Maintenance/Engineering/Project Manager + Reliability Engineer

BARRON DEMARSE

**** ********** **. **********, ** 37037

615-***-**** ******.*******@*****.***

MAINTENANCE, ENGINEERING AND PROJECT MANAGEMENT

P ROFESSIONAL

Over 25 years of progressive experience in successfully optimizing equipment reliability and building

best-in-class maintenance organizations at both plant and corporate levels. Expert in introducing and

implementing Continuous Improvement and Operational Excellence initiatives to streamline process

work-flow, improve equipment efficiency and technician productivity, reduce costs, enhance product

quality, foster top-performing teams and ensure a safe, environmentally compliant workplace. I am most

effective when leading organizational and culture change at a strategic level. Core competencies include:

Bachelor of Science Technical Management Southern New Hampshire University 3.85 GPA

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Nyrstar APRIL 2013

- PRESENT

Engineering & Maintenance MANAGER

Responsible for the strategic and technical leadership of Maintenance and Engineering departments servicing

six underground mines and two metal concentrator plants across Tennessee. My staff includes 36 salaried

professionals and over 175 mechanics and technicians.

Develops 3 year Capital plan utilizing Life Cycle cost principles and manages $20MM

CAPEX and $40MM OPEX budgets to balance and optimize asset health with business

Free Cash Flow and EBITDA positions.

Implementing Best-In-Class maintenance practices and strategies which are driving

improved equipment availability and reliability while reducing repair costs. These efforts

increased overall availability by 8% this year while reducing Direct Operating Costs.

Manages a professional Engineering Reliability team which identified over $2.5MM in

cost savings and avoidance utilizing Root Cause Analysis and FMEA methodologies

while eliminating repeat and costly failure modes.

Leads Project Engineers and Project Managers on each phase all PP&E CAPEX projects,

ensuring successful project execution, delivery, and validation.

GENERAL ELECTRIC OCTOBER 2011

– APRIL 2013

SENIOR PROJECT ENGINEER, RELIABILITY

Responsible for fleet reliability programs for over 3,000 GE AC4400 locomotives and implemented

reliability programs and projects to drive improved asset availability for GE’s Maintenance Service

Agreement customers.

Created and led cross-functional teams which prepared and implemented targeted

reliability initiatives and programs in a matrix reporting environment. Team members

included finance, sourcing, legal, multiple engineering disciplines, and field service.

Worked collaboratively to create a standardized Service Pulse report between all

platforms. This allowed the executive team, customers, and engineering teams to

compare and act on reliability data and trends on a normalized basis from a single report.

Led several complex reliability projects which significantly reduced road failures. These

efforts drove down failure rates as much as 25% and improved customer satisfaction.

PHARMAVITE JULY 2010 –

OCTOBER 2011

MANAGER, FACILITY AND EQUIPMENT MAINTENANCE

Responsible for all aspects of facility maintenance including equipment reliability, all utility systems,

building and grounds maintenance, plant cleanliness including cGMP compliant production areas, and multi-

site storeroom MRO operations.

Developed and implemented all process flows for maintenance management including

work requests, work orders, maintenance planning and scheduling, job execution,

emergency work, work order closeout, and failure analysis.

Implemented a preventive maintenance and condition monitoring program which yielded

immediate positive results measured by increased uptime of vital encapsulation

equipment and improved first pass product quality.

Drove both new and established MRO procedures to accurately set min/max levels based

on usage history and lead times, developed a Bill of Material for each piece of

equipment, and staged parts for planned work. This resulted in greater than 98.5%

inventory accuracy with minimal stock outs which reduced repair times.

Managed several successful and critical CAPEX utility capacity projects to support our

increased production demands. These projects included creating capacity and

redundancy in the areas of steam & condensate, electrical distribution, chilled water,

compressed air, and plant water systems.

LEPRINO FOODS MAR 2009

– JULY 2010

UTILITIES MANAGER

Managed all plant utilities including a complex, two-stage, 180,000 pound ammonia refrigeration with 23

compressors, also steam boilers, compressed air, process water, HVAC systems, and electrical distribution

systems. I was also responsible for managing the site's Process Safety Management (PSM) program as well

as maintaining all buildings and facilities. This is the company’s flagship factory which processes 10 million

pounds of milk per day and had over 900 employees.

Researched and managed implementation of electrical power consumption reduction

projects which yielded $1.8MM savings per year.

Developed a visual utility consumption report to identify usage anomalies. This report

heightened plant awareness for identifying inefficiencies and sources of wasteful habits.

Created the Power department’s Preventive Maintenance program to enhance PM

compliance and effectiveness. This yielded 100% utility system up-time milestone for

FY2009.

Revamped entire PSM/RMP program to comply with Federal and State EPA and OSHA

regulations.

Managed new multi-million dollar CAPEX utility expansion and efficiency projects

including new ultra-low emission boiler, cooling tower expansion with VSD controls,

new 6,000 HP low pressure ammonia system, 30MVA main transformer, and high

efficiency air handlers.

CONSULTING OCT 2006 –

MARCH 2009

MAVERICK TECHNOLOGIES

SENIOR CONSULTANT

Principle consultant on reliability and maintenance needs for Maverick Technology’s customers and clients.

Maverick is the largest independently owned automation integrator in the US with global clients in many

vertical markets including food & beverage and gas & oil industries.

Developed Reliability Tools of the Future for Chevron’s wholly owned refineries. This

project leveraged cutting edge technologies in the fields of advanced equipment

monitoring, intelligent instruments, data gathering and analysis, advanced HMI, and asset

reliability software to enable optimized operational decisions based on real-time

equipment condition monitoring information.

Created all Business Development marketing materials and program implementation

guides for Maverick’s maintenance and reliability program to grow this business

segment.

M & H ENERGY SERVICES

PROJECT MANAGER

A founder of the maintenance and reliably group focused on CMMS implementation and process work-flow

development. My staff included consultants, SAP professionals, engineers, technical writers, and data

analysts who completed several simultaneous national and international projects for gas & oil and

petrochemical companies.

Successfully managed a SAP Plant Maintenance and Material Management module

implementation project for Marathon Oil at their newest natural gas liquefaction

facility in West Africa with over 10,000 pieces of equipment. Project included

conversion and creation of all Master Data, equipment and spare part criticality

assignment, preventive and predictive maintenance tasks, bill of material creation, all

maintenance, storeroom and warehousing work flow processes, training for all staff,

and go-live support.

THE CLOROX COMPANY JUL 2005

– OCT 2006

WCM TOTAL PROGRESSIVE MAINTENANCE ENGINEER

Lead the Total Progressive Maintenance pillar of the World Class Manufacturing initiative at Clorox. I had

oversight for creating standardized maintenance practices and performance metrics for 20 manufacturing

plants.

Created maintenance performance metrics and coached plant teams in Key

Performance Indicators (KPI) to continually improve maintenance methods and

effectiveness.

Corporate gatekeeper of SAP PM module improvements. Created several material

management reports which reduced storekeeper data management time by 20% at each

plant. Managed two full cycle SAP implementation projects.

Championed Breakdown Elimination (BDE) program reducing OEE loss and parts

expenditures associated with equipment failures. This program saved over $1.2MM in

its first year by reducing downtime and mitigating repeat equipment failures. This

repeatable method taught technicians and operators how to analyze failures using the

5-Why root-cause analysis tool.

ANHEUSER-BUSCH NOV 1996

– JUL 2005

MAINTENANCE MANAGER / BREWING AREA MANAGER

As a recognized successful change agent, I implemented Continuous Improvement methodologies at three

breweries which greatly improved operating efficiencies and crew morale while reducing the Cost of Goods

Sold.

Managed 8 direct reports and 45 employees as a Brewhouse Area Manager. This

unique position encompassed daily operations, maintenance and engineering

disciplines. Improved OEE from 70% to 85% in 12 months by identifying and

correcting systemic equipment and process control failures.

Lead the maintenance department from ‘worst to first’ in corporate performance metrics as

Maintenance Manager. This accomplishment yielded a 20% reduction in maintenance

parts, labor overtime, and contract service costs.

Recognized as an adaptable leader capable of successfully managing several departments

and disciplines including maintenance, utilities, engineering and operations.

UNITED STATES NAVY DEC 1986 –

NOV 1996

NUCLEAR PROPULSION PLANT SUPERVISOR

Completed the highly competitive and academically demanding nuclear training program top of class. The

navy’s nuclear program is the bedrock for developing individuals with the ability to learn and adapt quickly,

individual integrity, and where total excellence is the standard.

Member of hand-selected crew for the navy’s only nuclear powered deep

submersible, Submarine NR-1.

Qualified Master Training Specialist and was chosen to instruct students at both a

nuclear power prototype and Nuclear Field ‘A’ school.

Qualified Officer of the Deck, Engineering Duty Officer, Engineering Officer of the

Watch, and Engineering Watch Supervisor.

Learned and mastered the navy’s Reliability Centered Maintenance (RCM) and 3M

maintenance principles and methods.

Trained as a nuclear propulsion plant electrician with expertise in motors, generators,

controllers, regulators, distribution systems, lead-acid storage batteries, and test equipment.

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