Manager Maintenance

ERNEST TALAMANTES

707-***-**** ***********************@*****.*** Fairfield, CA 94533

MAINTENANCE MANAGER

Driving optimum uptimes and equipment reliability for facilities

CAREER SUMMARY:

Proactively integrates preventative maintenance and operational best practices to create optimized up times, while safeguarding and extending equipment lifetimes and facility upkeep.

Troubleshooter willing to take deep dive into equipment operations to uncover root causes to issues and build quality-driven solutions that avoid chronic break downs.

Leads by example and uses personable approach in working with teams and quick to share knowledge to build up staff skills.

Operational leadership for daily functions of production, managing facilities landscape, building, grounds, and facility and Capitol projects.

CAREER EXPERTISE:

Leadership Maintenance Preventative Maintenance Budgeting Maintenance Engineering Facilities Maintenance Operations Safety Lean TPM Six Sigma 5S Predictive Maintenance Change Management Staff Supervision Efficiency Troubleshooting Quality Control Expense Containment Cost Control Process Improvements Policy and Procedures Safety Continuous Improvement Plant Management Waste Reduction

NOTABLE ACCOLADE:

Employee of the Quarter Award, C. Mondavi and Family / Charles Krug Winery (Q4 2019)

Department Employee of the Month Award, C. Mondavi and Family / Charles Krug Winery (Q3 2020)

CAREER EXPERIENCE

C. Mondavi and Family / Charles Krug Winery – St. Helena, CA

Winery Maintenance Manager 01/2019 – current

Napa Valley’s oldest wine estate established in 1861 run by Mondavi family since 1943 with 157+ years of winemaking expertise.

Recruited into role managing maintenance operations including bottling for 2-million cases, harvest equipment, warehouse, guest center, banquet centers, and overall maintenance / repairs, with direct oversight for 4 staff members and $175,000 in annual maintenance / repair and $1.5 - $3 million capital improvement budget. Ensure maximum production quantity and quality while ensuring reliable and efficient operations of maintenance functions. Oversee maintenance of winery production, tank farms, ammonia systems, storage tank glycol system, tanknet computerized cooling/heating control system, grape presses, pumps, crusher/destemmer; also make sure bottling/packaging is smooth with as little downtime possible. Drive repair / maintenance of buildings, grounds, lighting, exterior, HVAC, visitor safety, and improvement projects.

Positioned facility to improve equipment uptimes 50-60% in following harvest year by reviewing equipment with operators, attendants, mechanics, and winemakers to identify top repair and preventative maintenance priorities.

Extended aged (up to 75 years old) harvest equipment lifespans to avoid expensive capital replacement costs; rebuilt equipment by working with machine shops to improve performance to meet or exceed prior top operating condition.

Instituted first-ever maintenance repair request system to create standardized, highly transparent priority system to guide maintenance and repair work.

Developed monthly reports on repair / maintenance spend that created first-ever historical background that helps in developing future budget forecasts.

Staffed up maintenance team to fill vacant positions after single-handedly fulfilling project requests before budget came through; exerted careful control over project priorities to minimize downtimes until positions were filled.

Shortened new team member learning curves by providing hands-on instruction and coaching to bring skill sets up to speed and start handling wide array maintenance projects.

Oak Ridge Winery & O’Neill Vintner – Lodi and Parlier, CA

Project Bottling / Operations Manager 2/2016 – 5/2017

Oak Ridge Winery / Oak Ridge is the oldest operating winery in Lodi appellation and O’Neill Vintner is California’s seventh largest winery producing top premium wine and spirits.

Hired as Operations Manager by wine industry contact to help build and start-up winery’s new high-speed bottling line to add manufacturing efficiency to operations. Oversaw warehousing, distribution, bottling, and maintenance. Rolled out 6 Sigma and lean programs to add efficiencies and cut costs.

Delivered on-time installation of new 250 bpm bottling line within 4 months; wrote equipment, line start-up, and personnel SOPs, cross-trained bottling personnel as operators / machine attendants, and created maintenance guidelines.

Increased production 43% through lean education and training of operators and machine attendants; also reduced material waste 65% after establishing first-ever bottling and warehouse recycling program.

ProForm Laboratories – Benicia, CA

Packaging Manager 06/2014 – 08/2015

Food supplement processing and packaging manufacturing facility.

Quickly identified company’s core manufacturing operation needs during job interview and hired immediately. Leveraged observations into helping build up production into 2 lines manufacturing 6,000 units per day (with 2 crews). Oversaw packaging 30-person packaging team, 2 mechanics, and 4 quality control personnel. Aligned production to meet demands by participating in daily meetings discussing output and sales. to ensure product was available to meet sales forecasts.

Propelled company into doubling production (from 3,000 to 6,000 units / day) by cross training teams to run two lines concurrently after building and launching operations of second packing line.

Extended life span of equipment through proper management; set up preventative maintenance and equipment care programs to ensure production crews better understood proper operations and capabilities to protect company capital investments.

Boosted operational efficiency 52% while working closely with logistics warehousing, batching, and QA departments to improve process flows.

Accelerated product changeover times by 67%, lowered product loss, and raised quality assurance standards by leading operations to follow best practices and working to integrate lean principles throughout all work flows.

Barrel Ten-Quarter Circle – Napa, CA

Production / Facilities Manager 04/2003 – 05/2014

Bottle Line / Maintenance Supervisor 01/2000 – 04/2003

Barrel Ten Quarter Circle (division of Bronco Wine Company) is a high-speed bottling facility with 3 bottling lines ranging from 90 BPM to 250 BPM with capabilities of producing 65,000 cases of bottled wine a day.

Originally brought into train mechanic and cellar operator / sanitizer on manufacturing and bottling operations while winery was still under construction with only one bottling line. Ramped up employee skill sets and developed SOP, safety procedures and equipment setup protocols. Promoted into position administering safety, training, procedures, personnel development, and enhancement as winery continued to scale up in size to 3 lines. Trained employees in Food/Beverage Safety, GMP, ISO, HACCP, container handling, and equipment safety.

Achieved 86% operational efficiency, representing 32% boost from prior level; added continuous improvement steps into all processes to capture productivity gains.

Reduced lost production time due to lack understanding of employee responsibilities by developing individual operator position guidelines and procedures to foster better staff knowledge and understanding of each position on each shift and bottling line.

Reduced downtime and improved machine reliability by assisting with development of plant maintenance CMMS program.

Established first-ever preventive maintenance programs to extend equipment lifespan for bottling / packaging lines, cellar / batching equipment, and shipping / warehousing loading equipment for facility and trained employees on procedures.

Developed facilities / operations playbook for supervisors outlining job description, equipment requirements, and safety procedures for managing 250bpm bottling/packaging process, facilities maintenance, CIP sanitation, and equipment reliability.

Established strong facilities management leadership by providing troubleshooting support to other for quality, production, and manpower issues while overseeing weekly managers meeting for all facilities leadership.

EDUCATION

Journeyman Mechanical Training – Modesto Junior College, Modesto, CA

Journeyman Certified Welder’s Training – Modesto Junior College, Modesto, CA

Professional Development:

Wine Making and Viticulture, University of California – Davis, CA

Food Processing License and Food Safety certification, University of California – Davis, CA

Management and Human Resources, Dale Carnegie – Napa and San Francisco, CA

Lean, Six Sigma, and 5s Training – Napa, CA

Human Resources Law, Fred Pryor Seminars – Concord, CA

Manager Development, Fred Pryor Seminars – Concord, CA

AFFILIATIONS / INVOLVEMENT

40th Chapter President & District Governor, Junior Chamber Turlock, CA Chapter/CJCC District 20 Ripon, CA to Fresno, CA

66th State President, Junior Chamber – State of California

42nd President, CA Junior Chamber of Commerce International Senate

Executive and Prime Trainer, USA Junior Chamber of Commerce

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