Jerrick Campbell
Gardner,KS
Summary
Manufacturing and maintenance leader with a strong record in high-volume EV and electronics production. Improved overall equipment effectiveness from 40% to 65%, contributing to $2 million in avoided downtime through targeted maintenance strategies. Hands-on leader specializing in Lean manufacturing and continuous improvement to enhance safety and production reliability.
Overview
9
9
years of professional experience
Work History
Maintenance Supervisor
Panasonic Energy Noth America
DeSoto, KS
05.2026 - Current
- Led a 20-person multidisciplinary maintenance team across 4 shifts, supporting 4 production lines and over 50 critical assets.
- Improved overall equipment effectiveness from approximately 40% to 65%, increasing uptime by about 25%.
- Contributed to $2 million in avoided downtime through targeted preventive maintenance strategies and reliability improvements.
- Increased preventive maintenance compliance from 30% to 80% in one quarter by prioritizing alignment with production needs.
- Executed $4 million initiatives on two production lines, achieving a 70% reduction in punch-related downtime.
- Improved uptime and quality, reducing extrusion-coating defects from 12% to 4% through targeted initiatives.
- Supported production scaling from approximately 100,000 to over 1.2 million cells per day through strategic planning and rapid response initiatives.
- Collaborated with engineering and external contractors on installations and repairs, ensuring safety and reliability standards were met.
Continuous Improvement Maintenance Trainer
Panasonic Energy of North America
10.2024 - Current
- Designed and delivered structured maintenance training programs to accelerate technician skill development and standardize maintenance practices.
- Led continuous improvement initiatives using RCA, value stream mapping, and time-on-task analysis to reduce waste and improve maintenance efficiency.
- Developed standardized technical documentation, SOPs, lesson plans, and hands-on training materials for maintenance teams and apprentices.
- Developed predictive maintenance analytics tool using Palantir to forecast equipment failures, repair frequency, required resources, MTTR, and response time metrics from legacy plant data.
- Established ANSI-based documentation standards to normalize maintenance terminology, improving data quality and model training accuracy over time.
- Collaborated with Maintenance, Engineering, and IT stakeholders to refine AI-driven task classification and enhance predictive maintenance insights for work order planning and workforce allocation.
- Enhanced maintenance data governance to support continuous model refinement and increase forecast accuracy.
Facilities Maintenance Technician
Lucid Motors
Casa Grande, USA
09.2023 - 09.2024
- Executed preventive and corrective maintenance on HVAC, electrical, and structural systems to minimize production disruptions.
- Responded to urgent facility failures, restoring operations swiftly to minimize production downtime.
- Conducted critical system inspections, ensuring compliance with OSHA and NFPA standards.
- Coordinated contractor and internal teams for facility upgrades and equipment installations, enhancing operational efficiency.
- Maintained large-scale EV manufacturing infrastructure, supporting >99% facility uptime.
Maintenance Team Lead
Molex Inc.
Pinellas Park, USA
03.2022 - 09.2023
- Led multi-shift maintenance teams, prioritizing work orders and improving ticket closure rates by ~20%.
- Collaborated with engineering and production to troubleshoot equipment issues, enhancing reliability.
- Developed standardized PM and changeover documentation, reducing equipment variability and unplanned downtime.
- Developed LOTO procedures and conducted safety audits, improving workplace safety standards.
- Supported production processes during OT coverage, ensuring manufacturing continuity.
Process Engineering Technician
Tesla Inc.
Sparks, USA
02.2021 - 03.2022
- Investigated process excursions and implemented countermeasures, improving yield and Cpk metrics.
- Executed DOE and GR&R studies to inform engineering decisions for process optimization.
- Trained production associates on new processes, resulting in fewer instruction-related defects and reduced process deviations.
- Updated manufacturing instructions and rework procedures to enhance production standardization and ensure audit compliance.
- Managed non-conformance material disposition and escalated high-risk issues to production engineering teams.
- Supported Lean initiatives and calibration schedules to ensure equipment and process stability.
Maintenance Team Lead
Panasonic Energy of North America
Sparks, USA
04.2017 - 02.2021
- Led a team of 6 technicians performing service and overhaul of diaphragm and positive cavity pumps critical to coating operations.
- Developed predictive maintenance schedules using SPC and OCAP data, reducing unplanned mechanical failures by ~20% versus historical baseline.
- Tracked technician KPIs and coached performance, leading to ~4.3% reduction in startup quality losses.
- Installed automation tooling and vision systems (Keyence, Cognex) to support smart factory initiatives.
- Assembled and aligned coating dies, achieving 15 microns lip-to-lip offset for enhanced production quality.
Education
High School Diploma -
Miami South-ridge Senior High School
Miami, FL01-2014
Skills
- Electrical and Mechanical Troubleshooting
- CMMS & Work Control Systems (SAP)
- Root cause analysis
- Total Productive Maintenance
- Process Optimization
- Yield Improvement
- Operational Capability Assessment
- Blueprint interpretation
- Process Mapping
- Standardization
- Kaizen
- PM/PdM
- Team Leadership
- Mentorship
- Workplace Organization
Skills
Preventive & Predictive Maintenance (PM/PdM), CMMS & Work Control Systems (SAP), Equipment Installation & Commissioning, Electrical & Mechanical Troubleshooting, Blueprint & Electrical Schematic Interpretation, SPC, OCAP, Root Cause Analysis (RCA), Lean Manufacturing, TPM, 6S, Standard Work & ANSI Documentation, Process Optimization & Yield Improvement, Kaizen & Value Stream Mapping, Team Leadership & Mentorship, Technical Training & Apprenticeship Development
Timeline
Maintenance Supervisor
Panasonic Energy Noth America
05.2026 - Current
Continuous Improvement Maintenance Trainer
Panasonic Energy of North America
10.2024 - Current
Facilities Maintenance Technician
Lucid Motors
09.2023 - 09.2024
Maintenance Team Lead
Molex Inc.
03.2022 - 09.2023
Process Engineering Technician
Tesla Inc.
02.2021 - 03.2022
Maintenance Team Lead
Panasonic Energy of North America
04.2017 - 02.2021
High School Diploma -
Miami South-ridge Senior High School