Manager Maintenance

STEFAN L. PHIFER

** ****** **** ****, ********, PA 19446

215-***-**** Home 215-***-**** Cell

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Maintenance Manager

Profile of Skills/Qualifications

• More than 30 years of expertise in steel tube manufacturing industry

• Experienced manager of manufacturing operations

• Highly skilled in process engineering and facility management

• Proven leader in development and supervision of company staff

• Strong communicator

• Effective problem solving skills

Professional Experience ¬¬¬

Welded Concepts, Inc., Lansdale, PA 2000 – 2011

Manager and Owner

Managed and provided specialty welding, fabrication and millwright services for industrial, commercial, and construction, excavation and mining industries.

• Full service multi-process welding and fabrication of steel, aluminum and alloy

materials

• Project management services

• Consulting services for technical projects

Plymouth Tube Company, Horsham, PA 1985 – 2001

Operations/Maintenance and Engineering Manager (1985 – 2001)

• Developed highly successful preventive and predictive maintenance programs that were used as benchmarks throughout the organization

• Managed preventive and predictive maintenance and engineering programs in accordance with QS-9000 requirements to maintain certifications

• Was responsible for continuous operations of 65,000 square foot manufacturing facility

• Interviewed, evaluated and hired prospective workers to maintain a productive, quality driven staff

• Developed and managed training programs for entry level maintenance personnel

• Built and led staff teams for continuous improvement

• Managed capital improvement projects

• Managed operating budgets for facility and staff

• Developed state and federal compliance procedures to maintain certifications

• Assisted with contract and labor union negotiations

• Negotiated and managed contracts with utility suppliers

• Managed plant maintenance safety teams

• Managed R&D programs for new equipment and product development

• Managed environmental programs in accordance with state and federal regulations

Other Experience

• Member of Board of Directors, KNF Corporation, Tamaqua, PA

Education and Professional Development

• Evening Course Study Mechanical Engineering: Drexel/Penn State co-op program

• Project Management: Penn State

• Business Management : Temple

• Metallurgy/Material Management: Penn State

• Fault Isolation and Analysis: Penn State

• Combustion Management: Surface Combustion Engineering

• Steam Management: Steam Economics

• Power Distribution Management and Maintenance: Peco Energy

• Computer Training Maintenance Management, Microsoft Office: Temple

• OSHA Compliance: DuPont

• Confined Space Identification Training: DuPont

• Lock Out/Tag Out Procedure Training: DuPont

• Preventative /Predictive Maintenance: University of Chicago co-op program

• Overhead Crane and Hoist Inspection: Sheppard Niles Corporation

• Certified Fork Lift and Overhead Crane Instructor Training: Yale Corp

• Code Certified ASME Pressure Vessel Welding

• Code Certified Structural Welding

• High School Diploma: Upper Dublin High School

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