OBJECTIVE: To secure a mutually beneficial relationship, utilizing leadership and technical skills to

Build a strong culture and increase uptime using Lean Manufacturing practices.

EXPERIENCE: Creative Energy Foods, Oakland, Ca November 2016

Reliability/process Automation Manager

-Develop and implement strategies that accelerate and improve current maintenance practices and processes to improve equipment performance, reliability and lower repair costs.

- Analyze operational data and equipment performance history to deliver improvements in critical maintenance related metrics including: unplanned downtime, PM compliance, schedule compliance, Mean-Time-Between-Failures, and maintenance related costs.

- Establish maintain, and leverage value from a computerized maintenance management system (CMMS) for tracking work orders, planned/predictive maintenance, spare parts inventory, MRO management, and maintenance history of plant equipment.

- Work directly with internal process owners and project teams to develop scope, schedule and define resource plans for process improvement projects within their areas of responsibility

- Coordinate planned maintenance and connectivity with Maintenance Manager. Regularly respond with advice to maintenance/equipment related questions, ensure access to up-to-date maintenance/operating procedures, and facilitate strong team communications activities.

- Leverage company subject matter experience/experts to advance current maintenance and reliability efforts through enhanced communication and best practice sharing by driving their application.

- Develop and deliver comprehensive maintenance and reliability tactical training to maintenance technicians and process operators Identify required equipment and process upgrades and effectively manage associated projects.

- Incorporate FSMA, SQF, and other

-Food Safety requirements in all initiatives and activities.

SXP USA, Tunica, MS July 2016 – Sept 2016

Maintenance Superintendent

-Responsible for daily process downtime

-Horizon Planning

-Downtime Scheduling

-Maintenance and Production Personal Training

-Implement Reliability programs

-Uptime Planning

-Culture Change

Brinderson, Martinez, CA January 2015- July 2016

Maintenance Supervisor

Directly involved with establishing a reliability program for the DuPont Company

-MIQA Team Member

-Scheduling Preventative Maintenance program

-Horizon Planning

-Planned Downtime Scheduling

-Maintenance Personnel Training

-Process Equipment Design

-Uptime Improvement and Cost Cutting

-Identification of PSM Critical Equipment

United Spiral Pipe, Pittsburgh, CA March 2012-December 2014

Maintenance Manager

Directly involved with VP Operations to uphold the highest quality of maintenance, Quality Assurance departments following NACE, ISO, API, EPA Operations and the Standards.

-Implemented the CMMS system.

-Designed and implemented maintenance staff training, inclusive of machine specific procedures,

Electrical and Mechanical theory focused on Hydraulic, pneumatic, kinematic, power transmission,

load bearing, tribology and rigging.

-Created machine histories for asset life prediction and cost control.

-Implemented daily, weekly and monthly reports highlighting OFI inclusive of uptime, maintenance

completion and cost analysis.

-Installed preventive and predictive maintenance programs utilizing infrared, vibratory, oil analysis,

boroscopic techniques.

-Managed a $12 million annual maintenance budget.

-Responsible for $2 million annual capital expenditure program.

-Cost saving throughout maintenance and production.

-Responsible for scheduling and discipline of 18 multi-craft.

-Responsible for 3 automation technicians.

-Through FEA analysis determine root cause for failures.

-Responsible for adhering to all Federal and California environmental laws and regulations.

-Identify and procure critical spares source locally.

-Implemented vendor stocking programs.

-Identify and qualify vendors for sensitive proprietary work and installations.

-Responsible for eliminating 20 positions by equipment design, total savings of $4 million per year.

-Maintenance engineering, planning and supervising all projects and daily operation.

-Emergency planning.

-Project planning and engineering.

Welspun Tubular, Little Rock, AR August 2008-March 2012

Specialist

Directly involved with all mechanical and electrical troubleshooting and in the planning of all electrical and mechanical projects and new machines. Defined root cause analysis of breakdowns. Directly involved with production planning and daily break downs, preventative maintenance scheduling. Directly involved with designing plant automation to eliminate positions to cut operation cost. Maintained media grit blaster, reverse osmosis system, waste treatment system FBE (fusion bond epoxy) system.

-Plant commissioning.

-Responsible for greenfield construction of world class coating mill.

-Created a comprehensive Preventive Maintenance program, maintenance down time decreased 2% or less per month.

-Average of API coated pipe production rate was 225 pipes @ 80’ daily.

-Responsible for identification and up-gradation of designed equipment to meet production name design expectations.

-Approved all Mechanical and Electrical upgrades.

-Analyzed and ensure synchronous product flow through bottle neck.

-Installed key performance metrics.

-Designed rigorous training and testing programs.

-Identified and procured critical spare parts.

-Designed mobile equipment PM program.

-Directly involved with the just-in-time set up.

-Though R&D projects, cost savings of 10,000 monthly on the FBE and ARO coating system.

-Maintained OSHA, FEA, API, ISO, EPA programs.

-Team building.

-Cut cost by automation.

a.By 60 positions.

b.Saved 3 million annually.

-Built first pipe coating striping station.

-Devolved line to rail system.

-Installed the I.D. coating plant with a cure chamber.

-Installed auto stencil robot.

-Maintenance engineering.

-Fork lift, man lift, sky track, Rail King, Cat 272, 345 MH, 972H operation.

DEwaflebakkers, Maumelle, AR October 2003-August 2008

Head Mechanic

Maintained ammonia refrigeration system, spiral freezer, stacked band ovens, high speed wrapping machines. Installed new equipment, band oven, wrapping machine, freeze, and conveyor line for plant up-grades. Managed mechanical and electrical troubleshooting on the CNC equipment. Guided change over on the machines that prepared and packaged various food grade products.

-Designed rigorous training and testing program.

-Trained the mechanical and electrical staff.

-Responsible for identification and up-gradation of the high speed production rate.

-Directly evolved with just-in-time change over to different products.

-Team building.

Controlled Automation, Bryant, AR October 1999-2003

Production Supervisor

Achieved immediate and long term goals pertaining to the time frames and deadlines of building CNC machines ground-up. Accomplished team goals by successfully supervising an eleven man department in total machine assembly. Achieved and exceeded production goals through quality control. Acquired comprehensive product line knowledge through the design process using Hydraulic, pneumatic, and servo automated controlled systems. Assisted in design and implementation of beam line, angle line, shape cutter using plasma and gas cutting [Burn table] Beam drill [3 axis]. Assumed responsibility for safety through the plant production process. Demonstrated ability to weld and fit plumbing, pneumatics and hydraulics and light electrical. Ensured smooth work flow through self-involvement and teaching others.

-Accelerated production by 300%.

-Designed and built the first compact burn table with a Hypertherm Max 200.

-Worked directly with mechanical and electrical engineers and scheduling and discipline to

employees.

-Trained staff on blue print reading, and assembly drawings and team building.

-Changed machine design to meet customers’ needs.

-Maintained a safety program with per OSHA, FEA, EPA and Arkansas State regulations

resulting in zero lost time accidents.

-Produced customer quality product through initial commissioning test campaign.

Porocel, Incorporated, Little Rock, AR August 1997-October 1999

Welder/Fitter/ Millwright

Directed and coordinated all aspects in the assembly of new sister plant. Installed and maintained bag houses and ductwork to and from the Bauxite and Alumina milling, grinding machines to the dust collectors. Maximized performance levels of machines through maintenance of dust collectors. Performed light electrical duties. Serviced Sullair & Joy air compressors. Built hand rails, cat walks and chain guards to OSHA specifications.

- Worked under MSHA, OSHA, EPA acts.

- Operated 5 ton and 20 ton cranes during construction, maintenance and production needs.

- Maintained crushers, grinders, turblizers, screw and belt conveyors, dust collectors, high

pressure blowers, calciners, rock crushers.

- Rebuilt class 1 to class V gear reducers, chemical pumps.

- Built power haulage conveyors, augers.

- GMAW, SMAW welding and oxy fuel cutting.

- Fork lift, man lift, sky track operation.

- Per-designated on call technician 24/7.

Cimco Construction, Little Rock, AR October 1996-August 1997

Welder/Fitter

Improved productivity by maintaining power haulage equipment and conveyors for numerous companies. Travelled locally to various granaries, rock queries for industrial maintenance and new machine installs. Installed and insured proper activity of ventilation systems, pipe and gas lines, blower lines, feed suction. Built and installed concrete forms.

-Layout and fabricated all different types of transition shoots from power haulage

equipment to bins, conveyor lines or production machines. - Operated Boom trucks, dump trucks, bulldozers, backhoes, trenchers [ditch witch] fork lift,

man lift, sky track. - GMAW, SMAW, GTAW welding and oxy fuel cutting.

Midsouth Industrial, Memphis, TN October 1996-August 1995

Welder/ Fitter/Millwright

Travelled in state and out to various companies (i.e. Jimmy Dean and a corrugated box company, tank farms, etc.) for modifications and repairs. Assembled and installed drag and belt conveyors on tanks and set trough conveyors. Fit and weld pipe, duct work screw pipe (Sch. 40, Sch. 80, and Sch. 120).

- Build, modify, move and install machine and conveyors to permanent locations.

- Turn-key construction. - Moved different types of equipment from state or one plant to another. - Built, fab to fly, in explosive areas of different plants. - Built decks, handrail, cat walks chain guards [dry and wet] to OSHA specifications.

- Set all types machines, tanks, dust collectors, plant generators, and tank farms.

- GMAW, SMAW, GTAW welding and oxy fuel and plasma cutting.

- Fork lift, man lift, sky track operation.

Kinco Construction, Little Rock, AR January 1994 – August 1995

Welder/Iron Worker

Erect commercial buildings (i.e. Saturn Dealership, Georgetown, TN, Wal-Mart, Camden, MO). Assisted in the activities of hanging iron and sheet metal. Worked with others to ensure proper actions were taken in pouring concrete foundations and hang iron.

Interknitting, Cobleskill, NY March 1991 – January 1994

Electrical Technician

Installed many different types of Mayer knitting machines that produced many different types of fabric. Replaced AC/DC motors and drives, sensors, light curtains. Responsible for the continuous operation of 144 knitting machines in two plants.

-Serviced and maintained oil and gas steam boilers.

-120, 208, 277, 480 volt, 12, 24 volt control volt, blue print reading.

-Air conditioners.

-Air handlers.

-Humidity systems.

-Safety sensors VFD’s, motion sensors.

EDUCATION:

Modern Welding, Schenectady, NY August 1986 – January 1988

Welding Degree

Travelled to businesses to gain experience with welding by working on tasks that was needed by the customer. Chosen to go on service calls for experience, or on the job training, for many types of repair and new modifications to various types of equipment. Hard surfacing and application to prevent wear. Graduated top of the class.

-All phases, all positions.

-Brazing, oxy fuel, SMAW, GTAW, GMAW, SAW.

-Blue print reading.

-Stainless steel, mild steel, aluminum, cast iron and pipe.

-Surface, prep grinding.

-Hard surface application.

-Oxy fuel, plasma cutting.

VO-TEC, Schoharie, NY September 1985 – June 1986

Certificate in Electrical Trades

Two school years of courses at 4 hours a day. Course content included, residential, industrial and commercial wiring. Low and high volt control wiring, all types of contactors, switches, breakers.

- 480, 277, 208 3 phase voltage for industrial power source.

- 240, 120 single phase for commercial and residential power source.

- 12, 24 volt AC/DC control power source.

- Electrical code.

- Blue print reading.

- Explosion proof fixtures.

Association of Facilities Engineering September 17, 2014

Certified Professional Maintenance Manager

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