Michael Grosso

Maintenance and Engineering Professional 20+ years of experience

Cherry Hill, NJ 08002

aduga5@r.postjobfree.com

+1-609-***-****

Authorized to work in the US for any employer

Work Experience

Maintenance and Engineering Manager

Barry Callebaut USA -

Pennsauken, NJ 08110

2017-Current

Responsible for the entire facility and production equipment including all building and infrastructure systems. Some of the equipment responsible for fillers, refiners, conche’s, pre refiners, steel conveyors and all tanks and scales. Create the CMMS in maximo for all PM, work orders, and all assignments to maintenance techs. Under the role is maintenance planner, maintenance supervisor, and spare parts room coordinator. Maintains budget in 2 cost centers, 520- site maintenance and 330- Tech maintenance both combine 2.77mm. able to create all capital projects and purchasing. Attend daily meeting with other customers, i.e. production, safety, quality, etc. Responsible for all permitting, certificates, and environmental testing and inspections.

Maintenance and Engineering Manager

Kerry Ingredients and Flavors -

Clark, NJ

2015 to 2017

Manages Maintenance Department labor and other resources to efficiently schedule and complete repairs, maintenance, and installation of machinery, equipment, and plant facilities to ensure continuous company operations. Supervises and assists fabricating or modifying machines, tools, or equipment to improve existing processes, following design standards for food safety.

Develops and manages the preventative maintenance program in conjunction with Team Leaders, Forepersons, and Maintenance staff. Includes production, quality control, and maintenance reports and statistics to identify and help schedule and complete needed repairs and maintenance activities.

Directs maintenance activities on utility systems to meet all applicable codes, and to provide safe, continuous supply of heat, steam, electric power, gas, air, etc., required for operations.

Leading the maintenance team. Management responsibilities include: Recruitment of qualified personnel, Coaching and developing employees, assigning and delegating work etc.

Keeping a record of all the day-to-day maintenance and service activities undertaken

Complying with all corporate policies and the Occupational Safety and health administration rules (OSHA) while carrying out maintenance functions.

Placing orders for spare parts and equipment for replacement and ascertaining the proper documentation of the same.

Assists with planning and implementing capital machine/plant improvements and expansions.

Ensures that all maintenance technicians are trained on the most updated version of the operating procedures.

Reviews the operation of plant equipment and systems constantly, to minimize unplanned downtime, anticipate solve problems in a timely manner, and to identify opportunities for improvement

Tracks, analyses and improves key maintenance parameters such as asset utilization, maintenance cost, PM compliance, schedule compliance, etc.

Maintenance and Engineering Manager

Bway Corporation -

Trenton, NJ

2012 to 2015

Metal containers

Working as a Maintenance and Engineering Manager at the Trenton Facility manufacturing metal pails and producing metal lithograph products, have 10 maintenance mechanics and 1 plc technician and 1 maintenance supervisor. Also am responsible for 1MM annual budget and all capital projects including engineering improvements projects. We operate a 24/6 operation and do all my own hiring for the staff of maintenance personnel. Some of the engineering improvements include factory upgrades, conveyor upgrades and machinery upgrades including PLC power flex and control logic and RS logic 500 and 5000 software.

Maintenance Engineering Manager- Sauces

LiDestri Foods Inc -

Pennsauken, NJ

2008 to 2012

Maintenance of the facility and production equipment to include creating/updating PM and CMMS plans.

Ordering and then scheduling installation of new equipment

Managing the maintenance staff and contractors and vendors

Creation/ control of RM budget and monitoring of capital expenses including salaries

Manage a maintenance staff experienced with 3 Supervisors, and 25 mechanics

HVAC, PLC's (A/B.), pneumatics, high pressure boiler systems, control systems, and refrigeration

Maintenance Manager

Ocean Spray Cranberries Inc -

Bordentown, NJ

2002 to 2008

- Juice products

Responsibility for production and facility maintenance planning, capital spending of 5-10mm annually and activity management for the operations support functions.

Direct professional staff in maintenance, buildings, and grounds and utilities.

Manage and annual departmental budget of 4.5mm and over 65 associates.

Initiated a cross functional equipment enhancement team that resulted in more than 75 equipment improvements to date.

Developed and communicated a maintenance restructuring plan that allowed for additional resources during planned maintenance events, resulting in a 50% increase in PM on time compliance.

Member of the Nestle Alliance High Performance Team working to streamline the maintenance metrics throughout our beverage network.

Mentored in Operations Manager role for 1 year as a career development goal. Implemented maintenance excellence and intranet factory floor trending.

Maintenance / Assembly Supervisor- Circuit Breakers

SPD Technologies/ L3 Communications -

Philadelphia, PA

1998 to 2002

Developed and manufactured switch gear and molded ASE CIRCUIT BREAKER FOR THE United States Navy within their nuclear submarine and Aircraft Carrier divisions.

The Cell manufacturing modules consisted of 35 UAW Unionized people doing all aspect of circuit breaker assembly and maintenance.

This included bench assembly, pneumatic bench assembly, hydraulic press, crane, welding (class 6), painting, testing and troubleshooting of all associated breakers and switch gear assembly's.

Also worked with VFD conveying systems, PLC SLC 500 series, I/O field devices and all ladder logic troubleshooting.

SPD is an ISO 9002 certified facility and strongly preaches quality above anything else.

Some additional duties included personal training, parts expediting, scheduling of people and production flow and throughput, and all associated employee vacations, sick time, days off and payroll issues, also handled all 1st step grievances with Union representatives.

Also strongly enforced the safety of personnel and machinery at all times.

Interfaced with Plant Manager, Quality Manager, Production Manager, Maintenance Manager, Engineering Manager and Warehouse Managers to review daily throughput and any hurdles.

Production Supervisor- Flexible Piezo Film

AMP Incorporated- Sensor/ Piezo Flexible Film Division -

Valley Forge, PA

1988 to 1998

Manufactured accelerometers for the computer and mainly the hard drive industry (Seagate).

Some of the equipment used on the line was XYZ gantry dispensing systems, semi-automatic pick and place equipment, class 4 Luxstar laser equipment, pneumatic and hydraulic pressed and other die cutting equipment, single screw extruders, and various types of optical measuring equipment such as microscopes, ram optical, comparators', micrometers, calipers along with assisting quality assurance and control.

Trained ISO 9001 internal auditor.

Supervised a production and test assembly line consisting of 35 assemblers and a night shift foreman.

Reported directly to Plant Production Manager and quality manager for an ongoing updated status of outgoing products and tests.

Tracked production yields, end to end yields, unusual defects and made sure all employees had all the necessary tools and knowledge to accomplish his or her job functions.

Created many SPC data tracking charts and diverse production graphs to assist management in evaluating yields and trends.

US Naval - HS-9- Helicopters- Special Operator

United Stated Navy

1982 to 1988

Worked on Class Designation- Multi engine, Jet- both Attack and Turbo- Propeller.

Assigned to the Attack Squadron VA-93 AE-7 Corsairs.

Maintained over 300 sortie missions and was night and day carrier maintenance qualified, also was a trained plane captain and final launch.

Was honorably discharged in 1988 prior to the First Gulf War.

Education

Pope Paul VI High School -

Haddonfield, NJ

Assoc in Rockwell Datamyte Statistical Analysis SPC/ Sigma

St. Jude's Elementary School -

Blackwood, NJ

Skills

Develop maintenance procedures and ensure implementation

Carry out inspections of the facilities to identify and resolve issues

Check electrical and hydraulic systems of buildings to ensure functionality

Plan and oversee all repair and installation activities

Allocate workload and supervise upkeep staff (custodians, janitors etc.)

Monitor equipment inventory and place orders when necessary

Monitor expenses and control the budget for maintenance

Manage relationships with contractors and service providers

Keep maintenance logs and report on daily activities

Military Service

Branch: United States Navy- active duty and reserves

Rank: E-6

Certifications and Licenses

HVAC- black seal

FAA- Aircraft AND POWERPLANT CERTIFICATE

Bachelors of Arts- Business

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