In my 11th year of Maintenance & Reliability management. Plus, 20 years of electrical/mechanical floor experience in the food industry. I am responsible for all aspects of Maintenance Planning, Execution, Reliability, Facilities, and Storeroom functions.I have Electrical, PLC, and Mechanical experience, with superior problem solving skills that benefit from formal Six Sigma Green belt, TPM, BDE-Break Down Elimination/analysis, FMEA-Failure Mode Effect Analysis, RCA-Root Cause Analysis, Crucial conversation/Accountability, and diversity training programs. Further, combining these skills to formulate concrete solutions, necessary report presentations, with follow through to implementation, and success. I enjoy working in SAP as an advanced user with formal training, and 17 years of experience creating Maintenance plans, BOM's, and performance reports in Excel, Access , PowerPoint, and Alchemy. Specialize in maintaining and creating documentation, and training materials. A servant leader with initiatives to develope, mentor, retain, and attract talent. Always working to improve our customer service, and cross functional engagement. I like to encourage team work, and focus on maintenance people and behavioral challenges.Never afraid to make crucial decisions, or think outside the box when necessary.Actively involved in recruiting trades people, having interviewed and tested countless candidates over the years. An active member of local career advisory boards for votechs and colleges. I have a focused recruitment methodology, seeking internships, and supporting apprenticeships through local schools. Work closely with, and support Quality/Food audits, SQF, and customer inspections as needed.Also, strongly support EHS Safety programs, PPE (NFP70E), LOTO, Combustible dust, training, machine guarding, and targeted goals. Actively involved in annual cost savings & cost avoidance initiatives, and asset revitalization. Created extensive predictive maintenance routes for general PM, Shock pulse, Thermography and Lubrication programs. I like what I do, I like fixing things, and as a manager will focus on recruitment and skill building processes that strengthen the maintenance department, in tandem with this, I will focus on CMMS utilization to capture history, leading into data analysis to guide reliability based initiatives, which target improvement goals to increase reliability and plant productivity.