DONALD W. TIDWELL

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Vancouver, WA 98685

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Email: ac4at3@r.postjobfree.com

Education

United States Military Academy

West Point, NY: graduated MAY 1993, BS Life Sciences field of study, Civil Engineering minor

Georgia Southern University, Statesboro, GA: MBA program,

Special Training

Hazardous Material Handling and Communication (40-hour course): FEB 1995

Zenger-Miller: Facilitating for Results

Georgia Pacific Chemical Process Safety Coordinator and Process Hazard Analysis certifications

Professional Experience

AUG 15-present Kapstone Paper

Maintenance Superintendent, Central Maintenance

Responsible for infrastructure maintenance at the Longview, WA mill

Areas of responsibility include garage, yard crew, crane crew and janitorial, sewer systems and mill air

Additional responsibility as maintenance training manager, managed maintenance apprenticeship and advanced skilled

trades programs

Directly supervised 3 salary staff and indirectly 50 hourly staff

NOV 11-AUG 15 Kapstone Paper

Maintenance Superintendent, Pulp and Utilities

Responsible for all mechanical maintenance in the pulping and utilities departments

Areas of responsibility include woodroom, semi-chem, cooker, digesters, kilns, evaporators, furnaces, boilers,

steam turbines, effluent, and mill water

Directly supervised salary 8 staff and indirectly 80 hourly skilled tradesmen

APR 10-NOV 11 Wausau Paper

Mechanical Maintenance Manager

Responsible for all mechanical maintenance for the Middletown, OH tissue facility

Areas of responsibility include powerhouse/utilities, de-inking, paper machines, effluent and mill general

Directly supervised 6 salary staff and indirectly 26 hourly skilled tradesmen

DEC 06- NOV 09 Kellogg’s Snacks

Maintenance Manager

Responsible for all maintenance operations of the Cary, NC Bakery

Responsible for the safety, welfare and productivity of 48 hourly technicians and 11 salary staff members

Responsible for maintenance expense budget

MAY 00 – DEC 06 Georgia Pacific Corporation

Assistant Mechanical Maintenance Superintendent (NOV 04 – DEC 06)

Responsible for all mechanical maintenance in powerhouse, pulp, paper machines, effluent treatment and general mill facilities

Maintenance Training Supervisor (JAN 04 -NOV 04)

Fiber and Power Maintenance Supervisor (JAN 03-JAN 04)

Responsible for all mechanical maintenance in pulp operations, power plant and effluent plant

Responsible for the safety, welfare and productivity of 16 mechanics, 2 planners and 2 leadmen

Paper Machine Maintenance Supervisor (MAY 00 – JAN 03)

Responsible for all mechanical maintenance and mechanical planning on 5 of the world’s largest tissue

machines

Responsible for the safety, welfare and productivity of 17 mechanics, 3 planner/schedulers and 2 leadmen

SEP 98 – MAY 00 Armstrong World Industries

Maintenance MRO/Systems Coordinator (SEP 99- MAY 00)

Purchasing agent for all plant MRO material; negotiated plant purchase and service contracts

Technical Supervisor, Residential Tile Lines, Lancaster Plant (SEP 98- SEP 99)

Responsible for the safety, welfare and productivity of union employees on a three-shift operation

SEP 97 – SEP 98 Lone Star Steel Company

Maintenance Scheduler, Weld and Heat Treatment Mills

Responsible for all maintenance scheduling in Lone Star Steel pipe mills

Coordinated the installation of the computer maintenance management system, PMC for Windows, to

accurately record historical maintenance data and account based costing

NOV 95 – SEP 97 Case Corporation

Preventive Maintenance Supervisor, Case IH East Moline Plant (DEC 96- SEP 97)

Responsible for all preventive and predictive maintenance of the East Moline plant with

16 union tradesmen on a 24-hour operation

Coordinated predictive maintenance of plant equipment with outside contractors including thermography,

vibration analysis and oil analysis

Production Supervisor, 2nd Shift Fabrication, Case IH East Moline Plant (NOV 95- DEC 96)

Responsible for second shift operations in light metal fabrication, heavy metal fabrication and heat treatment

Responsible for safety, discipline and productivity of 36 union employees

MAY 93 - NOV 95 United States Army

Rocket Platoon Leader

Responsible for discipline, safety and welfare of 16 soldiers

Coordinated the operational deployment and supervised the maintenance of 4 tracked vehicles, 2

wheeled vehicles and platoon equipment valued at over $16 million

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