Maintenance, Manufacturing, Quality Control

MICHAEL C. AUGER

**** ***** ***** ***** ******* North Carolina 28027

704-***-**** • *******.*****@***.***

MAINTENANCE MANAGER

Maintenance and Operations leader with a demonstrated record of exceeding productivity and quality goals by

developing a strong emphasis on process development, maintenance, and reliability. An exceptional team builder

that brings production and maintenance professionals together to develop and maintain the process to insure that

maximum productivity is achieved while meeting or exceeding customer quality requirements. 25+ years of unique

manufacturing experience in that maintenance groups played a very important role in the successes of the team.

Aggressively recruited throughout career due to producing outstanding results.

• Verifiability strengths in designing and improving processes and work procedures in support of continuous

improvement programs.

• Well-versed in all aspects of production including inventory management, quality improvement, safety programs,

waste reduction, scheduling and maintenance.

• A hands-on leader, able to mentor and motivate maintenance staff to understand their roles in developing an

effective maintenance and reliability program.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

DAY ZIMMERMAN COMPANY, Greenville, South Carolina 2012-2014 Reliability Consultant: IGM Resins

Project and Corporate Programs; Consulting role with the primary focus on maintenance, training, and safety

program development in a photomer and compounding batch chemical facility.

• Authored Lock out tag out procedures for all processing equipment in a batch chemical facility.

• Developed training programs and matrices for Process Safety Management regulated facility. Provided

necessary training for all maintenance personnel.

• Updated and improved existing PM, Lubrication, and job planning systems for batch chemical facility.

• Provided input and development of project/corporate sponsored Reliability University curriculum.

Site Operations Manager: Sabic Chemicals Project; Worked in a consulting role with the primary focus of

improving reliability to a plastic extruder process and to provide processing expertise.

• Implemented Tab Ware Maintenance system to account for spare parts inventory, identify assets in process and

set up preventative / planned maintenance schedules.

• Coordinated maintenance activities in support of the process

• Developed and implemented maintenance processes and procedures for the operation and shutdown of all

process equipment.

VERTELLUS SPECIALTIES CHEMICALS, Greensboro, North Carolina • 2002-2010

Process Team Leader: Commanded shift operations, capacity planning, and production. Supervised, trained, and

motivated 8 direct reports. Oversaw batch initiation and documentation, equipment maintenance, waste reduction,

quality assurance, and inventory control through SAP.

• Devised and deployed core process improvements to maximize batch size and processing rates while

minimizing waste and off-spec products.

• Initiated productivity, cost, and performance management programs to dramatically improve production levels,

reduce cycle times and exceed corporate expectations.

NEWCO FIBRE, Charlotte, North Carolina • 1997-2001

Sorting Manager: Provided decisive leadership and direction for textile waste operations and 60 staff members.

Coordinated receipt, sorting, processing, and packaging of materials, monitoring and maintaining compliance with

strict quality and safety guidelines. Recruited, hired, evaluated, and disciplined employees.

• Credited with increasing processing rate from 150 lbs. /man hour to 385 lbs. /man hour through implementation

of best practices and team building initiatives.

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CRANE & CO. FINE PAPERS, Dalton, Massachusetts • Prior to 1997

Raw Material Processing Supervisor: Managed and coordinated 35 operators and all aspects of raw material

processing, production scheduling, safety compliance, inventory control, and quality assurance. Earned reputation

as top performer, consistently exceeding safety and productivity goals. Key contributor to achievement of ISO 9002

Certification.

• Spearheaded 300% capacity improvement and saved $23 million earmarked for new plant construction by

eliminating redundancy, refining procedures, and increasing employee productivity.

• Worked with maintenance personnel to improve reliability of processes. This resulted in reducing break in work

from 95% to 5%. Held weekly meetings with maintenance groups to develop plan for weekly maintenance.

Inspired maintenance personnel to take ownership of the processes that they service.

• Pivotal driver in successful completion of multimillion dollar projects; teamed with Engineer and PhD through all

project phases, initial planning and justification through vendor selection, installation and equipment start-up.

• Involved maintenance personnel in planning of new equipment purchases, installation and setting up

preventative maintenance schedules.

EDUCATION & TRAINING

Wahconah Regional High, Dalton, Massachusetts • 1974 Diploma

• Software- SAP, Kronos, Microsoft Word, Excel, Outlook and Power Point

• Maintenance Software- Planned Maintenance and Parts Inventory

• Instructor- Operating Procedures, Safe Job Procedures, Confined Space, Hazardous Communication, Forklift

and Lock-Out Tag-Out

• Quality- ISO 20 Elements, Information Mapping and Auditing

• Supervisory- Development and Management Teambuilding, Dynamics of Supervision, Winning Work Groups,

Dupont Safety Management and How to Supervise People.

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