Senior Maintenance Leader with 25+ Years Experience

Bryan Kloutse

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Professional Summary

Over 25 years experience in manufacturing, including two years of management, with a dynamic approach to problem solving. Creative thinker, with a strong work ethic. USSTC Clarksville, TN

September 2019 – Present

Line Support Specialist

● Lead maintenance team to excellence by fostering an inclusive environment that develops the team and inspires creative problem-solving skills.

● Adjust and repair equipment for optimal performance, and efficiency.

● IWS Maintenance LST back up, and capability builder.

● Work closely with vendors and contractors to coordinate, and complete large projects.

● Keep team compliant with all capability builds offered by the company.

● P-Card usage, carefully regulated with responsible spending, and verification through monthly expense reports.

● Employee timekeeping, via Kronos, and WorkBrain.

● Keeping team behavior, and attendance aligned with company policies with the use of disciplinary action when necessary.

● Remain in close relationship with Plant Manager, Integrated Work Systems, BUL’s, and associates to coordinate with, and keep them current with ongoing maintenance projects.

● Organize and execute large projects.

● Interview, onboard and train, new maintenance techs.

● Process and complete all safety mandates from monthly safety audits. Sr. Maintenance Tech

● Adjust and repair equipment for optimal performance, and efficiency.

● Perform and record routine preventive maintenance tasks.

● Meet and assist vendors, and contractors.

● Coordinate with production to schedule upgrades, blade changes, and repairs.

● Participate in “Idea Track” program, as well as implement, and execute the work described.

● Available for on-call work one week a month

● Attend weekly production and Natural Work Team meetings, to stay updated on company matters, both locally and companywide.

Standard Functional Food Group Nashville, TN

Maintenance Technician Level III April 19, 2012 – April 16, 2019

● Responsible for the inspection, troubleshooting, and repair of candy production and packaging

● machines in a F.D.A. regulated environment.

● Establish and maintain monthly preventive maintenance activities.

● Changeover, set up, and start up all packaging equipment, as specified in a high speed

● production environment.

● Work closely with production supervision as well as machine operators in order to maintain

● equipment efficiency on a day-to-day basis.

Marangoni Tread North America

Shift leader January 6, 2011 – March 14, 2012

*Responsible for day-to-day shift operation, to ensure that efficiency, volume, cost, and quality standards were achieved. Also, responsible for day-to-day scheduling, while complying with 5S workplace standards. Trained myself, as well as other employees on various machines, material handled, monitored and documented all changes on support devices, such as dust collectors, bag houses, and chillers. Some light maintenance, as well as handling personal issues, which included attendance and payroll. General Technician

* Responsible for assisting with rigging and start-up of a rubber extruder, flat-tread style press, and rubber buffing machine. Worked closely with Italian technicians, (most of which were not bi-lingual) in the building of the before mentioned machines.

Trimmer

* Responsible for removing excess rubber from extruded tire treads. Document daily production, as well as quality control, on each tread processed, while staying safe, and keeping up with housekeeping. Vi-Jon

Level 1 Maintenance August 22, 2004 – December 15, 2010

*Washout, changeover, make mechanical adjustments, as well as repair all aspects of high speed production lines, from changing circuit boards to replacing and rewiring AC and DC motors, for a bathroom product bottling company. Wrote instructional guidelines and produced instructional videos on how to washout and changeover various machines on production lines. Working knowledge of hydraulics and pneumatics, as well as fundamental electrical knowledge.

A. Schulman Inc.

End of the Line November 5, 1998 – August 15, 2004

*Package plastic pellets from an extruder, fabricate large octobins, (gaylords) for packaging Purposes, weigh product, and transport product via forklift to storage area, as well as connect railcars to silos, in order to provide different types of propylene to various plastic extruders. Masterbatch Mixer

*Combine various dry materials, pigmented pellets, and dyes in a large mixer, according to a pre-printed formulation, to create the base components for different types of plastics. Clean and maintain equipment used to mix these base materials, catalogue these materials, as well as transport them via forklift to storage areas.

Mixer

*Mix masterbatch along with fiberglass, talc, propylene, and other dry materials into small blenders and feeders, which in turn would be mixed and heated for plastic extrusion. My duties also included cleaning and maintaining the various blenders and feeders.

Lab Technician

*Test plastic pellets’ various properties such as ash, (which detects the amount of talc in certain types of plastic, melt flow, (the point at which certain plastics melt), visually inspect the pellets for appearance, log and record data in accordance with QS9000 guidelines, as well as approve various products for shipment. Other duties included cleaning, maintaining and calibrating equipment. Operator

*Operated, cleaned, changed over, and maintained plastic extruder. Education

August 1985 – May 1989

Booker T. Washington H.S.- Graduated with honors and a diploma. August 1989 – May 1991

Grambling State University – Completed two years, with a major in business management. No diploma. Skills and Training

Highly organized, hard worker, self-motivated, critical thinker, solid communication skills, written and verbal. Competent in I-Maint, Word, Excel, Powerpoint, and Teams., M.S.T.Certifications as follows: GTAW Welding, Electrical Power, Pneumatic Controls, Analog Controls, P.L.C., and Electrical Controls. References furnished upon request.

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