CHARRIERE SIMPSON

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Cell: 205-***-****

Email: advpuz@r.postjobfree.com

SUMMARY:

Highly experienced Maintenance Supervisor expertise in managing and supervising maintenance activities in manufacturing and production facilities. Skilled in equipment maintenance, repair, and troubleshooting, as well as managing maintenance personnel and coordinating with other departments to ensure smooth operations. Proven track record of developing and implementing preventive maintenance programs and reducing downtime. Excellent communication and leadership skills, with a focus on safety and compliance. Seeking a challenging role in a dynamic organization where I can utilize my skills and experience to contribute to the company's success.

Supervision and Management

Maintenance Planning and Execution

Maintenance of Equipment & Instruments

Production Planning and Execution

Troubleshooting and Problem-solving

Engineering Support and Documentation

Electrical & Mechanical Repairs

Equipment Maintenance

Union

Project Management

Team Leadership

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Quikrete Companies, Memphis TN 2022 -- 2022

Production Manager 2nd Shift

Responsible for all aspects of activities on 2nd shift of concrete bagging facility. Duties included safety, maintenance, production, and material load out.

APAC MS/TN, Sardis, MS and Tremont, MS 2021 – 2022

Aggregate Superintendent

Manage two sand and gravel processing facilities for use at road construction and concrete sites. Develop quarry mining plan, and schedule maintenance for equipment throughout the sites. Both sites have site managers, who are under my direct supervision.

Imerys Carbonates, Sylacauga, AL 2018 – 2021

Maintenance Supervisor

Supervise hourly union maintenance personnel for plant feed prep and washer areas. Responsibility includes multiple belt lines, cone and jaw crushers, tunnels, pumps, and rotary scrubber. Also include managing scope, planning, and execution of Capital projects throughout the assigned work area. This is for ground calcium carbonates manufacturing facility.

Cascades-Sonoco, Birmingham, AL. 2017 - 2018

Maintenance Manager (contract position)

Provide leadership and engineering support for daily manufacturing maintenance functions in a paper converting facility. Plan daily maintenance activities, and major equipment outages in conjunction with operations. Support operations, shipping, receiving, and quality through handling maintenance needs, ordering needed parts, and completing necessary projects. Developing work order system and procedures through Manager Plus CMMS. Purchase equipment, products, and services through SAP software. Facilitate plant safety by providing support for plant wide safety goals and functions. Act as a liaison between contractors and plant personnel for major expansion project in progress at the facility. Responsible for developing annual maintenance budget.

LafargeHolcim, Ada, OK 2015 - 2017

Production Supervisor

Supervise hourly union workforce in the production of cement and related materials. Produce high quality cement, clinker, and raw mix by making the necessary changes in each phase of the cement making process. Monitor, and act on environmental conditions concerning air and water on the plant site. Troubleshot process and environmental issues on bag filters, cyclone, kilns, water wells, and associated equipment. Assist in planning activities for maintenance department. Assisted in production planning as materials and inventory necessitated.

Plant was going through a modernization project. Participated in Factory Acceptance Test at the corporate headquarters of the engineering company managing the project.

Sid Richardson Carbon and Energy, Borger, TX 2012 - 2015

Maintenance Supervisor

Supervise the daily and project maintenance activities for carbon black manufacturer. Provide leadership and discipline to hourly maintenance personnel. Responsible for preventive, predictive, and reactive maintenance of production, shipping, laboratory, and Co-Gen equipment throughout the facility. Equipment includes screw conveyors, belt conveyors, reactors, air pre-heaters, piping, natural feed conveyors, dust collectors, weigh feeders, high speed blowers, low speed blowers, pumps, reactors, and dryer systems. Provide troubleshooting and repair of electrical, instrument, welding, and mechanical equipment issues that may occur. Plan for future outages and t at the facility. Also, actively participates in Root Cause Analysis, and the maintenance On-call program.

Continental Carbon Co., Ponca City, OK 2011 - 2012

Production Supervisor

Responsible for all aspects of the production of carbon black from petroleum. Maintain reactor, pelletizing, and dryer operations. Monitor plant emissions, making necessary process changes, in order to keep emissions within legal limits. Provided rapid solutions to equipment and process problems in order to extend run time, improve product quality, and life of equipment. Assisted in maintenance planning through company software. Minimized downtime through troubleshooting equipment problems.

General Dynamics Land Systems, Anniston, AL 2009 - 2011

Manufacturing Engineer (Contract position)

Provided engineering support to the production of land combat vehicles which included the assembly, testing, and tracking of individual parts, and completed vehicles. Generated documents for non-conformance and standard operating procedures. Read and generated engineering drawings for design specifications of equipment and parts used at the facility. Provided corrective action for non-conforming materials and procedures.

KHD/Humboldt-Wedag, Inc., Atlanta, GA 2008 - 2009

Commissioning Engineer

Provided service responsible for plant start-ups. Participated in design reviews of mechanical plans, electrical plans, and specifications. Created start-up checklists overseeing equipment installation, checking critical interlocks, and testing equipment for pre-heat towers, rotary kilns, coal & gas burners, and clinker coolers. Operational equipment for the previous mentioned areas included FK pumps, air compressors, tipping gates, meal splitters, conical vessels, pneumatic drives, chain drives, and belt conveyors. Supervised and trained new plant operators and engineers. Performed job site observations, field tests, and writing commissioning reports.

Lehigh Cement Company 2004 - 2008

Lehigh South Division, Leeds Cement Plant, Leeds, AL

Production Supervisor

Plant responsibilities were for all aspects in the production of cement, and related materials. Maintained rotary kiln, ball and vertical mill operations, and kept plant emissions within legal limits. Necessary process changes were made when needed, to stay within environmental, production, and quality compliance. Downtime was minimized through troubleshooting equipment problems. Equipment included pumps, compressors, material conveyors, ammonia injectors, hydrated lime injectors, and grinding mills. Provided support in resolving equipment and process restrictions in a timely manner. Assisted in maintenance planning, and supervision for equipment repair and installation. Provided suggestions for equipment repair and installation to the maintenance manager. Specific information was provided for any non-compliant safety issue under MSHA regulations.

Essroc Cement Corp., Frederick, MD 2000 - 2004

Production Supervisor

Responsibilities were for all aspects of the production of cement, and related materials. Maintained kiln operations. Plant emissions were kept within legal limits by making necessary process changes when needed. Downtime was minimized through troubleshooting equipment problems. Provided rapid solutions to equipment, and process problems to extend runtime, improve product quality, and life of equipment.

Cooper Hand Tools Division, Cooper Industries, Greenville, MS 1999 - 2000

Quality Engineer

Managed a comprehensive quality control program was designed through frontline inspections, documentation, and engineering calculations for sheet steel processing. Engineering support was provided for new product development, process improvement, and the re-engineering of nonconforming products to create a profit gain from loss. Provided solution to surface roughness problems that eliminated nonconforming material for spring steel product through cold rolling on Z-Mill. Designed equipment modifications for re-engineering of nonconforming products.

Lafarge, North America (formerly Blue Circle Cement), Calera, AL 1994 - 1999

Quality Control Lab Analyst

Chemical analysis was provided for cement, lime, and related materials. This was done through the use of wet chemistry, and various analyzers. Performed maintenance, and troubleshooting on laboratory equipment. This position mixed chemical solutions critical to the cement, and lime manufacturing processes. Provided R&D support for the use of new materials to the process. Performed complete coal analysis for vendor quality compliances.

Mill Console Operator

Operated grinding mills from a process logic control system. This position provided leadership to mill room production employees for troubleshooting purposes, and made process adjustments for quality and production needs.

EDUCATION

The University of Southern Mississippi, Hattiesburg, MS 1993

B.S., Mechanical Engineering Technology

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