Martin Silva
El Paso,TX
Summary
Dynamic and accomplished team-oriented employee experienced in multiple disciplines as well as multiple facility support with hands-on approach. Versatile background looking for an opportunity where my services can help a company succeed while minimizing building, facilities, maintenance cost while providing support to process and production initiatives.
Dynamic individual with hands-on experience in building maintenance and talent for navigating challenges. Brings strong problem-solving skills and proactive approach to new tasks. Known for adaptability, creativity, and results-oriented mindset. Committed to making meaningful contributions and advancing organizational goals.
Overview
32
32
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Facilities Building Maintenance
Mid-West Textiles LLC
08.2021 - Current
- Company Overview: Mid-West Textile is a unique company dealing with in the recycling of both purchased and donated clothing throughout the states and other countries that persons throw away each year
- Mid-West Textile works on reducing waste by purchasing used good sorting out thru conveyor systems and reselling in bales and bundles to to vintage clothing boutiques and thrift retail stores
- Supervise and lead a team of facilities and production technicians providing guidance, training, and performance evaluations
- Supervise on-site staffing and provide 24/7 support on rotating technician shifts
- Oversee the maintenance and repair of all buildings, facilities, to include structural, mechanical, electrical, HVAC, and plumbing
- Perform task such as painting, minor electrical and plumbing repairs
- Support of Safety initiatives by conducting site inspections, team Gemba audits to identify and address potential hazards and schedule to resolve problems in a timely manner
- Ensure all maintenance activities comply with safety regulations and company policies
- Develop and manage the maintenance budget, ensuring cost-effective use of resources
- Design and implement maintenance procedures to ensure best practice of equipment longevity and reliability
- Work with Leadership to maintain a variety of service contracts
- Support emergency building initiatives response plans
- Parts ordering for all sites
- Capital procurement and purchases for all sites
- Preventive maintenance on outlook calendar but transitioning to maintenance ServiceDesk software to receive work orders and setup priorities and PM scheduling
- Implement and manage continuous improvement and modern manufacturing principles by highlighting deficiencies and recommending changes in training, working practices, and processes
- Review and delegate any maintenance issues to be resolved to the right skilled personnel
- Manage, coach, and develop a high performing Maintenance team to meet changing objectives which can deliver best practice results, benefits, and continuous improvements
- Parts Clerk monitors the completion of tasks, maintain a balance of parts to ensure quick repair availability
- Use of SAP to create purchase orders
- Schedule services from external suppliers
- Tyco and Johnson Control alarm system security
- Five Star Fire Suppression system
- Setup new utilities and building services for new sites work with lease providers
Facilities/ IT/Safety
Emerson Climate Technology
01.2010 - 08.2021
- Company Overview: Responsible for management and supervision in a Distribution Center for building repairs, enhancements, procurement, maintenance
- This included waste management, lease contracts, vendor relations, environmental, health and safety management, local Information Technology administration support, procurement of capital equipment, rack upright management, fire system management, dock door management, forklift management, security management, HVAC management, energy management
- Implemented a forklift management system (Infolink) to optimize equipment utilization
- Benchmarking next generation equipment purchases
- Added safety features to minimize forklift incidents
- Safety responsibility duties assigned when facility incidents and first aids increased.
- Took facility from the worst in this area to one of the best Emerson plants with zero safety incidents and minimal first aids
- Promoting “I own safety” as a business core
- Procured a flatbed UV printing machine that gave clients more color choices of brand printing their logos and increasing local revenues
- SOPs, maintenance training, operations, programming, applications
- Setup CK65 RF scanners and CV41 tablets for faster picking processes and mounted on forklifts
- Improved picking and minimized mistakes using tablets
- RFID Tracing label implementation for major customers
- Benchmarked new test equipment to help expedite orders and accurately retain information to the JDE system via Varsity software
- COVID safety implementation, minimized distribution infections by setting up COVID guidelines throughout the facility
- Responsible for management and supervision in a Distribution Center for building repairs, enhancements, procurement, maintenance
- This included waste management, lease contracts, vendor relations, environmental, health and safety management, local Information Technology administration support, procurement of capital equipment, rack upright management, fire system management, dock door management, forklift management, security management, HVAC management, energy management
Equipment and Facilities Manager
Plexus EA
07.2000 - 10.2010
- Responsible for management and supervision of a 400,000 square foot facility with 120 Engineers, 6 Supervisors as direct reports and over 200 in-directs which were facilities, equipment technicians and janitorial services
- Manage and coordinate capital asset forecasts and approved equipment including upgrade and replacement plans for production equipment and facilities systems and long-range facility planning
- Lead the development of common technical compliance, assessment, and development practices per existing SOP, WIs, SFTs, etc
- Develop and drive major improvement programs in the areas of quality, output, yield, and cost reduction
- Interface with customers and strategic Customer Teams to ensure customer needs are understood and met including customer transitions both into and out of the site
- Coordinate implementation of Engineering metrics and standardization per SOP, WIs, and SFTs
- Accountable to execute Plexus’ Best People strategy, leaders will focus on evaluating potential, driving succession, planning, and ensuring that their employees receive the development and coaching required to realize their full potential
- Responsible for the specification, installation, maintenance, and repair of machines, equipment, test systems
- Develop, track, and report on budgets, department metrics, and department objectives
- Drive process and test performance improvement throughout the facility
- Manage the site capability roadmap
- Plan and maintain strategic site capacity
- Collaborate with other functional and operational personnel to establish and execute business and operational strategies
Field Service and Applications Engineer
Speedline Technologies
07.1993 - 08.2000
- Provide support for equipment installations at client sites, including start-up commissioning and user training
- Included support for on-site equipment maintenance and repair while supporting/facilitating orders for replacement parts
- Direct customer interaction from operator to top management, working closely with customers to identify needs and service problems by building the customer relationship for preventative maintenance on products and training
- Programming and troubleshooting experience with Siemens and Allen-Bradley PLC systems
- Experience with mechanical/electromechanical equipment with advanced technology in a manufacturing environment
- Ability to interpret process instrumentation, electrical and PLC schematic diagrams
- Strong overall experience in mechanical troubleshooting and repair
- Troubleshooting experience in Basic Electrical and Low Voltage systems
- Troubleshooting experience in equipment utilizing PLC and Digital I/O systems
- The ability to travel regionally and nationally up to 50%
- Gather information from customers on their needs and help design a process to match their desires
- Designing all pieces of the program and analyzing how they will fit together
- Creating different diagrams and models that may be needed for each application
- Making sure the design continues to work properly after maintenance and testing
- Take notes of all aspects of the application for future upgrades and maintenance
- Communicate and discuss instructions with all parties included in the project and to answer all questions a customer may have on how the process works
- Detail-oriented skills to ensure all parts of an application come together and work as intended
- Interpersonal skills to be able to work with all others that may be included on the project to ensure it works properly
- Problem-solving any issues that arise during the design and testing processes are fixed
- Field Service and Applications Engineer of the year awards
Education
Electronic Studies - Computer Science
DeVry
El Paso, TX12.1997
AAS - Advance Electronics Engineering Technology
El Paso Community College
El Paso, TX05.1992
High School Diploma -
Bel-Air High School
El Paso, TX05.1982
Certificate of Electronics -
YVSH- Vocational
El Paso, TX05.1982
Skills
- Coordinating and monitory system repairs and performance
- Tracking parts inventory and placing orders
- Managing Engineers and supervising Maintenance Technicians
- Handling landscaping tasks and inclement weather preparedness
- Executing equipment audits
- Record-taking policies
- Coordinating with project directors and training employees
- Ensuring compliance with safety protocols
- Monitoring networks and maintaining servers
- Upgrading hardware
- Installing software, configuring systems, and monitoring security protocols
- Creating user accounts and performing access control
- Diagnostic testing, debugging procedures and documenting process
- Backing up and archiving data
- Supervising IT employees and providing IT support
- Conducting safety meetings and environmental trainings
- Forklift certifications, enforcing regulation and Incident investigations
- Record keeping for OSHA, hazard communications, equipment safety enhancements, and promoting behavior safety
Accomplishments
- Achieved lowering downtown with production by completing pre-maintenance schedule with accuracy and efficiency.
- Achieved improved task completion by introducing work order software for maintenance request.
- Supervised team of 4 staff members.
- Achieved safety compliance through effectively helping with implement changes in structure and building maintanance.
Certification
- Leadership Training
- Supervisor Leadership
- Management Leadership
- Train the trainer for Forklifts
- Safety leadership training
- OSHA 10 certification
Languages
English
Full Professional
Timeline
Facilities Building Maintenance
Mid-West Textiles LLC
08.2021 - Current
Facilities/ IT/Safety
Emerson Climate Technology
01.2010 - 08.2021
Equipment and Facilities Manager
Plexus EA
07.2000 - 10.2010
Field Service and Applications Engineer
Speedline Technologies
07.1993 - 08.2000
Electronic Studies - Computer Science
DeVry
AAS - Advance Electronics Engineering Technology
El Paso Community College
High School Diploma -
Bel-Air High School
Certificate of Electronics -
YVSH- Vocational
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