Wells Johnson

Gilbert, AZ *****

ac0igr@r.postjobfree.com - 480-***-****

Over 30 years of Mechanical and Electrical experience. With 20 of those years as a Manager or a Supervisor over large and small groups. Heavy background in Operations, Maintenance, and Production in industrial, service, and

construction businesses. I Speak, Read, and Write, in Spanish.

WORK EXPERIENCE

Maintenance Manager

A Z Pacific Pulp and Paper – Phoenix, AZ Nov. 20, 2015 to Aug. 19, 2016

Managed maintenance for 3 plants, resulting in coordination of all aspects of repair and running of efficient departments. Responsible for all safety in plants, keeping regulations required for EPA and OSHA.

Involved in plant budgeting, and capital projects, decreasing cost of maintenance and increasing plant up time. Oversaw all major projects. Major equipment- Bollegraff Balers, Excel Balers, Shearede rs, Granulators, Belt conveyors, extruders, Moble equipment Trucks, Trailers, Forklifts, Bobcats and frontend loader. I was Laid off due to financial problems due to a major Plant fire.

Millwright ( TEMP Job )

MMI Tank – Phoenix, AZ – January 2015 to November 2015

I did Millwright and Fabrication work in the field and set up a machine shop in the Plant.

The owner is a friend and was helping me out Until a Management position opened up.

Regional Maintenance Manager

Recommunity Recycling - Phoenix, AZ - October 2012 to January 2015

Managed maintenance for 6 plants, resulting in coordination of all aspects of repair and running of efficient departments.

Responsible for all safety in plants, keeping regulations required for EPA and OSHA.

Involved in plant budgeting, and capital projects, decreasing cost of maintenance and increasing plant up time. Oversaw all major projects

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Field Equipment Manager

Shuff Steel – Phoenix, AZ- Sep 2010 to October 2012

Managed all Shuff equipment for the field building projects. We shipped all small tools, welding equipment, Rigging equipment, Bolting equipment, and all materials for them. We shipped mobile equipment need on the jobs and rented anything needed that was no in house. We maintained and repaired all Shuff tools and equipment including mobile equipment. I managed as many as 20 projects all over the western USA.

I was laid off to make room for a senior manager who did not want to work in the field any longer. They are Union.

Fitter Welder (Temp Job)

Fitter Welder S&H Steel Co - Gilbert, AZ April 2009 to May 2010

Position included fabrication and installation for commercial and industrial projects. Welding, fitting, machine operation of forklift,

Shear, break, punch press, iron worker and maintenance of machinery as needed. I was laid off due to the economy

PLANT MANAGER

H2Oil Recovery Services Inc - Andrews, TX - July 2006 to March 2009

•As the Engineering Manager and later the Plant Manager of a new recovery plant recovering crude oil, andwater.

•Managed the equipment installation and the plant start up. It became profitable within the first year of Operation.

•Had total accountability of this operation including Payroll, HR, Safety, Risk management, Budgeting, Purchasing, Etc.

•Supervised a staff of 3 managers and 6 supervisors we had a total of 40 employees at this plant.

•Equipment to accomplish this are as follows- Secom screens, centrifuge, Vacom,

Filter press, Pumps, compressors, Boilers, Line heaters, Tank farm tanks and equipment. Allen Bradley slick 500 controls. Company was sold.

MAINTENANCE SUPERVISOR

Le-Natures Inc - Phoenix, AZ - May 2004 to July 2006

This facility is 900,000 sq. ft. under roof.

•Hired to be on the start up team to setup the maintenance department, helped

Write all the programs for the plant ammonia refrigeration certifications, MSDS program, Plant safety programs, OSHA requirements, etc.

•There was no purchasing department so with my background I set up Chain Procument system for all the vendors for Maintenance and Production parts and materials this included many of the raw material vendors for the plant. I set up PO s and have purchased everything needed to bring this plant up and maintain it.

•Set up the contracts for plant waste and the recycling programs.

•Helped with writing the yearly budget for maintenance.

•Did our own injection molding and blow molding for our PET bottles using Husky injection molders and Krones blow molders? Most of our line equipment is Krones from Germany. Labelers, Pasteurizers, variopaks, palletizes, air conveyors and fillers.

•Trained on all equipment. Le-Nature spent at least $20,000.00 per man on in house and on outside training for all this equipment.

•Worked daily with the Krones Techs commissioning the lines on all the different products we produced.

•Trained on Allen Bradley 5000 and slick 500 PLC and controls.

•Plant was closed

PARTS AND EQUIPMENT MANAGER

Royal Paper Converting - Phoenix, AZ - September 2003 to May 2004

•Managed my Dept. and all outside vendors and contractors for the Plant.

•In charge of all purchasing of maint. parts and equipment. I did all procurement and buying for the plant.

•Managed inventory control and all functions involved in the plant parts room.

•Supervised all contractor projects for the facility.

•Purchased all mobile equipment and was in charge of it.

•Had responsibilities in Safety, Training, OSHA programs, MSDS program and Fire protection.

•Production equipment was from Italy, Germany, and China.

Producing paper products- bath tissue, towels, napkins, and baby wipes. Equipment such as Rewinders, wrappers, core winders, variopaks, saw equipment, conveyor systems, stretch film machines and much more.

•Worked on PLC's and controls.

•On weekends I was the Shift Manager for Production.

•I left for a better position.

FACILITY MANAGER

Comida Corporation - Phoenix, AZ - November 2002 to September 2003

•Position to remodel and startup a new Restaurant.

•Managed all maint. mechanics and contractors used in the restaurant project.

•Supervised all the maintenance on 6 established Mi Amigos Restaurants owned by Comida Corp.

•Responsible for purchasing, budgeting, and bringing the project in on time and under budget.

•Temp. Position

MAINTENANCE MANAGER

F&B Manufacturing - Phoenix, AZ - July 2000 to November 2002

•Responsibilities- Manage and Supervise the Maint. Department at an Aerospace manufacturing facility. Equipment- CNC machines, Hydro-form presses, Punch presses, Vac furnaces, Sheet metal tools,

Chillers, Compressors, AC units, Water towers, and Production welding equipment.

•Write and oversee all engineering projects including yearly Plant Capital Budget. Co.

•As the Maintenance Manager at F&B Manufacturing I set up a PM Program within 3 months in order to make the department ISO 9000 compliant and pass the audit that was pending.

•Lost Aero-space contacts with GE and half the plant was laid off.

V.P. OF OPERATIONS

W.E.P.S - Mesa, AZ - January 1999 to July 2000

•Responsibilities- Managed the start up of a new facility, Wrote programs, contracts, purchased equipment, trained techs, over saw all installations of hardware and hardware programming.

•Assisted the CEO in directing a new Wireless Card Transaction Co. Supervised over 30 management and Tech. Personnel.

•Completed the construction of the offices and installation of the hardware in the Facility on time and under budget.

•Business was sold.

PLANT MANAGER

Philip Services Inc - Chandler, AZ - August 1997 to January 1999

•Responsibilities include total management of a copper recycling plant containing two chopping lines and briquette equipment.

•Supervised 90 management and hourly employees employed in a seven-day operation.

•We produced 3 to 4 million pounds of copper product per month.

•Plant was closed due to losing a major copper source.

CHIEF MAINT. ENGINEER

Gila River Casino - Chandler, AZ - March 1996 to August 1997

•Responsibilities included- the start up of two new casinos within one year.

•Organized a complete new Maintenance department for each new facility.

•Wrote programs and policies for both facilities.

•Setup all contracts with vendors and contractors.

•Managed all facility engineering projects, and at the same time kept the two existing temporary facilities running and maintained.

•Supervised over 25 management and Tech. Personnel.

•Once I brought up both new casinos the Co. closed my position.

FACILITY ENGINEERING MANAGER

Metal Powder Components - Coldwater, MI - 1995 to 1996

•Manager over the Maintenance department and Plant engineering projects.

•Group consisted of 15 mechanics and electricians.

•Major equipment- presses 150 to 750 ton hydraulic and mechanical presses, tumbling equipment, conventional machining equipment, heat treating furnaces, endothermic generators, sintering furnaces, boilers, water towers, air compressors, drives, conveyors and building facility systems.

•Family decided that Michigan was not for us, we moved back to Phoenix Area.

OPERATIONS ENGINEERING TECH- Ocean Spray Cranberries - Henderson, NV - 1994 to 1995

-Henderson, NV.

•Responsible for start up and program development of a new Ocean Spray facility.

•I/O Commissioning of all PLC programs.

•Hands on installation and repair of facility equipment which Included PLC's, bottlers,

•fillers (60 & 80 head), packaging equipment, case coders, video jet coders and hi cone equipment. Scissors lifts, forklifts, sweepers, scrubbers, palletizes, conveyor systems of all kinds, boilers, water conditioning and sanitizing system, pumps, decasing equipment, labeling equipment, pasteurizing, heat exchanger, can steamers, aseptic equipment, refrigeration (ammonia & glycol) systems and building facilities equipment.

•Trained in Maximo Software for maintenance programs and production programs this is similar to SAP.

•Left for a Management position.

PLANT ENGINEERING MANAGER

Weber Aircraft - Fullerton, CA - 1990 to 1994

•Managed two Maint. Departments in Fullerton and Brea, with electronic techs, electricians, mechanics and janitors. A plant engineering dept. including an engineer, draftsman and a secretary. This totaled around 40 personnel. Major equipment consisted of CNC lathes, mills, machine centers, punch presses, spot welders, production tig welders and conventional machine shop tools, saws, shears, breaks and metal coating process equipment, boilers, water conditioning equip. Electronic assembly equipment,

vacuum presses, injection molding equipment, paint spray booths and gluing equipment. Installation of cable and punching down phone and computer lines for dept moves.

•Successful in reducing maintenance budget at Weber Aircraft by 25% or $500,000.00

•Major Co. layoff.

MAINTENANCE SUPERINTENDENT

Morton Salt - Salt Lake City, UT - 1986 to 1990

•Managing and supervising the maintenance department, 30 electricians and mechanics for a mill and pond facility.

•Major equipment consisted of 500 ton block press, pellet and pellen roll presses, flour rolls and grinders, screening systems, bagging equipment, heat sealers, bag sewing equipment, labelers, palletizers, stretch wrap and shrink wrap equipment, scales and mobile equipment - 988 cat loader, 966 cat loader, cat grader, cat bulldozer, case 560 backhoe, case tractor, ken worth trucks, belly dump trailers, Clark and hyster forklifts, centrifugal pumps, piston pumps, diaphragm pumps, and salt stacking equipment.

•Left for a better position.

MAINTENANCE SUPERINTENDENT

Amax Magnesium - Salt Lake City, UT - 1977 to 1986

Superitendent- of electricians, instrumentation techs, mechanics, production operators on large and small crews.

•Supervised more than 150 Techs. As a millwright I performed all maintenance duties in the facility. Major equipment consisted of pumps of all kinds, spray dryer system, turbine systems, reactor furnaces, electrolytic furnaces, foundry furnaces, off gas chlorine systems, ball mills, crushers, conveyor systems of all kinds, welding processes of all kinds including porta-slagging, submerged arc, mig, tig, stick, gas, plasma arc and other cutting processes along with normal plant building equipment.

•Major Co layoff.

EDUCATION

BA degree in Operations Management/ Business Management University of Phoenix - Salt Lake City, UT January 1987 to January 1989

University Of Nevada Las Vegas - Las Vegas, NV 1973 to 1974

Southern Utah State University - Cedar City, UT 1970 to 1971

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