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St. Helens, Or, Us

Longview, Washington, United States

Longview, Washington, United States

• Planning maintenance activities and ordering parts for kitting jobs.• Supervision of multi-craft crew of 6 maintenance techs.• Implemented short scheduled downtime maintenance planning to reduce downtime in Extruders.• Identify cost reductions for repairs and maintenance activities.

Clatskanie, Oregon, United States

• Responsible for all daily operations of the mill including recruitment, hiring, training, retention, production, and maintenance.• Planning and implementation of capital projects. • Responsible for maintaining expenditures for repairs and supplies within monthly forecast. • Collaborate with sales and shipping to meet or exceed customer delivery requirements.

Georgetown, Ky

Manage daily activities that support shop floor management to create safe, efficient and operational standards that meet Toyota KPI targets. Train Team Members in the shop, the activities necessary to effectively run the shop floor and verify knowledge gained from training.Support Team Members in machine failure recovery and develop effective counter-measures for machine/recovery improvements.Implement Kaizen of equipment and maintenance activities.Utilize Toyota Business Practices (TBP) for 8 Step Problem Solving and document Change Point Activity.

Georgetown, Kentucky

Troubleshoot, repair, teach and support Kawasaki and Nachi welding and material handling robots. Programing and troubleshooting of PLC and automated machine centers in body weld.

Tillamook, Oregon

• Supervision and coaching the Maintenance Department team with an emphasis on safety, environmental, TPM, and continuous improvement. • Supervised crafts include Millwrights, Electricians, Mechanic, Saw Filers, and Production employees. • Management of CMMS and development of Preventative, Predictive and Precision Maintenance Tasks.• Planning and implementation of capital projects. • Responsible for maintaining expenditures for repairs and supplies within monthly forecast. • Lead the drive for continuous improvement by empowering team members and focusing on equipment reliability and behavioral process changes.• Developed leadership and communication skills of maintenance employees through on-going coaching sessions.

Clatskanie, Oregon

• Supervision and coaching for team of fourteen individuals within the Maintenance and Saw Filing Departments with an emphasis on safety, environmental, and continuous improvement. • Supervised crafts include Millwrights, Electricians, Mechanic, Saw Filers, and Production employees. • Management of production and maintenance Information Systems.• Planning and implementation of capital projects. • Responsible for maintaining expenditures for repairs and supplies within monthly forecast. • Delegate tasks and coach team members for organizational and individual success. • Lead the drive for continuous improvement by empowering team members and focusing on equipment reliability.• Led start-up for energy efficiency team at Clatskanie, joined BPAs High Performance Energy Management cohort reducing energy usage by 12%.

Forest Grove, Oregon

• Provided leadership to a maintenance team of fifteen individuals within the Hardboard Department and twenty-two within the Sawmill Department with an emphasis on safety, environmental, and continuous improvement. • Organized and prioritized daily tasks within the department to meet the needs of manufacturing. • Assisted with the strategic downsize planning at Hardboard and keeping the Maintenance Team focused. • Merged the Sawmill and Hardboard Energy Efficiency Teams and took on Industrial Energy Initiative with the Energy Trust of Oregon – Electrical O&M Rebate in 2010. Earned a $110,000 rebate in 2010.

Swan Island, Portland Oregon

Develop syllabi, content, and provided instruction for the following courses: Industrial Automation for the Millwright, DC Motors, and AC Motors and Transformers. (Course syllabi available upon request)

Frankfort, Kentucky

• Provide direction to a maintenance team of nine individuals with an emphasis on safety. Our facility achieved 1100+ days without a recordable accident due to safety awareness. • Initiated improvements on preventative maintenance program to include scheduled monthly downtime to improve operational equipment effectiveness (OEE). • Assisted with planning, installation, and start-up of new compounding line, and improved upon existing equipment. Additional duties included: weekly and monthly safety meetings, purchasing parts for replacement and inventory, employee evaluations, handling day to day work place issues, maintaining communication with plant and departmental supervisors, supervision of contractors, and being on-call to assist maintenance team. Facility OEM’s include: Farrel, National Feed Screw, Buss, Thayer Feeders, Maguire, Gala and Premier Pneumatics.

Frankfort, Kentucky

Provided solutions for the maintenance, repair, and installation of plastic extrusion equipment and support systems in a fast paced, customer-driven environment. Repairs, installations, and troubleshooting include: extruders, loss in weight gravity feeders, vacuum pumps, pneumatic transfer systems, frequency drives, electrical (AC/DC 24-480 Volts) and mechanical. Troubleshooting and programming of Allen Bradley SLC 500 and MicroLogix PLCs was utilized for breakdowns and new installations.

Versailles, Kentucky

Accountable for new installation projects including budget, design, approval and install. Key member of the FMEA (Failure Mode and Effective Analysis) team. Assisted with new product formulation, process, and troubleshooting. Responsibilities include programming and troubleshooting of process PLC program, instrument calibration, and WonderWare InTouch (human interface to PLC software). Provide training and troubleshooting support for maintenance, production, and quality control. Classes attended included QS-9000 internal auditor, Statistical Process Control, WonderWare InSQL and InTrack.

Versailles, Kentucky

Responsible for maintenance and preventative maintenance of fully automated windshield sealant production line. Repairs, installations, and troubleshooting included: extruders, loss in weight gravity feeders, vacuum pumps, steam, chemical reactive vessels, pneumatics, mechanical, and electrical (AC/DC 24-480 Volts). Troubleshooting and programming of Allen Bradley PLC5 as well as interacting WonderWare InTouch Factory software with the PLC was necessary for production changes or quality control. Attended boiler operation, maintenance, and safety training and basic AutoCAD to further professional development.

Frankfort, Kentucky

Maintenance and repair of fourteen metal stamping presses: including all hydraulics, pneumatics, mechanical repairs, and electrical troubleshooting (AC/DC 24-480 Volts). Troubleshooting and programming of Allen Bradley PLC5, SLC500, and MircoLogix programmable logic controllers. Equipment makes: Komatsu, CCI, Stamtec, Niagara, Verson, Clearing, USI presses, as well as Livernois transfer systems, and Dallas feed systems. Effectively trained hands on, two co-op students as part of their technical curriculum.

Georgetown, Ky

Georgetown, Kentucky

Nicholasville, Kentucy

Completed Electrical PM work at Toyota Motor Manufacturing Kentucky on Body Weld Robots.

Lexington, Kentucky

Lexington, Kentucky

Georgetown, Kentucky

Completed miscellaneous office tasks in Employee Relations of HR while attending HS.

Business Administration And Management, General

Business Administration And Management, General

Diploma, Industrial Electricity