DALE HEARN
Pueblo,Colorado
Summary
Experienced with managing maintenance operations and optimizing equipment performance. Utilizes preventive maintenance programs and efficient troubleshooting techniques to reduce downtime. Knowledge of team leadership and effective communication to achieve operational goals.
Overview
2025
2025
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Maintenance Manager
Russ Davis Wholesale
01 2018 - Current
- Reduced downtime by efficiently overseeing the maintenance team and prioritizing tasks according to urgency.
- Completed partial or full dismantling of equipment to quickly repair or replace defective components and restore functionality.
- Monitored priorities and liaised between maintenance team and management, delegating tasks to complete on time.
- Established and documented protocols for preventive maintenance procedures, decreasing equipment issues, and reducing downtime.
- Delegated tasks to carefully selected employees in alignment with resource management goals.
- Procured pricing information from various vendors to support cost-effective purchasing.
- Supervised employee performance, preventive maintenance, and safety.
- Created and submitted detailed reports to highlight maintenance activities and equipment performance.
- Collaborated with other department managers to coordinate maintenance activities around production schedules, minimizing operational interruptions.
- Increased overall equipment efficiency by conducting thorough assessments of machinery conditions and implementing necessary improvements.
- Forecast and reviewed maintenance budgets to establish cost-effective measures.
- Ensured compliance with all applicable regulations through diligent record-keeping, reporting practices, and regular audits.
- Documented inventory of spare parts to enable tracking history and maintain accurate records.
- Negotiated contracts with vendors for cost-effective procurement of parts and services, maintaining strong working relationships.
- Evaluated and recommended new technologies for potential integration into the facility''s maintenance operations, ensuring continued growth and adaptability in the face of industry advancements.
- 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.
- Fostered cross-functional teamwork among departments to achieve seamless collaboration on shared objectives.
- Promoted a culture of continuous improvement within the maintenance team by encouraging open communication, problem-solving initiatives, and employee engagement activities.
- Enhanced safety standards through regular inspections, staff training, and adherence to OSHA guidelines.
- Optimized spare parts inventory management by identifying critical items and setting appropriate stock levels based on usage patterns.
- Led the successful completion of major facility upgrades projects while adhering to budget constraints and timelines.
- Scheduled regular inspections of equipment and facilities to manage wear and tear.
- Developed detailed maintenance budgets, effectively controlling expenses while ensuring optimal equipment performance.
- Planned scheduled maintenance outages as part of preventive maintenance program.
- Managed a team of technicians, providing guidance and support for skill development and performance improvement.
- Collaborated with other departments to verify completion of maintenance tasks.
- Mentored new hires in company procedures, safety protocols, and technical skills necessary for their roles as maintenance professionals.
- Prepared and reviewed maintenance contracts with external service providers to offer mutually binding agreements.
- Implemented energy-efficient solutions to reduce operating costs and environmental impact.
- Established team priorities, maintained schedules and monitored performance.
- Recruited, interviewed and hired employees and implemented mentoring program to promote positive feedback and engagement.
- Evaluated employee performance and conveyed constructive feedback to improve skills.
- Established performance goals for employees and provided feedback on methods for reaching those milestones.
- Assisted in organizing and overseeing assignments to drive operational excellence.
- Opened and closed location and monitored shift changes to uphold successful operations strategies and maximize business success.
- Controlled resources and assets for department activities to comply with industry standards and government regulations.
Maintenance Supervisor
Foods Pueblo
01 2005 - 01 2018
- Go thru downtime logs and preventive maintenance logs to make reports for management, and review with mechanics to inform how the machines ran for week
- Check ADP for missing punches
- Monthly safety meeting with mechanics
- Review mechanics daily safety sheets for issues with safety gear
- Train mechanics on new processes with machines and how to use machinery
- Assist parts clerk with inventory, search for replacement parts not in stock and request missing parts
- Maintain 5’s areas in shop and parts room, make sure employees are complying with 5’s and GMPs
- Verify repairs mechanics made to machinery, test machines and verify all safety stands are not by passed
- Assist mechanics on down lines, provide training on issues and how to repair issue to get line going.
- Reduced downtime by quickly diagnosing and repairing issues with machinery, electrical systems, and facility infrastructure.
- Coordinated preventative maintenance schedules, verifying equipment safety and function.
- Streamlined work order processes for increased efficiency in addressing maintenance requests and tracking progress.
- Improved equipment reliability by implementing a preventive maintenance program and scheduling routine inspections.
- Facilitated strong communication between maintenance personnel and other departments to ensure seamless coordination during planned outages or emergency situations.
- Completed partial or full dismantling of equipment to quickly repair or replace defective components and restore functionality.
- Conducted regular performance evaluations of maintenance staff to identify strengths, areas for improvement, and opportunities for growth within the organization.
- Analyzed and identified equipment failure root causes and initiated correction actions.
- Created and maintained daily and weekly reports for upper management.
- Monitored systems to assure increase in power flow and integrated new system components, fixtures and motors.
Education
High School Diploma -
Penn Foster Career School
Pueblo CO2018
Skills
- Lockout and tagout procedures
- Equipment maintenance
- Mechanical troubleshooting
- Pump maintenance
- Maintenance documentation
- Electrical systems maintenance
Certification
- OSHA 10-Hour general industry safety and health. 20-702083196
- CO Drivers licence 97-219-0340
- Hydraulics
- Intro to electrical troubleshooting
- AC/DC Industrial electricity
- Elecyrical print reading
- Programmable logic controllers
- Pneumatics
- Mechanical components
- Gemba academy
- DOT hazardous materials ground transportation
Timeline
- OSHA 10-Hour general industry safety and health. 20-702083196
- CO Drivers licence 97-219-0340
- Hydraulics
- Intro to electrical troubleshooting
- AC/DC Industrial electricity
- Elecyrical print reading
- Programmable logic controllers
- Pneumatics
- Mechanical components
- Gemba academy
- DOT hazardous materials ground transportation
Maintenance Manager
Russ Davis Wholesale
01 2018 - Current
Maintenance Supervisor
Foods Pueblo
01 2005 - 01 2018
High School Diploma -
Penn Foster Career School
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