Norman L. Verboort
503-***-**** cell
E-mail *********@***.***
SUMMARY
There are no problems, only opportunities. A Facilities/Manufacturing Maintenance professional with over 20 years of combined experience in Hi-Tech, Food Processing and light manufacturing. Strong troubleshooting and root cause analysis skills
Key Contributions include the following
• World Class Maintenance Management
• Environmental Health and Safety
• Construction Management
• Budget Preparation
• Contract Negotiation
• Team Building
• Continuous improvement
• Quality and uptime improvements
• Set up of Preventive/predictive maintenance systems
• Cost reduction through Energy improvement projects/process improvement
• Increase product yield from single digits to greater then 80% through equipment and process changes.
• Combined facilities, production and electronic maintenance into one organization to cover all
equipment aspects 24x7 with no increase in maintenance personnel or overtime costs.
• Developed all preventive maintenance, safety and environmental policies and procedures.
• Negotiated all HVAC, janitorial, bulk gas and construction contracts.
EXPERIENCE
Field Operations Manager 2007- Present
Clear Edge Power
Provide Technical support for the Sales Team through presentations and training of Sales personnel. Responsible for
training and qualifying certified installers. Was responsible for the design/Integration of over 140 Combined Heat and
Power Fuel Cells into both Residential and Commercial buildings. Managed 15+ active projects at any given time.
Managed projects primarily in California with occasional requirements in the Midwest, Austria and Korea.
Facilities Maintenance Manager/EHS Manager 2003-2007
Milgard Windows
Provide plant and equipment maintenance as well as responsibility for grounds, IT and phones.
Significant contributions include the reduction of emergency downtime on primary equipment by greater
then 80% while bringing the budget from 25% over to 5% under in 6 months.
In addition through guarding and safety awareness we were able to improve our safety rating from #12
inside the Milgard divisions to #1 and we also won the Masco Safety Rising Star award for our
improvements in Safety.
General Manager 2003-2004
Verboort Homes
Building Custom homes
Director of Facilities/EHS 1996 – 2003
Facilities/Maintenance Manager 1987 – 1996
Lead Mechanical Technician 1984 – 1987
Planar Systems, Beaverton, Oregon 1984 – 2003
Provided 24x7 maintenance/engineering/emergency response support for all aspects of manufacturing,
facilities, construction, thin film deposition, photolithography and environmental health and safety for 5
facilities including production, R&D and office buildings. Supervised 12 Technicians and a Manager and
multiple contractors. Significant contributions helped the company grow from a start-up to one with $200
million in revenues per year.
EDUCATION
Devry Institute of Technology
Two years of Electronics in Audio Technology
RELATED TRAINING
Portland State - Management
State of Oregon – Electrical Classes
Portland Community – Management and Maintenance
Varian – Leak Checker
OTHER SKILLS
Excel
Word
Kepner-Tregoe
Microsoft Project
AutoCAD Lite
Process Loop Controllers
Limited Maintenance Electrical License (State of Oregon)
Hazardous Material Response Team Training
Juran
Cadence Project Management
Past member of American Electronics Associations Environmental Management Systems team
State of Oregon Construction Contractors Board License