Maintenance Manager
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KOFI B. BENNIN
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SUMMARY
Mechanical Maintenance Engineer, with extensive knowledge and experience in machine and equipment
maintenance, maintenance planning, safe equipment operation, and, staff training. Possess great expertise in
equipment installations, modifications, qualifications and validations. Proficient in the use of Computer-based
Maintenance Management Systems (CMMS), deployment of Total Productive Maintenance (TPM), facility layout
planning and improvements, and, equipment availability improvements, to greater than 85%.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
KINDER MORGAN LIQUID TERMINALS, Carteret, NJ May 2013 – Dec 2013
Maintenance Manager
Managed the Maintenance Department,
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Planned and coordinated Oil Terminal maintenance activities,
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In charge of budgeting, staff training, regulatory and DOT/API compliance issues,
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Organized daily safety training for supervisors and other maintenance staff,
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Planned, assigned and supervised daily work.
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SIKA CORPORATION, LYNDHURST OPERATIONS, Lyndhurst, NJ 2009 – 2013
Maintenance Manager
Managed the Maintenance Department.
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Prepared routine and preventive maintenance schedules for both Batch and Continuous production
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processes.
Maintained polyurethane-products manufacturing equipment, including bulk materials transfer and
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conveying equipment and piping, dryers, coolers, extruders, packaging, and general plant equipment, and
utilities. Schedules made, using a computer maintenance management software program - MP2 Version 6.1.
Planned and executed plant maintenance jobs and projects, writing SOPs, for critical jobs.
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Managed Total Productive Maintenance (TPM) program introduction, implementation and
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scheduling.
Managed inventory and inventory control; ordered parts; monitored and performed audits.
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Maintained safe plant operations, optimum equipment usage and, equipment availability.
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Designed and facilitated maintenance personnel training and evaluation programs.
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Led Maintenance Department, on multiple occasions, to pass rigorous ISO 9001 and TS 16949
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(Technical specifications) Plant Re-Certification, and, Surveillance Audits, due to the superior maintenance
practices in place at the Plant.
REYNOLDS PACKAGING KAMA, Avenel, NJ 2007 – 2009
(Now Multi-plastics, a Plastic Extrusion Co.)
Maintenance Manager
Managed the Maintenance Department .
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Prepared routine and preventive maintenance schedules for extrusion equipment, ovens and
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calendars, using computer maintenance management software - MP2 Version 6.
Wrote SOPs for critical jobs.
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Planned and executed the Plant's maintenance projects and routine jobs.
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Managed Total Productive Maintenance (TPM) program introduction, implementation and
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scheduling.
Managed inventory and spare parts orders, and, monitored and performed audits.
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Maintained safe operations and optimized equipment safety, usage and replacements.
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Facilitated maintenance personnel training.
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AARHUS KARLSHAMN UNITED, USA, Port Newark, NJ 8/2007 – 10/2007
Mechanical Maintenance Supervisor (Contract Employment)
Prepared set-ups for a Total Productive Maintenance system, for an Edible Oil processing company,
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using
C-Works (a Computer Maintenance Management System).
Set up work priorities and followed up to produce desired results.
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Supervised mechanics staff of seven (7) to maintain production equipment on a daily basis.
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KOFI B. BENNIN
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DIETRICH METAL FRAMING, Boonton, NJ 2003 – 2006
Mechanical Engineering Associate/Supervisor
Planned/maintained roll-forming equipment, cutting maintenance costs by 50% in one year.
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Provided support with the development of new roll-formed sheet–metal products.
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Installed Electrical/Electronic Controls and Programmable Logic Controllers on lines.
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Made modifications to equipment layouts, and equipment set-ups, that improved production
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output by 30%.
Maintained logs to determine key performance indicators for equipment and the facility.
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MARINO WARE INDUSTRIES, South Plainfield, NJ 1999 – 2003
Mechanical Maintenance Supervisor
Responsible for a 10% equipment down-time reduction through creation and establishment of fool-
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proof routine and preventive maintenance plans and schedules for roll-formers, slitters, hydraulic systems, air-
compressors, breaks, shears, overhead-cranes, material handling equipment, factory plumbing, fire protection
and HVAC systems.
Maintained factory machines at top operating levels, through strong leadership, supervision of staff
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performance, and the elimination of premature part failures.
Other Work Experience prior to July, 1999 (Engineering Companies, in Ghana and Nigeria)
Management of engineering projects. (Equipment installation and testing, in Ghana and Nigeria)
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Selection, installation and maintenance of Hydraulic and Pneumatic Equipment
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Material Handling Equipment, Cranes and lift trucks, and Control Devices
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Operation and maintenance of 120 Megawatt Francis Turbines and Generators (VRA, Ghana)
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Conduction of Index Tests, on 120 MW Francis Turbines. (V.R.A., Akosombo, Ghana)
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College Lecturer/Instructor, in Machine Design and Fluid Power. (Calabar Polytechnic, Nigeria)
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EDUCATION
MS, Manufacturing Systems Engineering
New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT), Newark, NJ, 5/2007.
GPA: 3.90.
BS, (Honors), Mechanical Engineering
University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana
ADDITIONAL TECHNICAL AND MANAGEMENT SKILLS
Microsoft Office Applications ( Word, Excel and Power Point)
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RCM (Reliability Centered Maintenance), FMEA and Fault Tree Analyses
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Installation of Electrical Control Systems, including Programmable Logic Controllers (PLCs)
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Designing for Manufacture and Assembly (DFMA)
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Production Planning and Control
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Quality Control and Improvements, with Design of Experiments (DOE)
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Validation Master Plan writing
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Production equipment set-ups, using SMED principles
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Project Management and Supervision
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Supply Chain Management
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Auto CAD 2007
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MEMBERSHIPS
• American Society of Mechanical Engineers (A.S.M.E.)
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