Facilities & Maintenance Manager - 15+ Years Leading Downtime

David Orce

Bartow, Georgia 478-***-**** *********@*****.***

Professional Summary

Resourceful professional with more than 15 years of experience in managing scheduled and preventative maintenance work along with supervising repairs, conducting inspections, testing equipment, delegating tasks, and ensuring adherence to safety guidelines and regulations. Adept at supporting coordination of project’s scope, budgets, schedules, resources, activities, and logistics to facilitate executions and timely completions. Possess superior organizational, analytical, critical thinking, time management, and leadership skills, as well as a talent for communicating with all levels of staff.

Work Experience

Trojan Battery Company Sandersville, Georgia

Facilities and Maintenance Manager July 2022 – Present

●Manage and maintain all facilities and equipment in the lead acid battery plant to avoid and minimize downtime

●Oversee and schedule maintenance activities through CMMS to facilitate effective workload management

●Spearhead and guide a 14-person maintenance technician team, including two supervisors to drive optimum staff performance

●Collaborate with engineering team members on upcoming projects, including factory shutdown/holiday projects, rebuilds, installations, and safety improvements to support attainment of set objectives

●Troubleshoot production equipment along with evaluating deficiencies to suggest and discuss appropriate solutions

●Implement Lean manufacturing concepts through continuous improvement projects.

●Write and provide operator’s TPM’s for production equipment and implemented training through Green Road to optimize existing skill set

●Supervise maintenance functions to ensure the highest standards of asset care while transforming team of 14 members into an engineering powerhouse focused on meeting safety, quality, and production needs

●Conduct extensive Root Cause Analysis on all critical failures of plant to prevent recurrence and maintain optimized workflow

●Developed and implemented equipment preventive maintenance program, thereby increasing assembly production uptime to 95%

Dura-Line Inc. Sandersville Georgia

Maintenance Manager / Production Manager June 2017 – June 2022

●Spearheaded multisite industrial maintenance by leading team members at both sites and supervising production personnel in Sandersville

●Managed several functions, such as TPM, Lean Manufacturing, root cause analysis, Flex P&L, as well as parts and supplies inventory control to realize operational effectiveness

●Set team’s and team member’s goals and objectives to drive productivity and performance

●Coordinated with quality control, engineering, materials, and shipping departments to facilitate and maximize collaborations, leading to attainment of established goals and targets

●Ensured seamless executions and timely completions of multiple improvement projects at both sites to contribute towards organizational success

●Enhanced and expanded site preventative maintenance program, thereby supporting operations and innovation

●Determined overall strategy, standards, and best practices to assure consistency and minimize production downtime

Dura-Line Inc. Tennille, Georgia

Maintenance Technician June 2017 – June 2022

●Serviced and maintained 16 Extrusion lines and all supporting equipment, including Una-Dyn Vacuum system and compounder, Maplan dies, KM tanks, RDN pullers, MMG coilers, and Sysmetric Doser control System

●Installed, commissioned, and troubleshot Yaskawa and ABB drives along with wiring and troubleshooting extruder main cabinets as per specifications to meet given requirements

●Handled parts and equipment inventory control along with exercising strict cost control measures to adhere to budgetary requirements

●Partnered with engineering, production, research and development, as well as safety personnel to ensure a productive cost-efficient facility

●Introduced several plant equipment improvements and new processes as well as focused on safety training and awareness to expand staff knowledge

Bell-view Inc. Wrightsville, Georgia

Safety Coordinator / Plant Manager / H.R. Manager January 2009 – December 2017

●Maintained all vinyl related welders and punches along with managing ordering of materials and inventory control to prevent out of stock situations

●Directed several functions, such as all aspects of OSHA compliance, adherence to EPD standards, general plant maintenance, and employee training to assure seamless and uniform operations

●Guided up to 30 employees, responsible for vinyl and aluminum window production to meet set targets

●Identified and fulfilled staffing requirements by overseeing recruitment, onboarding, and counseling of all employees

●Provided leadership, coaching, and support to the maintenance team of 6 members along with allocating and prioritizing tasks to execute maintenance and reliability plans

●Collaborated with production and quality teams to diagnose and resolve issues as well restore plant’s production capability

Additional Experience

General Masonry and Concrete Inc. Store Manager

NationsRent Inc. / Sunbelt Rentals Inc. Store Manager

Deputy Johnson County Sheriff’s Office Terminal agency coordinator

Deputy Washington County Sheriff’s Office Detention officer, communications officer

Johnson County Sheriff’s Office Terminal Agency Coordinator

Tennille Veneer Inc. Production Manager

Washington Manufacturing Co. Plant Engineer

Skills

Facility & Plant Management, Repair & Maintenance, Mechanical & Electrical Troubleshooting, Project Management, Staff Supervision, Employee Training, Documentation & Reporting, Inventory Control, Regulatory Compliance

Technologies

Ceridian/Dayforce, plex classic and UX, SAP, Oden Data Collection System, Click PLC Programming, Quick Books Pro, Quick Books point of sale, Office 365, Yaskawa and ABB drive programming,

Education

General Degree in General Robert E. Fitch High School

Certifications

TPM Certification Georgia Tech

Lean Champion Training, TMAC University of Texas

Arc flash Training BPC international

First class Fire Fighter GPSTC

Stihl Certified Bronze and Silver Training Stihl

Human resources training State of Georgia, Chamber of commerce

CPR and First aid certified Oconee fall line technical college

Forklift and AWP certified dura-line, trojan battery

Certified level one thermographer

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