Mark White
Manufacturing Supervisor
Magna,UT
Summary
Experienced Manufacturing Supervisor offering 26-year career in building and testing rotating equipment for power, oil and gas, general industry, and water and wastewater industries. Proficient in implementing Lean Manufacturing and Continuous Improvement strategies to optimize manufacturing operations. Logical and quality-driven with good judgment and decision-making abilities.
Effective leader and problem-solver dedicated to streamlining operations to decrease costs while meeting customer expectations and achieving company goals.
Overview
32
32
years of professional experience
Work History
Supervisor
Trillium Flow Technologies
Salt Lake City, UT
11.2010 - Current
- Applied strong leadership talents and problem-solving skills to maintain team efficiency and organize workflows.
- Inspected worksites, practices and gear for compliance with established safety standards.
- Utilized lean practices in 30+ Kaizen events to balance workflow, improve on time deliveries, and improve safety.
- Implemented controls and procedures to support and enforce safety regulations, laws, and policies throughout operational stages.
- Maintained compliance with company policies, objectives, and communication goals.
- Created and utilized standard operating procedures, effective crew resource management, communication and procedures specified in company operation manual.
- Supervised product testing and worked with engineering department on R&D projects for bestselling, industry-leading products.
- Interviewed, hired, and trained new employees for production positions.
- Developed training, task and process guidelines and communicated clear and concise directions to employees.
- Evaluated employee performance, performed annual reviews of employees.
- Prepared, calibrated, and monitored precise testing equipment to maintain industry standards for data collection instruments.
- Oversaw equipment modifications and upgrades.
- Repaired equipment to keep jobs moving smoothly, informing maintenance department of major machinery failures.
- Maintained clean and well-organized production areas to avoid violations or unnecessary work delays due to hazards or inefficient layouts.
- Handled customer complaints, resolved issues, and adjusted policies to meet changing needs.
- Resolved issues quickly to maintain productivity goals.
Pump Test Technician
Weir Specialty Pumps
Salt Lake City, UT
01.2008 - 11.2010
- Provided recommendations for improvements in assembly or testing procedures.
- Tabulated 600+ annual detailed records of test results and statistics to report to engineering department.
- Performed mechanical troubleshooting to identify reliability issues with pumps, electric motors, and materials.
- Communicated product failures and testing problems with manufacturing and engineering departments.
- Conducted tests and diagnostic procedures using tools such as voltage and amperage readers, vibration readers, noise meters, pressure gauges, & flow meters.
- Examined pump package component's for defects or issues, reported problems quickly and maintained high levels of accuracy.
- Used hand tools, instruments, gauges and equipment to complete accurate measurements and noted results for official records.
- Generated and submitted detailed reports to regulatory agencies and company leadership to help drive enhancements.
Welding Fabricator
Weir Specialty Pumps
Salt Lake City, UT
07.1995 - 01.2008
- Fabricated steel fixtures for production parts using hand and power tools, welding operations and lifting equipment.
- Made steel form parts using various cutting equipment and welded parts together per specifications.
- Read and followed blueprints and weld diagrams.
- Cut, grinded and bent edges of materials to be joined for snug fit using power grinders and hand tools.
- Welded metal components in vertical, overhead and flat positions.
- Recorded measurements and data on work orders and forms to schedule project execution.
- Avoided warping, shrinkage and distortion by carefully controlling welding processes.
- Bolted, clamped and tack-welded parts to secure components prior to welding.
- Selected and operated shielded metal arc and gas metal arc welding equipment.
- Welded various connections and materials with high-quality final results.
- Interpreted written assembly drawings and work instructions to properly complete tasks.
Welding Fabricator
Continental Steel
Magna, UT
10.1989 - 07.1995
- Fabricated shop parts directly from blueprints.
- Assembled structural forms such as boiler parts and pressure vessels.
- Conducted special welds with extremely low tolerances for industrial operations.
- Welded in flat, horizontal, vertical and overhead positions.
- Removed and repaired unacceptable welds with air arc and grinder to meet quality guidelines.
- Repaired manufactured products by dismantling, straitening, reshaping and reassembling parts.
- Set up and operated shielded metal arc and gas metal arc welding equipment.
- Inspected welds and checked critical measurements to meet specifications.
- Minimized warping using good fitting, burning and welding techniques.
- Operated hoists, cranes and power tools to dismantle equipment to find and remove defective parts.
Education
Cyprus High School
Magna, UT1988
Skills
- Employee supervision
- Safety oversight
- Lean Manufacturing principles
- ISO 9001-14001 standards
- Project management
- Production targets
- MS Office
- SOP Development
- Test procedure documentation
- Performance Testing
- Welding and fabrication
- Heavy lift management
Work Availability
monday
tuesday
wednesday
thursday
friday
saturday
sunday
morning
afternoon
evening
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Quote
Whether you think you can or whether you think you can’t, you’re right!
Henry Ford
Timeline
Supervisor
Trillium Flow Technologies
11.2010 - Current
Pump Test Technician
Weir Specialty Pumps
01.2008 - 11.2010
Welding Fabricator
Weir Specialty Pumps
07.1995 - 01.2008
Welding Fabricator
Continental Steel
10.1989 - 07.1995
Cyprus High School
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