Reginald Keith Caples
Chicago, Illinois 60620.
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OBJECTIVE
Lead a manufacturing team in a direction that ensures plant metrics are achieved in a safe, timely,
quality, cost efficient and productive manner.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCES
United States Marine Corps-Great Lakes - 2005-2013
Regional Director Plant Engineering/ Maintenance.
1Responsible for direct supervision of all department employees including training, discipline,
housekeeping, and staffing recommendations.
2Review and plan for daily/weekly/quarterly labor, equipment, and supply requirements to achieve the
departmental goals.
3Provided the leadership and training on UPS Systems, automated transfer switches, critical data
cooling systems chillers, generators, static-switch gears, power plant turbines.
4Participate in objective setting, plan development and performance reviews of facilities performance
and equipment safety.
5Coordinate department priorities and communicate daily with maintenance staff to ensure all
preventative maintenance equipment tasks meet military standards.
6Directly responsible for the installation and maintenance of all generators, emergency lighting and
f ire safety equipment.
7Provide A principle engineering direction for all foundry equipment scheduled maintenance.
8Implements, Initiates, the facilities maintenance program base on best practices, with an emphasis
on preventative and predictive maintenance.
9Maintained and Tracked Financials, Approved and Created Budgets, and was directly involved in all
capital improvement projects.
10Effectively develop and coach supervisors and employees on all shifts with emphasis on building a
winning team.
11Prepare reports, analyzes data, and makes recommendations for improving plant and facilities
operations.
12Monitors plant equipment and energy usage using real time data information systems using real
t ime data.
13Communicated directly with all operations departments to coordinate maintenance and repair work
in respected areas.
14Directs and approves, following financial department guidelines, all requisitions for maintenance
activities and purchases.
15Implement a MP2 and Maximo CMMS program for all overhead cranes, electric arc furnaces, high
voltage electrical sub-stations as well.
16Directs, maintains, and enforces the safety programs for the maintenance department, reviews
safety records to uphold military standards.
17Implement and maintained a SIx Sigma Lean Manufacturing Programs using Root Cause analysis
to determine equipment failure.
18Responsible for all heat treating furnaces, metal arc furnaces, overhead cranes & hydraulic
equipment.
19Maintain commercial laundry equipment facilities main heating & cooling power plants chillers.
19Ensuring that Great lakes naval facility is in compliance with air, water, waste, and pollution
control norms of the regulatory authorities.
20Ensure that all internal pollution controls are also complied with by all government, OSHA and EPA
Standards.
21Identify opportunities to eliminate cost and waste with Lean Principles program that reduced utility
cost by 45% over 3 years.
United States Marine Corps/ Virginia Beach, Virginia
1997-2005
Senior Facility Maintenance Manager Critical Data Facility Center
1Plan, supervise and implement all daily maintenance facility and equipment maintenance requests
under the direction of the plant manager
2Support monthly inspection activities of log book real time data information, equipment preventative
and maintenance requests.
3Implement and designed a CMMS Equipment maintenance program that would facilitate 3500 pm
requests monthly
4Assess and create a budget that would include inventory room, utility consumption and outside
vendor contracts.
5Implement high voltage switch gears stations, ups systems, diesel generators, chillers and cooling
towers
6Coordinate work with other departments to ensure that all maintenance request are maintained in a
t imely manner
7Work with Facility Maintenance Manager to establish communication and meet performance
standards within the department
8Maintain a departmental budget including new construction bid-outs and projects .
9Achieve budgeted financial results with in facility maintenance department
10Provide all safety training lockout tag out training, OSHA Compliance training for electrical
standards.
11Determine and administer necessary documentation for all EH&S required/related permits and
l icenses in a compliance manner.
12Evaluate facilities operations to ensure EH&S compliance with all applicable Federal, State, and
Local Requirements are met.
U nited States Marine Corps Camp Lejune, NC
1981-1997
Foundry maintenance specialist.
1Maintain daily maintenance and equipment preventative maintenance as scheduled by commanding
officer
2Operate and maintain all high pressure steam boilers, gas & steam turbines that produce clean
energy.
3Install and maintained all gas and steam turbine equipment, clean energy power plant preventative
maintenance specialist.
4Properly maintain all daily work orders assigned by field commanding officer completing each one
daily.
5Responsible for monthly testing of power plant equipment, diesel generators, heavy duty equipment.
6Provided leadership as lead power plant maintenance specialist.
EDUCATION
1Bachelor Degree Electrical Engineering(Northwestern University, Chicago)
2Associates Degree Applied Sciences-( Refrigeration- Heating/ Air- Conditioning)
3Senior Construction Project Management Certified
ACCOMPLISHMENTS
1Associates Applied Sciences Refrigeration/HVAC
2Bachelor Degree Electrical Engineering
3Universal Refrigeration/Heating Certification
4Director Of waste and recycling program.
5Maintained Annually Budget Of $30 Million.
6Ammonia Refrigeration Specialist