Justin Knisley
Chickasaw
Summary
Motivational leader and organizational problem-solver with advanced supervisory, team building and customer service skills. Experience stepping into roles and quickly making positive changes to drive company success. Focused on using training, monitoring and morale-building techniques to maximize employee engagement and performance.
Overview
22
22
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Maintenance Manager
Tindall Corporation
Moss Point
01.2024 - Current
- Develop a maintenance culture based on CMMS and honest communication between all customers of the maintenance department.
- Servant based leadership.
- Empower maintenance technicians to operate autonomously based off preventative maintenance, as well as systematic troubleshooting techniques.
- Cultivate strong relationships between outside venders to ensure projects are completed within a very finite timeline
Maintenance Manager
International Paper
Bay Minette
01.2022 - 01.2024
- Champion safety culture.
- Lead and direct plant maintenance activities; ensure equipment and facilities are kept in optimum operating conditions.
- Initiate and/or maintain a cost-effective preventive maintenance program and Implement quality improvement and cost reduction ideas
- Contact and work with vendors and subcontractors to achieve desired results.
Plant Manager
Reddy Ice
Robertsdale
01.2021 - 01.2022
- Spoke Plant Manager for three production locations, total capacity 150 tons of packaged ice daily. (Robertsdale, AL-Pensacola, FL- Freeport, FL)
- Plant Manager responsibilities include Quality Manager. No on-site support from corp. IPIA certification, FDA regulatory and NSF compliant.
- Head of DOT compliance for Pan Handle Region
- Establish and control multiple budgets including but limited to sales, capital, and distribution
- Directly mentor department heads and indirect subordinates, 30 DOT Drivers and 30 Associates including production, engineering, maintenance, and support.
- Coordinate Pan Handle engineering projects such as, expand ice making capacity, capital upgrades, and robot integration.
- Responsible for all aspects of Business Management for ice production, sales and distribution for a territory from Mobile, AL to Panama City, FL.
Plant Engineering Manager
Purity Dairies
Nashville
01.2018 - 01.2021
- Provide a safe work environment for 125 employees to reduce costs associated with injuries, illnesses, and avoid employee-relations issues.
- Plant safety program Champion for the follow compliance programs: Hot Work/Fire Prevention, Confined Spaces, Fall Protection, Lock-Out-Tag-Out, Electrical safety, Ammonia Compliance, and Machine Guarding
- Establish SOPs for multiple compliance programs, as well as, directly manage EPA regulatory processes for an NH3 system with 64,000lbs.
- Develop and instill leadership for the maintenance department to develop plant capability and capacity
- Manage expense, capital, and labor budgets to support budgeting, cost-related decision-making, and long-term financial planning
- Created capital budgets for short, intermediate and long-term development projects. The total planned capital work budget: 8 million over the next 3 years. Projects include but are not limited to EPA compliance, machine upgrades, shrink reduction, logistics, and many ROI investments.
- Expert-level problem Solving and Analytical Skills
- Ensure a multitude of P&L budgets (blow mold, butter plant and milk plant) are controlled to maximize reliable and profitability. A total monthly P&L of $150,000.
- Currently instilling a culture, based on, successes, positivity, and accountability
- Quality duties include: manage ISO 9001 and 14001requirements. Preform audits and corrective actions. FDA certification and Military audit responsibility. Environmental compliance manager for Nashville Facility. Supervised Incident investigation and corrective action implementation.
Maintenance Manager
Coca Cola Consolidated
Nashville
01.2017 - 01.2018
- Provide a safe work environment for 120 employees to reduce costs associated with injuries, illnesses, and avoid employee-relations issues
- Develop and instill leadership, for the maintenance department, to develop plant capability and capacity
- Manage expense, capital, and labor budgets to support budgeting, cost-related decision-making, and long-term financial planning
- Expert-level problem Solving and Analytical Skills
- Reduced parts inventory from $759,000 to $716,000 ($43,000) in a calendar year, with no adverse effects
- Increased efficiency across all production lines by 5%. (Machine and process improvement/accountability)
- Managed capital projects ranging from water treatment, machine improvements, plant network integration, and asset replacements (Total of $7 million)
- Acting Quality Manager for 6 months due to attrition and shared Quality Management task such as machine calibrations, SOP implementation and continuous improvement. ISO 9001 and 14001, EOSH, HACCP, and GMP. Director of Change Management for Nashville Facility. Supervised Incident investigation and corrective action implementation.
Maintenance Manager
IB-Tech
Mt. Pleasant
01.2013 - 01.2017
- Team director and program presenter of the champion winning team for the 2016 international Kaizen improvement team competition.
- Directly responsible for 18 maintenance personnel’s safety, technical training, improvement projects, and daily maintenance tasks including PLC (Mitsubishi) programming/troubleshooting, and welding robotic maintenance/programming.
- Supervise/Perform electrical troubleshooting on low voltage (DC/AC) and high voltage systems.
- Champion multifunctional teams in several improvement processes, including quality, and increase production/downtime reduction.
- Manage preventive maintenance tasks and inventory control to insure project/daily maintenance requirements are completed when scheduled.
- Daily activities require X-Cell, Word, Outlook, and clear verbal communications, as well as, intricate blue print software navigation. (CAD/DMX)
- Inspected incoming various gauge stainless/mild steel, and aluminum roll stock for stamping operations. Directly supervised the tool and die department, build jigs, fabricate stamping blocks and various tools need for stamping operations. Quality representative for corrective actions for Nissan Motor Corp defects. Change management coordinator for multiple robotic welding processes and stamping
Industrial Maintenance Technician
Nissan
Smyrna
01.2010 - 01.2013
- Preformed preventative and retroactive maintenances on industrial production equipment to include robots, car body lifters, and pneumatic/hydraulic precision instruments.
- Utilized heavy equipment such as forklifts, man lifts, and moveable cranes to perform high priority task.
- Troubleshot and diagnosed maintenance issues that interfere with Nissan’s production goals.
- Documented all maintenance activities in order to insure proper Nissan protocol is upheld.
Jet Mechanic
United States Marine Corps
San Diego
01.2004 - 01.2010
- Coordinated with operations control to execute daily flight schedule, to included launching and recovery of aircraft and unscheduled maintenance are accomplished in a speedy and safe manner.
- Provided technical support for testing, troubleshooting, and repairing of an entire Marine Aircraft Unit (VMFA-314).
- Applied principles to foster a safe work environment and ensure all maintenance requirements are accomplished.
- Trained personnel on proper duties as an operational level jet mechanic.
Education
Bachelor's Degree - Operations Management, Aircraft Maintenance
DeVry University
Nashville, TNAviation Turbojet Machinist’s Mate Course -
Naval Air Technical
Pensacola, FLDiploma -
Heritage High School
Maryville, TNSkills
- Sales
- Procurement
- ISO 9001
- CMMS
- SAP
- Maximo
- Advanced PLC
- Continuous Improvement
Certification
- OSHA 10 Hour General Industry Safety and Health Certificate
- HAZMAT General Awareness Certificate
- HAZMAT Security Awareness Certificate
- CPR/AED/Standard First Aid Certificate and Bloodborne Pathogens
- Level 1 Ammonia Operator Certificate
Awards
- 2016, Team director and program presenter of the champion winning team for the 2016 international Kaizen improvement team competition. (1st North American victory)
- 2014, Recognized for having the highest employee evaluation score for San Francisco Patient and Resource Center (2013-2014)
- 2010, Certificate of Commendation for Leadership Abilities
Timeline
Maintenance Manager
Tindall Corporation
01.2024 - Current
Maintenance Manager
International Paper
01.2022 - 01.2024
Plant Manager
Reddy Ice
01.2021 - 01.2022
Plant Engineering Manager
Purity Dairies
01.2018 - 01.2021
Maintenance Manager
Coca Cola Consolidated
01.2017 - 01.2018
Maintenance Manager
IB-Tech
01.2013 - 01.2017
Industrial Maintenance Technician
Nissan
01.2010 - 01.2013
Jet Mechanic
United States Marine Corps
01.2004 - 01.2010
Bachelor's Degree - Operations Management, Aircraft Maintenance
DeVry University
Aviation Turbojet Machinist’s Mate Course -
Naval Air Technical
Diploma -
Heritage High School