Randy Boston
Maintenance Manager
Mebane,NC
Summary
- 17 + YEARS OF EXPERIENCE as a Maintenance Manager in high-speed manufacturing environments. 17 + YEARS OF HANDS-ON maintenance experience with manufacturing equipment {conveyors, pumps, motors, valves fabrication, Robots, lasers, and PLCs) ALL THINGS MAINTENANCE. 20 + YEARS OF EXPERIENCE W/ CMMS. (Maximo, Hippo, MVP, ADP, Fastrak, and IMaint) SAP, and KAD. 15 + YEARS OF EXPERIENCE as a Maintenance/ Facilities Supervisor. With 5 + years as a Production Supervisor, and Superintendent. 1 YEAR OF EXPERIENCE as an Operation Manager in a startup. 17+ YEARS OF EXPERIENCE W/ incident investigations, risk analysis, KPIs, and safety audits. 12 + YEARS OF EXPERIENCE W/ Lean Manufacturing, Kaizen, and Continuous Improvement. Operational Improvement Instructor. Certified First Responder, OSHA Safety Certified.
- Background in overseeing facility maintenance operations.
- Successfully led teams to ensure seamless functioning of various systems while maintaining high standards of safety and efficiency.
- Demonstrated strong problem-solving abilities and effective team leadership.
- Facilities maintenance professional with robust background in overseeing building operations, ensuring safety, and optimizing efficiency.
- Strong focus on team collaboration and achieving results, adaptable to changing needs. Skilled in preventive maintenance, troubleshooting, and scheduling.
- Known for reliability, problem-solving, and effective communication.
Facilities maintenance professional with robust background in overseeing building operations, ensuring safety, and optimizing efficiency. Strong focus on team collaboration and achieving results, adaptable to changing needs. Skilled in preventive maintenance, troubleshooting, and scheduling. Known for reliability, problem-solving, and effective communication.
Overview
34
34
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Facilities/Maintenance Manager
Acucote (Fedrigoni)
03.2022 - Current
- Manage 6 direct reports to determine work priorities
- Responsible for maintaining the current CMMS and implementing the new CMMS system
- Create POs for maintenance needs and facilities services and Contractor services
- Responsible for facility maintenance, machine and equipment health, installation, removable, and upgrades
- Coordinated with vendors and contractors to ensure high-quality services at competitive prices, optimizing budget utilization.
- Acted as a key liaison between the maintenance department, upper management, and building occupants – ensuring clear communication of expectations and priorities.
- Created detailed reports on facility conditions, enabling informed decision-making for management regarding upgrades or repairs.
- Managed a team of skilled technicians for timely completion of repair tasks, ensuring minimal downtime.
Facilities/Maintenance Manager
Rempac Foam
08.2020 - 02.2022
- Designed a fourth production line worth 1.5 million, at a cost savings of $ 125k over a year
- Managed 11 direct reports covering three facilities
- Refurbished discarded equipment and reintroduced it back into full production
- Review work orders to determine work priorities
- Directs team members and contractors engaged in maintenance activities
- Implemented a preventative maintenance program for machinery/equipment
- Inspects machinery/equipment to ensure conformance to operational standards
- Requisitions tools, equipment, and supplies required for operations
- Implemented a monthly budget to ensure expenditures do not exceed the budgeted amount
- Conducts training to acquaint team members with company policies and procedures and to maintain OSHA training requirements
- Opportunity closer to home
- Coordinated with vendors and contractors to ensure high-quality services at competitive prices, optimizing budget utilization.
- Acted as a key liaison between the maintenance department, upper management, and building occupants – ensuring clear communication of expectations and priorities.
- Evaluated employee performance regularly to identify areas for growth or improvement; provided constructive feedback accordingly.
- Conducted staff training programs to enhance technical skills and promote adherence to safety protocols, minimizing workplace accidents.
Manufacturing Process Engineer
Parata Systems
01.2020 - 05.2020
- Responsible for updating documentation, compliance with both internal and external (SOPs), and investigating & deter production delays
- Risk assessments for on-time deliveries, Equipment upgrades, both 5’s & Lean Manufacturing
- Process data collection, process line layout, training for production personnel, and evaluation process efficiency
- Implement and train manufacturing personnel in Lean Manufacturing Principals
- Laid off due to Covid-19
- Analyzed production trends to make informed decisions regarding labor allocation and resource needs.
- Evaluated new technologies for potential implementation into the manufacturing process, enabling cost reductions or productivity enhancements.
- Promoted a culture of safety by actively participating in safety audits and implementing corrective actions to mitigate identified risks.
- Improved equipment reliability through preventive maintenance programs and operator training initiatives.
Facilities/Maintenance Manager
Tsubaki-Nakashima
01.2018 - 01.2020
- Responsible for the overall direction, coordination, and evaluation of this unit, and carried out supervisory responsibilities per the organization’s policies and applicable laws, including applicable safety and OSHA regulations
- Responsibilities include interviewing, hiring, and training team members: planning, assigning and directing work: appraising performance: rewarding and coaching/counseling: addressing concerns, and resolving issues
- Schedules repairs, maintenance improvement, and installation of machines, tools, and equipment to ensure continuous operation of production
- Directs team members and contractors engaged in maintenance activities
- Maintains preventative maintenance program for machinery/equipment
- Inspects machinery/equipment to ensure conformance to operational standards
- Requisitions tools, equipment, and supplies required for operations
- Monitors monthly budget to ensure expenditures do not exceed the budgeted amount
- Conducts training to acquaint team members with company policies and procedures and to maintain OSHA training requirements
- Relocated back to North Carolina
- Acted as a key liaison between the maintenance department, upper management, and building occupants – ensuring clear communication of expectations and priorities.
- Coordinated with vendors and contractors to ensure high-quality services at competitive prices, optimizing budget utilization.
Facilities/Maintenance Manager/Production Manager/ Operations Manager
Prescient
01.2017 - 01.2018
- Operations Manager for 11.5 months and only Manager at the Startup of a 16 million, 135,000 sqft Flagship Facility
- Hired 60 direct reports
- Trained employees in Safety, SOPs, Machine Operations/Setup, Processes, daily progress reports, and PMs
- Managed equipment health, hands-on repairs, and both predictive & preventive PMs
- Managed installation of equipment, vendors, contractors, permits, inventory, and shipping & receiving
- Managed facilities, and company vehicles, trained operators on minor machine repairs & PMS, and vetted vendors’ equipment and machines for 100% OEE
- Increased machine availability by 35%
- Created daily maintenance shift reports
- Trained in maintenance operating systems: Hippo, Review snap, Exponent, Simple Works, Outlook spare pairs inventory, and in-house vendor contacts
- Awarded for managing all three positions simultaneously and being a key factor in coming under a startup budget of $ 700, 000
- Awarded for going 365 days without a lost-time incident
- Purchased facilities supplies and department needs
- PMs’, repairs, KPI, TPM, OEE on Mazak Laser, Penddinghaus CNC drill, Fronius robot welders, Samco roll formers, and Rohna/Gemba powder coating system
- Left due to get ahead of layoffs after a major slowdown in business
Project Maintenance Supervisor
Chassix
01.2015 - 01.2016
- Manage 32 direct reports over 3 shifts in installing, repairing, upgrading, modifying, and maintaining facilities and equipment
- Overseen the upgrade of a 3.9-million-dollar project in the Nissan (UBE) squeezed cast department
- Supervised 12 maintenance and contractors in a $1.9 million-dollar facilities and equipment upgrade
- Plant Maintenance Supervisor on the 3rd shift of 17 direct reports
- Responsible for staffing changes required to provide production coverage and reduce unplanned production and facility equipment failures
- Inventory and order parts for machines and equipment using CMMS, ADP, Maximo, AS400, and Bosello x-ray units
- The company closed all its 32 facilities
Facilities/Maintenance Manager
Shamrock Corporation
01.2014 - 01.2015
- Managed the maintenance department of 3 separate facilities
- This included but was not limited to personal equipment, buildings, grounds, vehicles, and all related assets of the company
- Created a Capital Expense Report, and a Monthly Report of all 3 buildings
- Created a computerized maintenance management system for inventory control and work scheduling
- Coordinated and oversees activities of outside contractors and vendors
- Identifying and recommending manufacturing process improvements
- The company downsized due to a lack of business
Lead Mechanic/Production Lead
Grass America
01.2012 - 01.2014
- Performed routine preventive maintenance of the facility, and production equipment
- Other responsibilities are as follows, being the (go-to- person) or Production lead on the 3rd shift
- Supervising the plant at night, making decisions based on production needs
- Provide preventive scheduled and emergency maintenance, both mechanical and electrical to support the 3rd shift
- Opportunity for management
Maintenance Supervisor/Production Lead (Contractor) Operation Manager
New Breed Logistics
01.2011 - 01.2012
- The repair of a fully automated system, HMI, and PLC, and trained the personnel to operate equipment needed to perform the jobs
- Maintenance and Production Supervisor/Manufacturing Process Engineer
- Oversaw the efficiency and safety of the current manufacturing process, and developed new processes, modifications of machines, and equipment to improve manufacturing efficiency or decrease its cost
- 3rd party contract wasn’t awarded
Industrial Mechanic
Acucote Inc.
01.2009 - 01.2011
- Performed maintenance on production equipment and components including valves, pipes, electrical, hydraulic, and mechanical machinery, pneumatic, and PLCs
- Applied advanced skills in procedures, techniques, tools, materials, and/ or equipment appropriate to the area of specialization
- Being and certified welder and fabricator made modifications to machines and equipment
- Oversee the printing department to ensure the product is being made to SOP/ISO9000
- Opportunity for a management position
Maintenance Supervisor
RJ Reynolds Tobacco/Oracle Flexible Packaging
01.2000 - 01.2009
- Purchased new tools and replacement parts for equipment as needed such as extruders, cutters, slitters, vacuums, blenders, oilers, and presses
- Maintained and repaired building equipment, production equipment, motors, lighting circuits, pumps, compressors, bearings, and valves
- Supervised the installation of new equipment
- Industrial Mechanic, (promoted)
- Order replacement parts for equipment and purchase new tools for personnel
- Experienced in the use of CMMS, Maximo, and AS400
- Maintenance and repair of all building equipment, production equipment, motors, lighting circuits, PLC’s, pumps, compressors, bearings, valves, motors, pneumatic, and controls
- Packaging Mechanic, (promoted)
- Prioritized and organized workloads in a constantly changing environment to meet daily and weekly deadlines
- Responsible for supervision of personnel and overseeing all production operations
- Repaired, replaced, or installed equipment and machinery, pumps, motors, valves, hydraulics, pneumatics, cylinders, and actuators
- Opportunity for a management position
- Coordinated preventative maintenance schedules, verifying equipment safety and function.
- Streamlined work order processes for increased efficiency in addressing maintenance requests and tracking progress.
Maintenance Foreman
Cardinal Chemical Company
01.1997 - 01.2000
Lead Mechanic
Anchor Continental
01.1997 - 01.2000
HT
US Navy
01.1991 - 01.1997
- Completed Enlistment, Honorable Discharge
Education
MSM - Project Management /Planning
Colorado Technical University
Colorado Springs, COBS - Business Administration/Management
Shaw University
Raleigh, NCIST - Industrial System Technology
Forsyth Technical College
Winston-Salem, NCSkills
- Preventive Maintenance
- Inventory Coordination
- Asset Management
- Equipment updates
- Installation procedures
- Multitasking
- Reliability
- Excellent Communication
- Active Listening
- Effective Communication
- Adaptability and Flexibility
- Job Prioritizing
- Decision-Making
Certification
- Certification in Industrial Systems Technology (IST)
- Certified Nuclear Power Plant Technician
- Certified Nuclear and Non-Nuclear Welder
- Certified Industrial Fire Fighter
- Certified Freeze Seal Supervisor
- Certified Hazardous Material Transportation Manager
Additional Information
Additional work experience and references available upon request.
Timeline
Facilities/Maintenance Manager
Acucote (Fedrigoni)
03.2022 - Current
Facilities/Maintenance Manager
Rempac Foam
08.2020 - 02.2022
Manufacturing Process Engineer
Parata Systems
01.2020 - 05.2020
Facilities/Maintenance Manager
Tsubaki-Nakashima
01.2018 - 01.2020
Facilities/Maintenance Manager/Production Manager/ Operations Manager
Prescient
01.2017 - 01.2018
Project Maintenance Supervisor
Chassix
01.2015 - 01.2016
Facilities/Maintenance Manager
Shamrock Corporation
01.2014 - 01.2015
Lead Mechanic/Production Lead
Grass America
01.2012 - 01.2014
Maintenance Supervisor/Production Lead (Contractor) Operation Manager
New Breed Logistics
01.2011 - 01.2012
Industrial Mechanic
Acucote Inc.
01.2009 - 01.2011
Maintenance Supervisor
RJ Reynolds Tobacco/Oracle Flexible Packaging
01.2000 - 01.2009
Maintenance Foreman
Cardinal Chemical Company
01.1997 - 01.2000
Lead Mechanic
Anchor Continental
01.1997 - 01.2000
HT
US Navy
01.1991 - 01.1997
BS - Business Administration/Management
Shaw University
IST - Industrial System Technology
Forsyth Technical College
MSM - Project Management /Planning
Colorado Technical University
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