John Douglas Smith
Hanford,CA
Summary
I believe in leadership by example and demonstrate this by being highly self-motivated, well organized, effective communicator and completing tasks safely and on time. My goals is to provide a positive impact on the teams and organizations I am affiliated with. The three words used most often to describe me are, dedicated, responsible, and productive.
Overview
2025
2025
years of professional experience
Work History
Maintenance Supervisor
Leprino Foods East
06.2014 - 06.2024
- Supervised daily operations, of 36 maintenance mechanics including employee performance, scheduling of preventive, predictive, and planned maintenance work orders using CMMS (Maximo).
- Budgeted, planned, and coordinated all contractor improvements, upgrade, and preventative maintenance, with annual budget of 1.5 million dollars..
- Streamlined work order processes for increased efficiency in addressing maintenance requests and tracking progress.
- Maintained up-to-date knowledge of relevant industry trends, ensuring compliance with fiscal regulations and requirements.
- Identified potential risks and mitigated them through strategic adjustments in spending patterns or allocations.
- Assisted in routine maintenance and upkeep of plant servers, work stations, and software, and hardware updates.
- Collaborated with departmental managers to implement new SAP software upgrade, enhancing overall plant performance by 20%
Maintenance Superintendent
Cargill Value Added Meats
2010 - 2012
- Managed 3 supervisors and 16 maintenance technicians in day to day operations of beef processing facility. Designed and implemented shift schedule that reduced standard work week of mechanics from 50 hours to 40 hours, eliminating 8,300 hours of overtime and saving firm over $170,000 annually. All operating functions continued to be completed on time.
- Managed, maintained and was accountable for maintenance and reliability budget of $728,000 annually. Created and executed several long term contracts for routine maintenance with multiple corporations, improving plant and equipment reliability by 15%.
Maintenance Supervisor
Cargill Value Added Meats
09.2008 - 05.2010
- Developed Equipment Critically and Reliability Matrix, increasing equipment reliability from 90 -96% and eliminating $240,000 from spare parts inventory.
- Developed 5 Level Technician Training and improvement plan which enabled technicians to fully understand requirements and skills needed to advance to next level.
- Conducted daily, weekly, and monthly safety audits as Safety Team Member assisting Safety Manager in identifying potential plant hazard areas, developing safety measures and implementing safety controls in either eliminate for minimize hazards, decreasing plant accidents by 25% annually.
- Planned and Scheduled Maintenance work orders including preventative and predictive maintenance using CMMS (Maximo)
Electronics Department Lead Instructor
Center for Naval Aviation Technical Training Unit
2006 - 2008
- Managed, coordinated, and rewrote Forward Looking Infrared (FLIR) Training Program decreasing course curriculum by three days and increasing student graduation by 56 students annually.
- Modified inventory methods for Wire Bundle and Connector Repair course by creating high and low limit quantities, resulting in annual savings of $10,000.
FLIR Team Supervisor
Commander Carrier Air Wing Two
05.2003 - 05.2006
- Managed and coordinated 8 electronics technicians in the day to day maintenance, troubleshooting of 16 Targeting Forward Looking Infrared and 16 Advanced Targeting Forwards Looking Infrared pods resulting in a mission completion increase from 90%- 97.5%.
- Awarded Carrier Air Wing Two "Sailor of the Year" in 2005 and 2006.
- Security Clearance
United States Navy
US Navy
08.1988 - 08.2008
- Aviation Electronics Technician
- Maintained Security Clearance
- Qualified as Collateral Duty Inspector
- Naval Instructor qualification.
- Continuous Leadership Improvement qualified.
- Honorably discharged.
Education
Bachelor of Science - Professional Aeronautics
Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University
Lemoore, CA2008
Associate of Science - Professional Aeronautics
Embry-Riddle Aeronautical Univserity
Lemoore, CA2008
Associate of Arts - Business Administration
West Hills College - Lemoore
Lemoore, CA2003
Skills
- Materials requisition
- Employee scheduling
- Troubleshooting
- Preventive Maintenance
- Team Building
- Excellent Communication
- Self-Motivated
- PPE Compliance
Timeline
Maintenance Supervisor
Leprino Foods East
06.2014 - 06.2024
Maintenance Supervisor
Cargill Value Added Meats
09.2008 - 05.2010
FLIR Team Supervisor
Commander Carrier Air Wing Two
05.2003 - 05.2006
United States Navy
US Navy
08.1988 - 08.2008
Bachelor of Science - Professional Aeronautics
Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University
Associate of Science - Professional Aeronautics
Embry-Riddle Aeronautical Univserity
Associate of Arts - Business Administration
West Hills College - Lemoore
Maintenance Superintendent
Cargill Value Added Meats
2010 - 2012
Electronics Department Lead Instructor
Center for Naval Aviation Technical Training Unit
2006 - 2008
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