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Ryan Clay

Akron,Ohio

Summary

Pursue full-time technical maintenance opportunity that employs trade skills and robust work ethic, serving as a valuable asset to company advancement

Overview

2026
2026
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Butter Supervisor

Minerva Dairy
Minerva, OH
2025 - Current
  • Oversaw daily operations, ensuring compliance with safety and quality standards.
  • Trained and mentored staff on best practices in dairy production processes.
  • Implemented process improvements, enhancing workflow efficiency across teams.
  • Managed inventory control, optimizing stock levels and minimizing waste.
  • Collaborated with cross-functional teams to troubleshoot operational challenges.
  • Streamlined reporting processes, improving accuracy and timeliness of operational data.
  • Oversaw daily operations of the department, ensuring smooth workflow and timely completion of tasks.
  • Applied strong leadership talents and problem-solving skills to maintain team efficiency and organize workflows.

Lead Mechanic | Industrial Maintenance

Land O’Lakes Kent Ohio
01.2009 - 04.2025
  • Lead the mechanical team (of 4 mechanics per shift) through production breakdown maintenance, while maintaining PM services on running lines and various process equipment. Lead center-lining projects to bring complex equipment back to nominal/OEM status, finding issues and creating lesson plans for future ease of maintenance for the team.
  • Equipment: Filler machines, Accumulators, Packaging machines, Palletizers, and Wrappers
  • Components/Rebuilds: Pumps (Pos. Displacement, Centrifugal, Twin-screw, etc), Gearboxes, Valves
  • Troubleshooting: Gearboxes, Servos, Pneumatic cylinders, Sensors (Photo eyes, Read switches, PLC inputs And/Output), Minimal Hydraulics, Conveyors, Motors, VFD’s

Resource Specialist | Operations

Land O’Lakes Kent Ohio
01.2000 - 12.2008
  • Responsible for operating in every facility position, as a specialist you fill in as needed for any operator and initiate process improvement programs to increase ease of operation or increase efficiency of tasks
  • Job Role Competencies: Receiving Cream/Oil Operator, Filler/Packaging Operator, Lab Tech., Computer Controls Operator, Batch Operator, Warehouse Operator, and more.

Education

GED -

North High School
Akron, OH

Skills

Personal: Attention to detail, Cross shift communication, Consistent, Reliable, Self-initiator and Team player

Technical: Diagnostics (Elect/Mech), Fabrication (Tools, platforms, guards, etc), Inspections, Safety (LOTO/QP), Troubleshooting (Equipment, Gearboxes, Servos, Pneumatics, etc), Welding (Intermediate level Mig, Tig, and Stick)

Certification

  • Industrial Refrigeration Technician I – Utilities Maintenance Certification
  • QP Certified (Quality Person – Land O’Lakes Electrical Certification)
  • Tow Motor/Forklift Operator Certified
  • LOTO (Lock Out Tag Out – Land O’Lakes Certified)

Timeline

Lead Mechanic | Industrial Maintenance

Land O’Lakes Kent Ohio
01.2009 - 04.2025

Resource Specialist | Operations

Land O’Lakes Kent Ohio
01.2000 - 12.2008

Butter Supervisor

Minerva Dairy
2025 - Current

GED -

North High School
Ryan Clay