Manager

Donald Yates, CRL,

**** **** ******** ***, *** **, Haines City, Florida; 919-***-****; ***@*******.***

https://www.linkedin.com/in/reliabilityteambuilderdy

SUMMARY OF

QUALIFICATIONS

Senior Level Engineering, Operations and Reliability Manager with operations and maintenance management experience in several industries including Chlor-Alkali Production, Paper Making of Fine paper, Towel, & Tissue, and Polymer Manufacturing of PET based resins from a Reactor/Distillation and Recovery Process.

Lean Manufacturing Expertise: TPS, LPS, KOS, TPR, Work System Redesign

Preventive & Predictive Maintenance Methodologies Subject Matter Expert; RCA, TPM, RCM, PM Optimization

Paper Plant Engineering, Maintenance, Operations & Troubleshooting

Process Safety Management expertise and Safety Systems experience

Leadership skills in Team Development, OPPEX, Software Utilization

CRL: Certified Reliability Leader

CERTIFICATIONS

CRL Certified Reliability Leader, Association of Maintenance Professionals,

Fort Myers, Florida December 2014

EXPERIENCE

Reliability Expertise LLC,, Owner, Haines City Florida 2019-Present

Reliability Consultation

Team & Skill Building, Strategy development, Predictive Maintenance Planning, CMMS Utilization, Leadership training

Georgia Pacific, Zachary, Louisiana 2017 to 2019

Mill Maintenance Manager & Reliability Leader

Mill Maintenance Manager & Reliability Leader for an Integrated Paper Manufacturing Facility of Tissue, Towel and Fine Paper. Highly automated converting machines, robotics, Guided Vehicles.

Utilities Steam & Recovery Boilers, Power Generators, Kamyr, Esco, & Batch Digesters for Pulp making, Two Fine Paper Machines, One Tissue Machine, and one Towel Machine

Re-establishing PdM Program, Ultrasound, Vibration, Oil Sampling, Thermography, 16 Direct Reports, 275 Indirect Reports

Pactiv, Kinston, North Carolina 2016 to 2017

Site Maintenance & Reliability Manager, Plant Engineer

Plant Engineer for Food Packaging Facility, Paper Cup & Container Manufacturing, highly automated assembly machines, robotics.

Capital Project Management, $2.5M Capacity expansion, on time, on budget

Utilities Manager, Saving $380K in Electric utilizing peak load shedding and air compressor management using Ultrasound Leak Abatement

Starting up PdM Program, Ultrasound, Vibration, Oil Sampling, Thermography

Axiall, New Martinsville, West Virginia 2015 to 2016

Site Maintenance & Reliability Manager, Chlorine/Caustic

Site Maintenance Manager for Chlor-Alkali Plant, Electrolytic Reactors managed a $45M AOP on budget for 2015, (Staff of 40 DR, 165 IDR)

Drafted and implemented a 3 Year Maintenance Strategy reducing reactive work 40% while increasing planned jobs, setup KPI’s and achieved 2015 objectives

Implemented and expanded PM, PdM, TPM, REC activities

Completed Criticality Analysis and expanded Predictive Maintenance systems implementation across site for VIB, UE, IR, & MCA

Union Bargaining Committee Member

Mosaic, Lithia, FL 2013 to 2015

Reliability Manager, Phosphate Concentration Plants

Strategy manager on all aspects of plant reliability, implemented new REC program and new metrics for OEE for Acid Production (Staff of 17DR)

Facilitated best in class practices of Predictive Technologies for continuous improvement of plant up-time, increased by 5%, trained 12 operators on REC

Managed Reliability Workflows for PM, PdM, FRACAS, RCFA, FMEA, Criticality Analysis, Precision Maintenance training

Installed Predictive Maintenance systems optimization for Vibration, started and completed expanded use of IR, UE, MCA technologies

Luxfer Gas Cylinders, Graham, NC 2008 to 2013

Engineering Manager Aluminum Extrusion Process

Managed all engineers, craftsmen, technicians, & shop personnel, (7DR, 25IDR)

Served as Safety, Environmental, & Regulatory Manager for entire Plant site, received state of NC Safety Star Award, NCDENR Regulatory Officer

Facilitated of Luxfer Production System, Continuous Improvement Process, successfully launched 6 new teams across plant, $19M AOP, $2M cost reduction

Capital Projects Director, managed $10 million annual CAPEX Program

Eastman Kodak Company, Rochester, NY 1980 to 2008

• Unit Manager of Chemical Manufacturing Plant, (18DR, 300+ IDR),

Polymer PET Resin, Refining, Distillation, Recovery using Methanolysis Process including CAPEX Project for new Low-Pressure Reactors, Glycol Distillation Columns, $40 million project.

•Lean Systems Facilitator for KOS, RCM, TPM, 5S, SMED, Reliability Based Maintenance Programs that saved $13 Million, while becoming Blackbelt certified.

•Program Director for CMMS, Technologies (Vibration, Thermography, Precision Alignment, Tribology)

•Work Systems Re-Design, Self-Directed Workteams, and Value Stream Manager for Distillation & Refining Solvent Plant. Team formations reduce 15% headcount

•PSM, Process Safety Management Director for Polymer Manufacturing

COMPUTER SKILLS

MS Office Suite

MS Access, Project

Oracle & SAP, Infor

MP2, Maximo, SAP/R3

EDUCATION

B.S. Electrical Engineering, Ohio Institute of Technology, Westerville, Ohio,

ACTIVITIES AND INTERESTS

Automotive Mechanics & Electronics Systems, Computers, Corvette Club of NC

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