Manager Maintenance
Resume:
Doug Garland
New Braunfels, Texas 78132 ****.*******@***********-***********.***
Senior-Level Plant and Production Management
Operations Personnel Quality Control Productivity Safety
Dedicated and highly knowledgeable Plant Operations Professional, credited with leading plant operations through directing teams of personnel, ensuring production needs are met, achieving all safety standards/objectives, and representing profitability through managing cost control and budget requirements. Expertise includes maintenance and engineering management platforms, driving performance in product development along with product and process improvements. Acknowledged as a subject matter expert in problem resolution, quickly identifying issues through experience in root cause failure analysis. Offer solid communication and collaborative efforts to all members and levels of the organization ensuring needs of the facility met. Guide and direct personnel to advance professional growth of subordinates through coaching, feedback and opportunity. Implement policies, procedures, and production control programs ensuring optimal performance and outcomes for the company.
Areas of Expertise
Production & Operations Management
Safety Standards
Strategic Planning/Analysis
Cost Control
Technical Support
Housekeeping Practices
Union Labor Relations
Corrective Action
Solution Management
Process Improvements
Lean Manufacturing
Product Requirements
Program Implementation
Client Interface
Personnel Management
Selected Career Highlights
Advancement in productivity packaging produced an improvement from 20K to 30K engine control modules per day by reducing equipment downtime and improving product flow thru value stream mapping
Slash equipment downtime through removal of various production obstacles through daily focus meetings
Improved productivity by 15% utilizing lean techniques such as improved parts delivery and placement to production line
Address and eliminate unsafe practices and unsafe conditions that created a standard of prolonged safety conditions
Integration of preventive, predictive and reliability maintenance program provided a reduction in equipment downtime by 30% year over year, combined with fewer tradesmen each year
Excellence as a representative of the company through client interface regarding product quality with clients such as: Colgate-Palmolive, Coca-Cola, Proctor & Gamble and General Mills
Reduction in cost by 40% through the implementation of ISO, other standard operating procedures, and work instructions
Represent product quality and delivery issues with customers as Proctor & Gamble and Ross Labs
Professional Experience
Continental Automotive Seguin, TX 2011 – Present
Value Stream Manager
Direct and oversee value stream including over 100 direct labor employees, two night shift superintendents, and team of support personnel.
Manage, coordinate, and pack a total 30K engine controllers, pressure sensors, and short range radar units per day as a high volume, tier 1 automotive supplier; totaling sales of $1B yearly
Improve production to Cummins Diesel value stream from 4500 units per week to 9000 units per week thru identification and permanent corrective action of production barriers using cross functional team
Slash scrap in Cummins Diesel from .6% of sales to .3% of sales through data analysis to identify and address root causes
Plant Superintendent 2011 - 2013
Directed 250 direct labor and 4 exempt personnel employees
Promoted to Value Stream Manager
Schneider Electric Lexington, KY 2006 – 2011
Production Manager 2010 - 2011
Improved OEE of a critical pack process from 70% to 90% using lean and six sigma techniques
Oversaw and directed 4 salary and 60 unionized hourly employees in the production of load centers
Plant Maintenance Manager 2006 – 2010
Managed team of engineers and maintenance planners and 80 indirect unionized reports
Improved skilled tradesman productivity by 60 percent thru effective maintenance planning and scheduling
Led the installation of $15M automatic parts distribution transport system resulting in approximately 2.5M in labor cost savings
Maintenance Manager Delphi Automotive Kettering, OH 2000 - 2006
Directly supervised Maintenance Planner, Maintenance Engineer, and sixty unionized skilled tradesman
Drove implementation of preventive, predictive and reliability maintenance program plant wide resulting in improved equipment uptime by an average of 30%
Managed seven different skilled trades and a team of process engineers pertaining to the installation and rearrangement of production equipment
Led a team of facility support personnel responsible for all building maintenance and utility functions
Maintenance Shift Manager AK Steel, Middletown, OH 1999 - 2000
Improved maintenance repair and preventive maintenance activities within the Hot Strip Mill; directed unionized AK tradesmen and outside contractors
Played key-role in rolling the highest tons of steel, along with establishing the best safety record in plant history
Played key role in the coordination of project planning during planned maintenance shutdowns
Previous Career Overview:
Quality Manager Inland Paperboard and Packaging Middletown, OH
Quality Supervisor Continental Plastic Container Cincinnati, OH
Calibration Technician General Electric Electronic Services Evansville, IN
Education & Training
Master of Business Administration
Miami University, Oxford, OH
Bachelor of Science Industrial Management
University of Southern Indiana, Evansville, IN
Certifications:
ASQ Certified Lean Six Sigma Black Belt 2011
Stanford University Advanced Project Manager 2014
University of Notre Dame Professional Certificate in Management 2015
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