Thomas Lewis
Southaven, MS *****
**********@*****.***
Work Experience
Maintenance Equipment Engineer
Soladigm
January 2011 to December 2012
Plant layout for all equipment
• Modifications and Fabrication of existing equipment
• Oversee all electrical power and control installs
• Mechanical layout of all robotic and product delivery equipment
• Developed and train team members in Total Productive Maintenance programs
• Process development for equipment reliability and data collection
• Buget and planning for all contractors and employee's
• Involved with planning of all facets of start-up facility Maintenance Manager (Contract)
McKesson Pharmaceuticals
January 2010 to December 2011
Lead Facilities in repairs resulting in 17% up-time increase
• Fabrication and Installation of new and existing equipment in a 375000 Sq. Facility
• Shutdown planning and upgrade planning for process equipment
• Implementation of predictive/preventative maintenance program
• Reliability of equipment studies and implementation of process improvements
• Training Team Members in Mechanical and Electrical skills for 16 Employee's
• Elimination of 70% of all Overtime
• Budget reduction of 41%
• Facilities Production increase of 12%
Maint Lead
GSK Co
January 2009 to December 2010
Facilities Managers (contract)
• Installation of High Speed Automation for Packaging
• Installation of Automated Processing Technologies for 12 Product Lines
• Team Training in Safety
• Preventative maintenance program implementation and training
• Equipment reliability/environment studies and findings implementation
• Planning for shutdown and equipment upgrades/replacement
• Team Training in Electronic Skill Sets for all 22 Employee's
• Budget Reduction of 12%
• Reduction in Overtime by 40%
• Increase in Uptime of 32%
Maint Manager
Cargill Co
January 2008 to December 2009
Automation Managers (contract)
• Installation and Set-up of Robotic Stackers for 4 New Product Lines
• Reliability studies for equipment and process changes to increase throughput with vendor support
• Preventative maintenance program implementation
• Training of Team Members in Robotic Operation and Programming
• Team Member Safety Training for all 46 Employee's
• 27% gain in Efficiency
CNC Machine/Fixture Fabrication Manager (contract) JTD Tool & Die Upgrade 5 Axis CNC Machining Centers January 2007 to December 2008
• Retool Fixtures, Modify Tooling
• Repair and Rebuild Fanuc Robotics
Lead Maintenance Manager (contract)
USUI International Corp
January 2006 to December 2007
Design and Build Fixtures for Robotic Tube Benders
• Rebuild Finish Presses
• Equipment upgrades for reliability and throughput efficiencies
• VFD and Electronic upgrades to Production Equipment
• Layout of 14 Production Flow Lines complete turnkey with Total Production Maintenance program in place and utilized
• Predictive Maintenance Program with Documentation and Work Orders
• Implementation of Sop's and Safe Work Practices for 31 Employee's Lead Maintenance Trainers (contract)
HINO Motors (Japan)
January 2004 to December 2006
Yaskawa Robotics Training and Programming
• Electrostatic Paint Training
• Fixture and Tooling Design for Stamping and Tooling
• Stamping, Forming, and Finishing Press's
• Fanuc Robotics Training
• Preventative and Predictive Maintenance Programs
• Training of al l42 new employee's in the above skill sets Facilities Recruiter/Manager
Facilities Maintenance Corp Mechanical repair of existing and new Equipment - Chennai, Tamil Nadu January 1999 to December 2004
• Upgrading of Electronics and Electrical Automation of all process equipment
• PM programs implemented for all Equipment
• Implementation of Work Order System
• Installation of CMMS for parts system using lean/no stock system Maint Manager
Vickers Hydraulics Corp
January 1973 to December 1999
Maintenance Managers
• Managed repairs and Automation upgrades on 96 Product Lines
• 1.5 Million Sq. Facility
• 1.25 Million Dollar daily throughput
• Organize and Developed 86 Direct Reports and 36 Indirect Reports
• Reduce costs within a 1.2 Million dollar monthly budget
• Increase Production Uptime by 19%
• Analyze equipment and implement planned upgrades for 20% throughput gains
• Support 1500 + Production Employee's
• Train in Safety and Ergonomics
• Installation of 16 Automated Flow Lines from design to install using in house as well as contractor/ vendor support
Skills
• Lean Manufacturing
• Lean
• CMMS
• Manufacturing
• CNC
• Lean
• Plumbing
• Analysis skills
• Leadership
• Supervising experience
• Data collection
• Project management
• Customer service
• Conflict management
• Mentoring
• Equipment Repair
• Hydraulics
• Facilities Maintenance