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Fairless Hills, Pennsylvania, United States

- Led and managed a team of 12 mechanics and electricians to maximize plant reliability and safety.- Managed both capital projects and maintenance/operations projects. Consistently meet budget expectations while breaking plant reliability records. - Dramatically improved plant uptime from 82% to 96% within a year, sustaining this peak performance level thereafter.- Leveraged CMMS for optimizing preventive maintenance schedules, enhancing technician productivity, and streamlining work order management.- Employed CMMS for comprehensive tracking of expenditures, purchase orders, equipment reliability metrics, inventory, and conducting root cause analyses.- Enforced regulatory & corporate standards in both safety and quality. Remediate internal and external audit items and issues concerning specific departments.- Served in a leadership role in a safety committee, directing initiatives for workplace safety enhancements.

Fairless Hills, Pennsylvania, United States

- Served as acting maintenance manager and led a team of engineers and electricians to enhance plant reliability.- Reduced maintenance spend by 35% while increasing plant uptime from 82% to 90%. Received promotion to Maintenance Manager after six months (uptime continued to improve after promotion).

Fairless Hills, Pennsylvania, United States

- Created new preventive maintenance tasks for five refineries and successfully integrated these tasks into the CMMS system.- Championed data-driven decision-making by compiling a Weekly Production KPI Report, ensuring the validity of KPI data, assisting upper management with data collection and analysis, and communicating any changes to the KPIs tracked. Established a maintenance scorecard that summarizes performance metrics for plant managers and executives, which continues to be a vital tool for driving decision-making and benchmarking maintenance practices across the company.- Processed data and analyzed Sugar Decolorization costs by comparing actual costs with theoretical values determined by engineering. This analysis helped identify process issues and led to improved operational metrics once resolved. Reduced over $500,000/year in decolorization costs (10% reduction) through effective analysis.- Developed Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) concerning equipment usage and maintenance, including detailed processes for the opening, cleaning, and closing of plated heat exchangers.

Fairless Hills, Pennsylvania, United States

- Led and managed projects to facilitate the movement of operational machinery and managed various structural repair projects, ensuring timely and efficient execution. - Executed SOPs to validate and test the economic viability of various sugars, contributing to the company's strategic product decisions.- Utilized CMMS to conduct thorough audits and analyze data from five refineries, which provided upper management with valuable insights and actionable reports.

Allentown, Pennsylvania

- Facilitate both individual and group tutoring sessions to ensure a more comprehensive mathematical understanding for the student- Consult with students, answering questions about homework and the Mathnasium curriculum, monitoring student progress, and adjusting coursework accordingly.- Liaise with parents and instructors to optimize areas of focus and adjust workload to ensure student success

Greater Philadelphia Area