DONALD W. TIDWELL
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Vancouver, WA 98685
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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