Mark Kingkade Email & Phone Number

United States

Working with customers and internal resources to help improve, develop, and find solutions to their vibration and reliability programs and challenges. Helping to educate anyone interested in the Reliability Field.

Des Moines, Iowa, United States

Remote

Working with customers in their PDM Program development and vibration analysis challenges.

Ames, IA

• Working with different sites within the organization doing vibration program design and analysis work, UE surveys, and IR surveys. Review findings and issue reports related to equipment conditions and helped prioritize.
• Preform laser alignment and balance work as needed.
• Mentoring site personal to participate in vibration data collection procedures.
• Identify ways to improve equipment and structures to reduce vibration and flexing issues.
• Design and install remote vibration monitoring systems.
• Identify and design modifications to allow for better vibration data collection and visual inspections.

US

Returned to a lead analyst position when the company reorganized and down sized some departments and groups. Provided technology services and maintenance support as needed throughout the US collecting data, analyzing and developing reports for multiple sites on the current condition of their equipment. Worked with customers to evaluate their maintenance.

United States

• Worked as a team member doing various assignments as part of PDM program development projects around the US working on site and at my home office as needed based on project requirements.
• Preformed Asset Verification and walk down to develop a comprehensive list of the currently installed equipment. This information was used to systematically develop a maintenance strategy for a site based on equipment.
• Preformed PM Optimization and Enhanced Maintenance Plans which involves reviewing likely failure modes of different equipment types and then either monitoring for these with Predictive Technologies or addressing them.
• Reviewed PM task to determine if steps in the task or the whole PM could be replaced with applied technologies when necessary rewriting them to make better use of the maintenance department’s time.
• Preformed machine current state analysis and evaluation.
• Preformed teardown inspections and participated in RCA /FMEA events.

• Using vibration data, oil sampling data, electrical testing and IR testing, make recommendations for repairs and modifications for machines. Preformed equipment inspections and acceptance testing and follow up repair.
• Independently coordinate activities, schedule work, and prepare necessary reports.
• Accountable for the overall safety of the work environment for the crew, including ensuring compliance with Allied, Client, OSHA, and all other applicable standards.
• Perform and oversee specific projects and programs as assigned.
• Act as technical resource to the client and employees in the troubleshooting of mechanical and electrical equipment. Participating in RCA / FMEA events when requested. Provide training and mentoring of individuals as.
• Designed and installed remote vibration analysis systems.

• Field service work in vibration analysis, balancing, laser alignment and general millwright work.
• Worked independently, setting own schedule to ensure objectives were accomplished.
• Established vibration programs for customers to evaluate the performance of their equipment using predictive maintenance technologies.
• Performed exception testing on large, rebuilt electric motors.
• Balanced small-to-medium fans.
• Performed laser alignment and trained internal employees to operate laser alignment systems.

• Machine repair, modification, building and installation of new and existing equipment, held a G2 welding certification; millwright planner; member of the predictive maintenance team conducting vibration analysis, oil.
• Set up and oversaw outside contractors to work on major machine rebuilds and improvements.
• Responsible for processing fund requests for equipment repair.
• Performed inspection and acceptance testing on repairs made outside the plant.
• Maintained spare parts inventory for area of responsibility, ordered parts and worked with vendors to develop quotes for purchasing department.
• Worked with vendors to identify improved parts to eliminate failure modes.