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Kirby Pate

Linden,Texas

Summary

Flexible hard worker ready to learn and contribute to team success. Maintenance Supervisor with 20 years of hands-on experience coordinating installations, repairs and maintenance tasks. Versed in monitoring and ordering inventory and determining types of installations and repairs needed. Friendly and punctual individual possessing strong eye-for-detail and sound knowledge of quality standards and safety regulations. Industrious Maintenance Supervisor committed to safety and focused on leading and supporting teams in goal achievement. Offering 20 years of experience monitoring maintenance and operational readiness of diverse equipment. Well-versed in analysis, identification and mitigation of safety hazards. Adept at reducing production downtime through scheduling, inspection, and troubleshooting management.

Overview

35
35
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Maintenance Supervisor

Tri State Metal and Iron
Texarkana
01.2022 - 01.2024
  • Approve pay roll hours for maintenance department
  • Schedule and order parts for everyday maintenance of plant, and new projects
  • Partnered with facility management to successfully complete projects within anticipated deadlines
  • Assist with the management of project schedules
  • Reviewed blueprints and specifications to identify most effective ways to approach projects
  • Assist with site access, including all site visits and deliveries
  • Proficient in bid proposals and documenting all work and procedures
  • Use bid sheets to find most cost-efficient contractors and suppliers
  • Conducted employee evaluations to determine pay rate and placement
  • Develop new approaches to solve problems situations, maintains safe, secure, and healthy work environment by following and enforcing standards and procedures, complying with legal regulations
  • (maintains OSHA/MSHA, CPR and equipment certifications)
  • Direct workers engaged in inspection and testing activities to ensure continuous control over materials, facilities, and products
  • Worked with building managers to assess ongoing needs and plan preventive maintenance and cleaning schedules
  • Perform other field or office duties as assigned
  • Find new vendors to better serve company needs
  • Completed diligent equipment inspections, repairs, and maintenance actions to prolong life of each piece of machinery
  • Completed workplace safety and hazard inspections.

Maintenance Supervisor

Sidco Minerals
Linden, Texas
01.2021 - 01.2022
  • Coordinates, develops and /or conducts weekly safety meeting
  • Surveys construction projects to identify and evaluate physical conditions, safety practices, hazardous situations, and compliance with established safety standards
  • Conduct site specific safety orientation
  • Assist with the management of project schedules
  • Assist with site access, including all site visits and deliveries
  • Approves construction projects by conducting inspections at critical phases, obtaining approvals from owners
  • Perform other field or office duties as assigned
  • Develop new approaches to solve problems situations, maintains safe, secure, and healthy work environment by following and enforcing standards and procedures, complying with legal regulations
  • (maintains OSHA/MSHA, CPR and equipment certifications)
  • Coordinates priorities, and related work activities with Corporate Safety to identify safety elements and action plans to initiate, implement or improve each element
  • Direct workers engaged in inspection and testing activities to ensure continuous control over materials, facilities, and products
  • Manages safety projects, including the development of work plans; leads cross-functional teams in the execution of projects; able to manage multiple and concurrent project
  • Welder
  • Heavy Equipment Operator
  • Set up and operated shielded metal arc and gas metal arc welding equipment
  • Maintained and cleaned equipment after each job and inspected
  • Repaired manufactured products by dismantling, straightening, reshaping and reassembling parts
  • Operated commercial vehicles to transport equipment and job-specific machinery to and from job sites
  • Used forklifts, hand trucks, scissor lifts and other equipment to move materials around work sites and organized according to need
  • Completed diligent equipment inspections, repairs, and maintenance actions to prolong life of each piece of machinery
  • Reviewed blueprints and specifications to identify most effective ways to approach projects
  • Partnered with facility management to successfully complete projects within anticipated deadlines
  • Worked with building managers to assess ongoing needs and plan preventive maintenance and cleaning schedules.

Owner/Operator

Pate's Welding Service
01.2007 - 01.2021
  • Worked in Texas, Louisiana, Arkansas, Oklahoma, North Dakota, Montana, Mississippi
  • Welder
  • Managed day-to-day business operations
  • Surveys construction projects to identify and evaluate physical conditions, safety practices, hazardous situations and compliance with established safety standards
  • Manages safety projects, including the development of work plans; leads cross-functional teams in the execution of projects; able to manage multiple and concurrent projects
  • Conduct site specific safety orientation
  • Coordinates, develops and /or conducts weekly safety meeting
  • Contracted to Nomac Drilling, Chesapeake Energy, Conoco Philips, BHP, Tri-State Energy, Berry Bros, High Roller Wells, Darby's Welding
  • Built and repaired drilling rigs, pipelines, and pad facilities
  • Repaired tanks, pumps, and high-pressure piping
  • Built metal buildings, coated piping, repaired heat exchangers, and high-pressure boilers
  • Established and administered annual budget with controls to prevent overages, minimize burn rate and support sustainability objectives
  • Enhanced operational efficiency and productivity by managing budgets, accounts, and costs
  • Successfully maintained clean, valid driver's license and access to reliable transportation
  • Monitored safety compliance to maintain strict standards and protect team members from harm
  • Direct workers engaged in inspection and testing activities to ensure continuous control over materials, facilities, and products
  • Heavy Equipment Operator
  • Inspected quality of products, taking note of functionality, appearance, and other specifications
  • Performed visual inspections and non-destructive tests where appropriate
  • Coordinated with systems partners to finalize designs and confirm requirements
  • Instructed employees on OSHA standards
  • Led employee training on safe usage of equipment
  • Participated in safety meetings by answering questions from employees and customer representatives
  • Completed workplace safety and hazard inspections
  • Inspected work practices and procedures for compliance with company and federal regulations
  • Inspected facilities for adherence to fire, hazard, and safety guidelines
  • Inspected worksites, practices, and gear for compliance with established safety standards
  • Utilized visual inspection techniques as well as performing detailed measurements with hand-held tools and devices
  • Inspected products, components and materials for defects and compliance with tolerance standards
  • Inspected products and worker progress throughout production
  • Estimated financial requirements of new projects
  • Review all catalog cuts and material submittals for compliance with plans and specifications
  • Ensure effective and timely preventive and corrective actions are taken and recurrence of problems are eliminated or minimized
  • Surveys construction projects to identify and evaluate physical conditions, safety practices, hazardous situations and compliance with established safety standards.

Foreman

Regional Service Organization division of American Electric Power
01.1999 - 01.2006
  • Worked in Texas, Louisiana, Oklahoma, Kentucky
  • General Foreman
  • Oversee all scheduled and unscheduled plant maintenance activities in the assigned region, and perform maintenance activities where needed with the objective of optimizing plant performance and plant operating efficiency, as well as preserving warranties on plant equipment
  • Coordinates, develops and /or conducts weekly safety meeting
  • Conduct accident investigations and provide recommendations for corrective/preventive action
  • Train & empower Technicians to lead safety briefings that identify all potential hazards within a scope of electrical work as well as ways to mitigate exposure to any hazardous conditions
  • Assist with the management of project schedules
  • Maintenance Mechanic
  • Welder
  • Heavy Equipment Operator
  • Rigger
  • Worked and supervised all aspects of power plants
  • Worked alongside team to accomplish work goals according to schedule
  • Ordered necessary supplies and materials required for installation of new work and remodeling of existing systems
  • Completed diligent equipment inspections, repairs, and maintenance actions to prolong life of each piece of machinery
  • Kept machinery in proper working order by repairing and replacing malfunctioning parts
  • Adhered to heavy equipment safety and operation protocols
  • Placed tools and job site machinery in locked areas and secured location at end of each shift
  • Followed detailed maintenance and operational schedules to complete projects and keep vehicles functioning
  • Completed final walkthroughs at job sites to close out projects
  • Planned each job with appropriate safety measures, addressing weight limits and fall protection
  • Oversaw daily operations at site, keeping team production moving at optimal pace
  • Operated heavy equipment on a daily basis
  • Trained workers in proper methods, equipment operation and safety procedures
  • Inspected sights to evaluate safety, operations, and crew performance against objectives.

H.B Zachry, Dunkin and Bush Painting, Lone Star Steel, Veco Construction
01.1992 - 01.1999
  • Worked in Texas, Louisiana, Alaska, Arkansas
  • New construction of Power Plant
  • New construction of steel structures and pipe
  • Manufactured new pipe and inspected pipe
  • Repaired fiberglass tanks
  • Sandblasted and coated 250,000-barrel storage tanks
  • New construction of oil separators for Alaska pipeline.

Brown and Root Construction/ Rust Busters
01.1989 - 01.1992
  • Worked in Texas and Louisiana
  • Built steel structures in Eastman Kodak
  • Sandblasted, painted, and coated tanks
  • Sandblasted, painted, and coated piping
  • Sandblasted, painted, and coated steel structures
  • Repaired fiberglass tanks.

Education

Texas State Technical College
12.1992

Texas State Technical College
12.1992

Linden-Kildare High
12.1989

Skills

  • Welding and Fabrication
  • Industrial Blasting and Coating
  • Management
  • Job Planning
  • Supply Coordination
  • Facilities Maintenance
  • Vendor Relationship Management
  • Preventive Maintenance
  • Grounds Maintenance
  • Inventory Monitoring
  • Equipment Troubleshooting
  • Employee Performance Assessment
  • Staff Management
  • Deadline Management
  • Troubleshooting
  • Staff Scheduling
  • Quality Control
  • Work Order Processing
  • Team Supervision

Certification

  • In process of attaining USACE Construction Quality Control Manager
  • CPR, AED, and First Aid Training
  • JLG Manlift Certification
  • Certified Crane Operator 100 ton and less for A.E.P
  • Confined Space Energy and SCBA Certification
  • NACE Level 1
  • C.P.W.I Certified Pipeline Welding Inspector
  • Competent Person/ Inspector Scaffold Training
  • O.S.H.A 10hr
  • O.S.H.A 30hr
  • Excavation and Trenching Certified
  • Certified Rigger for A.E.P
  • Supervisor Training for A.E.P
  • Certified Clearance Holder for A.E.P
  • Certified to inspect and repair chain falls and com-a-longs.
  • Suspended Scaffolding/ Swing Stage Competent Person
  • M.S.H.A. experienced Miner Training

Timeline

Maintenance Supervisor

Tri State Metal and Iron
01.2022 - 01.2024

Maintenance Supervisor

Sidco Minerals
01.2021 - 01.2022

Owner/Operator

Pate's Welding Service
01.2007 - 01.2021

Foreman

Regional Service Organization division of American Electric Power
01.1999 - 01.2006

H.B Zachry, Dunkin and Bush Painting, Lone Star Steel, Veco Construction
01.1992 - 01.1999

Brown and Root Construction/ Rust Busters
01.1989 - 01.1992

Texas State Technical College

Texas State Technical College

Linden-Kildare High

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