Corporate Level Reliability, Maintenance, CBM, PdM, CMMS

THOMAS GREGORY MATHEWS

*** ********** ***** ****, ***** Carolina, 27502

(C) 248-***-**** E-Mail: ad3t10@r.postjobfree.com

CAREER SUMMARY

Successful experience as a Corporate Level Maintenance and Reliability Manager

Computerized Maintenance Management System (CMMS) Custodian

Project Manager

Graduate Degree; Six Sigma Green and Black Belt

U.S. Navy, Retired

SELECTED ACCOMPLISHMENTS

Managed the Method of Change process (MOC) and CMMS for ten (10) pellet mills and three (3) shipping ports for COMPANY CONFIDENTIAL.

Saved International Paper over $350,000 over two and a half years by pushing for competitive bids, adopting Single-Minute of Exchange of Die (SMED) and conducting due diligence.

Annual Outage Coordinator.

Key Player in US Steel’s Carnegie Way Initiative, providing training and insight in the use of Six Sigma, Lean Management and Reliability Centered Maintenance.

Reduced unfavorable spending at US Steel’s Great Lakes Hot Strip Mill and delivered a maintenance budget surplus for the first time in twelve years (12) years by implementing best business practices, Lean and Six Sigma Methodologies. These practices helped US Steel recognize its most profitable year on record (2014).

Saved ThyssenKrupp Steel, the premier steel producer in the NAFTA Market, $735,000.00 by implementing an in-house Oil Analysis Program.

Saved Severstal, Warren, a niche market steel producer, over $700,000.00 in less than 1 year by focusing on Lean and RCA methodologies.

Recognized by peers for having the highest efficiency rate at Mid-Atlantic Regional Maintenance Center, Norfolk, VA for reducing the need for onboard technical assistance, saving $600,000 annually.

EDUCATION AND CERTIFICATIONS

Master of Science: Business Management, Troy University, Troy, Alabama, June 2006

Six Sigma Black Belt: Villanova University, Villanova, Pennsylvania, May 2007

Deliberate Reliability Certification: International Paper, May 2017

Safety Leadership Certification: International Paper, December 2017

Six Sigma Yellow Belt: International Paper, April 2019

Six Sigma Green Belt: International Paper, March 2021

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

July 2022 to Present: COMPANY CONFIDENTIAL

Corporate Reliability Manager

COMPANY CONFIDENTIAL is the world’s largest producer of wood pellets used to fuel power production plants worldwide.

Responsibilities include:

Reviewing and Approving Preventative Maintenance (PM) and Condition Based Maintenance (CBM) MOC requests and tracking all task items generated from the MOCs.

Writes, edits, and determines value of all Mechanical, Electrical and CBM PMs for the Corporation which is comprised of ten (10) mills and three (3) ports located across the eastern and southern United States

Manages and Leads two (2) Regional Reliability Engineers and one Contracted Maintenance Manager responsible for Tribology, Vibration Analysis and Lubrication Programs in their Regions.

Works hand in hand with all Mill and Port Mangers, Maintenance Managers, and their teams.

Selected Accomplishments:

Increased PM Compliance by 28% from February 2023 to February 2024.

Reduced failures due to vibration related causes by 8% from 2022 to 2023. Currently tracking to reduce these failures by an additional 10% from 2023.

February 2018 to July 2022: International Paper, Pensacola, Florida

Central Services and Planning Manager/Annual Outage Coordinator

International Paper is one the leading producers of fiber-based packaging, pulp and paper and is a Fortune 200 Company.

Responsibilities include:

Analyzing and adjusting maintenance activities to ensure KPIs are met or exceeded for safety, cost, and housekeeping.

Coordinating Annual and Routine Outages mill wide.

GMS Element Leader for Annual Outages and Predictive Maintenance (PdM).

Engaging fourteen hourly Planners in their daily activities.

Managing the Central Shops which include the Garage, Machine and Pump Shops.

Selected Accomplishments:

Successfully coordinated two Annual Outages (AO) one was an abridged schedule of 16 weeks instead of the normal 42 weeks, and the other saw both machines down at the same time.

Key player in the certification of Pensacola’s AO Element in support of GMS Reliability Certification.

July 2015 to February 2018: International Paper, Pensacola, Florida

Area Manager of Maintenance, Power and Recovery

Responsibilities include:

Directing Electrical and Mechanical Maintenance units including two (2) Salaried Managers who supervise/support thirty-eight (38) Represented Maintenance Employees.

Analyzing and adjusting maintenance activities to ensure KPIs are met or exceeded for safety, cost, delay, and housekeeping.

Ensuring mechanical and electrical reliability of equipment such as: Power and Recovery Boilers, Evaporators, Precipitators, Turbine Generators, Lime Kiln and all associated pumps, motors and control systems using Best Maintenance Practices and Predictive/Preventive Maintenance Procedures.

Selected Accomplishments:

Planned and executed numerous daily outages, two Annual Outages and was a key player in the restoration of the Power and Recovery Area after a catastrophic Mill Event, all without a Safety Incident.

Led the Power and Recovery Maintenance Department through several Corporate Safety, Quality, Environmental and Customer Audits.

Earned International Paper’s Deliberate Reliability Certification.

December 2011 to July 2015: US Steel, Great Lakes Works, Ecorse, Michigan

Area Manager of Maintenance

At this time, US Steel was the 8th Largest Steel Producer in the World, fourth in the United Sates and was a Fortune 500 Company.

Responsibilities include:

Directing Electrical and Mechanical Maintenance units including thirteen (13) Salaried Managers and eleven (11) Hourly Planners who supervise/support one hundred one (101) Hourly, Represented Maintenance Personnel.

Responsible for all Maintenance Spending with an annual budget of over $20,000,000.00.

Analyzing and adjusting maintenance activities to ensure KPIs are met or exceeded for safety, cost, delay, fluid consumption, energy usage and housekeeping.

Ensuring mechanical and electrical reliability of equipment such as: pumps, motors, control systems, blowers, centrifuges, hydraulic and grease systems using Best Maintenance Practices and Predictive/Preventive Maintenance Procedures. Planned Repair Turns and Annual Outages.

Selected Accomplishments:

Reversed unfavorable spending in two years and delivered a budget surplus of 9% in 3 years. Saved US Steel over $1,000,000.00 in less than ten months by mentoring and directing employees as part of US Steel’s Carnegie Way Initiative.

Planned and executed three Annual Outages and two Capital Projects without a Safety Incident. Met budgetary and schedule commitments in all instances.

Led the Maintenance Department through several ISO and Corporate Safety, Quality, Environmental and Customer Audits.

Reduced Maintenance Delay by 33% and Contractor spend by 25% over three years (TOEE).

May 2009 to November 2011: ThyssenKrupp Steel, Calvert, Alabama

Team Manager, Mechanical Maintenance

At this time, ThyssenKrupp Steel was the premier producer of Hot Rolled Steel products in the NAFTA Market and was 14th Largest Steel Producer in the World.

Responsibilities include:

Directing mechanical maintenance units including seven (7) direct reports.

Analyzing and adjusting maintenance activities to ensure standards are achieved and exceeded for safety (IAW OSHA Standards), cost, delay, and fluid consumption.

Recommending and directing installation of more profitable equipment and processes.

Selected Accomplishments:

Developed and introduced an Oil Analysis Program which produced $150,000 in savings and $500,000.00 in cost avoidance.

Supervised the Greenfield mechanical construction and commissioning of three, 420 ton per hour, walking beam furnaces which are three of the largest furnaces of their type in this hemisphere.

March 2008 to May 2009: Severstal North America, Warren, Ohio

Area Manager of Maintenance

Severstal Warren was a niche market producer of Hot Rolled Steel products.

Responsibilities include:

Supervised 9 direct reports and a total team of seventy one (71).

Directed all mechanical and electrical maintenance units in a 56” Hot Strip Mill with an annual budget of $12,000,000.

Selected Accomplishments:

Saved over $700,000.00 using Lean, RCA, and Six Sigma skills.

Reduced Union initiated grievances.

1988 – 2008 U.S. Navy

Retired Chief Petty Officer (E7)

Able to relocate as required.

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