Clyde D. Smith

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Accomplished in plant operations, maintenance, engineering, and facility management

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Clarios, USA

Regional Maintenance Manager-Contract—April 2022 -Current position

Define and drive the implementation strategy for the Clarios model Total Production Maintenance & Reliability Engineering at the US plants, fostering a culture of collaboration and partnership among facilities. Defines guidelines for Maintenance & Reliability standards in the region. Establishes governance for asset management including CMMS-Maximo, maintenance-related technology solutions and Corporate standards.

Evonik, Tonawanda, NY

Maintenance & Reliability Consultant Contract- November 22—Current position

Define, assist, and implement the Corporate Process Safety Management requirement regarding mechanical integrity for all processes that fall under the OSHA 1910:119 Hazardous chemical.

CleanFiber, Blasdell New York

Senior Reliability Engineer—October 2021 to April 2022

Lead and implemented best in class maintenance for a start-up company including CMMS, lubrication management, spare parts management, and condition-based monitoring, cost management, preventative maintenance, and technical skills development to support our continuous improvement and manufacturing objectives.

Ontario First Nations Technical Services Corporation, Brantford, Ontario Canada

Hub Manager ---August 2020 to August 2021

Provided the administration and structure for Hub support in the maintenance and operational needs of twenty-two (22) Unaffiliated First Nations Water Treatment Plants and associated subsystems, including the development, implementation, coordination, and maintenance of a comprehensive Preventative Maintenance Plan for all associated infrastructure and equipment.

Supervised OFNTSC HUB staff including making decisions towards staff development, performance management/review, coaching/mentoring, health & safety and discipline decisions.

Utilized maintenance management planning systems, historical records, and other related data to forecast labor, materials and supplies, facility space, time, tool and other resources requirements; identifies resource constraints and develops plan priority and schedule adjustments on the basis of the analysis.

Develops and maintained infrastructure budget for approval by Canadian Federal government and assisted the OFNTSC HUB Water & Wastewater Process Technicians in the development of the First Nations’ operational and capital budgets.

Unifrax, Tonawanda, New York

Ceramic fiber manufacturing

Engineering Manager July 2019—March 2020

Provided leadership in the development and administration of all process/project engineering and manufacturing engineering activities for the WNY manufacturing facilities. Managed the engineering team members to assure that capital equipment and process development are focused on continuous improvement and capable of reliably producing a high quality product which meets customer requirements at the lowest possible cost.

Maintenance and Reliability Manager---March 2017 –July 2019

Provide leadership, management and implementation of Reliability Centered Maintenance to the facility.

Lead and implemented best in class maintenance including CMMS, lubrication management, spare parts management, and condition based monitoring, cost management, preventative maintenance, and technical skills development to support our continuous improvement and manufacturing objectives.

Soundview Paper, Elmwood Park, New Jersey

Recycled Tissue manufacturing and converting facility

Director of Reliability—August 2015 to March 2017

Provided leadership, management, and implementation of Reliability Centered Maintenance to the plant including Fiber, Paper mill, Converting areas and all facilities/buildings.

Lead and implemented planned maintenance including lubrication management, spare parts management, condition-based monitoring, cost management, preventative maintenance, and technical skills development to support our continuous improvement and manufacturing objectives.

Coordinated best practice sharing, reliability, planning, estimating, and scheduling tactics and strategies across the plant assets.

Ensured optimization of all CMMS related processes.

Paperworks, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Coated Recycled Board manufacturing facility.

General Manager—August 2014 to July 2015-contract position

Provided leadership and management to maintain and improve the overall performance of the facility. Tutor and train Assistant General Manager for future G.M. position.

Cascades, Inc.—Oct. 2011—May 2014

Tissue Products Manufacturing Company

Contract assignments—Memphis, Tennessee, Ransom/Pittston Pennsylvania

Recycled Tissue manufacturing facilities. Various roles including Plant Manager/Resident Manager/Maintenance Manager at their manufacturing plants.

Norampac Inc.,

Cascades Corrugated Paper Division

General Manager– Niagara Falls, New York 2002—July 2011

Plant Engineer—Niagara Falls, New York 1999---2002

Recycled Medium Paper manufacturing facility.

Provided leadership and direction to operation, production, maintenance and strategic planning. Guided all operations including safety, environmentally compliance and financial control. Achieved our continual goal to improve safety, quality and productivity. Provided guidance and facilitation to six departmental managers and their 120 employees.

Maintenance Manager—Red Rock, Ontario 1996-1999

Virgin Liner manufacturing facility

Spruce Falls/Kimberly Clark

Kapuskasing, Ontario 1989-1996

Virgin Newsprint manufacturing facility

Construction Manager—oversee the installation and start up of capital projects in conjunction with the internal Engineering group with a yearly budget of $18-20 million.

Project Engineer—prepared capital engineering project for submission/installation and start up.

Port Arthur Shipbuilding,

Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada

Ship repair

Assistant Rigging Foreman—10 years

EDUCATION

Certified Mechanical Engineering Technologist (CET) • Confederation College—Thunder Bay, Ontario,

Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering (BSME) • Kennedy Western University, Wyoming, USA--Distance Education

Other:

Professional Artist—experience in various media portraits, landscapes, wall murals.

Effective bargaining, grievance and arbitrations—Industrial Labor Relations--Cornell University, NY

Fundamentals of Finance for non-Financial Executives---Queens University School of Business, Kingston, Ontario

Operations Leadership Program—Queens University School of Business, Kingston, Ontario

Human Resources and the Law—Industrial Labor Relations, Cornell University, NY

Canadian citizen & Status Indian

Permanent Resident Card for United States employment

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