Greg Pate
Hamilton, Ohio 45011
828-***-**** Cell
SUMMARY OF QUALIFICATIONS:
Thirty-six years of maintenance union and non-union leadership experience and vendor management in the food, education, agriculture & pharmaceutical industries.
CERTIFICATIONS:
Edgewood High School, General Studies 1973 - 1977
D. Russel Lee Career Center, Industrial Maintenance 1975- 1977
Armco Steel Corporation, Journeyman Millwright 1978 - 1982
Assorted Safety and Various Training 1982 - 2014
Hazardous Materials Trainer - 1991
Forklift - 2003
First Aid / First Responder - 2007
CMMS - 2009
OSHA – 2010
TECHNICAL SKILLS:
*Wastewater *AC/ DC Drives *Machining *Welding *High Speed Liquid Filling Equipment *Conveyor systems *Vertical form fill packaging system (pouch, bottle, paper carton, cans, trays) *Blow mold *HVAC *CMMS *OSHA *HAACP *FDA *EPA *Outlook, MS Office (Word, PowerPoint, Excel)
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:
American Foods Group, Food Industry March 2015 – present
Maintenance Manager
Managed day-to-day plant facilities and equipment maintenance with 1 supervisor and 12 direct maintenance technicians and other staff. Industrial maintenance, electrical, production equipment in packaged products of ground beef.
Major Accomplishments
Enhance reliability of manufacturing processes. Documentation of all GMP’s, Work Orders, SQF and Insurance materials.
Improved equipment uptime replacement of older equipment and instituting new PM procedures to
Develop and manage and maintain computerized Preventative/ Predictive maintenance program completion rate of 80% in 12 months
Wright Foods, Food Industry Nov. 2014 – March 2015
Maintenance Manager
Managed day-to-day plant facilities and equipment maintenance with 1 supervisor and 8 non-direct maintenance technicians. Industrial maintenance, electrical, wastewater, production equipment in packaged products in both paper carton and squeeze pouches.
Major Accomplishments
Enhance reliability of manufacturing processes Perform needs analysis and examine failures to secure a solution.
Improved equipment uptime from 46% to 75% presently
Develop and manage and maintain computerized Preventative/ Predictive maintenance program completion rate of 88% in 6 months
Working with local vendors to reduce overall costs to maintenance department
Plant Closure and decided to move back home to Ohio to be with family still located in Ohio
Saputo Dairy Foods, Food Industry Jan. 2014 – Jul. 2014
Maintenance Manager of Operations
Day to day management of industrial maintenance, electrical, production equipment with 4 supervisors and 24 non-direct maintenance technicians with four tool-room and stockroom clerks for a milk producing facility in the form of packaged products in both paper carton and blow mold bottle form.
Major Accomplishments
Involvement in training of technicians through local training institutions or with vendors for more specialized educational opportunities
Manage preventive maintenance, work orders, and purchase orders for all technicians, vendors
Worked with project manager on all new plant projects
Resigned
Chester Packaging, Pharmaceutical Industry Jan. 2013 – Jul.2014
Maintenance Manager
Day to day plant facilities and equipment maintenance of 20 technicians on three shifts non-direct maintenance technicians. Industrial maintenance, electrical, boiler, chillers and production equipment.
Major Accomplishments
Created a Preventive Maintenance program and implemented all aspects
Sustained 9% savings over budget on purchases
Performing facility maintenance, improvement projects
Track all payroll, overtime, vacation schedules and any other time off by the employee
Company downsized due to economy
Costa Farms, Manufacturing Jan. 2011 – Oct.2012
Maintenance Manager
Responsible for all aspects of industrial maintenance, electrical, boilers, natural gas heating systems and industrial generator systems. Staffing of 2 supervisors and 20 employees on three shifts.
Major Accomplishments
Created a Preventive Maintenance program and implemented
Sustained 19% savings over budget on purchases
Performing facility maintenance, improvement projects
Track all payroll, overtime, vacation schedules and any other time off by the employee
Create and maintained, all yearly budgetary items
Company downsized due to economy
Butler Tech, Education Dec.1992 – Jun.2010 Director of Industrial Maintenance Technology
Developed TPM planning, project management, needs analysis and equipment reliability studies. Develop and implement lean manufacturing practices, root cause analysis, Operational Hazard analysis, and GMP practices. Responsible for all budgets and expenses for three departments, including all payroll documentation, record time keeping, and staffing of up to 40 employees. Assisted as Director for Industrial Maintenance, Electrical Maintenance, Apprenticeship Training, HVAC, Welding and various others.
Major Accomplishments
Assisting 200+ manufacturing clients across various industries to better train staff, implement new processes, and reduce costs
Developed strategies for new hires and veteran staff (training and assessment) to ensure better quality maintenance practices for companies
Implement cost reduction measures for both production and manufacturing.
Company downsized due to economy
Durkee French Foods Oct.1982 – Dec.1992
Maintenance Manager
Managed all aspects of industrial maintenance, electrical, boiler, chillers and production equipment for a consumer food company. Equipment includes a wide variety of high-speed machinery for filling, capping, labeling, and code-dating product that was dispersed in glass and plastic bottles, cans, squeeze tubes, and soft pack packaging. Responsible for all second shift production / line mechanic and supervised 25 non-direct maintenance technicians.
Major Accomplishments
Yearly budgetary items associated with my department
Managed payroll, overtime and daily reports to both production and maintenance directors each day
Closely monitored all vendors and contractors work both in and out of the facility
Plant Closed in 1992
Professional References
1.Bill Solazzo – Butler Tech 513-***-****
2.Chad Holcombe – Wright Foods 704-***-****
3.Ed Ratcliff – Chester Packaging 513-***-****
4.Allan Barnes – Costa Farms 828-***-****