Thomas Cotton
*********@*****.***
MAINTENANCE MANAGER
Maintenance Manager and Mechanic with extensive experience managing teams for optimum performance, within the Consumer Products (Food) and Lumber Mill industries. Schedule employees for daily production runs, PM’s, and plant shutdowns and handle timecards. Hold regular meetings with employees and handle performance issues as needed. Interact on a regular basis with Management and Human Resources, as needed. Manage an annual budget for the Maintenance department. Perform maintenance on a variety of machinery and work closely with contractors for annual repairs.
SKILLS AND MACHINERY
• Lean Six Sigma • Boilers, Presses, Palletizers, Filling Machines, Arpacs
• Microsoft Office (Word, Excel) • SAP Software
• 5S and 5Y • Quality Suite
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Ready Roast Nut Company, Madera, Ca 08/01/16-09/28/17 Maintenance Manager
• Responsible for a variety of daily management activities for two active production plants
• Handled employee scheduling for all shifts
• Oversaw and established improved production lines which resulted in the increase of the
• plants production capability
HARRIS RANCH BEEF COMPANY, Selma, CA 09/26/15-04/11/16 Maintenance Manager
• Responsible for a variety of daily management activities for all three shifts of maintenance mechanics
• Ensured that beef packaging lines were running efficiently and that all safety protocols were being followed.
• Handled all of the repairs and maintenance for the packaging lines and equipment. KRAFT FOODS, Fresno, CA 04/23/01-08/14/15
Maintenance Manager / Maintenance Mechanic Lead / Maintenance Mechanic
• Responsible for the daily supervision of 40 maintenance mechanics.
• Worked closely with employees, and Human Resources as needed, on employee performance issues.
• Assessed, repaired and rebuilt all types of machinery and equipment.
• Prepared all work orders and followed up to be sure problems were resolved in a timely manner.
• Ordered parts for repairs, new equipment, shop, and office supplies. SEQUIOA FOREST INDUSTRIES, Dinuba, CA 06/10/80-08/04/00 Maintenance Mechanic / Saw Filer
• Responsible for maintenance and repairs of all Mill equipment
• Equipment operator
• Handled shipping and receiving of all saws
TRAINING
• Green Belt Certified
• Shingo Certified
• Forklift Certified