Gary Smith, Cmrp Email & Phone Number

Bellevue Washington

Reliability leadership responsibilities for Forest Products Division sites located in Oregon, Kentucky, Alberta CA., Montana, Quebec CA., Georgia, and Wisconsin.

Federal Way WA.Reliability Lead Western and Canadian iLevel Operations.Managed reliability process to safely meet production expectation performanceDirected regional reliability direction and improvement.Provided Consulting, Coaching, Training and Work Flow development activities.Lead regional planner's meetings. Co-developed and lead a process to reduce operations spending improving business margins. (Recieved 2010 Presidential Award for this process)CMMS use with Maximo process alignment.

(Managed/Directed/Coordinated) reliability improvements across all businesses including:Pulp, Paper, Container Board, OSB, Lumber, and Trus Joist operations. Managed activities which reduced operations cost and Improved overall efficiency.Performed maintenance assessmentsPlanning and scheduling training Developed and implemented Operator Basic Care training program.Provided 1:1 coaching and mentoring process improvement strategies.Developed and facilitated a program that provided the framework for planning and scheduling process cultures in a team environment.AccomplishmentsCo created and presented the following training workshops3 day planning and scheduling workshop (Presented 33 workshops)Operator equipment Basic Care (Presented 60 workshops)Outage planning process and steps (Presented 5 workshops)Outage / Project Planning Readiness Review process (Facilitated 15 Sessions)Facilitated 27 maintenance organization assessments,Developed In-house training that offset Est. $693K contractor spend.Facilitated on-site outage scheduling process improvement to decrease over-runs averaging 12 + hours late to a start-up time to within 1 hour of schedule.

Managed the shut down planning process for the facility.Integrated all activities in house and contracted into a schedule and improved safety, cost and productivity. Facilitated total site outage planning along a 26 week documented process.AccomplishmentsDeveloped the outage planning process for the facilityManaged scheduling the outage with Open Plan SoftwareManaged planning a $90MM outage with over 1400 activities and ~ 1000 contractor's within 3% of schedule and budget.One of 12 facilitators doing a total work redesign (Reduced over 200 jobs and met benchmark manning targets in a union environment

Managed a 10 salary and 100 hourly person maintenance organization in a Pulp and Paper facility. Managed safety and reliability maintaining within an annual ~$20MM budget. Managed annual outages in the Utilities areaManaged overall PM. Preventive Maintenance and Pdm. Predictive Maintenance process Developed annual budget.Deployed planning and scheduling expectations with a site wide CMMS system.Managed 5 year outages on 4 turbine generators 30 to 40 MW as well as all steam turbine drives across the facility. Managed annual boiler maintenance programs for a 1,000,000 / Lb/Hr steam system and associated auxiliary systems. (3 Power boilers and 1 Recovery boiler

Provided maintenance engineering services in the Power / Recovery area Accountable for all reliability improvement.Directed Scoping and Managing contract projects during outages

 Fernindina Beach, Fl. Provide planning & scheduling for the utility area of a paper mill. Managed contractors during outages. Managed Steam Turbine Outages Provided daily planning & scheduling for area.