Maintenance Manager
Resume:
STEPHEN J. MENDEZ
Azusa, CA **702
Email: ***********@*****.***
Objective: My objective is to obtain a dynamic, challenging opportunity that contributes to the outstanding success of a business via 25 + years of experience in packaging, manufacturing and production from various global companies. Current and past experience in Maintenance Management, Plant Operations, plant relocation, Facility Maintenance, machine installations/ repairs and start-ups.
WORK HISTORY:
2/07 to 7/15 AMCOR RIGID PLASTICS / NORTH AMERICA
Commerce, CA.
Formerly Containers Northwest
Schmalbach - Lubeca / Johnson Controls.
Maintenance Manager – Responsible for all maintenance activities involving Blow molding and packaging
equipment. Facility has twelve (12) production lines on 24 hour / 7 day production schedule.
Blow molders include eleven (11) Sidel machines (4 to 20 mold station platforms) and one (1) Krones H-10
Machine. Facility produces heat-set, dairy, soft drink, water and salad dressing containers.
Facility also produces performs on 6 Husky injection molding machines and Custom PET products
on 6 Nessie one step machines.
Responsible for developing and managing a maintenance budget that includes cost and control
of maintenance labor, materials and installations.
Responsible for managing Parts Department / MRO inventories: overseeing part purchases, establishing min-max levels and managing vendors for best price and delivery of critical parts.
Direct and oversee PM Program utilizing CMM program to attain optimum production efficiencies and identify and address repeat issues and identify root causes for parts wear and tear.
Responsible for directing supervisory staff and team members emphasizing on training, development and performance expectations.
Responsible for preparing Capital Project cost estimates and installations to improve productivity and reliability of production operations.
Manage 2 Maintenance / Process Supervisors and 20 Maintenance Technicians and 2 Spare Parts Expeditors
5/05 to 2/07 Covalence Plastics
Formerly Tyco Plastics LTD
City of Industry, CA.
Maintenance Manager – Responsible for all maintenance activities of buildings and 24 / 7 blown film manufacturing operation. Facility had ten production lines. Scheduled preventative maintenance repairs and
STEPHEN J. MENDEZ
WORK HISTORY: Continued
re-builds on extruders, dies, winders and tooling. Maintained material recovery systems (grinders, extruder, blenders and material conveying systems). Successfully completed Capital Projects to replace chillers and pumps to improve material recycling capability. Also responsible for facilities maintenance and code compliance programs. Responsible for preparing Capital Project cost estimates to Plant Manager to improve productivity and reliability of production operations. Supervised 10 Maintenance Technicians and Spare Parts Expeditor.
2/98 to 5/05 AMCOR PET PACKAGING / NORTH AMERICA
Formerly Schmalbach-Lubeca Plastic Container U.S.A
Rancho Cucamonga, CA.
Plant Engineer - Responsible for all maintenance activities for building and manufacturing operations. Scheduled preventative maintenance and repairs (Sidel, Krupp and Cincinnatti Milacron blow mold machines), machine overhauls, installations and start-ups. Also responsible for facilities maintenance (fire sprinkler systems, waste removal programs and code compliance programs) and all manufacturing support systems (Air compressors, HVAC,chillers, cooling towers and pump systems).
Before plant closure / relocation, assisted engineers and Project Managers in relocating and installing new equipment to streamline production operations and improve efficiency and machine utilization.
Upon closure, assisted Project Managers and Engineers relocating equipment to other facilities. Supervised 13 Maintenance Technicians for 24 hour / 7 day week operation, including Spare Parts Expeditor.
3/79 to 2/98 Constar Plastics, Inc. /City of Industry, CA.
(A Crown Cork & Seal Company)
Sewell Plastics, Inc. /City of Industry, CA.
Owens Illinois, Inc. /City of Industry, CA.
Maintenance Manager - Responsible for preventative maintenance program for all beverage container production machinery (Sidel & Cincinnati Milacron). Scheduled PM’s, repairs, rebuilds, spare parts procurement and installations. Actively participated in Plant Safety Committee (facility achieved 1 million hours worked without a lost time accident).
Production Supervisor – Responsible for daily assignments and performance of production employees. This included machine operators and maintenance personnel. Coordinated and executed production line orders and job changes on injection molding (Husky) and high speed (Sidel) re-heat blow molding machines. Including labelers, packing and box/bulk palletizers. Responsible for developing strategies to cross-train and evaluate production employees to operate all production equipment.
Injection Molding Department Manager - Responsible for preventative maintenance and repair of all P.E.T. preform production machines (Husky & Cincinnatti Milacron) and support equipment (material
STEPHEN J. MENDEZ
WORK HISTORY: Continued
dryers, delivery systems and material recovery/recycling systems). Coordinated product /color changes and maintenance / repair of 48, 32 and 16 cavity preform molds. Ordered raw materials based on production forecasts.
Maintenance Manager - Responsible for facilities manufacturing support systems
(Cooling towers, air compressors, chilled water systems, pump systems and electrical distribution system networks). Responsible for maintenance / repair of all blow molding and packaging equipment. Scheduled preventative maintenance for all production equipment. Active Team Member that successfully relocated manufacturing operation. Assisted Engineers and Vendors with equipment installation, start-up and de-bug of manufacturing processes. Responsible for implementing environmental compliance programs for 350,000 sq. ft. facility. Maintained facility per lease agreement, including air conditioning systems, electrical systems, and painting and misc. repairs. Supervised spare parts/purchasing department and contractors.
Quality Control Manager – Directed quality control program for Injection and Bow molding departments. Performed field investigations relating to defective products. Implemented corrective action plans to ensure product quality utilizing S.P.C. techniques. Developed inspection plans to ensure products meet/exceeded
design specifications. Participated in new product introduction and start-up at customers filling line.
Process Engineer – Responsible for installing a wide variety of production equipment. Worked in harmony with engineers and vendors starting up and de-bugging all equipment related to plastic beverage container manufacturing. Equipment included re-heat blow molders (Sidel, Krupp Corpoplast & Cincinnati Milacron), labeling machines, case erectors box/bulk palletizers, strappers and wrappers. Maintained documentation of all production equipment. Responsible for training fellow electricians, mechanics and operators in machine operation, repair and safety procedures. Analyzed critical production equipment and processes to improve safe operation, quality of products, production efficiency and machine reliability.
Maintenance Technician - Responsible for troubleshooting and repair of all production machinery. Equipment included, but not limited to, Injection molding machines, material handling systems, re-heat blow molding machines, conveying equipment, container labeling, packaging, coding and inspection machines, Skills include electrical, mechanical, hydraulic/pneumatic systems repairs. Provided information on spare parts for ordering and quantities to reduce downtime. Ability to read blueprints and use electrical test equipment (voltmeters, meg ohm meter, oscilloscope, data and chart recorders). Experience in PLC programming and knowledge AC/DC VFD drive technology.
STEPHEN J. MENDEZ
WORK HISTORY: Continued
EDUCATION:
A.S. Degree in Electronics - 1979
Citrus Community College / Glendora, CA
SPECIAL TRAINING:
Statistical Process Control
Total Quality Management Training
Lean Manufacturing Training
H.P.O. (High Performance Organization) Training
Human Interaction Management - Cal State Fullerton
Paul Monroe – School of Hydraulics / Whittier, CA.
Cincinatti –Milacron Electrical Training / Cincinatti, OH.
Pressco Technonlgy – Intellespec Vision Systems / Cleveland, OH.
MP2 CMM Software Training / Sewell Plastics
FMS (Amcor) CMM Software – System Administrator / Trainer
Dale Carnegie –Team Building / Amcor - Commerce, CA.
Behavior Based Safety Training
Electrical Safety Training - NFPA 37E (Arc Flash) / OSHA PPE
Certified Training First Aid - CPR
HACCP Training – Member of Facility HACCP Management Team
GMP Training
Computer Proficient (WordPerfect, Word for Windows, Lotus Notes, IBM
Platinum, various Database programs (SAP, Excell, DBASE, and MS Word)
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