Engineer Maintenance
Resume:
Michael Wilcox
Wilson, North Carolina 27893
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I am seeking long-term employment utilizing my experience and maturity as a Plant Engineer / Maintenance Manager. I fit best in a small-to-medium size organization where
I can be regularly involved in the details of operations and freely interact with other departments. Being in excellent health, I expect to work at least another ten years.
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
20 years maintenance management experience.
25 years project experience.
Extensive knowledge of machinery and methods.
Innovative problem solver. Outstanding troubleshooter.
Comfortable communicating with all staff levels.
Ability to communicate complex technical concepts to non-technical associates.
Ability to understand all phases (electrical controls and power, hydraulics, and
pneumatics as well as mechanical) of a machine to optimize performance.
Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering Technology.
Additional experience with preventive maintenance, field service, programmable logic controllers, variable frequency drives, statistical process control, and technical instruction.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Bruce Foods Corporation Wilson, NC 2009-2012
Leading Sweet Potato Canner.
Plant Engineer
Managed Maintenance staff of eighteen and engineering projects in a 3 million case-per-year food processing plant. Maintenance accomplishments included installation of a Computerized Maintenance Management System and organization of a working Parts/Tool Room. Projects included installation of processing lines for Beans, Greens, and Casseroles and for cull dewatering. Also assisted with successful implementation of a Level 3 Safe Quality Foods program and hosted a voluntary OSHA audit.
Short-term Technical Positions 2007-2008
Owner of FATHER TIME RESTORATIONS 2005-2009
Repair of antique clocks, phonographs, and radios.
The Mancini Packing Company Zolfo Springs, FL 1996-2005
Processor and packer of roasted and fried peppers.
Manager, Engineering and Maintenance
Directed Plant Engineering and Maintenance operations in one million case-per-year food
packaging plant with seven production lines. Designed and installed major projects for
processing and packaging frozen products, manufacturing and packaging sauces, hydrocutting,
and line improvement. Line improvements resulted in 10% to 250% line speed
increases, improved efficiencies, improved quality, and reduced waste. Reduced maintenance costs by 20%.
Mount Olive Pickle Company Mount Olive, NC 1989-1995
Leading packer of pickles.
Plant Engineer
Project and Maintenance Management responsibility in a nine million
case-per-year facility with department staff of twenty. Completed installation of computerized maintenance control, reducing equipment breakdowns from 15% to 5% of line time. Led plant into modern line and process automation utilizing programmable logic controllers, variable frequency motor drives, and automatic case palletizers. Successfully managed project for introduction of pouched single pickle at the demand of a major customer in less than 90 days at a cost of less than $20,000, thereby retaining our status as exclusive supplier to this customer. Designed and built in-house a semi-automatic 55-gallon drum relish filler for improved weight control and safety (eliminated need to manhandle full drums). Revised Maintenance Department staffing to support full-time second shift operation.
Fast Food Merchandisers Rocky Mount, NC 1987-1988
Meat processor and baker supplying Hardee’s Drive-in Restaurants.
Director of Production Engineering
Managed production expansion and improvement projects in three plants of Hardee’s Drive-in Restaurants supplier. Successfully completed exceptionally fast-track project (fourteen weeks from approval to production) for roll-out of Hardee's chicken stix. Developed contingency plan for water supply to Tennessee plant during impending drought.
Drackett, Inc. Urbana, OH 1980-1987
Manufacturer of household cleaning products including Windex, Drano, Vanish, Automatic Vanish, and Renuzit Air Freshener.
Drackett, Inc. (cont.)
Manufacturing Engineer
Coordinated plant and corporate projects from inception through completion, including: cleaning products packaging, mop and broom manufacturing, injection and blow molding, and physical plant. Promoted to:
Maintenance Superintendent
Supervised staff of thirty technicians and two supervisors. Initiated staffing and procedure improvements resulting in reduction of line changeover time by 60%.
Borden, Inc. Columbus, OH 1978-1980
Fortune 50 company producing foods, chemicals, and dairy products.
Corporate Maintenance Engineer
Designed preventive and corrective maintenance programs for individual plants.
Material Handling Engineer
Designed narrow-aisle ice cream warehouse utilizing swing-reach lift trucks and flow-through picking racks for a 50% increase in capacity in an existing freezer.
Miller Brewing Company Fulton, NY 1976-1978
Major brewer and bottler of beer.
Packaging Maintenance Supervisor
Supervised maintenance technicians on high speed bottling and canning lines, including start-up phase, in ten million barrel-per-year brewery.
Alvey, Inc. St. Louis, MO 1973-1976
OEM supplier of automated case palletizes and case and pallet handling systems.
Field Service Technician
Accomplished installation, start-up, and troubleshooting of automated case and pallet handling equipment and systems. Conducted formal and informal customer training on complex electro-mechanical, pneumatic, and hydraulic machinery.
EDUCATION
Lake Superior State University Sault Sainte Marie, MI 1973
Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering Technology
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
U.S. Army veteran. Honorable Discharge.
Restore antique clocks, phonographs, and radios.
Honor Graduate of FDA Better Processing School, Clemson, S. C.
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