Maintenance Engineer

TONY WEST

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SKILLS

** ***** ** ********** ** diverse industrial manufacturing environments related to site developments, equipment fabrication, modification, installation and repair.

Evidence of strong leadership, creativity, communication and problem solving skills.

Exhibits functional leadership skills to engage a workforce with a diverse background of knowledge & experience

Possess advanced technical skills in the mechanical / electrical fields and is able to lead resource planning efforts in a manufacturing environment.

EXPERIENCE

Cardinal Glass Industries Waxahachie Texas- (2/2017 – 2/2021) - Maintenance Manager

Functional Responsibilities

Provide support to 24/5 manufacturing facility, manage day-to-day operations of 40 employees in the engineering and maintenance departments.

Direct facility engineering projects and maintenance activities including manufacturing, utilities and electrical maintenance

Manage breakdowns by troubleshooting and/or scheduling maintenance activities as equipment fails or as production plans change.

Establish, enforce and lead engineering specifications, equipment standardization, and equipment reliability efforts. 2

Collaborated with management team and corporate staff to improve the employees safety, production’s quality, the equipment reliability and the overall equipment effectiveness.

Improve equipment reliability which reduced process down time and decreased overall maintenance costs by analyzing then solving equipment reliability problems

Directed the facilities and maintenance purchasing operations.

Scheduled and initiated projects with demonstrated results in a team environment

Lead development and implementation of preventative and predictive maintenance processes to reduce unplanned downtime and increase overall asset efficiency.

Initiated a CMMS/Work order system to identify repairs needed, plan all maintenance activities with maintenance coordinator.

Trained and implemented Production maintenance activities with production leadership teams.

Developed and recommend strategies to meet present and future requirements in all areas of responsibility.

Maintained an effective positon with outside suppliers, vendors, equipment manufacturers and contractors.

Director of departmental budgets and operate within approved budget allocations.

Implementation of automated parts inventory management system – ensured an appropriate inventory of parts/material to meet requirements of supporting a successful production operation.

Ensured any work conducted by outside contractors and vendors met the specifications stated in contracts or purchase orders.

Maintained building structure and site ordinances in accordance to local city regulations.

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Management Responsibilities

Maintenance Department structure - 40 employees including Facilities/Maintenance Supervisors, Engineers, I.T maintenance, technicians, purchasing and janitorial staff.

Managed both engineering and maintenance departments to ensure safety, operational reliability, and to ensure department goals or objectives are reached.

Supervised, motivated, and developed maintenance staff (Maintenance Leadership, Electrical/PLC Engineer, Technicians).

Developed and implemented preventative and predictive maintenance processes to reduce unplanned downtime and increase overall asset efficiency.

Conducted hiring of the staff and maintain the documentations related to the maintenance activities.

Budgeted and managed all capital projects, computerized maintenance management system, raw materials and spare parts inventory.

Coordinated and directed all efforts of Plant Maintenance with P&L responsibility on a day-to-day basis.

Safety-OSHA

Developed and implemented OSHA programs with safety department to identify and eliminate hazardous conditions with new and existing equipment.

Successfully met all requirements for achievement of OSHA VPP STAR Rating.

Implemented Log Out-Tag (LOTO) program, team accountability, and maintained the equipment required OSHA guidelines.

Actively participate on site safety committee and key hazard team Capital Projects

Guided $50 million in capital projects starting at concept through implementation including budgets, analysis, development, materials, scheduling, installation and commission.

Notable projects completed during tenure –

$20 million building expansion and upgrade

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Installation of $15 million in new equipment incorporating Fanuc and ABB robots.

Provided technical leadership on capital projects involving onsite equipment installations and commissioning.

Developed annual budgetary forecasts and justifications for submittal pertaining to annual capital project.

Tosca Ltd 12/2012-2/2017 - Maintenance Manager

Promoted to Maintenance Manager from tech level position in 2013.

Modernized maintenance department with emphasis on preventive and predictive maintenance and increasing availability of paper machines

Managed Maintenance departments while instituting preventative and predictive systems for equipment and facilities.

Developed technical development plans and performance reviews for the entire maintenance department.

Implemented quality management program to maintain consistency among all procedures, forms and training materials.

Manage engineering and maintenance departments for entire corporations' manufacturing facilities.

Maxx Electric, 10/2007-11/2012

Maintenance Consultant/Lead Field Service Engineer

Performed hazard analysis for each job and implemented new safety standards using OSHA guidelines.

Scheduled and initiated projects with demonstrated results in a team environment, project management.

Representative to customers to facilitate onsite maintenance programs and repair.

Develop upgraded automation and interfaces for production equipment spanning several different types of industrial manufacturing applications.

Installed main power distribution for commercial and industrial customer base,

Polo Machinery Sales and Service, 6/2003-10/2007

Field Service Engineer –

Perform all on-site activities related to installation, repair, and maintenance for customer base associated with the industrial steel manufacturing industry.

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Conducted maintenance and service tasks for the customers in assigned territory.

Prepare and submit work orders, expense reports and timesheets to the respective projects.

Ensure that all systems (electrical and mechanical) have been installed correctly and are functioning without issue

EDUCATION

ITT Technical Institute (2005-2007) - Computer and Electronics Engineering

Grantham University - Bachelor of Science in Engineering Management Technology –Current with expected gradation in 2022.

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