Experienced maintenance planner with a proven track record in effectively managing a team of skilled craft laborers and optimizing maintenance schedules for maximum uptime on a paper machine. Skilled at coordinating maintenance activities, planning work orders, and ensuring seamless integration with production operations.

Sole responsibility for the sourcing of Packaging, CAPEX, equipment leasing, and Contracted Services. Analyzes supplier service categories for business to ensure key performance indicators are met. Develops strategies to ensure adequate supply chains are in place. Enthusiastic self-starter with a strong drive to improve existing processes and systems.

Responsible for regular maintenance outage planning and execution for the #3 & #4 Paper Machine assets at Finch Paper. Manager of the asset backlogs, including gatekeeping work requests to the backlog, facilitating prioritization of the backlog with the division team, and keeping work orders updated in the system. Accountable for development and communication of the planned outage schedules and work plans of the area maintenance crews, machine crews on down days, any shared mill resources, and contracted labor.

Maintenance engineer for pulp prep, chemical makeup, precipitated calcium carbonate (PCC) production, and all four paper machine lines. Extensive experience in repairing pumps and maintaining cast iron pressure vessels. Leads energy reduction projects with a focus on 50# and 200# steam usage in the paper mill. Mill fire systems supervisor. Plans and oversees facilities maintenance work - including HVAC. Foreman for the pipe fitters union. Works across divisions to best leverage mill-wide resources to keep the machines running. Partners with contractors when necessary. Enjoys the ever changing and demanding environment of running a 24/7/365 production facility.

The GE Power Repair Technologies organization is the engineering arm for the repair and services group of GE Power. John leads projects to design, build, test, and validate repair tools for legacy GE generators as well as competitors’ equipment. He plays a key role on a team dedicated to modernizing the processes, methods and tooling for generator stator rewind overhaul and repair across the Power Generation Services network. From project conception to rolling out a new product, keeping costs under control is critical. Innovation is also a major component for new technology. As a lead repair engineer, John works tirelessly to pour his creativity into state-of-the-art technologies and tools that will give the business intellectual property and a strategic advantage over competitors.John is responsible for identifying projects, providing input to strategic repair roadmap and leading key projects which add value to the services business through productivity and improved product performance and quality. He also provides onsite industrialization of the new repair tools and procedures.https://powergen.gepower.com/services/repair-and-maintenance.html

John works with customers and vendors to make proper equipment selections and design related concerns. He assists Design Drafters, and Mechanical Designers in developing structural design of product, using drafting tools and CAD software. He prepares detailed layouts of major machine components, and works with shop personnel relating to manufacturability and resolution of design; build discrepancies, quality and delivery matters.John performs investigative analysis of designs for improved performance, appearances, engineering concept and manufacturing capability, and obtains on site measurements to complete necessary tasks assigned. John also provides field service and oversees successful startups for projects.http://glv.com/paper/DryerSection