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Columbus, Indiana, US

Detroit, MI, US

• Orchestrate daily maintenance of chemical processing equipment | PM's and repairs.
• Oversee contractors performing maintenance and project activities.
• Develop maintenance budget for 2023.
• Track maintenance related statistics |PM and repair orders generated and completed, costs against budget, contractor hours & costs, equipment downtime, equipment costs.
• Generate report to management group.
• Identify and qualify new contractors to perform work on site | Identify and qualify new vendors.

Wilmington, Delaware, US

• | Supervised 20 people | 2 engineers, work coordinator, shutdown coordinators and planners, scheduler, and skilled trades November 2021-July 2022
• Oversaw daily maintenance and turnaround activities for Dupont Water Solutions for multiple facilities.
• Responsible for maintenance on $500 million in chemical processing assets.
• Lead and facilitated the planning, staffing, and scheduling of 4 major turnarounds at 3 different plants during the year.
• Turnaround budget was $7 million for all 4 turnarounds.
• Turnaround 1 involved approximately 40 contractors and Dupont trades working 10-hour shifts for 7 days.

Wilmington, DE, US

• Maintenance of SAP focal point for maintenance| Focal point for daily maintenance at the 3 Ion Exchange facilities in Midland | Historical Dow AC/GK role.
• Coordinates with hourly and salary personnel to identify maintenance needs and then with the maintenance group to plan and schedule the repairs.
• Participated in emergency on-call rotation to resolve emergency issues after regular business hours.
• Serve as a Member of Ion Exchange management team helping to develop maintenance and turnaround budget, implemented safety and environmental standards.
• Developed multi-generational plan for the facility.
• Built turnaround inventory (work orders) for annual turnaround.

Wilmington, DE, US

• Collaborated with project managers, project engineers, contractors and site leadership to schedule work involving 5 separate capital projects in a sold-out manufacturing facility working around the clock.
• Designated approver for all capital working impacting production.
• Developed an integrated schedule involving all capital project work, maintenance work and electrical distribution work during a 5-day turnaround.
• Participated in FEL (front end loading) for future capital project and led execution of pre-work for project with engineer and contractor.
• Trained contractors on EH&S (Environmental Health and Safety) requirements to work in a clean manufacturing environment.
• Led site shutdown to preform electrical distribution of PPMs and complete capital work.

• Relocated to Sao Paulo, Brazil for my wife's job. Worked remotely part-time.
• Coordinated work remotely on SAP optimization for PM's.
• Supported HIMS maintenance group with other SAP work.

• Transferred to former Dow Corning plant as part of their integration into Dow Chemical |
• Lead transition of HIMS facility to Dow Chemical GMWP
• Participated in leading the implementation of Dow maintenance work processes.
• Served as plant contact for capital projects
• Maintenance focal point for capital project planning.
• Coordination for validation of contractors and training on site standards.

• Implemented the time study format for maintenance workers at Michigan Operations.
• Coordinated with other Dow employees across the U.S. to develop and expand the time study format for maintenance workers.
• Measured productivity of skilled trades.
• Identified issues with the work process.
• Coordinated with other employees to implement changes from the data analysis.
• Taught employees proper use and procedure & LCS requirements.

Indianapolis, IN, US

• Pilot Plant Technologist Sept 2013-Oct 2015
• Startup of 827 D-Wing as a DAS plant.
• Lead field work.
• Created Operating Discipline for training and operations
• Collaborated with technical staff for new chemistry and process equipment.
• Assisted on OD standardization, implementation, and safety.

Member of continuous improvement team, Auro finish lathe/cam tur bore Operator & Robot Programmer

Bachelor'S Degree In Business Management, Business Management

Associate Degree In Management & Leadership