Maintenance Manager
Resume:
James Freestone
Monticello, Indiana 47960
Phone: 574-***-**** email: *************@*******.***
I offer expertise leading, supervising, and directing multi-trade crews and salaried staff to maintain optimum
operations. I have mentored and led supervisors (group leaders) and multi-skilled maintenance associates and
coordinated and expedited the flow of materials, parts and assemblies. My experience also includes scheduling
overtime and special projects, and assigning outside contractors. I have a record of controlling costs of parts and
equipment.
Management respected my ability to motivate and inspire associates to perform at optimum levels and my tenacity in
getting to the root cause of a problem.
Specialties: Equipment Installation • Predictive / Preventative Maintenance • Scheduling • Associate Relations •
Safety • Root Cause Analysis • Continuous Improvement • Cost Avoidance • Cost Reduction • Cycle-time Reduction •
Plant Model Changes • Performance Management • Budget Management • Vendor Relations •Training & Development
• Inventory Management • Lean Manufacturing • Total Productive Maintenance Strategies (TPM) • Energy
Management System (ISO 50,001)
Education: Southern Illinois University, BS in Electronics Management – 1998 with honors
Relevant Experience:
Maintenance Group Leader / Subaru of Indiana Automotive Inc. (SIA)
SIA Facility
April 1996- January 2013
1998-2013 Started as 2nd Shift Paint Maintenance Group Leader and within 3 years was selected
to be the 1st Shift Maintenance Group Leader. Moved into other positions as listed below to round
out my experience and knowledge:
• Provided leadership to ensure the completion of scheduled work and projects and the
maintenance of equipment and the facility.
• Coordinated the efforts of 3 shift maintenance operations as the lead group leader to
ensure administrative continuity.
• Coordinated and expedited flow of materials, parts, and assemblies.
• Organized down time, weekend projects, and scheduled and managed overtime and
vacation coverage.
• Directed outside contractors.
• Provided insight into automation and control issues especially during model changes.
• Generated reports and updated records related to the product, process, quality, and
maintenance.
• Complied with safety, environmental ISO, and quality compliance standards.
• Served as the plant’s Maintenance Technical expert on Energy Projects.
• Reported to the Facility Manager.
1 year as the SIA TPM Group Leader:
• Trained incoming associates in TPM strategies.
• Held TPM improvement meetings with all Maintenance Group Leaders.
• Developed KPI’s for maintenance.
• Collected and integrated equipment performance data and reported to the Senior Manager
of Manufacturing.
• Coordinated Plant Kaizen contest and Japanese Institute of Planned Maintenance award
ceremony.
1 year as 3rd Shift Maintenance Group Leader of SIA Trim and Final Assembly at SIA. Leadership
responsibilities were similar to Paint Facility position and:
• Led efforts to improve PM of Trim and Final Assembly equipment.
• Directly supervised 1 Team Leader and 5 maintenance associates.
• Performed and reviewed others root cause analysis for counter measure implementation
and followed up on all issues.
1 year as Maintenance Group Leader for SIA Engine Assembly. Leadership responsibilities were
similar to Paint Facility position and:
• Responsible for maintenance and repairs to an automated engine assembly line and an
engine head machining line.
• Led 2 Team Leaders and 10 associates
Moved back to Paint Facility as 1st shift Maintenance Group Leader when SIA was contracted by
Toyota to build the Toyota Camry:
• Ensured major facility changes were integrated into the existing PM system.
• Selected parts to support maintenance efforts for the new equipment. Most of this
equipment was new technology (cartridge type paint application).
• Was instrumental in the successful ISO 50,001 (Energy Management System) audit,
making SIA the first North American auto manufacturing plant to receive ISO 50,001
certification.
1996-1998 Paint Maintenance Associate – multi-skilled maintenance: Primary responsibility for
performing preventative maintenance, repair and services on all facility equipment (pumps,
motors, robots, vision systems, conveyor systems, motion control, process control PLC’s, boilers,
ovens, and incinerators).
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1995-1996 Automation Maintenance Tech / Wabash National Corporation
WNC Facility – makers of multi-modal trailers
• Assisted installing equipment to make refrigeration trailers during the conversion of
a General Mills plant to Wabash Nationals South plant.
1974- 1995 UNITED STATES MARINE CORPS – Private through E-8 Master Sergeant. Retired
after 21 years in Data Communications Maintenance.
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