Steven M. Johnson
N**** County Road Y Seymour WI 54165
*************@*****.*** Phone 920-***-****
Please consider this letter and the enclosed resume as my application for the employment for the current opening of Maint. Manager in your organization. I believe that you will find me well qualified for this position.
I have spent the last 22+ years of experiences a Millwright/Planner/Buyer/Shift supervisor has equipped me with a multitude of skills, and I would like to continue my growth within a dynamic organization. I have a solid understanding of a wide variety of duties. I am confident that my skill base, and strong customer service and interpersonal skills will make me an ideal representative of your organization.
I bring a high level of enthusiasm and energy to my work, and am accustomed to accomplishing multiple tasks in a timely manner. I am known by my peers as being hard working and dependable, with the ability to communicate effectively with both internal and external customers.
I would welcome the opportunity to meet with you to learn more about your goals for this position and review my qualifications. Thank you for your time and consideration.
Sincerely,
Steven M. Johnson
Key Qualifications
Communication
Ability to envision how parts of the job, shutdown or project should flow, and communicate those ideas to mechanics, managers, architects, designers, and upper management, always with positive results
Experienced in blueprint assessment and collaborating with engineers throughout the course of a job to point out oversights that would unnecessarily consume time and money
Ability to communicate effectively in a group settings and team meetings
Ability to resolve conflicts in an effective manner
Communicates effectively with both production and management to ensure agreement on daily priorities
Customer Service
Experienced team worker in APS, RCFA, fire brigade and lock and tag committees
Provides dependable, consistent follow-up keeping managers apprised of needed repairs, preventative maintenance and lubrication issues
Ability to ensure quality control, compliance and completion of work on time
Excellent skills in guiding, motivating, training and mentoring others so that they may maintain equipment to customer satisfaction
Utilize vendor knowledge to help in assessing plant changes or upgrades to maintain up to date replacement parts are available as gearboxes, motors, and drives become obsolete
Professional Skills
Possess excellent computer skills in work orders, Gantt charting, planning, buying, writing job plans and heading up shutdown meetings to ensure smooth shutdown repairs
Pride in the quality of my work, and a willingness to personally perform even the most menial tasks and get the job done
Strong ability to work separately or as team member in the absence of supervision
Dedicated, loyal, customer oriented person and highly motivated to succeed in any position.
Wide knowledge of techniques, procedures, policies, materials, equipment and supplies related to operation, construction, repair and maintenance of facilities.
Mechanical training over training ongoing from 1993 to 2003 at which time I received an A rate pay grade. From there took ongoing classes whenever they became available.
Professional Experience
Tufco Converting World Wide (Millwright) Dec 2014 Present
Reputation & Presence Management LLC (my own business) 2014 - Present
Sales of SEO web services
Life & Wealth Management LLC (my own Business) 2011 _ 2013
Life, health, 401k, business solutions, Annuities, Medicare Advantage plans
Georgia Pacific Tissue Mills, Green Bay, WI 1990 – 2011
Tissue, towel and napkin producer
Shift Lead/Millwright/Reliability Technician 2006 – 2011
Responsible for Paper Machines, pulp Processing, power plant and general mill
Emergency repair calls. Also included converting machines on nights and weekends
Planner/Buyer/Scheduler 2000 – 2006
Primary assignment pulp processing and backup paper machines
Millwright 1993 – 2000
Swing shift responsible for entire mill except converting machine repairs,
Assigned to day shift on #10 paper machine millwright position
Machine Operator 1990 – 1993
Operator of 12 different non printed napkin lines
Gold Bond Ice Cream, Green Bay, WI
Machine Operator/Machine Repair Crew 1986 –1989
Trained to run all lines as a shift lunch break operator
Coleman Products Wiring Division 1983 –1986
Wiring division of AMC/Jeep/Renault
Line supervisor/Quality check
Accomplishments
Leadership
Strong knowledge of practices and principles of employee supervision, including work assignment, planning, review and training staff in work procedures.
Accepted leadership roles to ensure successful and timely completion of group assignments as a team leader, buyer/planner/scheduler, and emergency response (fire, CPR, and trauma) treatment
Led coordination with responders on off shift and weekend breakdowns to ensure optimum up time
Team shift leader for Fire Brigade to maintain an incident free facility
Accepted PPR role to inspect and coordinate the work done by contractors ensuring proper permits were issued (tank entry, hot work, scaffold, fall protection, excavating, and critical lift)
Active team member in pulp consolidation team
Leader in roll out of precision maintenance training in laser alignment, belt tension, belt alignment, proper bolt torque settings
Safety
Ensured safety through extensive computer skills in buying, planning, scheduling, Gantt charting, and renting equipment
Led tracking and communication for near miss incidents to all mill employees promote a safety culture
Compliance with safety training for tow-motor, scissors lift, articulating lift, carry deck crane, aerial lift, bobcat, and pay loader
Completed lock-out/tag-out training along with being team members of the lock and tag compliance committee and maintenance safety committee
Did analysis of hand injuries to roll out improvements for better hand protection
Completed MSDS training and spill response compliance
Skilled with OSHA regulations that are applicable to job responsibilities
Active member of the Maintenance Safety Committee, pump CAT team and Safety improvement team.
Skills
Handled regular equipment, tools used in construction and repairs of facility maintenance
Experienced with typical equipment, methods, and tools including predictive, preventative, and precision maintenance such as dot line, belt hog, belt tension, coupling and roll alignment tools
Proficient with a wide variety of hand/power tools such as drills, portaband, floor coring equipment, sheers, chop saw, welders, torches, arc cutting, plasma cutting, mag drills
Broad experience in operation of pulp processing equipment, paper machines, and converting equipment
Education
Ashwaubenon High School – Green Bay WI 1976 – 1980
Northeast Wisconsin Technical College (NWTC) – Green Bay WI. Fire and Rescue, CPR and Trauma, and additional training and testing at NWTC and at employment site
Completed Indus passport, Gantt chart, APS, RCFA, and maintenance Level A training
Johnson Steam Joint School – Johnson Paper Drying Facility
Affiliated Steam– Steam trap and piping training