David Powell

Objective: A Maintenance Manager position in the Manufacturing Industry

Summary:

BS + MS degree + BS Mechanical Engineering with 25 years of maintenance experience.

** ***** ** ****tenance management experience. Managed 2 supervisors, 2 staff and 25 technicians. Handled all department functions like Budgeting, employee career growth, training, retention, team building, etc. Developed department metrics / KP’s.

10 years of hands-on maintenance, engineering experience in a manufacturing plant for production / packaging equipment and facility/utility applications. Handled all aspects of maintenance engineering including strategic preventive and predictive maintenance using (RCM / TPM) techniques.

10 years with Refrigerated Production - Baking/Mixing area in the food industry at Kellogg.

Expertise with utility systems for compressed air clean water, HVAC, Electrical Power, and also Ammonia based cold refrigeration system (30ºF - 46ºF)

Implemented PM programs from scratch at 3 different plants.

Experience with CMMS like SAP, MP2, etc.

Ability to balance day to day execution of maintenance functions and also long term strategic vision to develop best practices to create a world class maintenance organization.

Familiarity with Control systems using PLC/HMI.

Excellent team building skills. Ability to train & grow employees in a positive, high morale environment. Work well with management, corporate group, and operation personnel.

CI manager. Tracked failures and bottlenecks and managed improvements to meet and beat production needs and equipment reliability.

Education & Training:

Bachelor in Mechanical Engineering from Almeda University – 2004 (distance learning)

Bachelor in Theology from Jacksonville Theological College

Masters in Psychology from Jacksonville Theological College

Authored/Published book “How to implement and track an effective preventive maintenance program”

Completed Course Certificates in Effective Planning and Scheduling from Marshall Institute, Hydraulics, leadership, safety, confined space, Contract administration and Leadership, quality, hoist and cranes, ISO 9000, Hazardous Health and Safety, HAZWOPPER for Ammonia system, Basic mechanical engineering. Taught advanced technology at Pensacola Junior College, Have some training on PLC data highway technology and Allen Bradley drives and controls

Certificate on Managing Multiple Priorities, Managing Hot Work Permit System. by FM Global,

Preparing for Hurricanes by FM Global,

Managing Impairments (Red Tag Permit System) by FM Global

Job History:

PACTIV Co. (Manufacturer of egg cartons and trays for the food industry) 2006 – Present

Maintenance Manager

Managed maintenance supervisor, leads and mechanics as well as the maintenance budget. Held safety meetings every month. “Do it safe or not at all”

Managed OEE, and tracked equipment efficiencies.

Manage predictive maintenance program such as oil analysis, vibration analysis, infrared inspections of electrical panels and ovens and ultrasonic.

Maintained all state required documents, Hot work permits, hoist and crane inspections, ladder inspections, harness inspections, fire extinguisher inspections, as well as ensuring environmental records for ovens are kept up to date.

Implemented CMMS program. Wrote all PM SWP and set up weekly, monthly, quarterly, semi- annual and annual PMs for all production equipment.

Conducted monthly root cause analysis on top downtime issue.

Wrote SWP’s and JSA’s for maintenance work. Implemented TPM for operator autonomous maintenance.

Managed energy savings initiatives at my plant and several other Pactiv Facilities with a proven record. Some of these cost savings included compressed air, oven efficiency and lights.

Plant burnt to the ground and I was the main contact for the rebuild, I oversaw all work being done, managed contractors, designed upgrades, managed the rebuild of old equipment as well as new installations and started production back in less than one year.

Used AutoCAD to draw the plant with all equipment and designed safety changes.

Implemented continuous improvement. "Things can be good now but always can be a little better".

Received, achieved and over achieved appraisals every year. Traveled to help out at other facilities when needed.

Planned and maintained AOP by monitoring monthly budget, monitor the maintaining and control the MRO inventory,

Gave negative and positive reinforcement to the work force so that a team environment was maintained and worked closely with the production team so that repairs could be done on a timely basis.

Developed training to maintain skill levels of the department, conducted managerial training, and implemented cost savings by applying energy conservation and equipment improvements.

Maintained department reliability and insured environmental compliance.

Familiar with 6 sigma and lean 5s manufacturing. Knowing that maintenance is a support group for production, I led by example as I showed the importance of equipment reliability by doing root cause analysis and implementing reliable repairs.

Kellogg Company (Keebler Co.) Macon, GA 1996 - 2006

Maintenance Supervisor/Planner Scheduler

Managed the maintenance team, troubleshot machinery, designed improvements. Member of the AIB and Safety Teams, enforcing GMP’s

Made drawing of equipment and modifications using AutoCAD,

Ensured proper PM is done during down time and uptime. Did all planning and scheduling of maintenance work and held safety meetings.

Created preventive and predictive maintenance program using SAP.

Scheduled daily work for 3 shifts of maintenance and assisted in maintaining and controlling the MRO inventory.

Created BOMs on production equipment and produced spread sheets for performance progress.

Gave negative and positive reinforcement to the work force and worked closely with the production managers so that repairs could be done on a timely basis. Worked with contractors and monitored both work performance and policy conformance.

Enforced department safety and conducted safety training. Monitored equipment reliability and PM quality.

Accomplishments: Instructed training in lock - out - tag - out, Set up inspections on fire hoses and extinguishers and brought company in compliance in use of their propane and ammonia systems.

Designed and implemented several improvements for cost savings, including a right angle transfer that can transfer two times the current speed, brought maintenance in compliance with slings, hoist equipment inspections.

Setup PM program for all 6 lines, received an award called Elf of the month because I Came up with ways to do things safely and saved the company money and instructed men on use of machine shop equipment.

Rawlings Engineering - Macon, GA 1995-1996

Machinist – Machine Design and Manufacturing

Manufactured parts, read blue prints and assisted teammates.

Became top machinist with a key to the shop. Multi-tasked several jobs at a time.

Florida Drum Co. – Pensacola, FL 1991-1995

Plant Engineer/Maintenance Manager

Managed Maintenance and Engineering departments

Scheduled PM for both down time and routine maintenance.

Designed and implemented cost saving improvements, trouble shot machinery.

Helped ensure the quality of our product and worked closely with the production team to ensure repairs are done on a timely basis.

Worked closely with production identifying bottle necks and using Lean manufacturing methods to improve productivity.

Responsible for all maintenance activities, parts inventory, root cause investigations and equipment improvements.

Ensured contractor compliance with company policy. Monitored equipment efficiency to find bottle necks and implement improvements.

Designed and implemented automated equipment to reduce overall cost.

Set up a preventive Maintenance system using Side Arm program (MP2),

A key player in bringing company into ISO 9000 compliance and set up in house machine

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