Robert Bowen
Atoka,TN
Summary
Efficient Maintenance professional adept in continuous improvement and asset reliability. Collaborative leader bringing over 20 years of experience with proven history of excellent performance and dependability in maintenance driven roles. Self-motivated, and goal- oriented individual, whom excels in communication, interpersonal skills, working as a lead and also, with teams. Highly developed in relationship building and growing revenue, within diverse, competitive markets.
Trustworthy, ethical, and strategic in decision making.
Altogether, a demonstrated and grounded colleague within the reliability maintenance and engineering industries.
Overview
20
20
years of professional experience
10
10
Certification
Work History
Maintenance Manager
I.G. Design Group
Byhalia, Mississippi
03.2021 - Current
- Responsible for maintaining 16 rewinders, 3 print press, support equipment, and building & grounds spread over two separate production facilities.
- Managed shutdown, disassembly, transportation, relocation, assembly, and start up of 16 rewinders. Met all customer orders and shipped on time.
- Drove OEE from 30% to 65% in less than one year.
- Hired, trained, and coached 15 new team members.
- Manage 25 hourly and 5 salary employee's performance, promotion and discipline.
- Champion of Safety for plant. Protect employee's health and safety, ensuring compliance of all regulatory and plant safety rules. 13 months with no recordable.
- Designed, purchased, and managed installation of $250k in parts storage, work stations, and shop equipment / tools.
- Researched, developed, and implemented PM program for all assets.
- Implemented new CMMS system from scratch. Developed naming convention and equipment hierarchy for all assets at both locations.
- Implement and lead Root Cause Analysis (RCA) and Total Productive Maintenance (TPM) program to optimize operational efficiency and reduce downtime.
Maintenance Planner
CBRE (Amazon)
Memphis, Tennessee
02.2020 - 03.2021
- Assessed schematic diagrams to properly plan and initiate new installation assignments.
- Administered mechanical and electrical maintenance requests and saw orders through to completion.
- During startup of new site, oversaw development, implementation and execution of maintenance programs
- Monitored safety compliance to maintain strict standards and protect team members from harm.
Maintenance Manager
Graham Packaging
Memphis, Tennessee
08.2019 - 01.2020
- Managed employee performance, preventive maintenance and safety.
- Initiated change over audit for brand change. Implemented new change over procedures based on data collected from audit. As team, we were able to reduce change over time by 35% and increase profit by roughly 11% every change over.
- Organized store room and assigned SAP number for all items in stores. Developed order history which cut down on lead time for reorders.
Reliability Engineering Manager
Irving Consumer Products, INC.
Macon, Georgia
04.2018 - 05.2019
- Managed all aspects relating to reliability engineering on $600 million dollar brown field start up.
- Chosen to be on six man team for equipment validation/ acceptance test. Represented company on two trips to Italy, three trips to Canada and trip to Los Angeles along with several other stateside factories.
- Reviewed project goals and objectives on weekly basis with project manager and engineering team.
- Responsible for seven direct reports. Four engineers, three specialist, and storeroom supervisor.
- Coached/ Mentored forty-three mechanical and electrical technicians on precision reliability maintenance and techniques. Responsible for selection of staff, provide and coordinate staff training, work with employees to correct deficiencies, and implement discipline procedures as necessary.
- Developed rapport with several local businesses to secure emergency support and parts procurement.
Maintenance Supervisor
Kruger Products LLC
Memphis, Tennessee
03.2010 - 03.2018
- Supervised thirty mechanical and ten E&I technicians and scheduled shifts.
- Reduced downtime by 17% , budgeting effectively, allocating tasks and maintaining high standards of safety and work quality.
- Analyzed and identified equipment root cause failure and initiated corrective actions.
- Managed budget preparation and administration including preparing cost estimates for budget recommendations, submitting justifications for staff, supplies, equipment and services, and monitoring and controlling expenditures.
Maintenance Planner
Kruger Products LLC
Memphis, Tennessee
06.2013 - 07.2014
- Cold outage down. Planned $250k accumulator chain replacement. Gathered technical data from BOM's, procured parts, created gnat chart, scheduled man power, managed execution. Allotted seven days for down, completed in three. Assets returned to production with zero discrepancies.
- Developed full scope and extent of work needed, including cost and time required, to conduct relevant repair, preventive, predictive, and improvement maintenance activities of plant equipment, buildings, and grounds.
- Optimized productivity by eliminating downtime, efficient budgeting, allocating tasks and maintaining high standards of safety and quality
Training Coordinator / Fanuc Robot Specialist
Kruger Products LLC
Memphis, Tennessee
05.2012 - 05.2013
- Provided overview and support of $317M facility expansion. Expansion comprised of new 200 MT per day paper machine and two dual leg converting lines with robotic palletizers.
- Developed training curriculum, scheduled and provided training classes for 44 converting technicians, 24 paper machine technicians, and 22 reliability technicians.
- Performed factory acceptance tests of new equipment.
Education
2 Years - Industrial Engineering
Dyersburg State Community College
Dyersburg, TNCertified Industrial Maintenance Technician - Industrial Maintenance
Tennessee College of Applied Technology
Covington, TNAeronautical Engineering - Aerospace Engineering
Community College of The Air Force
Sheppard Air Force BaseHigh School Diploma -
Oak Hills High School
Cincinnati, OH05.2002
Skills
- Integrity
- Ethical
- Extreme Ownership
- Engineering & Maintenance Management
- Maintenance Planning & Scheduling
- Precision Reliability
- Total Productive Maintenance (TPM)
- Maintenance Training & Culture
- Predictive & Preventive Maintenance
- CMMS Systems SAP, JD EDWARDS, EAM, AND eMAINT
- Continuous Improvement
- Materials requisition
Certification
- U.S. Department of Energy / December 2019 Better Plants Energy Kaizen
- Leadership Development Course / February 2017
- SAP PLM 300 / March 2015 Business Processes in Plant Maintenance
- Rockwell Automation / January 2013 Control Logix
- Barnhart Crane and Rigging / September 2012 Journeyman Rigging Certified
- Industrial Electrician Certificate
- Mechanical & Fluid Power Systems Certificate
- Automated controls Certificate
- Industrial Welding Certificate
- Machine Tool Certificate
Timeline
Maintenance Manager
I.G. Design Group
03.2021 - Current
Maintenance Planner
CBRE (Amazon)
02.2020 - 03.2021
Maintenance Manager
Graham Packaging
08.2019 - 01.2020
Reliability Engineering Manager
Irving Consumer Products, INC.
04.2018 - 05.2019
Maintenance Planner
Kruger Products LLC
06.2013 - 07.2014
Training Coordinator / Fanuc Robot Specialist
Kruger Products LLC
05.2012 - 05.2013
Maintenance Supervisor
Kruger Products LLC
03.2010 - 03.2018
2 Years - Industrial Engineering
Dyersburg State Community College
Certified Industrial Maintenance Technician - Industrial Maintenance
Tennessee College of Applied Technology
Aeronautical Engineering - Aerospace Engineering
Community College of The Air Force
High School Diploma -
Oak Hills High School
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