James Hughes
Winslow,AR
Summary
I am a hardworking, dedicated, trustworthy, self-motivated individual that demonstrates sound judgment, leadership, and decision-making skills. I always lead by example and solve problems in an efficient manner with strong follow-up. Organized Sr. Maintenance Supervisor with successful history of managing competing priorities. Works well under pressure & Safety-oriented team player with strong attendance record.
Overview
21
21
years of professional experience
Work History
Sr. Supervisor Maintenance
Tyson Foods Inc.
12.2022 - Current
- Directly manage 8 Maintenance Supervisors, 2 Planners, 2 Fabricators, & 1 Forklift Mechanic
- Indirectly manage 54 maintenance mechanics, 4 automation techs, 4 electrical techs, 4 partsroom attendants
- Responsible for overseeing all aspects of maintenance functions to include production, maintenance, purchasing, and parts inventory
- Ensure the safe and efficient operation of a prepared foods production facility
- Coordinate maintenance activities with production scheduling, projecting, and control labor costs to be consistent with authorized crewing standards for the maintenance department
- Ensure effective training and development of the maintenance management and hourly team members
- Assist in the development and management of the plant maintenance budget
- Promote maintenance best practices to increase equipment reliability and reduce maintenance cost
- Ensure compliance with all human resource and safety policies, food safety, sanitation and all other duties as determined by management.
Parts Room Supervisor
Tyson Foods Inc.
03.2018 - 12.2022
- Coached, mentored, & developed an inexperienced team of four parts attendants & oversaw their daily/weekly duties
- Resolve blocked invoices & open Purchase Orders with vendors & corporate procurement
- Create purchase requisitions for parts orders & contractor payments
- Daily reorder of all stocking maintenance parts used by maintenance/production the previous day
- Resolving price disputes from vendors for parts orders & contractor work with corporate purchasing
- Established good relationships with all vendors I call on
- Shipped out parts to vendors for refurbishment & STO’s to order plants
- Reviewing, analyzing, and adjusting inventory levels as needed
- Provide operational & technical support for maintenance techs & supervisors
- Identifying and sourcing parts from aftermarket vendors vs
- OEM, executing cost savings found & standardization of parts by this means
- To date I have saved over $3.5 million in savings for the plant
- Managed all aspects of the $3.5 million inventoried Parts room including: requesting new SAP numbers through the MRS system & set up new parts to stock in the parts room, ensure cycle count accuracy & that they were done on time or before due date, critical spare parts reviews, min/max reviews, slow moving reviews, & excess stock reviews were done on time or before due date
- Provide budget info to the maintenance manager.
Process Safety Management Coordinator/Planner
Tyson Foods Inc.
12.2011 - 03.2018
- Responsible for implementation & maintenance of the Process Safety and Risk Management Prevention Program documentation, including but not limited to Mechanical Integrity, Management of Change, Training of Refrigeration Techs, Standard Operating Procedures, Incident Investigation & Emergency Response
- Responsible for conducting monthly PSM meetings with management
- Daily planning of refrigeration techs schedule in SAP
- Modify refrigeration redlined schematics in AutoCAD
- Acquire quotes & ordering of all refrigeration parts
- Planned & coordinated work to be done on the refrigeration system with outside contractors and refrigeration & production at the plant
- Designed & implemented record keeping documents & trained refrigeration techs on their use.
Maintenance Lead
11.2010 - 12.2011
- Oversaw daily duties of 8 mechanics & advise, assist, & mentor mechanics with their daily duties
- Generate operational reports & report downing events to upper management
- Review work notifications to ensure accuracy
- Research ideas for cutting company cost.
Maintenance Tech
05.2008 - 11.2010
- Performed preventative maintenance on all production lines
- Research part numbers for orders for preventative maintenance in SAP
- Welding, modifying parts for installation and some fabrication
- Writing up notifications & work orders in SAP.
Parts Room Coordinator
Tyson Foods Inc.
02.2008 - 05.2008
- Daily reorder of all stocking maintenance parts
- Oversaw daily activities of 4 parts attendants to ensure accurate inventory
- Acquire quotes & ordering from alternate vendors versus OEM to cut cost
- Maintaining inventory in SAP program, performing usage analysis, dispensing parts & tools, identifying & monitoring parts flow by parts numbers, creating purchase requisitions, receiving all maintenance parts, signing vendor tickets, stocking inventory & printing documentation on inventory replenishment, coordinated w/ vendors on orders, meeting w/ sales reps, placed phone orders, located special order parts through vendors as needed
- Initiated plan proposed to the plant manager to reorganize the parts room in order to improve efficiency of parts usage which resulted in cost & man hour savings.
Maintenance Tech
09.2006 - 02.2008
- Daily setup of lines for production & performed downtime & preventative maintenance
- Research part numbers for orders for preventative maintenance
- Welding, modifying parts for installation and some fabrication
- Wrote up notifications & work orders in SAP & writing P.O
- Worksheets to order parts needed.
Parts Room Attendant
Tyson Foods Inc.
06.2005 - 08.2006
- Maintaining inventory in SAP program, performing usage analysis, dispensing parts & tools, identifying & monitoring parts flow by parts numbers, releasing purchase requisitions, receiving all maintenance parts, signing vendor tickets, stocking inventory & printing documentation on inventory replenishment, coordinated w/ vendors on orders, meet w/ sales reps, placed phone orders & picked up orders as required, located special order parts through vendors as needed.
Maintenance Tech & Refrigeration/Boiler Tech
06.2002 - 06.2005
- Monitor boiler & refrigeration equipment, & keep accurate records
- Daily setup of lines for production & performed downtime & preventative maintenance
- Monitor boiler & refrigeration equipment, & keep accurate records
- Research part numbers for orders for preventative maintenance
- Welding, modifying parts for installation and some fabrication
- Writing notifications & work orders in SAP.
Maintenance Tech
Vlasic/Pinnacle Foods
07.2000
- Daily setup of lines for production & performed downtime & preventative maintenance
- Welding, modifying parts for installation and some fabrication.
Skills
- Word
- PowerPoint
- Outlook
- AutoCAD
- Documentation
- Project Management
- Supply Management
- Equipment Installation
Excel
- Parts Replacement
- Maintenance Scheduling
- Tool Management
- Hand and Power Tools
- Organizational Ability
- Preventive Maintenance
- Equipment Repair
- Proficient in SAP since 2003
Timeline
Sr. Supervisor Maintenance
Tyson Foods Inc.
12.2022 - Current
Parts Room Supervisor
Tyson Foods Inc.
03.2018 - 12.2022
Process Safety Management Coordinator/Planner
Tyson Foods Inc.
12.2011 - 03.2018
Maintenance Lead
11.2010 - 12.2011
Maintenance Tech
05.2008 - 11.2010
Parts Room Coordinator
Tyson Foods Inc.
02.2008 - 05.2008
Maintenance Tech
09.2006 - 02.2008
Parts Room Attendant
Tyson Foods Inc.
06.2005 - 08.2006
Maintenance Tech & Refrigeration/Boiler Tech
06.2002 - 06.2005
Maintenance Tech
Vlasic/Pinnacle Foods
07.2000
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