Matthew Ryan Grooms
Georgetown,OH
Summary
I believe my skills and work experience can contribute to your Company goals and line of work. I am looking for my next career! I have one goal and that is to work hard and give 110% always to the company's goals, needs, and strive to improve the systems in which we work under. My goal is to Make the company profit so that I can also benefit and provide a good secure life for my family.
Overview
2025
2025
years of professional experience
Work History
PVC Maintenance Technician 2
Azek Timbertech
, OH
11.2024 - Current
- Manage, troubleshoot and repair 25 extrusion machines that make plastic boards along with all of the auxiliary equipment. I also have the blending tower, 11 silos, all of the diverting equipment from silos to the machine.
- Answer daily calls during my shift and correct the issue effectively and efficiently.
- Report to daily meetings.
- Perform daily, weekly, and monthly PM’s on the equipment.
- Work with the team on all special tasks such as upgrades, changeovers, repairs or retrofits.
- Retrieve parts ass needed and fill out the paperwork for inventory.
- Completed a work order report for all tasks performed daily.
- Manage the water and air system for the entire facility,
- Organize and clean as needed!
Lead Maintenance Technician
Gentherm
West Chester, Ohio
06.2024 - 11.2024
- Manage parts, repairs and maintenance for 6 blanket heat sealing machines that were built in house with limited prints, spare parts, and information.
- Manage all auxiliary equipment and devices such as timers, valves, oil units, steamers etc…
- Following up with the night notes to continue any work started over night.
- Make the plan for the day and dedicate techs to specific tasks.
- Manage the daily tasks and assist with anything needed from any of the maintenance techs.
- Order parts for the machines and equipment.
- Perform special tasks. Such as upgrades, major repairs, software and electric issues.
- Follow the calibration schedule and have all devices calibrated per dates each month.
- Perform daily, weekly and monthly PM’s as I have scheduled,
- Coordinate with all vendors, see them in and out of the building. Monitor what they do and submit the reports.
- Work with safety committee and train the technicians on safety.
- Perform repairs and PM’s on the molds as needed.
- Clean and reorganize the area as needed.
Central U.S. Lead Technician
NPI
01.2019 - 06.2022
- All customers and techs in my region (30+) are under my supervision
- I make customer visits to check on equipment and talk to the customer
- I am responsible in leading all of the items under my responsibility for my previous position below (Regional lead technician)
- I just delegate a portion of it until I can find a suitable replacement
- I am responsible for hiring and disciplining for my region
- I am responsible for booking the technicians travel in my region
- I also address any issues while the technician is traveling
- I conduct weekly meetings with customers and technicians
- I attend monthly management meetings to plan for upcoming events in my region and deal with current issues
- I am responsible for approving and correcting the time sheets and expenses in my region
Central U.S. Lead Technician
NPI
01.2017 - 01.2019
- I have 6 sites, 16 machines, and 12 technicians under my leadership
- I manage all of the required weekly paper work, test, and coordination between technicians and site
- When any machine at any of my sites have an issue that they cannot handle alone ranging from (Software, electrical, to parts) any issue at all they contact me first no matter the time I get up and either log into their machine or walk the tech through the trouble-shooting process to rectify any and every situation
- I approve all Grainger orders, submit the invoices and place the order for each site
- I have weekly meetings with my Techs
- I also have a site of my own that I lead 24/7 at my local site I have 4 machines
- At each site, we are the specialist for all aspects
- We control and maintain the NPI equipment
- Keep inventory stocked, deal with all RMA parts
- We keep the machines in process and make all changes from configurations to sort plans or any electrical changes etc… we rectify all issues!
- We report to the customer and log CRM's to document our time on the machines
- I travel to one or more of my sites each month and in the event I can't work the tech through an issue I am the one who flies to get the issue resolved!
- I have meetings with the contract holder to look at read-rate percentages on all of our machines
- It is my job to work with the techs to correct the issues week by week
- Once weekend a month I take on the whole U.S
- For support if anything at all happens I walk the technician through any problem and then keep the customers updated on the status of the sites
- In my region I lead all installations/ up-grades/ integrations/ etc…
- I am part of the panel that hires and disciplines in my region
- I give interviews and train technicians
- In the event someone in my region needs disciplined I handle this
Maintenance Supervisor
Performance Plastics Ltd.
01.2016 - 01.2017
- Plan/execute/ over-see all building maintenance and anything added or being changed on the molding machines or building
- Manage the maintenance crew
- Keep all repairs and changes logged in the MVP plant system
- Work with safety advisor to plan all of the safety training and oversee the employees following the safety rules
- Order all parts and equipment for the company
- Engineer all maintenance projects and order all parts necessary then plan and manage the project
- Lead by example
- Keep the maintenance department running smoothly
- Over-seeing executing and planning multiple projects/ repairs/ and p.m.'s schedule at one time while planning for the future and keeping my department running smoothly while also making the adjustments necessary to keep the shop floor running smoothly
Process Technician
Performance Plastics Ltd.
01.2016 - 12.2016
- Change mold's as scheduled to molding machine
- Make process changes to keep the parts processed within the customer's specification
- Process more than 15 molding machines at a time
- Log any issues outside of the machines process such as problems with the mold itself so that it can be maintenance
- Keep all material stocked and loaded at each molding machine before the next shift comes in
Run-off Technician
Milacron
Batavia, Ohio
01.2013 - 12.2016
- Operate/set-up/trouble-shoot/repair injection molding, extrusion molding, and blow molding machines
- Give demo shows for customers
- Manage follow-up shifts on maintenance for machines as needed
- Record and document process and corrective action to machine
- Give the final sign-off before the machine shipped to the customer ensuring all aspects are covered and correct
Laborer
K Construction
01.2010 - 12.2014
- Built pole barns, houses, decks and additions
- Wired various types of equipment on houses and the house wiring as well
- Repair water circuits
Electrical Assembler
Milacron
Batavia, Ohio
01.2011 - 12.2013
- Wire injection molding, extrusion molding, and blow molding machines high voltage and low voltage
- Build and wire panels and boxes
- Mechanically built injection molding, blow molding, structural foam, and extrusion machines
Electrical Technician
I.C.M.I.
Amelia, Ohio
01.2005 - 12.2010
- Trouble-shoot and repair universal voltage regulators
- Upload and set-up software and firmware
- Record document test and corrective actions
Laborer
Ward Masonry
01.2005 - 12.2010
- Digging footers per blue-print
- Mixing the mud for the block
- Stocking jobs out with various sized block
- Lay the foundation per house specifications
Delivery Driver
Giovanni's
01.2002 - 12.2009
- Take food orders
- Prepare food and provide customer satisfaction
- Deliver the food
Maintenance Technician 2
Azek Tembertech
Wilmington, Ohio
Education
ELECTRICAL/ELECTRONICS DEGREE -
SOUTHERN STATE COMMUNITY COLLEGE
01.2010
HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA -
NORTH ADAMS HIGH SCHOOL
01.2005
Skills
All of my work experience since 2005 (Graduation) has been based around electrical, hydraulic, pneumatic, mechanical and software based equipment of various kinds I have 19 years of experience working as a technician, lead technician, manager, and service technician The majority of my time was dealing with injection and extrusion machines, mail sorting equipment, and the auxiliary equipment attaching to it I have been a part of and lead many machine installations, retrofits, refurbishing and repairs for many different high caliber customers I have also had 4 different rolls leading and managing a crew of 5-30 technicians and 30 facilities that fall within the region of my territory During my 19 years of work experience I have gained the following skills
- reading mechanical, electrical, hydraulic, and pneumatic schematics
- Troubleshooting, loading, debugging verifying software systems
- Wiring high and low voltage machines, and circuits Per spec and code
- Pulling materials, building boxes, wiring plugs, adding tags per order and then wiring, and installing per specs Building from order from ground up on injection molding machines
- Troubleshooting and repairing high voltage and low voltage circuits 540volts
- Technical reporting with details and plans
- Troubleshooting and repairing mechanical aspects on machinery such as conveyor belts, dumpers, hoppers etc…
- Troubleshooting and repairing pneumatic aspects of equipment
- Troubleshooting and repairing hydraulic circuits of equipment
- Troubleshooting and repairing electrical circuits such as switches, buttons, motors, pumps, PLC’s, routers, PC’s, heater bands etc…
- Troubleshooting and reloading software and firmware on different systems Debugging and communicating details back and forth with software engineers
- Troubleshooting and repairing water systems and circuits
- People skills, hardest skill to learn I have learned how to guide, lead, motivate, put in corrective actions in a way that best fits my crew or immediate surroundings
- I have had to coordinate with teams, and groups communicating details and creating/altering plans as we go I have learned to work well with others and to be productive during the process
- I have 5s and 6s skills that I use in every environment that I become a part of
- Project management, I have learned to capitalize on situations and resources to succefully get jobs done faster and more efficiently by guiding the team with time management
- Computer skills, I have been working with excel, word and various other systems such as Limble, CMM etc… data entry, emails, spread sheets, inventory etc…
- Process technician I am able to process injection molding machines
- I’m good with networking systems I can troubleshoot the PLC’s back through the network switch and understand what I’m dealing to work with software engineering
- Positive and motivated outlook on my career and position Always striving to make systems and processes better
- Installing, setting up and troubleshooting robots, pickers etc… I have had a lot of experience dealing with this
- Installing, aligning, calibrating cameras Some machines had 8 cameras working on milliseconds to get information to and from the portal for each piece that was flagged Various types
- HHD work Troubleshooting, replacement, cloning to a back up
- Ordering parts, picking parts up, flying parts in and out I am good with managing parts
- I am good with communication This is necessary
Completed training
- Electrical college courses
- High voltage Shock training.
- Hydraulic circuit level 1 and 2
- Robot set/up and installation training
- Pneumatic systems
- Blueprint, electrical, pneumatic, hydraulic systems schematic training @ Milacron
- Gantry Crane Training
- Fork Lift Training & License
- Scissor Lift & Boom Lift Training
- ISO Compliant
- Management training
- 5S training
- Microsoft Excel
- Project planning
- Safety management
- Employee training
- Hiring and firing process
- Site inspections
- Machine installation
- On-call support
- Team management
Timeline
PVC Maintenance Technician 2
Azek Timbertech
11.2024 - Current
Lead Maintenance Technician
Gentherm
06.2024 - 11.2024
Central U.S. Lead Technician
NPI
01.2019 - 06.2022
Central U.S. Lead Technician
NPI
01.2017 - 01.2019
Maintenance Supervisor
Performance Plastics Ltd.
01.2016 - 01.2017
Process Technician
Performance Plastics Ltd.
01.2016 - 12.2016
Run-off Technician
Milacron
01.2013 - 12.2016
Electrical Assembler
Milacron
01.2011 - 12.2013
Laborer
K Construction
01.2010 - 12.2014
Electrical Technician
I.C.M.I.
01.2005 - 12.2010
Laborer
Ward Masonry
01.2005 - 12.2010
Delivery Driver
Giovanni's
01.2002 - 12.2009
Maintenance Technician 2
Azek Tembertech
ELECTRICAL/ELECTRONICS DEGREE -
SOUTHERN STATE COMMUNITY COLLEGE
HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA -
NORTH ADAMS HIGH SCHOOL