Manager Maintenance/Supervisor

CHRIS KATONA

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MAINTENANCE MANAGER

Delivery through Performance and Leadership

PROFILE

Highly motivated Maintenance Manager experienced in the introduction and support of a wide variety of projects, able to work with, motivate, and mentor diverse professional teams, while leading by example. A proven leader, who quickly and successfully responds to ever-changing environments and situations, consistently achieves goals within critical project deadlines, and is able to leverage an eye for detail, ensuring success and quality.

Confident, highly energized, effective, and persuasive communicator with strong interpersonal and communication skills. Detail- and results-oriented with a proven ability to demonstrate flawless execution and implementation of innovative strategies. An analytical and strategic thinker with the highest professional standards and personal integrity.

A builder of high-performance teams and a natural team leader, mentor, and motivator who thrives in environments requiring a high-level strategist and a big-picture thinker. Proven management skills utilized in driving profitable and cost-effective collaboration between various business sectors.

CORE COMPETENCIES

Problem Identification Strategic and Tactical Planning Manufacturing, Building & Facilities Maintenance

Project Management Furnace Operations Forging Operations Training Process flow Review. Purchasing

Six Sigma Mentoring Hydraulic / Pneumatics Kaizen CNC Machines PLC.

Professional Experience

Core Mfg Mentor, Ohio 2013-Present

Maintenance Manager

Directing all phases of building and equipment maintenance, including purchasing new equipment, spare parts and maintenance supplies within the allotted budget.

The Swagelok Corporation Solon,Ohio 2011- Present

Maintenance Tech Level 4

Accountable for keeping all machinery running to meet customer needs. Work with operations and management to schedule repairs on a time sensitive basis. Taking college courses to help improve plant operations.

The Dyson Corporation Painesville, Ohio 2000 - 2011

Maintenance / Production Manager

Subject matter expert accountable for directing a team of 7 to 20 contractors to support all aspects of maintenance operations, including over 10 acres of buildings, with emphasis on safety, forging presses, upsetters, 450 ton parts formers, heat treat and forging furnaces, induction heating, CNC machines, five ton cranes, 300 hp compressors, 20,000 lb. lift truck, electrical, plumbing, building renovations, and spare parts maintenance purchasing.

Successfully initiated, implemented, and designed work to start the Windmill division with over $1,000,000 in capital expansion and $2,000,000 in raw materials leading to $10,000,000 annual revenue stream.

Devised and led all aspects of reconstruction for a new 28,000 square foot heat treat / forging building within the target deadline.

Designed the runways and installed multiple cranes, including a five ton crane critical to production.

Assisted in the execution of the Six Sigma with safety program.

Industrial Dock & Door Mentor, Ohio 1996 - 2000

Service Technician

Identified as key leader to successfully install over 1,000 industrial docks over a four-year period, six days a week.

Initiated electrical and engineering solutions that eliminated the need for outside contractors resulting in a new “turn-key installation” increasing overall revenue.

Effectively resolved customer crisis with Ford Motor Co. affecting over 96 docking stations that had all malfunctioned due to customer oversight. Received significant bonus payment for efforts.

1985-1996 Joseph Dyson & Sons, Painesville, Ohio

A privately held $100M+ Forging Products Firm with 175 employees that produces high quality fastening products for major industrial clients and US Navy.

Maintenance Manager, Inspector, Fork Arm Manager, Forger, Torch Cutter.

Directed a team of 20 inclusive of four (4) inspectors to support all aspects of maintenance operations inclusive to over 10 acres with emphasis on : MAG particle inspection, high tonnage presses, up setters, parts formers, heat treat and forging furnaces, CNC machines, cranes, compressors, electrical, induction heaters, plumbing and spare parts maintenance.

* Self taught on all aspects of forging operations. Learned by example and experience doing a multitude of roles across all departments and functions.

* Learned the forging production and operation business from ground up as a torch cutter, forger, inspector and ultimately promoted to Maintenance and Fork Arm Manager.

* Redesigned the line that reduced the need for a 2nd shift operation to support the production of over 20,000 fork arms each month.

* Filled in for virtually every forging production role across divisions as needed.

* Lead all aspects of inspection that included dimensional and MAG particle testing.

EDUCATION

Graduate of Madison High School, Madison, Ohio

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