Valdemar Maldonado
PROFESSIONAL OVERVIEW:
• 11+ years as a Experienced Maintenance Supervisor. Highly motivated individual with adept experience working in a high paced manufacturing food industry. Knowledgeable and Experienced to Lead, Supervise and assist in solving critical maintenance issues mechanically and electrically. EDUCATION
• Harper College, Palatine, IL (1/2003-5/2003)
Courses taken: Visual Basic 101 and 106
Moraine Valley Community College, Palos Heights, IL (8/2000-4/2001)
• Certification: Completed six credit hours in Allen Bradley Software
• DeVry Institute of Technology (10/1991-6/1993)
• Associate degree in Electronics Technology
SKILLS
Microsoft Word, Excel, Allen Bradley PLC knowledge, Supervising and Managing work force, SAP, Understanding of lean Manufacturing
Bilingual English/Spanish.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Pure’s Food Specialties (7/10/23 to Present)
Maintenance Manager
• Work with Planner to Assign Projects and Tasks daily using Main Saver Maintenance Software
• Facilitate a safe work environment through LOTO auditing and inspecting areas for safety hazards.
• Utilize KPIs to drive results through root cause analysis for increased throughput.
• Develop strategies that improve productivity and efficiency of various work processes.
• Implement coaching and educational training within the department for continuous development of maintenance employees.
• Coordinate continuous improvement methods between the production and maintenance teams to improve start up times and to reduce production downtimes.
• Responsible for hiring, firing, and disciplinary decisions.
• Document Training for New Technicians on Production and Packaging equipment.
• Responsible for Plant coverage of Maintenance team, for payroll and vacation time off.
• Work with Engineering, Contractors and Vendors
• Maintain parts inventory with parts Buyer/Planner.
• Fulfill project management duties to manage projects from start to finish for the facility and operational needs
Ferrara Candy Co. (8/19 to 7/07/23)
Maintenance Supervisor
• Assign work orders, PM’s, Projects to Technicians Daily using Maximo Software
• Perform PM Audits, LOTO Audits, Enter Safety observations In Certainty
• Knowledgeable in SAP
• Support and maintain all production line equipment to keep Down time to a minimum.
• Responsible for hiring, firing, and disciplinary decisions.
• Assist maintenance team when needed.
• Work with Contractors and Vendors
• Responsible for Plant coverage, scheduling, payroll and vacation time off
• Train New personnel on Various Packaging and Molding Equipment
• Maintain the entire Plant, parking lots and grounds. Advance Technology Services
Site: World’s Finest Chocolate
Maintenance Site Supervisor 7/17 to 8/19)
Assign work orders, tasks and PM’s and monitor for completion.
• Responsible for making recommendations in hiring, firing, discipline and compensation decisions.
• Assist Technicians when needed.
• Created Training Documents for new hires.
• Communicate with vendors and contractors regarding projects.
• Assign technicians to Value Stream lines to keep downtime to a minimal.
• Work with CMMS e-Factory pro software.
• Maintain parts inventory.
• Work with IFS- (Industrial Financial System) software for Maintenance Budget
• Maintain Wastewater Chemical usage.
Home Run Inn Frozen Foods, Lemont IL
Maintenance Supervisor (12/2013-7/17)
• Install, repair and maintain food production lines.
• Assign work orders and PM’s.
• Train personnel on new and old equipment.
• Negotiate price discounts with vendors and distributors.
• Work with 480V, 277V, 220V and 24VDC.
• Ability to sweat pipe, install conduit, work with AB variable frequencies drives, metal detectors, wrappers and cartonners, shrink tunnels, etc..
• Work with Pronto maintenance software.
Nalco Chemical, Naperville, IL
Help Desk Technical Support Team Lead (7/2007-12/2013)
• Provided technical product assistance to sales force and customers on standard Nalco equipment products (i.e., chemical feed pumps, injectors, etc.).
• Provided technical guidance and assistance to the product line marketers and product development teams.
• Troubleshoot and set up of wireless controllers for cooling towers, closed loop systems and boilers systems.
• Set up tank level monitoring systems, calibrate Nalco 3D trasar controllers for conductivity, PH, ORP and corrosion measurement.
• First line of contact for troubleshooting problems with field equipment provided by Nalco.
• Provided excellent customer service/technical assistance with the selection of miscellaneous non- standard equipment components, which enhanced the capabilities of Nalco’s chemical or equipment programs.
Great Kitchens Inc., Addison, IL
Lead Maintenance Technician (10/2003-7/2007)
• Installed, repaired and maintained food product line equipment consisting of conveyors with A&B SP500 VFD, Texwrap and kalfass wrapping machines, gas and electric, shrink tunnel ovens.
• Maintained pneumatic cartonners and folders, Praxair Nitrogen Freeze tunnels and Dough Boy packaging equipment.
• Worked with AC/DC motor controls and safe-line metal detectors, video ink-jet printers.
• Worked with 110, 220, 277 and 480 voltage.
• Installed sweat pipe, electrical conduit.
• Performed overall building maintenance.
Fluid Management, Wheeling, IL
Customer Service/Technical Support Technician (11/2001-10/2003)
• Entered sales orders for automatic paint dispensing accounts.
• Provided resolution to external customer issues on mechanical, electrical and software applications on a 24-7 basis.
• Repaired databases, printers, pumps, circuit boards and sensors.
• Dispatched service technicians.
• Provided customers with warranty and software upgrades. Automotion, Oak Lawn, IL
Help Desk Technician (3/2000-11/2001)
• Contributed in the start-up of the help desk to provide technical support on a 24/7 basis.
• Provided support on conveyors, diverters, sorters and slider bed issues.
• Resolved PLC problems online.
• Worked with CAD drawings.
• Interpreted electrical/mechanical drawings.
• Worked with and installed VFDs, sensors, proximity switches and such.
• Worked with 110v and 220v.
• Provided local field service.
The Meyercord Co., Carol Stream, IL
Production Team Leader (6/1997-3/2000)
• Coordinated the production of equipment and components to meet monthly production schedules.
• Performed quality control inspections on all equipment prior to shipping.
• Worked with blueprints and schematics.
• Serve as direct contact with vendors and Engineers.
• Supervised a group of fourteen workers and supported over thirty pieces of equipment (i.e., pneumatic packers and sealers).
• Worked with 110v and 220v.
• Provided international field service.
References: Will be provided on Request