelines, procedures, and last minute

design changes.

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Piloted project management software on job site.

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Experimented with new head design on spraying shotcrete, later accepted industry-wide as

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standard design for shotcrete process.

EDUCATION

Monroe Community College, Monroe, MI

AA, Electrical Engineering, 1984

St. Francis De Salles High School, Toledo, OH,

Diploma, 1975

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