JAMES VANPATTEN

Howell, MI ***** 517-***-****

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SKILLED TRADES MANAGER

Results driven Skilled Trades Manager focused on going above and beyond to support the team and serve customers. Extensive experience in an industrial environment offering a track record of exceptional cost reduction results. Executes tasks with accuracy and efficiency. Self-motivated creating a safe work environment and maintaining equipment to optimize production.

CORE SKILLS

Project Management, Managing Contractors, Vendors.

Microsoft Office, Word, Excel, Maximo, Blue prints, Drawings, Schematics.

Robotics, Controls, Hydraulics, Electrical, Sensors, Conveyors, Boilers, HVAC, Pneumatics, Pluming, Facilities layout, Scheduling, Quality.

Instructor, Coach / Mentor, Safety instructor, Facilities, Maintenance Managing, PM Planner, Kaizen, Six Sigma, Injection Molding, Paint, Water treatment, Air filtration, fire, Security systems. Laths, Mills, Bridgeport.

UAW, Multicultural Workforce

Time based maintenance, condition based maintenance, Dynamic maintenance, Quality maintenance, Focus improvements’, Key performance Indicators’, World Class Manufacturing, People Development, Continuous Improvement, 5-S,

Trouble Shooting, Plc, Mechanical, Fabrication, Cell Layout, Welding, Mig, Tig, Arc.

Critical Thinking, Time Management, Accountability, Reliability.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Tower International, Plymouth, Michigan

Skilled Trades Maintenance / Weld Supervisor Jan 2019 Jan 2020

Motivated employees to improve performance with close mentoring and hands-on training. Established highly skilled team.

Proactively solved worker issues to keep the team working well together and on-task. Increasing down time efficiency.

Created a culture of continuous improvement, inspiring employees to take action to solve problems resulting in a safer work environment.

Managed multicraft technician's, tooling to increase efficiency by 50%.

Maintained continuous communication with Department supervisors / management, Quality.

Performed hourly weld inspections reducing repairs, scrap and defects. Established a quality product meeting customer expectations.

Managing cell revisions reducing cycle times by 30% and man power by 50% establishing lean productivity.

Leading conscious improvement on facilities clean up. Creating 20% Increase in usable facilities footprint.

Managing over time trades installing safety rails, post, barriers in key areas. Rising tooling platforms reducing risk of work place injury. Resulting increasing productivities and substantial cost saving reducing lost time and compensation.

Flex-n-gate Corporation., Fowlerville, Michigan

Maintenance Supervisor Jul 2006 Jan 2019

Inspected and troubleshot problems with equipment to identify the root cause of each problem to quickly resolve issues. Created predictive maintenance plan. Improved long term efficiency.

Managed continuous Improvement. Created a plan to replace a water delivery system utilizing in house trades resulting in a cost effective design saving $40,000 in replacement cost.

Streamlined preventative maintenance to increase overall machine efficiency and production. Increasing up time by 20%.

Trained Apprentice techs in preventive maintenance, safety, continuous Improvement. Increasing support creating lean productivity.

Utilized in the house trades on machine set-up, fabrication, cells, rack repairs, facilities improvements. Created cost savings of 75% by eliminating outside contractors.

Inspect equipment identifying root cause. Creating predictive maintenance plan. Increasing long-term efficiency up to 30%

Engineering turn table systems. Increasing product flow efficiency by 50%. Resulting in 50% reduction of wear and tear on Industrial forklifts.

JAMES VANPATTEN

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EDUCATION

Criminal Justice & Applied science

Lansing Community College West Campus, Lansing, MI

Journeyman maintenance card.

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