Life Coaching and Alcohol and Drug Counseling

Council at Large for Bucyrus.

Plan, facilitate and manage day to day plant operations, maintenance, construction and machine installation activities of Bath and Body Works supplier of Wallflowers air fresheners. Responsible for installation of all new ProSys bottle filling equipment and refurbishing and installation of all equipment relocated from Monterrey, Mexico facility. Responsible for all Maintenance, OSHA and safety aspects of the 84,000 square foot New Albany, Ohio facility.

Manage maintenance staff, scheduling personnel for repairs and preventive maintenance for tier I OEM automotive glass producer formerly PPG.Manage equipment installations, improvements and processes.Manage the waste water treatment plantManage 100+ HVAC units throughout the Crestline, Ohio facility.Control budgets for maintenance department and labor expenses of contractors.Requisition and purchase parts for repairs of production machinery and facility needs.Schedule and direct skilled tradesmen, contractors and outside vendors.Evaluate performance, development, and efficiency of Maintenance Employees.Process and machine reliability improvements.CMMS implementation and control.Manage Maintenance Capital Projects.

Maintenance and engineering consulting firm to assist small companies that do not have the means to support a full time maintenance management or engineering department. Focusing on maintenance development, machine reliability, process improvements, and project management.Maintenance analysis & Reliability EngineeringMaintenance improvement planning and implementationProject management; equipment selection and installationsProcess improvement solutionsHealth and safety program design and training.

Recently acquired facility for manufacturing of mixed and calendered rubber compounds where I began evaluation and repair of equipment and parts rather than always buying new. This resulted in a cost savings of $60,000 in the first seven months. Development of a maintenance reliability plan including implementation and expansion of PM system, yearly cleaning of switchgears, IR scan of electrical components, development of work order system and tracking of downtime of machine repairs. Coordinate, quote and expedite activities of contractors and repair technicians. Determine and maintain Maintenance and Engineering budgets. Review of maintenance work performed per scheduling and downtime summary reports.Engineering and design changes with equipment and processes. Implementation of LOTO, mill rescue, arc flash, storm water prevention, fire safety and prevention, oil spill prevention and in OSHA, EPA and BWC issues.Implementation and expansion of CMMS system, inclusive of development of work order system and tracking of downtime and machine repairs.

Supervised maintenance staff of 25-30 determining workloads and schedules for the largest manufacturer of garden hose in the world; and previously Dayco products an operating division of MARK IV Automotive a globally recognized brand name for belts, tensioners, pulleys and hoses. Provided input into the development of the operating budget for the Maintenance Department. Updated CMMS, tied parts to equipment reducing time in part identification and combined and reduced the number of preventive maintenance work orders in the CMMS improving efficiency of tasks.Design and implementation of apprentice and gain sharing programsInvolved in inspecting projects, developing and implementing modifications and improvements, recommending specifications and scheduling for contracts, negotiating prices and inspecting contractor's work to ensure that safe work practices and standard operating procedures were followed. Coordinated maintenance activities with other departments, including scheduling and resolving problems; coordinate and inspect work performed by contractors.Installation of three Reduction Technology 14CHS hog grinders for PVC recycling.Installation of Marathon Shredder for scrap PVC size reduction.Installation of recycled PVC Gala pelletizing system with daily output of 30,000 pounds.Supervised yearly blade replacement on Marathon Shredder, first time in ten years that there were no problems after blade replacement.

Mechanical and electrical repair of hose manufacturing equipment.Update existing knitters, total savings $1.75M.Relocating of all garden hose manufacturing equipment, set up cell manufacturing concept.Selection and purchase of piggy-back compound mixer with separate heat and cool vessels, reducing cycle time by 50%.