Brandon Clay Crews

• Led maintenance team to ensure optimal equipment performance and minimize downtime.
• Developed and implemented preventive maintenance programs to enhance operational efficiency.
• Coordinated troubleshooting efforts for mechanical issues to maintain production schedules.
• Analyzed maintenance data to identify trends, driving continuous improvement initiatives.
• Trained staff on best practices in safety protocols and equipment handling procedures.
• Streamlined inventory management processes for spare parts, reducing waste and costs.
• Collaborated with cross-functional teams to support facility upgrades and renovations.
• Managed budget allocations for maintenance projects, ensuring alignment with organizational goals.
• Increased overall equipment efficiency by conducting thorough assessments of machinery conditions and implementing necessary improvements.
• Led the successful completion of major facility upgrades projects while adhering to budget constraints and timelines.
• Trained maintenance technicians to apply proper techniques and best practices and comply with safety protocols.
• Conducted root cause analysis of recurring issues, devising long-term solutions that minimized future disruptions.
• Delegated tasks to carefully selected employees in alignment with resource management goals.
• Reduced maintenance downtime by 25% year-over-year.
• Reduced spending by 16% year-over-year.
• Reduced overtime percentage by 10% year-over-year.

• Worked to design and improve safety systems.
• Completed IP safety leadership training.
• Lean ME white belt certified
• Prioritize safety notifications and work orders.
• Coordinated preventive maintenance schedules to minimize equipment downtime and enhance operational efficiency.
• Manage 15 maintenance technicians' daily activities and priorities.
• Oversee the MPS coordinator to ensure critical spares and parts with long lead times are stocked.
• Plan weekend work, and schedule contracted work.
• Serve as the contractor coordinator.
• Develop a 5-year capital plan with the manufacturing and complex manager.
• Oversee capital project installations.
• Very proficient in SAP at the maintenance and purchasing levels.
• Serve as a backup purchaser.
• Negotiate with vendors.
• Sort through Kiwi downtime data to prioritize work.
• Logix5000 Level 1 Programmer.
• Mentored junior staff on best practices for equipment repair and troubleshooting techniques.
• Supervised daily maintenance operations to ensure compliance with safety standards and procedures.
• Increased PM completion 30% year-over-year.
• Reduced maintenance downtime 12% year-over-year.

• Shift lead from 2018 to 2022.
• Conducted regular maintenance on equipment to minimize downtime and enhance performance.
• Maintain and repair corrugating and converting machinery.
• Process work orders, and put in part requests.
• Work with operators to troubleshoot run issues.
• Led troubleshooting efforts for mechanical issues, facilitating timely repairs and minimal disruption.
• Troubleshoot and repair PLC issues.
• Troubleshoot and repair hydraulic and pneumatic issues.
• Trained new technicians on equipment operation and safety protocols to ensure compliance.
• Demonstrated adaptability when faced with new challenges or technologies, enabling quick mastery of necessary skills.

• Troubleshoot electrical and mechanical issues, and make repairs.
• Perform machine changeovers when changing products, and calibrate feeders accordingly.
• Diagnosed mechanical issues using advanced diagnostic tools and equipment.
• Maintain and repair the air handling system.
• Run conduit, and install electrical disconnects and junction boxes.
• Repair and maintain 24, 110, 240, and 480 volt systems.
• Repair and maintain PLC-controlled equipment.
• Conducted safety inspections and adhered to compliance regulations to ensure workplace safety.

• Perform daily maintenance on Ingersoll Rand, Atlas Copco, and Gardner Denver air compressors.
• Diagnosed and repaired mechanical issues in production machinery, enhancing operational efficiency.
• Operate, repair, and perform maintenance on overhead cab and pendant cranes.
• Conducted preventive maintenance on equipment, reducing downtime and ensuring consistent production output.
• Perform a monthly inspection of the fire sprinkler system.
• Rebuild hydraulic and pneumatic cylinders, valves, flow torques, and actuators.
• Maintain and repair the water cooling system, including the rebuilding of water pumps.
• Maintain and repair 700 hp, 250 hp, and 125 hp blowers, including replacing impellers, bearings, and balancing, using the VibrAlign shaft hog tool.
• Experience in electric arc, MIG welding, and oxyacetylene welding, cutting, brazing, etc.
• Experience in pipe fitting and basic fabrication.
• Certification and experience in rigging.
• Certified forklift operator.
• Service on the Safety Committee.

• Worked as a full-time mechanic while completing a four-year apprenticeship program through CVCC, Lynchburg, VA. Completed the 8000 hour program, fulfilling the requirements of a Journeyman Certification as Maintenance Mechanic on October 7, 2011.

Intensive program that takes employees through every aspect of the corrugating industry including sales, customer service, manufacturing, quality control, maintenance and lean problem solving. Participants were required to do a safety, throughput and process improvement project that was presented to region leaders at end of program.

• Also Completed CAD and Design I and Architectural Drafting III while dually enrolled at CVCC, Lynchburg, VA while in High School.
• Completed Industrial Maintenance Mechanic Apprenticeship through CVCC, Lynchburg, VA.

Graduated with advanced diploma in 2006.