Maintenance Power Plant

RICKY TRIPP

*** ***** **** **** *****, AR ***** 870-***-**** ***********@*****.***

OBJECTIVE

An operations or maintenance management position that will use my in-depth competency in;

•General managements & team leadership

•Creating, implementing & managing innovative programs, process & services

•Envisioning, setting and achieving goals

•Planning reliable strategies and programs to achieve results

•Providing cost effective solutions

•Identifying & solving problems

•Coordinating a multi-disciplined organization

•Organizing processes for improved effectiveness

•Resource planning & utilization

•Building relationships & teams

•Oral & written communication

•Developing & delivering training

•Motivating others to peak performance

•Maintaining plant facilities

QUALIFICATIONS

A successful, effective, reliable and results oriented leader with 25 plus years’ experience and accomplishments in:

•Managing people, priorities, and projects

•Developing, implementing and managing innovative programs, processes and services

•Identifying, analyzing as well as resolving business operations team problems to meet company goals

•Good computer skills in Word, Excel, Access and Projects

•Operations and logistics management

•Communicating and working with diverse individuals and groups

•Team building and continuous improvement

•Effective management skills in leading union and non-union based maintenance personnel

•Vast hands on background in multiple computer maintenance management systems including; SAP, MP2, Maximo, Mapco, J.D. Edwards, Oracle & Champs

EMPLOYMENT HISTORY

The Woods of Monticello April 2014 – August 2015

Maintenance Director

1194 North Chester

Monticello, AR 71655

Directly responsible for meeting all state and federal health care statues in maintaining 120 bed health care facility; managing all facility maintenance functions; including mechanical, HVAC, electrical, parts procurement, grounds, safety and building repairs. Responsible for day-to-day facilities reliability of all support systems. Direct all contractor interfaces to complete facility repairs.

Boar’s Head Provisions, LLC

Maintenance Supervisor

Feb 2013 - December 2013

2530 Broadway Ave.

Forrest City, AR 72335

Directly responsible for managing 23 maintenance personnel; including mechanical, electrical, storeroom, maintenance apprenticeship, ammonia refrigeration and janitorial skills. Responsible for day-to-day plant reliability of all support systems including 5 productions lines manufacturing 27 food products. Monthly production 4.8 million pieces of RTE product

Trained in HACCP, GMP manufacturing practices, OSHA required safety and Haz-Mat procedures. High speed packaging equipment including Cryovacs, Multi-vacs, Wolfe-Tec and Tipper-Ties.

Rick’s Home Repair, LLC

Owner 2007 - 2013

10243 Morning Hill Drive

Cordova, TN 38016

Established general contracting/home remodeling company with 3 full time employees; responsible for all day to day operations including job bid pricing, materials purchase, delivery, scheduling, workmanship, adherence to federal and state codes, safety of employees, bookkeeping and invoicing.

KIK Corporation

Maintenance Manager 2006 – 2007

1725 S. 3rd Street

Memphis, TN

Directly responsible for 6 salaried and 35 hourly personnel in a union work place. Annual production of 134 million pieces of custom packaging products. Maintained both maintenance and production of 13 production lines with varies equipment; high speed fillers, cappers, package bundlers, robotics, sorters, wrap machines and conveying equipment. Developed preventive maintenance programs to increase productivity, reduce downtime and train personnel on proper operationally requirements.

Aerotek-Carrier Corporation 2004 – 2006

Maintenance Supervisor

97 Byhalia Road

Collierville, TN 38017

Directly responsible for managing 2 salaried team leaders and 47 maintenance personnel; including mechanical, electrical, storeroom, maintenance apprenticeship and janitorial skills.

Responsible for day-to-day plant reliability of all support systems. Trained in Kaizan manufacturing practices and OSHA required safety and Haz-Mat procedures.

Rich Products, Inc.

Maintenance Supervisor 2003 - 2004

Arlington, TN

Directly responsible for managing 13 maintenance technicians; establishing safety procedures; writing guidelines for preventive maintenance procedures; following food industry Good Manufacturing Practices and maintaining five separate production lines to meet company production goals. Experience with ammonia refrigeration.

Intergen Services, LLC 2001 – 2003

Senior Shift Supervisor

Ashland, MS

Direct daily plant operations, maintenance, safety and administrative processes while supervising 6 hourly personnel.

Successfully operated 3 Foster-Wheeler Heat Recovery Steam Generators for high pressure steam generation. Maintained 3 GE 7FA gas fired turbines producing 165 megawatts each and three Ahlstrom steam turbines producing 155 megawatts each.

Willamette Industries/Weyerhaeuser 1992 – 2001

Maintenance Day Team Leader

Bennettsville, SC

Led 26 technicians to maintain plant-wide electrical and mechanical systems and equipment. Responsible for all reliability issues in the Fiberline (Pulp mill) area producing 1020 tons of bleached pulp per day. Areas included chip yard, digesters, wet lap machine and clo2 plant.

Willamette Industries

Recovery/Utilities Shift Team Leader

1989 – 1992

Bennettsville, SC

Led 12 technicians to maintain shift-to-shift production/maintenance requirements. This included Kraft Recovery Boilers, bark boilers, evaporators, water, air and steam systems. Developed and facilitated safety training programs to assure compliance with corporate and OSHA requirements.

Potlatch Paper Corporation

Maintenance Mechanic A

1986 - 1989

McGehee, AR

As a certified welder, millwright and pipe-fitter performed all required maintenance duties in all operational areas.

Potlatch Paper Corporation

Operations Technician

1978 – 1986

McGehee, AR

Maintained boiler systems, GE turbines, feed water pumps, generators, evaporators, demineralizers, condensate polishers and fuel oil systems.

Worked all power plant job classifications including Shift control room operator.

EDUCATION

Atlanta High School – Atlanta, TX - Graduate 1976

Bismarck State College – Bismarck, ND - Technical Degree in Power Plant Technology

Arkansas State High Pressure Boiler License

REPRESENTATIVE BUSINESS CONTRIBUTIONS

Managed 47 maintenance technicians to facilitate new startup and modernization of 1,000,000 square foot assembly line manufacturing plant production 10,000 air conditioning units per 24 hours. Resulted in record startup run availability of less than 2.7% maintenance down time.

Planned all blueprint verification, inspection, installation, initial maintenance, safety and testing processes for all new equipment in multiple manufacturing plant startups. Resulted in successful, on time, within budget installation of equipment valued at 2 plant startups.

Managed people and processes to: complete maintenance work orders correctly the 1st time; reduce delays in repair parts ordering using computer system; and assure daily production/maintenance meetings between shift team leaders and maintenance planners to set repair priorities. Resulted in increasing production output by $2.25M over a 7 month period.

Instituted an ongoing operator friendly preventive maintenance program to assure adherence to equipment manufacturer specifications. In one instance, reduced mechanical seal replacement expense by $1.4M annually.

Setup a lubrication vendor participation program to sample all rotating equipment oil/grease reservoirs without typing up company resources. Resulted in a 78% reduction in mechanical failures to save $1.2M annually.

Benchmarked with DuPont Chemical to create and implement a program to reduce near-miss accidents. Resulted in reducing incidents from an average of 8 to less than .5 per month over a 6 year period.

Coordinated the completion of 214 mechanical, electrical and instrument repair maintenance work orders during a 72 hours period. Resulted in on time/within budget completion with no unscheduled loss of production to prevent a potential $570K loss.

Planned project to increase clean water output capacity by coordinating new equipment tie-in during 72 hour window. Resulted in a 15% improvement in clean water output capacity to increase paper production output from 600 to 690 ton per day average to generate $190K in additional annual revenue.

Drafted and modified a plan to set assigned equipment round check duties to 52 production shift personnel and 14 daytime maintenance personnel. Resulted in: 35% reduction in wasted man hours; 100K+ reduction in annual outside contractor costs; and a 7% increase (from 88-95%) in housekeeping/ safety rating to comply with both corporate and OSHA guidelines.

Led mechanic group to create a companywide skill based promotion incentive program to ensure equitable and fair progression based on testing.

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