William Knott Email & Phone Number

Westminster, Colorado, US

• Managed all daily operations for 24/7 bakery including direct management of up to 14 maintenance personnel and staff. Major responsibility included complete department turn-around, implementing EAM and SAP(CMMS) and.
• Reduction of downtime from 20% to 5% within first 6 month.
• Managed multiple major projects including five burner ovens rebuild and dough mixer rebuild.
• Initiated project start-up/commissioning for entire cryo/freeze department.
• Collaborated with local technical college and trade school to develop and implement a grant program for training current and future maintenance employees.

Calgary, Alberta, CA

• Managed all daily operations of the Maintenance Department for 24/7 sand mine including direct management of up to 21maintenance personnel and staff. Interim maintenance manager at two sites for Source Energy.
• Member Senior Leadership Team. Directly report to Plant Manager.
• Manage fixed and mobile equipment capital and sustaining costs and budgets.
• Designed skills assessment program for Mechanical, Electrical, PLC programming, and Mobile Repair employees and newhires. Implemented company-first training program utilizing in-house and vendor resources.
• Oversaw all major new construction and capital improvement projects.
• Managed all contractor related operations and functions.

Perham, MN, US

• Maintenance ManagerManaged all daily operations of the Maintenance Department for 24/6 regional snack foods manufacturer including direct management of up to 20 maintenance personnel servicing 20 production lines.
• Implemented CMMS program (MQ1) utilization, directed all work on data input, protocols, reports, and logs.
• Designed and managed MQ1 training for all technicians and departmental employees and new Word Orders and Preventive Maintenance procedures and guidelines from paper to computerized system.
• Designed and implemented state-of-the-art skills assessment program for Mechanical, Electrical, PLC programming, and Repair Technician employees and new hires.
• Developed first in-depth training and skills development program for site use with goal of future implementation across company based upon assessment data.
• Oversaw all major new construction and capital improvement projects

London, Greater London, GB

• Managed crews and on-site contractors for Mechanical and Electrical & Instrumentation Departments at Concentrator and Refinery. Duties included negotiating contracts with contractors; accepting bids, processing.
• Created Failure & Recovery Log tracking report which became standard reporting log and knowledge center for maintenance, management, E&I and reliability departments at Concentrator.
• Reduced all instances of downtime and machine failure within plan scope by successfully implementing world-class maintenance department strategies and 1,3,5 Plan.
• Developed one-on-one safety improvement plans for at-risk employees which resulted in such significant individual employee improvement that one employee was promoted. Improved team and department safety and.

Orem, UT, US

• Led classes and facilitated graduation-required final projects for Six Sigma Green Belt certification for undergraduate students in various technical degrees.
• Advised and mentored students from inception to completion under the management of adjunct professor.

Alpharetta, GA, US

• Managed electrical & technical crew, supervised ABB DCS & gauging system and entire maintenance department, as needed. Responsible for condition based/predictive maintenance plan and energy, power, and safety project.
• Founded Labor/Management Safety Committee (LMSC) which improved overall safety rating by 80% within 1-year during Co-Chairman term. Led all departments by maintaining “no recordable accident” rating in maintenance.
• Developed unique daily safety meetings for crew resulting in lowest recordable accident rate in entire company for over 8 years.
• Maintained a 1% down-time record (lowest of all six mills) by constant staff improvement and collaborating with all effected departments. Developed root cause analysis program for entire facility’s maintenance.
• Led team that planned, purchased, and installed $11 million Pasaban sheeter from Spain. Directly coordinated Spanish and American crews.
• Managed $1.2 million sustaining and $1.4 million capital budget. Responsible for all E&I department and project purchasing decisions and cost improvement proposals and programs. Ran below allocated budget every year.

Chicago, Illinois, US

• Led second-shift electrical crew under direct supervision of Maintenance Supervisor. Worked as Project Manager on all large capital improvement projects including Steam Peeler and Kister packaging conversion.
• One of only three maintenance department employees chosen to go to Europe, St. Louis, and Milwaukee for specialized packaging machinery training.
• Directly supervised all engineering, installation, and fabrication on capital improvement projects after one year.

• Increased profitability of shop by 20% overall.
• Won several new projects that had been union-shop only bids previously.

Occupation Safety And Health Administration

Technical Certificate, Post

Apprenticeship, Electrical/Electronics Maintenance And Repair Technology